cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
deliquesce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛlᵻˈkwɛs/
ipa: /ˌdɛləˈkwɛs/
Forms: form: deliquesces
form: deliquescing
form: deliquesced
form: deliquesced
Etymology: From Latin deliquescere, from de- + liquēscere (“to liquefy”).
Senses: examples: text: But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago.
ref: 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Palace of Green Porcelain”, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 110:
text: The buildings were Victorian ruins; there were never any razor blades; cheap socks deliquesced beneath your feet.
ref: 1978 November 19, Martin Amis, “A Stoked‐Up 1976”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers.
ref: 2020 December, Tim Folger, “North America’s most valuable resource is at risk”, in National Geographic Magazine:
text: When mystery deliquesced into renewed bitching over the cramped ride, Alfred issued a second moan-bark: longer, louder, and impossible to ignore.
ref: 2022, Jennifer Egan, “Case Study: No One Got Hurt”, in The Candy House:
synonyms: dissolve
liquefy
glosses: To melt by absorbing water and disappearing.
examples: Some salts will deliquesce when left exposed.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it.
Related terms: deliquescence
deliquescent
dibasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From di- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (of an acid) containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (of a salt) having two atoms of a univalent metal
Derived terms: dibasicity
priggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priggeries
Etymology: From prig + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Thievery or roguery.
glosses: Priggishness.
Synonyms: priggism
dimorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈmɔːfɪk/
ipa: /ˌdaɪˈmɔɹfɪk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Etymology: From di- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: occurring or existing in two different forms
examples: text: Molecular data, specifically CO1 DNA barcodes obtained via Sanger sequencing, will be used to (1) complement ecological and morphological data in the resolution of species-level problems for which morphology is ambiguous or inadequate, and (2) associate the sexes of sexually dimorphic species and associate larvae with adults.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
glosses: exhibiting dimorphism
Synonyms: bimorphic
bimorphous
dimorphous
Derived terms: dimorphically
isodimorphic
nondimorphic
sexodimorphic
subdimorphic
thermodimorphic
-genic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/
Etymology: Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen.
Senses: examples: text: carcino- + -genic → carcinogenic (“tending to cause cancer”)
glosses: Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
examples: text: bacterio- + -genic → bacteriogenic (“caused by bacteria”)
glosses: Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.
examples: text: tele- + -genic → telegenic (“attractive to television viewers”)
glosses: Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced.
Related terms: -gen
-gene
-genous
-geny
trilingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: trī-lĭng′gwəl
ipa: /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹʌi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹəi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹɑe̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹaɪ̯ˈləŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /ʈɾajˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡjuəl
Forms: form: more trilingual
form: most trilingual
Etymology: From tri- + lingual.
Senses: hypernyms: multilingual
glosses: Able to read or speak three languages.
hypernyms: multilingual
glosses: Expressed or written in three languages.
Derived terms: trilingualism
trilingually
trilingual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trī-lĭng′gwəl
ipa: /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹʌi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹəi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹɑe̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /tɹaɪ̯ˈləŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /ʈɾajˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡjuəl
Forms: form: trilinguals
Etymology: From tri- + lingual.
Senses: examples: text: There were no doubt Turanians or Mongols in Media whose language we know from the great trilinguals of Darius, but the early kings of the Medes had Aryan names, as had many other chiefs whom the Assyrians encountered.
ref: 1891, Claude Reignier Conder, The Lycian Language, page 616:
hypernyms: multilingual
glosses: A person who speaks three languages.
Related terms: bilingual
monolingual
multilingual
polyglot
quadrilingual
genic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/
rhymes: -iːnɪk
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Etymology: From gene + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
Synonyms: genetic
Derived terms: sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: cisgenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: digenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: extragenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: genically
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: intergenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: intragenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: nongenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: prionogenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: quadrigenic
sense: some may be derived from prefix -genicbigenic
word: trigenic
Related terms: -genic
dirham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirhams
form: Dirham
form: dirhem
form: dirhm
Etymology: From Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
qualifier: historical units of measurement
glosses: Alternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight.
