cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pimple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭm'p(ə)l
ipa: /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɪmpəl
Forms: form: pimples
Etymology: Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).
Senses: examples: text: I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.
topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
examples: text: He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
glosses: An annoying person.
synonyms: pimple and blotch
glosses: Scotch (whisky)
Synonyms: english: old Australian slang
translation: old Australian slang
word: acker
word: acne
word: pustule
word: spot
word: plook
word: zit
Derived terms: goose pimple
pimpleback
pimpled
pimple dick
pimpleless
pimplelike
pimplous
pimply
simple as a pimple
Related terms: blackhead
whitehead
pimple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭm'p(ə)l
ipa: /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɪmpəl
Forms: form: pimples
form: pimpling
form: pimpled
form: pimpled
Etymology: Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).
Senses: glosses: To develop pimples.
iceberg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/
ipa: /ˈaɪsbɝɡ/
rhymes: -aɪsbɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: icebergs
Etymology: Partial calque of Dutch ijsberg (compound of ijs (“ice”) + berg (“mountain”)), from Middle Dutch ijsberch. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers. Cognate to German Eisberg, Danish isbjerg, Norwegian isberg and Swedish isberg. Figurative senses in reference to the fact that only one-tenth of an iceberg is usually visible above water.
Senses: glosses: The seaward end of a glacier.
examples: text: The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.
text: Clissold the excellent cook, who should have gone with the motor party, tumbled off a small iceberg and concussed himself while posing or 'ponting' as it had come to be known- Griffith Taylor, with his usual wit, had defined 'to pont' as 'to spend a deuce of a time posing in an uncomfortable position'.
ref: 1997, Preston, Diana, Preston, Diana A first rate tragedy Constable, London: 160:
text: The passengers still on board were keen to watch as Tessa's crew scrambled for their positions, and she heard jokes about icebergs and devil's triangles, and anxious childish queries answered by soothing adult tones.
ref: 2000, Michelle Jerott, A Great Catch, Avon Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
glosses: An aloof person.
examples: text: He has little to lose: at present he will go down in history, alongside George W. Bush, as a skipper who ignored the looming fiscal iceberg.
ref: 2013, “How Barack Obama can get at least some of his credibility back”, in The Economist:
glosses: An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show.
raw_tags: after an adjective
examples: text: Near-synonym: rabbit hole
text: Do some digging into that politician's past life and associates, and you'll see that the iceberg runs deep.
text: There's a massive iceberg of increasingly crazy fanfics out there based around those two characters.
glosses: A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem.
examples: text: Check out the gaming iceberg on this post! There's some really freaky titles there that I've never heard of.
text: Today we're gonna talk about the Star Wars iceberg.
glosses: A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem.
A list, infographic, or other enumeration of such a topic and its subcomponents, often ordered into groups sorted by obscurity and bizarreness.
Derived terms: word: bergy bit
word: blue iceberg
word: earthberg
word: iceberg basement
word: iceberg chart
word: iceberg droppings
word: iceberger
word: iceberg green
taxonomic: Lactuca sativa var. capitata
word: iceberg lettuce
word: iceberglike
word: iceberg theory
word: iceberg video
word: icebergy
word: oilberg
word: tip of the iceberg
Related terms: berg
fatberg
ice
ice floe
freeboard
growler
melt pond
other
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭth′ər
ipa: /ˈʌðə/
ipa: /ʊðə/
ipa: /ˈʌðəɹ/
ipa: /ˈʌðɚ/
ipa: /ˈɐðə/
ipa: /ˈʊðəɹ/
ipa: /ˈʌðəɹ/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈʌðəɹ]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɔd̪əɹ]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈʊɾəɹ]
rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)
homophone: udder (th-stopping)
Forms: form: others
Etymology: From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).
Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change, switch, alternate”), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
Senses: examples: text: I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
glosses: An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
examples: text: One boat is not better than the other.
text: Why not tell one or other of your parents?
text: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
ref: 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:
text: He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: The other one; the second of two.
