cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
livor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪvɔː/
ipa: /ˈlaɪvɔəɹ/
ipa: /ˈlaɪvɔɹ/
ipa: /ˈlaɪvəɹ/
Forms: form: livors
Etymology: From Latin līvor.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
examples: text: To see a man [...] magnify his friend unworthy with hyperbolical elogiums; his enemy, albeit a good man, to vilify and disgrace him, yea, all his actions, with the utmost livor and malice can invent.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: Malice.
Related terms: livor mortis
toggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toggle
toggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toggle
unfetteredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfetteredly
form: most unfetteredly
Etymology: From unfettered + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unfettered manner.
nuru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese ぬる (literally “slippery”)
Senses: hypernyms: body-to-body massage
glosses: A Japanese form of body-to-body massage in which the masseur and client are both nude and coated in a gel traditionally made from nori seaweed.
plastic explosive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastic explosives
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of explosive materials formulated to be soft and hand malleable.
Related terms: C4
plastique
semtex
plastic explosives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastic explosive
old habits die hard
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Old habits die hard. The stronger beverage of English ale had been so long in use that the old folks could not be induced to relinquish it for a foreign herb.
ref: 1884, Arthur Reade, Tea and Tea Drinking, London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, page 12:
glosses: Established habits are difficult to change.
Related terms: Einstellung
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
immunofluorescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more immunofluorescent
form: most immunofluorescent
Etymology: From immuno- + fluorescent.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or using immunofluorescence.
Derived terms: coimmunofluorescent
immunofluorescently
microimmunofluorescent
maid-servant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maid-servants
Senses: examples: text: The moment they stopt, a trollopy-looking maid-servant, seemingly in waiting for them at the door, stept forward, and more intent on telling the news, than giving them any help, immediately began with, “the Thrush is gone out of harbour, please Sir, and one of the officers has been here to”⸺
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 143:
glosses: Alternative form of maidservant.
annunciatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more annunciatory
form: most annunciatory
Senses: glosses: In the nature of an announcement
Derived terms: annunciatorily
hypergeometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + geometric.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to mathematical entities of different kinds (series, functions, equations, ...) but strictly related to hypergeometric series
Synonyms: hypergeometrical
Derived terms: basic hypergeometric series
confluent hypergeometric function
generalized hypergeometric series
hypergeometrically
hypergeometric differential equation
hypergeometric distribution
hypergeometric function
hypergeometric integral
hypergeometric random variable
hypergeometric series
nonhypergeometric
hypergeometric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypergeometrics
Etymology: From hyper- + geometric.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such a function, series etc.
anomalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌnɒm.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
ipa: /əˌnɑm.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
Forms: form: more anomalistic
form: most anomalistic
Etymology: From anomaly + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Anomalous.
glosses: Irregular.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an anomaly (the angle of a body from its perihelion).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to anomalism.
Derived terms: anomalistically
anomalistic month
anomalistic period
anomalistic revolution
anomalistic year
anomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anomie.
music box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: music boxes
Etymology: From music + box.
Senses: glosses: A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music.
inventious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inventious
form: most inventious
Senses: glosses: inventive
Antarctic convergence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Antarctic Convergence.
strideth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stride + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stride
jizz-mopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jizz-moppers
form: jizzmopper
Senses: examples: text: I haven't seen titties like that since I was a jizz mopper at the Pearl Tongue!
ref: 2005, Joseph L. Stone, Mad Season: (Changing Stations), iUniverse, →ISBN, page 90:
text: I'll make damn sure his next job in Hollywood is the assistant jizz mopper at a peep show on El Centro
ref: 2003, Dayton Ward, The Last World War, Pocket Star, →ISBN, page 326:
glosses: A person whose job is to clean up semen at a sex-related establishment.
apperceptive agnosia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A condition in which the eye forms a good image, but the mind cannot recognize distinct shapes etc.
jizz-moppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jizz-mopper
magisterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiəm
Forms: form: magisteriums
form: magisteria
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin magisterium (“office of a president, chief; magisterium”), from magister (“master”). Equivalent to magister + -ium. Doublet of magistery.
