cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trahison des clercs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trahisons des clercs
Etymology: Borrowed from French trahison des clercs (literally “treason of the clerks”); originally adopted from the title of the French philosopher and novelist Julien Benda’s 1927 book, La Trahison des Clercs (whose first English translation bore the title The Betrayal of the Intellectuals). See too:
"In 1927, the French essayist Julien Benda published his famous attack on the intellectual corruption of the age, La Trahison des Clercs. [He used] “clerc” in “the medieval sense,” i.e., to mean “scribe,” someone we would now call a member of the intelligentsia. Academics and journalists, pundits, moralists, and pontificators of all varieties are in this sense clercs. The “treason” in question was the betrayal by the “clerks” of their vocation as intellectuals."
Senses: examples: text: The age of the ‘experimental’ and the highbrow has helped to relegate poetry to a condition of irrelevance and triviality, and our collective self-commitment to cleverness and self-consciousness may ultimately (but by whom?) be seen as the profoundest of the twentieth century’s much-discussed trahisons des clercs.
ref: 2003, Colin Falck, American and British Verse in the Twentieth Century: The Poetry that Matters, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: A compromise of intellectual integrity by members of an intelligentsia.
trahisons des clercs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trahison des clercs
castle in the air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːs(ə)l ɪn ðiː ˈɛə/
ipa: /ˈkæs(ə)l ɪn ði ˈɛəɹ/
Forms: form: castles in the air
Senses: examples: text: Many times ſuch men when they come to themſelves, tell ſtrange things of Heauen and Hell, what viſions they haue ſeene; […] The like effects almost are to bee ſeene in ſuch as are awake: How many Chimæras, Anticks, golden mountaines, and Caſtles in the Aire doe they build vnto themſelves?
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Of the Force of Imagination”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 3, subsection 2, page 81:
text: Look you, Amanda, you may build castles in the air, "and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please." But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.
ref: 1696, John Vanbrugh, The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger. […] (Bell’s British Theatre; XXVI), London: Printed for the proprietors, under the Direction of John Bell, […], published 1795, →OCLC, act III, scene ii, page 72:
text: Her unlimited devotion for "the family," readily induced the old lady to acquiesce in his proposal, though not without a gentle sigh over the ruins of a castle in the air, which was founded on the well-saved purse of Mistress Deborah Debbitch.
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 70:
text: She had a vivid imagination; […] and it is a fact, that while she was dressing for dinner, and after she had asked Amelia whether her brother was very rich, she had built for herself a most magnificent castle in the air, of which she was mistress, with a husband somewhere in the background (she had not seen him as yet, and his figure would not therefore be very distinct); […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 18:
text: If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
ref: 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Conclusion”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 346:
text: We used to build castles in the air. We had big dreams. I'm not sure if you still have those dreams, but I still have dreams.
ref: 2013 December 18, Kenneth Khulekani Khoza, Castles in the Air, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, act I, scene i, page 21:
synonyms: air castle
castles in Spain
castle in the skies
eggs in moonshine
jam tomorrow
pie in the sky
pipe dream
glosses: A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility.
Derived terms: build air castles
build castles in the air
castles in the air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castle in the air
coppas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coppa
digammas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digamma
tennis courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tennis court
ǂKxʼauǁʼein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kaʊ.aɪn/
/kɑ.oʊ.ɑ.eɪn/
Senses: glosses: A Khoisan language spoken in Namibia and Botswana.
autopistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopista
alcaldes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alcalde
descansos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of descanso
ayuntamientos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ayuntamiento
0800 number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 0800 numbers
Senses: examples: text: the 0800 number advice line receives over five hundred calls a year
ref: 1995, Sheena Carmichael, Business Ethics: the new bottom line, →ISBN, page 41:
text: It is an alternative to a 0800 number where the callee bears the full cost of the call.
ref: 2002, Julie K. Petersen, Fiber optics illustrated dictionary, →ISBN, page 1046:
text: The important point about direct response is that it should not just be advertising with an 0800 number
ref: 2006, Frances Brassington, Stephen Pettitt, Principles of marketing, →ISBN, page 838:
glosses: A telephone number beginning with 0800; these numbers are free for the caller because the call is paid for by the company or organisation being called.
