cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
verity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛɹɪti/
Forms: form: verities
Etymology: From Middle English verite, from Anglo-Norman verité or Middle French verité, from Old French verité, from Latin vēritās, from the adjective vērus (“true”).
Senses: examples: text: [...] but in the verity of extolment
I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion
of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of
him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would
trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.
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 V, scene ii]:
text: For the assured truth of things is derived from the principles of knowledg, and causes which determine their verities.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 3:
text: I was moving into the biblical phase of the afternoon, the peak of my new simplicity. A verity less than eternal had little appeal.
ref: 1972, Don DeLillo, End Zone, page 54:
text: If civilized life had covered over the ancient verities, Dumuzi learns in his tragic death that the sheepfold is still there to reclaim him.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180:
text: As we shall see, all of these statements are of limited verity.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:
glosses: Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
examples: text: Absolutist verities were not only being challenged in more systematic and more daring forms than hitherto; the parameters of political debate were also being widened by both government and its critics.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 290–1:
text: Now populists recycle communist verities: the fetishisation of working-class culture, the vision of a good “people” fighting a bad elite, the belief that the state should control business and the dismissal of parliamentary democracy as a bourgeois sham.
ref: 2025 September 13, Simon Kuper, “How Maga rewrote the Little Red Book”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 18:
glosses: A true statement; an established doctrine.
Derived terms: Spirit of Verity
Verity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛɹɪti/
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English derived from the Latin for truth; one of the Puritan virtue names.
virtue name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtue names
Senses: glosses: A Puritan given name, such as Hope or Charity, derived from one of the Christian virtues.
longboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longboards
Etymology: From long + board.
Senses: examples: In the past three weeks on Victoria's Surfcoast I've ridden my longboard probably 90% of the time as well. — Coastalwatch.com.au http://www.coastalwatch.com.au/news/news.aspx?newsId=55&newsType=admin&adType=news
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A large surfboard, around 9 or 10 feet long with a wide nose.
glosses: A large skateboard, measuring about 90 to 150 centimeters (3' to 5').
glosses: Synonym of spine board.
synonyms: word: spine board
Derived terms: longboarder
longboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: longboards
form: longboarding
form: longboarded
form: longboarded
Etymology: From long + board.
Senses: glosses: To travel by longboard.
longboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From longboard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The recreation or sport of surfing with a longboard.
culture shock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culture shocks
Etymology: From the earlier form cultural shock.
Senses: examples: text: Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem.
text: I went through another, reverse culture shock when I got back to Israel and the efort ^([sic]) required to change from cherished and catered-to visitor to an ordinary working woman kept me away from my typewriter jor ^([sic]) months.
ref: 1982 December 4, Ilana Weinstock, “Letters From My Aunt”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 4:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
ankle slapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ankle slappers
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A very small wave.
files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪlz/
rhymes: -aɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of file
files
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪlz/
rhymes: -aɪlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of file
Huey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhjuː.i/
rhymes: -uːi
Forms: form: Hueys
form: Hughie
Etymology: From the pronunciation of Hughie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Hugh.
Huey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhjuː.i/
rhymes: -uːi
Forms: form: Hueys
Etymology: From the original US Army designation of the Bell 204/205 helicopter, "HU-1", acronymized into "Huey", and extended to cover the Cobra gunship version of the same platform.
Senses: glosses: An American military helicopter, the UH-1 Iroquois.
glosses: An American military helicopter, the AH-1 Cobra.
Synonyms: sense: AH-1 Cobra
word: Huey Cobra
sense: AH-1 Cobra
word: Huey-Cobra
sense: AH-1 Cobra
word: HueyCobra
Derived terms: english: all helicopters, by extension, from the Vietnam War troops
translation: all helicopters, by extension, from the Vietnam War troops
word: huey
word: Huey Cobra
word: Huey-Cobra
word: HueyCobra
word: Twin Huey
word: Twin-Huey
word: Super Huey
word: Super-Huey
word: SuperHuey
Huey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhjuː.i/
rhymes: -uːi
Forms: form: Hueys
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Hubert.
examples: The spilt milk would be offered as a gift to Surf God Huey who would surely reward our kindness with sick waves. — surfingnz.com, Road Trip #6
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: Imaginary god who creates surf (waves, and associated conditions), generally used humorously.
glosses: A male given name.
lateral geniculate nucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: LGN
glosses: The nucleus of the thalamus which receives input from the optic tract.
medial geniculate nucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medial geniculate nuclei
Senses: glosses: The nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.
red nucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red nuclei
Senses: glosses: A collection of cells in the tegmentum involved in movement.
glosses: Specifically, the title nucleus involved in the rubrospinal movement pathway.
tectum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛk.təm/
Forms: form: tecta
Etymology: From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”). Doublet of tect.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
glosses: The interconnected outer surface of a spore.
