cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
connatural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more connatural
form: most connatural
Etymology: From con- + natural.
Senses: examples: text: And mix with our connatural dust
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: These inflowing potential essences are connatural with the astral conduits thus provided for their actualization, pursuant to a law of attrition and homogeneity.
ref: 1917, American Academy of Astrologians, Year Book, page 162:
glosses: Similar in nature.
examples: text: It is true, that it is vvith the connatural Principles inſcribed in our Minds as it is vvith our Faculties, they lye more torpid, and inactive, and inevident, unleſs they are avvakened and exerciſed, like a ſpark involved in aſhes; […]
ref: a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, “Touching the Excellency of the Humane Nature in General”, in The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC, section I, page 63:
text: These Affections are in truth Connatural to us.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: connate
word: connatural
word: congenital
word: congenite
word: genetous
word: inborn
word: inbred
word: indigenous
word: ingenite
word: innate
word: native
word: natural
word: to the manner born
word: unlearned
word: unlearnt
glosses: Inborn; inherent; natural.
Derived terms: connaturality
connaturally
connaturalness
shop steal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shop steals
form: shop stealing
form: shop stole
form: shop stolen
form: shopsteal
Etymology: From shop + steal.
Senses: examples: text: If you detect a person shop stealing, report it to the police.
text: For example, shop stealing cases of the kind already described are regularly dealt with at the scene and, afterwards, at a police station without any involvement of parents or guardians.
ref: 1983, John A. Seymour, Juvenile Justice in South Australia, page 15:
text: I have also in the past had court orders taken out on our known shop stealing customers to prevent them from entering my store.
ref: 2001 April 25, Doggy, “Bag Search Refusal”, in aus.legal^([https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/aus.legal/5DP9odlSr10[1-25]]) (Usenet):
glosses: To shoplift.
Derived terms: shop stealer
shop stealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shop stealers
form: shopstealer
form: shop-stealer
Etymology: Unclear, but ultimately from shoplifter (which predates the verb shoplift). Structurally, shop steal + -er, but perhaps more likely is that both verb and agent noun forms were coined around the same time by alteration of shoplift / shoplifter to carry the nuanced greater emphasis on theft.
Senses: examples: text: If you suspect a shop stealer, pay this person a lot of attention.
text: 1989, Criminologica Foundation, Criminology & Penology Abstracts, Volume 29, Issues 4-6, page 438,
This article reports comparisons of views on shop stealers held by involved professionals […] .
text: 2003, Geoffrey Heard, Gordon Woolf, Success in Store: How to Start Or Buy a Retail Business, Enjoy Running It, The Worsley Press, Australia, page 107,
I am writing this the day after I sacked a customer (yes, you can sack a customer — Gordon′s example of a shop stealer is sacking a customer) who is struggling for dollars, but refused to take advice about building his business and accepted the blandishments of a Yellow Pages salesman.
text: It is essential for the compulsive shop-stealer to be charged by police, for the gambler to repay his debts, the violent alcoholic to repair the damaged furniture.
ref: 2008, William Wilkie, The Home Psychiatrist, page 379:
glosses: A shoplifter.
Related terms: shop steal
lynch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
homophone: Lynch
Forms: form: lynches
form: lynching
form: lynched
form: lynched
Etymology: First attested 1835, from Lynch law, which appeared in 1811. There is a popular claim that it was named after William Lynch, but equally strong arguments would have it named after Charles Lynch. For the surname, see Lynch. Ultimately a possible doublet of linch.
Senses: examples: text: Public anger erupted. Soldiers were lynched in the streets including young recruits proven to have been deceived by their generals about the true intentions of the attack.
ref: 2018, “Europe's Flashpoints” (2:12 from the start), in Close Up — The Current Affairs Documentary, episode 2, (narration regarding the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt) (actor), via Deutsche Welle TV, av-44888523, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2018:
glosses: To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
examples: text: I telephoned Bill Brandon in Oxford and begged him to get the new refrigeration unit into production before I got lynched.
ref: 2024, Louis Hagen, Suddenly an Englishman:
glosses: To castigate severely.