0800 numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0800 number
audiencias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audiencia
probables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of probable
nasales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /neɪˈzeɪˌliz/
ipa: /neɪˈseɪˌliz/
Senses: glosses: plural of nasalis
municipios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of municipio
residencias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of residencia
trilliard
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Forms: form: trilliards
Etymology: From French trilliard, equivalent to tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
Senses: examples: text: We read of milliards, and even trilliards, of roubles, marks, francs and dollars, but we do not comprehend them in the sense of visualising and retaining a clear-cut picture of what the figures really imply.
ref: 1922, Industrial Peace, volume 10, London: St. Catherine Press, page 167:
text: 2003, François Cardarelli, Column in a table, Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins,
Power of ten ...UK, France (n rule) million billion billiard trillion trilliard
glosses: One thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 10²¹ (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
Synonyms: a short scale sextillion
Derived terms: trilliardth
Related terms: zetta-
Previous: trillion. Next: quadrillion.
synthetic papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synthetic paper
inevitables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inevitable
madrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madriers
Etymology: Borrowed from French madrier (“thick plank”).
Senses: glosses: A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes.
A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.
glosses: A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes.
A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.
madriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madrier
conventionnel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conventionnels
Etymology: Borrowed from French conventionnel.
Senses: examples: text: To calm their nerves and dispel the phantoms of their imaginations, the conventionnels proposed a series of fantastic draconian measures designed to insure tranquillity during the voting.
ref: 1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California, published 1979, page 178:
text: When the crowds burst again into the assembly hall, they bore with them on a pike the head of a conventionnel, Féraud, who had tried to bar their path.
ref: 2004, David Andress, The French Revolution and the People, London, page 236:
text: The Conventionnels who had voted for the measure included many who had worked closely with deputies now under arrest for their part in the Terror.
ref: 2006, Howard G Brown, Ending the French Revolution, University of Virginia, published 2008, page 27:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of the French National Convention.
conventionnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conventionnel
endurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endurers
Etymology: From endure + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, endures or lasts.
vrille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vrilles
Etymology: From French vrille.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tailspin.
vrilles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vrille
1992
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the deadline of December 31, 1992, set in the Single European Act of 1987.
Senses: examples: text: ON Friday, 1992 arrives. It is a year late, but that is one of the least confusing things about '1992' , as the Single European Market process used to be called. For 1 January 1993 is in reality just one more marker in a process that started in 1985 and will continue until at least 1995.
ref: 1992 December 29, David Bowen, “Why European goats may welcome the late arrival of 1992: David Bowen examines the obvious and hidden changes due with the EC's single market”, in The Independent:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The commencement of the single market trade association of European Union countries, on January 1, 1993.
plenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plena
Achuar-Shiwiar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Achuar
glosses: A Jivaroan language spoken in Peru and Ecuador.
Aguaruna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Jivaroan language spoken in Peru.
Aiwoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Äiwoo.
Ajië
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia.
Akhvakh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Russia.
Alekano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Alsea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct Penutian language spoken in the United States.
Amahuaca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Panoan language spoken in Peru.
diploe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪp.loʊˌi/
Forms: form: diploes
form: diploë
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διπλόη (diplóē, “literally, a fold”), noun use of feminine of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: pith
glosses: The thin layer of soft, spongy, or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of mesophyll.
synonyms: word: mesophyll
Derived terms: word: diploetic
word: diploic
word: diploid
word: diploidy
Andalusians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Andalusian
hauls ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of haul ass
hauling ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haul ass
hauled ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of haul ass
sooky baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sooky babies
Senses: glosses: sook; a crybaby or timid person.
elsewhither
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlswɪðə/
ipa: /ˈɛlswɪðɚ/
Etymology: From else + whither (“to which place, to what place”).
Senses: examples: text: ; more at somewhere else
text: […] know that ‘impossible,’ where Truth and Mercy and the everlasting Voice of Nature order, has no place in the brave man’s dictionary. That when all men have said “Impossible,” and tumbled noisily elsewhither, and thou alone art left, then first thy time and possibility have come.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Chapter VIII, The Didactic”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book IV (Horoscope), page 295:
text: With Strickland the sexual appetite took a very small place. It was unimportant. It was irksome. His soul aimed elsewhither.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIII, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC, page 225:
synonyms: otherwhither
glosses: To some other place; in some other direction.
