cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bourgeois
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: more bourgeois
form: most bourgeois
form: burgeois
Etymology: Borrowed from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.
Senses: examples: text: bourgeois opinion
text: It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.
ref: 2010 February 5, Mike Marqusee, “Flamenco's humane roots”, in The Guardian:
text: The increasing social interactions between the two nations through religion, court and commerce would expose differences in speech too and would soon deepen bourgeois Scots’ deteriorating perception of their own tongue.
ref: 2023, Clive Young, “chapter three: From Union to Devolution”, in Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 74:
glosses: Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
glosses: Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
glosses: Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
Synonyms: sense: conventional, conservative
word: square
Derived terms: antibourgeois
bobo
bougie
bourgeoisification
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisly
bourgeoisness
bourgie
de-bourgeoisify
narcobourgeois
nonbourgeois
postbourgeois
semibourgeois
unbourgeois
bourgeois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: bourgeois
form: burgeois
Etymology: Borrowed from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The middle class.
glosses: An individual member of the middle class.
glosses: A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
examples: text: Der Bourgeois sieht in seiner Frau ein bloßes Produktionsinstrument. Er hört, daß die Produktionsinstrumente gemeinschaftlich ausgebeutet werden sollen, und kann sich natürlich nichts anderes denken, als daß das Los der Gemeinschaftlichkeit die Weiber gleichfalls treffen wird.
ref: 1977 [1848], Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (Marx-Engels-Werke; 4), page 478; English translation from Samuel Moore, transl., Manifesto of the Communist Party (Marx/Engels Collected Works; 6), translation of original in German, 1976 [1888], page 502:
text: Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.
ref: 1967 [1894], Владимир Ленин [Vladimir Lenin], “Выпуск I”, in Что такое «друзья народа» и как они воюют против социал-демократов? (В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений; 1), page 153; English translation from “Part I”, in What the “Friends of the People” Are and How They Fight the Social-Democrats (V. I. Lenin – Collected Works; 1), translation of original in Russian, 1977, page 154:
english: Vladimir Lenin
roman: Net ničevo xarakterneje dlja buržua, kak perenesenije čert sovremennyx porjadkov na vse vremena i narody.
translation: Vladimir Lenin
glosses: A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
Related terms: bourgeoise
bourgeoisie
embourgeoisement
épater le bourgeois
petit-bourgeois
petit bourgeois
petty-bourgeois
petty bourgeois
bourgeois
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: bourgeoises
form: bourgeoising
form: bourgeoised
form: bourgeoised
form: burgeois
Etymology: Borrowed from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.
Senses: glosses: To make bourgeois.
bourgeois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /bəːˈdʒɔɪs/
ipa: /bəɹˈd͡ʒɔɪs/
enpr: bər-ʹjois
rhymes: -ɔɪs
ipa: /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/
ipa: /bʊʒˈwɑː/
ipa: /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑː
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: burgeois
Etymology: From Middle English burjois, from French Bourgois, probably from Bourges (a city in France) + -ois (forming adjectives) but possibly from bourgeois above or after Jean de Bourgeois who worked as a printer in Rouen c. 1500.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
Synonyms: sense: Continental printing
word: galliard
Derived terms: double bourgeois
browse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaʊz/
homophone: brows
rhymes: -aʊz
Forms: form: browses
Etymology: From Middle English browsen, from Old French brouster, broster (“to nibble off buds, sprouts, and bark; browse”), from brost (“a sprout, shoot, bud”), from a Germanic source, perhaps Frankish *brust (“shoot, bud”), from Proto-Germanic *brustiz (“bud, shoot”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, sprout”). Cognate with Bavarian Bross, Brosst (“a bud”), Old Saxon brustian (“to sprout”). Doublet of brut, breast, and brush.
