cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rough sledding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard sledding
Senses: examples: text: We're running out of money. It's going to be rough sledding from now on, but we'll have to cope.
text: Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days of rough sledding.
ref: 2007 December 3, anonymous GOP strategist, quoted in Dan Balz, "'30 Days of Rough Sledding'" (blog entry), The Washington Post online
glosses: A difficult period of time.
tarbagan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːbəɡən/
Forms: form: tarbagans
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian тарбаган (tarbagan), from Southern Altai (Teleut) тарбаган (tarbagan), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan.
Senses: examples: text: One can only guess which rodent was most readily to be found near Lake Issyk-Koul in 1338 but the experience of later epidemics points to the tarbagan or Manchurian marmot, a beguiling squirrel-like creature much hunted for its skin.
ref: 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society, published 2007, page 13:
glosses: Any of species Marmota sibirica of marmots that live on the steppes of Central Asia.
opsimath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒpsɪmæθ/
ipa: /ˈɑpsɪmæθ/
Forms: form: opsimaths
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ὀψιμαθής (opsimathḗs, “late in learning”), ultimately from ὀψέ (opsé, “late”) and μανθάνω (manthánō, “I learn”); compare opsimathy, philomath, and polymath. First appears c. 1808 in The Gentleman's Magazine.
Senses: examples: text: But with reference to the latter, I may be permitted to say, that from the dissipation and idleness of his earlier years, Mr. Fox in Greek and Roman Literature was necessarily an Opsimath.
ref: 1808, Palaeus, "Stipendiary Curates: Fox's Historical Work," in The Gentleman's Magazine, June, p. 480
text: The truth is that Zola was an opsimath, who had read Stendhal, Flaubert, Balzac, the Goncourts and Taine late in life.
ref: 1951, L. A. Bisson, “French Literature 1789-1914”, in R. L. Graeme Ritchie, editor, A Companion to French Studies, Methuen, page 297:
text: I consider myself something of an opsimath, one who has been blessed with remarkable teachers and friends to assist my slow journey towards the experiences and understanding I was so keen to realize.
ref: 2010, Philip Shepherd, New Self, New World, →ISBN, page 451:
coordinate_terms: automath
monomath
polymath
glosses: A person who learns late in life.
wikipedia: The Gentleman's Magazine
Derived terms: opsimathy
Related terms: late bloomer
preschools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preschool
preschools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preschool
abecedisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abecedism
racinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racino
Hoovervilles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hooverville
logicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logician
lastborns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lastborn
lectureships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lectureship
epopea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epopeas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epopee.
readerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of readership
ownerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ownership
adminships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adminship
trapezii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trapezius
trapeziuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trapezius
proprietorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proprietorship
authorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authorship
bagmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bagman
bald eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bald eagle
banana splits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana split
bananaquits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bananaquit
berzerkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berzerker
gharial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛə.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˈɡɛɹ.i.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: gharials
form: gharial
form: gavial
form: gharrial
form: ghavial
Etymology: From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gavial.
Senses: examples: text: Placed in a family by itself, the Gavialidae, the gharial has long been separated from the rest of the crocodilian stock, with the possible exception of Tomistoma (Densmore 1983).
ref: 1992, John B. Thorbjarnarson, Harry Messel, F. Wayne King, James Perran Ross, editors, Crocodiles: An Action Plan for Their Conservation, page 112:
text: We crossed the Rapti at Bijlipur, three miles from Balrampur, over a pontoon bridge, from where we would often see marsh crocodile and gharial lying on the sandbanks with their mouths open, absorbing the solar heat.
ref: 1993, Arjan Singh, The Legend of the Maneater, page 8:
text: 1996, M. V. Subba Rao, Nesting Behaviour of the Indian Crocodiles, Gavialis gangeticus, Crocodylus plaustris and Crocodylus porosus (Reptilia: Crocodylidae), Geethabali R. Ramamurthi, Readings in Behaviour, page 213,
Gharials, Gavialis gangeticus are the inhabitants of deep, fast flowing rivers.
