cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
quid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪd/
ipa: [kʰw̥ɪd̥]
rhymes: -ɪd
Forms: form: quid
form: quids
Etymology: Likely derives from the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”), referring to the exchange of goods/services for money.
Senses: examples: text: They invited him to come to-morrow, […] and bring half a quid with him.
ref: 1870, Charles Reade, Put Yourself in His Place:
glosses: A sovereign or guinea, that is, a certain coin or amount of money.
examples: text: Seven quid for a toastie? You're joking, aren't you?!
text: Forty quid a fuckin ticket. No shy they British Rail cunts, ah kin fuckin tell ye.
ref: 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 114:
text: The ride costs exactly fifteen quid, but that doesn't include the tip, and bitter is two pounds a pint.
ref: 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, pages 71–72:
text: When I worked in a toyshop, I once bought the manageress a sandwich. Do I still work there? No. Our relationship is, therefore, over. Has she given me the quid back? No.
ref: 1999 April 19, Victoria Coren, “I don't love you. PS: you owe me £2.50”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 May 2014:
synonyms: pound
nicker
sov
glosses: Pound sterling. (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
glosses: Various national currencies typically known by the name "pound".
glosses: Euro.
glosses: Dollar, dollars.
Derived terms: quids in
the full quid
quid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪd/
ipa: [kʰw̥ɪd̥]
rhymes: -ɪd
Forms: form: quids
Etymology: From Middle English quide, quede, from Old English cwidu, cwudu (“that which is chewed, cud”). Doublet of cud.
Senses: examples: text: Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of tobacco, begged me to cut him a quid.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Israel Hands”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part V (My Sea Adventure), page 210:
text: He broke off to open a small brass tobacco-box and place a little quid of tobacco tenderly into a pouch in his left cheek, […]
ref: 1901, W. W. Jacobs, chapter 1, in Light Freights, page 1:
glosses: A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
glosses: The act of chewing such tobacco.
quid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪd/
ipa: [kʰw̥ɪd̥]
rhymes: -ɪd
Forms: form: quids
form: quidding
form: quidded
form: quidded
Etymology: From Middle English quide, quede, from Old English cwidu, cwudu (“that which is chewed, cud”). Doublet of cud.
Senses: examples: text: Ah! the pig-tailed, quidding pirates and the pretty pranks we played
ref: 1902, John Masefield, A Ballad of John Silver:
glosses: To chew tobacco.
glosses: To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing.
raw_tags: of a horse
Related terms: a quid for a quod
bob
buck
dime
nickel
quarter
Quidditch
quo pro quid
secundum quid
trey
zac
quids in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Buy three items for the price of two and you'll be quids in!
glosses: In a position of having gained or saved money through some financial transaction.
canopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.nə.pi/
Forms: form: canopies
Etymology: From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.
Senses: examples: text: golden canopies and beds of state
ref: 1847, John Dryden, The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, volume 1, Harper, The Beginning of the Second Book of Lucretius:
text: Platforms would be widened and covered by canopies with heated waiting areas for passengers.
ref: 2019 October, “Consultation on University Station designs”, in Modern Railways, page 17:
glosses: A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
glosses: Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
glosses: The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
glosses: In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
glosses: In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
Derived terms: canopyless
canopylike
canopy piloting
canopy shyness
intercanopy
intracanopy
mid-canopy
overcanopy
pram canopy
subcanopy
supercanopy
undercanopy
canopy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.nə.pi/
Forms: form: canopies
form: canopying
form: canopied
form: canopied
Etymology: From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.