Senses: examples: text: And with their horned feet the greene gras wore, / The whiles their Gotes upon the brouzes fedd […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, / On browz, and corn, and flowery meadows feed.
ref: 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Young shoots and twigs.
examples: text: The Grand Canyon seems to us Mormons to mark the line. There's enough browse here to feed a hundred thousand cattle. But water's the thing.
ref: 1910, Zane Grey, The Heritage of the Desert:
text: Also, when planting to provide a source of browse for wintering deer and elk, protect seedlings from browsing during the first several years; an electric fence enclosure can offer effective protection.
ref: 1997, Colorado State Forest Service:
text: In the Panhandle Area, bison eat browse that includes mesquite and elm.
ref: 2007, Texas Parks and Wildlife Service:
glosses: Fodder for cattle and other animals.
examples: text: I had a browse in the old bookshop.
glosses: The act of browsing through something.
examples: text: Here he buried himself in a close-printed, thickish volume which had been his chosen browse for some time.
ref: 1899, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co.:
glosses: That which one browses through; something to read.
examples: text: He cast in his hook-and-line, intending to take one fish only for his supper, from the multitude that always came around the rock on which he stood as soon as he cast in "browse" (garbage to attract fish).
ref: 1873, William Bottrell, Traditions and hearthside stories of west Cornwall, page 145:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Bruised fish used as bait.
Derived terms: browse milkvetch
candor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkæn.dɚ/
ipa: [ˈkɛən.dɚ]
ipa: /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/
ipa: [ˈkɛːn.də(ɹ)]
ipa: /ˈkɛn.də(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Forms: form: candors
form: candour
Etymology: From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“I shine”).
Senses: synonyms: frankness
honesty
sincerity
parrhesia
antonyms: deception
fraud
lie
glosses: The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
synonyms: equity
fairness
glosses: Impartiality.
examples: text: Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd,
Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child[…]
ref: 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "To his Booke":
glosses: Whiteness; brilliance; purity.
Derived terms: candorless
uncandor
Related terms: candid
candle
capricious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈpɹɪʃəs/
rhymes: -ɪʃəs
Forms: form: more capricious
form: most capricious
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surface analysis, caprice + -ious.
Senses: examples: text: I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
text: Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.
text: I am heere with thee, and thy Goats, as the moſt capricious Poet honeſt Ouid was among Gothes.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 198:
text: "Capricious?" And at this monsieur began to laugh. "Oh no, I'm not capricious. I am very faithful. I am very constant. Comprenez?"
ref: 1876 June, Henry James, Jr., chapter I, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, →OCLC, page 11:
text: Although much has been learned about lightning and its effects through research and study, many questions are still unanswered and the upper limits of voltage, current and total energy that may be associated with lightning are not conclusively defined. The apparent capricious nature of lightning is evidenced by the range of extremes as well as, in some cases, the unique nature of the damage that results. Thus, to predict in the absence of physical evidence the exact mechanism of ignition in this particular case is not possible. By the same reasoning, in view of the known facts of this accident, there is no logical explanation for ignition of the flammable vapors other than some effect stemming directly from the lightning strike.
ref: 1965 February 25, Civil Aeronautics Board, “Analysis”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Pan American World Airways, Inc Boeing 707-121, N709PA, Near Elkton, Maryland, December 8, 1963, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2024, page 12:
synonyms: arbitrary
whimsical
fickle
flighty
wayward
antonyms: conscientious
rigorous
glosses: Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
Derived terms: arbitrary and capricious
capriciously
capriciousness
noncapricious
uncapricious
Related terms: caprice
charlatan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɑɹlətən/
ipa: /ˈʃɑːlətən/
Forms: form: charlatans
Etymology: From Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano (“quack”), a blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks).
Senses: examples: text: The poor foreigner, more dead than alive, answered that he was an Italian charlatan, who had practised with some reputation in Padua […].
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
examples: text: “If there’s something you don’t understand,” urged Dr. Breed, “ask Dr. Horvath to explain it. He’s very good at explaining.” He turned to me. “Dr. Hoenikker used to say that any scientist who couldn’t explain to an eight-year-old what he was doing was a charlatan.”
“Then I’m dumber than an eight-year-old,” Miss Pefko mourned. “I don’t even know what a charlatan is.”
ref: 1963 March 18, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat’s Cradle, chapter 15
text: That this disgraceful charlatan holds one of the great offices of state in this country should be a source of constant shame and embarrassment to the Prime Minister.