text: The gharial breathes air into its lungs, like caimans, alligators, and crocodiles. It can hold its breath and stay underwater for a long time—more than half an hour. Gharials can also hunt underwater. They even eat their food there.
ref: 2010, Steve Parker, Crocodiles, page 18:
text: One of the goals of our river expedition was to locate gharial. Gharial help crocodilians lay claim to being the ugliest reptiles, and perhaps the most ancient.
ref: 2013, Eric Dinerstein, Discovering Big Cat Country: On the trail of tigers and snow leopards, unnumbered page:
glosses: A crocodilian of species Gavialis gangeticus, of the family Gavialidae.
Synonyms: sense: Gavialis gangeticus
word: fish-eating crocodile
sense: Gavialis gangeticus
word: gavial
sense: Gavialis gangeticus
word: Indian gharial
sense: any species of Gavialidae
word: gavialid
Derived terms: taxonomic: Tomistoma schlegelii
word: false gharial
taxonomic: Tomistoma schlegelii
word: Malayan gharial
Related terms: gavialid
caiman
Gavialis
gharials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gharial
best men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of best man
bibelots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibelot
golden plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden plovers
Senses: examples: text: One bright clear June morning, I watch golden plovers strutting along the southern end of Koltur, picking tiny flies off the seaweed left behind by the tide on the basalt shelf at this lowest end of the island.
ref: 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 144:
glosses: A migratory plover of the genus Pluvialis, having black underparts and a golden back in the breeding season, now regarded as the three species P. apricaria of Europe, P. fulva of the Pacific coasts, and P. dominica of North America.
Derived terms: word: Eurasian golden plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis apricaria
word: European golden plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis fulva
word: Pacific golden plover
taxonomic: Pluvialis dominica
word: American golden plover
golden plovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden plover
birdbrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birdbrain
birders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birder
blood brothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood brother
chickadees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chickadee
daws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daw
eaglehawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eaglehawk
accentors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accentor
cassowaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cassowary
chiffchaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiffchaff
dabchicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dabchick
dunnocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunnock
vanity numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanity number
blackcaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackcap
dotterels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotterel
bullfinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullfinch
bramblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brambling
emus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emu
firecrests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firecrest
flamingos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamingo
flamingoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamingo
gyrfalcons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyrfalcon
hawfinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawfinch
gadwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gadwall
fulmars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fulmar
godwits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godwit
harriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harrier
ibises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ibis
garganeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garganey
goosanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goosander
grebes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grebe
greenfinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenfinch
greenshanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenshank
redshanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redshank
redshanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium, of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.
glosses: Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
lammergeiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lammergeier
kittiwakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kittiwake
goldcrests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldcrest
hoopoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoopoe
merles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merle
lyrebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lyrebird
mockingbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mockingbird
killdeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of killdeer
mynas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myna
moorhens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moorhen
phalaropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalarope
pintails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pintail
starlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starling
shelducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelduck
sanderlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanderling
sandpipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandpiper
Jammu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jŭm′o͞o
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌm.uː/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌm.u/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɐm.ʉː/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌm.ʉ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəm.uː/
rhymes: -ʌmuː
Etymology: From Dogri जम्मू (jammū) via Hindustani جَمُّوں (jammū̃) / जम्मू (jammū), ultimately from Sanskrit जम्बू (jambū). Traditionally considered to be named after Raja Jambulochan.
Senses: glosses: A division of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, consisting of the southern portion.
glosses: A district of Jammu division, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
glosses: A major city in Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, located on the banks of Tawi river, and which serves as the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
cold fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold fish
form: cold fishes
Etymology: Coined by William Shakespeare in 1611, see quotations.
