cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Robbie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Robbi
Forms: form: Rabbie
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Robert, particularly popular in Scotland.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Related terms: Bob
Bobby
Dobbin
Rob
rarified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rarified
form: most rarified
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rarefied.
rarified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rarify
desktop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕskʹ-tŏp
ipa: /ˈdɛsktɒp/
ipa: [ˈdɛskˌtɔp]
ipa: [ˈdɛskˌtɒp]
ipa: [ˈdɛskˌtɑp]
Forms: form: desktops
Etymology: From desk + top.
Senses: coordinate_terms: benchtop
tabletop
glosses: The top surface of a desk.
examples: text: Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: laptop
palmtop
glosses: A desktop computer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
examples: text: I installed a new application and it added its icon to my desktop.
text: Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […]
ref: 1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The wallpaper of this interface.
Derived terms: crash-to-desktop
crash to desktop
deskbar
desknote
desktop calendar
desktop mascot
desktop organiser
desktop organizer
desktop picture
desktop publisher
desktop publishing
multidesktop
nettop
nondesktop
personal online desktop
remote desktop
virtual desktop
webtop
desktop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕskʹ-tŏp
ipa: /ˈdɛsktɒp/
ipa: [ˈdɛskˌtɔp]
ipa: [ˈdɛskˌtɒp]
ipa: [ˈdɛskˌtɑp]
Etymology: From desk + top.
Senses: glosses: Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
examples: text: desktop browser
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
Derived terms: desktop accessory
desktop computer
desktop environment
desktop mascot
desktop metaphor
desktop publishing
desktop toy
rule in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rules in
form: ruling in
form: ruled in
form: ruled in
Etymology: By analogy with rule out.
Senses: examples: text: It was coming from a credible source, someone with a track record, someone who was a credible and respected member of an allied intelligence service during his career, and so it was important that we try to understand it, and see what could we verify, what could we rule in or rule out.
ref: 2018 April 15, James Comey, “ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To consider (something) as a possible option among others.
Synonyms: consider
rule out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rules out
form: ruling out
form: ruled out
form: ruled out
Senses: glosses: To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
examples: text: As Jane Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule her out as a suspect.
text: In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
ref: 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:
text: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.
ref: 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:
text: Arson has not been ruled out in a fire that broke out Friday in Yungho, New Taipei, causing one death and 24 injuries, the city's fire department said that day.
ref: 2014 September 12, “Deadly New Taipei blaze: arson suspected”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022, Society:
text: Electrification of the Midland Main Line has not been ruled out.
ref: 2020 April 8, “Network News: MML still on electrification agenda”, in Rail, page 23:
text: He would be well advised to be cautious, despite the fragile ceasefire that the US President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar brokered. Though President Trump reportedly told Israel not to kill Iran's supreme leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not rule it out.
ref: 2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:
glosses: To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
examples: text: The constant rain ruled out any chance of a game of tennis.
glosses: To make something impossible.
examples: text: And Martin Skrtel's late headed goal was rightly ruled out for offside.
ref: 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:
glosses: To disallow.
examples: text: Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
glosses: To make unavailable.
Synonyms: sense: reject
word: eliminate
sense: reject
word: reject
sense: make impossible
word: preclude
instigating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of instigate
membrum virile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: membra virile
form: membrum viriles
Etymology: From Latin membrum virile.
Senses: examples: text: And at all times, now as in proto-history, the membrum virile is the symbol of creation, the ultimate basis and source of life.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page ii:
glosses: The penis.
tela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːlə/
rhymes: -iːlə
Forms: form: telas
form: telae
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thin, web-like structure or membrane.
Derived terms: tela choroidea
dragon tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon trees
Senses: examples: text: Another ancient vegetable relic surviving in Macaronesia is the legendary dragon tree, whose sap, marketed as dragon’s blood, was in past times much prized as a medicine, as incense and as a dye.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97:
glosses: Any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands – a source of dragon's blood.
Hypernyms: tree
Related terms: dragon's blood
dragon's blood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:
text: Another ancient vegetable relic surviving in Macaronesia is the legendary dragon tree, whose sap, marketed as dragon’s blood, was in past times much prized as a medicine, as incense and as a dye.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97:
synonyms: cinnabar
glosses: A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.
biff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: biffs
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: "Hit him a biff," said the Big Man.
ref: 1945, C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce:
glosses: A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A wipeout.