Senses: synonyms: word: magistery
glosses: The teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church.
glosses: An authoritative statement.
examples: text: This is the day, I am to perfect for him / The Magiſterium, our great worke, the Stone; […]
ref: 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, signature [C4], recto:
topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
glosses: The philosopher's stone.
Derived terms: extraordinary magisterium
magisteriology
ordinary magisterium
hypergeometric series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypergeometric series
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any power series such that the ratio of the (k+1)-th and the k-th terms is a rational function of the natural integer k.
Related terms: hypergeometric function
hypergeometric equation
confluent hypergeometric series
basic hypergeometric series
crying over spilt milk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry over spilt milk
thumb a ride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thumbs a ride
form: thumbing a ride
form: thumbed a ride
form: thumbed a ride
Senses: glosses: To hitchhike.
hop freight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hops freight
form: hopping freight
form: hopped freight
form: hopped freight
Senses: glosses: To travel as a stowaway aboard a cargo train.
Synonyms: hop a freight
ensorcel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ensorcels
form: ensorceling
form: ensorcelling
form: ensorceled
form: ensorceled
form: ensorcelled
form: ensorcelled
Senses: examples: text: [H]e called into presence the kazees and the witnesses, and brought in the three Qurundeels, and brought in the first damsel, and her own sister who had been ensorceled, and he married the three to the three Qurundeels, who had informed him that they were kings, […]
ref: 1888, “Tale of the Second Damsel”, in Henry [Whitelock] Torrens, transl., The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night: From the Arabic of the Ægyptian M.S. […] Done into English, volume I, Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co., […]; London: W[illia]m H[oughton] Allen & Co., […], →OCLC, page 182:
text: Suroho defended his village by ensorceling enemies who tried to encroach on village land. […] Suroho was accused of ensorceling fellow villagers, and this made him so unpopular that his sons had to find wives in other villages.
ref: 1992, Karen J. Brison, “Leaders as Bad Men and Victims”, in Just Talk: Gossip, Meetings, and Power in a Papua New Guinea Village (Studies in Melanesian Anthropology; 11), Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 209:
text: The woman was obviously a witch. An evil, ungodly creature who would tolerate popery. A foul creature who had lured her husband into his besotted state with her beauty, and probably ensorceled other men as well.
ref: 1996, Bertrice Small, Wild Jasmine, 1st mass market edition, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 384:
text: A 52-year-old widower, Mr. A, was referred for a psychiatric evaluation to help in the determination of whether he was competent to stand trial and whether he had mental illness which met criteria for the insanity defense. […] [H]e also believed that she was in a conspiracy with his unnamed enemies to ensorcel him.
ref: 1998, Alan R. Felthous, “Psychotic Perceptions of Pet Animals in Defendants Accused of Violent Crimes”, in Randall Lockwood, Frank R. Ascione, editors, Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence: Readings in Research and Application, West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, →ISBN, section 3 (Case Studies, Case Control, and Prospective Research), page 125:
text: This gentle poem is a model of reader-response theory: the song moulders in the book until the reader, the One Right Reader, ensorcels it, ensouls it.
ref: 2009, Daniel Albright, “Heine and the Composers”, in Music Speaks: On the Language of Opera, Dance, and Song (Eastman Studies in Music; 69), Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 33:
text: As they walk on, a world of glass and steel / ensorcels and surrounds them / so even as they move, they never find an exit.
ref: 2017, Kelwyn Sole, “The New Explorers”, in Walking, Falling, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Deep South, →ISBN, part II, page 40:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ensorcell.
Derived terms: ensorcelment
sniglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnɪɡlɪt/
rhymes: -ɪɡlɪt
Forms: form: sniglets
Etymology: Coined by American comedian Rich Hall for the television series Not Necessarily the News (1983-1990).
Senses: hypernyms: protologism
glosses: An often humorous word coined to define something for which no previous word existed.
proactively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv.li/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv.li/
Forms: form: more proactively
form: most proactively
Etymology: From proactive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [D]uring each lecture, an observation journal was kept to record what happened in the classroom, focusing on whether and when students enjoyed or proactively participated in classroom activities.
ref: 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1084:
text: The best way to mitigate slopsquatting is for developers to proactively monitor every dependency and use tools to vet dependencies before adding them to projects, the vendor concluded.
ref: 2025 April 14, Phil Muncaster, “AI Hallucinations Create “Slopsquatting” Supply Chain Threat”, in Infosecurity Magazine:
glosses: In a proactive manner; so as to look or plan ahead.
