cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Scholle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scholles
form: Sholly
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and North German Scholle.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Schopf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schopfes
Etymology: * As a south German surname, from the noun Schopf (“tuft of hair”).
* As a German/Bavarian surname Schöpf, from Middle High German schepfe (“juryman”), for which see modern Schöffe. Compare Schoepf, Sheff, Shepp.
* As a Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun Schopf (“shed”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
ditalini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdiːtəˈliːni/
Etymology: From Italian ditalini, a diminutive of ditale (“thimble”).
Senses: glosses: short pasta tubes with ribbed sides
Schuster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Schuster.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
eliche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian eliche (“spirals”).
Senses: synonyms: fusilli
glosses: pasta spirals
Schwall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schwalls
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwall.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Schwan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schwans
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
NWIP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project.
NWIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of new work in progress (usage from ISO).
farfalle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːˈfæleɪ/
ipa: /fɑːˈfæli/
ipa: /fɑɹˈfɑleɪ/
ipa: /fɑɹˈfɑli/
rhymes: -æleɪ
rhymes: -æli
rhymes: -ɑːleɪ
rhymes: -ɑːli
Etymology: From Italian farfalle (“butterflies; bow ties; farfalle pasta”).
Senses: glosses: pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
Related terms: fusilli
lasagne
penne
tagliatelle
rando
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹændoʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹændəʊ/
rhymes: -ændəʊ
Forms: form: more rando
form: most rando
Etymology: From random + -o (“(colloquial); person with characteristic”); compare sicko, weirdo. From early 2000s.
Senses: glosses: Random; arbitrary.
rando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹændoʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹændəʊ/
rhymes: -ændəʊ
Forms: form: randos
Etymology: From random + -o (“(colloquial); person with characteristic”); compare sicko, weirdo. From early 2000s.
Senses: examples: text: I accidentally took some rando's luggage from the airport carousel.
text: The very idea that a bunch of randos on the internet could create a better encyclopedia than a team of professionals was mildly ludicrous, and yet the project went on, […].
ref: 2018 August 7, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Wikipedia, the Last Bastion of Shared Reality”, in The Atlantic:
text: You don't have to go finding randos to battle!
ref: 2022, Game Freak, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, spoken by Nemona:
text: “[mockingly]: "Be a hero, Peanut Hamper. The needs of many, Peanut Hamper." Kill yourself for a bunch of randos you met three hours ago, Peanut Hamper! It was my first day. They expect me to sacrifice myself on day one? No way! Ugh! I hate Starfleet. What about the needs of the me?”
ref: 2022 October 6, Ann Kim, “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption” (2:44 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Peanut Hamper (Kether Donohue):
glosses: An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.
examples: text: “We gathered all the people that love you into this one room. And then when we saw all the empty chairs, we decided to drag some randos in off the street to fill them!” [drum plays rim shot] [laughter] “So many illustrious guests here on the dais tonight. And also Colin Robinson.” [rim shot] [laughter] “He got me, I got got.”
ref: 2023 August 24, Sarah Naftalis & Lauren Wells, “The Roast” (4:15 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 8, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak):
glosses: An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.
A person going to a party without being invited.
synonyms: gatecrasher
crasher
glosses: Anything selected at random.
Related terms: sicko
weirdo
rando
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹændoʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹændəʊ/
rhymes: -ændəʊ
Etymology: Clipping of randonnée, from French randonnée (“hiking”).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to randonnée or uphill skiing.
DTS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Draft Technical Specification (usage from ISO)
DTR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DTRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of draft technical report (used by ISO).
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of digital terrestrial receiver.
DTR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Data Terminal Ready (often a dedicated pin on older communication ports).
DTR
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Of all the zodiac signs, Sagittarius is the least likely to rush into a commitment. They think romance should always be an adventure, and it takes a lot for them to DTR.
ref: 2020 November 6, Kyle Thomas, “Your Cosmic Love Triangle, by Zodiac Sign”, in Cosmopolitan:
text: […] Nick noticed when he got to the DTR moment, instead of “We should break up,” or “Okay, just us for as long as we can, hopefully forever,” he could say, “I want to commit to you, but I want to keep dating other people, too.”
ref: 2024 January 16, Allison P. Davis, “What Does a Polycule Actually Look Like?”, in New York Magazine:
glosses: Initialism of define the relationship.
