cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
brilliant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪljənt/
Forms: form: brilliants
Etymology: Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”).
Senses: examples: text: This snuffbox — on the hinge see brilliants shine.
ref: 1717, Alexander Pope, The Basset-Table:
text: On the one, a plain massive band which matched the collar; on the other, a serpent; the tail reached nearly to the elbow, and the head rose a little from the wrist; the tongue of a ruby, the eyes of large brilliants.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 257:
text: "And the ring?" I asked, glancing at a remarkable brilliant which sparkled upon his finger.
ref: 1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 248, column 2:
glosses: A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
glosses: Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.
glosses: A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
brilliant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪljənt/
Forms: form: brilliants
form: brillianting
form: brillianted
form: brillianted
Etymology: Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”).
Senses: examples: text: In short, the diamond owed more to being brillianted and polished, and well set, than to any intrinsic worth or solidity.
ref: 1851, The Western Literary Messenger, page 256:
glosses: To cut (a diamond) with many facets, to make it into a brilliant.
ugly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɡli/
rhymes: -ʌɡli
homophone: ugli
Forms: form: uglies
form: ougly
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug + -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300.
For the meaning development compare Bulgarian грозен (grozen) (< Proto-Slavic *grozьnъ), Russian стра́шный (strášnyj) (< Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ < *straxъ); Latin foedus (< Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-).
Senses: examples: text: I want your ugly / I want your disease.
ref: 2009, Lady Gaga, RedOne, Bad Romance:
glosses: Ugliness.
glosses: An ugly person or thing.
examples: text: These are firstly for products which need a cool room; secondly for products which can be stored on a standard pallet without overhang; and thirdly for products known as "the uglies" which always overhang a standard pallet.
ref: 1983, Australian Transport, page 16:
text: Non-standard products (abnormal or 'uglies'): many distribution operations are designed to cater for standard palletized products.
ref: 2022, Alan Rushton, Phil Croucher, Peter Baker, The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, page 591:
qualifier: logistics
glosses: Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
examples: text: […] camp-stools, telescopes, poetry-books, blue uglies, red petticoats, and parasols of every hue.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
glosses: A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
ugly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɡli/
rhymes: -ʌɡli
homophone: ugli
Forms: form: uglies
form: uglying
form: uglied
form: uglied
form: ougly
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug + -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300.
For the meaning development compare Bulgarian грозен (grozen) (< Proto-Slavic *grozьnъ), Russian стра́шный (strášnyj) (< Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ < *straxъ); Latin foedus (< Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-).
Senses: examples: text: I move noiselessly, eat my food carefully without uglying the dining table with its remnants, fold my bedsheets in neat rectangles and place them on the bed in perfect symmetry.
ref: 2011, P. A. Krishnan, Muddy River:
text: There is time when the absence of either integrity or humility has uglied the face of the church before the world and turned Christianity into just another cocoon of condemnation and hypocrisy.
ref: 2012, Najib George Awad, And Freedom Became a Public-square, page 197:
text: He had spent half of his journey mulling over how he would savour his revenge. He could already envision her pretty little form lying prone at his feet. He would take great pleasure in uglying her up a little before killing her.
ref: 2014, Jonathan Crocker, A Dream of Hope and Sorrow:
glosses: To make ugly (sometimes with up).
pity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪ.ti/
homophone: pitty
rhymes: -ɪti
Forms: form: pities
form: pitying
form: pitied
form: pitied
form: pittie
form: pitty
form: pitie
Etymology: From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and piety.
Senses: examples: text: You have got to pity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.
text: Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 103:13:
text: Well! the King of France died pardoning & pitying all those who had tortured his Soul & Body, a great Pattern for us all.
ref: 1793 March 19, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana:
text: Nor could she get round them on a single point, and I pitied her so much that I bought bread and wine off her to console her, and I let her overcharge me, and went out into the afterglow with her benediction, followed also by the farewells of the middle-class, who were now taking their coffee at little tables outside the house.
ref: 1902, Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome:
synonyms: commiserate
feel sorry for
glosses: To feel pity for (someone or something).
examples: text: She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee; / That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: It pitieth them to see her in the dust.
ref: a. 1681, Richard Allestree, Of Gods Method in giving Deliverance:
glosses: To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
Synonyms: word: commiserate
word: compassion
word: compassionate
word: condole
word: feel someone's pain
word: feel sorry for
word: mercify
word: pity
word: rue
word: take pity
Hypernyms: word: be sad
word: feel for
word: sympathize
Hyponyms: word: bepity
Related terms: word: comfort
word: what a pity
word: 憐惜
pity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪ.ti/
homophone: pitty
rhymes: -ɪti
Forms: form: pity!
form: pittie
form: pitty
form: pitie
Etymology: From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and piety.
