cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
scurrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scurryings
Etymology: From scurry + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Archivists and librarians are the unsung worker ants whose scurryings make books such as this one possible.
ref: 2007, Charlotte Sleigh, Six Legs Better: A Cultural History of Myrmecology:
glosses: The motion of something that scurries.
prodding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prod
prodding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proddings
Senses: examples: text: perfunctory proddings and pokings
ref: 1922, E. E. Cummings, The Enormous Room:
glosses: The act of giving a prod.
photographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photograph
photographing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photographings
Senses: examples: text: So, there you are with your geologist's hammer and your special camera, and you have come up against the fact that hammerings and photographings of things aren't those things.
ref: 2018, Timothy Morton, Being Ecological, page xxxiv:
glosses: The taking of a photograph.
persecuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of persecute
suspends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suspend
staple guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staple gun
overqualified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overqualified
form: most overqualified
Etymology: From over- + qualified.
Senses: antonyms: underqualified
glosses: Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
underqualified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underqualified
form: most underqualified
Etymology: From under- + qualified.
Senses: antonyms: overqualified
glosses: Lacking the suitable qualifications for a particular job.
misspoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of misspeak
massaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of massage
honeymooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of honeymoon
honeymooning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honeymoonings
Senses: examples: text: Markham also explained a word: "Lilimola is a deep secret realm of love and rest, where lovers go for their honeymoonings when returning for a season from Lilistan, the New Heaven."
ref: 1966, Louis Filler, The Unknown Edwin Markham: His Mystery and Its Significance, page 138:
glosses: A honeymoon.
honeymooning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The honeymooning couple danced the night away.
glosses: On a honeymoon.
gouged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gouge
evacuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of evacuate
dullest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dull: most dull
bat an eyelid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bats an eyelid
form: batting an eyelid
form: batted an eyelid
form: batted an eyelid
Etymology: From bat (“flutter”), circa 1900.
Senses: examples: text: When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.
text: […]he got the drop on Cox, the only time I had seen or heard of its being done — had his pistol out and stuck in Cox's face before Cox could bat an eyelid.
ref: 1914, Edgar Beecher Bronson, The Vanguard, page 155:
text: If you were to walk into a salon in America after a few 10–12 hour days of sweaty, dusty travel with no shower, you'd probably be politely asked to leave and not return until you've cleaned up. But here in a land whose resources and infrastructure cannot sustain such frivolity, the barber doesn't even bat an eyelid.
ref: 2006, Pete Takeda, An Eye at the Top of the World, page 116:
text: Dublin's not a bad place to be gay. Most people wouldn't bat an eyelid at public displays of affection between same-sex couples[…]
ref: 2007, Fionn Davenport, Dublin Encounter, page 153:
synonyms: bat an eye
bat an eyelash
flinch
glosses: To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.
raw_tags: in the negative
Derived terms: without batting an eyelid
Related terms: bat one's eyes
turn a hair
declaratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛˈklæɹətɹi/
Etymology: From declare + -atory.
Senses: glosses: Serving to declare or explain
Derived terms: declaratorily
declaratory judgment
re-activate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-activates
form: re-activating
form: re-activated
form: re-activated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reactivate.
patience of Job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A reference to the biblical figure of Job from the Book of Job, where he demonstrated faith and patience with God while suffering many severe trials. First used in the translations of James 5:11, from Koine Greek ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ (hupomonḕn Iṑb).
Senses: examples: text: Beholde, wee count them happie which endure. Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob, and haue ſeene the end of the Loꝛd: that the Loꝛd is very pitifull and of tender mercie.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 5:11:
text: The interference, some of it on a daily basis, that LSC staff have had to endure from the department's civil servants would have tried the patience of Job.
ref: 2004 March 30, “Takes two to quango”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2014:
synonyms: patience of an angel
patience of a saint
patience of Mother Teresa
glosses: A great amount of patience.
wikipedia: Book of Job
James 5#Verse 11
Job (biblical figure)
mafiosi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mafioso
feast for the eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feasts for the eyes
Senses: synonyms: visual feast
eye candy
antonyms: eyesore
glosses: Visually pleasing sight; something that is easy on the eye.
Job's news
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Job's-news
Etymology: From the Biblical story in which many unfortunate things happen to Job.
