cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
empyrean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˌpaɪˈɹiːn̩/
ipa: /ɛmˈpɪɹi.ən/
Forms: form: empyreans
Etymology: From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).
Senses: examples: text: So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung,
With Halleluiahs: […]
ref: 1674, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 192:
text: Perchance they mark
Where India's cliffs the trembling cloud invade,
Or Andes with his fiery banner flouts
The empyrean,...
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, To the Moon, page 14:
text: Milton, a name to resound for ages; / Whose titan angels, Gabriel, Abdiel, / Starr'd from Jehovah's gorgeous armouries, / Tower, the deep-domed empyrëan / Rings to the roar of an angel onset— […]
ref: 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “[Experiments.] [Experiments] In Quantity”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 174:
text: I could have spoken in blank verse of Shakesperian beauty, all sorts of great ideas flashed through my mind; it was as though the bonds of my flesh had been loosened and left the spirit free to soar to the empyrean of its native power.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: This particular evening, if it remembered for nothing else, will be remembered in that place for its strange sunset. […] The whole was so close about the earth, as if to express nothing but a violent secrecy. The very empyrean seemed to be a secret.
ref: 1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Two Poets of Saffron Park”, in The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 13:
text: Like all religious thinkers, he carries with his scholar's equipment a pair of metaphysical wings, wherewith at any moment he may soar into the empyrean, out of reach of vulgar materialists, like you and me.
ref: 1917, Upton Sinclair, “Captivating Ideals”, in The Profits of Religion […] , book 5:
glosses: The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.
Related terms: pyre
empyrean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˌpaɪˈɹiːn̩/
ipa: /ɛmˈpɪɹi.ən/
Etymology: From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).
Senses: examples: text: In th' Empyrean Heaven, (the bleſs'd Abode) / The Thrones and the Dominions proſtrate lie, / Not daring to behold their angry God: / And an huſh'd ſilence damps the tuneful sky.
ref: 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 270, page 71:
text: Yet upward she [the goddess] incessant flies;
Resolv’d to reach the high empyrean Sphere.
ref: 1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Saeculare:
text: Lispings empyrean will I sometime teach / Thine honied tongue— […]
ref: 1818, John Keats, “Book II”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 91, lines 821–822:
text: […] it was like those gods of Epicurus, who saw the doings of men from their empyrean heights and had no might to alter one smallest particle of what occurred.
ref: 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXVIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.
Synonyms: empyreal
Derived terms: superempyrean
manta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.tə/
Forms: form: mantas
Etymology: From Spanish manta (“blanket”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of manta ray.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Mobula alfredi
word: Alfred manta
taxonomic: Mobula birostris
word: giant manta
encapsulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt/
Forms: form: encapsulates
form: encapsulating
form: encapsulated
form: encapsulated
form: incapsulate
Etymology: From en- + capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: At a rate of six inches a year, the salt closes in on the waste and encapsulates it for what engineers say will be millions of years.
ref: 2014 February 9, Matthew L. Wald, “Nuclear Waste Solution Seen in Desert Salt Beds”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Jun 2014:
glosses: To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
examples: text: It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal ...
ref: 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August”, in The Daily Telegraph (UK):
glosses: To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
Derived terms: bioencapsulated
coencapsulate
encapsulatable
encapsulation
encapsulator
macroencapsulate
microencapsulate
microencapsulated
nanoencapsulate
nanoencapsulated
nonencapsulated
overencapsulate
photoencapsulate
unencapsulate
unencapsulated
lino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪnəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪnəʊ
Forms: form: linos
Etymology: Clipping of linoleum, probably influenced by -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: But there was nobody at Kig and Kadgit's except the charwoman wiping over the “lino” in the passage.
ref: 1919, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Pictures”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 163:
text: The third thing was the TORN lino in the kitchen, new puppy found it great fun to tear strips of lino off the floor .. first you scrabble like crazy with your claws to start a tear, and then you use teeth to tear off a lovely strip of lino to chew . We are still too scared to replace the lino as the next puppy will probably do the same .
ref: 1996 July 20, Malcolm Tippett, “Dogs ...No Way”, in aus.jokes (Usenet):
text: When we moved here, the people before had dogs, complete with crawling carpet and jumping lino. When we ripped up all the carpet and lino prior to moving in, we also bought half a dozen flea bombs, and bombed UNDER the house.
ref: 2002 October 30, Augie, “Frontline or Advantage for fleas?”, in aus.pets (Usenet):
text: I took up the lino from the kitchen and found this newspaper clipping
ref: 2010 April 25, George W Frost, “Found this old paper under the lino of a reno”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet):
glosses: Clipping of linoleum.