Derived terms: others
other
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭth′ər
ipa: /ˈʌðə/
ipa: /ʊðə/
ipa: /ˈʌðəɹ/
ipa: /ˈʌðɚ/
ipa: /ˈɐðə/
ipa: /ˈʊðəɹ/
ipa: /ˈʌðəɹ/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈʌðəɹ]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈɔd̪əɹ]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈʊɾəɹ]
rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)
homophone: udder (th-stopping)
Etymology: From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).
Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change, switch, alternate”), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
Senses: examples: text: I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at state; if you think other, Remove your thought;
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 331, column 1:
text: Weigh also, the pretty escape of the disguised attempt of the party that seemed to be in so great peril, who can believe other, then that it was a made matter, to continue a belief, whom they think they have inchaunted at their wills.
ref: 1655, The Compleat Ambassador or two treatises of the intended marriage of Queen Elizabeth of glorious memory, page 321:
text: That he knew from Monsieur Meerman, I had been the occasion of giving him any Credit in England of an honest sincere Man, and he would never lose mine upon that occasion by giving the King Cause to believe other of him.
ref: 1740, William Temple, Letters written by Sir William Temple, bart., and other ministers of state, both at home and abroad, page 184:
glosses: Otherwise.
Related terms: another
other than
otherwise
not
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒt/
ipa: [nɒt]
ipa: [nɒʔ(t)]
ipa: [nɔt]
ipa: [nɔʔ(t)]
ipa: [nɑ̈ʔ(t̚)]
ipa: [nɞʔt]
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [näʔ]
ipa: [nɒːt]
ipa: [nɔ̈ʔ]
homophone: knot
homophone: naught
homophone: nought (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒt
Etymology: From Middle English not, nat, variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).
Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit.
Senses: examples: text: I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
text: He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
glosses: And not.
not
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒt/
ipa: [nɒt]
ipa: [nɒʔ(t)]
ipa: [nɔt]
ipa: [nɔʔ(t)]
ipa: [nɑ̈ʔ(t̚)]
ipa: [nɞʔt]
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [näʔ]
ipa: [nɒːt]
ipa: [nɔ̈ʔ]
homophone: knot
homophone: naught
homophone: nought (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: not!
Etymology: From Middle English not, nat, variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).
Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: I don't think; psych; bender (obsolete, UK)
text: I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney … not!
text: Sure, you’re perfect the way you are … not!
text: You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. You butter-finger, can't you stop anything?
ref: 1911 March, Zane Grey, “Out on the Field”, in The Young Pitcher, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 64:
text: "See?" "Uh-huh! Clear and lucid to the point of limpidity - 'not."
ref: 1949, E.E 'Doc' Smith, chapter XIV, in Skylark of Valeron, London: Panther, published 1974, page 134:
text: After Seaworld it was down to Tijuana in Mexico. Charming place - not.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 42:
text: Because, of course, sympathy is finite -- and if you use it up on the wrong person then you won't have any left. Not.
ref: 2006 May 2, Steve Goldfarb, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
coordinate_terms: just kidding#Interjection
glosses: Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
not
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒt/
ipa: [nɒt]
ipa: [nɒʔ(t)]
ipa: [nɔt]
ipa: [nɔʔ(t)]
ipa: [nɑ̈ʔ(t̚)]
ipa: [nɞʔt]
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [näʔ]
ipa: [nɒːt]
ipa: [nɔ̈ʔ]
homophone: knot
homophone: naught
homophone: nought (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: nots
Etymology: From Middle English not, nat, variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).
Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit.
Senses: examples: text: The children are taught to be afraid of winter, of war, of death, of hard times, of disease, of examinations. Perhaps that is one of the reasons that children so seldom find the conversation of their elders uplifting. It is full of don’ts, buts and nots.
ref: 1922 March 4, “Fed on Fear Too Much”, in The Pathfinder, volume 29, number 1470, Washington, D.C.: Pathfinder Publishing Company, page 33:
glosses: An instance of using the word “not”; a negation or denial.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of NOT (“unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true”).