Senses: examples: text: What mystery is in the wind?—Hark! a human voice reporting articulately the Job’s-news: Necker, People’s Minister, Saviour of France, is dismissed.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book V (The Third Estate):
glosses: Very bad news.
Related terms: poor as Job
Job's comforter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Job's comforters
Etymology: From the Bible Job 16.2 where Job's supposed friends offered advice that was not helpful.
Senses: examples: text: Only a Job's comforter would try to argue that yesterday's stock fall announcement could bring anything good.
glosses: A person who, in trying to offer help or advice, says something that aggravates the distress.
glosses: A boil.
Related terms: Job's comfort
Becca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca, from Hebrew.
bourgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞oʹzhē
ipa: /ˈbuːʒi/
ipa: /ˌbɔːʒi/
rhymes: -uːʒi
Forms: form: bourgies
Etymology: From bourgeoisie or bourgeois, from French; compare bougie.
Senses: glosses: A member of the bourgeoisie.
bourgie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞oʹzhē
ipa: /ˈbuːʒi/
ipa: /ˌbɔːʒi/
rhymes: -uːʒi
Forms: form: more bourgie
form: most bourgie
Etymology: From bourgeoisie or bourgeois, from French; compare bougie.
Senses: examples: text: Although there were more reasonably priced bottles of wine, they chose an expensive Malbec not for its flavor, but for its bourgie appeal.
text: Bourgie girl / Grab her hand / Fuck that bitch, she don't wanna dance
ref: 2011, Jay-Z, Kanye West, “Niggas in Paris”, in Watch the Throne:
text: It takes on faith a heterogeneous, bourgie morality and gives the lie that tween girls – or, more accurately, their movie-ticket-buying parents – want to hear.
ref: 2012 July 29, Sarah Nicole Prickett, “Kristen Stewart should not have apologized, and here's why”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: Alternative form of bougie.
Black Forest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Black Forest
Etymology: Calque of German Schwarzwald.
Senses: glosses: A large forest and mountain range in southwestern Germany.
Derived terms: Black Forest cake
Black Forest gâteau
Black Forest ham
Black Forest horse
Black Forest trifle
Black Forest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Schwarzwald.
Senses: examples: text: One reader combines equal parts of cherry pie filling and chocolate pudding for a quick dessert—a sort of Black Forest pudding or parfait.
ref: 1995, Heloise [Cruse Evans], Hints for All Occasions, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →ISBN, page 303:
text: So was perspective, Kristen learned as she entered her kitchen and found Casey sitting at her built-in peninsula, chowing through a mini mason jar full of chocolate-cherry Black Forest pie with mocha whipped cream and bittersweet chocolate shavings and almond brittle.
ref: 2012, Lisa Plumley, Together for Christmas, New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 246:
text: She squeezed out a lump of whipped cream frosting onto two of the last batch of Black Forest cupcakes when a throat cleared in the front and startled her.
ref: 2014, Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Avery, Amy Jo Cousins, Denise McDonald, Harlequin E Contemporary Romance Box Set, volume 1, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN:
text: Opened in 2018 in the ruined castle Burg Landshut, this state-of-the-art restaurant is worth the steep climb (or shuttle-bus ride) for modern German cuisine such as sauerkraut and blood-sausage soup, and pike-perch with bacon and cabbage mash, topped off by desserts like Black Forest mousse with berry coulis and Riesling sorbet with poached local peaches.
ref: 2019, Marc Di Duca, Anthony Ham, Catherine Le Nevez, Ali Lemer, Hugh McNaughtan, Leonid Ragozin, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Benedict Walker, Kerry Christiani, Germany, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:
related: word: black forest
glosses: A style of confectionery that is a combination of dark chocolate, cream, and cherries.
raw_tags: of food
Havanna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Havannas
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Havana (“type of cigar”).
destin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛstɪn/
homophone: destine
Etymology: Borrowed from French destin.
Senses: examples: text: Vnleſſe the Destin's adamantine band Should tye my teeth, I cannot chuſe, but bite
ref: 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of destiny.
Krakau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Krakow: A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.