Derived terms: linocut
lino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪnəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪnəʊ
Forms: form: linos
Etymology: Contraction of linesman + -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: Lino flagged a bit late but was right
ref: 2014 October 4, MartTheTaxi, “Twitter status”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of linesman.
cajón
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑˈhoʊn/
Forms: form: cajóns
form: cajones
Etymology: From Spanish cajón, augmentative of caja (“box”). Doublet of cajon, caisson, and cassone.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.
Derived terms: cajonist
marco
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Marco in the game Marco Polo.
Senses: coordinate_terms: polo
marco polo
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Marco.
marco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marcos
Etymology: From Portuguese and Spanish marco, from Medieval Latin marcus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”). Compare Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), which likely influenced the Romance development. See also Old English marc, Old Norse mǫrk.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver.
Synonyms: sense: Spanish unit
word: Spanish mark
sense: Spanish unit
word: mark
sense: Spanish unit
english: Spanish contexts
translation: Spanish contexts
word: half-pound
sense: Portuguese unit
word: Portuguese mark
sense: Portuguese unit
word: mark
sense: Portuguese unit
english: Portuguese contexts
translation: Portuguese contexts
word: half-pound
Coordinate terms: sense: Spanish unit
word: onza (1⁄8 marco)
sense: Spanish unit
word: cuarteron (1⁄2 marco)
sense: Spanish unit
word: libra (2 marcos)
sense: Portuguese unit
word: oitava (1⁄48 marco)
sense: Portuguese unit
word: onça (1⁄8 marco)
sense: Portuguese unit
word: quarta (1⁄2 marco)
sense: Portuguese unit
alt: usually 1+1⁄2 marcos
word: libra
sense: Portuguese unit
word: arratel (2 marcos)
ISF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Solarcar Federation.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Impulse Sensitivity Function.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Ink Serialized Format.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Israeli security forces.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: Initialism of International Softball Federation.
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of Indian Secular Front, a political party.
katyusha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: katyushas
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Katyusha.
LNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LNAs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of low noise amplifier.
topics: communication
communications
glosses: Initialism of launch numerical aperture.
glosses: Initialism of local network adapter.
glosses: Initialism of local network attachment.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of linolenic acid.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of locked nucleic acid.
Related terms: topics: genetics
biology
medicine
sciences
natural-sciences
word: UNA
topics: genetics
biology
medicine
sciences
natural-sciences
word: BNA
LNA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: HNA
glosses: Initialism of low nucleic acid.
espadrille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕs-pə-drĭlʹ
ipa: /ɛspəˈdɹɪl/
Forms: form: espadrilles
Etymology: Borrowed from French espadrille.
Senses: examples: text: She wore loose black silks and black espadrilles.
ref: 1984, William Gibson, chapter 10, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 127:
synonyms: alpargata
glosses: A light shoe having an upper made of fabric and a sole of rope.
Derived terms: espadrilled
smoothly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmuːðli/
Forms: form: smoothlier
form: more smoothly
form: smoothliest
form: most smoothly
Etymology: From Middle English smoþely; equivalent to smooth + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: talk smoothly
text: The plans didn't go/run as smoothly as we'd hoped.
text: The engine runs smoothly on diesel.
synonyms: swimmingly
glosses: in a smooth manner; smooth
safeguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪfɡɑː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: safeguards
Etymology: From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard.
Senses: examples: text: Getting a flu shot is a good safeguard against illness.
text: An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.
ref: 1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, page 31:
glosses: Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
examples: text: Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne.
ref: 1726, George Granville, To the King, in the First Year of His Majesty’s Reign:
glosses: One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
examples: text: the inheritance of their loves and safeguard
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
examples: text: The same idea is entertained of the Safeguard in America, as of the Monitor in Africa, and other parts of the Old World, […]
ref: 1844, The Animal Kingdom:
glosses: The monitor lizard.
safeguard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪfɡɑː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: safeguards
form: safeguarding
form: safeguarded
form: safeguarded
Etymology: From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard.