Brianza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Geographical area at the foot of the Alps, in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy
Methoni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Μεθώνη (Methóni), from Ancient Greek Μεθώνη (Methṓnē). Doublet of Methone and Modon.
Senses: glosses: A village in Messinia Regional Unit, Peloponnese, Greece.
glosses: A village in Pieria Regional Unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
Synonyms: sense: town in Peloponnese, Greece
word: Methone
sense: town in Peloponnese, Greece
english: ancient contexts
translation: ancient contexts
word: Mothone
sense: town in Peloponnese, Greece
word: Modon
sense: town in Peloponnese, Greece
english: early modern Venetian contexts
translation: early modern Venetian contexts
word: Modone
Modon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Modone
Etymology: From Venetan Modon, q.v. Doublet of Methone and Methoni.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Methoni: a city in Peloponnese, Greece.
victory lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: victory lanes
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The place where the winner of a motor race goes to celebrate victory after an event.
Pieria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece.
glosses: A Roman province of the region of Syria, in modern Turkey.
Argyrades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Argirades
form: Aryirades
Senses: glosses: A town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Corfu in northwestern Greece
Argirades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Argyrades.
Aryirades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Argyrades.
Nydri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nidri
Senses: glosses: A place in the southeastern part of the island of Lefkada in western Greece
Nidri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nydri.
Lixouri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lixourio
form: Lixourion
Senses: glosses: A town in Greece on the island of Kefalonia.
Lixourio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Lixouri.
Kyparissia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kyparisia
form: Kiparissia
form: Kiparisia
Senses: glosses: A town in the northwestern part of the Messenia prefecture, Peloponnese, south-western Greece.
palooza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈlu.zə/
Forms: form: paloozas
Etymology: From Lollapalooza, a music festival, from lallapalooza, or from other events ending in -a-palooza which were named based on those two words.
Senses: examples: text: It was not a rumor, not merely news item, or talk, or fad. It became a palooza beyond even Johnnie Gold’s desires—a wonderment scattering far and wide out of the spacious mouth of the sky, billowing everywhere and expanding forever.
ref: 2002, Darin Strauss, The Real McCoy: A Novel, Dutton, →ISBN, page 97:
text: True, most of our competition did anything and everything to thwart every concert and promotion we were involved with over the summer months...especially Buzzard-Palooza (which was actually our turning point—when we began to attract our new audience).
ref: 2003, Mike Olszewski, Radio Daze: Stories from the Front in Cleveland's FM Air Wars, Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 434:
text: That’s a palooza, in a nutshell: flexing your creative muscles to make your own fun. So have a go at one or all of these, and don’t say I didn’t warn you—once you get a taste of doing a palooza, you’ll go from wondering what you’re going to do all day to wondering where all the time went!
ref: 2005, John Lithgow, “Boredom Blasters”, “Rainy Day Fun Edition”, Running Press, page 5
text: Now, we’re gonna start you off this week with a special edition of Carl Kasell’s Countdown. We’re calling it “Super Tuesday Palooza”.
ref: 2008 February 9, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio:
glosses: An exaggerated event.
Related terms: -a-palooza
-a-palooza
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.pəˈlu.zə/
ipa: /ə.pəˈlʊ.zə/
Forms: form: -palooza
Etymology: From lallapalootza, lalapalooza, by analogy to Lollapalooza, a music festival.
Senses: examples: text: Honey Raye: Honey Raye Futrelle and Company proudly present ... Bethlehem-A-Palooza!
ref: 2007, Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten, Christmas Belles, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 10:
text: September 16, 1995: The high-profile, high-rated Nickelodeon cable service runs Puf-a-Palooza, a 15-hour marathon of vintage Sid and Marty Krofft productions.
ref: 1998, Hal Erickson, Sid and Marty Krofft: A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children’s Television, 1969–1993, McFarland, →ISBN:
text: The dealership is located in Motorati Island, a 96-acre plot which General Motors plans to give away, plot by plot, in land grants to Second Life Residents keen to practise their automotive-building skills. This scheme they have christened Land-a-Palooza.