DTR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of direct-to-retail.
TR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: T.R.
form: T. R.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Theodore/Teddy Roosevelt, 26th US president.
glosses: Abbreviation of Tripura: a state of India.
TR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of technical report; a draft technical report (usage from ISO).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: CR
NR
WR
glosses: Initialism of track record.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: TrxR
glosses: Initialism of thioredoxin reductase.
farfalloni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian farfalloni.
Senses: glosses: a larger form of farfalle pasta
fettucce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fettucce.
Senses: glosses: A wide form of fettuccine pasta.
lumache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian
Senses: glosses: a type of pasta shaped like snail shells
pequi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pequis
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pequi, from Old Tupi peke'i.
Senses: examples: text: C. Brasiliénse[…] Native of Brazil in the provinces of St. Paul and Minas Geraes, where it is called by inhabitants Pequi. A small tree with a twisted stem.
ref: 1836, George Don, A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants, volume 1, page 654:
text: The Kuikuru of the upper Xingu plants 15 morphotypes of pequi (Caryocar sp.) and recognizes two others: one being the forest “grand father” of all pequis and the other whose seeds are dispersed by animals
ref: 2017, Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, “Traditional people, collectors of diversity”, in Marc Brightman, Jerome Lewis, editors, The Anthropology of Sustainability, page 266:
glosses: Any of various trees of the genus Caryocar, a souari.
examples: text: When Seu Mariano was occupied, I could count on my next-door neighbor, Manuel Roberto, to tell me about the days when he traveled through the surrounding hills selling the pungent oil of the pequi nut (prized for the distinctive flavor it gives to an otherwise dry and largely tasteless mixture of rice and beans).
ref: 1986, Candace Slater, Trail of Miracles, page 10:
glosses: The fruit of such trees, pequi nut.
manicotti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmænɪˈkɑti/
ipa: /ˌmænəˈkɑti/
ipa: [ˌmeə.nəˈkʰɑ.ɾi]
note: Italian-American
ipa: [ˌmæ.nəˈkɑt̚]
rhymes: -ɒti
Etymology: From Italian manicotti (“muffs”), plural of manicotto (“muff”), from manica (“sleeve”) + -etto (“meliorative suffix”).
Senses: glosses: Wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven.
Synonyms: cannelloni
stuffaroni
paring knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paring knives
Senses: glosses: A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredients, especially used for precise and controlled cutting.
prayerfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prayerful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being prayerful.
peppermill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peppermills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pepper mill.
pepper mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepper mills
form: peppermill
Senses: glosses: A small handheld grinder containing a supply of peppercorns for grinding fresh at the table or in the kitchen.
synonyms: math grenade
glosses: The Curta, a cylindrical hand-held mechanical calculator invented in the 1930s.
Related terms: pepper pot
pepper shaker
leg-warmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leg-warmers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leg warmer.
S&A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: S&A costs
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of sales and administration.
Potawatomi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Potawatomis
form: Potawatomi
form: Bodéwadmi
form: Potawatami
form: Pottawatomie
form: Pottawatomi
form: Pottawattamie
form: Pottawattomi
Etymology: Borrowed from Potawatomi Bodéwadmi (“those who tend the fire”), from bodewadm (“hearth”).
Senses: examples: text: The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. […] We also use data from additional tables published in that same 1937 census volume to identify all counties in the U.S. that had ten or more Odawas, ten or more Chippewas, and/or ten or more Potawatomis recorded in the 1930 census—and for each of these counties we identify the number of Odawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi people recorded in the county. In this way we document the states and counties of residence of the Anishinaabe population.
ref: 2022 May 5, Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco, Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People, pages 4, 5:
glosses: A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
Potawatomi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bodéwadmi
form: Potawatami
form: Pottawatomie
form: Pottawatomi
form: Pottawattamie
form: Pottawattomi
Etymology: Borrowed from Potawatomi Bodéwadmi (“those who tend the fire”), from bodewadm (“hearth”).
Senses: glosses: The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.