Senses: examples: text: She kept a savings to safeguard against debt and emergencies.
text: "[...] Crossrail 2 is mothballed. It is safeguarded, it is absolutely not cancelled."
ref: 2020 November 18, “Network News: London 'bailout' achieved with just minutes to spare”, in Rail, page 10:
glosses: To protect, to keep safe.
glosses: To implement safeguarding.
glosses: To escort safely.
recte
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin recte (“rightly, correctly”).
Senses: examples: text: The Seignory of Castleton, containing 200 (sic, query recte 12,000) acres
ref: 1924 December 31, Robert Dunlop and Geo. O'Brien, "An Unpublished Survey of the Plantation of Munster in 1622", The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Sixth Series, Vol. 14, No. 2 p.132
text: ELECTION OF GRAND COUNCIL [ recte COMMITTEE ]
ref: 1972 T. P. O'Neill (ed.) Private Sessions of Second Dáil (Dublin) 26 August 1921
text: Here is a list of errors not observed by the corrector.
193: and (recte 'as')
735: a quartere (add 'ȝеге')
796: noblel (recte 'noble' or 'nobel')
1527: him (recte 'hem')
2455: holid (? recte 'helid')
ref: 1974 Edmund Colledge THE CAPGRAVE 'AUTOGRAPHS', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, Vol. 6, No. 3, p.142
glosses: Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)
prettier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: My house is prettier than your house.
glosses: comparative form of pretty: more pretty
Related terms: prettiest
prosperously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prosperously
form: most prosperously
Etymology: From prosperous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prosperous manner; so as to prosper.
prosperousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prosperous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prosperity.
synonyms: word: prosperity
pirate radio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pirate radios
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: The act or practice of broadcasting without having the necessary license that covers the territory where the signals are received.
Derived terms: pirate radio station
jitney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jitneys
Etymology: 1886, originally for a five-cent US coin (a nickel); use for taxis and buses due to these services originally charging five cents as fare, popularized circa 1915.
The etymology is uncertain; it is believed to originate from Louisiana Creole jetnée, from French jeton (“token, coin-sized metal disc”), though this is disputed. Evidence for the Louisiana Creole French origin includes the geographic distribution (Southeastern US, especially Black/African-American), and early spelling as gitney, which is common French spelling for the /ʒi/ pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nickel, a 5-cent coin or amount.
synonyms: word: nickel
extra: a 5-cent coin or amount
glosses: Synonym of minibus, especially one with a scheduled fixed route.
synonyms: word: minibus
extra: especially one with a scheduled fixed route
glosses: Synonym of gypsy cab, an unlicensed taxi.
synonyms: word: gypsy cab
extra: an unlicensed taxi
examples: text: […] I said good-by and took the bags downstairs and hailed a Frisco taxi-jitney, which was an ordinary taxi that ran a regular route and you could hail it from any corner and ride to any corner you want for about fifteen cents, cramped in with other passengers like on a bus, but talking and telling jokes like in a private car.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 4, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 3:
glosses: Synonym of shared taxi, a taxi usually shared with strangers to maximize profitability per trip.
synonyms: word: shared taxi
extra: a taxi usually shared with strangers to maximize profitability per trip
glosses: An informal lawn bowling, curling, or darts competition in which all players present are randomly drawn into teams.
glosses: A fraudulent arrangement whereby a broker who has direct access to an exchange executes trades on behalf of a broker who does not.
Derived terms: jeepney
jitneyman
jitney
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: 1886, originally for a five-cent US coin (a nickel); use for taxis and buses due to these services originally charging five cents as fare, popularized circa 1915.
The etymology is uncertain; it is believed to originate from Louisiana Creole jetnée, from French jeton (“token, coin-sized metal disc”), though this is disputed. Evidence for the Louisiana Creole French origin includes the geographic distribution (Southeastern US, especially Black/African-American), and early spelling as gitney, which is common French spelling for the /ʒi/ pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cheap, very inexpensive.
synonyms: word: cheap
word: very inexpensive
minibus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪ.ni.bəs/
Forms: form: minibuses
form: minibusses
Etymology: From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.