Senses: examples: text: […]it was thought ſhe was a Woman, and was turn'd into a cold fiſh, for ſhe wold not exchange fleſh with one that lou'd her: […]
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 293, column 2:
text: He wouldn't have thought her such a cold fish. Pity. Still, there was plenty of time. Perhaps when she got used to his company she would thaw a little.
ref: 1993, Lisanne Norman, Turning Point:
text: You're a cold fish. You have no heart.
ref: 2003, Robert Wilson, The Blind Man of Seville, →ISBN, page 13:
synonyms: word: wet blanket
word: buzzkill
word: cold fish
word: dampener
word: downer
word: fun sponge
word: grinch
word: joy killer
word: killjoy
word: miserabilist
word: party pooper
word: spoilsport
word: stick in the mud
word: wet blanket
word: wet rag
qualifier: potentially
glosses: A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
examples: text: Ah, don't be such a cold fish!
synonyms: dead fish
starfish
glosses: A sexual partner who, during sex, lacks vigor or emotional reciprocity.
protobiont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protobionts
Etymology: From proto- + -biont.
Senses: glosses: An aggregation of organic molecules, surrounded by a membrane, that abiotically coalesces into resemblances of living matter; thought to be the precursors of prokaryotic cells
Related terms: protocell
skipping ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skipping rope
Vasu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vasus
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “dwelling, dweller”).
Senses: glosses: Any of the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature.
sporogony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporogonies
Etymology: From sporo- + -gony.
Senses: glosses: The formation of sporozoites from spores or zygotes.
jook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: jooks
form: jooking
form: jooked
form: jooked
Etymology: Unknown. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: So ye were on the ground and ye just ran round and jooked through the men going up the stairs, some walking, some running, and if ye got into there nobody could get ye.
ref: 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 53:
glosses: To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
jook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: jooks
Etymology: Unknown. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: Defendant then ran forward to kick him (witness) and he gave a "jook." Defendant was very unruly, and used bad language.
ref: 1882 April 20, “A Row in a Coalpit”, in Whitehaven News:
glosses: A quick movement to evade something.
glosses: A bow or curtsey.
jook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Etymology: From Cantonese 粥 (zuk1) and Korean 죽 (juk). Doublet of zhou and juk.
Senses: examples: text: Or it could be that I’ve traveled enough to learn the joys of jook, the Chinese rice porridge also known as congee, which is among my favorite ways to start the day even when seasoned with nothing more than scallions, soy and chopped peanuts[…]
ref: 2009 February 18, Mark Bittman, “Your Morning Pizza”, in New York Times:
qualifier: Korean or Cantonese contexts
glosses: Synonym of congee.
synonyms: word: congee
jook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: jooks
Etymology: From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Bet heʼs hanginʼ round some jook or ʼnother.’
ref: 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 121:
glosses: Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”).
Derived terms: jook house
jook joint
jook organ
jook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
ipa: /d͡ʒʊk/
rhymes: -ʊk
ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: jooks
form: jooking
form: jooked
form: jooked
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole jook, from Fula jukka (“to poke”).
Senses: glosses: MLE form of juke (“to stab, to ching”).
jook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
ipa: /d͡ʒʊk/
rhymes: -ʊk
ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: jooks
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole jook, from Fula jukka (“to poke”).
Senses: examples: text: Make man run when I back this jook
Chef man up but ain’t no cook
ref: 2021 April 21, MJ & Earna, “Baejing”, 1:14–1:18:
synonyms: ching
ying
bassy
rambo
pokey
chete
shank
nank
splash
splasher
glosses: Knife.
examples: text: But, if she's already been sent around like a zoot, then I ain't feelin the roach but (Roach)
Don't think I'll turn her down, all that means that she not wifeyable, I'll still get the one jook now
ref: 2006 July 1, “Grim” (track 8), in Jme featured by Wiley (lyrics), Eskiboy: Da 2nd Phaze:
glosses: Sexual intercourse.