Senses: synonyms: word: shame
word: what a pity
word: what a shame
word: bad luck
word: cuhdear
word: hard lines
word: hard luck
word: pity
word: shame
word: too bad
word: tough luck
word: what a pity
word: what a shame
word: worse luck
glosses: Ellipsis of what a pity.
Derived terms: bepity
lack-pity
more's the pity
piteous
pitiable
pitier
pitiful
pitikins
pitiless
pitisome
pity guest
pityingly
pity party
pity pie
pity porn
pity pot
pity potty
pitysome
self-pity
self-pitying
that's a pity
unpitied
unpity
unpitying
what a pity
rigid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/
ipa: /ˈɹəd͡ʒ.əd/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd
Forms: form: rigider
form: more rigid
form: rigidest
form: most rigid
Etymology: From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rigeō (“I am stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge + -ed.
Senses: synonyms: word: inflexible
word: firm
word: frozen
word: hard
word: hardened
word: immalleable
word: inflexible
word: ossified
word: petrified
word: rigid
word: solid
word: stark
word: stubborn
word: stiff
word: taut
word: tight
word: unbending
word: unlimber
word: unyielding
antonyms: word: flexible
word: firm
word: inelastic
word: inflexible
word: rigid
word: stiff
word: unbendable
glosses: Stiff, rather than flexible.
glosses: Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.
examples: text: A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.
ref: 2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, Penguin Books, page 5:
synonyms: word: static
word: stuck
word: unmovable
word: fixed
word: immobile
word: immotile
word: immovable
word: inanimate
word: inert
word: lifeless
word: sessile
word: static
word: rigid
word: stationary
word: stuck
word: unmovable
word: unmoveable
antonyms: word: moving
word: immobile
glosses: Fixed, rather than moving.
glosses: Rigorous and unbending.
synonyms: word: staunch
word: unyielding
word: adamant
word: ardent
word: bent on
word: bloody-minded
word: bullheaded
word: certain
word: chronic
word: confirmed
word: determined
word: diehard
word: dogged
word: hard-hearted
word: hard-nosed
word: hardheaded
word: headstrong
word: immovable
word: incalcitrant
word: inflexible
word: irrefragable
word: insistent
word: intractable
word: intransigent
word: intrepid
word: inveterate
word: mulish
word: obdurate
word: obstinate
word: obstreperous
word: peevish
word: peremptory
word: persistent
word: pertinacious
word: pigheaded
word: recalcitrant
word: refractory
word: resolute
word: resolved
word: rigid
word: self-willed
word: stalwart
word: staunch
word: steadfast
word: steady
word: stubborn
word: stubborn as a mule
word: sullen
word: tenacious
word: terminal
word: thran
word: thwart
word: tough
word: truculent
word: unbending
word: uncompromising
word: unyielding
word: vehement
word: wilful
word: willful
antonyms: compromising
transigent
glosses: Uncompromising.
Derived terms: multirigid
nonrigid
overrigid
rigid body
rigid body dynamics
rigidify
rigidity
rigidize
rigid-leaf poison
rigidly
rigidness
rigidulous
semirigid
subrigid
superrigid
unrigid
Related terms: rigor
rigorous
rigour
rigid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/
ipa: /ˈɹəd͡ʒ.əd/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd
Forms: form: rigids
Etymology: From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rigeō (“I am stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The rigid could reach the greatest sizes and speeds of any airship, but was expensive to build and bulky to store. Rigids fell out of favor after the R101 and Hindenburg disasters made the type seem unsafe to the travelling public.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
glosses: A bicycle with no suspension system.
Synonyms: word: Zeppelin
Hypernyms: dirigible
Hyponyms: english: narrow sense
translation: narrow sense
word: Zeppelin
Coordinate terms: nonrigid
semirigid
ancestral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/
ipa: /ænˈsɛs.tɹəl/
Forms: form: ancestrall
form: auncestral
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).