Derived terms: biffo
biff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: biffs
form: biffing
form: biffed
form: biffed
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: To punch or hit.
glosses: To discard; to throw out; to throw away.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall.
glosses: To mess up.
glosses: To move quickly.
biff
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.
ref: 1989 June 5, The Canberra Times, Australia Capital Territory, page 10, column 2:
glosses: The sound of a person being punched or hit.
morbilliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin morbillus (“measles”) + -form. See morbilli for more.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Resembling the erythematous, maculopapular rash of measles.
raw_tags: of a rash
morbilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin morbillus, from Latin morbus (“disease”) + -illus (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: glosses: measles, rubeola
cash on delivery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæʃ ɒn dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈkæʃ ɑn dəˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/
Senses: glosses: A kind of transaction in which goods are paid for in full in cash or by certified check only once they are received by the buyer.
Synonyms: COD
britches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
Forms: form: britch
Etymology: An alteration of breeches (“trousers, pantaloons”) in use since at least the 18th century in Britain and British colonies.
Senses: examples: text: And Tom Bowles told him, says, "Go up to the store and get you a free pair of britches [on me]." Says, "Them damned old britches you wearing ain't fittin' to wear to town."
ref: 2003, Thad Sitton, Harder than hardscrabble: oral recollections of the farming life ..., page 124:
glosses: Alternative form of breeches (pants, trousers).
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The roe of cod.
Synonyms: sense: breeches
word: knee britches
Derived terms: breath and britches
frog's britches
get glad in the same britches one got mad in
too big for one's britches
Venda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛndə/
rhymes: -ɛndə
homophone: vendor (non-rhotic)
Senses: glosses: A former self-governing Black African homeland in South Africa.
glosses: The language of the people of this area.
Venda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛndə/
rhymes: -ɛndə
homophone: vendor (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: Vendas
form: Venda
Senses: examples: text: The Venda live mostly in Limpopo Province in the northern part of South Africa. There are about one million Vendas and their language is also known as Luvenda, Tshivenda or simply Venda. Their native land was once a Bantustan during [Apartheid].
ref: 2008, Godfrey Mwakikagile, South Africa and Its People, New Africa Press, →ISBN, page 176:
text: They don't really react badly, because they say I look mostly like a South African, like a Venda. I don't look like a foreigner. I mean I look like a Venda. So, when I tell them I am from another country, they actually get surprised.
ref: 2015 February 1, Saloshna Vandeyar, Thirusellvan Vandeyar, The Construction, Negotiation, and Representation of Immigrant Student Identities in South African schools, IAP, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: A member of the Black people of this area.
Related terms: urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ven
word: ve
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ven
word: ven
word: ven ⁠
redneck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛdnɛk/
Forms: form: rednecks
Etymology: Bahuvrīhi compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields.
Senses: glosses: A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
examples: text: Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
ref: 1989, “Fight the Power”, in Fear of a Black Planet, performed by Public Enemy:
synonyms: word: bogan
word: cracker
word: hick
word: hillbilly
word: peckerwood
word: white trash
word: adlay
word: bam
word: Barry boy
word: bazza
word: benny
word: bogan
word: bopper
word: brush
word: charva
word: charver
word: chav
word: dobber
word: dresser
word: dumbo
word: eshay
word: gazza
word: gippo
word: herbert
word: hood rat
word: kev
word: knacker
word: mev
word: ned
word: nob
word: ocker
word: pikey
word: pleb
word: poor white trash
word: prole
word: puffy
word: radgie
word: redneck
word: rudeboy
word: rudie
word: scally
word: scanger
word: schemie
word: scobe
word: scoundrel
word: scratter
word: scrote
word: scrub
word: scrubber
word: scuffer
word: scumbag
word: scunner
word: scutter
word: sham
word: skanger
word: skeet
word: smackhead
word: smick
word: snoopy
word: spide
word: steek
word: stig
word: sweeper
word: thug
word: thugette
word: townie
word: trailer trash
word: trev
word: vic
word: Westie
word: white trash
word: wigger
word: yarco
word: yob
word: yobbo
word: bogger
word: bogtrotter
word: boor
word: bucolic
word: bydlo
word: culchie
word: carl
word: churl
word: corncob
word: cornhusker
word: country bumpkin
word: country cousin
word: clodhopper
word: dubbo
word: joskin
word: hayseed
word: hillbilly
word: hick
word: hob
word: hobnail
word: hog-rubber
word: honyock
word: hunk
word: lob
word: promdi
word: provincial
word: redneck
word: rube
word: rustic
word: woolly back
word: yokel
glosses: yokel, hick, country bumpkin
glosses: Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
glosses: A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
qualifier: 19th and 20th centuries
glosses: A Roman Catholic.