Saxe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæks/
ipa: /ˈsæksə/
ipa: /sæks/
Etymology: Seemingly a combination of influences: Middle English Saxe (“the Saxons”) (from Old English Seaxe), Middle French Saxe (“Saxony”), and German Sachsen (“Saxony”) and Sachse (“a Saxon”) itself, rewritten with x (compare regional German Saxen). The form Saxẽ (i.e., Saxen) is found in some Early Modern sources.
The surname is also partly from German Sachs, itself a variant of Sachse; a variant of Dutch Sas (literally “Saxon”), a cognate; and Middle English Saxe, a personal name from Old Norse Saxi, from sax (“one-edged sword”). All of these ultimately lead back to Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Doublet of Sachs, Sax, Sas, and Sachse.
Senses: examples: text: The Intentioun of the Empreour is sic, that he will put from the Impyre, the Palsgraue and Duke August of Saxe […]
ref: 1572, The copie of the Proclamatioun set furth be the kingis Maiestie and his Counsall, for ane Conuentioun of the Professouris of the trew Religioun within the Realme […]:
text: When Luther rose, the Duke of Saxe, being moved of God, did receive the Reformation peaceably into his principalities, without any force, and his examples was followed by other Princes and free cities […]
ref: 1669, [Gilbert Burnet], A Modest and Free Conference Betwixt a Conformist and a Non-conformist […], page 17:
text: If Prussian policy represented the extreme of encouraging the dissolution of Judaism through inner decay, in Saxe–Weimar it was deemed best to break the bonds of tradition forcibly in order to speed up the process of amalgamation.
ref: 1988, Michael A. Meyer, Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany
glosses: A surname from the Germanic languages.
Derived terms: saxe blue
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæks/
ipa: /ˈsæksə/
ipa: /sæks/
Etymology: Seemingly a combination of influences: Middle English Saxe (“the Saxons”) (from Old English Seaxe), Middle French Saxe (“Saxony”), and German Sachsen (“Saxony”) and Sachse (“a Saxon”) itself, rewritten with x (compare regional German Saxen). The form Saxẽ (i.e., Saxen) is found in some Early Modern sources.
The surname is also partly from German Sachs, itself a variant of Sachse; a variant of Dutch Sas (literally “Saxon”), a cognate; and Middle English Saxe, a personal name from Old Norse Saxi, from sax (“one-edged sword”). All of these ultimately lead back to Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Doublet of Sachs, Sax, Sas, and Sachse.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A German albumenized paper used in photography.
München
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: […] knew he had lived in Dresden—and oh, I am afraid because the men from München may have known that the wood carving store there had failed.
ref: 1911, The Vassar Miscellany, volume 41, page 12:
text: The Putschists could count on very considerable numbers of men from München and were also bringing in men from much of southern Bavaria to strengthen these local forces.
ref: 1972, Harold J. Gordon, Jr., Hitler and the Beer Hall Putsch, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 270:
text: He said that he had been in contact with another man from München, and they were discussing plans.
ref: 1982, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tempting Fate: A Count Ragoczy Saint-Germain Tale of the Occult, Tor Books, published 2012, →ISBN:
text: Three young men from München, one of them my youngest uncle Georg, were drafted into the German army.
ref: 2003, Maria Kreiser, translated by James Gessele, Though My Soul More Bent: Memoir of a Soviet German, Germans from Russia Heritage Society, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: Alternative form of Munich.
Nürnberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nuremberg: a major city in Bavaria, Germany.
cast the first stone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts the first stone
form: casting the first stone
form: cast the first stone
form: cast the first stone
Etymology: From the Bible John 8:7, where Jesus tells the accusers of a woman of adultery that "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her". All accusers did not do so, and Jesus forgave the woman's sin.
Senses: examples: 2007, March 10, Mr Gingrich, on the impeachment proceedings in 1999. Reported in The Guardian
I knew I couldn't cast the first stone as I knew I had weaknesses. ... (But) as a leader of the government trying to uphold the rule of law I have no choice but to move forward and say you cannot accept perjury in your highest officials.
glosses: To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing oneself to be blameless.
Related terms: people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Hessen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hesse (state of Germany).
Bochum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in western Germany.
Solingen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Wuppertal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the River Wupper + German Tal.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.