Senses: examples: text: an ancestral estate
text: one’s ancestral home
glosses: Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
Derived terms: ancestral chart
ancestral hall
ancestralism
ancestrality
ancestrally
ancestral name
Ancestral Puebloan
ancestral shrine
ancestral temple
nonancestral
pseudoancestral
transancestral
ancestry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/
Forms: form: ancestries
form: ancestrie
form: auncestrie
form: auncestry
Etymology: From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.
Senses: glosses: The state of being ancestors.
examples: text: Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
ref: August 1 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 123
text: Tali: My people place a high value on family and ancestry. There's an unspoken expectation that I'll live up to my father's example.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: SSV Normandy:
glosses: Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
examples: text: I can trace my ancestry back to the 18th century.
synonyms: lineage
glosses: A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.
Synonyms: provenance
parentage
descent
Derived terms: coancestry
Related terms: ancestor
ancestral
ancle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkəl/
Forms: form: ancles
Senses: examples: text: ...as 'tis the principal opponent of that great joint the ancle...
ref: 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:
text: Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ancle was disregarded.
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 100:
text: A silver hoop, or ring, which the Indian women fasten round their naked ancles, because they use neither shoes nor stockings.
ref: 1818, William Cowherd, Facts authentic, in science and religion:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of ankle.
ankle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.kəl/
rhymes: -æŋkəl
Forms: form: ankles
form: ancle
Etymology: From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”).
Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.
Senses: glosses: The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
Coordinate terms: spat
wrist
Derived terms: ankle-biter
ankle biter
anklebone
ankle boot
ankle brace
ankle bracelet
ankle-deep
ankle express
ankleful
ankle grazers
ankle-high
ankleless
ankle lock
anklelock
ankle monitor
ankle slapper
ankle sock
anklet
ankle walker
anklewarmer
anklewear
brass ankle
cankle
interankle
show ankle
ankle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.kəl/
rhymes: -æŋkəl
Forms: form: ankles
form: ankling
form: ankled
form: ankled
form: ancle
Etymology: From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”).
Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.
Senses: examples: text: Arvay’s tearful speech followed the usual pattern, and everybody said it was just fine. There had been nothing about the heathens of China, India and Africa wallowing around on the heavenly chairs, nor ankling up and down the golden streets.
ref: 1948, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 1, in Seraph on the Suwanee, New York: HarperPerennial, published 1991, page 5:
text: 1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178,
Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]
text: 1966, P. G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, London: Everyman, 2007, Chapter 6, p. 158,
He ankled round, accordingly, to her house and his ring at the bell was answered by Wilberforce, her butler […]
text: After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet.
ref: 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 275:
glosses: To walk.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
Andaman Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.də.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/
Senses: glosses: A group of islands in the Bay of Bengal.
Synonyms: Andamans
Hypernyms: ANI
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India
Related terms: Andaman Sea
Andamans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Andaman Islands
Andover
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈændoʊvɚ/
Etymology: From Middle English Andever, Andeafara, from Old English Andefera (“Andover”); possibly from Old English *Ande + ēa + fara (literally “farer over the river Ande”) or from Old English *Ande + ōfer (literally “[town situated on the] bank of the river Ande”).
Senses: examples: text: Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag".
ref: 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).
glosses: A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
examples: text: Amtrak's train No. 5, then known as the 'San Francisco Zephyr', westbound on Southern Pacific tracks, climbing the eastern side of the Donner Pass, at Andover, California, on 20th June 1974.
ref: 1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 120, photo caption:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former settlement in Placer County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A rural town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Henry County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Clinton County, Iowa, named after Andover, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Butler County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Oxford County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough and township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Day County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia.
glosses: A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
Anerley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænə(ɹ)li/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3469).
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A town in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
angelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn-jĕlʹ-ĭk
ipa: /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/
rhymes: -ɛlɪk
Forms: form: more angelic
form: most angelic
form: angelick
Etymology: From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English anġelīċ, engellīċ, englelīċ, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (angelikós, “of or for a messenger”), from ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). Equivalent to angel + -ic. Doublet of angelique (“plant of the genus Angelica”) and angélique (“plucked bowl lute”).
Senses: glosses: Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
examples: text: an angelic child
text: The choir sang in angelic voices.
text: She gave him an angelic smile.
text: The baby’s face looked so peaceful and angelic in sleep.
glosses: Very sweet-natured, well-behaved, or beautiful.
examples: text: an angelic ester
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.