Senses: examples: text: Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 157:
synonyms: jitney
glosses: A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
examples: text: Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.
ref: 2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, 14, p.6:
synonyms: kombi
glosses: A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
glosses: A small four-wheeled carriage.
examples: text: The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.
ref: 2020 July 25, Danielle Haynes, “House passes 4-bill spending package”, in UPI:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
Hyponyms: sense: small bus
english: shared taxi minibuses in former Soviet states
translation: shared taxi minibuses in former Soviet states
word: marshrutka
sense: small bus
english: shared taxi minibuses in Hong Kong
translation: shared taxi minibuses in Hong Kong
word: maxicab
Derived terms: midibus
Related terms: minivan
cryptosporidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptosporidia
Etymology: From translingual Cryptosporidium (the genus name), from Latin crypto- (“hidden”) + sporidium (“spore”). From 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: Recall the outbreak of cryptosporidia gastroenteritis in Milwaukee in 1994.
ref: 1998, Richard M. Krause, “1: Introduction to Emerging Infectious Diseases; Stemming the Tide”, in Richard M. Krause, editor, Emerging Infections, Academic Press, page 9:
text: In Hungarian studies on the causes of diarrhea in kids younger than one month of age in large commercial dairy goat herds, cryptosporidia were isolated more frequently than rotavirus, coronavirus, adenovirus, or enterotoxigenic E. coli.
ref: 2009, Mary C. Smith, David M. Sherman, Goat Medicine, 2nd edition, Wiley (Wiley-Blackwell), page 438:
text: 2020, Alexandra F. Freeman, Steven M. Holland, 53: Prevention and management of infections, Kathleen E. Sullivan, E. Richard Stiehm (editors), Stiehm's Immune Deficiencies: Inborn Errors of Immunity, Elsevier (Academic Press), 2nd Edition, page 1122,
Disorders associated with cryptosporidia include CD40 ligand deficiency, DOCK8 deficiency and IL-21 receptor deficiency.
related: word: crypto
glosses: Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity.
Derived terms: cryptosporidian
cryptosporidiosis
malus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ləs/
ipa: /ˈmɑː.ləs/
ipa: /ˈmæ.ləs/
Forms: form: maluses
Etymology: From Latin mālus and translingual Malus.
Senses: examples: text: It leads to a certain extent to an evergreen type Docynia which is distributed in the Himalayas and western China and whose magnificence of bloom I learned to know on my travels in Yunnan; it is distinct from genuine maluses.
ref: 1922, Gardener’s Chronicle of America, volume 26, page 228, column 2:
text: Malus ‘Dartmouth’ is a variety of M. pumila, the wild crab-apple, and is only one of the several maluses which offer a wider choice than the commonly planted ‘John Downie,’ lemoinei and eleyi.
ref: 1959, Gardeners Chronicle & Gardening Illustrated, volume 145, page 65, column 2:
text: In gardens which are rather open and exposed, the ornamental crabs or maluses are generally less satisfactory than the cherries as flowering trees.
ref: 1968, Agriculture in Northern Ireland, volume 43, page 290:
glosses: A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).
Synonyms: apple
malus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ləs/
ipa: /ˈmɑː.ləs/
ipa: /ˈmæ.ləs/
Senses: glosses: plural of malu
grandma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹænmɑː/
ipa: /ˈɡɹænmə/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɒnmɑː/
Forms: form: grandmas
form: granma
form: gran'ma
form: gramma
Etymology: From grand- + ma, after grandmother.
Senses: glosses: Grandmother.
Derived terms: coastal grandma
don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs
everyone and their grandma
glam-ma
grammie
grandma chic
grandmacore
grandmalike
great-grandma
great-great-grandma
teach grandma how to suck eggs
Related terms: grandpa
dynamic IP address
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamic IP addresses
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: An IP address which changes periodically, when each time a user connects to their internet service provider.
Coordinate terms: static IP address
Related terms: DHCP
grandmom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandmoms
Etymology: From grand- + mom.
