cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
foetid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foetid
form: most foetid
Senses: examples: text: Close contact with the utterly bizarre is often more terrifying than inspiring, and it did not cheer me to think that this very bit of dusty road was the place where those monstrous tracks and that foetid green ichor had been found after moonless nights of fear and death.
ref: 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fetid.
Derived terms: foetidness
fetid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛtɪd/
rhymes: -ɛtɪd
Forms: form: more fetid
form: most fetid
form: foetid
form: fœtid
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).
Senses: examples: text: I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.
text: […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.
ref: 1878, Henry James, “Honoré de Balzac”, in French Poets and Novelists, London: Macmillan, II, p. 122:
text: Hiro fakes toward the whorehouse, then cuts directly toward an exposed section of wall. The fabric of the building is tough, but his katana slices a six-foot rent through it with a single gliding motion, and then he's outside, spat out of the hole on a jet of fetid air.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 285:
glosses: Foul-smelling, stinking.
Derived terms: fetidity
fetidly
fetidness
Related terms: asafoetida
fetid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛtɪd/
rhymes: -ɛtɪd
Forms: form: fetids
form: foetid
form: fœtid
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).
Senses: glosses: The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.
leu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.uː/
Forms: form: lei
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon.
Senses: glosses: The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
glosses: The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.
ark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːk/
ipa: /ɑɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: arc
Forms: form: arks
Etymology: From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).
Senses: glosses: A large box with a flat lid.
examples: text: In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change color when the sun was shining outside.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:
topics: Christianity
Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
examples: text: the Ark of Bukhara
glosses: Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
examples: text: Like her I go; I cannot stay;
⁠I leave this mortal ark behind,
A weight of nerves without a mind,
And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The body as a vessel.
examples: text: Some seventy or seventy-five arks were permanently located on McLeod's Lake and between 110 and 125 people lived in them.
ref: 1990, Lou Sullivan, chapter 7, in From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, page 76:
glosses: A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
glosses: The Ark of the Covenant.
glosses: A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
Synonyms: barge
basket
chest
coffer
hutch
refuge
retreat
shelter
ship
vessel
Derived terms: word: ark clam
word: ark-floater
word: arkful
word: arklike
word: ark load
word: arkload
word: Ark of the Covenant
word: ark shell
word: ark storm
word: arkwright
word: go out with the ark
alt: the ark
word: Noah's ark
alt: toponym
word: Noah's Ark
word: out of the ark
word: pig ark
LEGO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LEGOs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Lego.
behead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈhɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: beheads
form: beheading
form: beheaded
form: beheaded
Etymology: From Middle English beheden, bihefden, biheveden, from Old English behēafdian (“to behead”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + head.
Senses: examples: text: “For a while it was hand-to-hand between us,
then blood went curling along the currents
and I beheaded Grendel's mother in the hall
with a mighty sword.”]
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 68:
glosses: To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
wikipedia: Leonard Siffleet
Synonyms: decapitate
decollate
Derived terms: beheadable
beheadal
beheaded
beheadee
beheader
beheading
lego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legos
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Lego.
curt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɝt/
ipa: /kɜːt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
homophone: Kurt
Forms: form: curter
form: curtest
Etymology: From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.
Senses: examples: text: Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it […]
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XVIII AND XIX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
synonyms: brusque
short
glosses: Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
glosses: Short or concise.
curt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɝt/
ipa: /kɜːt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
homophone: Kurt
Forms: form: curts
form: curting
form: curted
form: curted
Etymology: From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.
Senses: examples: text: Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.
ref: 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:
glosses: To cut, cut short, shorten.
Derived terms: curtly
curtness
curtail
curtailment
kirtle
Related terms: shirt
short
skirt
yen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: yens
Etymology: Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮 /瘾 (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, 煙癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵) or 菸癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵): 煙 /烟 (jin¹), 菸 /烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen.