Derived terms: Pottawatomie County
Pottawattamie Park
Related terms: pot ⁠
G&A
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: G&A costs
glosses: Abbreviation of general and administrative.
curtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A variant of courtesy with a specialised sense.
Senses: antonyms: dower
glosses: The tenure that a man is entitled to over the property of his deceased wife if there is a child who could inherit it.
subordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/
ipa: /səˌbɔɹdn̩ˈeɪʃn̩/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: subordinations
Etymology: From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.
Senses: examples: text: Sound logic, as the habitual subordination of the individual to the species, and of the species to the genus […]
ref: 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria, New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co., published 1834:
glosses: The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.
glosses: The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
glosses: The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization.
Related terms: hierarchy
subdivided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subdivided
form: most subdivided
Senses: glosses: Having divisions that are themselves divided into smaller divisions
glosses: Divided into many small divisions
subdivided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subdivide
case-insensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of case insensitive.
case-sensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of case sensitive.
chucklehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌkl̩ˌhɛd/
Forms: form: chuckleheads
Etymology: From chuckle + -head, from chuckle (“clumsy”).
Senses: glosses: A stupid or clumsy person.
glosses: A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
Europop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Euro- + pop.
Senses: examples: text: And why do you have the Aqua album? It hasn't really stood the test of time, has it? Wasn't quite the ‘post-ironic Europop masterpiece’ you declared it to be back in 1997 […]
ref: 2010, John O'Connell, The Midlife Manual, Hachette, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: Eurodance
glosses: A style of continental European pop music from the 1970s and 1980s characterized by catchy beats, slick songs and frothy lyrics.
gamepad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪm.pæd/
Forms: form: gamepads
Etymology: from game + pad
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.
Synonyms: joypad
Hypernyms: pad
J-pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: J-Pop
form: Jpop
form: JPop
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese J-POP (jeipoppu), from J- + pop, an abbreviation of English Japanese pop, coined by Tokyo radio station J‑WAVE in 1988.
Senses: examples: text: The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.
ref: 2005 August 21, Chris Campion, “J-Pop's dream factory”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
text: She may be declining in popularity, relevance and quality, but Ayumi Hamasaki is still the undisputed Queen of J-Pop, and it will be a long while before anyone can surpass her.
ref: 2010 March 25, Teresa Nieman, “Why Japanese pop matters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Japanese pop music influenced by Western genres.
wikipedia: J-Wave
Coordinate terms: Cantopop
C-pop
HK-pop
H-pop
Indopop
I-pop
K-pop
L-pop
Mandopop
M-pop
Pinoy pop
P-pop
Q-pop
T-pop
V-pop
Related terms: J-horror
ning-nong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪŋˌnɔŋ/
Forms: form: ning-nongs
form: ning nong
Etymology: From British dialect (northern) ning-nang (“a fool”).
Senses: examples: text: That “ning-nong of an MP” as Billy Lane calls him, Fred Brentnall, in his squeaky lorikeet voice reads to the House Lawson′s last two stanzas, just to highlight the danger besetting the colony of Queensland, indeed, the whole country:[…]
ref: 2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 147:
text: 2007, Ethel Chop (Andrea Powell), Strain Your Gherkins, unnumbered page,
And you might not know this, but potatoes are in fact a symbol of communism. Well what′s vodka made from? It isn′t fairy floss! It's potatoes, ning-nong!
text: He wrote a series of articles about a gang of greenies who′ve been interfering with commercial dragnet fishing, setting off firebombs and creating a nuisance. Made them out to be a bunch of ning-nongs and thugs.
ref: 2010, Jeanne Matthews, Bones of Contention, page 12:
text: We felt like total ning-nongs.
ref: 2011, Richard Wilkins, Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms, unnumbered page:
glosses: A stupid person; an idiot.
Synonyms: nong
patootie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtuːti/
ipa: /pəˈtuti/
ipa: [-ɾi]
rhymes: -uːti
Forms: form: patooties
form: patoot
Etymology: Possibly a variant of potato; compare uses like hot patootie (similar to hot potato) and sweet patootie (sweet potato). However, the adjectives hot and sweet are often collocated with words for the buttocks (regardless of which such noun), which limits the strength of that comparison; meanwhile, it is also possible that the similarity to the words toot and tooter may not be coincidental.