Wermelskirchen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in western Germany.
wikipedia: Wermelskirchen
Ingolstadt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city on the River Danube in Bavaria, in southern Germany.
declassify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: declassifies
form: declassifying
form: declassified
form: declassified
Etymology: From de- + classify.
Senses: examples: text: Trump: This was done by the military and given to me. Uh, I think we can probably, right? / Staffer: I don't know, well, we'll have to see. Yeah, we'll have to try to- / Trump: Declassify it. / Staffer: -figure out a- yeah. / Trump: See as president I could have declassified it. Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret. / Staffer: Yeah. [Laughter] Now we have a problem. / Trump: Isn't that interesting? / Staffer: Yeah. / Trump: It's so cool.
ref: 2023 June 27 [2021], Donald Trump, 02:18 from the start, in ‘This is secret information’: Hear exclusive audio of Trump discussing classified documents, CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2023:
text: There are also two First Class compartments, but these have been declassified for suburban services and will be available to all customers.
ref: 2024 July 10, “Network News: First of refurbished Class 458s rejoin South Western Railway fleet”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 13:
glosses: to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
Derived terms: declassifiable
decliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈklaɪnə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: decliners
Etymology: From decline + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who declines.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A company's stock which is falling in price.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A species that is undergoing population decline.
decollete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkɒləteɪ/
Forms: form: more decollete
form: most decollete
Etymology: French décolleté, from the verb décolleter.
Senses: glosses: Having a low-cut neckline.
Derived terms: robe decollete
decollete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkɒləteɪ/
Forms: form: decolletes
Etymology: French décolleté, from the verb décolleter.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of décolleté.
decolonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈkɒlənaɪz/
Forms: form: decolonizes
form: decolonizing
form: decolonized
form: decolonized
Etymology: From de- + colonize.
Senses: examples: text: A paternal government would attempt to decolonize American literature, by forbidding the re-publication of foreign works, and offering premiums to those of home production.
ref: 1860, James Parton, Life of Andrew Jackson: In Three Volumes, page 84:
glosses: To release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become independent.
examples: text: Across Ukraine, officials are starting projects to, as they say, “decolonize” their cities. Streets and subway stops whose names evoke the history of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union are under scrutiny by a population eager to rid itself of traces of the nation that invaded in late February.
ref: 2022 June 7, Erika Solomon, “Goodbye, Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy: Ukrainians look to ‘decolonize’ their streets.”, in The New York Times:
text: The arrival of Trump in the White House gave a new urgency to the idea that museums needed to “decolonize” their collections, atone for their past elitism, and become overtly political institutions rather than mere warehouses of valuable objects.
ref: 2022 October 3, Helen Lewis, “The Guggenheim’s Scapegoat”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: To reverse the colonization of, i.e. to grant back autonomy to a group.
decontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈtɹəʊɫ/
rhymes: -əʊl
Forms: form: decontrols
form: decontrolling
form: decontrolled
form: decontrolled
Etymology: From de- + control.
Senses: examples: text: When President Reagan decontrolled crude oil, gasoline, and home-heating oil, he did so without formal counsel from Congress and the public.
ref: 1981 March 19, David L. Greenberg and Ames K. Lower, “CRUDE DECONTROL BY REAGAN”, in The New York Times:
text: Even the normal income tax on decontrolled higher-priced, gas could run into the tens of billions of dollars.
ref: 1982 January 10, Douglas Martin, “Decontrolling Natural Gas”, in The New York Times:
text: Under the plan Mr. Bruno has outlined, any unit that became vacant after June 15, 1997, would be completely decontrolled, permitting landlords to charge whatever the market would allow.
He would also expand the policy of decontrolling higher-priced apartments to include more units.
ref: 1996 December 31, James Dao, “Softening His Stance, Bruno Says He Will Support Rent Protections for Poor Tenants”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To remove controls.
decontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈtɹəʊɫ/
rhymes: -əʊl
Forms: form: decontrols
Etymology: From de- + control.