Synonyms: sense: execute without a proper legal trial
word: string up
Derived terms: lynchable
lynchee
lynching
lynch law
lynchman
lynch mob
unlynched
Related terms: kangaroo court
show trial
lynch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
homophone: Lynch
Forms: form: lynches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of linch.
Derived terms: lynchable
lynchee
lynchet
geek chic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Do you want to sound like you're on the cutting edge of geek chic? Of course you do! There's no reason for Geek to sound like Greek anymore.
ref: 2010, Vicky Oliver, 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions, →ISBN, page 196:
text: He was a new breed of scientist and/or technology developer. That Rite likes to think of as (geek chic). This was the age of humanity. When the power of a man's brains were worth more than the power of his muscles and Rite could tell Brian Fillmore was taking full advantage of his newfound affluence, because although Rite was still very sure that Mr. Fillmore was holding on very tightly to his hard-core geek status.
ref: 2014, Aeriell Lawton, Killer Cure, →ISBN:
text: In an age when geek chic has come to define mainstream pop culture, fevv writers and producers inspire more admiration and response than Joss Whedon.
ref: 2014, Rhonda Wilcox, Tanya R. Cochran, Cynthea Masson, Reading Joss Whedon -, →ISBN, page 463:
text: Whereas naysayers lashed out against Glass as dorkwear, Google played up its role as a must-have item of accoutrement for geek chic.
ref: 2014, Allen Firstenberg, Jason Salas, Designing and Developing for Google Glass, page 39:
glosses: A style (of fashion, art, etc) based on stereotypically geeky things, such as themed T-shirts and thick-rimmed glasses.
Synonyms: nerd chic
geek out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geeks out
form: geeking out
form: geeked out
form: geeked out
Senses: examples: text: Sorry, I didn't mean to spend fifteen minutes discussing the definition of "decimate". I guess I geeked out for a bit.
text: Young remembers watching Game 3 while the trainers geeked out over the stamina of James, who was coming off two straight overtime games, including 50 minutes in Game 2.
ref: 2015, LeBron James' unfathomable workload:
text: Kate Golembiewski is a freelance science writer based in Chicago who geeks out about zoology, thermodynamics and death.
ref: 2024 August 16, Kate Golembiewski, “Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a giant mudball, study says”, in CNN Science / Space, CNN:
glosses: To enthuse about a specific topic; to be engrossed in an interest, especially in discussing it with others.
examples: text: Hey guys, let's geek out tonight and have a code-a-thon!
text: Now - there has been very little discussion as noted by myself and others. So - how about people talking about their favorite music(s), groups, radio stations (Ska, etc., WRPI) maybe people could discuss their hair length (very short, short, long, dragging the floor) or about why they geek-out (I shouldn't say that - i'm a CompSci) on the net or why they read alt.skinheads or where i can get system 7.0a for the mac or .......
ref: 1990 June 7, Matthew V Whalen, “discussion”, in alt.skinheads (Usenet), retrieved 09 Feb 2017, message-ID <_S`$MK&@rpi.edu>:
glosses: To do geeky things; to act geeky.
examples: text: I geeked out there for a minute and broke the lockpick.
glosses: To be scared, freak out, panic; to hesitate in fear.
glosses: To scare or freak out (somebody).
geekly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more geekly
form: most geekly
Etymology: From geek + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As a relative novice to computing, I felt a little diffident joining this august geekly company, but they were most welcoming.
ref: 2006, Rudy Rucker, The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul:
text: ...technical choices that serve power, rather than rationality, liberty, elegance, or any other geekly concern.
ref: 2008, Christopher M Kelty, Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software and the Internet:
glosses: Concerning or typical of geeks.
examples: text: Those glasses make you look geekly.
glosses: Resembling a geek; geeky.