Synonyms: sense: belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel
word: angelical
sense: belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel
word: angellike
sense: belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel
word: angelly
sense: belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel
word: heavenly
sense: belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel
word: divine
Derived terms: angelate
angelically
angelicize
angelicness
angelic non-determinism
angelic salutation
fallen angelic
nonangelic
overangelic
superangelic
unangelic
anger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋɡə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈæŋɡɚ/
ipa: [ˈeɪŋɡɚ]
rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: angers
form: angering
form: angered
form: angered
Etymology: From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compare Old Norse ang, ǫng (“troubled”)), from Proto-Germanic *angazaz (“grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tied together”).
Cognate with Danish anger (“regret, remorse”), Norwegian Bokmål anger (“regret, remorse”), Swedish ånger (“regret”), Icelandic angur (“trouble”), Old English ange, enge (“narrow, close, straitened, constrained, confined, vexed, troubled, sorrowful, anxious, oppressive, severe, painful, cruel”), German Angst (“anxiety, anguish, fear”), Latin angō (“squeeze, choke, vex”), angor (“strangulation; anguish, torment”) (whence the English doublet angor), Albanian ang (“fear, anxiety, pain, nightmare”), Avestan 𐬄𐬰𐬀𐬵 (ązah, “strangulation; distress”), Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “I squeeze, strangle”), Sanskrit अंहस् (aṃhas), अंहु (aṃhu, “anxiety, distress, affliction”, literally “narrowness”). Also compare with English anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perhaps to awe and ugly. The word seems to have originally meant “to choke, squeeze”.
The verb is from Middle English angren, angeren, from Old Norse angra. Compare with Icelandic angra, Norwegian Nynorsk angra, Norwegian Bokmål angre, Swedish ångra, Danish angre.
Senses: examples: text: He who angers you conquers you.
text: “Poetling, fret thyself not! / I will not one tittle imperil / Thy sorry cockboat; / Nor yet thy poor dear life will I harass / With over-hazardous tossings. / For thou, little poet, ne’er angeredst me; / Thou hast me no least little pinnacle harmed / Of Priamus’ sacrosanct stronghold; / Nor even the least little lash hast thou singed / Of the eye of my son Polyphemus; / And thee with her counsels protected hath ne’er / The Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athené.”
ref: 1911, Heinrich Heine, translated by John Payne, The Poetical Works of Heinrich Heine: Now First Completely Rendered into English Verse, in Accordance with the Original Forms, volume one, Villon Society, page 176:
text: President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal.
ref: 2025 February 1, Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh, “Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit”, in CNN:
synonyms: enrage
infuriate
annoy
vex
grill
displease
aggravate
irritate
glosses: To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
examples: text: You anger too easily.
synonyms: word: get angry
alt: see angry for more
word: bristle
word: flare
glosses: To become angry.
Derived terms: angeringly
Anglia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Anglia, referring to the Angles.
Senses: glosses: A geographic region of England, more properly called East Anglia.
glosses: A region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
anglo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡloʊ/
ipa: /ˈaŋ.ɡləʊ/
ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡloʊ/
ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡləʉ/
Forms: form: anglos
form: Anglo
Etymology: From Anglo-.
Senses: examples: text: Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.
glosses: An English person or person of English ancestry.
examples: text: Spanish was the only "foreign" language taught in the school, where most of the students spoke Spanish as a first language, and it was taught by an Anglo teacher from textbooks written by and for Anglos […] Somehow, the school administration saw no contradiction in rewarding Anglo students for learning to conjugate ser while punishing Chicano students for speaking Spanish on the school grounds.
ref: 1984 February 4, David Morris, “Different Origins: Joto Güero del West Side”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 15:
glosses: A North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
glosses: An Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
glosses: An English-speaking Quebecer.
glosses: A British person or person of British ancestry.
glosses: An anglo concertina.
Derived terms: angloid
redemption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/
Forms: form: redemptions
Etymology: From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.
Senses: glosses: The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
glosses: The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
examples: text: When money comes in, stablecoin operators can exercise how and when to buy reserves. When they face redemptions, they have to act faster.
ref: 2025 June 7, Katie Martin, “Why we should worry about the rise of stablecoins”, in FT Weekend, The Long View, page 18:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The conversion (of a security) into cash.
examples: text: Before creating the world, God knew both the need for and the means of the redemption He would provide through Jesus Christ.
ref: 2011, Drama of Redemption, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 9:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Salvation from sin.
glosses: Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
Derived terms: beyond redemption
equity of redemption
past redemption
redemption arc
redemption fatigue
redemption game
redemption price
redemption value
tuning fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tjʉːnɪŋ foːk/
Forms: form: tuning forks
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.