Derived terms: infratectum
Related terms: tegmentum
periaqueductal grey
tegmentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntəm
Forms: form: tegmentums
form: tegmenta
Etymology: From Latin tegmentum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The ventral portion of the midbrain, divided from the tectum by the cerebral aqueduct and the periaqueductal grey.
Meronyms: red nucleus
substantia nigra
ventral tegmental area
Derived terms: ventral tegmentum
Related terms: tectum
tegmental
cerebral aqueduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerebral aqueducts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The channel in the brain which connects the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle. It is surrounded by the periaqueductal gray.
Synonyms: aqueduct of Sylvius
Sylvian aqueduct
mesencephalic aqueduct
periaqueductal gray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periaqueductal grey
Etymology: Shortening of periaqueductal gray matter.
Senses: examples: text: The periaqueductal gray contains circuits that control the sensorimotor components of rage.
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 601:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: central gray
PAG
glosses: The region surrounding the cerebral aqueduct in the midbrain, playing an important role in analgesia.
mesencephalon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛzənˈsɛfələn/
/ˌmɛzənˈsɛfəlɒn/
Forms: form: mesencephalons
form: mesencephala
Etymology: From mes- + encephalon.
Senses: glosses: A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
Synonyms: midbrain
Meronyms: tectum
tegmentum
Derived terms: hemimesencephalon
mesencephalic
superior colliculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superior colliculi
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be involved in saccadic eye movements, and is also thought to be involved in hand-eye coordination.
inferior colliculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inferior colliculi
Senses: glosses: The nucleus just caudal to the superior colliculus, which is involved in the relay of auditory information.
audition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ɔˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ɑˈdɪʃən/
Forms: form: auditions
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“I hear”).
Senses: examples: text: I've been to five auditions this week.
glosses: A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
examples: text: His audition was poor.
glosses: The sense of hearing.
examples: text: Abraham talked on, rather for the pleasure of utterance than for audition, so that his sister's abstraction was of no account.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 52:
glosses: An act of hearing; being heard.
glosses: Something heard.
Synonyms: sense: performance by an aspiring performer
word: casting
sense: performance by an aspiring performer
word: tryout
word: audition
word: hearing
Hypernyms: word: sense
Derived terms: auditionist
reaudition
Related terms: word: audience
word: auditory
word: ear
audition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ɔˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ɑˈdɪʃən/
Forms: form: auditions
form: auditioning
form: auditioned
form: auditioned
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“I hear”).
Senses: examples: text: We auditioned several actors for the part.
text: I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.
ref: 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN:
glosses: To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.
examples: text: Several actors auditioned for the part.
glosses: To take part in such a performance.
Derived terms: auditionee
auditioner
reaudition
unauditioned
anile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.aɪl/
enpr: ă-n' īl
ipa: /ˈæ.naɪl/
enpr: ā' -nīl
ipa: /ˈeɪ.naɪl/
Forms: form: more anile
form: most anile
Etymology: From Latin anīlis, from anus (“old woman”).
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Wittman, too, was passing over the same ground trodden by Bonaparte in his Syrian expedition, and had an ample opportunity of inquiring its probable object, and the probably success which (but for the heroic defence of Acre), might have attended it ; he was on the theatre of Bonaparte’s imputed crimes, as well as his notorious defeat ; and might have brought us back, not anile conjecture, but sound evidence of events which must determine his character, who may determine our fate.
ref: 1844, Sydney Smith, The Works of Sydney Smith, “Wittman’s Travels” (Edinburgh Review, 1803), pages 248–249
text: Romanticism, so sanguine and so venturous in its revolutionary youth, grew anile in its premature decrepitude ; mumbled its credos ; cursed its heretics — and died.
ref: 1880, Robert Alfred Vaughan, Hours with the mystics : a contribution to the history of religious opinion, page 347:
text: Steerpike derived as much pleasure in watching these anile and pitiful creatures, dressed in their purple finery, as they crawled beneath the carpet as he got from anything.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 8, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
glosses: Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
Derived terms: anileness
anililagnia
anile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.aɪl/
enpr: ă-n' īl
ipa: /ˈæ.naɪl/
enpr: ā' -nīl
ipa: /ˈeɪ.naɪl/
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of anil (“indigo”).
sublunar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + lunar.