Senses: glosses: Grandmother.
nanna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nannas
form: nana
form: nan
Etymology: Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child babbling, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny.
Compare Welsh nain, Sicilian nanna, Italian nonna, Norman nonne, Galician nana, Spanish nana, Old French nonain, Late Latin nonna.
Senses: glosses: grandmother
Related terms: nanna nap
nanna wobble
nanny
grandpa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæm.pə/
Forms: form: grandpas
form: gran'pa
form: grampa
Etymology: From grand- + pa, after grandfather.
Senses: glosses: grandfather
Derived terms: grampie
great-grandpa
Related terms: granddad
grandma
dynamic IP addressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of a dynamic IP address.
Coordinate terms: static IP addressing
pfui
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: phooey
Etymology: From German pfui, also the source of phooey.
Senses: examples: text: 'Pfui!' The captain spat. 'I've never met such a dumb sailor as you. So where do you think the old moon goes?'
ref: 1981, Charles H. Kahn, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus, →ISBN:
text: She liked Arschlochweh and adored Improvisation; but the Anatomiestunde and the bending and stretching she did not like. "Pfui!" she was disgusted, lifting her shoulders and spreading her hands like the Mandarin, "pfui! the old body!'
ref: 1993, Samuel Beckett, Eoin O'Brien, Edith Fournier, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, →ISBN, page 14:
text: He comes barging in here as if the place belonged to him. And intoxicated . . . pfui! . . . the disgusting pig!
ref: 2008, Christopher Isherwood, The Berlin Stories, →ISBN, page 175:
synonyms: word: feh
word: pfaugh
word: bah
word: blech
word: bleck
word: faugh
word: faw
word: feh
word: foh
word: fough
word: gaw
word: harumph
word: pah
word: pfaugh
word: pfui
word: phht
word: pho
word: phoh
word: pht
word: piff
word: pish
word: poh
word: pooh
word: pshaw
word: pssh
word: pshh
word: pshht
word: psht
word: pssht
word: pugh
word: puh
word: tush
glosses: an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt
quisquis
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: quis-quis
Etymology: Shared with quisquous and quiscoskos; from Latin quisquis (“whosoever”) or by reduplication of Latin quis (“of what kind”).
Senses: glosses: Whoever, whosoever.
quisquis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quisquis
form: most quisquis
form: quis-quis
Etymology: Shared with quisquous and quiscoskos; from Latin quisquis (“whosoever”) or by reduplication of Latin quis (“of what kind”).
Senses: examples: text: A drastic method this last to make sere of a full meeting and no shirkers of a “quisquis” business—evidently meaning a delicate and difficult one; a rare expression not found elsewhere in these papers.
ref: 1909, William Macgill, “Topography and Local History”, in Old Ross-Shire and Scotland, As Seen in the Tain and Balnagown Documents:
glosses: Synonym of quisquous.
synonyms: word: quisquous
Related terms: quisquous
quiscoskos
phytosanitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + sanitary.
Senses: glosses: concerning the health of plants; especially the freedom from pests requiring quarantine
phaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪzɚ/
rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
homophone: phasor
homophone: PHASR
Forms: form: phasers
Etymology: * (science fiction): For the fictional weapon coined for Star Trek: originally a "ph(oton ma)ser," later changed canonically to a "phas(ed)-e(nergy) r(ectifier)" (of "nadions", not photons).
* (phase modulation): phase + -er
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
examples: text: Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun."
ref: 1966 September 8, George Clayton Johnson, The Man Trap (Star Trek), season 1, episode 1:
text: His oddly reserved nature stands out [...]. Whyte sets his phaser on stun, not kill.
ref: 1995 July, THIS magazine, page 21:
text: A Bajoran rushed past with an armful of phaser rifles, another with a box of hand phasers.
ref: 1999, Dafydd ab Hugh, chapter 3, in Fallen Heroes [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; 5], New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books:
text: Giolitti's Gold Key art is widely admired, [...] and this is a terrific opportunity to pick up a page—set your phasers on bid.
ref: 2004, Hertiage Signature Auction #811, page 185:
text: I said, "Set phasers on be-a-bastard."
ref: 2009, Meg Gardiner, China Lake, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).
glosses: A phase modulator
glosses: Alternative form of PHASR.