Senses: examples: text: humankind's yen for knowledge
text: She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."
ref: 1934, Lew Levenson, chapter XX, in Butterfly Man, New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, [1960?], →OCLC, page 208
text: Like most middle-westerners, I have never had any but the vaguest race prejudices—I always had a secret yen for the lovely Scandinavian blondes who sat on porches in St. Paul but hadn’t emerged enough economically to be part of what was then society.
ref: 1936 February, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up”, in Esquire:
text: And Clocklan with a nurse for sure again. Always with nurses. Always with blonde hair. His maid has black and I guess he thrives on variety. And over there are some elderly ones with diamonds on their chests in lieu of the other things. Sometimes have a yen to get one of them in bed. Old age no object.
ref: 1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 342:
text: If a fellow chooses to tell himself that his yen for the fetching young intern in his office and his concomitant disgruntlement with his aging wife's housekeeping lacunae make perfect Darwinian sense, who am I to argue with him?
ref: 1999, Natalie Angier, “Of Hoggamus and Hogwash: Putting Evolutionary Psychology on the Couch”, in Woman: An Intimate Biography, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 382:
synonyms: craving
desire
hankering
jones
longing
urge
yearning
glosses: A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
yen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: yens
form: yenning
form: yenned
form: yenned
Etymology: Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮 /瘾 (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, 煙癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵) or 菸癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵): 煙 /烟 (jin¹), 菸 /烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen.
Senses: examples: text: Yenning, groaning, longing after.
ref: [1876, F[rancis] K[ildale] Robinson, A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Whitby (Series C. Original Glossaries, and Glossaries with Fresh Additions; IV), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill, →OCLC, page 227:
text: "Listen, I'm in Tom Bleutcher's suite at The Brompton House. Been here the whole Almighty morning. Olga wants you to have lunch with us." / "Olga? Who's she?" / "His daughter. You made a big hit with her last time they was in town. Come on down." / "Get the new writer." / "I got no new writer. Anyway she yens for you. Come on down."
ref: 1953, Alfred Bester, “Who He?”, New York, N.Y.: Dial Press, →OCLC, page 205:
text: C. S. Lewis warned, "The yen to publish is spiritually dangerous." The "yen" in this case is spread around, so perhaps the danger is diminished! This book has been "yenned" into existence by many, and is a two-team effort ….
ref: 1992, Peter Jordan, “Acknowledgements”, in Re-Entry: Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home, Seattle, Wash.: YWAM Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: To have a strong desire for.
yen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology: From Mandarin 煙 /烟 (yān), 菸 /烟 (yān), or Cantonese 煙 /烟 (jin¹), 菸 /烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the earlier yen (“strong desire”) and later yen-yen.
Senses: synonyms: word: aunti/aunti Emma
word: big O
word: chandu
word: Chinese tobacco
word: dopium
word: dream gun
word: dream stick
word: fi-do-nie
word: gee
word: God's medicine
word: gondola
word: goric
word: guma
word: hop/hops
word: meconium
word: midnight oil
word: mud
word: ope
word: pen yan
word: pin gon
word: pox
word: skee
word: toxy
word: when-shee
word: yen
word: ze
word: zero
glosses: Opium.
Derived terms: yen-hok
yen hop
yen pok
yen she
yen shee
yen siang
yen sleep
BSc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BScs
form: BS
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bachelor of Science.
ChB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ch.B.
Etymology: From Latin chirurgiae baccalaureus.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery, (degree).
TTFN
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: In 1939, initialisms, previously rarely used except by the military, were heard more frequently by the British public. ITMA satirised them by coining TTFN, a "pointless" initialism (no easier to say than the phrase on which it was based) to use as a catchphrase, which became widely repeated in the UK. Thirty years later, American ventriloquist Paul Winchell, following the suggestion of his third wife, Jean Freeman, who was British, improvised it as a signature phrase for the (originally British) character Tigger in the Disney films based on A. A. Milne's book The House at Pooh Corner. This, in a world now accustomed to them, popularised worldwide a word originally coined to make fun of initialisms.
Senses: examples: 1941-1945: (A catchphrase of Mrs Mopp (Dorothy Summers) in several series of the weekly topical comedy British radio programme It's That Man Again (ITMA))
1966: Catwoman (played by Julie Newmar) in the Batman episode "Better Luck Next Time" – Catwoman: "TTFN", Batman: "What does that mean?", Catwoman: "Ta-ta for now."