Senses: examples: text: The City’s moon-lit spires and myriad lamps,
Like stars in a sublunar sky did glow,
And fires blazed far amid the scattered camps,
Like springs of flame, which burst where’er swift Earthquake stamps.
ref: 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 234:
synonyms: sublunary
cislunar
antonyms: superlunar
superlunary
translunar
translunary
glosses: Situated beneath the Moon.
synonyms: sublunary
antonyms: otherworldly
heavenly
celestial
ethereal
glosses: Of this world; earthly.
descant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛskænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Forms: form: descants
form: discant
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus.
Senses: examples: text: Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant!
ref: 1828, Thomas De Quincey, “Elements of Rhetoric”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
glosses: A lengthy discourse on a subject.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
Derived terms: descantist
descant recorder
descant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛskænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Forms: form: descants
form: descanting
form: descanted
form: descanted
form: discant
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus.
Senses: examples: text: but shun the establishment of a bachelor who has hung a pendulum between temptation and prudence till the age of———but of all subjects, age is the one on which it is most invidious to descant.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 128–129:
text: “… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
text: Involving some interesting, intellectual trips, she was descanting lightly to right and left.
ref: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 121
glosses: To discuss at length.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To sing or play a descant.
Derived terms: descanter
goat boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goat boats
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: wave ski
goat boat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goat boats
form: goat boating
form: goat boated
form: goat boated
Senses: examples: Do us surfers a favour please and goat boat at Nobblers or Sumpters - please. — BBC Cable Bay message forum https://web.archive.org/web/20040207131935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/surfing/pages/cablebay.shtml
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: to ride a wave ski.
abseil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.seɪl/
ipa: /ˈæb.saɪl/
ipa: /ˈɑpˌzaɪl/
ipa: /ˈɑpˌzaɪ.l̩/
ipa: /ˈɑbˌzaɪl/
ipa: /ˈæb.seɪl/
Forms: form: abseils
form: abseiling
form: abseiled
form: abseiled
Etymology: From German abseilen, from ab- (“down”) + Seil (“rope”).
Senses: examples: text: Although only five miles north of Winchester, the tunnel is in a rural location with no road access. Contractors were only able to reach the site after cutting through thick vegetation and abseiling down the slope on ropes.
ref: 2020 September 9, Paul Clifton, “Heavy rainfall causes landslip in Hampshire”, in Rail, page 11:
glosses: To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel.
Synonyms: rappel
Derived terms: abseiler
abseil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.seɪl/
ipa: /ˈæb.saɪl/
ipa: /ˈɑpˌzaɪl/
ipa: /ˈɑpˌzaɪ.l̩/
ipa: /ˈɑbˌzaɪl/
ipa: /ˈæb.seɪl/
Forms: form: abseils
Etymology: From German abseilen, from ab- (“down”) + Seil (“rope”).
Senses: glosses: A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device.
Synonyms: rappel
intercede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: intercedes
form: interceding
form: interceded
form: interceded
Etymology: First attested in c. 1570. From Middle French intercéder, from Latin intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”.
Senses: examples: text: Our Lady intercedes
synonyms: intercess
glosses: To plead on someone else's behalf.
examples: text: I to the Lords will intercede, not doubting / Thir favourable ear,
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57:
glosses: To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
examples: text: He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.
ref: 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:
glosses: To pass between; to intervene.