Derived terms: Moroccan dirham
heptabasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From hepta- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: containing seven replaceable hydrogen atoms
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: having seven atoms of a univalent metal
raw_tags: of a salt
hexabasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From hexa- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: containing six replaceable hydrogen atoms
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: having six atoms of a univalent metal
raw_tags: of a salt
monobasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From mono- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: monoprotic
glosses: Containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having one atom of a univalent metal.
raw_tags: of a salt
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having only one subordinate taxon; monotypic.
octabasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From octa- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: containing eight replaceable hydrogen atoms
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: having eight atoms of a univalent metal
raw_tags: of a salt
pentabasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From penta- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing five replaceable hydrogen atoms.
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having five atoms of a univalent metal.
raw_tags: of a salt
polybasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Forms: form: more polybasic
form: most polybasic
Etymology: From poly- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: containing two or more replaceable hydrogen atoms; see also polyprotic
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: having two or more atoms of a univalent metal
raw_tags: of a salt
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two or more basic groups; see also polybase and polyprotic
raw_tags: of a base
tetrabasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From tetra- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: having four atoms of a univalent metal
raw_tags: of a salt
tribasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsɪk
Etymology: From tri- + basic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms
raw_tags: of an acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: having three atoms of a univalent metal
raw_tags: of a salt
fraternisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: fraternisations
Etymology: From French.
Senses: examples: text: A long halt was made, and the arrival of other trains allowed a wide variety of Allied fraternisation.
ref: 1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fraternization.
iodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒdɪk
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of, or relating to iodine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five
Derived terms: chloriodic
hydriodic
hydroiodic
iodate
iodic acid
iodic anhydride
iodic silver
oxiodic
periodic
Joanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊˌæn/
ipa: /d͡ʒəʊn/
ipa: /ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊˌæn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: Jo
form: Joann
Etymology: From Old French Joanne, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
Senses: examples: text: "Ye've seen the Lady?"
"I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne."
"Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo—They've flung the puir lassie clean aff, Mr Waldie. Greeting for the father, and nae thought for the bairn—that's the warld's way, Mr Waldie.—But God strikes not wi' baith hands, young man...
ref: 1824, John Gibson Lockhart, The History of Matthew Wald, page 192:
text: Jocasta wasn't Jocasta's name: her real name was Joanne. She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said what can you do with a name like Joanne? Too nice. She didn't dye her hair green or wear a safety pin in her ear but calling herself Jocasta was the equivalent. Good taste kills, said Jocasta.
ref: 1981, Margaret Atwood, Bodily Harm, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: A female given name from French.
Joanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊˌæn/
ipa: /d͡ʒəʊn/
ipa: /ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊˌæn/
rhymes: -əʊn
ipa: /d͡ʒoʊˈæn/
ipa: /d͡ʒəʊˈæn/
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /d͡ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊˌæn/
ipa: /d͡ʒəʊn/
ipa: /ʒoʊn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊˌæn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: Jo
form: JoAnne
form: Jo-Anne
form: Jo Anne
form: Joann
form: JoAnn
form: Jo-Ann
form: Jo Ann
form: Jo-An
form: JoAn
form: Jo An
form: Johanne
Etymology: From various feminine names clipped to Jo + Anne, q.v.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
prussic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin prussicus (“Prussian”) or French prussique.
Senses: glosses: derived from Prussian blue
glosses: of, or derived from prussic acid; hydrocyanic
pyroxene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈɹɒk.siːn/
ipa: /paɪˈɹɑk.sin/
Forms: form: pyroxenes
Etymology: From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”).
Senses: examples: text: By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 10:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
Derived terms: orthorhombic pyroxene
pyroxenite
acarologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acarologists
Etymology: From acaro- + -logist.
Senses: examples: text: Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen.
ref: 1903, Ray Society, number 81, page 90:
text: This would be an interesting field of study offering immense scope to acarologists in the developing world.
ref: 1989, G. P. ChannaBasavanna, Neelu Nangia, “14.1 Acarology in Developing Countries - Glimpses and Prospects”, in G. P. ChannaBasavanna, C. A. Viraktamath, editors, Progress in Acarology, Volume 2, E. J. Brill, page 469:
text: 2011, Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle, David Suzuki Foundation, Greystone Books, page 41,
One acarologist wrote several years ago that mites dwell "in a strange and beautiful world where a meter amounts to a mile and yesterday was years ago."
glosses: A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
misappropriation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: misappropriations
Etymology: From mis- + appropriation.