Derived terms: english: knife
translation: knife
word: jooker
jook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
ipa: /d͡ʒʊk/
rhymes: -ʊk
Forms: form: jooks
form: juke
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to Etymology 1, above. Compare Scots jouk (“(hidden under one's) jumper”).
Senses: glosses: A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.
Related terms: jook-sing
four-door
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having four doors.
four-door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-doors
Senses: examples: text: Hop out the four-door with the .44 / It was one, two, three and four (us, man)
ref: 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:
glosses: A motor car with four doors.
disennoble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disennobles
form: disennobling
form: disennobled
form: disennobled
Etymology: From dis- + ennoble.
Senses: glosses: To deprive of what ennobles; to degrade.
disinthral
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪs.ɪn.θɹɔːl/
Forms: form: disinthrals
form: disinthralling
form: disinthralled
form: disinthralled
form: disenthral
Etymology: From dis- + inthral.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of disenthrall.
txalaparta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: txalapartas
Etymology: From Basque txalaparta.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Basque percussion instrument.
Related terms: txalapartari
disenthral
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disenthrals
form: disenthralling
form: disenthralled
form: disenthralled
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of disenthrall.
disinthrals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disinthral
disentitle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: [ˌdɪs.ɪnˈtaɪtəɫ]
Forms: form: disentitles
form: disentitling
form: disentitled
form: disentitled
Etymology: From dis- + entitle.
Senses: glosses: To deprive of title, right or claim.
Derived terms: disentitlement
disentitles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disentitle
disentomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disentombs
form: disentombing
form: disentombed
form: disentombed
Etymology: From dis- + entomb.
Senses: examples: text: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter IX, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt
[…] the three men emerged into the open air in a queer looking depression about thirty feet deep. The sun shone into it fiercely, and the disentombed travellers were nearly blinded by its effulgence.
text: He passed through the doorway into the back room, where several customers disentombed lost novels from the deep shelves.
ref: 2003, Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis, New York: Scribner:
synonyms: exhume
disinter
untomb
;
ungrave
glosses: To remove from a tomb.
Derived terms: disentombment
disentrance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disentrances
form: disentrancing
form: disentranced
form: disentranced
Etymology: From dis- + entrance.
Senses: glosses: To awaken from a trance or deep sleep; to arouse from a reverie.
Derived terms: disentrancement
disesteem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsəˈstiːm/
Etymology: From dis- + esteem.
Senses: examples: text: Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs.
ref: 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
glosses: Lack of esteem; disregard.
disesteem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsəˈstiːm/
Forms: form: disesteems
form: disesteeming
form: disesteemed
form: disesteemed
Etymology: From dis- + esteem.
Senses: glosses: To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.
Derived terms: disesteemer
disincorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹət/
Forms: form: disincorporates
form: disincorporating
form: disincorporated
form: disincorporated
Etymology: From dis- + incorporate.
Senses: glosses: To deprive of corporate rights.
examples: text: Four towns in the Quabbin Valley were disincorporated, and their residents relocated, to create a reservoir.
glosses: To revoke the charter of an incorporated town or city.
disincorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹət/
Etymology: From dis- + incorporate.
Senses: examples: text: So as it is a thing of great use well to define , what , and of what latitude those points are , which do make men merely aliens and disincorporate from the church of God
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.
Machiavellianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Machiavellianisms
form: Machiavelianism
form: Machiavellism
Etymology: From Machiavellian + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: "Machiavellianism is a radical type of political realism that is applied to both domestic and international affairs."
ref: 2010, W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz, Political Realism in International Relations:
text: Let us turn, finally, to the war itself, and ask ourselves if it can be understood as the victory of decency over Machiavellianism.
ref: 2001, Tim Spiekerman, Shakespeare's Political Realism: The English History Plays, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 54:
topics: government
human-sciences
philosophy
politics
sciences
synonyms: realpolitik
Machiavellism
raison d'etat
realism
glosses: The political philosophy of Machiavelli, especially the realist doctrine which emphasizes the maintenance of the state above ethical concerns.