Related terms: if
then
else
and
or
true
false
that
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: enpr: thăt
ipa: /ˈðæt/
ipa: [ˈðat]
ipa: [ˈd̪aʔ]
ipa: /ˈðɛt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱaʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱəʈ/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdäʔ]
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdä]
rhymes: -æt
enpr: thət
ipa: /ðət/
Forms: form: those
form: 'at
form: 't
form: dat
form: thet
form: yt
form: yᵗ
form: yͭ
form: yt.
Etymology: From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to.
Senses: examples: text: That book is a good read. This one isn't.
text: That battle was in 1450.
text: That cat of yours is evil.
text: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 110:
text: She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creation, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, “Westward Ho!”, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC, part I (“Come He Will”), page 8:
text: ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 242:
text: The gym is across from the lounge. It’s next to the mailroom. Go that way. — Thanks, Pete! — No, Anna! Not that way! Go that way!
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
Derived terms: but that
thataway
that guy
thatness
that way
that way inclined
that will do
thaz
this, that, and the other
you can't say fairer than that
that
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: thăt
ipa: /ˈðæt/
ipa: [ˈðat]
ipa: [ˈd̪aʔ]
ipa: /ˈðɛt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱaʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱəʈ/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdäʔ]
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdä]
rhymes: -æt
enpr: thət
ipa: /ðət/
Forms: form: 'at
form: 't
form: dat
form: thet
form: yt
form: yᵗ
form: yͭ
form: yt.
Etymology: From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to.
Senses: examples: text: Here's the measurement – the ribbon must be that long, no longer and no shorter.
qualifier: degree
glosses: To a given extent or degree.
Denoting an equal degree.
examples: text: She said we waited for three hours, but I'm sure it wasn't that long.
text: It didn't seem like ten miles, but actually it was that far.
qualifier: degree
glosses: To a given extent or degree.
Denoting 'as much', 'no less'.
examples: text: I was seen quite quickly — I didn't have to wait that long.
text: I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
text: How was the play? ~ Not all that good.
text: You're fun to spend time with, but I'm not that into you.
synonyms: so
qualifier: degree
glosses: To a great extent or degree; very, particularly.
raw_tags: in negative constructions
examples: text: Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
text: This was carried with that little noise that for a good space the vigilant Bishop was not awak'd with it.
ref: 1693, John Hacket, “Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams”, in Archbishop Williams:
glosses: To such an extent; so.
raw_tags: in positive constructions
that
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thăt
ipa: /ˈðæt/
ipa: [ˈðat]
ipa: [ˈd̪aʔ]
ipa: /ˈðɛt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱaʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱəʈ/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdäʔ]
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdä]
rhymes: -æt
enpr: thət
ipa: /ðət/
Forms: form: thats
form: 'at
form: 't
form: dat
form: thet
form: yt
form: yᵗ
form: yͭ
form: yt.
Etymology: From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to.
Senses: examples: text: As such, they do not have the ontological weight of "Being" and "Not-being," but serve simply as an explanatory vocabulary necessary to describe our world of thises and thats.
ref: 1998, David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames, Thinking from the Han, page 247:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
Related terms: which
flower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflaʊ.ə/
ipa: /ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
ipa: /flaː(r)/
ipa: /flɐ.ʋə(r)/
ipa: /flɐ.wə(r)/
homophone: flour (for people who pronounce flower as one syllable, or flour as two)
Forms: form: flowers
form: flowering
form: flowered
form: flowered
form: flowre
form: flow'r
Etymology: From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of fleur, flor, flour, bloom, and blossom.
Partly displaced native Old English blostma (which is cognate), whence Modern English blossom.