Related terms: elsewhence
elsewhere
whithersoever
pullas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulla
vid.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of vide (= see (singular imperative)).
glosses: Abbreviation of videte.
vid.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of vidua (Latin for “widow”).
vid.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of viz..
vidê
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: vīʹdĭ
enpr: vĭʹdā
enpr: vēʹdā
ipa: /ˈvaɪdɪ/
ipa: /ˈvɪdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈviːdeɪ/
Forms: form: videte
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vide (“see”).
videte
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: vīdēʹtē
enpr: vĭdēʹtē
enpr: vĭdāʹtā
enpr: vĭdāʹtē
ipa: /vaɪˈdiːti/
ipa: /vɪˈdiːti/
ipa: /vɪˈdeɪteɪ/
ipa: /vɪˈdeɪti/
Forms: form: vide
Etymology: From Latin vidēte (“see!”), second-person plural present active imperative form of videō (“I see”).
Senses: glosses: See; consult; refer to—a remark directing the readers to look to the specified place for epexegesis.
tercios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tercio
zapatera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zapateras
Etymology: From Spanish aceituna zapatera.
Senses: glosses: A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition.
glosses: An olive defective because of bruises, wormholes, etc.
vided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: vīʹdĭd
ipa: /ˈvaɪdɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vide¹
viding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: vīʹdĭng
ipa: /ˈvaɪdɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vide¹
zapateras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zapatera
wardrobe malfunctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wardrobe malfunction
aphaeretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăfĭrĕʹtĭk
ipa: /æfɪˈɹɛtɪk/
Forms: form: apheretic
form: aphæretic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀφαιρετικός (aphairetikós).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
phonetics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Of the nature of apheresis.
visucentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: vizh-uw-sĕn'trĭk
Forms: form: more visucentric
form: most visucentric
form: visu-centric
form: visuocentric
Etymology: From visuo- + -centric.
Senses: examples: In a visucentric world, spatial awareness comes from cues that are subtle and may go unnoticed to the hearing. (Deaf Diverse Design Guide web site)
glosses: Designed in a manner that is visually optimal for deaf and hard-of-hearing people; pertaining to designs that focus on visual access.
examples: Much of the poetry included in John Lee Clark's Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology is visucentric.
glosses: Of art, literature, etc.: focusing mainly on what the eyes perceive.
alif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /a.lɪf/
Forms: form: alifs
Etymology: From Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Doublet of aleph and alpha.
Senses: glosses: The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ا (ʔalif).
Related terms: aleph
alifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alif
corrasions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corrasion
justaucorps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: justaucorps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of juste-au-corps.
draft animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draft animals
form: draught animal
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of draught animal, a strong working animal used to draw a load(ed cart), a plow etc., as opposed to a mount
Hyponyms: draft horse
unintimidatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unintimidatable
form: most unintimidatable
Etymology: From un- + intimidatable.
Senses: examples: text: The first impression he must have made on the heathen chieftains was that of a man unintimidatable and devoid of fear.
ref: 1938, Oliver St. John Gogarty, I follow Saint Patrick, Reynal & Hitchcock, page 302:
text: In this regard it is noteworthy that one aim of British Indian officials was to prevent the Chinese appointing unintimidatable British members of the Chinese Inspectorate of Customs to customs and other posts on the India-Tibet trade routes.
ref: 1967, Alfred P. Rubin, [Review of The McMahon Line. A Study in the Relations between India, China and Tibet, 1904 to 1914 by Alastair Lamb], The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 61, No. 3, Jul., 1967, pg. 828
text: He trusted her, no doubt because be knew she- was outspoken, honest, and unintimidatable at a time when he was afraid everyone else would tell him what they thought he wanted to hear.
ref: 2006, Neal Gabler, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Random House, Inc., published 2007, →ISBN, page 463:
glosses: Fearless; not able to be intimidated.
bannerets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banneret
bannerette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bannerettes
Etymology: From banner + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A banneret; a small banner.
Abma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Apma.
Adama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Nazreth
english: former name
translation: former name
word: Nazareth
glosses: A city, formerly the capital city of Oromia Region in Ethiopia.
Adema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
eight-thousanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eight-thousander
noël
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noëls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noel.
rozas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roza
creeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creelers
Etymology: From creel + -er.
Senses: glosses: A textile worker who tends the creel and other aspects of a yarn tufting or twisting machine or other kind of loom.
glosses: An angler who uses a creel in catching fish.
fool to oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fools to themselves
Senses: examples: text: By swimming, drunk, late at night and alone, he was being a fool to himself.
glosses: One who knowingly makes a decision or takes an action that is to their own disadvantage.
front of house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FOH
Senses: coordinate_terms: back of house
glosses: The part of a restaurant, theater, business, etc. that is presented to the public.