Related terms: intercedent
intercession
intercessionary
intercessor
intercessory
domesticated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From domesticate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of domesticate
domesticated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more domesticated
form: most domesticated
Etymology: From domesticate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: But I can take the calves and learn them to work and give milk, and learn them to become domesticated and useful.
ref: 1856, Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses, Volume 4:
glosses: Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)
Derived terms: domesticatedness
nondomesticated
predomesticated
semidomesticated
semi-domesticated
Related terms: tame
vitrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪˈtɹiːn/
ipa: /vəˈtɹiːn/
Forms: form: vitrines
Etymology: Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, when great numbers of the plates are treated with the hot or boiling water, it should be done in a vitrine or cabinet ventilated directly into the open air.
ref: 1896, “The Review of the Year Past”, in Edward L. Wilson, editor, Photographic Mosaics, page 82:
text: The Princess offered us tea and wine, and we talked for a long time, and then she must show us her house, filled with tapestries, paintings and bibelots and, in a vitrine in a room upstairs, a wonderful collection of fans painted by Carlo van Loo[…]
ref: 1919, Brand Whitlock, Belgium: A Personal Narrative, volume I, page 256:
text: Checking behind him nervously, the dealer was trying to concentrate on showing Bouck some small art-glass pieces in a vitrine in the middle of the booth.
ref: 1996, Leslie Glass, Hanging Time:
synonyms: showcase
display case
glosses: A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.
Related terms: vitreous
hypocrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/
Forms: form: hypocrites
Etymology: From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere.
Senses: examples: text: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:5:
text: [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
ref: 1765, Catherine Jemmat, The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth. Written by Herself, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for the author, at Charing-Cross, →OCLC, page 145:
text: Neither Mr. Meacham, who mostly ignores Jefferson’s slave ownership, nor Mr. Wiencek, who sees him as a sort of fallen angel who comes to slavery only after discovering how profitable it could be, seem willing to confront the ugly truth: the third president was a creepy, brutal hypocrite.
ref: 2012 November 30, Paul Finkelman, “The Real Thomas Jefferson: The Monster of Monticello”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: flip-flopper
word: pretender
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: Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
Derived terms: act the hypocrite
hypochristian
hypocrite commit
hypocritely
hypocrite plant
superhypocrite
Related terms: two-faced
double standard
hypocritical
assigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assign
assigns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assign
sussreserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Süßreserve ("sweet reserve").
Senses: glosses: Unfermented grape juice, especially when added to wine to sweeten it.
assessment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɛsmənt/
Forms: form: assessments
Etymology: From assess + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
examples: text: For every item taken into consideration, the question of its status in terms of history has to be raised; if a word can safely be taken to have been borrowed, it will require an assessment different from that appropriate for a native lexeme.
ref: 1989 January 24, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 127:
glosses: An appraisal or evaluation.
Derived terms: authentic assessment
bioassessment
DISC assessment
e-assessment
environmental assessment
language assessment
misassessment
nonassessment
overassessment
postassessment
preassessment
reassessment
risk assessment
self-assessment
tax assessment
teleassessment
underassessment
agenda-setting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A theory in mass communication that states that the media have the ability to determine which issues are important to the public.
A-gay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-gays
Etymology: Short for A-list gay.
Senses: examples: text: The A-Gays could talk about whoever was tooting coke in the bathroom.
The B-Gays, being largely decorative, were not expected to talk.
ref: 1998, Armistead Maupin, More Tales of the City:
text: The latter is long past its heyday of the 1950s and 1960s, while Marrakech continues to attract wealthy A-gays.
ref: 2003, Justin McGuinness, Footprint Morocco http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=ldBtziUKLRIC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&sig=K8ZsVL04ipvY8FoPLVnUy0SFet4
text: We who suffered the pain of playground exclusion now practice an enforced segregation with an effectiveness that designates certain members of our community as A-gays and marks the rest as inferior.
ref: 2003, Michael S Piazza, Queeries:
glosses: An A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman.
asbestosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæs.bɛsˌtəʊ.sɪs/
ipa: /ˌæs.bɛsˈtoʊ.sɪs/
Forms: form: asbestoses
Etymology: From asbestos + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.
Related terms: mesothelioma
pneumoconiosis
fibroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪbɹɔɪd/
Forms: form: fibroids
Etymology: From fibro- + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A fibroma.
Derived terms: fibroidectomy
fibroidlike
Related terms: fibroidal
fibroma
myoma
myoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈoʊmə/
ipa: /maɪˈəʊmə/
rhymes: -əʊmə
Forms: form: myomas
form: myomata
Etymology: From myo- + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.
Derived terms: adenomyoma
angioleiomyoma
angiolipoleiomyoma
angiomyoma
angioneuromyoma
fibromyoma
hysteromyoma
leiomyoma
myomatous
myomectomy
rhabdomyoma
Related terms: fibroid
sclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skləˈɹəʊsɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: scleroses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis, “hardening”), from σκληρόω (sklēróō, “to harden”), from σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
ref: 2025 April 10, Dan Heching, “Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.
examples: text: Suppressing dissent dooms the society to sclerosis, decline and collapse.
ref: 2019 December 6, Charles Hugh Smith, Suppressing Dissent Guarantees Disorder and Collapse:
glosses: Inability to create change or excessive resistance to change.