Senses: examples: text: This plant flowers in June.
glosses: To put forth blooms.
glosses: To decorate with pictures of flowers.
examples: text: when flowr'd my youthful spring
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Ægloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
text: It only needed watering to take root, to flower and to fructify, and the watering came in due course.
ref: 1940 Mahadev Desai, translator, Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography, Part III (IX) The Story of My Experiments with Truth/Part III/Simple Life, original published 1927-1929
text: In life after life of this now-expanded circle of women artists, writers and revolutionaries, the same appeared: a flowing of creative insight and vision seemed the follow a sexual flowering.
ref: 2012, Naomi Wolf, Vagina: A New Biography, page 43:
glosses: To reach a state of full development or achievement.
examples: text: That beer did flower a little.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
examples: text: observations which have flowered off
ref: [1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London: […] Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC:
glosses: To come off as flowers by sublimation.
Synonyms: sense: to put forth blooms
word: bloom
sense: to put forth blooms
word: blossom
sense: reach a state of achievement
word: flourish
Derived terms: flowering ash
flowering desert
flowering dogwood
flowering plant
flowering rush
flowering tea
night-flowering jasmine
aflower
corpse flower
flowerbed
flower girl
flowerpot
flowery
passionflower
sunflower
wild flower
wildflower
Related terms: fleur
flora
Flora
floret
florid
florist
floristics
inflorescence
flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflaʊ.ə/
ipa: /ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
ipa: /flaː(r)/
ipa: /flɐ.ʋə(r)/
ipa: /flɐ.wə(r)/
homophone: flour (for people who pronounce flower as one syllable, or flour as two)
ipa: /ˈfləʊə/
ipa: /ˈfloʊɚ/
ipa: /ˈflaʊ.ə/
ipa: /ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
ipa: /flaː(r)/
ipa: /flɐ.ʋə(r)/
ipa: /flɐ.wə(r)/
homophone: flour (for people who pronounce flower as one syllable, or flour as two)
Forms: form: flowers
form: flow-er
form: flowre
form: flow'r
Etymology: flow + -er
Senses: examples: text: Leaving the weavers’ village behind you, and crossing the sandy bed of the Vengavati or ‘Swift-flower,’ which, however, contained not a drop of water, you reach the ancient Jain temple.
ref: 1886–1890, J. D. Rees, Narratives of Tours in India, page 340
text: Rhŏdănus, i, m. The Rhodanus (now Rhone); a river of Gaul [prob. a northern word, meaning “Swift-flower or Swift-passer”].
ref: 1888, John T. White, The Seventh Book of Cæsar’s Gallic War with a Vocabulary, page 224:
text: sará-yu, f. [swift flower: √sri] N. of a river (in Oudh), in C. gnly. û.
ref: 1893, Arthur A. MacDonnell, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 340:
text: one that flows with force and speed; the fast flower
ref: 1959, Scottish Studies, volumes 3-4, page 92:
text: Bonnie partner with Scottish flower (5) [as a clue for CLYDE]
ref: 2019 August 24, Radio Times Crossword:
qualifier: especially crosswording
glosses: Something that flows, such as a river.
Synonyms: word: bloom
word: blossom
word: flower
Hypernyms: word: plant
Hyponyms: word: floret
word: floweret
Meronyms: word: ovary
word: pedicel
word: petal
word: pistil
word: receptaculum
word: sepal
word: stamen
word: stigma
word: style
Related terms: word: Appendix:Flowers
good
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊd/
enpr: go͝od
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊ̈d]
ipa: [ɡɪ̈d]
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊd]
ipa: [ɡud]
ipa: /ɡʉd/
note: d
enpr: go͝o
ipa: /ɡʊ(d)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: goode
form: gud
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit, fit”).
Related to gather and together, but not to god/God.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English bon, bone, boon, boun (“good”) borrowed from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots gude, guid (“good”), Yola gayde, gooude, gude (“good”), North Frisian gud, gur, gödj (“good”), Saterland Frisian goud (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Alemannic German guet (“good”), Bavarian guad (“good”), Central Franconian gut, jot, jott (“good”), Cimbrian guat, guut (“good”), Dutch goed, goei (“good”), Dutch Low Saxon good (“good”), German gut (“good”), Limburgish good, gott (“good”), Low German god, goot (“good”), Luxembourgish gutt (“good”), Mòcheno guat (“good”), Vilamovian güt (“good”), Yiddish גוט (gut, “good”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish god (“good”), Elfdalian guoð (“good”), Faroese, Icelandic góður (“good”), Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs, “good”), Vandalic *guths (“good”), Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), Lithuanian guõdas (“virtue, honor”).