Derived terms: leftneck
redneckian
redneckish
redneckism
rednecky
therebefore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: therebeforn
form: therebiforn
Etymology: From there + before.
Senses: glosses: before that time; beforehand
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
theretofore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English ther-to-fore, þeretofore, þer to-fore, þer toforn, þær toforen, from Old English þǣr tōforan, equivalent to there + tofore.
Senses: examples: text: Þæt wolde ðyncan wundorlic ælcum men þe on Englalande wæs, gif ænig man ær þam sæde þæt hit swa gewurþan sceolde, for ðam þe he wæs ær to þam swyðe up ahafen swylce he weolde þæs cynges ⁊ ealles Englalandes, ⁊ his sunan wæron eorlas, ⁊ þæs cynges dyrlingas, ⁊ his dohtor þæm cynge beweddod ⁊ beæwnod.
ref: 1898, Sir James H[enry] Ramsay of Bamff, [10th] Bar[one]t, “Eadward the Confessor (continued): a.d. 1051–1053”, in The Foundations of England: or Twelve Centuries of British History (b.c. 55–a.d. 1154), London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co Ltd, →OCLC, pages 461–462:
glosses: Until that time.
glosses: Before that.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
saccharine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsækəɹaɪn/
ipa: /-ɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈsækəɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹən/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
homophone: saccharin
Forms: form: more saccharine
form: most saccharine
Etymology: From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), from Pali sakkharā (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”).
Senses: synonyms: word: saccharous
glosses: Of or relating to sugar; sugary.
synonyms: cloying
sickly
sickly sweet
glosses: Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.
synonyms: cloying
precious
saccharined
sickly
twee
antonyms: nonsaccharine
glosses: Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.
topics: biology
botany
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.
Derived terms: word: mucoso-saccharine
word: nonsaccharine
word: saccharined
word: saccharinely
word: saccharinity
Related terms: sweet
saccharine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsækəɹaɪn/
ipa: /-ɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈsækəɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹən/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
homophone: saccharin
Etymology: From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), from Pali sakkharā (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”).
Senses: glosses: Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.
examples: text: If Captain Archie Blaine regarded these outpourings as so much adolescent saccharine he never revealed it by a single word, a smile or the flicker of an eye.
ref: 1960, H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, An Aspidistra in Babylon: Four Novellas, London: Michael Joseph, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: Sentimentalism.
saccharine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsækəɹaɪn/
ipa: /-ɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈsækəɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹən/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
homophone: saccharin
Etymology: From saccharin + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
Derived terms: saccharinic
saccharine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsækəɹaɪn/
ipa: /-ɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈsækəɹɪn/
ipa: /-ɹən/
ipa: /ˈsækɹɪn/
homophone: saccharin
Forms: form: saccharines
Etymology: A variant of saccharin.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of saccharin.
thereunder
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ʌndə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English therunder, þer-under, þar under, from Old English þǣrunder, equivalent to there + under. Cognate with Dutch daaronder (“thereunder”), German darunter (“thereunder”), Swedish därunder (“thereunder”).
Senses: examples: c. 2008, HILDEGARDE (LORETTA SELL) PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT, Marquette University
The photographs span circa 1910-1997. The images are arranged topically, thereunder chronologically.
glosses: Under that; under it.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
thereunto
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From there + unto.
Senses: glosses: thereto
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
saccharin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsækəɹɪn/
homophone: saccharine
Forms: form: saccharins
form: saccharine
Etymology: From German Saccharin, coined in 1879 by the Russian-born chemist Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910) who discovered it, from Latin saccharon, saccharum + -in.