Senses: glosses: The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
glosses: The wrongful, incorrect or dishonest use of something, such as information.
Synonyms: embezzlement
promenade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒmənɑːd/
ipa: /pɹɒməˈnɑːd/
ipa: /pɹɒməˈneɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒməneɪd/
ipa: /pɹɑməˈneɪd/
ipa: /pɹɑməˈnɑd/
rhymes: -ɑːd
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: promenades
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Senses: glosses: A prom (dance).
examples: text: they told him to think no more of the matter , and to try his fortune in another promenade
ref: 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:
text: His morning promenade.
ref: 1921, Charles Chaplin, The Kid:
text: Down in the arena, though, it was business as semi-normal with the band members making their traditional promenade through the crowd to a small in-the-round stage with a colourful player piano taking up most of the room.
ref: 2022 September 6, Fiona Shepherd, “Music review: Arcade Fire, Hydro, Glasgow”, in The Scotsman:
glosses: A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
examples: text: The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
ref: 1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, page 235:
text: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
text: Haussmann’s remodelling brought about the boulevards, the building lots, the promenades and street planting that remain inimitably characteristic of Paris.
ref: 2001, Alan Tate, “Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris”, in Great City Parks, London; New York, N.Y.: Spon Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 47, column 1:
synonyms: esplanade
parade
glosses: A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
glosses: A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Derived terms: promenade concert
promenade deck
promenade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒmənɑːd/
ipa: /pɹɒməˈnɑːd/
ipa: /pɹɒməˈneɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒməneɪd/
ipa: /pɹɑməˈneɪd/
ipa: /pɹɑməˈnɑd/
rhymes: -ɑːd
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: promenades
form: promenading
form: promenaded
form: promenaded
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Senses: examples: text: "The times are changed," said De Joinville, in a low tone to Francesca, "since Mademoiselle promenaded the terraces of the Louvre, with her fan ornamented with bunches of straw tied with blue riband, and half Paris shouting at the sight."
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 298–299:
text: “It is time again for Staten Island's annual puppy parade.” “Which is always a barking good time. Here's hoping we have some nice weather for these promenading pooches.”
ref: 2023 August 3, Sarah Naftalis, “Local News” (21:24 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 5, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak):
synonyms: parade
glosses: To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
glosses: To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
Derived terms: word: promenader
partiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/
ipa: /pɑɹˈʃælɪti/
ipa: /pɑɹˈʃæləti/
ipa: /pɑːʃiˈalɪti/
ipa: /pɑːˈʃalɪti/
ipa: /pɑːˈʃaləti/
ipa: /pɐːʃiˈɛlɘti/
ipa: /pɐːˈʃɛlɘti/
Forms: form: partialities
Etymology: From Middle French partialité, from Medieval Latin partiālitās.
Senses: examples: text: The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
glosses: Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
examples: text: Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.
ref: 2008, Hugo Letiche, Making Healthcare Care: Managing via Simple Guiding Principles:
glosses: The quality of being partial or incomplete.
Synonyms: bias
partialness
Derived terms: nonpartiality
self-partiality
fynbos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaans fynbos (“fynbos”), from fyn (“fine”) (as in fine-textured, as opposed to trees) and bos (“bush or forest”) .
Senses: examples: text: The southern and western Cape is the home of a unique type of vegetation known as fynbos. Covering around 90 000 square kilometers of often harsh terrain, fynbos is made up of approximately 6 000 different plant species.
ref: 1992, Reader's Digest, The Great South African Outdoors:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.
