cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lossless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒs.ləs/
Forms: form: more lossless
form: most lossless
Etymology: From loss + -less.
Senses: glosses: Free from loss, especially not losing electrical energy or force.
topics: computing
engineering
information-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not losing information.
Derived terms: lossless junction
losslessly
losslessness
RINO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhino
Forms: form: RINOs
Etymology: Attested from December 1992.
Senses: examples: text: Irritated that Riordan’s key aides are Democrats, some Republican party activists sported RINO (Republican In Name Only) buttons at a Riordan speech (Los Angeles Times, 16 May 1994).
ref: 1994 September, Raphael J. Sonenshein, Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles, Princeton University Press, page 303:
text: And Bush is a RINO - Republican In Name Only. Even my dad, a lifelong Democrat, says that Bush (this one) is much more moderate […]
ref: 1998 October 28, Eric Chomko, “George W. Bush: Our Next President”, in alt.president.clinton (Usenet):
text: Among Republicans, there are the RINOs—Republican In Name Only. A RINO does not apply convictions based upon a biblical worldview to public policy.
ref: 2005 September, Brannon Howse, One Nation Under Man?: The Worldview War Between Christians and the Secular Left, Broadman & Holman Publishing Group, page 61:
text: Mr. Trump called Mr. Raffensperger a “RINO,” or Republican in Name Only, while continuing to make false claims about voting integrity in Georgia; along the way he tossed a few barbs at the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, Mr. Trump’s ally and sometime-scapegoat.
ref: [2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Acronym of Republican in name only, typically used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party to describe liberal Republicans or Republicans seen as liberals.
Related terms: DINO
GINO
LINO
Rockefeller Republican
Log-cabin Republican
vendor-agnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vendor + agnostic.
Senses: examples: text: The vendor-agnostic solution could be implemented with any off-the-shelf hardware.
glosses: Not tied to the products of a specific manufacturer.
vendor-agnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendor-agnostics
Etymology: From vendor + agnostic.
Senses: glosses: An independent consultant who will recommend products from several companies.
news agency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: news agencies
Senses: glosses: An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.
glosses: Alternative form of newsagency.
thribble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: threefold
thribble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thribbles
Senses: glosses: A set of oil drilling pipes having three joints
Coordinate terms: fourble
High German
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: High Germans
form: High-German
Etymology: Calque of German Hochdeutsch.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
glosses: Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
examples: text: There is a widespread reluctance to speak High German in German-speaking Switzerland, and many Swiss prefer to speak even bad French or English to people who do not speak Swiss dialect.
ref: 1989, Alfred Wyler, Dialect and High German in German-speaking Switzerland, page 15:
text: We, the students, also were supposed to speak High German, but, like our teachers, we did so with a fairly strong Swabian accent.
ref: 2010, Dankwart Koehler, In Different Worlds: From POW to PhD, page 49:
text: Many foreigners who learn to speak High German complain that Swiss people only reluctantly reply in High German. Apparently Swiss people generally don't like to speak High German. Why is that so? For the Swiss, High German is a foreign language.
ref: 2016, Nicole Egger, Hoi: Your New Swiss German Survival Guide, page 15:
glosses: The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: High Dutch
sense: Standard High German
word: Standard High German
sense: Standard High German
word: SHG
sense: Standard High German
word: Standard German
Meronyms: english: = Standard High German
translation: = Standard High German
word: SHG
word: Standard German
word: Middle German
word: Central German
word: Upper German
word: Yiddish
Related terms: word: Middle High German
word: MHG
word: New High German
word: NHG
word: Old High German
word: OHG
english: = Standard High German
translation: = Standard High German
word: SHG
word: High Germany
word: Dutch Low Saxon
english: Old Low German
translation: Old Low German
word: Old Saxon
word: Low Saxon
alt: Plattdeutsch
word: Low German
High German
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: High-German
Etymology: Calque of German Hochdeutsch.
Senses: examples: text: I used to harrangue the mob, in broken English, under pretence of being an High German doctor.