Senses: examples: text: Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm.
ref: 2023 May 15, April Rubin, “World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners”, in The New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.
wikipedia: Constantin Fahlberg
Synonyms: E954
Derived terms: english: of or relating to saccharin
translation: of or relating to saccharin
word: saccharine
word: saccharinic
Related terms: english: sugary; sugar
translation: sugary; sugar
word: saccharine
gilded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪldɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gild
gilded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪldɪd/
Senses: glosses: Having the color or quality of gold.
glosses: Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
examples: text: All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms infold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgement old,
Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
Fare you well; your suit is cold.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
glosses: Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
Derived terms: electrogilded
gilded age
Gilded Age
gilded cage
gilded flicker
overgilded
ungilded
Related terms: goldish § Synonyms
Bible thumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bible thumpers
form: Bible-thumper
Etymology: Evoking the image of a vocal and zealous preacher, one who might literally thump a Bible for emphasis while preaching.
Senses: examples: text: Zeal and knowledge have here a wide field ; the calm, thoughtful logician ; the cold, phlegmatic reasoner ; the cautious, pathetic pleader ; the shouting, stamping Bible thumper ; all have their mission, all have their followers and admirers...
ref: 1870, J. Ashworth, “Old Ab'.”, in Strange Tales from Humble Life, Manchester: Tubbs and Brook, page 253:
text: The terms "Blue Light," "Holy Joe" and "Bible Thumper" began to lose some of their venom ; religion in the army was respected.
ref: 1900 June 16, Joseph Paul, “Lord Roberts in Times of Peace”, in The Standard, volume 47, number 42, Chicago: Goodman & Dickerson, page 7:
text: But in spite of the antics of its Bible thumpers and its boobocracy, my father was unable to stay mad at the United States for long.
ref: 1984, Anthony West, H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, →OL, page 126:
glosses: A Christian fundamentalist or overzealous evangelical Christian.
Synonyms: Bible banger
Bible basher
Jesus freak
Christer
fundie
Related terms: Koran thumper
pulpit pounder
tubthumper
physiotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physiotherapies
Etymology: From physio- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.
Synonyms: word: physical therapy
Hyponyms: remedial exercise
therapeutic exercise
Derived terms: neurophysiotherapy
physical therapist
physiotherapist
isosynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + synchronous.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: of a communications system in which the source and target are each synchronized but each transmission contains a start bit and a stop bit.
Derived terms: isosynchronously
foul play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I think there's been foul play," said Poole, hoarsely.
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: An autopsy, pending a toxicology report, would determine the cause of death, the Los Angeles county medical examiner said. Foul play was not suspected, said Cap Scot Williams, who leads the city’s police robbery homicide division that is investigating Perry’s death.
ref: 2023 October 30, Sian Cain, “Friends stars release statement after death of Matthew Perry: ‘We were more than just castmates’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature.
glosses: Any violation of rules.
Related terms: crime
fraud
the bee's knees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Attested since 1922, of unclear origin. There are several suggested origins, but it most likely arose in imitation of the numerous animal-related nonsense phrases popular in the 1920s such as the cat's pyjamas, cat's whiskers, cat's meow, gnat's elbow, monkey's eyebrows etc.
A popular folk etymology has the phrase referring to the world champion dancer Bee Jackson. Another suggestion is that the phrase is a corruption of business. The singular bee's knee is attested from the late 18th century meaning something small or insignificant in the phrase big as a bee's knee. Also as weak as a bee's knee is attested in Ireland (1870). It is possible that the bee's knees is a deliberate inversion of this meaning but is not attested. Another possibility is that this is a reference to the (visible) blobs of pollen in bees' corbiculae.
Senses: examples: text: We had strawberry shortcake for breakfast on Saturday and the kids thought it was the bee’s knees.
text: I used to play in a band when I was younger. We had a few fans and we thought we were the bee’s knees.
synonyms: word: cat's meow
word: cat's pyjamas
word: dog's bollocks
word: the bomb
word: all that and a bag of chips
word: antelope's cantaloupes
word: ant's pants
word: bee's knees
word: bollocks
word: cat's ass
word: cat's meow
word: cat's pajamas
word: cat's pyjamas
word: cat's whiskers
word: cream of the crop
word: crème de la crème
word: da bomb
word: dog's bollocks
word: dog's dangly bits
word: finger-lickin' good
word: finger-licking good
word: flea's eyebrows
word: fox's socks
word: greatest thing since sliced bread
word: gold standard
word: kitty's titties
word: llama's pajamas
word: mutt's nuts
word: ne plus ultra
word: spider's ankles
word: the bomb
word: the business
word: the shit
word: the tits
glosses: Something or someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, -'s, knee. Corbiculae.