Related terms: macchia
macchie
maquis
loathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊðɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈloʊðɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊðɪŋ
Forms: form: loathings
Senses: examples: text: The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.
glosses: Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
Derived terms: self-loathing
loathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊðɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈloʊðɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊðɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of loathe
glosses: present participle and gerund of loath
Derived terms: loathingly
loathsomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loathsomenesses
Etymology: From Middle English lothsomnesse, loþsumnes, lathsumnes; equivalent to loathsome + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For my part I would rather counſell you to deſtroy your Rattes and Miſe with Traps, Banes, or Weeſels: for beſides the ſluttiſhneſſe ⁊ lothſomeneſſe of the Catte (you know what ſhe layes in the Malt heape) ſhe is moſt daungerous and pernicious among children, as I mee ſelf haue had good experience.
ref: 1577, Conradus Heresbachius [i.e., Konrad Heresbach], compiler, “The Third Booke, of Feeding, Breeding, and Curing of Cattell”, in Barnabe Googe, transl., Fovre Bookes of Husbandry, […]: Conteyning the Whole Arte and Trade of Husbandry, with the Antiquitie, and Commendation thereof. […], London: […] Richard Watkins, →OCLC, folio 156, verso:
text: Must putrefaction's breath / Leave nothing of this heavenly sight / But loathsomeness and ruin?
ref: 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto I”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: The nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing.
examples: H. P. Lovecraft
After it raced the naked, tittering, phosphorescent thing that belonged on the carven pedestal, and still farther behind panted the dark men, and all the dread crew of sentient loathsomenesses. The corpse was gaining on its pursuers …
glosses: A loathsome thing.
irene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪɹiːn/
Forms: form: irenes
Senses: examples: text: The configurations around the double bond in the side chain are based on considerations of the Raman spectra, dielectric constants, etc., and on comparatively small differences in reactivity; for example, neo-α-irone is converted into irene less readily than α-irone, but forms an oxime more rapidly; …
ref: 1952, The Terpenes, addenda to volumes 1 and 2, page 507
text: Ruzicka and his co-workers showed that the hydrocarbon irene, obtained on reduction of irone with red phosphorus/iodine, had the structure shown and this was confirmed by synthesis [...]
ref: 1964, Samuel Coffey, E. H. Rodd, Martin Frederick Ansell, Chemistry of Carbon Compounds: Alicyclic Compounds, page 177:
text: Practically no isomerization of ɑ- or γ-irone into β-irone, or of γ-irone into ɑ-irone takes place; nor is irene formed from the irones.
ref: 1972, Ernest Guenther, The Essential Oils: Individual Essential Oils of the Plant Families Ericaceae, Betulaceae, Valerianaceae, Verbenaceae, Cistaceae, Cruciferae, Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Araceae, Palmae, Cyperaceae, Moraceae, Aristolochiaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Ranunculaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Usneaceae, Podocarpaceae, Pinaceae, Taxodiaceae, and Cupressaceae, page 87:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrocarbon formed by dehydration of an irone.
jane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: Jain
Forms: form: janes
Etymology: From Old French Jannes (“Genoway”).
Senses: examples: text: 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sire Thopas, The Canterbury Tales, 1793, A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume 1, page 124,
His robe was of chekelatoun, / That coste many a jane.
text: Certes was but a common Courtisane, / Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee, / Because I could not giue her many a Iane.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.
jane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: Jain
Forms: form: janes
Etymology: Alternative forms.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.
examples: text: Ye miscellaneous, ignoble manufacturing individuals, ye have produced too much! We accuse you of making above two-hundred thousand shirts for the bare backs of mankind. Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VII, Over-Production”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
glosses: Alternative spelling of jean.
examples: text: The Swedish system, seemingly, does not target “janes” (female clients of sex workers).
ref: 2014 March 4, Justin Ling, “Opposition parties shy away from sex-work debate”, in Xtra:
glosses: A female client of a prostitute.
heterophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Taguieff writes synonimically^([sic]) of racism and heterophobia (resentment of the different). […] Heterophobia seems to be a focused manifestation of a still wider phenomenon of anxiety aroused by the feeling that one has no control over the situation, […]
ref: 2013, Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, →ISBN, page 116:
glosses: Fear or resentment of what is different.
examples: text: […] a panel of teenagers of LGBT parents […] voiced concern about what they called "heterophobia"—they wished their parents weren't so negative and distrusting of straight people. Even suggesting that heterophobia exists for these children understandably evokes angry and skeptical responses because homo-hostile people have used the same word to support a bogus claim that gay rights discrimination against heterosexuals.
ref: 2004/2005, Abigail Garner, Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, pages 213–214
text: Accusing a gay person of heterophobia is like accusing a Jew of Naziphobia.
ref: 2008 January 20, "Chief Thracian" (username), "Re: Under Attack", in alt.religion.shamanism and other newsgroups, Usenet
text: Some gay and lesbian counselors may need to reflect on another bias referred to as heterophobia, which is fear or dislike of heterosexuals […]
ref: 2011, Mark S. Kiselica, Matt Englar-Carlson, Arthur M. Horne, Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals, page 253:
glosses: Fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality.
glosses: Fear or resentment of the opposite sex.