Senses: examples: text: I've seen an adorable unsigned punk band perform here, taken in some wickedawesome (all one word, of course) spoken word, and danced my patootie off to electro and synthcore djs. Yay.
ref: 2002, Pleasant Gehman, The Underground Guide to Los Angeles, Manic D Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: 'tocks
word: arse
word: arse cheeks
word: ass
word: ass cheeks
word: back
word: backside
word: batty
word: behind
word: blessed assurance
word: booty
word: botty
word: bottom
word: bum
word: bum cheeks
word: buns
word: butt
word: butt cheeks
word: buttocks
word: caboose
word: cheeks
word: derriere
word: fanny
word: fourth point of contact
word: gluteus maximus
word: glutes
word: gooseberry-grinder
word: gyatt
raw_tags: used jokingly by generation alpha preteens
word: heinie
word: hiney
word: hinderlin
word: hurdies
word: jacksie
word: keester
word: keister
word: moon
word: moneymaker
word: nates
word: nether cheeks
word: patootie
word: peach
word: posterior
word: rear
word: rear end
word: rump
word: seat
word: sit upon
word: tail
word: toches
word: tush
word: tushie
glosses: The buttocks.
examples: text: … He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start. At Sixty-sixth he came sasshaying^([sic]) right down the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up …
ref: 1920 April 10 – August 28, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, chapter 11, in The Little Warrior [Jill the Reckless], New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 8 October 1920, →OCLC, section 1, page 194:
glosses: An attractive woman; also, a girlfriend.
Derived terms: cutie patootie
pain in the patootie
sing-jay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of singjay.
singjay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sing + deejay.
Senses: glosses: A Jamaican style of reggae combining toasting and singing in an elastic scat format.
MUGA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MUGAs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of multiple gated acquisition scan, a medical test used for assessing ventricular function of the heart.
topics: architecture
glosses: Acronym of multiuse games area.
anthracycline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæn.θɹəˈsaɪ.klin/
Forms: form: anthracyclines
Etymology: From anthra- + cycle + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: any of a class of antibiotic, chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer
Derived terms: anthracyclinic
Related terms: daunorubicin
doxorubicin
epirubicin
idarubicin
mitoxantrone
adjuvant therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjuvant therapies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: any secondary treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) given after the primary treatment (such as surgery) in order to remove residual microscopic disease
Related terms: neoadjuvant therapy
neoadjuvant therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoadjuvant therapies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: any initial treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) that shrinks a tumor prior to surgery
Related terms: adjuvant therapy
IVRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Interactive Voice Response System.
ECOG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
HER-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ErbB-2
form: HER2
form: neu
Etymology: It has similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER. Initialism of Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Receptor which is the target for the drug trastuzumab in chemotherapy.
Related terms: Herceptin
trastuzumab
Oscan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒskən/
ipa: /ˈɑːskən/
Forms: form: Osc.
Etymology: From Latin Osci, Opsci ("worshippers of Ops"), an Italic harvest goddess, related to Latin ops, opis (“riches, wealth, plenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-os- (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Oscan language or Oscan people, or their writing system.
Oscan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒskən/
ipa: /ˈɑːskən/
Forms: form: Oscans
form: Osc.
Etymology: From Latin Osci, Opsci ("worshippers of Ops"), an Italic harvest goddess, related to Latin ops, opis (“riches, wealth, plenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-os- (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”).
Senses: glosses: A member of an ancient group of Italic-speaking peoples of Campania (the Osci).
Oscan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒskən/
ipa: /ˈɑːskən/
Forms: form: Osc.
Etymology: From Latin Osci, Opsci ("worshippers of Ops"), an Italic harvest goddess, related to Latin ops, opis (“riches, wealth, plenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-os- (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”).
Senses: glosses: The extinct language of the Oscan people.
ball-peen hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-peen hammers
form: ball-pein hammer
form: ball pein hammer
form: ball peen hammer
Senses: examples: text: He stumbles forward helplessly as something terrible happens to his back. It feels like being massaged with a hundred ballpeen hammers.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 284:
glosses: A hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head.