Senses: examples: text: The shortfall caused by the disruption in Iran amounted to only 5 percent of our normal imports. Despite this limited cutback, the oil industry seized upon the Iranian situation as its “Gulf of Tonkin” to justify its campaign, which your editorial now supports, for decontrols, higher prices and higher profits. Clearly, the gasoline shortage in 1979 was not an act of God.
ref: 1979 September 5, “Letters”, in The New York Times:
text: The Administration's accelerated decontrol program also comes at great expense to consumers. It provides an immediate 1 percent increase in inflation, and by the end of fiscal 1981 it will have added $11.7 billion to the price of oil products.
ref: 1981 March 19, David L. Greenberg and Ames K. Lower, “CRUDE DECONTROL BY REAGAN”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The removal of controls.
cuesta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɛstə/
rhymes: -ɛstə
Forms: form: cuestas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cuesta (“slope”). Doublet of coast.
Senses: examples: text: At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.
ref: 1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217:
text: In eastern Wisconsin the cuesta is drift-covered and less noticeable; permanent settlement came later; lead and zinc mining was absent; and industrial development took a different course.
ref: 1986, Gwen Schultz, Wisconsin's Foundations: A Review of the State's Geology and Its Influence on Geography and Human Activity, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 127:
topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
Regensburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city, the administrative seat of the Upper Palatinate region, on the River Danube in Bavaria, Germany; also called Ratisbon.
glosses: A rural district of the Upper Palatinate region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Regensburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
extended vocabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Hey, watch it with the extended vocabulary — there are children here.
glosses: Off-color or obscene vocabulary; especially, four-letter words.
Weiher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weihers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weiher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
microfilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfilms
Etymology: From micro- + film.
Senses: examples: text: This detail made it easier, decades later, when I was browsing through reels of microfilms of The New York Times, to establish that morning’s date.
ref: 2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023), pages 200-201:
glosses: A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size.
Derived terms: microfilmable
microfilmer
microfilm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microfilms
form: microfilming
form: microfilmed
form: microfilmed
Etymology: From micro- + film.
Senses: examples: text: Power set up a camera in the British Museum and eventually microfilmed many pre-1640 English books that he selected from Pollard and Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (STC) and other important works in the museum’s collections.
ref: 1972, Carol A. Nemeyer, Scholarly Reprint Publishing in the United States, New York, N.Y.: R. R. Bowker Co., →ISBN, pages 48–49:
glosses: To reproduce (documents) on such film.
Related terms: microfiche
methodological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛθ.ə.dəˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌmɛθ.ə.dəˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌmeθ.ə.dəˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
Forms: form: more methodological
form: most methodological
Etymology: From methodology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: No single study will ever be able to overcome any and all methodological limitations.
ref: 2006, Paul D. Hastings, Johanna Vyncke, Caroline Sullivan, Kelly E. McShane, Michael Benibgui, William Utendale, Children's Development of Social Competence Across Family Types:
text: The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or using methodology or a methodology.
Derived terms: intermethodological
methodologically
multimethodological
nonmethodological
unmethodological
Related terms: methodical
methodic
floatplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floatplanes
Etymology: From float + plane.
Senses: glosses: A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
re-examination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-examinations
form: reexamination
form: reëxamination
Etymology: From re- + examination.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Dunbar also urged re-examination of present track maintenance methods.
ref: 1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Manpower economy”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712:
text: Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock told 198 patients to return for re-examination last month after the NHS said they had not received the full range of checks.
ref: 2007 July 22, “Women called back to clinic have breast cancer”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2014:
text: Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
glosses: A second or subsequent examination.
topics: law
glosses: Subsequent questioning of a witness after cross-examination.
topics: law
glosses: In United States patent law, a procedure under which an issued patent is returned to the examiner to determine if it remains valid in light of newly discovered prior art.
reëxamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reëxaminations
Senses: examples: text: Last fall, David Remnick, the editor, suggested convening a group to talk about the magazine’s house style, to see if any rules might bear reëxamination.
ref: 2025 March 10, Andrew Boynton, “The New Yorker House Style Joins the Internet Age”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2025:
glosses: Rare spelling of re-examination.
fecula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛkjʊlə/
rhymes: -ɛkjʊlə
Forms: form: feculas
form: feculae
form: fæcula
form: faecula
Etymology: From Latin faecula, diminutive of faex (“residue, dregs”).