Senses: examples: text: Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:
Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: I sat me down to watch upon a bank
With ivy canopied, and interwove
With flaunting honeysuckle […]
ref: 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, lines 543-5:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
text: I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 11, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
text: 1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366,
The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]
glosses: To cover with or as if with a canopy.
examples: 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,
If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.
glosses: To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
Related terms: canopied
canopy bed
canker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæŋkɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæŋkə/
rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cankers
form: cankering
form: cankered
form: cankered
Etymology: From Middle English cankren, from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: Still onward winds the dreary way; / I with it; for I long to prove / No lapse of moons can canker Love, / Whatever fickle tongues may say.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 43:
glosses: To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
glosses: To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
glosses: To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
examples: text: as with age his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: […] the road, always in bad condition, was edged with dog roses that scratched the paint. Blossom after blossom crept past them, draggled by the ungenial year: some had cankered, others would never unfold:
ref: 1972, E. M. Forster, chapter 36, in Maurice, Penguin, page 156:
glosses: To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
Synonyms: word: encanker
twoccer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɒkə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: twoccers
form: twocker
Etymology: From TWOC + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The police caught the twoccer breaking into the car.
text: Not all modes of reading (and not all readers) can be described in its terms, but just as those who joyride in twocced cars often know and care more about their chosen vehicles than do the owners, so it is the more astute and committed fans of reading who are most likely to be twoccers.
ref: 1994 Winter, John Hartley, “Twoccing and joyreading”, in Terence Hawkes, editor, Textual Practice, volume 8, number 3, page 2:
text: Joyriding was prominent in the media in the 1980s. Twoccers joined muggers in the panoply of folk devils. Newspapers vied with each other to report the youngest, the most daring and despicable, and the most prolific young offenders.
ref: 2024, Barry Godfrey, Alexandra Godfrey, “Hoodies”, in The Criminal Classes: Who Does Society Fear and Why?, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, page 165:
synonyms: dragger
glosses: A person who engages in twoccing; a car thief.
Related terms: twoc
twoccing
joyrider
captive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæptɪv/
Forms: form: captives
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
Senses: examples: text: I envy not in any moods
⁠The captive void of noble rage,
⁠The linnet born within the cage,
That never knew the summer woods: […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 44:
text: When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. The captive made no resistance[…].
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
glosses: One held prisoner.
glosses: One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
glosses: A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
Derived terms: captivance
captively
encaptive
recaptive
semicaptive
take captive
captive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæptɪv/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
Senses: examples: text: A poor, miserable, captive thrall.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
glosses: Held prisoner; not free; confined.
examples: text: Even in so short a space, my woman's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
examples: captive chains; captive hours
glosses: Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
Derived terms: captive audience
captive audience meeting
captive bead ring
captive bolt pistol
captive candidate
captive insurer
captive nation
captive portal
captive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæptɪv/
Forms: form: captives
form: captiving
form: captived
form: captived
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
Senses: glosses: To capture; to take captive.
carcanet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːkənɛt/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹkənɛt/
Forms: form: carcanets
form: carkanet
Etymology: From French carcan + -et.
Senses: examples: text: Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet LII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
text: Lo you! let me have a blue robe, and—search for the ruby carcanet, which was part of the King of Cyprus's ransom—it is either in the steel-casket, or somewhere else.
ref: 1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume IV (The Talisman), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 48:
text: [H]e cared nothing for curiously woven shrouds, and feathered mantles, and carcanets of pearl beads, and jars of quaint pottery […]
ref: 1891, Charles Egbert Craddock [pseudonym; Mary Noailles Murfree], In the “Stranger People’s” Country […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: There flying Elwing came to him, / and flame was in the darkness lit; / more bright than light of diamond / the fire upon her carcanet.
ref: 1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC:
glosses: A richly decorative collar.
twoccing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɒkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ
Forms: form: twocking
Etymology: From TWOC + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: He pleaded guilty to twoccing.
text: Twoccing (of cars or writings) is not a glamorous crime of cultural politics or personal passion, not epic or heroic; it's a routine, low grade, show-off offence, and as such it cannot be romanticized as a form of consumer resistance.
ref: 1994 Winter, John Hartley, “Twoccing and joyreading”, in Terence Hawkes, editor, Textual Practice, volume 8, number 3, page 2:
text: Not sure admitting to twocking is a great idea, even on Reddit - but I’m happy for you. Fun little motor. Enjoy it while you can.
ref: 2024 May 27, jamieliddellthepoet, “Took this in my neighborhood today.”, in reddit, r/london:
synonyms: grand theft auto
glosses: The act of taking a car without the owner's consent, usually in order to engage in joyriding.