Related terms: geek
geeky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡiːki/
rhymes: -iːki
Forms: form: geekier
form: geekiest
Etymology: From geek + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Buddy Holly is a slightly more contentious inclusion, even if he did live fast, die young and leave a geeky-looking corpse.
ref: 2 July 2004, Fiona Shepherd, “Return of the Sun King”, in The Scotsman:
text: In America, where classics like Monopoly dominate, Eurogames still have an avidly geeky following.
ref: 2008 August 28, “German recreation: An affinity for rules?”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2021:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a geek.
Derived terms: geekily
geekiness
supergeeky
ubergeeky
ultrageeky
ungeeky
Related terms: geek
geekly
geeksome
nerdish
nerdy
geekery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geekeries
Etymology: From geek + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Obsessive interest in or enthusiasm for a subject, typically one of specialist or minority interest.
Synonyms: nerdery
hir
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪə(ɹ)/
enpr: hēr
ipa: /hɪɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪ(ɹ)
homophone: here
homophone: hear
Forms: form: hirself
Etymology: Blend of him/his + her.
Senses: examples: text: But once the disorientation had passed, hir forced hirself back to full consciousness--and worked quickly to establish hir position, and Ruskin's.
ref: 1988, Jeffrey Carver, From a Changeling Star, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 232:
text: I don't know what Scratch looks like in the real world, I met hir online.
ref: 1996 June, Caitlin Sullivan with Bornstein, Kate, Nearly Roadkill: an Infobahn erotic adventure, New York: Serpent's Tail, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, LCC PS3569.U3449 N43 1996, page 10:
text: Words like "freak" became attached to hir name, and I don't believe "brave" was ever a word the media associated with hir.
ref: 1997 December 18, Kate Bornstein, My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, LCC HQ1075.B69 1998, page 130:
text: T'Pau leveled a gaze at hir. "You are male and female ... and neither. 'It' is the proper word. We have no use for semantic games on Vulcan."
ref: 2000 August 29, Peter David, Renaissance (Star Trek New Frontier: Excalibur #10), Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 137:
glosses: Them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with him and her.
Synonyms: word: them
word: em
word: per
Hyponyms: him
her
Derived terms: word: hirself
possibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpɔsɪb(ɪ)lɪʈi/
rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Forms: form: possibilities
Etymology: From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: 'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.
synonyms: possibleness
glosses: The quality of being possible.
examples: text: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
ref: 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
synonyms: contingency
glosses: A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
examples: text: Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 76:
synonyms: word: choice
word: option
word: option
word: choice
word: alternative
word: possibility
word: contingency
glosses: An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
examples: text: VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe,
And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was,
I would lay a ſurer trumpe,
Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke.
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act IV:
glosses: Capability, power or capacity to act.
Synonyms: word: chance
word: contingency
word: contingent
word: eventuality
word: possibility
word: potentiality
Hyponyms: word: accident
word: occurrence
Derived terms: logical possibility
nonpossibility
possibility of reverter
possibility theory
production possibility curve
unpossibility
Related terms: impossibility
possible
potence
potency
potent
potentate
potential
potentiality
power
probability
excrete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˈskɹiːt/
ipa: /ɪkˈskɹiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: excretes
form: excreting
form: excreted
form: excreted
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excrētum, past participle of excernō, from ex- (“out”), and cernō (“separate”).
Senses: examples: text: Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
Synonyms: pass
urinate and Thesaurus:defecate
Derived terms: excretable
excreter
excretin
excretive
excretome
excretory
hyperexcrete
unexcreted
Related terms: excern
excrement
excreta
excretion
oo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oos
Etymology: Representation of a long-o sound.
Senses: examples: text: Then came ther downe goodly ladyes tweyne […] And seyde, the gret Alpha & Oo most souereyne […] had hem thedyr sent.
ref: c. 1500, The Assembly of Gods, published 1158:
glosses: (Ω, ω) The Greek letter omega.
oo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.oʊ/
Forms: form: oos
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, resembling its call.