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: From or pertaining to the southern region of Germany; speaking High German.
examples: text: Yiddish is a High German language [...]
ref: 1983, Philip Baldi, An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages, page 128:
glosses: Written or spoken in High German; pertaining to High German.
unchilding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: There is no unfathering Christ, and there is no unchilding us.
ref: 1866, C. H. Spurgeon, His Name — The Everlasting Father:
glosses: present participle and gerund of unchild (“to removing a child from a parent; to disown”)
unchilding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Wiry and white-fiery and whirlwind-swivellèd snow / Spins to the widow-making unchilding unfathering deeps.
ref: 1875–1876, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Wreck of the Deutschland”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, part 2, stanza 13, page 15:
text: […] given him my whole attention and taken him away from the ruthless unchilding sea?
ref: 1978, Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea:
glosses: Life-threatening, life-taking.
nephrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɛfˌɹaɪt/
Forms: form: nephrites
Etymology: From Latin lapis nephriticus, via Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) νεφριτικός (nephritikós), meaning kidney stone, because jade was believed to have cured kidney stones.
Senses: examples: text: Occurrences of nephrite are more numerous. China’s most important source throughout its history has been the region of Khotan (Ho-t‘ien) and Yarkand in Central Asia. In more recent times the Chinese have also imported nephrite from the neighbourhood of Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia.
ref: 1968, S. Howard Hansford, “The Material and Its Sources”, in Chinese Carved Jades, Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society Ltd., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).
Tacitus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæsɪtʊs/
Etymology: Latin Tacitus.
Senses: glosses: A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56–117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200–275), a Roman emperor.
glosses: A lunar impact crater.
Derived terms: Tacitan
Tacitian
skyrocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/
Forms: form: skyrockets
Etymology: From sky + rocket.
Senses: glosses: A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
glosses: A rebuke, a scolding.
glosses: pocket.
Synonyms: sense: type of firework
word: maroon
skyrocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/
Forms: form: skyrockets
form: skyrocketing
form: skyrocketed
form: skyrocketed
Etymology: From sky + rocket.
Senses: examples: text: The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.
text: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
ref: 2013 March 24, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:
text: A new study finds that the number of Americans being diagnosed with opioid addiction continues to skyrocket, but still very few receive any treatment.
ref: 2017 June 29, Nadia Kounang, “Opioid addiction rates continue to skyrocket”, in CNN:
text: Executives from three hospitals across the country detailed their dire fiscal conditions on a conference call Saturday hosted by the American Hospital Association. This may force some to close their doors just as the need for care skyrockets amid the pandemic.
ref: 2020 March 21, Tami Luhby, “Hospitals press for $100 billion in Congressional stimulus package”, in CNN:
text: Her career skyrocketed to new heights with the debut of her years-long Las Vegas residencies.
ref: 2022 October 5, Lauren Harby, “What We Know About Celine Dion's Health Battle”, in The List:
text: The cost of keeping historic machinery operational has skyrocketed.
ref: 2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 51:
text: Every percentage point on a mortgage rate makes a big difference for that monthly payment. But a persistent lack of homes on the market is continuing to push up home prices, which climbed in September for the 15th consecutive month, according to NAR data — on top of skyrocketing home insurance costs in some markets.
ref: 2024 October 24, Bryan Mena, “Here’s why mortgage rates are rising after the Fed’s rate cut”, in CNN:
text: Said differently, your guac and your avocado toast could skyrocket if 25% tariffs are levied on Mexico.
ref: 2024 November 26, Elisabeth Buchwald, “What could get more expensive if Trump launches a new trade war with Mexico and Canada”, in CNN:
glosses: To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
examples: text: This is an area you'll have to work out in precise detail, as it's the area most likely to skyrocket your costs—or, without careful planning, leave you with thirsty guests.
ref: 2014, Carrie Denny, The Bride's Instruction Manual, page 117:
glosses: To cause to increase suddenly and extremely.
unchild
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unchilds
form: unchilding
form: unchilded
form: unchilded
Etymology: From un- + child.
Senses: examples: text: Though in this city he
Hath widow'd and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury,
Yet he shall have a noble memory.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:
glosses: To make someone childless.
Related terms: unchilding
Rosetta Stone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rosetta Stone
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799, later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing.
examples: text: My friend’s carefully-compiled notebook was the Rosetta Stone that opened up understanding of the physics lectures.
head_nr: 1
glosses: Any source of information crucial to interpreting.
beedi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beedis
form: beedie
form: bidi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बीड़ी (bīṛī).