Synonyms: engineer's hammer
machinist's hammer
ball-pein hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-pein hammers
Senses: examples: text: There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ball-peen hammer.
rimy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪmi
Forms: form: rimier
form: rimiest
Etymology: From rime + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It was a rimy morning, and very damp.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: Coated in rime.
Osci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin Osci, worshippers of Ops (“earth goddess, fertility deity”), from ops (“plenty”). Known by the Greeks as Ὀπικοί (Opikoí), Ὀσκοί (Oskoí).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Italic people from Campania in Italy.
Related terms: Oscan
sodden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒ.dən/
ipa: /ˈsɑ.dən/
rhymes: -ɒdən
Forms: form: soddens
form: soddening
form: soddened
form: soddened
Etymology: From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt,
German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.
Senses: examples: text: But as I lay asleep the top had been pressed off the box, and the tinder got loose in my pocket; and though I picked the tinder out easily enough, and got it in the box again, yet the salt damps of the place had soddened it in the night, and spark by spark fell idle from the flint.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: To drench, soak or saturate.
glosses: To become soaked.
perched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perch
perched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Situated as if balancing above something.
examples: text: a perched aquifer
glosses: Occurring above the regional water table.
Derived terms: perched coastline
killdeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪldɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈkɪldɪə/
Forms: form: killdeers
form: killdeer
form: kildeer
form: killdee
form: kill-deer
Etymology: Imitative of the bird's call.
Senses: examples: text: A kill-deer, flying so low as to dip its wings, ever and anon alighted on the margin, its stilt-like legs half submerged as it ran hither and thither, now and then bending to dig in the sand with its long slender bill.
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 50:
glosses: A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.
fol-de-rol
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɒl.də.ɹɒl/
Forms: form: folderal
form: fol de rol
form: falderal
form: fal-de-ral
Senses: examples: text: Fol-de-rol and fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foddle. All the wishes in the world are poppycock and twaddle.
ref: 1957, Richard Rodgers, Cinderella:
glosses: Nonsense word traditional to English ballads and madrigals.
fol-de-rol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɒl.də.ɹɒl/
Forms: form: fol-de-rols
form: folderal
form: fol de rol
form: falderal
form: fal-de-ral
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of folderol.
glosses: A gaudy thing of little value; a trinket.
glosses: Nonsense.
glosses: Excessive efforts expended on a something trivial; much ado about nothing.
Related terms: urls: http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-fol1.htm
word: Michael Quinion
urls: http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-fol1.htm
word: World Wide Words
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20110426222734/http://yalegleeclub.org/Media/yale_songs
word: Yale Glee Club
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20110426222734/http://yalegleeclub.org/Media/yale_songs
word: Yale Songs
conative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊn.ə.tɪv/
ipa: /ˈkoʊn.ə.tɪv/
Forms: form: connative
Etymology: From Latin conatio (“an act of attempting”).
Senses: synonyms: conational
glosses: Of or pertaining to a striving action.
Derived terms: aconative
conatively
conativist
nonconative
Related terms: conation
conativism
conative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊn.ə.tɪv/
ipa: /ˈkoʊn.ə.tɪv/
Forms: form: conatives
form: connative
Etymology: From Latin conatio (“an act of attempting”).
Senses: examples: text: The conative, as opposed to the cognitive or affective, relates to purposeful, but not necessarily ultimately rational, action.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An utterance that implies striving.
Related terms: cognitive
affective
motor
kajigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kajiggers
Senses: examples: text: Relax, sonny. This kajigger’ll find the source of the interference.
ref: 1999 April, Matt Groening, “I, Roommate”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 3:
glosses: An unspecified object; thingamajig
spruiker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈspɹʉːkə]
rhymes: -uːkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spruikers
Etymology: From spruik + -er (“suffix generating agent noun”).