ref: 2018 June, Ian Murray, The Independent:
synonyms: word: trickster
word: swindler
word: scammer
word: bamboozler
word: bouncer
word: bullshitter
word: cheat
word: cheater
word: cogger
word: cony-catcher
word: crammer
word: deceiver
word: deceptor
word: fabricator
word: fabulist
word: falser
word: gabber
word: grifter
word: guiler
word: liar
word: losenger
word: mocker
word: pseudologist
word: rook
word: Scandaroon
word: shammer
word: Spanish athlete
word: swindler
word: swike
word: treacher
word: trickster
word: trucker
word: wernard
glosses: A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
Derived terms: charlatanic
charlatanical
charlatanship
Related terms: charlatanism
charlatanry
circuitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs/
ipa: /sɚˈkjuːətəs/
ipa: /sɚˈkjuːɪtəs/
Forms: form: more circuitous
form: most circuitous
Etymology: First attested in 1664. From Latin circuitōsus, from circuitus, from circumeō (“I go around”), from circum (“around”) + eō (“I go”). By surface analysis, circuit + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Not direct or to the point.
examples: text: I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: The train service on this circuitous route to the City was withdrawn during the 1914-1918 war, and never restored. The track between Addison Road and Ravenscourt Park was removed, and the site is now occupied by blocks of flats.
ref: 1947 May and June, “Richmond-Ludgate Hill Train, London & South Western Railway, at Addison Road Station About 75 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page unnumbered (frontispiece):
text: The advantages of the train ferry in combining through running (without double handling) with speed and relatively large loads are shown in the decision of the Swedish State Railways to build 100 large covered and 50 open wagons for working to Britain by the ferry services, although the route from Sweden to any destination in the U.K. via Zeebrugge/Harwich is comparatively circuitous; the first of the Swedish covered wagons has already run through to London.
ref: 1962 February, “Talking of Trains: British-owned ferry wagons”, in Modern Railways, page 83:
glosses: Of a long and winding route.
Synonyms: sense: not direct
word: indirect
sense: not direct
word: roundabout
sense: of a winding route
word: roundabout
sense: of a winding route
word: tortuous
Derived terms: circuitously
circuitousness
uncircuitous
cogent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊd͡ʒn̩t/
ipa: /ˈkoʊd͡ʒn̩t/
Forms: form: more cogent
form: most cogent
Etymology: From French cogent, from Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”).
Senses: examples: text: We congratulate our correspondents on some very cogent reasoning, and shall have to watch our step even more carefully in future!
ref: 1944 May and June, “In the Critics' Den”, in Railway Magazine, page 132:
text: Clearly, the mere fact that some Emergentists may in practice have made use of invented examples in testing their theories does not tell against any cogent general objections they may have offered to such practice. What is needed is a decision on the methodological point, not just a cry of “You did it too!”.
ref: 2011 September 21, Barbara C. Scholz, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, Geoffrey K. Pullum, Ryan Nefdt, “Philosophy of Linguistics”, in Edward N. Zalta, Uri Nodelman, editors, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, →ISSN, retrieved 18 Jun 2025:
glosses: Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
glosses: Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
examples: text: The prosecution presented a cogent argument, convincing the jury of the defendant's guilt.
glosses: Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Synonyms: compelling
conclusive
convincing
indisputable
Derived terms: cogency
cogently
incogent
uncogent
Related terms: cache
coagulate
squat
congregation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒŋɡɹɪˈɡeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌkɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: congregations
Etymology: From Middle English congregacioun, from Old French congregacion, from Latin congregātiō, itself from congregō (“to herd into a flock”). Adopted (1520s) by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “those called together, (popular) meeting”) (hence Latin ecclēsia) in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church.
Senses: glosses: The act of congregating or collecting together.
examples: text: The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.
ref: 2021 January 13, Bethan McKernan, “Turkey drought: Istanbul could run out of water in 45 days”, in The Guardian:
text: In Hebrew, bonai shalom means “builders of peace,” and the congregation welcomes both Jews and non-Jews to participate in all aspects of the community.
ref: 2025 June 4, Cindy Von Quednow, TuAnh Dam, “Their synagogue taught them to build peace. An antisemitic attack is testing their resilience”, in CNN:
glosses: A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
glosses: A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
glosses: A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
examples: text: During the wedding ( usually held on a Saturday ) , you and your committee sit on " facing benches ” before the rest of the congregation ( your guests ) . Everyone worships silently until you two feel that it's time to say your vows .
ref: 1998, Carley Roney, The Knot's Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World: The Ultimate Source of Ideas, Advice, and Relief for the Bride and Groom and Those who Love Them, Broadway Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 94:
glosses: Any large gathering of people.
examples: text: "Oh! I wasted most of my morning crawling to a murmuration of starlings, which I foolishly mistook for congregation of plover."
ref: 1893 September 27, The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, London, page 800, column 3:
glosses: A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
Derived terms: congregational
congregationalism
congregationally
congregationless
cybercongregation
preach to the congregation
Related terms: congregant
congregate
congregator
gregarious
diminutive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ-mĭn′yə-tĭv
ipa: /dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪv/
ipa: /dəˈmən.jə.təv/
ipa: /ɖɪˈmɪn.ju.tɪv/
rhymes: -ɪnjətɪv
Forms: form: more diminutive
form: most diminutive
form: dim.