Senses: examples: text: I always write with the music on and a bottle of good red. And smoke Mangalore Ganesh beedies.
ref: 1990, Charles Bukowski, “letter, 15 September”, in Abel Debritto, editor, On Writing, Canongate, published 2016, page 198:
text: I walk in, talking to friendly faces in my aces / Drinking beer, smoking beedis in the back where the bass is
ref: 2002, People Under the Stairs, “The Suite For Beaver Part 2”, in O.S.T.:
text: She said: “In rural Tamil Nadu, the state I come from, Kaali is believed to be a pagan goddess. She eats meat cooked in goat’s blood, drinks arrack, smokes beedi [cigarettes]^([sic]) and dances wild … that is the Kaali I had embodied for the film.”
ref: 2022 June 6, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, quoting Leena Manimekalai, “Indian director receives threats over film poster of goddess with Pride flag”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 06 Jun 2022:
glosses: A thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.
tables of contents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of table of contents
oyster drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oyster drills
Senses: synonyms: European sting winkle
glosses: A sea snail, including Urosalpinx cinerea and others in subfamily Ocenebrinae, such as genera Urosalpinx, Eupleura, and Ocenebra), that feeds on oysters and other shellfish, using an eversible gland to soften its prey's shell so that it can make a hole in the shell using its radula and consume the flesh.
doorstop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorstops
form: doorstopper
Etymology: From door + stop.
Senses: glosses: Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
examples: text: Meanwhile, all the Democrats had to put forward that year was a doorstop called Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill.
ref: 2010, Jack Hitt, “Is Sarah Palin Porn?”, in Laura Flanders, editor, At The Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right... and Why We Should Take It Seriously, page 206:
text: Walter Isaacson’s insight-free doorstop makes at least one thing clear: the richest man in the world has a lot of growing up to do[.]
ref: 2023 September 13, Gary Shteyngart, “Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – arrested development”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
glosses: Eggcorn of doorstep.
examples: text: And television dominates this place — just look at Beazley tossing around cans of tomato soup at his morning doorstops outside Parliament House.
ref: 2005, Mark Latham, The Latham Diaries, page 106:
text: The six o′clock news was regarded as the pivotal point in the day. As the news was beginning, often the Premier would make himself available for a doorstop press conference.
ref: 2006, Troy Bramston, The Wran Era, page 244:
text: It was estimated, for example, that Treasurer Wayne Swan had given more than 250 interviews and doorstops by the end of his first year in office.
ref: 2010, Anne Tiernan, Patrick Weller, Learning to Be a Minister: Heroic Expectations, Practical Realities, page 218:
glosses: An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
Uppsala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʊpsɑːlə/
ipa: /ʊpˈsɑlə/
rhymes: -ɑːlə
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.
glosses: A county in eastern Sweden.
fanservice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan service
Etymology: Calque of Japanese ファンサービス (fansābisu), equivalent to English fan + service.
Senses: examples: text: For as much as the game is about Grady, it's also about tying up loose ends from the other games. If you're a veteran, prepare to be in hog heaven with the fanservice present.
ref: 2008 January, “Silent Hill Origins”, in GameAxis Unwired, page 42:
text: The key to success for Minecraft or other films based on video games, says the veteran studio executive, is “fan service”—paying attention to the details that attracted the audience in the first place and resisting the temptation to force it into the conventions of a traditional movie.
ref: 2025 April 19, Christopher Grimes, “Hollywood mines a new craft”, in FT Weekend, page 6:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: fanwank
glosses: Elements added to a television program or similar entertainment that appeal to avid fans but are of little interest to outsiders.
examples: text: And because of that soy sauce, girls can get one of the few fanservice shots made for women in the entire history of the Ranma 1/2 series.
ref: 2000, Ryan Omega, Anime Trivia Quizbook: Episode 1: From Easy to Otaku Obscure (Anime Trivia Quizbooks):
topics: ACG
lifestyle
video-games
glosses: The inclusion in a work of fiction of material, especially of a racy or sexual nature, which may or may not have relevance to the storyline and is designed merely to excite the viewer.
examples: text: Fanservice is when group members interact with fans by taking their phones, accept gifts thrown on stage and acknowledge the people in the crowd.
ref: 2022 July 21, “Moments with Mimi: K-Pop girl group Dreamcatcher knows how to make fans feel special, puts on an unforgettable show”, in The Post:
topics: lifestyle
qualifier: idol fandom
glosses: Special interactions from idols to their fans.
Derived terms: fan-servicey
fanservicy
flagpole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/
Forms: form: flagpoles
form: flag pole
Etymology: From flag + pole.