ref: 2007, Paul Carr, Graham Pond, The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life, Macmillan,, →ISBN, page 131:
glosses: Forms the name of a promotional event such as a presentation
examples: text: “Halloween quiet?” Xander shot her a quizzical look. “I figured it would be a big old vamp scare-a-palooza.”
ref: 2002, Richie Tankersley, The Angel Chronicles, Simon and Schuster,, →ISBN, page 17:
text: The room erupted into cheers. The staff meeting that day was a “laugh-a-palooza,” recalled a Bush aide.
ref: 2004, Evan Thoman, Election 2004: How Bush Won and What You Can Expect in the Future, →ISBN, page 68:
text: This area is spring-a-palooza, but so far none of the springs we’ve explored has met Nash’s criteria.
ref: 2007, Catherine Mulvany, Something Wicked, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: Emphasizes or exaggerates the element of a situation
duvetyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duvetyns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of duvetyne.
roadies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadie
riggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rigging
rasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rase
rasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: In shipbuilding, the act of marking figures upon timber.
Derived terms: rasing-knife
rased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rase
rasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rasp
rasps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rasp
rasped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rasp
ALDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Animal Legal Defense Fund.
audio-typist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audio-typists
Senses: glosses: A stenographer who uses a tape recorder or similar device as the source of the text to be typed.
autocue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ô′tō-kyo͞o′
ipa: /ˈɔː.təʊˌkjuː/
ipa: /ˈɔ.toʊˌkju/
ipa: /ˈɒ.toʊˌkju/
ipa: /ˈoː.təʉˌkjʉː/
ipa: /ˈoː.tɐʉˌkjʉː/
ipa: /ˈɔ.toˌkjʉ/
ipa: /ˈɒ.ʈoːˌkjuː/
Forms: form: autocues
Etymology: From auto- + cue, originally a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: It was noticeable that when Kibaki was giving a speech he no longer extemporised or made eye contact with his public, keeping his eyes glued to the autocue.
ref: 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
synonyms: teleprompter
idiot board
qualifier: trademark
glosses: Any of several devices that display words for a person to read aloud.
Derived terms: autocued
Related terms: autocuer
autocutie
actigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With actigraphy, the participant wears a wrist band with a small acceleration sensor that records movement over preset epochs.
ref: 2006, Steven Jones, Richard P. Bentall, The Psychology of Bipolar Disorder, Oxford University Press:
text: The urban poor in developing countries face challenging living environments, which may interfere with good sleep. Using actigraphy to measure sleep objectively, we find that low-income adults in Chennai, India sleep only 5.5 hours per night on average despite spending 8 hours in bed.
ref: 2021 April 8, Pedro Bessone, Gautam Rao, Frank Schilbach, Heather Schofield, Mattie Toma, “The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep among the Urban Poor”, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, number qjab013, →DOI, →ISSN:
glosses: The use of the actigraph to record the movements of a sleeping subject, and analyze the subject's sleep patterns.
Derived terms: actigraphic
actigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actigraphs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An accelerometer, worn by a sleeping subject, that records sleep activities.
Related terms: actigraphy
actogram
spouted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spout
spouted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The beer was finally poured through a sieve into a spouted jar, from which it was decanted.
ref: 2006, Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta, page 292:
glosses: Having a spout.
adenylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenylations
Etymology: From adenylate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The assay for adenylation of aminoglycoside drugs by cell extract (actually aminoglycoside-dependent conversion of radioactive label from ATP into a form retained by phosphocellulose paper) was a modification of the method of Yamada et al.
ref: 1970 January, David H. Smith, “Resistance Factor-Mediated Spectinomycin Resistance”, in Infection and Immunity, volume 1, number 1, page 120:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.
