cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hants
Etymology: See haunt.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Say, Mister, did you ever see a hant?”
The gentleman did not understand.
“A hant, a ghost, some calls ’em,” explained Jed.
ref: 1907, Harold Bell Wright, chapter I, in The Shepherd of the Hills, New York: A.L. Burt, page 20:
text: […] he shivered as though a hant had touched him with its ghostly fingers, for night was near and he was alone in a depth of the swamp where he had never been before.
ref: 1934, Cecile Hulse Matschat, chapter 3, in Suwannee River: Strange Green Land, New York: The Literary Guild of America, page 52:
text: The term “hant” covers all malevolent and inexplicable sights and sounds. Primarily hants protect buried treasure and linger about ghoulish death spots.
ref: 1967, Richard M. Dorson, “Spirits and Hants”, in American Negro Folktales, Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett, page 213:
text: Naturally, I believed in hants and ghosts and “thangs.” Having been raised by a super-religious Southern Negro grandmother, it would have been abnormal had I not been superstitious.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 140:
qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative form of haunt, haint (“ghost”)
hant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hants
form: hanting
form: hanted
form: hanted
Etymology: See haunt.
Senses: qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: To haunt.
hant
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hadn’t.
astrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + strophic.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Not written in stanza form.
fraterniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fraternisers
Etymology: From fraternize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary.
ref: 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 58:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fraternizer.
solid rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solid rocket
furors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furor
fricasseeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fricassee
fricasseed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fricassee
finickier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of finicky: more finicky
finickiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of finicky: most finicky
fulminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fulmination
forlorner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of forlorn: more forlorn
forlornest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of forlorn: most forlorn
flavourless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flavourless
form: most flavourless
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of flavorless.
Derived terms: flavourlessly
flavourlessness
fibulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibulae
Senses: glosses: plural of fibula
forewords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreword
flimsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of flimsy: more flimsy
flimsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of flimsy: most flimsy
fleshier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fleshy: more fleshy
fleshiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fleshy: most fleshy
flintier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of flinty: more flinty
flintiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of flinty: most flinty
fustier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fusty: more fusty
fustiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fusty: most fusty
quero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queros
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kero (“Inca drinking-cup”).
foreboded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forboded
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forebode
fumigators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fumigator
pack heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: packs heat
form: packing heat
form: packed heat
form: packed heat
Senses: examples: text: If the current trend toward relaxation of concealed-weapons laws continues, soon the most important gun restrictions may involve destinations: the states will probably allow various venues—public gathering places, offices, stores—to ban firearms on the premises. The only problem will be how to know who is packing heat.
ref: 1995 March 27, David Van Biema, “Peekaboo: The New Detector”, in Time:
glosses: To carry one or more handguns on one's person, especially in a concealed manner.
content key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: content keys
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A downloadable content file that unlocks items, characters, levels, or other content that was included with a video game but not immediately accessible (if at all through normal gameplay).
Related terms: unlockable
1-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌn ʌp/
ipa: /wɒn ʌp/
Forms: form: 1-ups
form: one-up
Etymology: "Extra life" sense borrowed from Japanese 1UP (wan appu) and perhaps popularized by Super Mario Bros. (1985); but the term existed earlier in multi-player pinball and other arcade games in the 1960s, where "1Up" and "2Up" were used as flashing notifications to indicate who would play next (or who was "up" next in order). See https://www.inverse.com/gaming/1up-meaning-origin-definition-gaming.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: An item that grants the player an extra life in the game, staving off game over by one more try.
examples: text: Before any player registers points, the PAC-MAN scoring table displays in white "1 UP" and "2 UP" where the scores will appear.
ref: 1982, Harlington Wood, Jr., Atari v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607, n. 2 (7th Cir. 1982)
text: This is the players turn (1-up or 2-up)
ref: 1998, Sega Genesis, Frogger 1998 - Walkthrough:
topics: video-games
glosses: In a game with multiple players, an indicator or identifier of player 1.
Derived terms: 2-up
2-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-ups
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: An item that grants the player two extra lives in the game.
examples: text: Before any player registers points, the PAC-MAN scoring table displays in white "1 UP" and "2 UP" where the scores will appear.
ref: 1982, Harlington Wood, Jr., Atari v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607, n. 2 (7th Cir. 1982)
topics: video-games
glosses: In a game with multiple players, an indicator or identifier of player 2.