Related terms: heterophobe
heterophobic
lady friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lady friends
Senses: glosses: A female friend (used to avoid the possible ambiguity of the term girlfriend)
glosses: A quainter term for girlfriend, often used ironically.
Related terms: girlfriend
sweetheart
wife
Doitsu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) with influence from the anime Hetalia: Axis Powers; ultimately from Dutch Duits. Doublet of Dutch and Deutsch.
Senses: examples: text: emTeX is from Eberhard Mattes, I believe a PhD student in Stuttgart, Doitsu.
ref: 1992 October 5, Eugene N. Miya, “[l/m 6/5/91] Soc.culture.japan references”, in soc.culture.japan (Usenet):
text: i'm from doitsu!
ref: 2003 March 27, FuNG [username], “icq people from japan?”, in japan.app.icq (Usenet):
text: How are things in Doitsu?
ref: 2008 June 18, mozark [username], “Re: My Whining 2008 Scorecard”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Germany.
Derived terms: Doitsuism
cunji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cunji
Etymology: From cunjevoi.
Senses: examples: text: 1998 June, Macquarie University, Biology Bytes, Vol 1, No 4, https://web.archive.org/web/20070902082722/http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/mag/intro/98bytes/jun98/Bytes_June98.html,
Sydney's most common tunicate, cunjivoy (Pyura stolonifera....or "cunji" to the locals), is an icon. There are even poems about the stoic cunji!
text: Try using abalone gut, peeled prawns and cunji for bait for the bream and drummer found here.
ref: 2007, Gary Brown, Fishing Guide to Sydney-Hawkesbury, page 77:
glosses: Clipping of cunjevoi.
sea squirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea squirts
Senses: glosses: Any sessile tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, which expels water from two openings when disturbed; they are filter feeders.
Related terms: cunji
traveling expenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travelling expenses
Senses: glosses: expenditure incurred by an employee on account of a journey on official business
Synonyms: travel expenses
martial arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From martial art + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of martial art
martial arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From martial art + -s.
Senses: glosses: Collectively, the traditional East Asian fighting styles, and their derivatives
Hyponyms: aikido
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
jeet kune do
jiujitsu
judo
karate
kendo
kung fu
kyudo
muay thai
Shaolin
taekwondo
white crane
Wing Chun
Derived terms: martial arts fighter
martial arts film
martial arts master
Related terms: martial artist
mixed martial artist
mixed martial arts
traveller's cheque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traveler's check
Senses: glosses: A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen.
treadle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛdl̩/
rhymes: -ɛdəl
Forms: form: treadles
Etymology: From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le.
Senses: examples: text: There is an inconspicuous treadle let into the floor and when you step on it an air-operated door-opening mechanism is automatically activated; [...].
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
glosses: A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion.
examples: text: As a car enters the parking area the front wheels pass over a treadle, causing a timber barrier to lift and allow the motorist to drive in and park. No money is required at this stage. As the car passes over a second treadle, just beyond the entrance, the barrier falls again.
ref: 1962 July, “Talking of Trains: Automatic car park at Harlow”, in Modern Railways, pages 11–12:
glosses: A device actuated by wheels passing over it.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Chalaza.
treadle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛdl̩/
rhymes: -ɛdəl
Forms: form: treadles
form: treadling
form: treadled
form: treadled
Etymology: From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le.
Senses: glosses: To use a treadle.
treasonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more treasonable
form: most treasonable
Etymology: From treason + -able.