Derived terms: devil's tuning fork
multilingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Forms: form: more multilingual
form: most multilingual
Etymology: From multi- + lingual.
Senses: examples: text: In reality, the multidimensionality of language contact in multilingual environments ensures no such neat compartmentalisation.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 9:
text: Wikipedia is the most ambitious multilingual project after the Bible: There are editions in over 340 languages, and a further 400 even more obscure ones are being developed and tested.
ref: 2025 September 25, Jacob Judah, “How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral”, in MIT Technology Review:
synonyms: many-tongued
multilanguage
multilinguistic
plurilingual
glosses: Of, relating to, or involving multiple languages.
examples: text: So being multilingual can make you more appealing, more successful and more compassionate. And it’s also good for your health.
ref: 2017 April 2, Maureen O'Hare, “Does being bilingual make you sexy?”, in CNN:
text: Describing us as multilingual emphasizes our achievements and that learning English adds to the richness of our identity.
ref: 2021 December 18, Ching Ching Tan, “Spielberg’s West Side Story shows us the value of multilingualism”, in CNN:
synonyms: polyglot
antonyms: monolingual
unilingual
glosses: Able to communicate in a number of languages.
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: multilingualization
multilingualize
multilingually
multilingualness
multilingual notation
Related terms: language
multilingualism
multilingual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Forms: form: multilinguals
Etymology: From multi- + lingual.
Senses: glosses: A polyglot.
Aquarius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwɛəɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: ♒︎
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aquārius (“water carrier”), from aqua (“water”) + -arius. See also aquarium.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the zodiac, supposedly shaped like a water carrier.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiac sign for the water carrier, ruled by Uranus or Saturn, covering January 20 – February 18 (tropical astrology) or February 15 – March 14 (sidereal astrology).
Synonyms: word: Aquarius
word: Water Carrier
word: Water-Bearer
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Sadalmelik
word: Sadalsuud
word: Sadachbia
word: Skat
word: Albali
word: Ancha
word: Situla
word: Bunda
word: Seat
Derived terms: Age of Aquarius
Aquarii
Related terms: aqua
aquarian
aquatic
Aquarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwɛəɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: Aquariuses
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aquārius (“water carrier”), from aqua (“water”) + -arius. See also aquarium.
Senses: glosses: Someone with an Aquarius star sign
Scorpio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɔːpɪəʊ/
ipa: /ˈskɔːɹpɪoʊ/
Forms: form: ♏︎
Etymology: From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”). Doublet of scorpion.
Senses: examples: text: Earlier, he watched Orion’s killer Scorpio prowling around in the western sky.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), pages 485-486:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Scorpius.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).
Scorpio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɔːpɪəʊ/
ipa: /ˈskɔːɹpɪoʊ/
Forms: form: Scorpios
Etymology: From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”). Doublet of scorpion.
Senses: antonyms: Taurus
glosses: Someone with a Scorpio star sign
bord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bords
form: bourde
Etymology: See board.
Senses: examples: text: A jenkin is then carried up the pillar alongside the old bords […]
ref: 1898, Herbert William Hughes, A Text-book of Coal-mining, page 154:
glosses: Obsolete form of board.
glosses: Obsolete form of bourd.
Derived terms: bord halfpenny
bord service
bord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bords
Etymology: From board, which is also a less common variant of bord; probably from the former practice of laying boards in mine passageways to form a relatively smooth surface along which the coal was dragged in sledges.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.
absentia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æbˈsɛnt͡ʃi.ə/
/æbˈsɛnt͡ʃə/
/æbˈsɛnʃə/
/æbˈsɛnʃi.ə/
Etymology: From Latin absentia (“being away, absence”), from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”); compare absent.
Senses: glosses: absence
Related terms: absent
absentia epileptica
steer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: stĭə
ipa: /stɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /stɪɹ/
ipa: /stɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: steers
form: steering
form: steered
form: steered
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to steer”).
The noun is from Middle English steere, stere (“rudder”), steor, from Old English stēor, stȳr (“steering; guidance; direction”). Compare Dutch stuur, German Steuer, Icelandic stýri.