Senses: glosses: A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
Synonyms: flagstaff
Derived terms: run something up the flagpole
send it up the flagpole and see who salutes
flagpole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/
Forms: form: flagpoles
form: flagpoling
form: flagpoled
form: flagpoled
form: flag pole
Etymology: From flag + pole.
Senses: examples: text: I understand immigrating to Canada is getting harder and harder. [The difficulty of navigating bureaucracy] might be a way to let people fall between the cracks. I really don't know. The hoops immigrants have to go through, such as flagpoling. And I don't have any political representatives. I didn't vote.
ref: 2016, Beyhan Farhadi, “Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity”, in Jay Pitter, John Lorinc, editors, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity:
glosses: To exit a country momentarily and reenter, usually in order to satisfy immigration requirements.
flagpoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagpole
flagpoles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flagpole
somatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῶμα, σώματος (sôma, sṓmatos, “body”) + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the physical nature of human beings.
Derived terms: anthroposomatology
somatologic
somatological
Aghul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Agul
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group living primarily in southern Dagestan (in Russia) and Azerbaijan.
Aghul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Agul
Senses: glosses: The Lezghian language spoken by these people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Aghul terms
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Hooke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hʊk/
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English derived from hook, as an occupational or topographical name or a nickname.
glosses: Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703), an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. His best remembered contribution was the discovery of the biological cell.
glosses: A village in Dorset, England.
Derived terms: Hookean
Inupiak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnʊ.pɪ.ak/
ipa: /ɪˈnuː.pi.æk/
Forms: form: Inupiaq
form: Iñupiaq
form: Iñupiat
Etymology: From Inupiaq Iñupiaq, from iñuk (“person”) + piaq (“real, true, genuine”).
Senses: glosses: An Inuit people of Northern Alaska, or a member of these people.
glosses: The Inuit languages spoken by the Inupiaq.
Synonyms: Inupiatun
Related terms: Inupiat
heterophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterophobes
Etymology: From hetero- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Celie turned around now, scowling as expected. ‘Sophie? The heterophobe?’
‘Well, she’s the girl behind the #CastrateTheStraights hashtag,’ Ola said.
ref: 2023, Yomi Adegoke, The List, 4th Estate, page 282:
glosses: Someone who exhibits heterophobia.
Related terms: heterophobia
heterophobic
Shoshone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/
Forms: form: Shoshones
form: Shoshone
form: Shoshoni
Senses: glosses: A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
Shoshone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/
Forms: form: Shoshoni
Senses: glosses: The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
glosses: The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Shoshone County
Shoshone Falls
Related terms: Comanche
Wiktionary’s coverage of Shoshone terms
evil twin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvɪl twɪn/
ipa: /ˈiːvl̩ twɪn/
ipa: /ˈivl̩ twɪn/
Forms: form: evil twins
Etymology: From evil and twin.
Senses: examples: text: As a ploy to discredit the reformist politician, the opposing party had hired a lookalike to act as his evil twin and be seen in a variety of compromising situations.
text: ...we see the flip side, the evil twin, the dark side of addition. Human nature contains both a thing and its opposite in varying degrees of tension, and so for every plus there is a minus.
ref: 2003, Peter Halstead, Sea Sun:
text: ...[he]..lived his life under [another man's name], becoming his evil twin: Staas bought and sold homes, opened bank accounts, obtained credit, married twice, and was arrested at least three times.
ref: 2004, Bob Sullivan, Your Evil Twin: Behind the Identity Theft Epidemic:
glosses: A duplicate or counterpart that acts in a contrary, nefarious, or insidious manner.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A rogue wireless access point installed near a legitimate one for purposes of eavesdropping or phishing.
Synonyms: sense: duplicate of contrary or nefarious intent
word: alter ego
sense: duplicate of contrary or nefarious intent
word: changeling
sense: duplicate of contrary or nefarious intent
word: doppelganger
ivory towers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ivory tower
sacroiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsækɹoʊˈɪliˌæk/
Etymology: From sacro- + iliac.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the sacrum and ilium, or to the region of the lower back where they are located.
Synonyms: iliosacral
Derived terms: sacroiliac joint
sacroiliitis
sacroiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsækɹoʊˈɪliˌæk/
Forms: form: sacroiliacs
Etymology: From sacro- + iliac.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The region of the sacrum and the ilium in the lower back.
salutatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈluː.təˌtɔːɹ.iː/
rhymes: -uːtətɔːɹi
ipa: /səˈljuː.təˌtɜːɹ.iː/
ipa: /səˈljuː.təˌtɹiː/
rhymes: -uːtətɜːɹi
rhymes: -uːtətɹiː
Forms: form: more salutatory
form: most salutatory
Etymology: From Latin salūtātōrius.