Senses: examples: text: On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.
ref: 1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
text: Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ʻōʻō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.
ref: 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 161:
glosses: Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct.
Synonyms: moho
hoohoo
oo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.oʊ/
ipa: /uː/
ipa: /ˈəʊ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.oʊ/
Etymology: See ooh.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ooh.
Related terms: ooh ah ah
ooh-ah-ah
ooh arrh
ooh-wee
privy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: more privy
form: most privy
form: privie
Etymology: From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private.
Senses: examples: text: The king retreated to his privy chamber.
text: the privy purse
glosses: Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
examples: text: Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts.
ref: 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 82:
glosses: Secret, hidden, concealed.
examples: text: He was privy to the discussions.
text: William understood Diana more but idealized her less. He was privy to her volatile love life. He knew the tabloids made her life hell, but he also knew she colluded with them.
ref: April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
Derived terms: nonprivy
privily
priviness
privy council
privy councillor
privy-house
privy house
privy mark
privy member
privy parts
privy seal
Related terms: english: antonym
translation: antonym
word: ignorant
privy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: privies
form: privie
Etymology: From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private.
Senses: glosses: An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
glosses: A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
examples: text: Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...
ref: 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8
glosses: A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
topics: law
glosses: A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
Synonyms: sense: latrine, outhouse, or lavatory
word: bathroom
sense: fixture
word: toilet
insurgent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/
ipa: /ɪnˈsəɹd͡ʒənt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
Etymology: From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).
Senses: examples: text: The insurgent provinces.
ref: 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic:
glosses: Rebellious, opposing authority.
examples: text: Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves, / And Etna thunders o'er the insurgent waves.
ref: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 33:
glosses: Of water: surging or rushing in.
insurgent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/
ipa: /ɪnˈsəɹd͡ʒənt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
Forms: form: insurgents
Etymology: From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).
Senses: glosses: One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
Derived terms: counterinsurgent
insurgentism
insurgently
silver screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver screens
Senses: glosses: An early type of cinema screen which had a coating of silver or another shiny metal.
glosses: Any cinema screen onto which films are projected.
examples: text: Stars of the stage and the silver screen gathered for the awards ceremony.
text: Andy Warhol, silver screen / Can't tell them apart at all
ref: 1971, David Bowie, “Andy Warhol”, in Hunky Dory:
text: As the music dies, something in your eyes / Calls to mind a silver screen and all its sad goodbyes
ref: 1984, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, “Careless Whisper”:
glosses: Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.
Synonyms: word: big screen
word: silver sheet
artificial language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artificial languages
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A constructed language.
examples: text: It is theoretically possible that structural ambiguity could be filtered out of natural languages. In (3)-(8) unambiguous paraphrases in English were given; perhaps structurally unambiguous paraphrases in English are always available. But it is unclear whether precise rules could be given which would effect this filtering. One can see why logicians might prefer artificial languages: they are constructed from the ground up in such a way that structural ambiguity is impossible.
ref: 2001, Mark Sainsbury, chapter 1, in Logical Forms — An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, §12, page 48:
text: The question remains open whether such a result could be achieved merely by tinkering with a natural language, or whether it requires starting from scratch. The idea of starting from scratch, constructing an artificial language constrained only by the demands of logic, has inspired a philosophical tradition (though one whose merits are nowadays being questioned). Russell, for example, coined the expression "philosophical logic" to represent his view that the workings of natural language, and of our thought, could be adequately represented only by an artificial language, the language of his Principia Mathematica.
ref: ibid., page 52
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A formal language.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A computer language.
Yahudi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yahudis
form: Yahud
Etymology: From Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Jew.
Sindarin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Developed by J. R. R. Tolkien as a language in his fantasy works, in which the word Sindarin itself is not of Sindarin origin: it is a term in Quenya (another of Tolkien's constructed languages), derived from Sindar, the Quenya name for the people who spoke it, which in turn is derived from sinda (“grey”).