1974: Tigger (voiced by Paul Winchell) in Unbouncing Tigger – Well, I gotta go, now! I got a lot of bouncing to do! Hoo-hoo-hoo! TTFN! Ta ta for now!
glosses: Initialism of ta ta for now; goodbye.
Synonyms: TT4N
EISCAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of European Incoherent SCATter, a scientific organization which operates three incoherent scatter radars in northern Scandinavia. The organization is funded by the research councils of Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
taphophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tapho- + -philia. From Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb, grave”) + Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, fondness”).
Senses: glosses: Deep interest of funerals, cemeteries and the rituals of death.
Related terms: taphophile
taphophilic
stoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəʊnd/
ipa: /stoʊnd/
rhymes: -əʊnd
Etymology: From Middle English stoned (simple past) and stoned, istoned (past participle), equivalent to stone + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stone
pontoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒnˈtuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: pontoons
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).
Senses: glosses: A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.
synonyms: pontoon bridge
glosses: A bridge with floating supports.
glosses: A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
glosses: A float of a seaplane.
glosses: A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.
Derived terms: pontooner
pontooning
pontoon party
tritoon
pontoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒnˈtuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Etymology: Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), from French.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
synonyms: vingt-et-un
glosses: A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
Related terms: baccarat
blackjack
twenty-one
firewire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firewires
Etymology: From fire + wire. In the first sense ("high-speed digital link standard"), the term was originally a trade name—capitalized FireWire—used by Apple Inc. as it developed the standard in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Senses: glosses: A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard.
glosses: A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example.
dilatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪlət(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /daɪˈleɪt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈdɪləˌtɔɹi/
Etymology: From Middle English dilatorie, from Old French dilatoire, from Latin dīlātōrius (“extending or putting off (time)”), from dīlātor, from differō. Not etymologically related to delay.
Senses: examples: text: a dilatory strategy
text: Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon his adversary with great effect.
ref: 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
glosses: Slow or tardy.
Derived terms: bronchodilatory
dilatorily
dilatoriness
indilatory
predilatory
undilatory
vasodilatory
dilatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪlət(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /daɪˈleɪt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈdɪləˌtɔɹi/
Etymology: From Middle English dilatorie, from Old French dilatoire, from Latin dīlātōrius (“extending or putting off (time)”), from dīlātor, from differō. Not etymologically related to delay.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dilation; dilative.
Derived terms: venodilatory
kolea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈlɛə/
ipa: /koʊˈleɪə/
rhymes: -ɛə
rhymes: -eɪə
Forms: form: koleas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian kōlea.
Senses: glosses: A Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva).
glosses: Any of various Hawaiian species of flowering plants in the genus Myrsine.
freeware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌwɛə/
ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌwɛɹ/
Etymology: From free + -ware, a contraction of software; Coined by Andrew Fluegelman.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
coordinate_terms: payware
shareware
glosses: Complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use. Freeware may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code.
Derived terms: non-freeware
Related terms: abandonware
adware
baitware
censorware
crippleware
demoware
donationware
postcardware
shareware
spyware
trialware
freedomware
free software
free trial
open-source software
public domain software
density of light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Photographers use a photometer to measure the density of light from a scene.
glosses: The amount of light falling on a given area, as measured by units such as the lumen.
necropsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛkɹɒpsi/
ipa: /nɪˈkɹɒpsi/
ipa: /ˈnɛkɹɑpsi/
Forms: form: necropsies
Etymology: From necro- + -opsy.
Senses: examples: text: Anatomy theory led to morbid anatomy in necropsy studies pursued by, among others, Johann Wepfer (1620–95) and Théophile Bonet (1620–89), both Swiss.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 255:
text: During the necropsy, he pored carefully through the body, combing the tissues and organs for signs of an abscess or wound.
ref: 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 13:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death.
Synonyms: autopsy
post-mortem
necropsy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛkɹɒpsi/
ipa: /nɪˈkɹɒpsi/
ipa: /ˈnɛkɹɑpsi/
Forms: form: necropsies
form: necropsying
form: necropsied
form: necropsied
Etymology: From necro- + -opsy.