Derived terms: deadenylation
hyperadenylation
monoadenylation
oligoadenylation
readenylation
ad coelum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin ad (“to”) + coelum (“the heavens”)
Abbreviated from the Latin Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum (et ad inferos) meaning "for whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to Heaven (and down to Hell)." The phrase originally did not include et ad inferos; see Wikipedia article for detailed history.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The principle by which property rights extend vertically upwards and, sometimes, downwards from a property; it is used to describe air rights or no-fly zones, as well as rights to resources under the soil, such as mineral rights, among others.
anatropal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anatropal
form: most anatropal
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: anatropous
anatropous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From an- + apotropous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
antonyms: orthotropous
coordinate_terms: apotropous
glosses: Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base.
raw_tags: of an ovule
Derived terms: hemianatropous
Baptiste
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Baptistes
Etymology: Patronymic surname, borrowed from French Baptiste. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
apprize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apprizes
form: apprizing
form: apprized
form: apprized
Etymology: See appraise.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of appraise.
apprize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apprizes
form: apprizing
form: apprized
form: apprized
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: apprize
form: apprize
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: apprizest
form: apprized
form: apprizedst
form: apprizes
form: apprizeth
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: -
form: apprizing
form: apprized
Etymology: See apprise (etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: Thus far vve ſee hovv the learned Pagans might apprize themſelves from oral information of the particulars of our Saviour's hiſtory.
ref: a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section VI. Excellency of the Christian Institution.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection I, pages 46–47:
text: As ſhe is a mighty Letter-vvriter, I hope ſhe has had the Duty to apprize you of her Intrigue vvith the young Clergyman; […]
ref: 1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXX”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 117:
text: […] Fox, he said, he knew would not have engaged in the management of the Parliament, had he been apprized that he (Bute) intended to retire, and it had been necessary to the King's affairs that Fox should carry them through the session.
ref: a. 1798 (date written), Horace Walpole, chapter XVII, in Denis Le Marchant, editor, Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley […], published 1845, →OCLC, page 258:
text: P.S. Morlands have not yet written to my bankers apprizing the payment of your balances; pray desire them to do so.
ref: 1817 October 23, Lord Byron, “Letter CCC. To Mr. Murray.”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1830, →OCLC, page 151:
glosses: Archaic form of apprise.
apprize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apprizes
form: apprizing
form: apprized
form: apprized
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: apprize
form: apprize
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: apprizest
form: apprized
form: apprizedst
form: apprizes
form: apprizeth
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: apprized
form: apprize
form: -
form: apprizing
form: apprized
Etymology: See apprise (etymology 2).
Senses: examples: text: Theſe [people] muſt remember, hovv highly God apprizeth good purpoſes, and deſires, accepting, and revvarding them, vvhen they come to him, as if they came accompanied vvith the deeds themſelues.
ref: 1614, Daniell Dyke [i.e., Daniel Dyke], “The Answering of the Obiection which the Deceitfull Heart of Man Might Gather out of the Former Doctrine of the Heartes Deceitfulnesse”, in I[eremiah] D[yke], editor, The Mystery of Selfe-deceiving. Or A Discourse and Discouery of the Deceitfulnesse of Mans Heart: […], London: […] Edward Griffin, for Ralph Mab, […], →OCLC, page 401:
glosses: Archaic form of apprise.
Derived terms: apprizement
apprizer
folles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin follēs.
Senses: glosses: plural of follis
radicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: radicates
form: radicating
form: radicated
form: radicated
Etymology: From Latin radicatus, past participle of radicari (“to take root”), from radix (“root”).
Senses: glosses: To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
examples: text: And for Ever - greens , especially such as are tender , prune them not after Planting , till they do radicate
ref: 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To take root; to become established.
examples: text: Numbers, arithmetically, can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, exponentiated and radicated, […]
ref: 1972, Patrick Meredith, Dyslexia and the individual, page 36:
topics: arithmetic
glosses: To extract the root of a number.
Synonyms: sense: to plant or establish firmly
word: root
sense: to plant or establish firmly
word: settle
sense: to plant or establish firmly
word: ingrain
Related terms: radication
radicable
radicative
radicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin radicatus, past participle of radicari (“to take root”), from radix (“root”).
Senses: glosses: Rooted; deep-seated; firmly established.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a root; growing from a root; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Fixed at the bottom as if rooted.
computant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computants
Senses: examples: text: And for this purpose I would suggest that graduates assigned to the topographical corps should be retained at the Academy at least one year to act as assistants and computants at the observatory […]
ref: 1861, Congressional Serial Set, page 347:
glosses: A person employed to carry out computations.
recitativo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recitativos
form: recitativoes
Etymology: Italian. Doublet of recitative.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A recitative.
responsorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: responsorials
Senses: glosses: A book of liturgical responses
responsorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more responsorial
form: most responsorial
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a response (in all senses)
glosses: Responsive
rebec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːbɛk/
ipa: /ˈɹɛbɛk/
rhymes: -iːbɛk
Forms: form: rebecs
Etymology: From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe (see English ribibe), from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).