Senses: examples: text: Arrowroot is the fecula of Maran′ta arundina′cea or West Indian arrowroot; Sex. Syst. Monandria Monogynia; Nat. Ord. Marantaceæ; a plant, which is a native of South America and the West Indies, where it is largely cultivated in gardens and provision grounds. The tubers or roots are beaten into a pulp, stirred with cold water, removing the fibres with the hand; the milky juice is passed through a fine sieve, and the starch is allowed to subside in the strained fluid. The fecula is then washed, and dried without heat. This is the Arrowroot.
ref: 1843, Robley Dunglison, “Demulcents”, in General Therapeutics and Materia Medica, Adapted for a Medical Text Book. … In Two Volumes, volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, section VIII (Agents whose Action is Prominently Mechanical), page 396:
glosses: Starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food.
Related terms: arrowroot
cornstarch
sago
tapioca
voide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of void.
strike up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes up
form: striking up
form: struck up
form: struck up
form: stricken up
Senses: examples: text: To make him feel welcome, she struck up a conversation with the newly arrived guest.
text: He struck up a friendship with Redford that was to last for many years.
text: He repeated to Chad what he had been saying in the court to Waymarsh; how there was no doubt whatever that his sister would find the latter a kindred spirit, no doubt of the alliance, based on an exchange of views, that the pair would successfully strike up.
ref: 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: To start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship.
examples: text: The band struck up and everyone started to dance.
text: The bride entered the church just as the "Wedding March" struck up.
text: Strike vp the Drum and martch corragiouſly,
Fortune her ſelfe dooth ſit vpon our Creſts.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
glosses: To start something, usually playing live music.
glosses: To raise (as sheet metal), in making dishes, pans, etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
hoaxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoaxers
Etymology: From hoax + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who perpetrates hoaxes.
Synonyms: word: hoaxster
Related terms: hoax
miscount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈkaʊnt/
ipa: /ˈmɪskaʊnt/
Forms: form: miscounts
form: miscounting
form: miscounted
form: miscounted
Etymology: From Middle English miscounten, equivalent to mis- + count.
Senses: coordinate_terms: misadd
mistotal
glosses: To count incorrectly.
miscount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈkaʊnt/
ipa: /ˈmɪskaʊnt/
Forms: form: miscounts
Etymology: From Middle English miscounten, equivalent to mis- + count.
Senses: examples: text: To bait the mark, the veteran grifter initially covers one of the three numbers on the clothespin or miscounts the marble tally which serves to award the mark fairbanked points. The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount.
ref: 2011, Richard Margittay, Carnival Games: $10,000,000,000 Hoodwink Racket:
glosses: An incorrect counting.
miscall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪskɔːl/
Forms: form: miscalls
form: miscalling
form: miscalled
form: miscalled
Etymology: From Middle English miscallen, equivalent to mis- + call.
Senses: examples: text: But one aboue the rest in speciall, / That had an hog beene late, hight Grille by name, / Repined greatly, and did him miscall, / That had from hoggish forme him brought to naturall.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: He there exhorts us to hear with patience and humility those, however they be miscall'd, that desire to live purely, in such a use of Gods Ordinances, as the best guidance of their conscience gives them, and to tolerat them, though in some disconformity to our selves.
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
text: their wisest brains concluded that Christians wore the hideous thing that its broad brim might interpose between their weak eyes and the uncongenial sight of God. So it reminded Islam continually that God was miscalled and misliked by Christians.
ref: 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 109:
glosses: To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.
examples: text: I can believe such an instance—can believe love taking strong root amid cruelty, poverty, suffering, and danger, rather than in the withering atmosphere of this crowded city—this miscalled social, but really heartless, life; where petty interests distract the mind, and mean desires absorb the heart.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 174:
text: ‘In this country, peasants miscall it “Cowslip,” though of course the true Cowslip, Primula veris, is a different plant altogether.’
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 48:
synonyms: misname
hypernyms: misidentify
glosses: To call (someone or something) incorrectly or by the wrong title or name.
examples: text: The networks soon discovered that they had miscalled Florida, based, so it was later explained, on important errors and miscalculations made from their combined pool source of information, the Voter News Service.
ref: 2002, A.E. Busch, J.W. Ceasar, The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election, Rowman & Littlefield, page 10:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To make a wrong call (prediction or announcement).