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English diminutif, derived from Old French diminutif, derived from Latin dīminutīv|us, ~a, ~um (adjective), from dīminūt|us, ~a, ~um (participle), perfect passive participle of dīmin|uō, ~uere, ~uī, ~ūtum (verb). First attested in 1398.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Washington ("Oh, la, call me Martha, Boys") is a diminutive woman with a cheerful rather than happy air, who seems to bustle even when standing still..
ref: 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 229:
text: Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.
ref: 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: lilliputian
tiny
antonyms: huge
gigantic
glosses: Very small.
examples: 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 1714 edition republished by Gregg International Publishers, 1968, Volume 3, Miscellany 3, Chapter 2, p. 175,
They cou’d, perhaps, even embrace POVERTY contentedly, rather than submit to any thing diminutive either of their inward Freedom or national Liberty.
glosses: Serving to diminish.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: augmentative
glosses: Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
Derived terms: diminutively
diminutiveness
diminutivize
diminutivise
nondiminutive
undiminutive
diminutive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ-mĭn′yə-tĭv
ipa: /dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪv/
ipa: /dəˈmən.jə.təv/
ipa: /ɖɪˈmɪn.ju.tɪv/
rhymes: -ɪnjətɪv
Forms: form: diminutives
form: dim.
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English diminutif, derived from Old French diminutif, derived from Latin dīminutīv|us, ~a, ~um (adjective), from dīminūt|us, ~a, ~um (participle), perfect passive participle of dīmin|uō, ~uere, ~uī, ~ūtum (verb). First attested in 1398.
Senses: examples: text: Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.
text: But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind.
ref: 1908, G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy:
text: When we come to occupative names, we are again confronted by crowds of diminutives.
ref: 1916, Ernest Weekley, Surnames, page 287:
text: The British use the term “fidlets”, a diminutive of “Fid”, which in turn is an acronym for Falkland Island Dependencies, the former name of the British Antarctic Survey.
ref: 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: nomen deminutivum
antonyms: augmentative
glosses: A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
Related terms: diminish
diminution
diminutization
diminutize
hypocorism
pet form
pet name
dimwit
proper nouns
interjections
and suffixes
dupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /dʒuːp/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /djuːp/
ipa: /duːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: dupes
Etymology: From French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 55, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: I am responding to Allen Young's letter to the editor concerning two articles I wrote for GCN about my experiences in Cuba. The gist of Mr. Young's letter is that I am a commie dupe and the Cubans who shared there opinions and experiences with me were simply lying.
ref: 1991 August 31, Sonia de Vries, “The Real Enemies Of Humanity Are Here At Home”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 4:
glosses: A person who has been deceived.
Synonyms: word: chump
word: chumpion
word: cousin
word: cull
word: cully
word: dupe
word: dotterel
word: easy mark
word: fall guy
word: fish
word: gudgeon
word: gull
word: juggins
word: live one
word: mark
word: mug
word: muggins
word: pigeon
word: rube
word: sap
word: saphead
word: schlemiel
word: sheep
word: simp
word: Simple Simon
word: soft touch
word: steamer
word: stiff
word: stooge
word: sucker
Hypernyms: word: fool
word: person
Related terms: word: dupery
word: patsy
word: scapegoat
word: taking the fall
word: beginner
word: naive
word: deceiver
dupe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /dʒuːp/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /djuːp/
ipa: /duːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: dupes
form: duping
form: duped
form: duped
Etymology: From French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: To swindle, deceive, or trick.