Senses: glosses: A constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works.
wikipedia: en:J. R. R. Tolkien
Coordinate terms: Quenya
Tengwar
verbatim
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/
ipa: /vɝˈbeɪ.tɪm/
Etymology: Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: I have copied his speech verbatim, so this is exactly what he said, word for word.
text: […] in several instances Mancini’s text is virtually reproduced verbatim by Bellori.¹²⁰
ref: 1971, Denis Mahon, Studies in Seicento Art and Theory, page 317:
glosses: Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
examples: text: I […]am not able
Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: Orally; verbally.
Synonyms: by heart
in so many words
word for word
wordmeal
Derived terms: verbatim et literatim
Related terms: gradatim
literatim
seriatim
verbatim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/
ipa: /vɝˈbeɪ.tɪm/
Forms: form: more verbatim
form: most verbatim
Etymology: Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Date unknown: Joint Committee on Printing Congress of the United States, General Statement of Procedure for Verbatim Reporting of Proceedings in Senate Chamber, page five:
ref: 1917, Andreĭ Ivanovich Shingarev, Russia and Her Allies: Extract from the Verbatim Report of the Imperial Duma, IVth Session, 16th Sitting, page 3:
text: Ironically, verbatim note taking can interfere with listening attentively.
ref: 2002, Michael Quim Patton, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, page 381:
glosses: Corresponding with the original word for word.
raw_tags: of a document
examples: text: Some States require voice writers to pass a test and to earn State licensure. As a substitute for State licensure, the National Verbatim Reporters Association offers three national certifications to voice writers: Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), the Certificate of Merit (CM), and Real-Time Verbatim Reporter (RVR). Earning these certifications is sufficient to be licensed in States where the voice method of court reporting is permitted.
ref: U.S. Department of Labor's description of court reporter's job
glosses: Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: sense: (of a document) faithful to its original
word: word for word
sense: (of a document) faithful to its original
word: to the letter
Derived terms: nonverbatim
verbatimness
verbatim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/
ipa: /vɝˈbeɪ.tɪm/
Forms: form: verbatims
Etymology: Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix).
Senses: glosses: A word-for-word report of a speech.
Related terms: ipsissima verba
Gandalf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡændɑlf/
Forms: form: Gundulf
form: Gundulph
Etymology: From Old Norse mythology Gandalfr (“elf familiar”). It may be reinforced by various similar names in Medieval Latin, like a few saints and clergymen.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages known in history, and in the books of Tolkien, but not usually bestowed on children.
Gimli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A name from Old Norse.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A town in Manitoba, Canada.
triage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈtɹi.ɑʒ/
ipa: /tɹiˈɑʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːʒ
Forms: form: triages
Etymology: From French triage, from trier (“to sort”).
Senses: examples: text: Let us think of triage, and remember the word's origins. It began with French wool growers in the eighteenth century, but its most illuminating use comes from eighteenth century coffee bean growers, who sorted their beans into best, middling, and broken. The last category came to be known as 'triage coffee.' In war we attend to the most seriously wounded first, which is how most of [us] understand the word today. […] Therefore to protect the best and the middling, we must sell off our 'triage coffee.'
ref: 2004, Paul M. Levitt, Dark Matters: a Novel, →ISBN, page 40:
text: [Mike Davis] notes that the 'late capitalist triage of humanity' has 'already taken place'.
ref: 2007, Jeremy Harding, “It Migrates to Them”, in London Review of Books, 29:5, p. 26:
glosses: Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.
glosses: That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans.
examples: text: Similarly, any group of sidings is known to army railway personnel as a "triage". This word is derived from the French verb trier, which means literally "to sort," and hence "triage" has become the common army expression for a marshalling yard.
ref: 1943 September and October, “Military and Civil Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 257:
topics: government
military
politics
rail-transport
railways
transport
war
glosses: A marshalling yard, classification yard.
Derived terms: e-triage
triage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈtɹi.ɑʒ/
ipa: /tɹiˈɑʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːʒ
Forms: form: triages
form: triaging
form: triaged
form: triaged
Etymology: From French triage, from trier (“to sort”).