To announce the result of an election incorrectly.
examples: text: When the loser thinks he has the hand beat he turns over his hand only to find that the winner has miscalled his hand, and since "cards speak," the miscaller wins.
ref: 1983, David M. Hayano, Poker Faces: The Life and Work of Professional Card Players, page 59:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To make a wrong call (prediction or announcement).
To announce one's hand of cards incorrectly.
Derived terms: miscaller
Related terms: word: misdial
word: misidentify
word: mislabel
word: misname
word: missed call
miscall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪskɔːl/
Forms: form: miscalls
Etymology: From Middle English miscallen, equivalent to mis- + call.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect call.
Related terms: word: misdial
word: misidentification
word: mislabeling
word: misnaming
word: missed call
miscall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪskɔːl/
Forms: form: miscalls
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of miskal.
misfile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈfaɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˈmɪs.faɪ.əl/
Forms: form: misfiles
form: misfiling
form: misfiled
form: misfiled
Etymology: From mis- + file.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor had trouble finding Mrs Wagner's patient record, since it had been misfiled under the letter V.
glosses: To file incorrectly; to file in the wrong place or the wrong way.
multistory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multi-storey.
multistory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multistories
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multi-storey.
prelim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpriːlɪm/
ipa: /prɪˈlɪm/
ipa: /priˈlɪm/
ipa: /ˈprilɪm/
Etymology: Clipping of preliminary.
Sense 2 ("clipping of preliminary examination") was originally Oxford University slang, now in common use.
Senses: glosses: Preliminary.
prelim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpriːlɪm/
ipa: /prɪˈlɪm/
ipa: /priˈlɪm/
ipa: /ˈprilɪm/
Forms: form: prelims
Etymology: Clipping of preliminary.
Sense 2 ("clipping of preliminary examination") was originally Oxford University slang, now in common use.
Senses: glosses: Something preliminary, such as a trial, report, race, etc.
glosses: Clipping of preliminary examination; a type of exam sat at the end of the first year of most undergraduate degrees.
glosses: The preliminary front matter of a book; all content preceding the main text or work itself.
Pennines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Usually connected to the Italian Apennines, originally borrowed from Latin Apenninus by Latin scribes and subsequently losing its initial A by rebracketing or aphesis. Alternatively, possibly derived directly from a Celtic language; by surface analysis, Proto-Brythonic *penn (“(hill) top, head”) plus -ine.
Senses: glosses: A mountain range of hills stretching through north central England.
comparsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparsas
Etymology: Spanish comparsa
Senses: glosses: A group of singers, musicians and dancers in a carnival or other festivity in Spain or Latin America.
due date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: due dates
Senses: synonyms: EDD
estimated date of delivery
EDC
expected date of confinement
glosses: The date on which a pregnant female is expected to give birth, which is determined by the term for the species.
glosses: The date of payment in financial arrangements.
glosses: The date by which a book (or other item) borrowed from a library must be returned.
glosses: The date by which a task is supposed to be completed.
Related terms: sense: expected endpoint of pregnancy
word: term
sense: expected endpoint of pregnancy
word: preterm
sense: expected endpoint of pregnancy
word: postterm
cabbaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cabbage + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: …you were trying to tell me the other night, but I was cabbaged.
ref: 1998, Irvine Welsh, Filth, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 286:
text: 'Bastards, Jake, eh,' he nudges, knowing that his pal would do the same for him if he was cabbaged up.
ref: 2001, Hugh Collins, No Smoke, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Very drunk.
Synonyms: paralytic
wankered
wasted
drunk
cabbaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From cabbage + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cabbage
sheers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ʃɪɹz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: shears
Senses: glosses: plural of sheer
sheers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ʃɪɹz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: shears
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: sheerlegs.
sheers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ʃɪɹz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: shears
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sheer
grandezza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɹænˈdɛt.sə/
Etymology: From Italian grandezza.
Senses: examples: text: Society went on excellently well without houses, or carriages, or jewels, or toilettes, or pavements, or shops, or grandezza of any sort; and the market was excellent as well as cheap.
ref: 1907, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, published 1918:
glosses: Grandeur, greatness, magnificence.
glosses: Stateliness, dignity.
glosses: Magnanimity.
chaplains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaplain
discourtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkɜːtəzi/
Forms: form: discourtesies
Etymology: From dis- + courtesy.