Senses: examples: text: "I can feel," said he, "for a gentleman in your circumstances; but it is my duty to see that no communication takes place between yourself and the ladies involved in the suspicion of treasonable practices. Your farewells must be made in my presence."
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 121–122:
synonyms: seditious
traitorous
treasonous
glosses: Involving or constituting treason.
treble clef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treble clefs
form: treble cliff
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a symbol showing that the second line from the bottom of the stave represents the G above middle C
Synonyms: G clef
Related terms: bass clef
𝄞
G clef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: G clefs
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A clef indicating the position of one-lined G (g′ or G4) on a staff.
Synonyms: treble clef
Related terms: bass clef
𝄞
tree bark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree barks
form: treebark
Etymology: From tree + bark.
Senses: glosses: All the tissues of a tree external to the vascular cambium; includes epidermis, cortex and phloem.
tree house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of treehouse.
tree sap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree saps
form: tree-sap
form: treesap
Etymology: From tree + sap.
Senses: glosses: The fluid that circulates within the phloem of a tree to distribute water and nutrients.
tree trunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree trunks
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The main structural member of a tree.
Derived terms: treetrunk coffin
lis pendens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lis pendens
Etymology: From Latin lis (“dispute”) + pendens (“pending”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A notice of pending litigation against a property.
Related terms: lis alibi pendens
pendente lite
trench coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trench coats
form: trenchcoat
Senses: glosses: A military-style raincoat with a belt and deep pockets and often epaulettes.
Derived terms: in a trench coat
trench-coated
trench dress
wharves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: h
enpr: wô(r)vz
ipa: /(h)wɔː(ɹ)vz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)vz
Forms: form: wharfs
Senses: glosses: plural of wharf
blest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Forms: form: blessed
form: blessèd
Senses: examples: text: Cradled by majestic mountains
Blest with nature's flowing fountains
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Juanita Madarang, “Cordillera Hymn”, Julia T. Saganib (music):
glosses: Archaic spelling of blessed.
blest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Forms: form: more blest
form: most blest
form: blessed
form: blessèd
Senses: examples: text: Is ſhe not proud? doth ſhe not count her bleſt, / Vnworthy as ſhe is, that we haue wrought / So worthy a Gentleman to be her Bride?
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
text: Since fate has let the heart go free / That wish’d so warmly to be bound / By the tie which love eternally / Hath fail’d to fasten round, / Leaving the breast in woful thrall / That else had the blestest been of all.
ref: 1831, Henry S[cott] Riddell, “A Song of the Wife of Ham”, in Songs of the Ark: with Other Poems, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, […], part fourth, page 248:
text: I hold myself supremely blest—blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband’s life as fully as he is mine.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Conclusion”, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 307:
text: Blest who, by worth empower’d, their glory views, / Blester the hand that could one tress obtain, / But blestest he who doth his Soul maintain / Only on glorious lights these locks diffuse.
ref: 1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl., The Lyricks, part I (Sonnets, Canzons, Odes, and Sextines), London: Bernard Quaritch, […], page 262:
text: Nothing was thereby altered or improved in the desperate case of the brother-sister pair, but to the unblessedly blest maiden it seemed even so that by the mere sending of the squire a way out of their misery was already found; […]
ref: 1951, Thomas Mann, “The Sieur Eisengrein”, in H[elen] T[racy] Lowe-Porter, transl., The Holy Sinner, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →LCCN, pages 48–49:
glosses: Archaic spelling of blessed.
Derived terms: unblest
blessèd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈblɛsəd/
Forms: form: blest
form: blessed
Senses: examples: text: Oh lady! blessèd be that tear—
It falls for one who cannot weep;
Such precious drops are doubly dear
To those whose eyes no tear may steep.
ref: 1808: Lord Byron, “And wilt thou not weep when I am low?” Stanza 4
glosses: Alternative form of blessed (adjective); used to specify a disyllabic pronunciation
frenulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfriː.njʊl.əm/
ipa: /ˈfrɛn.jəl.əm/
Forms: form: frenula
form: frenulums
form: fraenulum
form: frænulum
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin frēnulum, diminutive of frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”).