Senses: examples: text: Good! I can leave now.
glosses: That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
good
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊd/
enpr: go͝od
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊ̈d]
ipa: [ɡɪ̈d]
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊd]
ipa: [ɡud]
ipa: /ɡʉd/
note: d
enpr: go͝o
ipa: /ɡʊ(d)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: better
form: best
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English goode (“good, well”, adverb), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adverb), German gut (“good, well”, adverb), Danish godt (“good, well”, adverb), Swedish gott (“good, well”, adverb), all from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it.
raw_tags: did well
text: The boy done good.
text: If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good. You're big enough to do it.
ref: 1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley:
text: I kept my eyes peeled for signs of pursuit. There was none, unless I was being fooled very good.
ref: 1970, Troy Conway, The Cunning Linguist, London: Flamingo Books, page 66:
text: She said, "I don't want to bother you / Consider it's understood / I know I'm not no beauty queen / But I sure can listen good."
ref: 1972, Harry Chapin, “A Better Place to Be”, in Sniper and Other Love Songs:
text: Marsellus fucked him up good. Word 'round the campfire is it was on account of Marsellus Wallace's wife.
ref: 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):
text: The one thing that we can't do...is throw out the baby with the bathwater.... We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this...high-quality website.
ref: 2007 April 19, Jimmy Wales, “Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation”, Fresh Air, WHYY, Pennsylvania https://web.archive.org/web/20070423020137/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874
text: "They're travellin' good now. We'll leave them be."
ref: 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 14:
text: Admiral Anderson: You did good, child. You did good. I'm proud of you.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel (Priority: Earth):
glosses: Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
Derived terms: but good
a good many
good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊd/
enpr: go͝od
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊ̈d]
ipa: [ɡɪ̈d]
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊd]
ipa: [ɡud]
ipa: /ɡʉd/
note: d
enpr: go͝o
ipa: /ɡʊ(d)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: goods
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English good, god, from Old English gōd (“a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; goods, property, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdą (“goods, belongings”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-, *gʰodʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Compare German Gut (“item of merchandise; estate; property”).
Senses: examples: text: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: AI engineers hold in their hands the power to do extraordinary good—closing gaps in education, unlocking medical breakthroughs, accelerating climate solutions—or, if they lose sight of the people their creations serve, to cause deep harm.
ref: 2025 August 27, Dana Suskind, “AI Engineers Need Their Own Hippocratic Oath. Here’s What It Should Say”, in TIME:
antonyms: bad
evil
glosses: The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
antonyms: bad
glosses: A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
examples: text: The best is the enemy of the good.
text: He is an influence for good on those girls.
text: There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:6:
text: […]the government must be a weak one indeed, if it should forget that the good of the whole can only be promoted by advancing the good of each of the parts or members which compose the whole.
ref: 1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers, number 64:
glosses: The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
examples: text: Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
coordinate_terms: service
glosses: An item of merchandise.
Derived terms: sense: item of merchandise
word: capital goods
sense: item of merchandise
word: consumer goods
sense: item of merchandise
word: G2P
sense: item of merchandise
word: goods-to-person
sense: item of merchandise
word: goods-to-picker
sense: item of merchandise
word: picker-to-goods
good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊd/
enpr: go͝od
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊ̈d]
ipa: [ɡɪ̈d]
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊd]
ipa: [ɡud]
ipa: /ɡʉd/
note: d
enpr: go͝o
ipa: /ɡʊ(d)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: goods
form: gooding
form: gooded
form: gooded
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdōn (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, favorable”).