Senses: examples: text: a salutatory oration
text: a salutatory editorial
text: a salutatory address
text: 1659, David Dickson, An Exposition of All St. Pauls Epistles Together with an Explanation of Those Other Epistles of the Apostles St. James, Peter, John & Jude, London: Francis Eglesfield, “The First Epistle General of Peter,” Chapter 1, p. 287,
In the benediction, or salutatory prayer, he wishes for encrease and multiplication of the effects of Divine favour towards them […]
text: The first sloop comes lazily up on the flood tide, like the first butterfly of spring; the little steamer, our river omnibus, makes her first trip, and wakes the echoes with her salutatory whistle, her flags dancing in the sun.
ref: 1894, John Burroughs, “Spring Jottings”, in Riverby, Boston: Hougton Mifflin, page 162:
text: […] the Account Representative was choosing words neither dismissive nor inviting, neither terse nor intrusive; he was composing a carefully casual face, narrowing salutatory options toward a sort of landlocked “Halloo” that contained already an acknowledgement of distance and an easy willingness to preserve same.
ref: 1989, David Foster Wallace, “Luckily the Account Representative Knew CPR”, in Girl with Curious Hair, New York: Norton, page 48:
text: 2018, Scott Jaschik (quoting Joey King), “Should Presidents Hug?” Inside Higher Ed, 19 February, 2018,
King said that he knows "plenty of huggers, male and female, who are presidents and provosts." He said that they "tend to overdo it, in my opinion. My advice would be to stick with more professional salutatory behavior but for exceptional circumstances."
glosses: Characteristic of or relating to a salutation or greeting.
salutatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈluː.təˌtɔːɹ.iː/
rhymes: -uːtətɔːɹi
ipa: /səˈljuː.təˌtɜːɹ.iː/
ipa: /səˈljuː.təˌtɹiː/
rhymes: -uːtətɜːɹi
rhymes: -uːtətɹiː
Forms: form: salutatories
Etymology: From Latin salūtātōrius.
Senses: examples: text: She was chosen to deliver the salutatory at the commencement ceremony.
text: The first daily newspaper in the world was established and edited by a woman, Elizabeth Mallet, in London, March, 1702. It was called The Daily Courant. In her salutatory, Mrs. Mallet declared she had established her paper to “spare the public at least half the impertinences which the ordinary papers contain.”
ref: 1881, chapter 2, in Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, editors, History of Woman Suffrage, volume 1, New York: Fowler & Wells, page 43:
text: […] a robin red-breast, winging his way from the orange and jasmine boughs of the far sweet South, rested on the ivied wall, and poured out his happy heart in a salutatory to the rising sun.
ref: 1887, Augusta Jane Evans, chapter 31, in At the Mercy of Tiberius, New York: The Co-operative Publication Society, page 548:
text: 1916, Max B. May, Isaac Mayer Wise, the Founder of American Judaism: A Biography, New York: Putnam, Chapter 16, p. 395,
His life’s work is well summed up in his salutatory to vol. xliv. of the American Israelite […]
glosses: A greeting; an address, speech or article of greeting; the first editorial by the new editor of a newspaper or periodical; an introduction or preface.
examples: text: […] coming to the Bishop with Supplication into the Salutatory, some out Porch of the Church, he was charg’d by him of tyrannicall madnes against GOD, for comming into holy ground.
ref: 1641, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England, Thomas Underhill, Book 2, p. 80:
synonyms: vestibule
porch
glosses: A place for saluting or greeting.
Derived terms: salutatorian
salutatory address
Related terms: valedictory
saltshaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltshakers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of salt shaker.
grace period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grace periods
Senses: examples: text: The fees begin to accrue after a one-month grace period.
text: (Of course, if an insured dies during the grace period, the unpaid annual premium or instalment thereof is past due and therefore is deducted from the death benefit.)
ref: 1951, State Farm Life Insurance Company, Life Agents Handbook, page 62:
glosses: A length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred.
swordsmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordsmanships
Etymology: From swordsman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: the skill of using a sword
swordplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordplays
Etymology: Inherited from Old English sweordplega. By surface analysis, sword + play.