superb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /suˈpɝb/
ipa: /səˈpɝb/
ipa: /sjuːˈpɜːb/
ipa: /suːˈpɜːb/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: superber
form: superbest
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
Senses: examples: text: This champagne is superb.
text: Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.
ref: 1975 May 4, Dale Harris, “Merce Cunningham”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2024:
glosses: First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
examples: text: a superb edifice;  a superb colonnade
glosses: Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
examples: text: A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.
ref: 1858, Julia Kavanagh, Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2, page 235:
glosses: Haughty.
Synonyms: excellent
superlative
world-beating
Derived terms: superb fairywren
superb lily
superbly
superb lyrebird
superbness
superb owl
superb parrot
superb warbler
groggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɒ.ɡi/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɑ.ɡi/
rhymes: -ɒɡi
Forms: form: groggier
form: groggiest
Etymology: From grog + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The medicine made him groggy and irritable.
glosses: Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
glosses: Of a horse: bearing wholly on its heels when trotting.
Derived terms: groggily
grogginess
ungroggy
Nkulengu rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nkulengu rails
Senses: glosses: A bird from the family Rallidae, Himantornis haematopus.
grey-throated rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey-throated rails
Senses: glosses: a bird from the family Rallidae, Canirallus oculeus.
Madagascar wood rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madagascar wood rails
Senses: glosses: Any bird of species Mentocrex kioloides (syn. Canirallus kioloides), rails of Madagascar.
bar-winged rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bar-winged rails
Senses: glosses: An extinct bird, of species †Nesoclopeus poecilopterus, that was endemic to Fiji.
miscellany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈsɛləni/
ipa: /ˈmɪsələni/
ipa: /ˈmɪsəleɪni/
ipa: /mɪˈsɛləni/
Forms: form: miscellanies
Etymology: Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
Senses: synonyms: word: miscellanea
word: congeries
word: smorgasbord
word: bouillabaisse
word: bric-a-brac
word: catch-all
word: clamjamfrey
word: cocktail
word: gallery
word: congeries
word: crazyquilt
word: disjecta membra
word: farrago
word: galimatias
word: gallimaufry
word: grab bag
word: hodgepodge
word: horse and rabbit stew
word: hotchpotch
word: hotchpot
word: job lot
word: jumble
word: macedoine
word: medley
word: melange
word: mingle-mangle
word: miscellanea
word: miscellany
word: mishmash
word: mixed bag
word: mixture
word: motley
word: odds and ends
word: oddments
word: olio
word: olla podrida
word: omnium-gatherum
word: pastiche
word: patchwork quilt
word: potpourri
word: ragbag
word: salmagundi
word: slurry
word: smorgasbord
word: welter
word: Whitman's sampler
glosses: An assortment of miscellaneous items.
examples: a monthly miscellany of literature
synonyms: reader
glosses: A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
examples: text: All of these critics and theorists agree, however, positively, unequivocally, in this, […] that miscellany is abhorrent to their sense; that the sixteen-story building must not consist of sixteen separate, distinct, and unrelated buildings piled one upon the other until the top of the pile is reached.
ref: 1896 March, Louis H. Sullivan, “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”, in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, volume 57, page 407:
synonyms: miscellaneousness
glosses: The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
Related terms: miscellanea
miscellaneous
miscellanist
Woodford's rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Woodford's rails
Senses: glosses: a bird from the family Rallidae, Nesoclopeus woodfordi.
Schnabel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Schnabels
Etymology: See Schnabel car.
Senses: glosses: The beak-like lifting component of a Schnabel car.
Schnabel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schnabels
Etymology: From German Schnabel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Schnabel wagon
water rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water rails
Senses: glosses: a small wetland bird (Rallus aquaticus) of the family Rallidae that breeds in marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia.
invisible rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invisible rails
Etymology: So called because it is stealthy and difficult to spot in the wild.
Senses: glosses: A flightless bird, of species Habroptila wallacii, from the family Rallidae, endemic to parts of Indonesia.
Colombian crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Colombian crakes
Senses: glosses: A bird from the family Rallidae, Neocrex colombianus.