Related terms: joyriding
twoccing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɒkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ
Forms: form: twocking
Etymology: From TWOC + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twoc
TWOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TWOCs
Etymology: Initialism of "taken (or taking) without owner's consent". From section 12 of the United Kingdom's Theft Act 1968, which states 'a person shall be guilty of an offence if, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes any conveyance for his own or another’s use or, knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it'.
Senses: examples: text: […] women making arrests for aggravated burglary represent 22 per cent of the total and for aggravated TWOCs, 23 per cent […]
ref: 2002, Louise Westmarland, Gender and Policing, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: […] the reported victimisation rate for TWOC and attempted TWOC (six out of 28 available vehicles victimised, and […])
ref: 2010, Anthony Bottoms, Julian Roberts, Hearing the Victim: Adversarial Justice, Crime Victims and the State, Routledge, →ISBN, page 121:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: The crime of taking a car without the consent of the owner.
TWOC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Initialism of "taken (or taking) without owner's consent". From section 12 of the United Kingdom's Theft Act 1968, which states 'a person shall be guilty of an offence if, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes any conveyance for his own or another’s use or, knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it'.
Senses: glosses: Of a car, taken without consent of the owner.
Derived terms: twoc
twoccer
twoccing
TWOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TWOCs
Senses: examples: text: There is no scientific or medical research to support "trans panic" theory, and this defence is nothing but a poor justification for committing violence against TWOC.
ref: 2015, “Violence Against Queerfolk”, in Raix/zine, volume 1, number 2, page 9:
text: Her advocacy campaign, “Stop the Unjust Arrests of TWOC (Transgender Women of Color), #FreeEisha,” challenges what to be an inevitability for Black transgender women who dare to defend themselves against gender-based violence
ref: 2016, Ellen L. Short, Leo Wilton, Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday Life: New Politics of Race in Groups, Organizations and Social Systems, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Initialism of trans woman of color or trans women of color.
TWOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TWOCs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of trial without catheter.
all-eating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Then being ask'd where all thy beauty lies, / Where all the treasure of thy lusty days / To say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes, / Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 2”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
glosses: Eating all; consuming everything.
chronicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/
Forms: form: chronicles
Etymology: From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
Senses: examples: text: Also a choice cachinatory chronicle, entitled "How to Laugh, and what to Laugh at."
ref: 1841, Punch, or The London Charivari:
text: Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
glosses: A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
Synonyms: sense: account of events and when they happened
word: annals
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: archives
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: chronicon
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: diary
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: history
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: journal
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: narration
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: prehistory
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: recital
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: record
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: recountal
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: register
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: report
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: story
sense: account of events and when they happened
word: version
Derived terms: Chronicler
chronicular
unchronicled
Related terms: chronicler
Chronicles
chronist
Chronist
chronistically
chronistic
Chronistic
chronology
chronological
chronicle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/
Forms: form: chronicles
form: chronicling
form: chronicled
form: chronicled
Etymology: From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
Senses: examples: text: The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]
ref: 2015, Alan Schaefer, Joe Nick Patoski, Nels Jacobson, Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982, page 17:
text: As the board’s director, Ms. Jankowicz, 33, bore the brunt of the attacks, a subject she knows well. Her most recent book, called “How to Be a Woman Online,” chronicles abuses she and other women face from trolls and other malign actors on the internet.
ref: 2022 May 18, Steven Lee Myers, “A Panel to Combat Disinformation Becomes a Victim of It”, in The New York Times:
text: The stars also worked on a Disney+ docuseries chronicling the purchase and stewardship of the club, who currently play in the National League, which was being filmed when the King and Queen Consort visited.
ref: 2022 December 9, “Wrexham: King and Queen Consort meet Hollywood royalty”, in BBC News:
glosses: To record in or as in a chronicle.