Derived terms: dupability
dupable
undupe
dupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /dʒuːp/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /djuːp/
ipa: /duːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: dupes
Etymology: Clipping of duplicate.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A duplicate. Often:
A duplicate of a photographic image.
topics: video-games
glosses: A duplicate. Often:
An in-game item that has been duplicated.
glosses: A duplicate. Often:
A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
qualifier: food service; hospitality; food service; hospitality
examples: text: TikTok could potentially be liable if lots of users are directing other users to the sales of dupes, she said, and she said if users have an affiliate relationship with the sellers of counterfeit goods, they could also potentially be liable.
ref: 2020 March 1, Megan Graham, “TikTok teens are obsessed with fake luxury products”, in CNBC:
glosses: A duplicate. Often:
A counterfeit; a fake.
examples: text: The dupe lived up to expectation in our head-to-head review, where we concluded that Revolution’s affordable formula is a “perfectly worthy alternative that won’t see you digging too deep into your pocket.”
ref: 2023 February 21, Daisy Lester, “Revolution has launched a £10 alternative to Charlotte Tilbury’s £65 magic serum”, in The Independent:
text: And many shoppers go to Aldi for its so-called dupes of more expensive, big-brand foods and beverages.
ref: 2025 August 6, Julie Creswell, “Aldi’s Passionate, Cultlike Following Fuels Its Rapid Expansion Plans”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A duplicate. Often:
A cheap consumer product intended to imitate a more expensive product.
glosses: A duplicate. Often:
A word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle.
qualifier: crosswording
Synonyms: word: chump
word: chumpion
word: cousin
word: cull
word: cully
word: dupe
word: dotterel
word: easy mark
word: fall guy
word: fish
word: gudgeon
word: gull
word: juggins
word: live one
word: mark
word: mug
word: muggins
word: pigeon
word: rube
word: sap
word: saphead
word: schlemiel
word: sheep
word: simp
word: Simple Simon
word: soft touch
word: steamer
word: stiff
word: stooge
word: sucker
Hypernyms: word: fool
word: person
Derived terms: dedupe
slash dupe
Related terms: word: patsy
word: scapegoat
word: taking the fall
word: beginner
word: naive
word: deceiver
dupe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /dʒuːp/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /djuːp/
ipa: /duːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: dupes
form: duping
form: duped
form: duped
Etymology: Clipping of duplicate.
Senses: examples: text: Can you dupe this photo for me?
text: That night, a shaken camera operator dupes the tape and leaks a copy to the press.
ref: 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 379:
synonyms: word: double
word: double
word: dupe
word: duplicate
word: facsimilize
antonyms: dedupe
halve
glosses: To duplicate.
empirical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl/
ipa: /ɛmˈpɪɹɪkəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛmpɪrɪkəl/
Forms: form: more empirical
form: most empirical
Etymology: From empiric + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade.
text: For some presumptive diagnoses, empirical antibiotic therapy begins immediately, whereas specific antibiotic therapy must await the results of the culture and sensitivity test.
text: The village carpenter […] lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.
ref: 1861, Herbert Spencer, Education:
antonyms: theoretical
glosses: Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
glosses: Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
examples: text: demonstrable with empirical evidence
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: anecdotal
theoretical
glosses: Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
raw_tags: of science
Synonyms: empiric
Coordinate terms: conceptual
theoretical
anecdotal
Derived terms: antiempirical
empirical data
empirical ego
empirical formula
empiricalize
empirically
empiricalness
empirical research
empirical rule
equiempirical
hyperempirical
nonempirical
non-empirical ego
psychoempirical
semiempirical
superempirical
ultraempirical
unempirical
Related terms: empiricism
empiricist
empirical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl/
ipa: /ɛmˈpɪɹɪkəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛmpɪrɪkəl/
Forms: form: empiricals
Etymology: From empiric + -al.
Senses: glosses: A measurement or result achieved by empirical means.
Related terms: empirical evidence
anecdotal evidence
trial and error
empyrical
emulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈem.jə.læɪt/
Forms: form: emulates
form: emulating
form: emulated
form: emulated
form: æmulate
Etymology: First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To attempt to equal or be the same as.
examples: text: People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
text: The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.
ref: 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To copy or imitate, especially a person.
examples: text: But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 146:
glosses: To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
Derived terms: emulable
emulatable
emulation
emulative
emulator
emulatory
unemulated
Related terms: emulation
emulative
emulator
emulous
simulate
emulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
ipa: /ˈem.jə.læɪt/
Forms: form: more emulate
form: most emulate
form: æmulate
Etymology: First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: That can I,
At leaſt the whiſper goes ſo : Our laſt King,
Whoſe Image euen but novv appear'd to vs,
VVas (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norvvay,
(Thereto prick’d on by a moſt emulate Pride)
Dar’d to the Combate.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], pages 152-153, column 1:
glosses: Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.