Senses: examples: text: His expertise at swordplay made his acting in the part of Hamlet very believable.
glosses: fighting with a sword
switch-hitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: switch-hitters
form: switch hitter
Senses: examples: text: The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.
ref: 1961, National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States, American Football Coaches Association, Athletic Journal, volume 46, page 23:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batsman who performs switch-hits.
examples: text: I met this fat, balding, bisexual 'switch-hitter'— that was his word, 'switch-hitter'— and he was my first experience."
ref: 1983, Edmund White, States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, page 218:
text: The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. […] Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?
ref: 2010, Paul Bouchard, A Package at Gitmo, page 78:
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: bisexual
glosses: A person who has sex with both male and female sexual partners.
swell-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swell-headed
form: most swell-headed
Senses: glosses: Overly proud; egotistical.
Synonyms: swollen-headed
Related terms: swellhead
capri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the colour of the sea around the Italian island of Capri, especially in the Blue Grotto.
Senses: glosses: A deep shade of sky blue between cyan and azure.
examples: text: [If you] wear Capri or cropped pants, they should hit 4 to 6 inches above the ankle, depending on your height.
ref: 2007 May 17, Jamie L. Yasko-mangum, Look, Speak, & Behave for Women: Expert Advice on Image, Etiquette, and Effective Communication for the Professional, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Wear pants or jeans that have a flare on the bottom. A flared leg draws the eye away from your hips and creates a more flattering line for your whole body. Conversely, stay away from capri or tapered pants. They drive the eye right to[…]
ref: 2009 November 9, Jill Martin, Pierre A. Lehu, Fashion For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: [...] capri or chino type pants […]
ref: 2022 January 31, Joi Mahon, Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes: A Complete Course on Making Clothing for Fit and Fashion, Fox Chapel Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Used in capri pants.
media whore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: media whores
Senses: glosses: A person who attempts to transfer or transfers from one entertainment industry to another based only on prior popularity and not necessarily legitimate talent.
examples: text: Standing there in the car park with Prasanth’s camera trained on me and Dan, be-headphoned and with a microphone pointing at Chris, I was just having a minor media whore moment – of the kind you’d expect to see if you teleported a film crew of Channel 4 gits to the centre of somewhere that really couldn’t give a toss – when in cycled a man at great speed on a bicycle that appeared slightly too small for him. […] Ben interrupted the media whore luvvie-fest that had broken out in the Eden Project car park, and directed us to the electricity supply.
ref: 2008, Dan Kieran, Ian Vince, Three Men in a Float: Across England at 15 mph, John Murray, published 2009, →ISBN, pages 145 and 244:
glosses: A person who craves media attention; someone who will apparently attempt anything to remain in the media spotlight.
louvre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: louvres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of louver.
iliopsoas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪl.i.oʊˈsoʊ.əs/
Forms: form: iliopsoases
form: iliopsoai
Etymology: From ilio- + psoas.
Senses: examples: text: Look at those iliopsoases working!
text: 5. Muscle tightness: Inflexibility of the hamstrings, the iliotibial tracts, and iliopsoai tends to aggravate lower backache.
ref: 1998, Richard Irvin, Duane Iversen, Steven Roy, Sports Medicine: Prevention, Assessment, Management, and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries, 2nd edition, Boston: Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN, page 317:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
autoerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəʊ.əˌɹɒt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Forms: form: more autoerotic
form: most autoerotic
Etymology: From auto- + erotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to sexual satisfaction obtained without a partner; masturbatory.
Derived terms: autoerotically
autoeroticism
Related terms: autoerotism
saxafras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxafrases
Senses: glosses: sassafras
adsorber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adsorbers
Etymology: From adsorb + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something which adsorbs, especially a solid material, such as activated carbon, that has a high surface area and is used to capture a gas or liquid
Derived terms: hemoadsorber
Related terms: absorber
blood money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Judas: I don't want your blood money!
Caiaphas: Oh, that doesn't matter: our expenses are good.
Judas: I don't need your blood money!
Annas: But you might as well take it; we think that you should.
ref: 1970, “Damned for All Time / Blood Money”, in Tim Rice (lyrics), Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Jesus Christ Superstar:
glosses: Money that is obtained at the cost of another's life.
hyponyms: bloodwite
diyya
wergeld
glosses: Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed.
Related terms: conscience money
insensibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insensibilities
Etymology: From Old French insensibilité, from Late Latin insensibilitas.