Senses: examples: text: Then, over 2001 and '02, he laid off 150 employees at MGI Software, a company he'd first "triaged" as a consultant for NPV Associates with his partner and fellow UCC alumnus Henry Eaton, before stepping in as CEO. Firing 30 per cent of the work force was necessary to save the company, insists NPV principal partner Eaton.
ref: 2009 February 1, Linda Diebel, “Existential crises and a rage to save the Liberals”, in Toronto Star:
text: With the ambulance service the calls are triaged, so your response time can be anything from six minutes for a life-threatening call to an hour and a half for a broken limb.
ref: 2020 January 2, Daniel Puddicombe, “SWR paramedics keeping passengers safe”, in Rail, page 34:
text: I flipped from the calendar app to the email app and logged in to view Cooper's. The unreads were staggering; I'd have to triage them later.
ref: 2022, Michelle McCraw, Boss Me:
text: For three months I was trained to chat with people who might be thinking of suicide. I learned how to triage them, and what words must be avoided at all costs.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To subject to triage; to prioritize.
xerophthalmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerophthalmias
Etymology: From xero- + ophthalmia.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
synonyms: xerophthalmos
xerophthalmus
glosses: A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia.
Derived terms: xerophthalmic
Disneyfication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disneyfication
form: Disnification
Etymology: From Disney + -ification, referring to the American mass media and entertainment conglomerate Disney. Compare earlier Disneyfied and later Disneyfy.
Senses: examples: text: He may even be having his first doubts about the neon chrome artyfake Disneyfication of America.
ref: 1959, Lawrence Lipton, The Holy Barbarians, Messner, pages 143–44:
text: Cultural diversity mirrors the biological and geographical diversity of our planet. ’Disneyfication’, like economic globalization, tends to ride roughshod over local variety. So baseball hats, blue jeans and running shoes become the uniform of teenagers in both Budapest and Bangalore while Western TV shows promote the illusion of limitless wealth.
ref: 1998 December 5, “A Reader's Guide To Disneyfication”, in New Internationalist:
text: The Disneyfication of Tibet
How tourism has become a tool of occupation.
ref: 2014 January/February, Pearl Sydenstricker, “The Disneyfication of Tibet”, in Washington Monthly, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2014, heading:
text: Given that Onward itself is a family-friendly project, the film thrives on these self-aware digs at Disneyfication; any good D&D mission should have a sense of real danger, so it’s worth pointing out how that’s missing from so much mainstream entertainment.
ref: 2020 February 21, David Sims, “Pixar Needs to Make More Movies Like ‘Onward’”, in The Atlantic:
text: The importation of New World featherworks into Europe was a journey of dilution, degradation and eventual loss of meaning - a banal Disneyfication of indigenous dignity.
ref: 2023, Tim Birkhead, Birds and Us, Penguin Books, page 149:
glosses: The act or process whereby something is Disneyfied.
wikipedia: Disney
Related terms: Disneylandification
Disneyfy
McDonaldization
Californication
guardian angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guardian angels
Etymology: guardian + angel
Senses: examples: text: "We may call them 'guardian angels' as the Catholics do, or 'guides' or 'controls', but whatever you call them, they really do exist and they guard us from evil on the spiritual plane."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A tutelary angel watching over a particular person in monotheistic contexts.
examples: text: I don't know when you appointed yourself my guardian angel, but I can take care of my own self, thank you very much!
ref: 1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: A person who benevolently watches over another.