Related terms: copy
imitate
mimic
simulate
engender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdʒɛn.də/
ipa: /ɛnˈdʒɛn.də/
ipa: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/
ipa: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: engenders
form: engendering
form: engendered
form: engendered
Etymology: From en- + gender.
Senses: examples: text: Gender, they emphasize, is socially constructed by our surroundings. We are en-gendered by our families, our teachers, and by the images in our music, films, media and fashions.
ref: 1981 April 11, Group Material Collective Changing Arttistic Definitions, “Philip Shehadi”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
text: As such they are an important way of understanding both how texts are engendered (how they articulate particular sex or gender role) and how they engender their consumers.
ref: 1992, Anne Cranny-Francis, Engendered Fictions, page 2:
text: I focus on […] the efforts of feminist critics of science to examine the engendered origins and implications of scientific rationality and modern epistemology.
ref: 1996, Steven C Ward, Reconfiguring Truth, page xviii:
qualifier: critical theory
glosses: To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
ephemeral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/
ipa: /əˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/
Forms: form: ephemerals
Etymology: From New Latin ephemerus, from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros), the more common form of ἐφημέριος (ephēmérios, “of, for, or during the day, living or lasting but for a day, short-lived, temporary”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).
Senses: synonyms: ephemeron
glosses: Something which lasts for a short period of time.
Derived terms: spring ephemeral
ephemeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/
ipa: /əˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/
Forms: form: more ephemeral
form: most ephemeral
Etymology: From New Latin ephemerus, from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros), the more common form of ἐφημέριος (ephēmérios, “of, for, or during the day, living or lasting but for a day, short-lived, temporary”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).
Senses: examples: text: 1821-1822, Vicesimus Knox, Remarks on the tendency of certain Clauses in a Bill now pending in Parliament to degrade Grammar Schools
Esteem, lasting esteem, the esteem of good men, like himself, will be his reward, when the gale of ephemeral popularity shall have gradually subsided.
text: sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy
ref: 1853, James Stephen, Lecture on the right use of Books:
text: It was during an access of this kind that I suddenly left my home, and bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows.
ref: 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 9, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2012:
synonyms: temporary
transitory
fleeting
evanescent
momentary
short-lived
short
volatile
antonyms: permanent
eternal
everlasting
timeless
glosses: Lasting for a short period of time.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.
examples: text: The graben constitutes a depositional basin and a topographic low, underlain by Cretaceous shales, in which volcanic debris accumulated in ephemeral lakes and streams in Oligocene and early Miocene time.
ref: 1986, W.H. Raymond, "Clinoptilolite Deposit in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.A.", in Yūichi Murakami et al. (editors), New Developments in Zeolite Science and Technology (conference proceedings), Elsevier, page 80
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
raw_tags: of a body of water
Synonyms: word: ephemeral
word: brief
word: deciduous
word: evanescent
word: fleeting
word: flying
word: fugacious
word: fugitive
word: instant
word: momentary
word: passing
word: perishable
word: quick
word: seasonable
word: short
word: short-lived
word: temporary
word: transient
word: transitive
word: transitory
word: volatile
word: whilend
Hyponyms: word: provisional
Derived terms: bovine ephemeral fever
ephemeral fever
ephemeralization
ephemeralize
ephemeral lake
ephemerally
ephemeralness
ephemeral state
nonephemeral
unephemeral
Related terms: word: ephemera
word: ephemeron
word: ephemerality
word: hemeral
word: evanescence
word: intermittent
word: unstable
word: speedy
word: moment
word: temporarily
word: transience
euphoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈfɔː.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /juˈfo.ɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
homophone: ewphoria
Forms: form: euphorias
Etymology: From New Latin euphoria, from Ancient Greek εὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā), from εὔφορος (eúphoros, “bearing well”), from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”).
Senses: examples: text: The runner was in (a state of) absolute euphoria after winning his first marathon.
text: The effects caused by inhaling nitrous oxide gas, such as lightheadedness and euphoria, can be felt within seconds.
ref: 2024 September 14, Zachary Pottle, “Galaxy Gas: Flavored Whipped Cream Charger Or Dangerous Drug?”, in AddictionCenter:
glosses: An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
glosses: Ellipsis of gender euphoria.