glosses: A political maneuver that exemplifies the philosophy. Unsavory government politics.
examples: text: Machiavellianism refers to interpersonal strategies that advocate self-interest, deception, and manipulation, so it would seem inherently related to core psychopathy and narcissism.
ref: 2011, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Sophie von Stumm, Adrian Furnham, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: A cluster of dark personality traits named the “dark tetrad” (psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, sadism) has attracted the interest of researchers studying personality and decision making.
ref: 2025, David L. Dickinson, “Dark versus light personality types and moral choice”, in European Economic Review, →DOI:
qualifier: personality psychology
glosses: A psychological construct centered on interpersonal manipulation, lack of empathy, cold affect, and indifference to morality.
macroeconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmækɹəʊˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/
ipa: /ˌmækɹoʊˌɛkəˈnɑːmɪk/
Forms: form: more macroeconomic
form: most macroeconomic
form: macro-economic
Etymology: From macro- + economic.
Senses: antonyms: microeconomic#Adjective
glosses: Relating to macroeconomics.
examples: text: On Monday, chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) cut its sales outlook for the fourth quarter, citing “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China.” Last week, Intel’s (INTC) CEO also noted that “trade and macro concerns, especially in China, have intensified.”
ref: 2019 January 28, Seth Fiegerman, “Apple earnings: How low can iPhone sales go?”, in CNN Business:
text: But judges, law students, economists, human rights experts, and Mexico’s most important trading partners worry [the judicial reform] could lead to democratic backsliding – and macroeconomic turbulence – that the incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum will inherit when she takes office Oct. 1.
ref: 2024 August 29, Whitney Eulich, “Why Mexican judicial reform is causing a rift with the US”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
antonyms: microeconomic#Adjective
hypernyms: macrolevel#Adjective
coordinate_terms: macrosocial#Adjective
macropolitical#Adjective
glosses: Relating to the entire economy, including the growth rate, money and credit, exchange rates, the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.
Derived terms: macroeconomically
macro-economic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macro-economic
form: most macro-economic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of macroeconomic.
magnetizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: magnetising
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of magnetize
maladapted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maladapted
form: most maladapted
Etymology: From mal- + adapted.
Senses: glosses: Of any evolving or learning entity, not well adapted for its environment.
not worth a dime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This vase is not worth a dime. Why did you pay so much for it?
text: His opinions aren't worth a dime.
text: Eight of the nine who got damages were not worth a dime, and all but six of those who failed to sustain their suits were worthless.
ref: 1878, New York Times:
text: It is extremely vital, because without demonstrating performance and excellence, all the philosophies and reasoning discussed and embedded in the previous two phases are not worth a dime and will look hollow.
ref: 2011, Baldev Seekri, Organizational Turnarounds with a Human Touch, page 211:
synonyms: word: for the birds
word: good-for-naught
word: good-for-nothing
word: not worth a damn
word: not worth a dime
word: not worth a plug nickel
word: not worth a brass farthing
word: not worth a cent
word: not worth a cress
word: not worth a curse
word: not worth a Continental
word: not worth a farthing
word: not worth a nickel
word: not worth a penny
word: not worth salt
word: not worth a whistle
word: of no value
word: otiose
word: valueless
word: null
word: worthless
word: worth nothing
word: wutless
glosses: worthless, lacking in value.
dime's worth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from not worth a dime.
Senses: examples: text: Why is he here? Nothing will change. At best, he'll make a dime's worth of difference.
text: But why, he asks, should a similarly rapt and adoring crowd bank up before a lighted wall niche containing nothing but a dime's worth of daffodils and a couple of sprays of forsythia in a blue dish?
ref: 1941, L.H. Robbins, The New York Times:
glosses: An insignificant amount
jazzify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jazzifies
form: jazzifying
form: jazzified
form: jazzified
Etymology: From jazz + -ify.