2-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Alternative form of two-up.
Related terms: 1-up
skill points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skill point
Christmas berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas berries
form: Christmasberry
Etymology: Christmas + berry
Senses: glosses: Synonym of toyon (“plant or its berry”) (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia)
synonyms: word: toyon
extra: (“plant or its berry”) (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia)
glosses: Synonym of spiceberry (“plant or its berry”).
synonyms: word: spiceberry
extra: plant or its berry
California holly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: toyon (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Samir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sameer.
supplicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supplicative
form: most supplicative
Etymology: From supplicate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: "Supplicative prayer, by contrast, is the more selfish version, in which one prays for rain, to pass an examination, to recover from an illness (or, less selfishly, for someone else to recover from an illness)."
ref: 2003, Susan Leddy, Integrative Health Promotion: Conceptual Bases for Nursing Practice, page 432:
glosses: Tending to supplicate
officer-involved shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: officer-involved shootings
Senses: synonyms: OIS
glosses: An incident in which a police officer shoots at another person.
figureheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figurehead
survival horror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: survival horrors
Etymology: Calque of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), from English survival + horror.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
glosses: An individual game in this genre.
Related terms: survival game
decoletage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of décolletage.
shake one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shakes one's head
form: shaking one's head
form: shook one's head
form: shaken one's head
Senses: examples: text: "An Indian lost in the woods!" said the scout, shaking his head doubtingly.
ref: 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 4, in The Last of the Mohicans:
text: Mr. Brandon shook his head in despair at the unbusinesslike methods of his patron.
ref: 1918, Edgar Wallace, chapter 7, in The Man Who Knew:
text: The Irishman, outstanding in the 2-0 victory over Wolves last week, limped off soon afterwards shaking his head and exchanging words with a section of Villa fans.
ref: 2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To move one's head from side to side, in a repeated swiveling motion from the neck, to indicate disagreement, negation, disbelief, disapproval or dismay.
examples: text: She listened with care, shaking her head in agreement from time to time.
ref: 2005, Robert Silverberg, At Winter's End: The New Springtime, Volume 1, →ISBN, page 305:
glosses: To move one's head up and down, in a repeated hinge-like motion from the top of the spine, to indicate agreement, affirmation, approval, or simply polite attentiveness.
Synonyms: sense: move one's head up and down
word: nod
Related terms: sense: move one's head from side to side
word: smh
save point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: save points
form: savepoint
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A location found in a video game that allows the player to save their game, often found in non-overworld areas such as towns and dungeons, where saving anywhere is not allowed. Gameplay resumes from the save point used.
hef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛf
Forms: form: hefs
Senses: glosses: Clipping of hefeweizen.
umpty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ump (“colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -ty.
Senses: glosses: indefinite in number; unspecified
Derived terms: iddy-umpty
umpteen
umptieth
umptillion
umpty-ump
umpty-umpth
nonstaple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + staple.
Senses: glosses: Not a staple good.
nonstaple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonstaples
Etymology: From non- + staple.
Senses: glosses: Anything that is not a staple, such as a luxury.
Irvine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜɹvɪn/
ipa: /ˈɜɹvaɪn/
ipa: /ˈɜːvɪn/
Forms: form: Irvines
Etymology: Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Ayrshire, Scotland, which flows into the Firth of Clyde near the town of Irvine.
glosses: A town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3238).
glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
examples: text: The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plans to have just two US headquarters for its restaurants, which also includes Irvine, California-based Taco Bell and Habit Burger. Combining KFC’s offices with Pizza Hut in Plano will “foster greater collaboration among brands and employees,” the company said in a press release.
ref: 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Orange County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Estill County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Benson County, North Dakota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Converse County, Wyoming.
glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic derived from the place name.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Irvine-Gass syndrome
Irvinestown
Related terms: Irving
cut scene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut scenes
form: cutscene
Etymology: Coined by game designer Ron Gilbert to describe non-interactive cinematic sequences in the 1987 adventure game Maniac Mansion, in reference to the cuts between scenes in films.
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: cinematic
glosses: A usually non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. It may be presented with full motion video or may be rendered with the game engine.
Related terms: quick time event
nit-picker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nit-pickers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nitpicker.
electrolyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrolyzes
form: electrolyzing
form: electrolyzed
form: electrolyzed
Etymology: Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1834. From electrolysis + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To decompose by means of, or as a result of electrolysis.