Senses: examples: text: What a deal of grief, care, and other harmful excitement does a healthy dulness and cheerful insensibility avoid!
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: When I recovered I found myself lying on a clean, comfortable bed, while there bent over me a physician and an elderly woman. I learned that I had been found early in the morning in the rear of the house in a state of insensibility, and that the owner of the place […] had caused me to be brought in and placed on the bed.
ref: 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 27:
synonyms: insensibleness
glosses: The property of being insensible.
drenches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drench
gayety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gayeties
Senses: examples: text: During the present gayety of the house, however, the poor girl has gone about with a face full of trouble, and to use the housekeeper's words, "has fallen into a sad hystericky way lately."
ref: 1822 May 21, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Love Charms”, in Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists. A Medley. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 218:
text: Amid all the splendor and gayety of fashionable life in Italy, the Sea-flower was never so happy as when seated in the ivy bower, which looked out upon a little lake, the same which had been her mother's favorite place of retreat [...]
ref: 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:
glosses: Alternative spelling of gaiety.
crisper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪspə/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪspɚ/
Etymology: From crisp + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crisp: more crisp
crisper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪspə/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪspɚ/
Forms: form: crispers
Etymology: From crisp + -er.
Senses: glosses: A cooled food storage container, used to cool items that do not require complete refrigeration.
glosses: The section of a refrigerator used to store fruit and vegetables at a slightly higher temperature than the rest of the refrigerator.
glosses: An instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth.
examples: text: Now she had washed her hair and set it with those tin crispers to which her brother-in-law had objected, and rolled the ends on metal curlers.
ref: 1944, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 61, page 51:
glosses: A device for crisping or curling the hair.
Nellie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nell
form: Nelly
Etymology: Suffixed with -ie, compare Noll and Neddie, respectively from Oliver and Edward.
Senses: examples: text: "Then we will call her Matilda," said he, "as it is a maxim of mine never to spoil children by giving them pet names."
"But you call your daughter Nellie," suggested the little widow, and in her soft, blue eye there shone a mischievous twinkle, as if she fancied she had beaten him in his own argument. - - -
"That is sister Kelsey's idea, and as she is very fond of Nellie I do not interfere.
ref: 1860, Mary Jane Holmes, Cousin Maude, BiblioBazaar,LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 14:
text: "Eleanor, that's kind of an old lady name. I like Nellie better. Nellie Kincaid, that's got a nice ring to it. It sounds like you're a singer or something.
ref: 2007, Rachel M. Harper, Brass Ankle Blues, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Helen, or Chanel; popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Chanel.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Nelson.
Related terms: not on your Nellie
Percival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪvəl/
Forms: form: Pursifull
Etymology: From Old French Perceval, name of a knight in a twelfth century Arthurian romance by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes. Shaped like Old French percier (“pierce”) + val (“valley”), but probably representing some Gaulish or Old Welsh name, possibly related to Welsh Peredur, from ber (“spear, lance”) (from Middle Welsh ber, from Proto-Brythonic *ber, from Proto-Celtic *beru (“spit”)) + dur (“hard metal, steel”) (see Latin durus).
Cognate with German Parzival and Parsifal.
Senses: examples: text: Lancelot Fortescue! What a name! And what was the other son - Percival? He wondered what the first Mrs Fortescue had been like? She had a curious taste in Christian names...
ref: 1953, Agatha Christie, A Pocket Full of Rye, page 20:
glosses: A male given name from the Celtic languages.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A former hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
aisles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪlz/
rhymes: -aɪlz
homophone: isles
Senses: glosses: plural of aisle
disk jockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disk jockeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of disc jockey.
lobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lob
skidded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skid
market research
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The systematic collection and evaluation of data regarding customers' preferences for actual and potential products and services.
Related terms: customer research
consumer research
honkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honky
glosses: plural of honkie
hunkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hunkie
glosses: plural of hunky
sushimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sashimi.
mola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.lə/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.lə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: molas
Senses: glosses: A sunfish, Mola mola.
Derived terms: common mola
mola mola
mola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.lə/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.lə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: molas
Senses: examples: text: The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.
ref: 1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué, page 67:
text: Molas originally served, and still serve, as blouse front and backs.
ref: 1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 339:
glosses: A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
infante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infantes
Etymology: From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāntem (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.
Senses: glosses: Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, sometimes except the eldest or heir apparent.
Related terms: infanta
infanta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfantə/
Forms: form: infantas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.