Senses: examples: text: 1993, Mark St Leon, The Wizard of the Wire: The Story of Con Colleano, Aboriginal Studies Press, Australia, page 9,
The spruiker then asked, “Now we want to know, will anyone have a go at the heavyweight? If anyone can stand four rounds we will give them a five-pound note and the best bottle of wine in the town”.
text: Our days were filled with new sensations – the bite of every dragon fruit, the smell of roasting meat emanating from the dog restaurants near the Red River, the endless chatter of spruikers and peddlers.
ref: 2008, Sim Shen, “Hanoi and Other Homes”, in Alice Pung, editor, Growing Up Asian in Australia, page 338:
text: At the convention of the Victorian Protestant Federation G. A. Judkins alleged that attractive young girls were used as spruikers, luring Melburnians to gamble.⁷¹
ref: 2009, Kate Darian-Smith, On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime: 1939-1945, 2nd edition, page 170:
glosses: One who spruiks business, a tout.
glosses: One who toots their own horn.
Synonyms: sense: one who spruiks
word: barker
sense: one who spruiks
word: tout
Related terms: spruik
huckster
pitchman
normal time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Aaron Ramsey, a hero last season against Hull, missed a sitter at the end of normal time that would have made the game safe and must have been relieved that his shot against a post from four yards out did not cost his side more dearly.
ref: 2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian:
text: Italy's eventual win was worthy of an audience filling Wembley twice over, the joy of Mancini and his players a brutal contrast to the despair of much-derided Spain striker Alvaro Morata, who had actually rescued them with an equaliser in normal time after Federico Chiesa's superb opener for Italy.
ref: 2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The standard period of play, contrasted with any additional periods such as injury time, extra time or penalty shootout.
jostled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jostle
not on
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: It's just not on. We can't go breaking into another lawyer's office. I mean . . . it's just not something you can do.
ref: 1998, James P. Hogan, chapter 24, in Bug Park:
text: A feature of a situation may be influencing us although we do not realize it. From the agent's point of view the motivational power and direction of a consideration may not even be recognized. We often do not know why certain choices are just not on, and others so strangely attractive.
ref: 1998, Simon Blackburn, Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning, page 124:
text: 2003, Dan Connell (author), Lionel Cliffe and Basil Davidson (introduction), Taking on the Superpowers: Collected Articles on the Eritrean Revolution, 1976-1982, page 325,
After a week or so, he and I determined that walking hundreds of miles behind guerrilla lines under these conditions was just not on for him, and he packed his equipment to return home.
glosses: Unacceptable or impossible.
veronal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Former trade name, after the Italian city Verona.
Senses: examples: text: He was by now so worn out that he could not resist my firmness. I gave him a sufficient dose of veronal to insure his unconsciousness for several hours. I thought that was the best service I could render him.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 29, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: She died of an overdose of veronal. She's been taking it lately for sleeplessness. Must have taken too much.
ref: 1926, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd:
text: I have seen the Brazilian press photograph of Zweig and Lotte, his second wife, lying dead of their overdoses of veronal on two pushed-together single iron bedsteads, he on his back, mouth a little agape, in a sweat-stained shirt and knitted tie, she on his shoulder in a floral wrap and clean hair, and you can practically hear the ceiling fan going round.
ref: 2010 January 28, Michael Hofmann, “Vermicular Dither”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 02, →ISSN:
synonyms: barbital
diethylmalonyl urea
diethylbarbituric acid
barbitol
glosses: A barbiturate, used formerly to induce sleep.
Derived terms: veronalism
Bungu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tanzania.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An African language of the Niger-Congo language family.
Mestee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mestees
Etymology: Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)
Senses: glosses: A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
glosses: A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and a person referred to as a brass ankle.
glosses: A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
glosses: In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).
Mestee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)
Senses: glosses: Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
glosses: Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.
Related terms: english: possible variant spelling
translation: possible variant spelling
word: Mustee
urls: https://books.google.com/books?id=6aLAeB5QiHAC
word: Africans and Native Americans
altars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar
tyrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrant
tyrants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tyrant
keratosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɛɹəˈtəʊsɪs/
ipa: /ˌkɛɹəˈtoʊsɪs/
Forms: form: keratoses
Etymology: From kerat- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of having keratin growing on the skin.