Derived terms: word: acrosclerosis
word: adenosclerosis
word: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
word: angiosclerosis
word: arteriosclerosis
word: arthrosclerosis
word: atherosclerosis
word: cardiosclerosis
word: cerebrosclerosis
word: craniosclerosis
word: dermatosclerosis
word: disseminated sclerosis
word: encephalosclerosis
word: Eurosclerosis
word: fibrosclerosis
word: glomerulosclerosis
word: lateral sclerosis
word: lipodermatosclerosis
word: multiple cerebral sclerosis
word: multiple sclerosis
word: myelosclerosis
word: myosclerosis
word: nephroangiosclerosis
word: nephrosclerosis
word: osteosclerosis
word: otosclerosis
word: pachyosteosclerosis
word: pansclerosis
word: phlebosclerosis
word: pseudosclerosis
word: sclerosed
word: sclerotic
word: spongiosclerosis
word: systemic sclerosis
word: tuberous sclerosis
Related terms: sclera
sclerosant
sclerose
sclerotherapy
multiple sclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ellipsis of multiple cerebral sclerosis, i.e. appearance of hardenings or nodules dispersed throughout parts of the central nervous system, in the brain or spinal cord. Confusingly, at some point during the 20th century most sources started dropping cerebral from the expression, even though sclerosis can occur in the other tissues of the body, in unrelated pathologies.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: MS
glosses: A chronic non-contagious disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability.
gastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæstɹɪk/
Etymology: From New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”). By surface analysis, gastr- + -ic; Doublet of gastrique.
Senses: examples: text: This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says.
ref: 2025 May 11, Imogen West-Knights, “‘I lost so much weight, my husband thought I was terminally ill’: why do people lie about taking Ozempic?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Of or relating to the stomach.
Synonyms: stomachic
Derived terms: agastric
antegastric
antigastric
bradygastric
cacogastric
cardiogastric
circumgastric
dermogastric
digastric
duodenogastric
endogastric
enterogastric
entogastric
epigastric
esophagogastric
exogastric
extragastric
gastric acid
gastrical
gastrically
gastric angle
gastric balloon
gastric band
gastric cancer
gastric dumping syndrome
gastric fever
gastric flu
gastricism
gastricity
gastric juice
gastric lavage
gastric mill
gastric reflux
gastric reflux disease
gastricsin
gastric ulcer
gastritis
hepatogastric
hypogastric
ileogastric
infragastric
intragastric
jejunogastric
lienogastric
mesogastric
metagastric
monogastric
nasogastric
nongastric
oesophagogastric
opisthogastric
orogastric
pancreaticogastric
paragastric
perigastric
pharyngogastric
philogastric
pneumogastric
polygastric
postgastric
pregastric
protogastric
renogastric
stomatogastric
supragastric
tachygastric
transgastric
trigastric
urogastric
gastritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastritides
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: gastr- + -itis, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Derived terms: enterogastritis
pangastritis
bad luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.
ref: 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: hard luck
tough luck
ill luck
antonyms: word: good luck
word: good fortune
word: bad luck
glosses: An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune.
Synonyms: word: adverseness
word: adversity
word: bad luck
word: hard luck
word: ill luck
word: mischance
word: misfortune
word: mishap
word: misluck
word: tough luck
word: unfortunateness
word: unluck
word: unluckiness
Hypernyms: word: luck
Related terms: hard lines
hard cheese
dumb luck
hard luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: mischance
word: misfortune
word: adverseness
word: adversity
word: bad luck
word: hard luck
word: ill luck
word: mischance
word: misfortune
word: mishap
word: misluck
word: tough luck
word: unfortunateness
word: unluck
word: unluckiness
glosses: Bad luck.
hard luck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: word: bad luck
word: hard cheese
word: hard lines
word: tough luck
word: bad luck
word: cuhdear
word: hard lines
word: hard luck
word: pity
word: shame
word: too bad
word: tough luck
word: what a pity
word: what a shame
word: worse luck
glosses: Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.