Senses: synonyms: jazz up
glosses: To make jazzy.
Related terms: jazzy
jazzifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jazzify
jazzifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jazzify
jazzified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jazzify
jazzification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazzifications
Etymology: From jazz + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The act of making jazzy.
jazzifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazzification
calumniates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of calumniate
calumniating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of calumniate
calumniated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of calumniate
canonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canonisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of canonization.
canonisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canonisation
characterises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: characterizes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of characterise
characterising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of characterise
cervixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cervix
charismatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charismatic
cassocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cassock
myspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myspace
myspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of myspace
terzetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝˈzɛ.toʊ/
ipa: /tɝˈtsɛ.toʊ/
Forms: form: terzettos
form: terzetti
Etymology: From Italian terzetto, diminutive of Italian terzo (“the third”), from Latin tertius. See tierce.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A composition in three voice parts, or the vocal (or, rarely, instrumental) trio.
Synonyms: terzet
terzetta
terzetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terzetto
manoeuvrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manoeuvrers
Etymology: From manoeuvre + -er.
Senses: examples: 1832-1833, Maria Edgeworth, Manœuvring
This charming widow Beaumont is a manoeuvrer.
glosses: Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
maneuverer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maneuverers
Etymology: From maneuver + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who maneuvers.
marinading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marinade
marginalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marginalisms
Etymology: From marginal + -ism.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.
Related terms: marginal cost
marginal revenue
marginal utility
masc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæsk/
homophone: mask
homophone: masque stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æsk
Forms: form: more masc
form: most masc
Etymology: Clipping of masculine.
Senses: synonyms: butch
antonyms: fem
glosses: Masculine (having qualities stereotypically associated with men; virile).
masc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæsk/
homophone: mask
homophone: masque stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æsk
Forms: form: mascs
Etymology: Clipping of masculine.
Senses: examples: text: Then there's trans men and non-binary mascs, who can change their birth certificates to MALE after breast removal surgery. […]
ref: 2018, Quinn Eades, Son Vivienne, Going Postal: More than 'Yes' or 'No': One year on: writings from the marriage equality postal survey, Brow Books, →ISBN:
text: In other words, it's a queer space for all men, and women who are trans. Anyone who is read as a cis woman (e.g., lots of trans men and trans mascs) is not welcomed. Grindr has popularized the terms “discreet,” “straight-passing,” and “convincing” within gay culture.
ref: 2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 140:
glosses: A person whose gender (identity) is masculine (but who is not necessarily a man).
Coordinate terms: femme
matchboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matchbox
maturities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maturity
fangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fangle
Derived terms: befangled
newfangled
oldfangled
out of service
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: out-of-service
Senses: examples: text: This train is going out of service at the next station.
text: The sign that said the elevator was "temporarily out of service" had been there for months.
synonyms: out of commission
out of order
antonyms: in service
in order
in working order
glosses: Not available for use.
Related terms: ex-service
out of action
medalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: medaled
Senses: glosses: Wearing, or awarded, a medal
Derived terms: unmedalled
medalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: medaled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of medal
medalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: medaling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of medal
hymenoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymenoplasties
Etymology: From hymen + -o- + -plasty.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Robert Stubbs, a Toronto-based plastic surgeon . . . has won international acclaim for refining the hymenoplasty procedure, which involves cutting away the scarred edge of the membrane broken during intercourse and narrowing the entrance of the vagina, then putting the pieces back together.
ref: 2008 July 12, Diana Zlomislic, “The Virgin Makers”, in Toronto Star, page L1:
text: One of the options available to women under such pressure is hymenoplasty, in which a surgeon uses remnants of the hymen or tissue from the vaginal wall to create a "new hymen" that will break and bleed during intercourse.