Senses: examples: text: The villages also must have their visitors to enquire what lectures the bagpipe and the rebbeck reads ev'n to the ballatry, and the gammuth of every municipal fidler, for these are the Countrymans Arcadia's and his Monte Mayors.
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.
Derived terms: rebecist
Related terms: rebab
ribibe
ribible
quartine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartines
Etymology: Latin quartus (“fourth”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
Coordinate terms: secundine
tercine
quintine
quintine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin quintus (“fifth”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument.
Related terms: secundine
tercine
quartine
Désirée
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛzəɹeɪ̯/
ipa: /dɛziəɹeɪ̯/
ipa: /dɛzəɹeɪ̯/
ipa: /dəziəɹeɪ̯/
Forms: form: Desiree
form: Desirée
Etymology: Borrowed from French Désirée (“desired”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
Dimitri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Alteration of dimethyltryptamine.
Senses: glosses: The drug dimethyltryptamine.
Dimitri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dimitris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Dimitri, a variant of Demetrio, from Latin Dēmētrius, from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Dimitri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dmitry.
Enzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛnzoʊ/
/ˈɛnzəʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Enzo (equivalent to English Hank), from German Heinz, a diminutive of Heinrich (English Henry), from Old High German Heimrih, Haimirich (heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”)), from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, from Proto-Indo-European roots.
Rare in the US and UK prior to 2003, popularized in the 2000s.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Italian.
Fabienne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Fabienne.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
wikipedia: Fabienne
omnilingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /ɑmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /ɑmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Etymology: From omni- + lingual.
Senses: examples: text: Sir, my omnilingual Diorama having recently appeared in your useful publication, unconnected with some of the proofs that it has a just claim to such a comprehensive title, I shall now, with your permission, submit a prospectus of my universal characters contrasted with those which are most current over the Asiatic Peninsula, to the inspection of many Orientalists among your readers, very well qualified to decide impartially on the comparative merits of my scheme, at least in its application to the two indispensable languages for British India: namely, the Hindoostanee and Persian tongue.
ref: 1825, The Oriental Herald 1825-08: Volume 6, Issue 20, Open Court Publishing Company, page 302:
text: Because they are in some sense part of an omnilingual scholarly vocabulary, many instructors require their students to learn them and use them.
ref: 1960, The Voice Out of the Whirlwind: The Book of Job, Chandler Pub. Company, page 328:
text: The Sandpipers are omnilingual and sing in 11 different languages.
ref: 1969, Congressional Record, United States Congress, page 8252:
glosses: Having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
Derived terms: omnilinguality
omnilingual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /ɑmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /ɑmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Forms: form: omnilinguals
Etymology: From omni- + lingual.
Senses: synonyms: omnilinguist
glosses: A person who has the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages
Florent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Florents
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French.
Derived terms: Saint-Florent
relativise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relativises
form: relativising
form: relativised
form: relativised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of relativize.
relativises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relativise
relativising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relativise
relativised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relativise
back alley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back alleys
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: bylane
text: Apocalypse also happens to be a Fagin figure, shuffling around the back alleys of Cairo, where he makes the weather-controlling pickpocket Storm (Alexandra Shipp) his first follower by offering her baubles.
ref: 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club:
synonyms: back lane
backway
hypernyms: alley
lane
;
byway
<
way
coordinate_terms: back street
back road
;
bystreet
byroad
glosses: An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.
examples: text: Nobody goes up my back alley without a rubber on and I don't do heroin, so what's the worry?
ref: 1991, Mack Tanner, The Stalker, page 178:
text: RALPH: This dress is not made for a big boy. It's going right up the back alley there.
ref: 2018, Ralph Breaks the Internet (film)
glosses: The anus.
Derived terms: back-alley
back alleyway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back alleyways
Senses: glosses: A back alley
time-slicing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-slicings
form: time slicing
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: CPU sharing
job control
task control
glosses: A technique used to share a processor in a round robin manner with all of the tasks of the same priority, allowing lower priority tasks when idle.