Senses: glosses: To perform a necropsy on.
in utero
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: in-utero
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in utero (“in the uterus”).
Senses: glosses: Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb.
Synonyms: english: synonymous in many contexts
translation: synonymous in many contexts
word: prenatally
in utero
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: in-utero
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in utero (“in the uterus”).
Senses: examples: text: Most organic species are capable of developing biotic abilities, though there are risks involved. Biotics are the result of in-utero exposure to element zero. This usually causes fatal cancers in the victim, but in rare cases it coalesces into nodules within the fetus's developing nervous system.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics Codex entry:
text: A major research effort in Dr. Nawrot's group is focusing on understanding in utero factors that shape disease risk later in life.
ref: 2015 December 24, Richard A. Stein, “The Naturome Awaits the Nurturome”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, volume 35, number 21, page 36:
text: Magana traces his love for music back to an experience in utero: In the spring of 1993, his pregnant mother attended a Guns N’ Roses show at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes.
ref: 2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN:
glosses: Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb.
Synonyms: english: semantically overlapping, although not always interchangeable
translation: semantically overlapping, although not always interchangeable
word: prenatal
adelphophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) and the suffix -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”). By surface analysis, adelpho- + -phagy.
Senses: glosses: The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes.
Synonyms: embryophagy
oophagy
Related terms: adelphophage
adelphophagic
corset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt
Forms: form: corsets
Etymology: From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
Senses: glosses: A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
glosses: A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
Synonyms: stays
bodice and underbodice
Derived terms: anticorset
corseted
corset effect
corsetery
corsetless
corsetlike
corsetmaker
corsetmaking
corsetry
corsetwear
diaper corset
hourglass corset
neck corset
corset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt
Forms: form: corsets
form: corseting
form: corsetting
form: corseted
form: corseted
form: corsetted
form: corsetted
Etymology: From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
Senses: examples: text: Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
glosses: To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
examples: text: I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!
text: They were trying to free the lives of women of all sexualities and genders that were tightly corseted by lack of basic social and economic rights.
ref: 2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World:
glosses: To restrict or confine.
oophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈɒfədʒi/
Etymology: From oo- + -phagy.
Senses: examples: text: A number of shark species go in for oophagy, or uterine cannibalism.
ref: 2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The cannibalization of subordinate eggs within a homogeneous population or the uterus; particularly as it relates to certain insect and aquatic species.
Synonyms: adelphophagy
embryophagy
Related terms: oophagic
oophagous
depliage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French dépliage (“unfolding”).
Senses: glosses: A surrealist method in which one removes the staples from a staple-bound magazine, making into one "page" what had previously been more or less widely-separated pages; the resulting "page" can either be kept as is or used as the basis for a collage.
cathexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈθɛk sɪs/
Forms: form: cathexes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάθεξις (káthexis, “holding, retention”). The term entered the English language as a translation for the common everyday German word Besetzung, which in the context of psychoanalysis means "occupation" in the sense of a position or something being occupied or filled, and not a military occupation of a place or the filling of job positions (although it can also mean either of these in other contexts). (In English translations, a Greek word was used to be more scientific.)
Senses: examples: text: How contemporary artistic performances elicit cathexis on the part of the audience and promote unifying social rituals.
ref: 2013, Isher-Paul Sahni, “More than Horseplay”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 35, page 76:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
Derived terms: acathexis
anticathexis
cathect
cathectic
countercathexis
decathexis
hypercathexis
recathexis
libidinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: libidinists
Etymology: From stem of Latin libidinor (“I indulge”) + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: With one day flowing into another as the short, cold days seemed to hold Paddington Cove in the grip of yearning for spring, Old Maggie thought often of the village's libidinist. Jem's lewd ways had gone unchecked for so many years […]
ref: 2011, Jeanne McElvaney, Old Maggie’s Spirit Whispers, page 107:
glosses: A lecher or oversexed person.