Derived terms: euphoria boner
euphoriant
euphoric
euphorically
euphorigenic
euphorious
Europhoria
ewphoria
ewwphoria
gender euphoria
poophoria
technophoria
freight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: frāt
ipa: /fɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: more freight
form: most freight
Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English freighten, freghten, a variant of fraughten, fraghten (“to load (a ship with cargo or passengers); to hire (a ship) for transporting goods; to provide fully (with goods, money, etc.); to stow away”), and then either:
* from fraught, fraght (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); or
* from Middle Dutch vrachten, vrechten (“to load (a ship with cargo or passengers); to hire (a ship) for transporting goods, to fraught”), from vracht, vrecht (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs).
The adjective is:
* derived from Middle English freght, freight, freyght, the past participle of fraughten (verb) (see above); and/or
* a contraction of freighted, the past participle of the verb.
Senses: examples: text: [H]is ſouldiers, ſeeing great prizes brought out of the enemies Land, and every ſhip freight therewith; were mightily incenſed and ſet on fire with a burning deſire to be tranſported over thither with all ſpeed poſſible.
ref: 1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXIX]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC, page 575:
glosses: Freighted; laden.
gargantuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/
ipa: /ɡɑɹˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/
ipa: /ɡaːˈɡæn.t͡ʃʉ.ən/
Forms: form: more gargantuan
form: most gargantuan
form: Gargantuan
Etymology: From French Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. Rabelais derived Gargantua from the Portuguese and Spanish garganta (“throat”).
Senses: examples: text: Some distant observers of the Scottish football scene reckon that all - all! - Gerrard has to do is beat Celtic to become a legend. Even if that was true - and, demonstrably, it is not - then it would be a gargantuan task all on its own.
ref: 2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport:
text: Or the twinkling dining rooms: all frilly net curtains, pink walls, kaleidoscope-patterned carpets and tiny tables, crammed with teetering piles of hand-painted ceramic crockery (think plates covered in colorful swirls and cocktail mugs shaped like heaving bosoms or ladies’ faces) that showcase gargantuan portions of Italian fare.
ref: 2019 September 14, Elizabeth Paton, “A Fashion/Food Blowout in the Shadow of Brexit”, in New York Times:
text: Boxy and unrefined, the Hummer embodied an outlandishly masculine aesthetic that seemed to almost revel in its gargantuan fuel consumption.
ref: 2022 April 7, Oliver Milman, “I test-drove the all-electric Hummer. Can it win over America’s EV skeptics?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: colossal
word: enormous
word: giant
word: huge
word: humongous
word: immense
word: ample
word: big
word: bodacious
word: broad
word: commodious
word: considerable
word: expansive
word: good-sized
word: full
word: generous
word: giant
word: grand
word: great
word: hefty
word: hench
word: immense
word: jumbo
word: larger than life
word: largifical
word: leviathan
word: long
word: massive
word: mega-
word: overlarge
word: outsized
word: oversize
word: oversized
word: prodigious
word: roomy
word: rotund
word: sizeable
word: spacious
word: stonking
word: tall
word: vast
word: voluminous
word: wide
word: astronomic
word: behemothic
word: big fat
word: boxcar
word: Brobdingnagian
word: bulky
word: colossal
word: cyclopean
word: Daniel Lambertish
word: elephantine
word: elephantic
word: enormous
word: gargantuan
word: giantesque
word: gigantesque
word: gigantic
word: ginormous
word: great big
word: honkin'
word: huge
word: hulking
word: humongous
word: hunormous
word: immane
word: mahoosive
word: mammoth
word: mastodonic
word: monstrous
word: monumental
word: mountainous
word: pantagruelian
word: pyramidal
word: Pythonic
word: stupendous
word: super-
word: supersized
word: titanic
word: tremendous
word: whopping
word: yuge
glosses: Huge; immense; tremendous.
glosses: Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
Derived terms: gargantuanism
gargantuanly
gargantuanness
hypergargantuan
supergargantuan
gregarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs/
ipa: /ɡɹɪˈɡɛɚ.i.əs/
Forms: form: more gregarious
form: most gregarious
Etymology: First attested in 1688; borrowed from Latin gregārius, see -ious.