Senses: glosses: To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
glosses: To make good; turn to good; improve.
glosses: To make improvements or repairs.
glosses: To benefit; gain.
glosses: To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
glosses: To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
glosses: To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
Derived terms: gooding
good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊd/
enpr: go͝od
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊ̈d]
ipa: [ɡɪ̈d]
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊd]
ipa: [ɡud]
ipa: /ɡʉd/
note: d
enpr: go͝o
ipa: /ɡʊ(d)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: goods
form: gooding
form: gooded
form: gooded
Etymology: From English dialectal, from Middle English *goden, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish göda (“to fatten, fertilise, battle”), Danish gøde (“to fertilise, battle”), ultimately from the adjective. See above.
Senses: examples: April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard
Nature was like itself , in it , in the world : God hath taken it in from the barren downs , and gooded it : his choice did not find , but make it thus
glosses: To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
good
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊd/
enpr: go͝od
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊ̈d]
ipa: [ɡɪ̈d]
ipa: /ɡʊd/
ipa: [ɡʊd]
ipa: [ɡud]
ipa: /ɡʉd/
note: d
enpr: go͝o
ipa: /ɡʊ(d)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ʊd
Etymology: Coined in reference to the phrase the only good nigger is a dead nigger, a popular saying among white supremacists.
Senses: examples: text: Another evil nigger made good. I love a good news story.
ref: 2008 October 17, Anthony X (Janet Arvizo is a disgusting liar, Tom Sneddon is a disgusting racist http://asb-comm-logic.com, “TNB: 36-year-old African American shot to death”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet):
text: Sow Sheeboon Savannah Jeanne Walker of Louisville, KY was made good in a shooting at cRap show called 'A Boogie With The Hoodie' Saturday night at the Tim Faulkner Art Gallery. 5 other niggers were shot and are expected to survive. No suspooks have been captured.
ref: 2017 March 21, Rick Mathers, “6 Shitskin Boogs Shot At 'A Boogie With The Hoodie' Concert”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet):
text: The usual nigger nonsense from da fambly. He beez a good daddy to his keeids (I wonder how many more keeids this useless nigger has that the media didn't tell us about.) He wuz juss mindin' his own bidness when da popo got in da way. He din do nuffins. The BLM niggers and their lovers will be chimping out for sure. LEO's already have a tough job as it is, dealing with niggers has to be the worst part of the job. I'm glad that coon was made good.
ref: 2017 November 7, Casa de los peregrinos, “Groid rage motorist chimps out on motorist”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
text: Bolsheviks have got to be in heat over this, a nigger with well over 40 arrests including violent assault is properly made good for threatening people on the subway, will the law abiding law defending hero be thrown under the bus to appease blacks [again]?
ref: 2023 May 4, JeSSe, “White US Marine kills black felon in self defense - BLM/antifa threaten riots if he is not arrested and found guilty”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):
glosses: Of a black person, dead or killed.
Synonyms: word: acceptable
word: agreeable
word: all right
word: as fine as Dick's hatband
word: awesome
word: bene
word: bodacious
word: bona
word: commendable
word: dandy as candy
word: decent
word: enjoyable
word: excellent
word: exceptional
word: fantastic
word: fine
word: goloptious
word: good as wheat in the bin
word: gratifying
word: great
word: magnificent
word: marvelous
word: nice
word: not bad
word: outstanding
word: perfect
word: phenomenal
word: pleasant
word: pleasing
word: positive
word: rad
word: radical
word: right as rain
word: satisfying
word: splendid
word: stellar
word: stupendous
word: super
word: superb
word: sweet as a nut
word: terrific
word: tubular
word: wonderful
word: wondrous
Hyponyms: word: satisfactory
Derived terms: goodening
Related terms: word: goodness
word: intermediate
word: moderate
men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
ipa: /mɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: min
Etymology: From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.
Senses: examples: text: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: plural of man
men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
ipa: /mɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: min
Etymology: From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.