Related terms: front office
front of the house
front room
gullwing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gull-wing
Etymology: From gull + wing.
Senses: qualifier: wings etc.
glosses: Resembling a gull's wings.
raw_tags: of a door
gullwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gullwings
form: gull-wing
Etymology: From gull + wing.
Senses: glosses: One of a pair of doors, as of an aircraft, resembling a gull's wings when open.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of goose wing (sail position).
synonyms: word: goose wing
extra: sail position
success has many fathers, failure is an orphan
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: victory has many fathers, defeat is an orphan
form: success has a hundred fathers, failure is an orphan
form: success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan
Etymology: Popularized by John F. Kennedy in the context of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961).
Senses: examples: text: Success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan. Never mind.
ref: 2025 June 14, Nigel Andrews, “They don't come any bigger”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 13:
glosses: Many people will seek credit for success, but few will accept responsibility for failure.
wikipedia: Bay of Pigs Invasion
John F. Kennedy
γ-rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of γ-ray
condes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conde
digressiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From digressive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being digressive.
fing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fings
Senses: examples: text: “Those rats deserve to die, disgustin’ little fings!”
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of thing.
baldrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baldric
beakheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beakhead
bedabbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bedabble
bedabbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bedabble
beigists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beigist
bivectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bivector
breadthens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of breadthen
breadthening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of breadthen
breadthened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of breadthen
cobindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobinding
coinfections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinfection
cohoshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohosh
commonalties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commonalty
commorancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commorancy
constancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constancy
crackier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cracky: more cracky
crackiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cracky: most cracky
crosspatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosspatch
cupsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cupful
deconvolutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deconvolute
deconvoluting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deconvolute
diffusionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diffusionist
disbuds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disbud
disbudded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disbud
Nicaea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /naɪˈsiːə/
Forms: form: Nicea
form: Nikaia
form: Nicæa
Etymology: From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + -ια (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nice.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
wikipedia: Lysimachus
Nicaea of Macedon
Synonyms: sense: ancient Iznik
word: Antiogonia
sense: ancient Iznik
word: Ancore
sense: ancient Iznik
word: Helicore
Derived terms: Nicaean
Related terms: Nicene
Nicene Creed
muids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muid
prominency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prominencies
Senses: glosses: Prominence.
prominencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prominency
scabrosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Roughness.
in any way, shape, or form
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: in any way, shape or form
form: in no way, shape, or form
Senses: examples: text: […] I beg that you will first present some evidence or proof that you are my superior in any way, shape, or form relative to the question in hand.
ref: 1909, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Rose of Dixie”, in Options:
text: We, the undersigned wagon-masters, assistants, teamsters and all other employees of the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell, do hereby sign that we will not swear, drink whisky, play cards or be cruel to dumb beasts in any way, shape or form.
ref: 1920, Buffalo Bill, An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, page 17:
text: “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” she said in a petition for both a name change and a new birth certificate.
ref: 2022 June 21, Kari Paul, “Elon Musk’s daughter legally changes name and cuts ties with her father”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In any way at all; whatsoever.
raw_tags: in the negative
noels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noel
multicat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + cat.
Senses: examples: text: The role of social factors in determining disease incidence is illustrated by the alternative epidemiological situation seen in multicat households.
ref: 1986, Melvyn F Greaves, L C Chan, Epidemiology of leukaemia and lymphoma:
text: Unfortunately, though, multicat families also face some unique problems.
ref: 2004, Pam Johnson-Bennett, Cat Vs. Cat: Keeping Peace When You Have More Than One Cat:
glosses: Having more than one domestic cat as pets.
in no way, shape, or form
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: in no way, shape or form
Senses: examples: text: Hugh vehemently denied this in his first hearing: “I never did anything in any way, shape, or form during the war—in no way, shape, or form was I connected with it or had anything to do with it!”
ref: 2009, Linda H. Matthews, Middling Folk […] , Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 220:
glosses: Not in any way at all; not at all, nohow.
barbariously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more barbariously
form: most barbariously
Etymology: From barbarious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a barbarious way.
quote mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quote marks
Senses: glosses: A quotation mark; a quote.
swiftlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swiftlets
Etymology: From swift + -let.
Senses: glosses: Any of the various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus, and Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.