Senses: synonyms: discourteousness
glosses: Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
glosses: A rude act.
discourtesies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discourtesy
tameable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tameable
form: most tameable
form: tamable
Etymology: From tame + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be tamed.
Synonyms: word: domable
word: domesticable
word: domesticatable
secretaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretary
secretaries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of secretary
testifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testifiers
Etymology: From testify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Hence a testifier must be selective and must render to you that which is relevant.
ref: 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 240:
glosses: One who testifies; a witness.
testifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testifier
sos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of so
sos
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /sɒs/
Forms: form: SoS
Senses: examples: text: she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL
ref: 2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr:
text: Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.
ref: 2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr:
text: #the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos
ref: 2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr:
text: Whoa! What is Flelf [Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card] doing on the field? You know this is actually a retrain? The original card is called Sos.
ref: 2025 January 31, Joseph Rothschild, “A THOUSAND DIFFERENT PATHS TO MID - Dueltaining”, in YouTube:
synonyms: joj
sus
glosses: A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
ONU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ONUs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: ONT
glosses: Initialism of optical network unit.
ground pounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground pounders
Etymology: Suggesting the pounding of a marching soldier's boots on the ground.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military soldier whose primary role is infantry or the use of ground-based materiel.
indoctrinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of indoctrinate
savin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savins
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English savyne, from Old French savine, from Latin sabīna. Compare Old English safine.
Senses: glosses: The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
examples: text: th'aged Nurse her calling to her bowre, / Had gathered Rew, and Sauine, and the flowre / Of Camphara, and Calamint, and Dill, / All which she in a earthen Pot did poure [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.
glosses: The eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Juniperus sabina
word: bastard killer
sense: Juniperus sabina
word: cover-shame
sense: Juniperus sabina
word: savin juniper
fondamento
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fondamentos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fondamento (“foundation”). Doublet of fundament.
Senses: examples: text: That view up the fondamento is at all times one of the loveliest aspects of the lovely little island town, but in the month of May a strange enchantment is added.
ref: 1991, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Green shades: an anthology of plants, gardens and gardeners, page 84:
text: She met Jessica in the piazza, or at the fondamento near the Canale Grande and the Canale di Cannaregio, or in the Church of San Marco by the statue of the Magdalen.
ref: 2006, Grace Tiffany, The Turquoise Ring, page 187:
text: The girls walked single file along a narrow fondamento until they turned onto a borader walkway along a bigger canal.
ref: 2008, Laurel Corona, The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice:
glosses: A quay along an Italian waterway.
examples: text: John Frederick Peter, born in 1746, left behind him an ambitious work, dated 1763, entitled Partitur einer Freuden Music zum Friedens Dank Feste, scored for four-part chorus and strings, two flutes, two trumpets and fondamento."
ref: 1931, John Tasker Howard, Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It, page 25:
text: In the same collection there appeared a quatuor with four melodic instruments: flute, oboe, violin, and cello, besides the fondamento or figured bass.
ref: 1949, Ruth Halle Rowen, Early chamber music, page 79:
text: Further, it is clear from the score that the "fifth horn in B-flat basso" is in reality only a fondamento part performed by the basso continuo in imitation of and to support the upper lines;
ref: 2000, Historic Brass Society Journal - Volume 12, page 152:
text: The Fondamento really is very basic, though the detailed fingerings are of interest.
ref: 2006, Early Music Review - Issues 111-116, page 4:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An instrumental bass part that forms the basis of the melody, and against which other instruments provide harmony.
habeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habeases
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A habeas corpus.
rock the house
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rocks the house
form: rocking the house
form: rocked the house
form: rocked the house
Senses: examples: text: Who's ready to rock the house?
glosses: To jam at a concert, get down.
Synonyms: get down
jam
unfitness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unfitnesses
Etymology: From unfit + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: This train of thought led the Company's Safety Directorate towards the revised standard […] of October 1993, which cemented a national scheme of testing for alcohol and drugs following safety-critical incidents or on suspicion of unfitness for duty, unannounced drugs screening for staff in safety-critical posts, a fixed standard for alcohol/blood levels, and clear guidelines for lunch breaks.
ref: 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, page 49:
glosses: The characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
glosses: The characteristic of being unfit or out of physical shape.