Hypernyms: sense: tutelary spirit
word: angel
word: spirit
sense: protector
word: caretaker
sense: protector
word: tutelary
Derived terms: don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
Related terms: word: daimon
word: genius
word: genius hominis
english: similar concepts in polytheistic contexts
translation: similar concepts in polytheistic contexts
word: tutelary deity
anagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/
enpr: ăʹnəgrăm
Forms: form: anagrams
form: anagramme
Etymology: Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
Senses: examples: text: As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.
ref: 2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg):
coordinate_terms: alphagram
palindrome
glosses: A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
raw_tags: of words
Derived terms: anagram dictionary
anagramise
anagramize
anagrammer
anagrammist
anamonic
aptagram
blanagram
indirect anagram
Reaganagram
Related terms: anagrammatic
anagrammatisation
anagrammatization
anagrammatise
anagrammatize
anagrammatism
anagrammatist
anagram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/
enpr: ăʹnəgrăm
Forms: form: anagrams
form: anagramming
form: anagrammed
form: anagrammed
form: anagramme
Etymology: Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
Senses: glosses: To form anagrams.
anyways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
Forms: form: anyway
Etymology: From any + adverbial genitive of way (compare always).
Senses: examples: text: it behoves them[…]to remove all objects, causes, companies, occasions, as may anyways molest him […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection ii:
text: ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government
ref: 1851, Church Wardens of Burlington, “The Church Wardens &c. of Burlington to the Honourable Society. Burlington, 28th, 1715”, in Collections of the Protestant Episcopal Historical Society, volume 1, →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: In any way or respect, at all.
examples: text: "Anyways," said the damsel, "I am glad punishment followed, and I say so."
ref: 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “book 2, chapter 12”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:
glosses: Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
devilish
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: dĕvʹəl
ipa: /ˈdɛvəlɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈdɛvɪlɪʃ/
Forms: form: more devilish
form: most devilish
Etymology: From Middle English develissh, develyssh, equivalent to devil + -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian düvelsk, düüwelsk (“devilish”), West Frisian duvelsk (“devilish”), Dutch duivels (“devilish”), German Low German düvelsk (“devilish”), German teuflisch (“devilish”), Danish djævelsk (“devilish”), Swedish djävulsk (“devilish”),
Norwegian djevelsk (“devilish”).
Senses: examples: text: It was devilish hot outside today.
glosses: Devilishly; very; exceedingly.
gut-wrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gut-wrenching
form: most gut-wrenching
Etymology: From gut + wrenching.
Senses: glosses: Sickening.
glosses: Difficult to tolerate.
Derived terms: gut-wrenchingly
Related terms: heartrending
nerve-racking
stomach-churning
stomach-turning
stomach-wrenching
Bukhara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /buˈkɑːɹə/
Forms: form: Bukhoro
form: Bokhara
Etymology: From Classical Persian بخارا (buxārā), ultimately from Sogdian.
Senses: glosses: The regional capital of the Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century BCE.
glosses: A region of Uzbekistan.
Related terms: Bukhari
minotaur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros), from Μίνως (Mínōs, “Minos, king of Crete”) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Minotaur.
minotaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/
Forms: form: minotaurs
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros), from Μίνως (Mínōs, “Minos, king of Crete”) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).
Senses: glosses: Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.
Related terms: hippotaur
Minos
centaur
faun
satyr
'twill
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: twill
Forms: form: ‛twill
Etymology: Contraction of "(i)t will".
Senses: examples: text: Mercutio:No: 'tis not so deepe as a well, nor so wide as a Church doore, but 'tis inough, ’twill serue: aske for me to morrow, and you shall find me a graue man.
ref: 1597, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 1:
text: “You get the Red Room, Kipper.” “Right-ho.” “I had it last year. ’Tis not as deep as a well nor as wide as a church door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve,” I said, recalling a gag of Jeeves’s.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
glosses: Contraction of it will.
Synonyms: sense: it will
word: it’ll
sense: it shall
word: 'tshall
Related terms: 'tis
'tisn't
'twas
'twasn't
'twere
'tweren't
'twould
'twou'd
'twouldn't
'twou'dn't
passenger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæsɪnd͡ʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈpæsənd͡ʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈpæsɪnd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˈpæsənd͡ʒə/
Forms: form: passengers
form: passengering
form: passengered
form: passengered
Etymology: From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger).