Senses: examples: text: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
ref: 1776, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America:
topics: fantasy
glosses: (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
examples: text: "Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
Derived terms: antimen
formenism
man among men
menfolk
menfolks
meninism
meninist
menkind
menless
menstealer
menswear
Menver
merby
smartman
three-men-in-a-boat
Related terms: mennish
forefinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹˌfɪŋ.ɡɚ/
Forms: form: forefingers
Etymology: Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefyngure; equivalent to fore- + finger.
Senses: examples: text: He touched me on the arm with his forefinger twice or thrice giving a ghastly nod each time:- […]
ref: 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man:
qualifier: human anatomy
glosses: The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
Synonyms: sense: index finger
word: index finger
middle finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle fingers
Etymology: From Middle English myddel fyngir. By surface analysis, middle + finger.
Senses: synonyms: word: fuck finger
word: long finger
word: medius
word: mid-finger
word: tall man
glosses: The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
examples: text: An Indiana man argues in a federal lawsuit filed last week that he had a First Amendment right to give the middle finger to a state trooper, and that his free speech was violated when the gesture earned him a ticket.
ref: 2018 February 4, Jason Silverstein, “Giving Middle Finger to Police Is a First Amendment Right, Man Argues in Lawsuit Over Ticket”, in Newsweek:
synonyms: word: the finger
word: dirty finger
glosses: An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.
examples: text: Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy.
ref: 2007, Dominique Paul, The Possibility of Fireflies, page 62:
text: Beem called the tactic [paying US$23500 settlement in coins] "petty and a grand waste of time" and said the coin delivery was "a symbolic middle finger."
ref: 2023 October 24, “Colorado judge says company acted "maliciously and in bad faith" in coin stunt”, in CBS News:
glosses: An insult directed at someone.
Synonyms: word: fuck finger
word: long finger
word: medius
word: middle finger
word: mid-finger
word: tall man
Hypernyms: word: finger
Related terms: mid-finger
ring finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring fingers
Etymology: From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart.
Senses: examples: See Thesaurus:ring finger
synonyms: digit IV
fourth digit
fourth finger
gold-finger
leech-finger
marriage finger
medical finger
medicinal finger
physic finger
physical finger
physician finger
ring-man
third finger
wedding finger
glosses: The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
wikipedia: JSTOR
Synonyms: word: fourth finger
word: gold-finger
word: leech-finger
word: marriage finger
word: medical finger
word: medicinal finger
word: nameless finger
word: physic finger
word: physical finger
word: physician finger
word: ring finger
word: ring-man
word: third finger
Hypernyms: word: finger
little finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little fingers
Etymology: From Middle English litile fynge, litil fyngir.
Senses: synonyms: auricular
digit V
ear finger
fifth digit
fourth finger
mercurial finger
pinkie
pinkie finger
glosses: The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
Synonyms: word: auricular
word: ear finger
word: fourth finger
word: least finger
word: little finger
word: mercurial finger
word: minimus
word: pinkie
word: pinkie finger
Hypernyms: word: finger
Derived terms: little fingernail
wrap around one's little finger
pinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: pinkie
Forms: form: pinkier
form: pinkiest
Etymology: From pink + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In a pinky paper all folded neat,
And they fastened it down with a pin.
ref: 1871, Edward Lear, The Jumblies:
glosses: Pinkish.
Derived terms: pinkily
pinkiness
pinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: pinkie
Forms: form: pinkies
Etymology: From pink + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “Here,” Nigel greeted him, “do try a spot of ‘pinky,’ it's ever so much fun, really.”