Derived terms: hard-luck story
hard lines
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: word: bad luck
word: hard luck
word: hard cheese
word: bad luck
word: cuhdear
word: hard lines
word: hard luck
word: pity
word: shame
word: too bad
word: tough luck
word: what a pity
word: what a shame
word: worse luck
glosses: Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.
hard lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “There ain’t no drain of nothing short handy, is there?” said the Chicken, generally. “This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition.”
Captain Cuttle proffered a glass of rum […]
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: Hardship; misfortune.
hard cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard cheeses
Senses: antonyms: soft cheese
cream cheese
glosses: A type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, cheese.
hard cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: bad luck
hard lines
hard luck
stiff cheddar
tough break
tough cookie
tough cookies
tough luck
tough noogies
tough titty
tough titties
tough toenails
tough toodles
tough shit
stiff shit
glosses: An unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.
breadfruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/
Forms: form: breadfruits
form: breadfruit
Etymology: Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).
Senses: examples: text: On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
ref: 1882, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, A Truth Seeker Around the World: From Bombay to Hong Kong, D. M. Bennett, page 371:
text: There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 53:
glosses: An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
glosses: The large round fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: sense: tree
word: breadfruit tree
Derived terms: word: African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana
taxonomic: Monstera deliciosa
word: false breadfruit
taxonomic: Ficus dammaropsis
word: highland breadfruit
taxonomic: Monstera deliciosa
word: Mexican breadfruit
taxonomic: Artocarpus altilis
word: seeded breadfruit
damson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæmzən/
Forms: form: damsons
form: damascene
Etymology: From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene.
Senses: glosses: A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
examples: text: But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
glosses: The edible fruit of this tree.
damson
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæmzən/
Forms: form: more damson
form: most damson
form: damascene
Etymology: From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene.
Senses: glosses: The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Simarouba amara
word: bitter damson
taxonomic: Syzygium cumini
word: damson plum
taxonomic: Simarouba amara
word: mountain damson
cyclotomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyclotomy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to cyclotomy
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of, or relating to the complex roots of unity
Derived terms: anticyclotomic
cyclotomically
cyclotomic equation
cyclotomic factorization
cyclotomic field
cyclotomic integer
cyclotomic invariant
cyclotomic polynomial
noncyclotomic
Related terms: de Moivre number
cyclotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclotomies
Etymology: From cyclo- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: surgical removal of the ciliary muscle
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the historical problems of dividing the circle into a given number of equal segments, and of constructing regular polygons
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the analytical extraction of the complex roots of unity; a de Moivre number
Derived terms: cyclotomic
kick like a mule
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks like a mule
form: kicking like a mule
form: kicked like a mule
form: kicked like a mule
Senses: examples: text: This Russian drink tastes foul, but it kicks like a mule.
text: Now Lucy looks sweet cause he dresses like a queen
But he can kick like a mule, it's a real mean team
ref: 1972, David Bowie, “All the Young Dudes”, performed by Mott the Hoople:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To have a very strong physical effect.
kicks like a mule
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kick like a mule
de Moivre number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de Moivre numbers
Etymology: Named after Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754), French mathematician.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of several complex numbers that are coordinates of the vertices of a regular polygon of unit radius
wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
Related terms: cyclotomy
chalet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: chalets
form: châlet
Etymology: Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”).
Senses: examples: text: Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.
ref: 2013 January 24, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62:
text: “I know that Perdita spends the offseason at her chalet in Gstaad, and that her mansion would be empty. And the perfect place to teach you all a valuable lesson about the importance of being nice to people who maybe aren't part of your core group but who have done a lot of nice things for you and yet you still treat them like shit.”
ref: 2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (17:20 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 9, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal):
glosses: An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
glosses: A recreational lodge or small house within the grounds of a resort or country club dedicated to the uniformed services, used for events, staycations and other social gatherings.
colonnette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colonnettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French colonnette.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: a small, thin column, especially one used to support an arcade
chatline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃætˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: chatlines
form: chat line
Etymology: From chat + line.
Senses: glosses: A telephone service in which a caller may converse with an operator on a specific subject.
glosses: A similar service which allows conversation among a number of separate callers.
Related terms: chat-up line
chat line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chatline.
CAB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Civil Aeronautics Board.
glosses: Initialism of Citizens Advice Bureau.
glosses: Initialism of Criminal Assets Bureau.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Combat Action Badge.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.