Senses: glosses: To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.
Related terms: driver
rider
u's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: U's
form: Us
form: us
form: ues
Senses: glosses: plural of u (“the letter u”)
wif
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭf
ipa: /wɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: wid
form: wiv
Etymology: Alteration of with.
Senses: examples: text: That's what I mo' wear wif my shoes.
ref: 1998, Ted Shine, Contributions, →ISBN, page 31:
text: I been at the gym gettin' down wif my peeps.
ref: 2000, Jan King, It'a A Girl Thing: The Hilarious Truth About Women, →ISBN, page 161:
text: If I don' have no problem wif my high school test?
ref: 2002, Stan Hayes, The Rough English Equivalent, →ISBN, page 324:
glosses: with
wid
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭd
ipa: /wɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Etymology: Variant of with.
Senses: examples: text: “An’ wid all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “Wid all d’ talkin’ wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”
ref: 1893, Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQi_d7a7sZoC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&sig=N8UFY9cvyaBxRcr0Asm4JuLf9Y8
text: 1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Z2ZgNkU5r18C&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&sig=_ZQWa7a1p_C4jGCG0woMSdujZhw
Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.
text: 1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=ZV3afTMMSHsC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&sig=32zaTsB-Xv0Yi-dHcTbtr-8rNCA
Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home
Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars,
Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!
text: What's wid you, wise guy?
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of with.
Related terms: with
've
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /v/
ipa: /əv/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: of stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: -a
form: of
Etymology: Contraction of have.
Senses: examples: text: Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).
ref: 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Have (in its sense marking the perfect or retrospective aspect).
examples: text: Do n’t tell me you ‘have n’t got time,’ / That other things claim your attention; / There ’s not the least reason or rhyme / In the wisest excuse you can mention: / Do n’t tell me about ‘other fish,’ / Your duty is done when you buy ’em; / And you never will relish the dish, / Unless you ’ve a woman to ‘fry ’em.’
ref: 1845 March, “Editor’s Table”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XXV, New York, N.Y.: […] John Allen, […], page 267, columns 1–2:
text: "...Where's the ladies' in this joint? I've to powder me nose."
ref: 1996, Deirdre Purcell, Roses After Rain, page 335:
glosses: Have (in its other uses).
Related terms: word: 'd/’d
word: 'll
word: ’ll
word: 'm/’m
word: 're
word: ’re
word: 's/’s
coronary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹənɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹən(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: more coronary
form: most coronary
Etymology: From Latin corōnārius, from corōna (“crown”).
Senses: examples: text: The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.
ref: 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:
text: The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.
ref: 1684, Thomas Browne, Of Garlands and Coronary Plants:
glosses: Pertaining to a crown or garland.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.
Derived terms: word: aortocoronary
word: bicoronary
word: coronarography
word: coronaropathy
word: coronary artery
english: the top edge of the hoof of an ungulate
translation: the top edge of the hoof of an ungulate
word: coronary band
word: coronary cushion
word: coronary heart disease
word: coronary sinus
word: coronary thrombosis
word: coronary vein
word: extracoronary
word: intracoronary
word: mammacoronary
word: noncoronary
word: percutaneous coronary intervention
word: pericoronary
word: postcoronary
word: supracoronary
word: transcoronary
coronary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹənɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹən(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: coronaries
Etymology: From Latin corōnārius, from corōna (“crown”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the coronary vessels; a coronary artery or coronary vein.
examples: text: Manny had a coronary last week, followed by a triple bypass.
text: Before each crisis I mentioned, we first experienced what could be called a “mild” heart attack, alerting us that we had gone to extremes and stripped away buffers that had protected us from catastrophic failure. In each case, though, we did not take that warning seriously enough — and in each case the result was a full global coronary.
ref: 2020 May 30, Thomas L. Friedman, “How We Broke the World”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: heart attack
glosses: Ellipsis of coronary thrombosis.
glosses: A small bone in the foot of a horse.