Derived terms: multiphaser
polyphaser
set phasers to
Related terms: beam cannon
beam weapon
blaster
blaster cannon
blaster gun
blaster pistol
blaster rifle
death ray
death ray projector
disintegrator
laser
laser cannon
laser gun
laser pistol
laser rifle
laser weapon
particle cannon
particle gun
particle rifle
particle weapon
ray gun
phaser
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪzɚ/
rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
homophone: phasor
homophone: PHASR
Forms: form: phasers
form: phasering
form: phasered
form: phasered
Etymology: * (science fiction): For the fictional weapon coined for Star Trek: originally a "ph(oton ma)ser," later changed canonically to a "phas(ed)-e(nergy) r(ectifier)" (of "nadions", not photons).
* (phase modulation): phase + -er
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To shoot with a phaser weapon.
Synonyms: phase
phaseolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaseoli
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phaseolus.
Senses: glosses: any of several domesticated beans, of the genus Phaseolus, native to the Americas
betrayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: betrayers
Etymology: From betray + -er.
Senses: synonyms: backstabber
double-crosser
rat
traitor
two-timer
antonyms: betrayee
glosses: Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.
de minimis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin de minimīs, ablative of minimus (“smallest, least”); shortened form of the legal maxim de minimis non curat lex (literally “the law does not concern itself with trifling matters”).
Senses: examples: text: The tax is not payable on amounts below the de minimis limit of £100 per year.
text: The de minimis rules on import duty mean that alcohol for personal consumption is exempt from any charge.
text: On Tuesday, the US Postal Service briefly halted all incoming packages from China and Hong Kong after Trump ended a de minimis provision that allowed low-value packages from China to enter the US duty-free.
ref: 2025 February 7, Lauren Aratani, “Trump delays key piece of China tariff plan amid threats to other countries”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The de minimis exemption, as it’s known, allowed shipments of goods worth $800 or less to come into the United States duty-free, often more or less skipping time-consuming inspections and paperwork.
ref: 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
text: The White House said that between 2015 and 2024 the volume of de minimis shipments entering the US annually increased from 134mn to more than 1.36bn.
ref: 2025 August 30, Aime Williams, “US launches small packages tariffs as duty exemption ends”, in FT Weekend, page 3:
glosses: Concerning things that are so minor as to be negligible, trivial, or trifling. Often used to describe exemptions in government rules and regulations.
examples: text: The behaviour of the accused was technically assault, but the judge found it de minimis and entered an acquittal.
topics: law
glosses: Beneath the notice of the law; so minor as not to warrant a penalty or remedy.
Related terms: de minimis non curat lex
don't sweat the small stuff
infra dig
infra dignitatem
de minimis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin de minimīs, ablative of minimus (“smallest, least”); shortened form of the legal maxim de minimis non curat lex (literally “the law does not concern itself with trifling matters”).
Senses: examples: text: the death of de minimis [in U.S. commerce]
text: The de minimis trade loophole will be buried in the Cathedral of Congress on May 2. De minimis, or Section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, was first cleared by Congress in 1938. The de minimis trade exemption permitted shipments costing less than $800 to enter the US duty-free and with minimal paperwork and verification. Assuming the White House follows through on its executive order signed on April 2, this so-called trade loophole—that saved several brands thousands of dollars in shipping costs, will cease to exist from May 2.
ref: 2025 April 17, Vidhi Choudhary, “The death of de minimis is likely to lead to price hikes in e-commerce. The nearly 100-year-old law was popular in the e-commerce industry for duty free shipping”, in Retail Brew:
text: The demise of the de minimis threshold—a regulatory lifeline for global retailers—has quietly reshaped the cost structures of premium brands like Lululemon […] The death of de minimis is more than a regulatory footnote—it is a harbinger of a new era for premium retail. For Lululemon, the challenge is to navigate this landscape without sacrificing the brand equity that has fueled its rise. Yet, as tariffs and supply chain costs persist, the line between premiumization and price sensitivity grows thinner.
ref: 2025 September 10, Theodore Quinn, “The Death of De Minimis and Its Impact on Premium Retail: A Cautionary Tale for Lululemon”, in AInvest:
glosses: Ellipsis of de minimis exemption.
asiento
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asientos
Etymology: From Spanish asiento.