Derived terms: electrolyzable
electrolyzation
electrolyzer
identifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of identification
IDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ID
IDs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ID
influencer marketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A form of marketing in which focus is placed on influencers—individuals that have influence over potential buyers—rather than the target market as a whole.
hot spell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot spells
Senses: glosses: A (usually) short period of hot weather. Sometimes a heat wave.
sabil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabils
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sebil (“fountain”).
excitableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exciteableness
Etymology: From excitable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being excitable, excitability.
exciteableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From excitable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of excitableness.
kacau
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːt͡ʃ(j)aʊ/
ipa: [ˈka˧.t͡ʃ(j)aʊ˦]
note: approximating Hokkien
ipa: [ˈk˭a˧.t͡ɕ˭jaʊ˦]
Forms: form: kachau
form: kachiau
form: kachiao
form: kajiao
form: gajiao
Etymology: From Malay kacau.
Senses: examples: text: So even when his army kaki gajiau-ed him for evening joyrides, promising to bring a nice bottle of Black Label if he agreed, he always said no.
ref: 2014, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Singapore Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 85:
text: Nazhan's defence lawyer Singa Retnam asked him if he had heard Nazhan telling Cpl Kok during the celebrations: "If anyone 'kacau' (bothers) you, tell me".
ref: 2019 June 12, Tan Tam Mei, quoting Singa Retnam, “SCDF NSF death: Corporal had a 'scared smile' after ragging ritual was mentioned, says witness”, in The Straits Times, Singapore, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2024:
glosses: To disturb; to bother or trouble (someone).
f**ks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of f**k
f**ks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of f**k
Cathleen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish, a less common spelling of Kathleen.
kail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kale.
glosses: Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
glosses: A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
Derived terms: kailyard
kaily
kaji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kajis
form: qaji
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ქაჯი (kaǯi).
Senses: qualifier: Georgian mythology
glosses: an ugly anthropomorphic spirit
Related terms: kaj
kakap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kakaps
Senses: synonyms: kakap Jeram
glosses: A narrow river or coastal boat used in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei for fishing, or sometimes in piracy and raids.
kalang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kalong.
agg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Clipping of aggravated.
agg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Clipping of aggregate (“the total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores”).
agg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aggs
form: agging
form: agged
form: agged
Senses: examples: text: And as for Cynthy, his maw, she won't hardly speak to me; and, though she is my offspring, is the bitter-heartedest and keen-tonguedest woman hit ever was my lot to meet up with. But for her agging him on, hit is my belief Fulty never would [do anything].
ref: 1923, Lucy S. Furman, The Quare Women: A Story of the Kentucky Mountains, page 38:
glosses: Alternative form of egg (“encourage”).
Related terms: pass-agg
kalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From New Latin kalium + -ian.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: potassian
glosses: Containing potassium.
kalian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalians
Senses: glosses: A hookah.
solo concert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solo concerts
Senses: glosses: A public musical performance given by just one person.
kalong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalongs
form: kalang
Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong).
Senses: glosses: A fruit bat, especially the black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus).
Octavia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈteɪ.vi.ə/
rhymes: -eɪviə
Etymology: From Latin Octāvia, feminine form of the gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).
Senses: examples: text: If beauty, wisdom, modesty can settle
The heart of Antony, Octavia is
A blessed lottery to him.
ref: Act II, Scene II
glosses: A female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 598 Octavia, a minor planet orbiting around the Sun.
Octavius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/
Etymology: From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
Derived terms: Dontavious
germinant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That germinates.
germinant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germinants
Senses: glosses: A germinating plant.
reluctivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reluctivities
Senses: glosses: The quantity equal to the reciprocal of magnetic permeability.
Fareed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic فَرِيد (farīd).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Arabic male given name فَرِيد (farīd).
flakier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of flaky: more flaky
flakiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of flaky: most flaky
finalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of finalise
finalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of finalise
finalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of finalise
Ehsan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian احسان (ehsân, literally “favor, kindness, beneficence”), from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name احسان (ehsân).
flextime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flexitime.
flurrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From flurry + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flurry
flurrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flurryings
Etymology: From flurry + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A brief blast or shower, as of snow.
fructifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fructify
fructifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fructify
fructified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fructify
footrests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footrest
frats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæts/
rhymes: -æts
Senses: glosses: plural of frat
flourier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of floury: more floury
nubcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnuːbkeɪk/
ipa: /ˈnʌbkeɪk/
Forms: form: nubcakes
form: nubcakez
Etymology: From nub (“noob”) + cake, on the pattern of words like beefcake.