Baical skullcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baikal skullcap
Senses: glosses: A herb, Scutellaria baicalensis, used in Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of dysentery and diarrhea etc.
Baruga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken by about 2,000 people in Papua New Guinea
Bassalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bassalian
form: most Bassalian
Etymology: From Bassalia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Bassalia; abyssal
Bassalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The supposed realm of the deep sea.
Derived terms: Bassalian
bellmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellmouths
Etymology: From bell + mouth.
Senses: examples: text: The pumps were about 9 1/2 feet above the suction bellmouth, which was about 10 inches above the bottom of the tank and about 22 inches starboard of the sump's centerline. Because the bellmouth was offset to the starboard side of the sump's centerline, the system was more susceptible to losing suction from a port list. Thus, the NTSB concludes that the port list, coupled with the vessel’s motion, most likely caused air to enter the bellmouth of the suction pipe to the lube oil service pump, which resulted in a loss of oil pressure that caused the main engine to shut down.
ref: 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.4.1 Loss of Propulsion”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, page 184:
glosses: A bell-shaped extension at the end of a pipe.
bed-bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-baths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bedbath.
bed bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed baths
form: bed-bath
form: bedbath
Etymology: From bed + bath.
Senses: glosses: The washing of a person's body (especially that of a patient) in bed
before-and-after
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: before and after
Senses: synonyms: then-and-now
glosses: Describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment
before-and-after
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: before-and-afters
form: before and after
Senses: examples: text: I got back to my practice in San Francisco, two months went by, when a package from Dr. Toledo arrived with photos of the results. Looking at these before-and-afters of people who we’d seen directly was like one of those amazing moments where time seems to stop and you realize that something momentous has happened and that your life will never be the same again.
ref: 1998, Alan Gaynor, “Tightening the Turkey Neck”, in Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cosmetic Surgery But Couldn’t Afford to Ask: A Complete Look at the Latest Techniques and Why They Are Safer and Less Expensive, by One of Today’s Most Prominent Cosmetic Surgeons, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN, part II (The Procedures), page 75:
text: As for those before-and-afters . . . we wanted them to be real pictures of real guys, just like you. We wanted to show what was achievable for a regular guy in a short 9 weeks. We wanted to give you a hint at how much better the results could be for you personally if you stick with the program longer.
ref: 2002, Lou Schuler with Jeff Volek, Michael Mejia, and Adam Campbell, “Our Burgers, Ourselves”, in The Testosterone Advantage Plan: Lose Weight, Gain Muscle, Boost Energy, [Emmaus, Pa.]: Rodale Inc., →ISBN, part one, page 14, column 1:
text: But instead I head to where Betty sits in front of the TV, engrossed in an infomercial for acne medication. She smiles at me when I sit down. “Look at those before-and-afters! Isn’t that amazing?”
ref: 2015, Natalie Whipple, Fish out of Water, London: Hot Key Books, →ISBN, page 146:
meronyms: after#Noun
before#Noun
glosses: A before-and-after pair of images.
bibliopole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliopoles
Etymology: From Latin bibliopōla, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “I barter, sell”) — (compare with the etymology of monopoly).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Nay, Sir; he certainly was a bookseller. He had served his time regularly, was a member of the Stationers' company, kept a shop in the face of mankind, purchased copyright, and was a bibliopole, Sir, in every sense.’
ref: 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 613:
glosses: A bookseller.
Synonyms: bibliopolist
Derived terms: bibliopolic
bibliopolism
bibliopolistic
Yule wreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yule wreaths
Senses: examples: 1989 A Book of Troth, Eldred Thorsson, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 175.
The harrow, which must be made of stone and set up outside or in an outdoor room with a chimney or smoke hole, is fitted out with a horn, a vessel of beer or ale, a single (red) candle and the Yule-wreath in its center.
1993 Our Troth, the Ring of Troth and other true folk, →ISBN, page 554.
In Scandinavia, the centre of he Yule festivities (especially before the German tree was adopted) was the Yule wreath; many families have wrought-iron candleholder wreaths as family heirlooms, and these are also woven with evergreen branches.
2000 Ratatosk Volume 4 issue 4 (Heathen Journal) Yule not Xmas, Red Raven.
Over the Yule period write wishes on strips of paper and thread them onto the Yule wreath.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: A yuletide decoration comprising a ring of greenery decorated with ribbons.