ref: 2010, Emily Maguire, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 36
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
Synonyms: hymenorrhaphy
hymenorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymenorrhaphies
Etymology: From hymen + -o- + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Reconstructive surgery in which a woman's hymen is restored to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
Synonyms: hymenoplasty
meeples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meeple
on tender hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of on tenterhooks.
meliorates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of meliorate
allegorizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allegorizers
Etymology: From allegorize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who allegorizes.
brainwasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brainwashers
Etymology: From brainwash + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He didn't identify with either the hero or with Raymond Shaw. But the brainwashers really inspired him.
ref: 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 387:
coordinate_terms: brainwashee
glosses: one who brainwashes.
metabolizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metabolize
metallized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metallize
metallize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metallizes
form: metallizing
form: metallized
form: metallized
form: metalize
form: metallise
form: metalise
Etymology: From metal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
ref: 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
glosses: To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.
Derived terms: metallizable
metallizer
nonmetallized
premetallized
unmetallized
demetallize
metalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metalizes
form: metalizing
form: metalized
form: metalized
Etymology: From metal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metallize.
Derived terms: nonmetalized
metallise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metallises
form: metallising
form: metallised
form: metallised
Etymology: From metal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metallize.
on pins and needles
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Merlin hesitated a moment or two, and I was on pins and needles during that little while.
ref: 1889, Mark Twain, chapter 6, in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court:
text: I was on pins and needles of expectation and curiosity.
ref: 1923, Hugh Lofting, chapter 1, in The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, part 5:
glosses: Feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.
Synonyms: on tenterhooks
Related terms: pins and needles
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a cat on hot bricks
in limbo
metalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metalises
form: metalising
form: metalised
form: metalised
Etymology: From metal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metallize.
metastasized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metastasize
lemon shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lemon sharks
Etymology: Named for its yellow coloration.
Senses: glosses: A shark of species Negaprion brevirostris, growing up to 10 feet long and found along the Atlantic coast of North and South America.
Derived terms: word: sharptooth lemon shark
taxonomic: Negaprion acutidens
word: sicklefin lemon shark
supercontinents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercontinent
zebra shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra sharks
Etymology: The stripes resemble those of a zebra.
Senses: glosses: A species of carpet shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, family Stegostomatidae, covered in black and white stripes.
shark fin soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shark fin soups
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A soup made from shark fins, common especially in Chinese culture, where it is served on special occasions and as a symbol of wealth and prestige.
allegorizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allegorizer
brainwashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainwasher
pinching pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinch pennies
glyptodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glyptodont
melancholily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more melancholily
form: most melancholily
Etymology: From melancholy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a melancholy manner.
serpentinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpentinizations
Etymology: From serpentine + -ization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The conversion of mineral or rock into serpentine.
Related terms: serpentinize
in a league of one's own
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From a figurative sense of league, as also used in the expressions out of one's league and in the same league.
Senses: glosses: Far excelling even the closest contender; not having any worthy competition.
Related terms: do one's own thing
unintelligibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unintelligibilities
Etymology: From un- + intelligibility.
Senses: examples: text: Some of them have, in fact, given them a theoretical elaboration which for subtlety, refinement, and elegance need make no apologies to the older economics, and which remains faithful to older theorizing in at least one respect, that the tradition of unintelligibility to the layman is scrupulously observed.
ref: 1958, Jacob Viner, The Long View and the Short, page 112:
glosses: The quality or condition of being unintelligible.
glosses: Something that is unintelligible.
Synonyms: sense: quality or condition of being unintelligible
word: incomprehensibility
sense: quality or condition of being unintelligible
word: unclearness
come to mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes to mind
form: coming to mind
form: came to mind
form: come to mind
Senses: examples: text: Sarcastic comments came to mind, but I said nothing.
ref: 2001, Bill MacDonald, Patagonian odyssey: a travel memoir, page 157:
glosses: To appear in one's thoughts.