Senses: examples: text: 2007: “JohnR”, alt.games.warcraft (Google group): protection spec, the 8ᵗʰ day of February at 12:38pm
The losing agro thing is just because you’re grouping with nubcakes who don’t have the first clue about what you need to do and how to watch their own threat levels. A classic sign is someone who opens up the instant the mob is pulled. Two kinds of people do this, clueless nubcakes who just have no concept of group dynamic and damage meter maniacs who don’t give a shit about group dynamic as long as there damage meter penis is longer, it’s hard to say which one is the worst to have in a party. They’re both intensely irritating and both often cause wipes.
text: 2008: “Bassos”, alt.magick (Google group): Astrology Oath, the 26ᵗʰ day of August at 8:50pm
Heh.
Ze nubcakez.
(resorting to interwebz zpeakz, cos grown up talk goes over your headz)
text: I don’t think it’d be too hard to enforce the rules either… you just have to idle when you have the ball and can’t ever do a full rotation until you get rid of the ‘ball’ and also to stop some nubcake (what? oh wait that was me) from trying to exploit that rule and ‘idle’ all over the court in a zig-zag you would just enforce a 3 second rule.
ref: 2008 May 6, "nubcake", “Re: Unicycle football”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet):
text: That is vpn + google, you nubcake.
ref: 2008 August 26, "Bassos", “Re: Astrology Oath”, in alt.magick (Usenet):
text: The game is the glue that binds real people behind the toons, it was a fantastic game and in many ways it still is but in many other ways it just isn't any more – this is the point that's missed by the nubcake "12 million subscribers can't be wrong" crowd.
ref: 2009 February 9, "JohnR", “Re: How would you use dual spec?”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):
synonyms: noob
noobie
nub
n00b
glosses: A noob; a newbie.
nubcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nubcake
nubcakez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nubcake
flouriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of floury: most floury
funkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of funky: more funky
funkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of funky: most funky
treif
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of treyf.
Mei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mā
ipa: /meɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: may
homophone: May
Etymology: From Mandarin 美 (měi, “beautiful”), a common Chinese given name among women.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Mandarin.
Mei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mā
ipa: /meɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: may
homophone: May
Etymology: Typically renders the common Chinese surnames Mandarin 梅 (méi, literally “plum”) and Mandarin 枚 (méi, literally “tree trunk”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Mandarin.
Mei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mā
ipa: /meɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: may
homophone: May
Etymology: From Mandarin 眉 (Méi).
Senses: examples: text: The Paochi Special District Revolutionary Committee held an on-the-spot symposium on implementation of policies in Mei County and exemplary models were set up later in the various countries and communes.
ref: 1969 May 23 [1969 May 19], “Activities in Shensi”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 100, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page H 3:
text: The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi Provnice^([sic – meaning Province]) recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?
Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?
Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied.
ref: 2010 October 15, “Bigfoot sighted on Taibai Mountain”, in 叶欣, editor, People's Daily, archived from the original on 23 May 2015:
glosses: A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
tanjung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanjungs
form: tanjong
Senses: glosses: A cape; a headland.
khalifah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khalifahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caliph.
amit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɪt/
homophone: omit
Forms: form: amits
form: amitting
form: amitted
form: amitted
Etymology: From Latin āmittō (“I lose, I send away”).
Senses: examples: text: And though a loadstone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue, and according to the position in cooling contracts a new verticity from the earth, yet if the same be laid awhile in aqua fortis, or other corrosive water, and taken out before a considerable corrosion, it still reserves its attraction, and will convert the needle according to former polarity.
ref: 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Concerning the Loadstone:
text: […] and in the event of the said O. H. failing so to complete his title and grant entry to the petitioner, or to shew reasonable cause why he delays or refuses so to do, to find and declare that the said G. H. has forfeited and amitted all right to the said superiority […]
ref: 1848, Alexander Duff, Commentaries on the recent statutes relative to conveyancing:
glosses: To lose.
Related terms: amissible
amissibility
Arad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hungarian Arad.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Arad County, Transylvania, Romania.
glosses: A county in western Romania.
Arad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew עֲרָד.