Derived terms: acrokeratosis
actinic keratosis
angiokeratosis
dyskeratosis
hyperkeratosis
keratosic
keratosis obturans
keratosis palmoplantaris areata
keratosis pilaris
leukokeratosis
orthokeratosis
parakeratosis
porokeratosis
seborrheic keratosis
Related terms: keratose
actinic keratosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinic keratoses
Senses: examples: text: Approximately 1:1000 actinic keratoses per year will develop into a squamous cell carcinoma (28). Risk factors for the development of actinic keratosis include ease of sunburning and cumulative sun exposure (30).
ref: 2001, Steven M. Ruhoy, Alan R. Silverman, “26: Pathology of Selected Skin Lesions of the Head and Neck: II: Actinic Keratosis”, in Leon Barnes, editor, Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck, volume 3, page 1797:
text: The term actinic keratosis has traditionally been used in both human and veterinary literature; however solar keratosis is a more accurate term because these lesions are associated with chronic exposure to solar radiation.[…]American Staffordshire terriers, beagles, basset hounds, bull terriers and dalmatians are reported to be at increased risk of developing actinic keratoses.
ref: 2002, Randall C. Thomas, Leslie R. Fox, “Chapter 32: Tumors of the Skin and Subcutis”, in Wallace B. Morrison, editor, Cancer in Dogs and Cats: Medical and Surgical Management, page 472:
text: Actinic keratoses occur in sun-exposed areas: the face, dorsum of the hands and forearms, neck, upper back, and chest.[…]An actinic keratosis is rough, scaling, and ill marginated; it is often easier felt than seen.
ref: 2013, James G. Marks Jr., Jeffrey J. Miller, Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology, 5th edition, page 43:
topics: dermatology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A potentially precancerous skin lesion, typically on the upper portion of the head, characterized by discolored, thickened or scaly growths of keratin and caused by repeated exposure to ultraviolet light, such as from sunlight or tanning beds.
Synonyms: sense: skin lesion characterized by discolored, thickened growths of keratin
word: solar keratosis
sense: skin lesion characterized by discolored, thickened growths of keratin
word: senile keratosis
infralapsarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɪnfɹəˌlæpˈsɛ(ə)ɹi.ənɪzəm/
Etymology: From infralapsarian + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A doctrine held by certain Calvinists holding that, while the fall of man was inevitable, the identities of the elect and the reprobate were not known until after the fall.
Related terms: supralapsarianism
predestination
supralapsarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From supralapsarian + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A doctrine held by certain Calvinists that God predestined the fall of man.
Related terms: infralapsarianism
predestination
reprobation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛpɹəˈbeɪʃən/
Forms: form: reprobations
Etymology: From French réprobation, or Latin reprobatio. By surface analysis, reprobate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin.
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
text: the profligate pretences upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation.
ref: 1808, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, History and Historical Memoirs:
text: Mrs. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings, which seemed to her either "quite splendid" or "really too bad for words." She used to paste these into books, or send them to her friends, having first drawn a broad bar in blue pencil down the margin, a proceeding which signified equally and indistinguishably the depths of her reprobation or the heights of her approval.
ref: 1919 October 20, Virginia Woolf, chapter VI, in Night and Day, London: Duckworth and Company […], →OCLC, page 81:
glosses: The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval, reproof or censure.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment; damnation.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Disqualification to hold office.
Related terms: reprobate
reprobationary
reprobative
spiral pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiral passes
Etymology: from the helical spiral that a point at the circumference of the spinning ball traces as it moves forward
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A long pass in American football or rugby in which the ball is given a brisk spin (about its longitudinal axis) as it is thrown so that it travels in a smooth arc without tumbling or wobbling.
get wind of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets wind of
form: getting wind of
form: got wind of
form: got wind of
form: gotten wind of
form: catch wind of
Senses: examples: text: [T]he secret was still a secret, except that you had got wind of it.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter LI, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
text: "It's no easy matter," said Inspector Weymouth, "to patrol the vicinity of John Ki's Joy-Shop without their getting wind of it."
ref: 1917, Sax Rohmer, chapter 7, in The Hand of Fu-Manchu:
text: He asks that I don't identify his name and profession, saying he doesn't want colleagues to get wind of his habits.
ref: 2001 June 4, Ginny Parker, “Dating Game”, in Time:
text: The ensuing snarknado also seemed to goose the TV ratings. Hundreds of thousands of viewers switched on the movie after it began, suggesting that they’d gotten wind through Twitter of the bananas spectacle that was unfolding.
ref: 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:
text: Fearing that if Mr. Altman got wind of their plan he would marshal his network against them, they acted quickly and secretly.
ref: 2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.