Synonyms: word: donjuanist
word: erotomaniac
word: freak
word: fuckster
word: hornball
word: horn dog
word: hypersexual
word: ramp
word: sex addict
Hypernyms: word: libertine
Hyponyms: word: promiscuous man
word: promiscuous woman
word: whoremonger
eateries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eaterie
glosses: plural of eatery
oversexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversexed
form: most oversexed
Etymology: From over- + sexed.
Senses: examples: text: Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).
ref: 2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
glosses: Having a greater than normal sexual appetite
Derived terms: oversexedness
oversexedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oversexed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being oversexed.
grandnephew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandnephews
form: grand-nephew
Etymology: From grand- + nephew.
Senses: glosses: A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
Synonyms: great-nephew
Derived terms: great-grandnephew
Related terms: nephew
niece
grandniece
second cousin
granduncle
grandaunt
nephew-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephews-in-law
Etymology: From nephew + -in-law.
Senses: glosses: Someone's niece's husband
glosses: Someone's nephew's husband (where same-sex marriage is recognised)
Someone's sibling's son-in-law
Someone's brother's son-in-law. (fraternal nephew-in-law)
glosses: Someone's nephew's husband (where same-sex marriage is recognised)
Someone's sibling's son-in-law
Someone's sister's son-in-law. (sororal nephew-in-law)
glosses: Someone's nephew's husband (where same-sex marriage is recognised)
Someone's spouse's sibling's son-in-law
Someone's wife's brother's son-in-law.
glosses: Someone's nephew's husband (where same-sex marriage is recognised)
Someone's spouse's sibling's son-in-law
Someone's wife's sister's son-in-law.
glosses: Someone's nephew's husband (where same-sex marriage is recognised)
Someone's spouse's sibling's son-in-law
Someone's husband's brother's son-in-law.
glosses: Someone's nephew's husband (where same-sex marriage is recognised)
Someone's spouse's sibling's son-in-law
Someone's husband's sister's son-in-law.
glosses: Someone's spouse's nephew.
Someone's husband's nephew. (Usually called a nephew.)
glosses: Someone's spouse's nephew.
Someone's wife's nephew. (Usually called a nephew.)
Hypernyms: in-law
Related terms: aunt-in-law
niece-in-law
uncle-in-law
stepnephew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepnephews
form: step-nephew
Etymology: From step- + nephew.
Senses: glosses: The son of one's stepbrother or stepsister
glosses: The stepson of one's sibling
Related terms: stepaunt
stepcousin
stepniece
stepuncle
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: -n
Etymology: From Middle English -n, -en, past participle ending of strong verbs (compare Middle English take(n), took, taken (“take, took, taken”)), from Old English -en and Old Norse -inn, past participle ending of strong verbs (compare Old Norse taka, tók, tekinn (“take, took, taken”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-inaz, a variant of *-anaz. In Middle English, the suffix was often weakened to -e or disappeared (compare Southern Middle English do(n), dud(e), ydo (“do, did, done”)), but not in others (compare cume(n), com, ycume (“come, came, come”)), from Proto-Germanic *-anaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós.
Senses: examples: text: take + -en → taken
text: forgive + -en → forgiven
text: prove + -en → proven
glosses: Denotes the past participle form when attached to a verb.
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: -n
Etymology: From Middle English -n, -en, past participle ending of strong verbs (compare Middle English take(n), took, taken (“take, took, taken”)), from Old English -en and Old Norse -inn, past participle ending of strong verbs (compare Old Norse taka, tók, tekinn (“take, took, taken”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-inaz, a variant of *-anaz. In Middle English, the suffix was often weakened to -e or disappeared (compare Southern Middle English do(n), dud(e), ydo (“do, did, done”)), but not in others (compare cume(n), com, ycume (“come, came, come”)), from Proto-Germanic *-anaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós.
Senses: examples: text: fork + -en → forken (“forked”)
text: pave + -en → paven (“paved”)
text: barefoot + -en → bare-footen (“bare-footed”)
text: enslave + -en → enslaven (“enslaved”)
glosses: Denotes a quasi-past participle or participle-like adjective when attached to a noun or verb.