Senses: examples: text: It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 40:
glosses: The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
Related terms: infante
nato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natos
Senses: glosses: A tree of the genus Mora
glosses: The wood of such trees
grano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granos
Etymology: From Spanish grano (“grain, 1/9216 Spanish pound”), from Latin grānus (“grain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Doublet of grain.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg.
Synonyms: word: Spanish grain
english: Spanish contexts
translation: Spanish contexts
word: grain
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of mass
word: tomin (12 granos)
sense: unit of mass
word: escrupulo (24 granos)
sense: unit of mass
word: adarme (36 granos)
sense: unit of mass
word: ochava (72 granos)
sense: unit of mass
word: castellano (96 granos)
sense: unit of mass
word: onza (576 granos)
sense: unit of mass
word: libra (9,216 granos)
scena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪnə/
rhymes: -eɪnə
Forms: form: scenas
form: scenae
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scena. Doublet of scene.
Senses: glosses: A scene in an opera.
examples: text: Few Contralto singers are unacquainted with the beautiful Scena, Ah rendimi qual core, from Mitrane.
ref: 1886, William Smith Rockstro, A General History of Music:
glosses: An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
glosses: The stage of an ancient theatre.
even-steven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of even steven (“equal, fair”).
even-steven
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of even steven (“equally, fairly”).
even-stevens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An equal situation, in which no side has an advantage.
Related terms: even steven
presa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presas
Etymology: From Italian presa (“capture, seizure”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A symbol, such as ※ or :S:, used to indicate where a voice is to begin singing in a canon or round.
presa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presas
Etymology: From Spanish presa (“dam”), related to the above.
Senses: examples: text: They are equalled in their productive capacity only by the highest terraces on the slopes of Cerro Gordo in the same region, and their production approaches that of the irrigated lands in the Lower Valley. The significance of the presas for agriculture stems from the humidity retention capacity they possess and their ideal location for trapping both soil [...] and water. [...] it is very rare that a crop is lost in the presas [...] Maize is planted as early as February in some presas. Special planting techniques are also applied to the presas to make available subsoil moisture.
ref: 1970, William T. Sanders, The Teotihuacan Valley project final report, pages 285–286:
text: Tijerina also provides descriptions of the presas or clay reservoirs that provided water for all living creatures, and [...]
ref: 1999, Catholic Southwest, volumes 10-14, page 109:
glosses: A temporary dam, dyke or reservoir.
Jonson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑn.sən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɒn.sən/
rhymes: -ɒnsən
Etymology: From John + -son. A rare spelling variant of Johnson.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
sacramental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sacramental
form: most sacramental
Etymology: From Old French sacramental, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentālis.
Senses: examples: text: The altar boys got in trouble after they were caught sampling the sacramental wine instead of just passing it to the priest before communion.
glosses: Used in, or relating to, a sacrament.
Derived terms: sacramental bread
sacramental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacramentals
Etymology: From Old French sacramental, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentālis.
Senses: examples: text: But under the twofold pressure of solafideism’s rejection of "good works" for the sake of merit and sola scriptura’s denial of anything not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, sacramentals such as images, relics, blessings, and pilgrimages became the objects of the dissenters' most bitter condemnation and scorn.
ref: 1997, James Monti, The king's good servant but God's first:
text: The Sacramentals.
Besides the holy sacraments there are things which the Church blesses in order that by the pious use of them the Christian may obtain from God temporal benefits and spiritual health. Now as these things bear a certain resemblance to the sacraments, they are called sacramentals.
ref: 1898, Hermann Rolfus, Illustrated explanation of the holy sacraments, page 294:
text: The activities in this strategy immerse the young people in the many sacramentals that are part of the daily, weekly, and seasonal Catholic individual and communal religious expressions.
ref: 2000, Michael Theisen, Exploring Catholicism, page 17:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: An object (such as holy water or a crucifix) or an action (such as making the sign of the cross) which is regarded as encouraging devotion and thus spiritually aiding the person who uses it.
sailcloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailcloths
Etymology: From Middle English seylecloth, saylclath, seil-cloþ, seil-clæð, from Old English *seġlclāþ, equivalent to sail + cloth. Cognate with West Frisian seilkleed, Dutch zeilkleed, Middle Low German sēgelklêt, sēgelkleit, seilklêt, seilkleit, German Segelkleid.
Senses: synonyms: sailduck
glosses: A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.