Senses: glosses: A city in Israel.
Arad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian ارد.
Senses: glosses: A city in Fars Province, Iran.
overjustify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overjustifies
form: overjustifying
form: overjustified
form: overjustified
Etymology: From over- + justify.
Senses: glosses: To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.
Derived terms: overjustification
overjustification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overjustifications
Etymology: From overjustify + -ification, or from over- + justification.
Senses: glosses: Excessive justification.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: External incentives for an already internally motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation.
alcázar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcázars
Senses: examples: text: The Alcázar was then in good condition, and inhabited by a Spaniſh queen.
ref: 1770, Joseph Baretti, A Journey from London to Genoa through England, Portugal, Spain and France, volume II, page 207:
glosses: Alternative form of alcazar (“Moorish fortress in Spain”).
cordless telephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cordless telephones
Senses: glosses: A telephone with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line.
Synonyms: portable telephone
Related terms: mobile phone
read my lips
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Read my lips: no new taxes
text: Read my lips. Star Trek is retarded. It's retarded.
ref: 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Joel (Oscar Wahlberg):
glosses: Used to emphasize a following statement.
Scotch argus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch arguses
Senses: glosses: The butterfly Erebia aethiops, of the family Nymphalidae.
breadboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breadbox
lacerater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laceraters
Etymology: From lacerate + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that lacerates.
laceraters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacerater
hear ye
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: oyez, oyez, oyez
coordinate_terms: hear, hear
;
read my lips
;
mark my words
glosses: Listen to me; used to introduce a public announcement.
mark my words
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: mark my word
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Bowls cautioned her lodger against venturing into the lion's den, "wherein you will rue it, Miss B., mark my words, and as sure as my name is Bowls."
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XL, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: Listen to me; used before or after a statement one wishes to emphasize, especially a prediction.
Synonyms: sense: listen to me
word: hear ye
sense: listen to me
word: read my lips
pink elephant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink elephants
Senses: examples: text: I remember lying by the side of the road watching the pink elephants dancing by.
text: There are, broadly speaking, two types of drinkers. There is the man whom we all know, stupid, unimaginative, whose brain is bitten numbly by numb maggots; who walks generously with wide-spread, tentative legs, falls frequently in the gutter, and who sees, in the extremity of his ecstasy, blue mice and pink elephants.
ref: 1913 August, Jack London, John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, pages 11–12:
glosses: A stereotypical hallucination, particularly one brought on by drinking alcohol.
dixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dixers
Etymology: From Dix + -er. See Dorothy Dixer for more.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of Dorothy Dixer (“a planted parliamentary question”).
synonyms: word: Dorothy Dixer
extra: a planted parliamentary question
nom nom nom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "I'm eating my toast. Nom nom nom. Slurping my tea <slurp>, filling my belly so I will go pee" <big laugh>. "Pee pee pee" <big laugh>.
ref: 2004, K Michael Forder, The High Kicking Kung Fu Soccer Playing Bunny Rabbit Tree:
glosses: Alternative form of om nom nom.
level cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: level caps
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The maximum attainable level of the player character, often in role-playing video games. Level caps may be raised in subsequent playthroughs or expansion packs/downloadable content.
escutcheons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escutcheon
get the best of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the best of
form: getting the best of
form: got the best of
form: got the best of
form: gotten the best of
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get the better of.
fixen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixens
Senses: examples: text: fixen, This is the name of a ſhee-fox, otherwiſe & more anciently foxin. It is in reproche applyed to a woman whoſe nature and condition is thereby compared to the ſhee-fox.
ref: 1605, Richard Verstegen, A restitution of decayed intelligence. ... 1605:
glosses: Obsolete form of vixen.
spoil-sport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoil-sports
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spoilsport.
spoil-sports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoil-sport
saṃsāra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of samsara.
Eng.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of English.
glosses: Abbreviation of England.
speedfreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedfreaks
form: speed freak
Etymology: From speed + freak.
Senses: glosses: An addict or habitual user of amphetamines, methamphetamines, or similar stimulating drugs.
glosses: A person who enjoys driving, riding motorcycles, etc. at high speeds.
glosses: A metalhead who listens to speed metal.
Ru.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Russian.