Senses: examples: text: The boat steered towards the iceberg.
text: I steered homeward.
glosses: To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
examples: text: I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
text: When planning the boat trip, we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer.
text: I leap on board: no helmsman steers: I float till all is dark.
ref: 1842, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Sir Galahad:
glosses: To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
examples: text: The boat steers easily.
text: Where the wind / Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers, and shifts her sail.
ref: 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9:
glosses: To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
glosses: To direct a group of animals.
examples: text: Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
glosses: To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
glosses: To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
glosses: To direct a conversation.
examples: text: Sterling, who scored the winners against Croatia and the Czech Republic in the group stage, steered in Luke Shaw's cross after 75 minutes to send England's fans, with more than 40,000 inside Wembley, into wild celebrations.
ref: 2021 June 29, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Germany”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To direct or send an object into a specific place
Derived terms: course to steer
shuffle steer
steer clear
Related terms: differential steering
steering wheel
throttle steering
torque steer
steer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: stĭə
ipa: /stɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /stɪɹ/
ipa: /stɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: steers
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to steer”).
The noun is from Middle English steere, stere (“rudder”), steor, from Old English stēor, stȳr (“steering; guidance; direction”). Compare Dutch stuur, German Steuer, Icelandic stýri.
Senses: examples: text: I tried to give you the steer, but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you.
ref: 1939, Mark Hellinger, The Roaring Twenties:
glosses: A suggestion about a course of action.
glosses: A helmsman; a pilot.
Derived terms: bum steer
steerless
steer tube
Related terms: starboard
steer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: stĭə
ipa: /stɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /stɪɹ/
ipa: /stɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: steers
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English steer, ster, from Old English stēor (“a young bull or cow; steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“bull; steer”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (“wild bull; aurochs”). Cognate with Dutch stier, German Stier, Icelandic stjór, Latin taurus (“bull”), Greek ταύρος (távros). Doublet of tur and Taurus.
Senses: examples: text: He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
ref: 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 2:
glosses: The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
Synonyms: ox
Hypernyms: cattle
Hyponyms: stirk
bullock
Coordinate terms: bull
calf
cow
Derived terms: Judas steer
wild as a Tuckernuck steer
steer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: stĭə
ipa: /stɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /stɪɹ/
ipa: /stɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: steers
form: steering
form: steered
form: steered
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English steer, ster, from Old English stēor (“a young bull or cow; steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“bull; steer”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (“wild bull; aurochs”). Cognate with Dutch stier, German Stier, Icelandic stjór, Latin taurus (“bull”), Greek ταύρος (távros). Doublet of tur and Taurus.
Senses: glosses: To castrate (a male calf).
yard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːd/
enpr: yärd
ipa: /jɑɹd/
note: Dublin
ipa: /jæːɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: yards
form: yarding
form: yarded
form: yarded
form: yaird
form: yeard
form: yerd
form: yod
Etymology: From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).
See also North Frisian guard, Guart (“garden, yard”), Dutch gaard, gaarde (“garden, yard”), German Garten (“garden, yard”), Danish, Swedish gård (“farm, estate, land; court, yard”), Faroese, Icelandic garður (“garden; fence”), Norn gart (“farm”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk gard, gård (“farm; townhouse”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards, “court, yard; house”), Lithuanian gardas (“pen, enclosure”), Russian го́род (górod, “town”), Serbo-Croatian, Slovene grad (“town”), Albanian gardh (“fence”), Romanian gard (“fence”), Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬵𐬀 (gərədha, “dev's cave”), Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, habitation, home, dwelling”)), Medieval Latin gardinus, jardinus (“garden, yard”). Doublet of garden, garth, and gord.
Senses: examples: text: As they reached the door, Bose, having yarded the cows, was stealing around the corner of the pig-sty, and making for the woods.
ref: 1893, Elijah Kellogg, Good old times, or, Grandfather's struggles for a homestead:
text: The sheep were straggling in a manner that meant walking work to round them, and he supposed he would have to yard them tonight, if she didn't liven up.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 14:
glosses: To confine to a yard.
yard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːd/
enpr: yärd
ipa: /jɑɹd/
note: Dublin
ipa: /jæːɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: yards
form: yarding
form: yarded
form: yarded
form: yaird
form: yeard
form: yerd
form: yod
Etymology: From Middle English ȝerde, yerd, ȝerd, from Old English ġierd (“branch; rod, staff; measuring stick; yardland”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀd, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz. Cognate with Dutch gard (“twig”), German Gerte and probably related to Latin hasta (“spear”).