Senses: glosses: Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: The Fin-Back is not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 151:
text: Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.
ref: 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
glosses: Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
Synonyms: sense: of a person who enjoys being in crowds
word: outgoing
sense: of a person who enjoys being in crowds
word: sociable
sense: of a person who enjoys being in crowds
word: social
Derived terms: gregariously
gregariousness
semigregarious
iconoclast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈkɒn.əˌklæst/
ipa: /aɪˈkɑn.əˌklæst/
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: iconoclasts
Etymology: Borrowed from French iconoclaste and its etymon Medieval Latin īconoclastēs, from Byzantine Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (eikonoklástēs, literally “image breaker”). By surface analysis, icono- + -clast.
Senses: examples: text: In the days of the early Christian church, people who opposed the veneration (reverence) of images were called iconoclasts.
ref: 2004, Eugene TeSelle, World Book Encyclopedia, 2004 edition (CD), Iconoclast:
topics: Christianity
antonyms: iconodule
glosses: One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
examples: text: In February 1895 he [William Cowper Brann, 1855-1898 ] revived publication of the Iconoclast. This time it was successful and eventually attained a circulation of 100,000. Brann took obvious relish in directing his stinging attacks upon institutions and persons he considered to be hypocritical or overly sanctimonious.
ref: 2010 The Handbook of Texas Online, William Cowper Brann, Texas State Historical Association, Austin http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbr23
glosses: One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
examples: text: After all, the fact that any discussion of the possibility is greeted with hysterical revulsion guarantees that only two types of people will take the "pro" side in public: fearless iconoclasts who do not care what anyone thinks of them; and racists.
ref: 2007 November 29, Megan McArdle, “Ugly questions”, in The Atlantic:
text: Coming so soon after the death of David Bowie, it’s a moment to consider how deeply important iconoclasts are to the evolution of a culture. Do they change the world by trying to change it, or do they change the world through the radical act of simply being themselves?
ref: 2016 April 21, Spencer Kornhaber, “Prince the Immortal”, in The Atlantic:
text: Relishing the role of iconoclast, he confounded the scientific establishment by dismissing the consensus about the perils of man-made climate change as “tribal group-thinking.”
ref: 2020 February 28, George Johnson, “Freeman Dyson, Math Genius Turned Technological Visionary, Dies at 96”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: One who attacks cherished beliefs; a maverick.
Related terms: clast
clastic
icon
iconoclasm
iconoclastic
antidogmatism
contrarian
dissenter
freethinker
heresiarch
heretic
nonconformist
radical
rebel
renegade
schismatic
inconsequential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˌkɑnsəˈkwɛnʃəl/
ipa: /ɪnˌkɒn.səˈkwɛn.ʃəl/
Forms: form: more inconsequential
form: most inconsequential
Etymology: From in- + consequential.
Senses: examples: text: You will never know the exact atomic time when you started reading this phrase; of course, that's inconsequential.
text: “[…]Because desire just cheats you. It's like a sunbeam skipping here and there about a room. It stops and gilds some inconsequential object, and we poor fools try to grasp it—but when we do the sunbeam moves on to something else, and you've got the inconsequential part, but the glitter that made you want it is gone—” He broke off uneasily.
ref: 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “A Matter of Civilization”, in The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book 3, page 341:
synonyms: word: unimportant
word: negligible
word: trivial
word: trifling
word: base
word: contemptible
word: foolish
word: for the birds
word: futile
word: frivolous
word: idle
word: ignorable
word: immaterial
word: inconsequential
word: inconsiderable
word: indifferent
word: insignificant
word: like a fart in a windstorm
word: meager
word: mean
word: minor
word: negligible
word: nothingburger
word: nondescript
word: paltry
word: petty
word: picayune
word: picayunish
word: piddling
word: piddly
word: pissant
word: pitiful
word: pointless
word: silly
word: simple
word: slight
word: tin-pot
word: trifling
word: trivial
word: two-bit
word: unimportant
word: unweighty
word: vain
word: worthless
word: wretched
glosses: Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.
glosses: Not logically following from the premises.
Derived terms: inconsequentiality
inconsequentially
inconsequentialness
inconsequential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˌkɑnsəˈkwɛnʃəl/
ipa: /ɪnˌkɒn.səˈkwɛn.ʃəl/
Forms: form: inconsequentials
Etymology: From in- + consequential.
Senses: glosses: Something unimportant; something that does not matter.