Derived terms: Bornean swiftlet
cave swiftlet
Christmas Island swiftlet
Indian swiftlet
swiftlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swiftlet
Cushing's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described by Harvey Cushing in 1932.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An endocrine disorder caused by high levels of cortisol in the blood.
Synonyms: english: usually viewed as synonymous
translation: usually viewed as synonymous
word: hyperadrenocorticism
english: usually viewed as synonymous
translation: usually viewed as synonymous
word: hypercorticism
english: usually viewed as synonymous
translation: usually viewed as synonymous
word: hypercortisolism
Related terms: topics: cause
word: hypercortisolemia
cushily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cushily
form: most cushily
Etymology: From cushy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cushy way.
inverse video
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When I type "/F", I get a menu of possible file actions, the first of which is in inverse video.
ref: 1982, Byte:
text: Text to be deleted is shown in inverse video.
ref: 1984, Interface age:
text: If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video).
ref: 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A display technique whereby background and foreground colours are interchanged, typically used for highlighting.
Synonyms: reverse video
butterfly ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterfly rays
Senses: glosses: A ray (fish) of the family Gymnuridae (or, in some systems, the subfamily Gymnurinae).
butterfly rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterfly ray
colloquialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊ.kwi.əˌlaɪz/
Forms: form: colloquializes
form: colloquializing
form: colloquialized
form: colloquialized
form: colloquialise
Etymology: From colloquial + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Some felt that a colloquialized style should be expressed in romanization.
ref: 1965, John Whitney Hall, Richard King Beardsley, Twelve doors to Japan:
glosses: To render colloquial.
Derived terms: colloquialization
colloquializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colloquialize
colloquializing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more colloquializing
form: most colloquializing
Senses: examples: text: In course of time this mixed language becomes again standardized and the colloquializing process is repeated.
ref: 1989, Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani, Apabhraṁśa Language and Literature: A Short Introduction, page 3:
text: The present analysis, focused on genre categories and pragmatic aims, shows that the colloquialising force of the semi-modal does not work in isolation.
ref: 2009, Antoinette Renouf, Andrew Kehoe (eds), Corpus Linguistics: Refinements and Reassessment, page 309:
glosses: converting into a colloquial or informal register.
colloquializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colloquialize
colloquialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colloquialize
lusophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lusophone
copper moki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copper moki
Senses: glosses: A trumpeter fish of the species Latridopsis forsteri
Synonyms: bastard trumpeter
bastard trumpeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastard trumpeters
Senses: glosses: A trumpeter (fish) of the species Latridopsis forsteri
Synonyms: copper moki
bastard trumpeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastard trumpeter
racebending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: race-bending
Etymology: From race + bending, following the pattern of genderbending. Popularized amid fan reaction to racebending in the casting of the 2010 film The Last Airbender (film).
Senses: examples: text: Hilarity ensues as the director tries to justify his decision with famous racebending examples from Hollywood (The faux slit-eyes in Cloud Atlas, anyone?).
ref: 2013, Lee Jian Yun, "Asian Americans on the Rise: How YouTube Changed the Game", The Monash Gazette (Monash Ununiversity), Issue #2 2013, page 71
text: Not only did the producers cast actors in their late twenties but also had the audacity to assign Michael B. Jordan (Fruitside Station, That Awkward Moment) to the role of the Human Torch/Johnny Storm.
What has happened here is a wonderful example of racebending.
ref: 2014, Zhana Johnnson, "Bend It Like Jordan", The Xavierite (Saint Xavier University), Volume 83, Number 17, 26 February 2014, page 9
text: As an example of racebending on a different level from that of fandom but which still utilizes a similar approach, in 2005, Denzel Washington portrayed Julius Caesar in a revival of Shakespeare's play.
ref: 2015, Kristen J. Warner, “ABC's Scandal and Black Women's Fandom”, in Elana Levine, editor, Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century, University of Illinois, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: The act of playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, a character of different race or ethnicity.
racebending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: race-bending
Etymology: From race + bending, following the pattern of genderbending. Popularized amid fan reaction to racebending in the casting of the 2010 film The Last Airbender (film).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of racebend
Related terms: blackface
redface
yellowface
reverse video
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For example, underlined reverse video cannot be obtained.
ref: 1985, Richard Allen King, The MS-DOS handbook:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Inverse video.
feeder fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Certain types of inexpensive fish commonly fed as live prey to captive animals, such as sharks and turtles.
mongongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mongongos
form: mugongo
Senses: glosses: A large, spreading tree (Schinziophyton rautanenii) of the family Euphorbiaceae, found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, with distinctive hand-shaped leaves, whose pale yellow wood resembles balsa.
glosses: Its egg-shaped, velvety fruit, having a thin layer of edible flesh surrounding a highly nutritious nut.
mongongos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mongongo
soybean rust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
hyponyms: Asian soybean rust
New World soybean rust
glosses: A fungal disease of soybeans and other legumes, caused by Phakopsora spp..
amberlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amberlike
form: most amberlike
Etymology: From amber + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling the resin amber.
ungnawed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gnawed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been gnawed.
DAWG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DAWGs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of directed acyclic word graph.
pindick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pindicks
Etymology: From pin + dick.
Senses: examples: text: "You want to deal with somebody, pindick?"
ref: 1998, James Hynes, Publish and perish: three tales of tenure and terror:
text: Why should a woman subject herself to a tiny pindick, which gives her NO pleasure - just to be NICE? Ha! Fuck that.
ref: 2002, Alex, “I like big COCKS and I cannot Lie - Cuckold and Pindick Humiliation Fantasies for Phone Sex”, in alt.sex.telephones (Usenet):
text: "Yo, pindick, shut up," said Saladin.
ref: 2005, Sam Lipsyte, Home land:
text: "I'm 'bout to kick his pindick out of here." "You owe me," Cash said evenly. "You gonna show me love or not?"
ref: 2007, Denise Hamilton, Los Angeles Noir:
text: Todd finds them confusing. They are just confusing articles." "Listen — " "Hold on, putz. You listen. I'm so sick of you pindicks jerking off on my time.
ref: 2008, Ron McLarty, Art in America:
glosses: An unusually small penis, or a person who has one.
escapisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escapism
euthanase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: euthanases
form: euthanasing
form: euthanased
form: euthanased
Etymology: Back-formation from euthanasia. Compare euthanize.
Senses: examples: text: 1988, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, World Small Animal Veterinary Association, The Journal of Small Animal Practice, Volume 29, page 258,
One affected red and white pup was euthanased and the eyes sent for histological examination.
text: Mice from each treatment group, including negative controls, were euthanased seven days after the last feed.
ref: 2003, R. Fuller, Gabriela Perdigón, Gut Flora, Nutrition, Immunity and Health, page 188:
text: On one occasion I euthanased a horse because of sand colic. The girl's mother, who lived in Perth, and didn't observe the incident, complained to the Board. She stated that horses don't die of colic and I was required to give reasons why I euthanased the horse.
ref: 2010, Jal Maxwell, Square Peg - Round Hole, page 56:
glosses: Alternative form of euthanize.
euthanasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of euthanase
euthanased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of euthanase
euthanaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: euthanazes
form: euthanazing
form: euthanazed
form: euthanazed
Etymology: See euthanase.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of euthanase.
euthanazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of euthanaze
euthanazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of euthanaze
hoar-frosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoar-frost
slooplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slooplike
form: most slooplike
Etymology: From sloop + -like.
Senses: examples: text: They were all single-masted, slooplike little sailboats, around 40 feet in length, with enclosed decks and an engine.
ref: 1958, Theodora Cope Stanwell-Fletcher, Clear lands and icy seas: a voyage to the eastern Arctic:
text: A little slooplike vessel, long, low, lateen-rigged, had put out from a masked cove. No threat. "Messenger boat," said Fat Poppo […]
ref: 1978, Magazine of fantasy and science fiction:
text: When all this loose stuff had drifted away we found we had but two sails, the mainsail and the slooplike sail on the mizzenmast […]
ref: 2009, Armstrong Maitland, Day Before Yesterday; Reminiscences of a Varied Life:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sloop.
shitwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shit + work.
Senses: examples: text: Now it was real detective shitwork.
ref: 1987, James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia, page 276:
text: GM paid us a tidy income and we did the shitwork. No one was holding a gun to anyone's head.
ref: 1991, Ben Hamper, Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line:
text: Mop again. Check the drop again. Clean the floor again. Fill the manger again. Shitwork.
ref: 2000, David McCumber, The Cowboy Way: Seasons of a Montana Ranch, page 88:
text: I'm not into chasing some poor OTM wants to come in here and earn food money doing the kind of shitwork native-born Americans won't do.
ref: 2005, Linda Barnes, Coyote, page 111:
text: He's a Chicano. He's an American citizen but he comes from a Mexican family. That's why he has to do the same shitwork we do.
ref: 2006, Katarzyna Marciniak, Alienhood: citizenship, exile, and the logic of difference, page 53:
text: Basically, he does the shitwork. As scrawny as he is, Ahmed can heft a good bit of weight and always seems to be busy even when he's not doing anything, a skill I'd like to learn.
ref: 2011, David Zimmerman, The Sandbox:
glosses: Work of low status or yielding little satisfaction.