Senses: examples: text: He inched his way up the corridor as if he would rather be yarding his way down it, which was true.
ref: 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 62:
glosses: To move a yard at a time, as opposed to inching along.
yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːd/
enpr: yärd
ipa: /jɑɹd/
note: Dublin
ipa: /jæːɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: yards
form: yaird
form: yeard
form: yerd
form: yod
Etymology: Clipping of milliard.
Senses: examples: text: I need to hedge a yard of yen.
topics: business
finance
glosses: 10⁹, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
examples: text: How much coke you want?
Gimme a yard.
topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: One hundred, usually referring to currency or money's worth.
infant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.fənt/
rhymes: -ɪnfənt
Forms: form: infants
form: infaunt
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.
Senses: synonyms: baby
glosses: A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
examples: text: Thomas Humphrey Doleman died the 30th of August 1712, an infant, intestate and without issue; Lewis the next nephew died the 17th of April 1716, an infant about sixteen years old, having left his mother Mary Webb, ...
ref: 1793, William Peere Williams, Samuel Compton Cox, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735]: De Term. S. Trin. 1731, page 602:
topics: law
glosses: A minor.
coordinate_terms: junior
glosses: A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
examples: text: Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A noble or aristocratic youth.
Derived terms: floppy infant syndrome
infantcare
infant formula
infanthood
infant industry
infantize
infantlike
infantly
infant massage
infant mortality
infantocracy
infantometer
infantophile
infantophilia
infantophobe
infantophobia
infantorium
infant respiratory distress syndrome
infant safety seat
infant school
infant seat
infant star
infantswear
infantwear
junior infant
nigfant
noninfant
Puerto Rican infant hypotonia syndrome
senior infant
swimfant
terrible infant
Related terms: infancy
infanteer
infantier
infante
infanta
infanticide
infantile
infantry
infant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.fənt/
rhymes: -ɪnfənt
Forms: form: infaunt
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.
Senses: examples: text: Primary schooling in Ireland comprises two Infant years, which are equivalent to pre-school in other countries , and six grades or classes.
ref: 2019, Sandra Ballweg, Portfolioarbeit im Kontext von Sprachenunterricht, Göttingen University Press, →ISBN, page 26:
text: Clearly, from the attention given to it, HMI believed that history should be part of the infant curriculum.
ref: 2022 November 21, Carol Aubrey, The Role of Subject Knowledge in the Early Years of Schooling, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: junior
glosses: Of or pertaining to the earlier half of primary school education.
examples: text: Leaving Nantyglo, a small station at an altitude of 1,030 ft. with the platform on the eastern side, the train runs northwards over former G.W.R. metals, with the infant River Ebbw, a little more than a yard wide, on the west.
ref: 1957 October 24, William J. Skillern, “The Brynmawr & Western Valleys Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 696:
glosses: small, being near its source.
raw_tags: of a river
infant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.fənt/
rhymes: -ɪnfənt
Forms: form: infants
form: infanting
form: infanted
form: infanted
form: infaunt
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.
Senses: examples: text: This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is […] infanted out of the same fears.
ref: 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in (Please provide a date or year):
glosses: To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
Related terms: neonate
newborn
sudden infant death syndrome
toddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑdlɚ/
ipa: /ˈtɒdlə/
Forms: form: toddlers
Etymology: From toddle (“to walk unsteadily”) + -er – literally “one who walks unsteadily”, hence a young child.
Senses: examples: text: I can't believe Vanessa's baby is now a toddler already!
text: One inexpensive possibility is to purchase a toddler seat that can be placed on your current carriage. There are seats especially designed for that purpose, with seat belts and all. Some toddlers enjoy their high perch, but safety is a concern with these seats.
ref: 1981 October 21, Joan Weiss, Your Second Child, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.
examples: text: He is sixty-five years old if he is a fortnight, while the girl has only just done with her dolls,and hos no more love for the toothless old toddler than I have for Mammy Wombat, the black gin.
ref: 1868, John Richard Houlding, Australian Tales: And Sketches from Real Life, S. Low, Son, and Marston, page 65:
glosses: One unsteady on their feet.
Synonyms: word: ankle-biter
word: crumb crusher
word: crumb snatcher
word: leg biter
word: preschooler
word: rugrat
word: sproglet
word: squirt
word: toddler
word: tot
word: tyke
Hypernyms: word: child
Derived terms: toddlekins
toddlercon
toddlerhood
toddler seat
Related terms: toddle
toddling
cruising