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: -n
Etymology: From Middle English -en, -n, the plural suffix of weak nouns (n-stems), from Old English -an, from Proto-West Germanic *-an m, *-ōn f or n, from Proto-Germanic *-an- m, *-ōn- f or n, from Proto-Indo-European *-on-, o-grade form of the n-stem suffix.
Reinforced by the early Middle English dative plural ending -en, from late Old English -an, weakened form of earlier -um.
Senses: examples: text: aurochs + -en → aurochsen
brother + -en → brethren (religious sense)
child + -en → children (cf. childer)
ox + -en → oxen
ref: Examples in general modern use
text: bee + -en → been
cheese + -en → cheesen
ky (“cows”) + -en → kine
knee + -en → kneen
eyre (“eggs”) + -en → eyren
eye + -en → eyen
feather + -en → feathern
fox + -en → foxen
horse + -en → horsen
hose + -en → hosen
house + -en → housen
pease + -en → peasen
shoe + -en → shoon
sister + -en → sistren
tree + -en → treen
ref: Archaic or dialectal examples
text: Moder, gyn, will not y washen' the dishen'. i. Mother, Jone, will not wash the dishes.
ref: 1890, John Drummond Robertson, lord Henry Haughton Reynolds Moreton, A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester:
glosses: Used to denote the plural form of a small number of English nouns, the majority of whose etymologies go back to the n-stem (i.e. weak noun) declension of Germanic languages.
examples: text: box + -en → boxen
text: VAX + -en → VAXen
text: There was one other user logged in, “scaredy,” and he checked the process monitor and saw that scaredy had spawned all the hundreds of processes that were probing him and plenty of other boxen.
ref: 2007, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology:
text: Victor and I are having a huge argument about whether or not to feed the foxen. Victor says yes, because they're adorable and— according to the neighbors—are quite tame. I say no, because we have a fat little pug who likes to frolic outside occasionally and I don't want to see him eaten. I thought we were on the same page about the fox, but then Victor went and threw an apple at it. And I was all, “What the fuck? We don't feed the foxen,” and he said, “I was throwing the apple at it to chase it away,” but Victor is a tremendous liar, and he didn't go to pick up the apple, probably because he knows that foxen love apple cider.
ref: 2012, Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened:
text: For now the boys grew whiskers and hung fox pelts from their shoulders and the girlen all wore scarlet skirts and braided ribbons through their hair.
ref: 2015, David Greygoose, Brunt Boggart:
glosses: Used to form the plural of nouns.
Related terms: -ren
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: -ens
form: -ening
form: -ened
form: -ened
Etymology: From Middle English -(e)nen, -(e)nien, from Old English -nian, from Proto-West Germanic *-inōn, from Proto-Germanic *-inōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -enje, West Frisian -enje, Danish -ne, Swedish -na, Icelandic -na.
Senses: examples: text: white (adjective) + -en → whiten
text: quick + -en → quicken
text: strength (noun) + -en → strengthen
text: haste + -en → hasten
text: night + -en → nighten
glosses: When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: more -en
form: most -en
form: -n
form: -in
Etymology: From Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Proto-West Germanic *-īn, from Proto-Germanic *-īnaz; suffix meaning "made of, consisting of, having the qualities of" applied to nouns to form adjectives. Akin to Dutch -en, German -en, Icelandic -inn, Latin -īnus. See -ine.
Senses: examples: text: wolf + -en → wolven
text: peach + -en → peachen
text: goat + -en → goaten
glosses: Pertaining to, having the qualities of, resembling, or like.
examples: text: wood + -en → wooden
gold + -en → golden
wheat + -en → wheaten
oat + -en → oaten
silk + -en → silken
earth + -en → earthen
flax + -en → flaxen
lead + -en → leaden
wool + -en → woollen
oak + -en → oaken
ref: Current examples used in a literal and sometimes metaphorical sense
text: Examples where a metaphorical sense is common but the literal sense is rare or archaic:
brass + -en → brazen ("shameless")
text: ash + -en → ashen ("made of ash-tree wood"; ashen "grey like ashes, appalled" is still current)
beech + -en → beechen ("made of wood from, or otherwise concerning, the beech tree")
box + -en → boxen ("made of boxwood")
bronze + -en → bronzen
silver + -en → silvern
cedar + -en → cedarn
leather + -en → leathern
copper + -en → coppern
paper + -en → papern
brick + -en → bricken
board + -en → boarden
tree + -en → treen
hemp + -en → hempen
ref: Rare or archaic examples
text: Orphan examples:
line (“flax”) + -en → linen
glosses: When attached to certain nouns that are the names of a material, it forms an adjective whose meaning is, made of (noun).