CAB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CABs
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: ABC
glosses: Initialism of Cognition, Affect, and Behavior.
glosses: Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage.
IYKWIM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of if you know what I mean.
MOO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Master of Orion.
MOO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of matter of opinion.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of MUD, object-oriented.
examples: text: […](3) the nature of the Postal business accommodation supplied by the local Post-Office—thus, PO (Post-Office), SB (Savings Bank), MOO (Money Order Office), or, if there be no PO, the name and distance of the nearest PO[…]
ref: 1893, George A. de M. Edwin Dagg, "Devia Hibernia" : the road and route guide for Ireland of the Royal Irish Constabulary, page vi:
text: It was to help solve a serious problem – mice. For the little vermin were chewing letters containing banknotes and postal orders, especially at the Money Order Office (MOO).
ref: 1993, Christopher Browne, Getting the Message: The Story of the British Post Office, page 88:
qualifier: Postal Romanization
glosses: Initialism of Money Order Office.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of massive overdense object.
WLTM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Outgoing, loving, sincere lady, early 50s, brunette, 5’4”, H/W proportionate, enjoys dancing, movies, much more. WLTM loving, employed, nice man, 45-62, with similar interests to share something special.
ref: 2007 February 23, “The New Phoenix Dating Page”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 36, number 8, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media/Communications Group, page 33:
glosses: Initialism of would like to meet.
raw_tags: in personal ads
cyclo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌɪ.klə(ʊ)/
ipa: /saɪ.kloʊ/
ipa: /saɪ.klə/
Forms: form: cycl-
Etymology: From cycle, cyclic.
Senses: examples: text: cyclorama, cyclometer
glosses: Circle, circular.
examples: text: cyclohexane
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic compound.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Cyclone.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ciliary body.
DBEYR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: 2000, Netrunner, in alt.fan.blade-runner http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.blade-runner/msg/3bf6f64035d142cd?dmode=source&hl=en
Then there is the WP. And of course rumours and hearsay about various other versions that may or may not have actually been shown in cinemas, (but DBEYR).
text: O BTW!! Greg MacLean made a believer out of most of the so called pros by winning the B.A.S.S. Eastern Division Invitational in Jan. 11-13 on Lake Okeechobee,FL. using crankbaits on 8# test line. 44 lbs 4 oz. One was a 9lb 4oz beauty!! DBEYR!
ref: 2001, Abe Watson, rec.outdoors.fishing.bass (Usenet):
text: 2002, Jay Random, in rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.fan.tolkien http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.tolkien/msg/eef8b6a23f87c23a?dmode=source
DBEYR. There is zero evidence of how people actually learnt to make cloth, as it was invented long before the invention of written records -- so long ago that not even oral traditions on that subject have survived.
glosses: Initialism of don't believe everything you read.
Related terms: if you believe everything you read, better not to read
take with a grain of salt
caveat lector
doorman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən
Forms: form: doormen
Etymology: From door + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.
Synonyms: doorkeeper
Coordinate terms: bouncer
doormaid
doorwoman
hall porter
Derived terms: nondoorman
doormanship
doormen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doorman
downburst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downbursts
Etymology: From down- + burst, coined by American meteorologist Horace R. Byers and by Japanese and American meteorologist Tetsuya T. Fujita in November 1975.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.
Hyponyms: macroburst
microburst
assicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæsɪkɒn/
Forms: form: assicons
Etymology: Blend of ass + emoticon
Senses: glosses: An emoticon that takes the form of buttocks.
antidromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: antidromal
antonyms: orthodromic
glosses: flowing in the opposite direction from normal
raw_tags: of a nerve impulse
Derived terms: antidromically
antidromicity
downmarket
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more downmarket
form: most downmarket
Etymology: From down- + market.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: low-end
topics: economics
sciences
antonyms: upmarket
upscale
high-end
glosses: Designed for low-income consumers.
examples: Near-synonym: low-end
antonyms: upmarket
upscale
high-end
glosses: Of, or relating to the less prestigious sector of the market.
Related terms: down and out
down at heel
downmarket
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more downmarket
form: most downmarket
Etymology: From down- + market.
Senses: examples: text: Sadly, by the 1970s the arcade had gone downmarket with brash shop fronts and cheap shops, some of doubtful reputation.
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:
antonyms: upmarket
coordinate_terms: mid-market
glosses: Towards the less prestigious sector of the market.