Zapata rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zapata rails
Senses: glosses: A bird from the family Rallidae, Cyanolimnas cerverai.
uniform crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uniform crakes
Senses: glosses: a bird from the family Rallidae (Amaurolimnas concolor).
giant wood rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant wood rails
Senses: glosses: A bird, Aramides ypecaha, from the family Rallidae.
snoring rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snoring rails
Senses: glosses: a bird from the family Rallidae, Aramidopsis plateni.
Rouget's rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rouget's rails
Etymology: Named after Jules Rouget.
Senses: glosses: A bird from the family Rallidae, Rougetius rougetii.
African crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: African crakes
Senses: glosses: Crex egregia, a bird from the family Rallidae.
Synonyms: Crecopsis egregia
New Guinea flightless rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Guinea flightless rails
Senses: glosses: A bird from the family Rallidae, Megacrex inepta.
paint-billed crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paint-billed crakes
Senses: glosses: a bird from the family Rallidae (Neocrex erythrops).
chestnut rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chestnut rails
Senses: glosses: A bird from the family Rallidae, Eulabeornis castaneoventris.
aquiver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwɪvɚ/
rhymes: -ɪvɚ
Etymology: From a- + quiver.
Senses: examples: text: Sighing softly to the river
Comes the lonely breeze,
Setting Nature all a-quiver,
Rustling through the trees,
ref: 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC, page 35:
text: There is no colour line in love, and though a-quiver with ungovernable fright, for Ursula's sake black Woona went graphically through the final death contortions of the poisoned mangy pup.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 279:
text: He had gone inland about half a mile when there came suddenly to his trained nostrils the one scent that sets the whole savage jungle aquiver—Tarzan smelled man.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 190:
text: He said "Stand and deliver / For I am all aquiver."
ref: 1926, R.P. Weston, Bert Lee, What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee:
text: Almost the whole continental rim of the Pacific basin is aquiver with earthquakes and fiery with volcanoes, some frequently active, some extinct, some merely sleeping a centuries-long sleep between periods of explosive violence.
ref: 1961, Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us, revised edition, New York: Oxford University Press, Part 1, p. 66:
glosses: In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
red rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red rails
Senses: glosses: A bird of the extinct species †Aphanapteryx bonasia, from the family Rallidae, formerly endemic to Mauritius.
Calayan rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calayan rails
Senses: glosses: a flightless bird (Gallirallus calayanensis) from the family Rallidae that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines.
insignificance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insignificances
Etymology: From in- + significance.
Senses: glosses: the state of being insignificant
Derived terms: insignificancy
pale into insignificance
grey-necked wood rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey-necked wood rails
Senses: glosses: Aramides cajanea, a bird from the family Rallidae.
white-throated rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-throated rails
Senses: synonyms: Cuvier's rail
glosses: A flightless bird, of species Dryolimnas cuvieri, from the family Rallidae, of islands of the western Indian Ocean.
Related terms: Aldabra rail
ocellated crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocellated crakes
Senses: glosses: a bird from the family Rallidae, Micropygia schomburgkii.
emblematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛmbləˈmatɪk/
enpr: ĕmb-lə-mă-tĭk
Forms: form: more emblematic
form: most emblematic
Etymology: From French emblématique. See emblem.
Senses: examples: text: All was dreary—all was emblematic of that change and barrenness which passes away from nature, but never from the heart;...
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 149:
synonyms: symbolic
illustrative
glosses: Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.
examples: text: With Le Sommer withdrawn, France – now with five in midfield – seemed content to hold on for a deceptively narrow win. Such containment tactics can prove high risk but the only threat England could muster was a shot from Aluko which flew high and wide. It seemed entirely emblematic of their afternoon.
ref: 2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London):
text: The result of yesterday’s meaningful vote in the House of Commons, much like the first in January, was emblematic of a very striking Brexit reality: that the principle barrier to leaving the EU comes from the very people most desperate to see it happen.
ref: 2019 March 13, Oliver Norgrove, “Hypnotised by cake and unicorns, the Brexit perfectionists have blown it”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: representative
exemplary
characteristic
iconic
archetypical
glosses: Very typical.
Derived terms: emblematical
emblematically
emblematicize
symblematic
unemblematic