Synonyms: word: gruntwork
word: bitchwork
Related terms: blocking and tackling
shiurim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiur
Angry Young Man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Angry Young Men
Etymology: Coined in reference to John Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Any of a group of mostly working-class and middle-class British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s, their works being characterized by harshness, realism, and disillusionment with traditional norms.
wikipedia: John Osborne
Look Back in Anger
Related terms: Angries
Angry Young Men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Angry Young Man
Sierpinski gasket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sierpinski gaskets
Etymology: Named after Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński.
Senses: glosses: The Sierpinski triangle.
isophotal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From isophote + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to isophots or isophotes.
unchannelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + channelled.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unchanneled.
unchanneled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unchannelled
Etymology: From un- + channeled.
Senses: glosses: Not channeled.
unprojecting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + projecting.
Senses: glosses: That does not project.
Synonyms: unprotruding
unprogressively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unprogressively
form: most unprogressively
Etymology: From unprogressive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unprogressive way.
ballotechnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballotechnic
multiton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + ton.
Senses: glosses: Weighing more than one ton.
multiton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + singleton.
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A creational design pattern resembling the singleton pattern except that multiple keyed instances of the class can be created.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The class used for the multiton pattern.
Derived terms: multiton pattern
Related terms: singleton
singleton pattern
deodar cedar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deodar cedars
Senses: glosses: A tall cedar, Cedrus deodara, native to the western Himalayas.
Synonyms: sense: Cedrus deodar
word: deodar
sense: Cedrus deodar
word: Himalayan cedar
deodar cedars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deodar cedar
vibratiuncle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkl
ipa: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkl/
Forms: form: vibratiuncles
form: vibratiuncula
form: vibratiuncule
Etymology: From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibrātio (“vibration”).
Senses: examples: text: Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures.
ref: 1749, David Hartley, Observations on Man, I.i:
text: Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.
ref: 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 57:
glosses: A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind).
Derived terms: vibratiunculation
suaviloquent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suaviloquent
form: most suaviloquent
Etymology: From Latin suaviloquens (“sweet-spoken, suaviloquent”), from suavis (“sweet”) + loquens (“speaking”).
Senses: examples: text: Her new book was most suaviloquent.
glosses: Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech.
Related terms: suaviloquence
vibratiunculæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkyo͝olē
ipa: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjʊliː/
Senses: examples: text: Nothing therefore is more unwarrantable, or more plainly shews the precipitant presumption of modern sciolists, than the familiar use of the general theory of aerial undulations in their attempts to explain the abstruse phenomena of nature (such as the communication of sensation from the organ to the sensorium by the vibrations of a nervous fluid, the reciprocal communication of the volitions from the sensorium to the muscle, nay, the whole phenomena of mind), by vibrations and vibratiunculæ.
ref: 1822, James Watt, John Robison, A System of Mechanical Philosophy, volume IV, page 476:
glosses: plural of vibratiuncula
vibratiunculae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkyo͝olē
ipa: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjʊliː/
Senses: glosses: plural of vibratiuncula
vibratiunculas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkyo͝oləz
ipa: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjʊləz/
Senses: glosses: plural of vibratiuncula
vibratiuncule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkyo͞ol
ipa: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjuːl/
Forms: form: vibratiuncules
Senses: examples: text: They are true reactionaries. They would have us revert to the tabula rasa of Locke, the vibratiuncule of Hartley, and the unmitigated associationism of James Mill.
ref: 1921: The Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology, volume 16, page 332 (Boyd Printing and Pub. Co.)
glosses: Alternative spelling of vibratiuncle.
vibratiuncules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkyo͞olz
ipa: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjuːlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of vibratiuncule
vibratiuncles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹklz
ipa: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋklz/
Senses: glosses: plural of vibratiuncle
escape velocities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escape velocity
putzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putz
putzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of putz
putzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of putz
putzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of putz