Related terms: Yule
Yule tree
biliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪl.i.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈbɪl.i.ɛəɹ.i/
rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi
Etymology: From French biliaire.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to bile or the bile duct
Derived terms: biliaries
biliary atresia
biliary canaliculus
biliary cirrhosis
biliary colic
biliary fever
biliary sludge
biliary tract
bronchobiliary
cystobiliary
duodenobiliary
endobiliary
extrabiliary
hepaticobiliary
hepatobiliary
hepatopancreatobiliary
intrabiliary
nasobiliary
nonbiliary
pancreaticobiliary
pancreatobiliary
peribiliary
portobiliary
thoracobiliary
transbiliary
birth pangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birth pang
glosses: The difficulty associated with a new project.
naufrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French naufrage (“shipwreck”), from Latin naufragium (“shipwreck”), from nāvis (“ship”) + frangere (“to break”).
Senses: glosses: shipwreck
examples: May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery
the opinion , not to relieve any case after judginent , would be a guilty opinion ; guilty of the ruin , and naufrage , and perishing of infinite subjects
glosses: ruin
birth pang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth pangs
Senses: glosses: Any of the repetitive spasms of pain associated with labour
blow-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blow-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from blow out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blowout.
bootikin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbuːtɪkɪn/
Forms: form: bootikins
Etymology: From boot + -(i)kin.
Senses: glosses: A small boot or gaiter.
glosses: The boot (torture device).
examples: June 22, 1772, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway
I tired myself with walking on Friday; the gout came on Saturday in my foot; yesterday I kept my bed till four o’ clock and my room all day—but with wrapping myself all over with bootikins, I have scarce had any pain.
glosses: A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
terne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɜːn/
ipa: /tɝn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: tern
homophone: turn (fern–fir–fur merger)
Forms: form: more terne
form: most terne
Etymology: Borrowed from French terne, from Middle French, from Old French terne (“dim, dull”), from Frankish *darnī (“concealed, hidden; secret”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark; dirty”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to darken, dim”). Doublet of dern.
Senses: glosses: Colourless, drab, dull.
terne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɜːn/
ipa: /tɝn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: tern
homophone: turn (fern–fir–fur merger)
Forms: form: ternes
Etymology: From terneplate, probably from terne (“colourless, drab, dull”) (see etymology 1) + plate (“layer of a material on the surface of something, plating”).
Senses: glosses: An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.
glosses: Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”).
synonyms: word: terneplate
extra: thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy
terne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɜːn/
ipa: /tɝn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: tern
homophone: turn (fern–fir–fur merger)
Forms: form: ternes
Etymology: A variant of tern.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of tern (“any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail”).
butterbur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterburs
Etymology: From butter + bur: its large leaves were once used to wrap butter.
Senses: synonyms: butterdock
sweet coltsfoot
glosses: Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.
Derived terms: Arctic butterbur
giant butterbur
beat the rap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats the rap
form: beating the rap
form: beat the rap
form: beaten the rap
form: beat the rap
Senses: glosses: To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.
Related terms: you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride
bum rap
cop a plea
cop to a plea
get off on a technicality
take the rap
bopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒpəɹ/
rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: boppers
Etymology: From bop + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who dances the bop.
synonyms: boppist
glosses: A musician who plays the bop genre.
Derived terms: teenybopper
weeny-bopper
Related terms: deely bopper
wortcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wort + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: They were the keepers of starcraft, runecraft, lorecraft and wortcraft and they guided many through the darkness of the future and healed bodies and minds.
ref: 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, →ISBN, page 16:
qualifier: but also used in some modern forms of paganism
glosses: (Knowledge of) the medical usage of worts, of herbal remedies (and related magic); herblore.
Related terms: herb
leech
wort
brake drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake drums
Senses: examples: text: As it is not practicable to use the wheel tyres of resilient wheels for braking purposes, brake drums with internally expanding shoes are fitted inside the wheels.
ref: 1962 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Talgo trains of Spain”, in Modern Railways, page 177:
glosses: A hollow metal cylinder, attached to a wheel of a vehicle, to which pressure is applied when braking.