Related terms: bring to mind
call to mind
put someone in mind of
remind
top of mind
front of mind
waste of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wastes of time
Senses: examples: text: Asking him for money is a waste of time: he won't give you any.
text: Sit and try for the big kill.
A waste of time, sitting still.
ref: 1983 April 12, R.E.M., “Sitting Still”, in Murmur:
glosses: A pointless or unproductive task.
Related terms: time-waster
time-wasting
waste time
time sink
boondoggle
telegraph posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telegraph post
telephone poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone pole
pyrokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyro- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of pyrokinesis.
eddy currents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eddy current
man-day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man-days
form: man day
Senses: glosses: Synonym of person-day.
synonyms: word: person-day
Related terms: day man
daisied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more daisied
form: most daisied
Etymology: From daisy + -ed.
Senses: glosses: covered in daisies.
damnatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin damnatorius, corresponding to damn + -atory.
Senses: examples: text: I had cut my knuckles against the pale young gentleman's teeth, and I twisted my imagination into a thousand tangles, as I devised incredible ways of accounting for that damnatory circumstance when I should be haled before the Judges.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 197:
glosses: Containing a sentence of condemnation.
dandriff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of dandruff.
thourough
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thorough.
thourogh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thorough.
slangwhanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slangwhangers
Senses: examples: text: "Daddy," sais I, "since I became an author, and honorary corresponding member of the Slangwhanger Society, your occupation and mine ain't much unlike, is it?"
 "How?" said he.
 "Why, Dad," sais I, "you cut up the dead, and I cut up the livin."
ref: 1855, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Nature and Human Nature:
glosses: Alternative form of slang-whanger.
slangwhangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slangwhanger
stracchino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian stracchino.
Senses: examples: text: The menu is from Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, with plates of delicate, fragrant gnocco fritto, or yeasty, pillow-shaped fritters, served alongside dabs of stracchino cheese or fans of salume: coppa, mortadella, salami and silky prosciutto di Parma.
ref: 2007 January 21, “The Hungry Stroller”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of Italian cow's-milk cheese, typical of Lombardy
uplanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uplander
undergrads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undergrad
vodka luges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vodka luge
virgin fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virgin field
undocumented immigrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undocumented immigrant
vantage points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɑːntɪd͡ʒ ˌpɔɪ̯nts/
ipa: /ˈvæntɪd͡ʒ ˌpɔɪ̯nts/
Senses: glosses: plural of vantage point
undergrounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊn.də/
ipa: /ˌʌn.dɚˈɡɹaʊn.dɚ/
rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: undergrounders
form: under-grounder
Etymology: From underground + -er (Variety “-er”) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Senses: examples: 1957, Manny Farber, "Underground Films", in Robert Walsh (ed.) Negative Space: Manny Farber on the movies (1998), p. 27,
The excess that is so noticeable in Stevens's brawl is absent in the least serious undergrounder, […]
1985, Abe Peck, Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Times of the Underground Press, p. 51,
Street people, day-trippers, and tourists pushed the paper's circulation to 117,000, the largest any community undergrounder would reach.
glosses: An underground publication or movie.
examples: text: […] sewer people, derelicts, bag ladies, undergrounders, and Bowery bums. Whatever the cause of their illness, as in Scanners, homeless people are victims but, more importantly, a threat to be eliminated.
ref: 2017, Stephen Pimpare, Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens, page 227:
glosses: A person who dwells underground.
examples: text: His tactics appealed to the type of Old Bolshevik undergrounder who had little patience with theoretical hairsplitting and who looked to a firm authority to take the lead in practical work.
ref: 1985, Robert Vincent Daniels, chapter 7, in Russia: The Roots of Confrontation, →ISBN, page 167:
glosses: One who is part of a secret or underground society or subculture.
tidal islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidal island
toast racks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toast rack
troubleshooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troubleshooter
tin plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tin plate
turf accountants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turf accountant
trouble spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trouble spot