Senses: glosses: A treaty or pact, in Spanish contexts.
Related terms: assiento
cortina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: cortinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”). Doublet of curtain.
Senses: examples: text: /Telamonia morphologically circumscribes a homogenous group of Cortinarii. Hygrophanous pilei, the lack of viscid or gelatinous veils and well-developed cortinas characterize most species.
ref: 2004, Ursula Peintner, Jean-Marc Moncalvo, Rytas Vilgalys, “Toward a better understanding of the infrageneric relationships in Cortinarius (Agaricales, Basidiomycota)”, in Mycologia, volume 96, number 5, →DOI, page 1054:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
Derived terms: cortinal
Related terms: velum
televisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: televisors
Etymology: Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier.
Senses: glosses: A television set.
examples: text: The station announcer, asking the performer to stand before the televisor, will say before the microphone that Mr. So-and-so is being televised.
ref: 2004, Michael Ashley, Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Gernsback Days:
glosses: A television broadcaster or telecaster.
pipa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipas
form: p'i-p'a
Etymology: From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos.
Senses: glosses: A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.
busto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌstəʊ/
ipa: /ˈbʌstoʊ/
rhymes: -ʌstəʊ
Forms: form: bustos
form: bustoes
Etymology: From Italian busto.
Senses: examples: text: The Entrance to the Royal Apartment is through a Vestibule, supported by Pillars, with some antick Bustoes in the Niches […]
ref: 1719, Elias Ashmole, The Antiquities of Berkshire:
text: The Busto's he fix'd on were the Caracalla and the Cicero in the Gallery which I recommended as one of the best heads in the Gallery.
ref: 1753, Joshua Reynolds, edited by John Ingamells and John Edgcumbe, The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale, published 2000, page 13:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A bust.
for the hell of it
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: for the fuck of it
form: for the heck of it
form: for the sake of it
Senses: examples: text: There's no big unrest; we're having a revolution just for the hell of it.
text: Gave me gear; thank you, dear, bring your sister over here / Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
ref: 2006, The Fratellis, “Chelsea Dagger”, in Costello Music:
glosses: For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; or to relieve boredom.
hang up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangs up
form: hanging up
form: hung up
form: hung up
Senses: examples: text: I hung up my wash on the line.
glosses: To put up to hang.
examples: text: When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.
text: And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me.
ref: 1974, Harry Chapin and Sandra Chapin, “Cat's in the Cradle”, in Verities & Balderdash, performed by Harry Chapin:
glosses: To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
glosses: To stop talking.
glosses: To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
glosses: To rob or mug (someone).
examples: text: So call up Trudy on the telephone / Send her a letter in the mail / Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas / They won't let me out of this jail
ref: 1971, Charlie Daniels, “Trudy”, in Charlie Daniels:
glosses: To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
examples: text: He hung up the flute after college.
text: I think it's time to hang it up.
glosses: To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).
glosses: To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).
Synonyms: sense: terminate a phone call
english: a call from
translation: a call from
word: release
sense: terminate a phone call
english: on
translation: on
word: put the phone down
sense: terminate a phone call
word: ring off
Derived terms: hang-up call
Related terms: hung up
ring off
entrada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entradas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish entrada (“entry”). Doublet of entry.
Senses: examples: text: Each entrada or exploratory venture into regions beyond Aztec and Inca influence went under the assumed sanction of the Christian deity and with the stated purpose of bringing salvation to the ‘heathen’.
ref: 2005, Robert C Galgano, Feast of Souls, page 38:
text: It was gold seized from Amerindians, or extracted with slave labour, which helped to fund the entradas organized locally after 1508, rather than gold from Spain.
ref: 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 58:
glosses: An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories.
percha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gutta-percha.
synonyms: word: gutta-percha
caballero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caballeros
form: caballeroes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier and chevalier.