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 262:
glosses: Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.
glosses: A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.
synonyms: word: ang moh
word: Angrez
word: balanda
word: béké
word: bule
word: Caucasian
word: cracker
word: cumskin
word: farang
word: firangi
word: gringo
word: gora
word: gussuk
word: gweilo
word: haole
word: honky
word: hoogie
word: hoojah
word: ice monkey
word: ivory
word: joganosh
word: kabloona
word: laowai
word: leucoderm
word: mayo
word: mayonnaise face
word: melanin-challenged
word: migaloo
word: mlungu
word: mzungu
word: ofay
word: oyinbo
word: paddy
word: Pakeha
word: paleface
word: pigskin
word: pinky
word: roundeye
word: saltine
raw_tags: for cracker
word: snow bunny
word: toubab
word: umlungu
word: vazaha
word: white
word: white bread
word: white devil
word: whiteface
word: white man
word: whitey
word: wigger
word: wonderbread
word: Yankee
glosses: A white person.
examples: text: You may get some pinkies around the Black Rock area, but the snapper *run* is normally from late October to mid January, although it sounds like the odd adult fish is still lurking..
ref: 2001 May 3, Lindsay Vincent, “Re: snapper fishing in Victoria”, in aus.sport.fishing (Usenet):
glosses: The Australasian snapper or pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus).
glosses: A kind of fishing schooner of New England.
pinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: pinkie
Forms: form: pinkies
form: pinkie
Etymology: From Dutch pinkje, diminutive of Dutch pink (“little finger”). Cognate with West Frisian pinke (“pinky”), dialectal English pink (“something small or tiny”), and perhaps to Old English pinca (“a point”). Compare also German Low German Pink (“penis”), English pintle (“penis”).
Senses: examples: text: Everyday ^([sic]) as he passes them, the hookers wave at him with their pinkies and say, “Hi there, little boy!”
ref: 2003, Billoo Badhshah, The Unofficial Joke Book of Australia, page 126:
glosses: The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.
Synonyms: sense: smallest finger or toe
word: little finger
sense: smallest finger or toe
word: pinky finger
sense: smallest finger or toe
word: pinky toe
sense: smallest finger or toe
word: little piggy
sense: smallest finger or toe
word: digit V
sense: smallest finger or toe
word: fifth digit
Derived terms: pinky break
pinky cheater
pinky ring
pinky swear
pinky-swear
pinky promise
pinky-promise
pinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: pinkie
Forms: form: pinkier
form: pinkiest
Etymology: From pink + -y, from pink (“to wink”).
Senses: glosses: winking
Related terms: stinky pinky
Norwegian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔːˈwiː.d͡ʒn̩/
ipa: /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/
rhymes: -iːd͡ʒən
Forms: form: Norwegians
form: Nw.
form: Norwayan
form: Norvegian
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Norvegia (from Old Norse Norvegr (“Norway”)) + -an, with v replaced by w due to influence from earlier English Norwayan (“Norwegian”).
Senses: examples: text: But despite the President’s offer, it’s unlikely that an influx of Norwegians will begin to settle in the US anytime soon.
ref: 2018 January 12, Kara Fox, “Norwegians aren’t likely to move to the US, even if they’re welcome”, in CNN:
text: At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund.
ref: 2023 May 12, George Ramsay, “After a record-breaking season, Erling Haaland is on track to become ‘the best striker ever’”, in CNN:
glosses: A native of Norway.
glosses: A kind of fishing boat on the Great Lakes of North America.
examples: text: People don’t tend to use sounds that aren’t in their native language. (citation) So if you’re an English speaker, you’re not going to bust out some Norwegian vowels. This rather lets the air out of the theory that individuals engaged in glossolalia are actually speaking another language.
ref: 2013 November 7, Rachael Tatman, “The Science of Speaking in Tongues”, in Making Noise & Hearing Things:
text: [Kirsten] Gillibrand’s Mandarin can be written off as the résumé-building accomplishment of a striver, while Norwegian, which has no practical value for an American president, is taken as a sign of intellectual curiosity and authenticity — the sort of whimsical surplus achievement that often upstages workaday accomplishments.
ref: 2019 April 24, Jay Caspian Kang, “How Pete Buttigieg's Meaningless Erudition Made Him the 'Smart' Candidate”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023:
glosses: The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.
Related terms: Dano-Norwegian
Middle Norwegian
Neo-Norwegian
New Norwegian
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Norwegian
Swedo-Norwegian