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: -ens
Etymology: From Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from the neuter form of -en (“pertaining to”, adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: chick + -en → chicken
text: maid + -en → maiden
text: smitch, smidge + -en → smidgen
glosses: Used to form the diminutives of certain nouns.
Related terms: -ock
-ling
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: -ens
Etymology: From Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Proto-West Germanic *-ini.
Senses: examples: text: fox + -en → vixen (“female fox”)
text: monk + -en → minchen (“nun”) (obsolete)
glosses: Denotes a female form of a few nouns.
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English -en, from Old English -an, from Proto-West Germanic *-an, from Proto-Germanic *-aną. Compare -y (intransitive infinitive ending).
Senses: examples: text: The Sonne compell'd, beene Butcher to the Sire[…]
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: As gentle Shepheard in sweete euen-tide, When ruddy Phoebus gins to welke in west, High on an hill, his flocke to vewen wide […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: From others' labours; for though he strive / To killen bad, keep good alive;
ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II]:
glosses: Used to form the infinitive of verbs.
-en
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən/
ipa: [ən]
ipa: [n̩]
other: /ˈfæt.ən/
other: /-ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈfæt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d.nə(ɹ)/
other: /ˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.ən.ɪŋ/
other: /ɛnˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English -en, from Old English -on and -en, the indicative and subjunctive past tense plural endings of verbs.
Senses: examples: text: So forth they marchen in this goodly sort, / To take the solace of the open aire,
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: All periſhen of man, of pelfe, / Ne ought eſcapend but himſelfe; […]
ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: Hoo'll never do no good at the music, they tellen her up at the school, wi'out hoo practises reg'lar, an' it's unpossible for her to do that wi'out we has a pianney i' the 'ouse.
ref: 1905 May 13, M. E. Francis, “Mrs Gradwell's Piano”, in Country Life, volume XVII, number 436, Country Life, Limited, page 678:
glosses: Used to form the plural present tense of verbs.
examples: text: Her name was Agape whoſe children werne / All three as one, the firſt hight Priamond, / The ſecond Dyamond, the youngeſt Triamond.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 32:
text: Nau, if ony chap ax you wheere yone getten these, yo mun say, yo hadden um fro' t' boggart o' Deerpley Fell. Good-bye, meaustur; and nau, lads, let's to our wark.
ref: 1860, Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth, “The Attack on the Eagle Mill—The Ride to the Rescue”, in Scarsdale, or, Life on the Yorkshire-Lancashire Border, Thirty Years Ago, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 61:
text: […] but they tooken on 'em soft, an' maden out as they wun right glad to see 'em agen, an axt 'em to come in an' a some mate an' drink.
ref: 1883, Charlotte Sophia Burne, Georgina Frederica Jackson, Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings, volume 1, London: Trübner & Company, page 46:
glosses: Used to form the plural past tense of verbs.
-on
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From -on in electron, reinforced by Ancient Greek neuter nouns and adjectives ending in -ον (-on).
Senses: examples: photon, proton
topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
coordinate_terms: -ino
glosses: Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta.
-on
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Back-formation from carbon, first applied to boron and then to silicon.
Senses: examples: boron, silicon
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements.
-on
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: examples: codon, recon
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units.
-on
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From the combining form of -one, as in sulfon-ic. Compare also -thion.
Senses: glosses: Forms names for chemical compounds, often proprietary.
Derived terms: -thion
mantra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.tɹə/
ipa: /ˈmʌn.tɹə/
ipa: /ˈmɑn.tɹə/
ipa: /ˈmæn.tɹə/
ipa: /ˈmʌn.tɹə/
Forms: form: mantras
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to mind.