Senses: examples: text: Humans have three oral frenulums: beneath the tongue, between the upper lip and gum, and between the lower lip and gum.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: frenum
glosses: A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: A bristle or row of bristles on the edge of the hindwings of some lepidoptera which unites the wings by interlocking with a catch on the posterior part of the forewings.
Derived terms: frenular
frenulate
frenulectomy
frenuloplasty
fraenulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːnjələm/
Forms: form: fraenula
form: frenulum
form: frænulum
form: frenum
form: fraenum
form: frænum
Senses: glosses: see frenulum
frænulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːnjələm/
Forms: form: frænulums
form: frænula
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of frenulum.
frenum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiː.nəm/
rhymes: -iːnəm
Forms: form: frena
form: frenums
form: fraenum
form: frænum
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frēnum (“bridle, curb, bit”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of frenulum.
synonyms: word: frenulum
Derived terms: word: frenal
word: frenectomy
word: frenotomy
fraenum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːnəm/
rhymes: -iːnəm
Forms: form: fraena
form: fraenums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of frenum.
frænum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːnəm/
rhymes: -iːnəm
Forms: form: fræna
form: frænums
Senses: examples: text: Frænum penis. See Anatomy, p. 274.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of frenum.
Archaeozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Archæozoic
form: Archeozoic
form: Archizoic
Etymology: From archaeo- + -zoic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Period of time determined to exist prior to 2.5 thousand million years ago.
Archaeozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Archæozoic
form: Archeozoic
form: Archizoic
Etymology: From archaeo- + -zoic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Archaeozoic.
wharfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wôrfs
ipa: /wɔɹfs/
enpr: wôfs
ipa: /wɔːfs/
note: without the wine–whine merger
enpr: hwô(r)fs
ipa: /hwɔː(ɹ)fs/
note: without the wine–whine merger
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fs
Forms: form: wharves
Senses: glosses: plural of wharf
shotty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒti/
ipa: /ˈʃɑti/
ipa: [ˈʃɑɾi]
homophone: shawty (cot–caught merger)
homophone: shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)
rhymes: -ɒti
Forms: form: shotties
Etymology: Clipping of shotgun.
Senses: glosses: A gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau than a bong.
glosses: A shotgun.
glosses: Buckshot.
shotty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒti/
ipa: /ˈʃɑti/
ipa: [ˈʃɑɾi]
homophone: shawty (cot–caught merger)
homophone: shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)
rhymes: -ɒti
Forms: form: more shotty
form: most shotty
Etymology: Clipping of shotgun.
Senses: glosses: Small, inflamed; the name refers to the resemblance of shotty lymph nodes to buckshot pellets.
raw_tags: of lymph nodes
shotty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒti/
ipa: /ˈʃɑti/
ipa: [ˈʃɑɾi]
homophone: shawty (cot–caught merger)
homophone: shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)
rhymes: -ɒti
Forms: form: shotties
form: shottying
form: shottied
form: shottied
Etymology: Clipping of shotgun.
Senses: glosses: to claim or reserve something as yours
shotty
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒti/
ipa: /ˈʃɑti/
ipa: [ˈʃɑɾi]
homophone: shawty (cot–caught merger)
homophone: shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)
rhymes: -ɒti
Etymology: Clipping of shotgun.
Senses: glosses: an interjection used when claiming or reserving something as yours
arrested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹɛstɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arrest
arrested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹɛstɪd/
Senses: glosses: Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely.
glosses: Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.
Derived terms: arrested decay
arrested development
nonarrested
unarrested
Typhoid Mary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Typhoid Marys
Etymology: Based on Mary Mallon (1869–1938), a notorious asymptomatic carrier of typhoid who refused to cooperate with the authorities about her condition until they resorted to forcible confinement.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Do you know what our great fear has been? That either the grayboys or the Ripley would find a Typhoid Mary, someone who could carry it and spread it without catching it him- or herself.”
ref: 2001, Stephen King, Dreamcatcher, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 356:
text: And it was a Google executive – Sheryl Sandberg – who played the role of Typhoid Mary, bringing surveillance capitalism from Google to Facebook, when she signed on as Mark Zuckerberg’s number two in 2008.
ref: 2019 January 20, John Naughton, quoting Shoshana Zuboff, “‘The goal is to automate us’: welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person who carries and spreads a dangerous disease, especially one who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection.
wikipedia: Mary Mallon
munja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonj
form: moonja
form: moonjah
form: munj
Senses: glosses: The Indian grass Tripidium bengalense.
grom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groms
Etymology: Shortened from grommet.