Senses: examples: text: Here we usually find the caballero aiming his pistol in one direction while pointing his reined-in steed in another, as if ready to wheel and dash to safety.
ref: 2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in New York Times:
glosses: A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
glosses: A Spanish gentleman.
glosses: A Spanish line dance.
terrify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: terrifies
form: terrifying
form: terrified
form: terrified
form: terrifie
Etymology: From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare.
Senses: glosses: To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
examples: text: Your men are valiant but their number few,
And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
glosses: To menace or intimidate.
glosses: To make terrible.
Related terms: terrible
terrific
terrifying
terror
terrorist
terrorize
talkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talker
ragamuffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæɡəˌmʌfɪn/
Forms: form: ragamuffins
form: raggamuffin
Etymology: From the Middle English Ragamuffyn. Of uncertain origin, according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a ‘regular muff’; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags.
Senses: examples: text: I haue led my rag of Muffins where they are pepper'd: there's not three of my 150 left aliue; and they for the Townes end, to beg during life.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 71:
text: “But may I inquire how you intend to support the establishment? If all the pupils are little ragamuffins, I’m afraid your crop won’t be profitable in a worldly sense, Mrs. Bhaer.”
ref: 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Harvest Time”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 348:
text: "They called her a little blue raggamuffin, father," said Harry, who ran in, looking very angry; "but I have given it to them, they won't insult my sister again.[…]"
ref: [1877], Anna Sewell, “The Election”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part III, page 206:
text: 'Yes, he is mine—I took him, a homeless little ragamuffin, but I saw what was in him, and I said his name would be heard some day—behold him, observe him—was I right?'
ref: 1882, Mark Twain, chapter 12, in The Prince and the Pauper:
text: After walking a ways, Jurgis met a little ragamuffin whom he hailed: "Hey, sonny!"
ref: 1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter XVIII, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:
text: He had found out the house of Frau von Einem without much trouble, and had performed with his ragamuffins in the servants' quarters.
ref: 1916, John Buchan, chapter 15, in Greenmantle:
text: A boy of the cheery gypsy ragamuffin variety.
ref: 1984, Douglas Adams, chapter 21, in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 112:
text: It features other small ones—a bunch of Dickensian ragamuffins and their leader played by Ron Moody in Oliver!—You've Got to Pick a Pocket Or Two.
ref: 2013 December 19, Peter Kimpton, “Readers recommend: songs about smuggling and stealing – results”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
glosses: A hooligan or troublemaker.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Ragamuffin (“breed of domestic cat”).
Derived terms: ragamuffinly
Related terms: in rags
Ragamuffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ragamuffins
Senses: glosses: A domestic cat of a particular heavy, muscular, short-necked breed.
safekeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safekeepings
Etymology: From safe + keeping.
Senses: glosses: the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
glosses: the storage of assets in a protected area
glosses: the responsibility of a guardian
glosses: not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.
TrackBack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: blogging
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A protocol for a system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it.
bot fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bot flies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of botfly.
fate map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fate maps
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: a diagram of an embryo of some organism showing the structures that will develop from each part
coffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒfə/
ipa: /ˈkɔfɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɑfɚ/
homophone: cougher
rhymes: -ɒfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: coffers
form: copher
form: cophre
Etymology: From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”).
Senses: examples: text: "There is nothing in that," said Guido, "but a genealogy of the Carraras, drawn up by my grandfather. We have kept this little ebony coffer for the sake of its curious carving. The marriage of Cana is beautifully wrought on its lid."
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 163:
synonyms: strongbox
glosses: A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
examples: text: Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers.
ref: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 135:
topics: architecture
synonyms: caisson
glosses: An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
glosses: A cofferdam.
examples: text: c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham
He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers.
text: Hold, there is half my coffer.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: The coffers were empty, and the first thing to be done was to devise some means by which we could raise a revenue.
ref: 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 26:
glosses: A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
glosses: A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
Derived terms: coffer dam
coffered ceiling
cofferer
cofferfish
coffer illusion
cofferlike
cofferwork
green coffer
coffer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒfə/
ipa: /ˈkɔfɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɑfɚ/
homophone: cougher
rhymes: -ɒfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: coffers
form: coffering
form: coffered
form: coffered
form: copher
form: cophre
Etymology: From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”).
Senses: glosses: To put money or valuables in a coffer
glosses: To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.