Senses: examples: text: This mantra is also known as Guru Mantra or Savitri Mantra. The mention of Gayatri Mantra is found in all the four Vedas where its essence has been explained repeatedly. The Rig Veda, the oldest of the Vedic scriptures, has mentioned about […]
ref: 2001, Gautam Chatterjee, Sacred Hindu Symbols, Abhinav Publications, →ISBN, page 36:
synonyms: incantation
intonation
recitation
glosses: The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
examples: text: However, the five-syllable mantra is unique, for according to Kukai, it unleashes the power of emptiness already impregnated in each letter as a primeval episode of the Dharmakaya's cosmic meditation in which he created all sorts of mantras […]
ref: 1999, Ryûichi Abé, The Weaving of Mantra: Kûkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 300:
glosses: A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation.
examples: text: The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
synonyms: catchphrase
phrase
saying
slogan
glosses: A slogan or phrase often repeated.
Derived terms: mantraless
mantralike
mantric
Related terms: aum
om
blackout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæk.aʊt/
note: Canadian raising
ipa: /ˈblæk.ʌʊt/
Forms: form: blackouts
form: blackouting
form: blackouted
form: blackouted
form: black-out
Etymology: Deverbal from black out.
Senses: examples: text: Scouts assisted Mabel Smythe Building officials in blackouting windows.
ref: 1941, Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: Letter from the Chief Scout Executive Transmitting the Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America ... as Required by Federal Charter, Boy Scouts of America, page 37:
text: As blades in night's chest buried, Voraciously my eyes strike, the silent Warsaw evening, my city blackouted throughout...
ref: 2013, Dr Pauline Fairclough, Twentieth-Century Music and Politics: Essays in Memory of Neil Edmunds, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN:
text: We had some inconvenience, such as food and petrol rationing, blackouting of homes and work places.
ref: 2015, Helen Brown, Reflections: Australian Stories from My Father's Past, →ISBN:
text: 'After recovering I 'blackouted' so much that I did not wake up until 10,000 ft below.' Zumbach's account, apart from the detailed description of his dogfight, also highlights the subject of the Polish pilots communicating in the air ...
ref: 2018, Peter Sikora, The Polish 'Few': Polish Airmen in the Battle of Britain, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN:
text: Sarla started weeping and rushed to pull Jagan up. Jagan had banged his head into a wall and blackouted for a few moments. As his vision returned, he saw all his writings that he had lovingly been collecting […]
ref: 2021, Jitendra Dixit, Bombay 3, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of black out.
flounce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flaʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: flounces
form: flouncing
form: flounced
form: flounced
Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce.
Senses: examples: text: There was a continual coming and going of flouncing, pig-tailed forms, until the table was closely covered with dishes, scarlet curries with surface currents of ochreous oil, three varieties of what looked like seaweed (inevitably recommended as abundant in vitamins), a paste made of ground beans and chillis...
ref: 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
glosses: To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
examples: text: After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically.
text: 'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room.
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 67:
text: You got your ass kicked and instead of admitting you might have made a mistake, you flounced.
ref: 2002 September 9, PButler111, “Re: OT - Sept. 11th?”, in alt.fan.barry-manilow (Usenet):
text: But love Mensch or hate her, don't buy the line that she merely got bored and flounced: for whatever else she achieved in politics, she was never exactly stuck for ways to make it interesting.
ref: 2012 August 7, Gaby Hinsliff, “The lessons of Louise Mensch's departure? There are none”, in The Guardian:
text: In 1946, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established to regulate whale stocks and “make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry”. It attempted to impose quotas and move the industry toward something more sustainable. This proved difficult, so the IWC simply gave up and imposed a moratorium on whaling altogether. Some countries flounced out in a huff; others had never joined in the first place.
ref: 2025 September 11, Kate Marvel, “‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself.
examples: text: To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Contentment”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
text: With his broad fins and forky tail he laves / The rising surge, and flounces in the waves.
ref: 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:
glosses: To flounder; to make spastic motions.
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glosses: To decorate with a flounce.
Derived terms: flounce out
flouncer
flouncingly