Senses: examples: They were having this contest for grommets. The waves were micro. Even the groms were disgusted.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
surfing
glosses: A young surfer, wakeskater, wakeboarder, snowboarder, skimboarder, skateboarder, or kiteboarder.
Synonyms: grommet
Related terms: grummet
inchoative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkəʊ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: /ɪnˈkoʊətɪv/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inchoātīvus, formed by metathesis from incohātīvus, from incohō (“to begin”). Compare French inchoatif.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he day-Star […] ſhall be riſen in our hearts; vvhereof theſe acts of our intellect ſeem to be ſome inchoative or imperfect rays, […]
ref: 1648, Walter Montagu, “The One and Twentieth Treatise. Of the Preheminences of a True Contemplative Life. §. I. Contemplation Defined, and Some Excellencies thereof Discoursed.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 387:
text: Our first Piece is of Winter, or late Autumn, 1771,—while the solution of the Polish Business is still in its inchoative stages; …
ref: 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
examples: text: The inchoative (inceptive) aspect of a verb expresses the beginning of an action. Example: He is beginning to crawl.
ref: 1974, Floyd L. Moreland, Rita M. Fleischer, Latin: An Intensive Course, University of California Press, page 12:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.
Derived terms: inchoatively
inchoativeness
uninchoative
Related terms: inchoate
fientive
inceptive
inchoative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkəʊ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: /ɪnˈkoʊətɪv/
Forms: form: inchoatives
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inchoātīvus, formed by metathesis from incohātīvus, from incohō (“to begin”). Compare French inchoatif.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An inchoative construction.
Related terms: emerging
prospective
crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹaɪmz/
rhymes: -aɪmz
Senses: glosses: plural of crime
crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹaɪmz/
rhymes: -aɪmz
Senses: examples: text: 'Oh crimes,' muttered Kate, clutching her mother's arm as Captain went up St Martin's Lane and turned into Castle Street, 'He's goin' into Seven Dials.'
ref: 2006, Bowering Sivers, Jammy Dodgers Go Underground, page 138:
glosses: Christ; crikey.
sites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
homophone: cites
homophone: sights
Senses: glosses: plural of site
sites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
homophone: cites
homophone: sights
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of site
edited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪtɪd/
Senses: examples: text: A user edited the Web page.
glosses: simple past and past participle of edit
edited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more edited
form: most edited
Senses: glosses: Having been altered from the original version.
Derived terms: edited book
hyperedited
immunoedited
inedited
nonedited
underedited
symphonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪmˈfɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more symphonic
form: most symphonic
Etymology: From symphony + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: 1923: George Bernard Shaw, The Perfect Wagnerite - Finally, Mozart's most dramatic finales and concerted numbers are more or less in sonata form, like symphonic movements, and must therefore be classed as musical prose.
text: She enjoyed the rich symphonic sound of the concert.
text: The band incorporated symphonic elements into their rock music.
text: symphonic poem
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Characteristic of a symphony
Derived terms: symphonic orchestra
symphonic poem
symphonic pop
divisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈvɪʒənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of division
divisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈvɪʒənz/
Senses: examples: text: At the Britannia Royal Naval College, the Lord High Admiral's Divisions is a parade held in the presence of the monarch or her representative.
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A formal parade of a ship's or shore establishment's company.
symphonic poem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symphonic poems
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of orchestral music, in one movement, based on something non-musical, such as a story or a painting.
Synonyms: tone poem
tone poem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tone poems
Etymology: Calque of German Tondichtung (Ton (“tone”) + Dichtung (“poem”)).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of symphonic music which, like a poem, has a narrative or descriptive theme.
Synonyms: symphonic poem
orchestral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/
Etymology: From orchestra + -al.
Senses: examples: text: orchestral music/piece/sound
glosses: Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.
Derived terms: nonorchestral
orchestralist
orchestrally
orchestral pop