PSl.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Slavic.
lacerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sixthly, one upon the left temple, with laceration of the integuments and entire fracture of the bone, till part of the matter of the brain came out; made by an instrument incident and lacerant.
ref: 1785, Christopher Hervey, Letters from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany..., page 225:
text: The method of protecting typewriting consisting in employing a typewriter embodying a platen, the usual types and an inked ribbon, inserting a material having a lacerant surface between the platen and the paper to be written upon, […]
ref: 1918, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1225:
glosses: lacerating
lanier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laniers
Etymology: From late Middle English lainer, lainere, lanyer, from Old French laniere, lasniere (“thong, lash”) (see modern French lanière (“lanyard, strap”)).
Senses: glosses: A leather thong.
glosses: A strap used to secure armor.
Bg.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bulgarian.
Lat.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Latin (language).
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Latvia.
Ukr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ukrainian.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Ukraine.
PGmc.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Germanic.
Sg.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of singular (grammatical number).
nom.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of nominative.
voc.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: vŏk
ipa: /vɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: Voc.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of vocative.
voc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vŏk
ipa: /vɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: voc.
form: vocs.
form: voc's
form: Voc.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of vocative.
acc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of accusative.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of acceleration.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of account.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of accounting.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of accountant.
Derived terms: acc. cogn.
cogn. acc.
acc.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of accompanied.
glosses: Abbreviation of according to.
loc.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of locative.
Related terms: ad loc.
loc. cit.
Mac.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Macedonian (South Slavic language).
ChSl.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Church Slavonic.
Church Slavonic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: CS
form: CS.
Senses: glosses: A liturgical language of various Slavic church traditions, with dialectal basis of Old Church Slavonic mixed with vernacular lexical and phonological developments.
Synonyms: Church Slavic
Derived terms: Church Slavonicism
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Church Slavonic terms
Church Slavic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Church Slavonic.
Br.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of British.
Br.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brs.
form: Br
Senses: examples: Br. John Doe
glosses: An abbreviation of Brother, a title used before either a given name or surname for an adult male, especially in a religious or fraternal context.
Related terms: Mr
Dr
Jr
Mrs
Ms
Sr
Bro
Br.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of brief.
Cyr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Cyrillic
Glag.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Glagolitic.
malvoisie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmalvɔɪzɪ/
ipa: /ˌmalvɔɪˈziː/
ipa: /ˌmɑlˌvwɑˈzi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: malvoisies
form: malvesie
form: malvesey
Etymology: From Middle English malvesye, malvesyn, from Anglo-Norman malvesey, malvoisin and Middle French malvoisie (which the modern form is influenced by), from Italian malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of Monemvasia. Compare malmsey.
Senses: examples: text: Now this Malvoisie has a body, and slips down the red lane with an unctuous savour; […]
ref: 1852, The Royalist and the Republican, volume 1, page 108:
text: Adrian stood and refilled Shelagh's glass. ‘A little more malvoisie for you?’
ref: 1991, Stephen Fry, chapter XIV, in Liar:
text: There, gifts were exchanged […] and Philip's mistrels performed in front of the king's mother who sat, appreciative, her customary glass of malvesey to hand.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 217:
glosses: Synonym of malmsey (“wine”).
synonyms: word: malmsey
extra: wine
wikipedia: Monemvasia
canicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkanɪkjuːl/
Forms: form: canicules
Etymology: Borrowed from French canicule, from Latin. Doublet of chenille.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the incompatibility of your nature, and that of the Spanish climate, must ever be present to me, who, during the vivifying heats of the late very bearable canicule, in your French château[…]
ref: 1846, Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain:
glosses: Synonym of dog days.
synonyms: word: dog days
malmsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːmzɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɑ(l)mzi/
Forms: form: malmseys
Etymology: Via Middle English malmesye from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Italian via Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν- + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.
Senses: examples: text: All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like […]
ref: , New York, published 2001, page 223
synonyms: malvoisie
glosses: A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
wikipedia: Monemvasia
xenofobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenofobes
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch xenofoob.