Related terms: get wind
pinup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinups
Etymology: Deverbal from pin up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pin-up.
husks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌsks/
rhymes: -ʌsks
Senses: glosses: plural of husk
husks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌsks/
rhymes: -ʌsks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of husk
wardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warden
coördinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coördinate
laundry chute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundry chutes
Senses: glosses: A vertical shaft in a building down which dirty clothes and linens can be dropped, to land in a laundry area on a lower floor.
co-ordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: co-ordinates
form: co-ordinating
form: co-ordinated
form: co-ordinated
Senses: examples: text: To assist in this mind-bogglingly complex endeavour, Switzerland has developed sophisticated software tools that allow infrastructure managers (IMs), operators and local/national authorities to co-ordinate civil engineering projects with planned service enhancements, demand forecasts, pathing requirements, nationwide timetables, and asset utilisation up to 15 years ahead.
ref: 2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, in RAIL, number 972, page 29:
glosses: Alternative spelling of coordinate.
co-ordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-ordinates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coordinate.
co-ordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more co-ordinate
form: most co-ordinate
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coordinate.
coördinately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From coördinate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of coordinately.
harmoniously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more harmoniously
form: most harmoniously
Etymology: From harmonious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Close beside a tranquil pool, for the moonbeams melted harmoniously into its quiet depths, was an old tree.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 249:
text: They, therefore, began to work more harmoniously, and finally were amalgamated on August 13, 1859, […].
ref: 1957 October 24, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726:
text: Danziger’s new Green Dragon, a delicate and airy Lepidium, is a unique green filler for flower arrangements that blends harmoniously in any centerpiece or bouquet.
ref: 2019 February 19, “Green Fillers for Flower Arrangements”, in Danzinger Online, Danzinger:
glosses: In a harmonious manner; coordinately.
coördinateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of coordinateness.
coördination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coördinations
Senses: examples: text: There has been a satisfactory coördination of the events occurring in widely separated sections, and there has been a competent delineation of differing characters and a vivid presentation of conflicting interests.
ref: 1905, Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe, The History of North America: №87, page VII:
text: His was a better, far better, nervous, mental, and muscular coördination.
ref: 1906 May–October, Jack London, White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC:
ref: 1960, John Updike, Rabbit, Run, p39 & p103:
text: " ...She doesn't have your coördination" & "...in a mindless follow-through, an overflow of coördination"
text: Because the empirical information about the effect on interatomic distances of change in coördination number is not sufficiently extensive for our purpose, we make use of our knowledge of normal covalent radii.
ref: 1999, Linus Pauling, Crellin Pauling, Linus Pauling, page 351:
text: But a complete coördination of the latter scale as evidenced in human personality would take, not a short paper, but volumes.
ref: 2003, Council of the Federation, Transactions of the Second Annual Congress of the Federation of European Sections of the Theosophical Society, page 343:
text: Miles, with his marginal gifts of coördination, and Chick... .
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against The Day, page 6:
text: Chris Sullivan...art department coördination and others...
ref: 2023, Alexander Payne, The Holdovers (Movie), credits:
glosses: Dated spelling of coordination.
Riesling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːzlɪŋ/
/ˈɹiːslɪŋ/
Forms: form: Rieslings
form: riesling
Etymology: From German Riesling.
Senses: glosses: A variety of grape grown especially in Germany and other relatively cool areas.
glosses: A white wine made from this grape (often slightly sweet).
coördinative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of coordinative.
coordinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coordinators
form: coördinator
form: co-ordinator
Etymology: From coordinate + -or.
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who, or that which, coordinates.
An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.
examples: Near-synonym: coordinating conjunction
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who, or that which, coordinates.
A member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.
coordinate_terms: subordinator
Derived terms: intimacy coordinator
Related terms: coordinately
coordination
semolino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian semolino.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of semolina.
coordinately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more coordinately
form: most coordinately
Etymology: From coordinate + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: These genes are coordinately controlled.
glosses: In a coordinate or coordinated fashion
co-ordinately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coordinately.
co-ordinateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coordinateness.
co-ordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-ordinations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coordination.
Derived terms: co-ordinational