Senses: examples: text: Another one in this thread called us the most racial mixed nation of the world cause he saw three or four coloured players in our national footballteam. And you call us xenofobes probably cause I was a little to disappointed and sarcastically about the support of the Polish Government for the USA and against the 'old Europe'. Ce que la vérité?
ref: 2003 February 10, Henk Senster, “I would like to know”, in pl.soc.polityka (Usenet), retrieved 08 Jun 2022:
text: But yeah, I know... we have our fair share of xenofobes and down right idiots to show for it as well... Let's call those the "bad" genes then, shall we ? :-)
ref: 2005 January 31, Ioannis Borbelis, “Alexander Writes to the Persian King, Darius”, in alt.news.macedonia (Usenet), retrieved 08 Jun 2022:
text: You'll find silly xenofobes in every country, alas :-(
ref: 2005 October 7, Ron van Sommeren, “instructive pictures of all winding diagrams”, in pl.rec.modelarstwo (Usenet), retrieved 08 Jun 2022:
text: One year after Theo van Gogh was murdered we are forced to acknowledge that that event has been a benefit to Islam. Anyone who is critical of Islam will still be branded as a "xenofobe" or an "Islamofobe." Islamophobia is a newly coined word which has already been used by Kofi Annan.
ref: 2005 November 3, Peter Martel, “Shhh....don't say Islam is the problem...”, in misc.immigration.canada (Usenet), retrieved 08 Jun 2022:
text: I'm not sure how your neo nasties, xenofobes or nationalists take it but from what I see the author would have likely supported the White Australia Policy.
ref: 2009 April 25, regn.pickford, “Xenophobes lament”, in aus.politics (Usenet), retrieved 08 Jun 2022:
text: We are no extremist, no racist, no xenofobes, we are true patriots.
ref: 2013 December 17, Heinrich, “Speech Geert Wilders in Turin”, in alt.france (Usenet), retrieved 08 Jun 2022:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Misspelling of xenophobe.
Related terms: xenofobia
cnidoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cnidoblasts
Etymology: From cnido- + -blast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
Derived terms: cnidoblastic
nematocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nematocysts
Etymology: Formed as nemato- + cyst after the French nématocyste.
Senses: examples: text: Often one sees, on surface view, a distinctly rounded vacuole, occupying a position in the cell occupied in others by a large nematocyst.
ref: 1885, R. J. Harvey Gibson, “Observations on the nematocysts of Hydra fusca”, in Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, volume 39, page 30:
text: The young nematocyst decreases in size and becomes coarsely granular, the granules arranging themselves in a spiral line close under the external membrane.
ref: 1902, Arthur Willey, Zoological Results Based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere, page 379:
text: Nematocyst discharge is another example of the Rubicon principle – it either fires or it does not.
ref: 2014, Anthony K. Campbell, Intracellular Calcium, page 350:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
Synonyms: cnida
cnidocyst
cnidocyte
Derived terms: micronematocyst
cnidocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cnidocytes
Etymology: From translingual Cnidaria, from Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle”) + -cyte (“cell type”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: nematocyst
cnidoblast
glosses: A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, string-like tube that transfers a paralyzing sting.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: lappet
glosses: A jellyfish tentacle.
arciliuto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arciliutos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian arciliuto.
Senses: examples: 2005, Lute News: The Lute Society Newsletter. Issues 69-76.
another similar anonymous concerto for arciliuto is among the newly-discovered items of chamber music at Rohrau.
glosses: Synonym of archlute.
synonyms: word: archlute
archlute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archlutes
Etymology: From Italian arcileuto.
Senses: glosses: A fretted and double-necked stringed musical instrument with a large body, double courses in the bass, and two sets of tuning pegs.
Synonyms: word: arciliuto
word: arch-lute
word: archilute
Hyponyms: english: a small version of the standard archlute
translation: a small version of the standard archlute
word: liuti attiorbati
Derived terms: archlutist
bassetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bassettos
Etymology: From Italian bassetto.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tenor viol or small bass viol.
charango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəˈɹæŋɡəʊ/
Forms: form: charangos
Etymology: From Spanish charango, onomatopoeic, or perhaps a corruption of charanga.
Senses: examples: text: One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead.
ref: 1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
Derived terms: charanguista
charangoist
charangon
crumhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crumhorns
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn
dulciana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dulcianas
Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An organ stop with a sweet tone.
dulcian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dulcians
form: dolcian
form: dulzian
Etymology: From German Dulzian, or a variant of dulciana.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore
round shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: round shot
Senses: examples: Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
Synonyms: sense: solid spherical projectile
word: cannonball
sense: solid spherical projectile
word: cannon ball
sense: solid spherical projectile
word: solid shot
Coordinate terms: grapeshot
Related terms: ball
canister
shell
cartridge
cannon ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannon balls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cannonball.
tardinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tardiness