Synonyms: sense: record in a chronicle
word: record
adulterate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdʌltəɹət/
ipa: /əˈdʌltəɹət/
ipa: [-ˈdəl-]
ipa: /əˈdʌltəɹət/
ipa: /əˈdʌltəɹət/
ipa: [-ˈdəl-]
Forms: form: more adulterate
form: most adulterate
Etymology: From Latin adulterātus (“adulterate, adulterated, defiled, polluted, counterfeited”), perfect passive participle of adulterō (“to adulterate, defile, commit adultery (with), counterfeit”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, in the direction of”) + alter (“other”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), literally “to go after someone else”. Equivalent to adultery + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: Theſe, and other like places in abundance through all thoſe ſhort Epiſtles, muſt either be adulterat, or elſe Ignatius [of Antioch] was not Ignatius, nor a Martyr, but moſt adulterate, and corrupt himſelf.
ref: 1641 June or July, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, and Whether It may be Deduc’d from the Apostolical Times by Virtue of Those Testimonies which are Alledg’d to that Purpose in Some Late Treatises; […]; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 242:
glosses: Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
examples: text: I am poſſeſt with an adulterate blot, / My bloud is mingled with the crime of luſt: [...]
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 89, column 1:
text: I [i.e., ay] that inceſtuous, that adulterate beaſt, / With witchcraft of his wits, with trayterous gifts, / O wicked wit, and giftes that haue the power / So to ſeduce; wonne to his ſhamefull luſt / The will of my moſt ſeeming vertuous Queene; [...]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
text: [C]urse the day / When first Spain's queen beheld the black-ey'd boy, / And gore-fac'd Treason sprung from her adulterate joy.
ref: 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XLVIII, page 32:
glosses: Tending to commit adultery; relating to or being the product of adultery; adulterous.
Derived terms: adulterateness
unadulterate
adverse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd.və(ɹ)s/
ipa: /ədˈvɜ(ɹ)s/
rhymes: -ɜ(ɹ)s
Forms: form: more adverse
form: adverser
form: most adverse
form: adversest
Etymology: First attested around 1374, from Old French avers (French adverse), from Latin adversus (“turned against”), past participle of advertere, from ad- (“to”) + vertere (“to turn”). See also versus.
Senses: examples: text: adverse criticism
text: adverse weather
text: Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune.
ref: 1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
text: Northbound expresses have the hardest work to perform, with adverse grades predominating from Willesden to Tring.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
text: Several types of diesel locomotive have been tested on this working and as a result the probable choice will be Type 2 diesels in pairs, without bankers. The crucial factor in the selection of this method is the higher degree of adhesion obtained than with a single Type 4; on trial one of the latter showed that in very adverse conditions it might slip to a standstill at one of the two tricky spots on the steep climb from Tyne Dock to Consett.
ref: 1964 September, “News: Fewer diesels for NER in 1965”, in Modern Railways, page 201:
text: He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.
ref: 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
glosses: Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
examples: text: adverse circumstances
glosses: Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.
examples: text: the adverse page
text: the adverse party
text: Calpe's adverse height / […] must greet my sight
ref: 1809, Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers:
text: Now the families of the two lovers were not on very good terms; they were, I believe, rather adverse to one another.
ref: 1835, James Hogg, The Story of Euphemia Hewit:
glosses: Opposite; confronting.
Derived terms: adverse effect
adverse event
adverse impact
adverse interest
adversely
adverseness
adverse party
adverse possession
adverse selection
adverse witness
adverse yaw
nonadverse
Related terms: adversary
adversative
adversity
versus
averse
afloat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfloʊt/
ipa: /əˈfləʊt/
enpr: ə-flōtˈ
rhymes: -əʊt
Etymology: From a- + float.
Senses: examples: text: early 1600s, John Webster and William Rowley, The Thracian Wonder, London: Thomas Johnson, 1661, Act I, Scene 1,
But Huswife, as for you, / You with your Brat, wee’l send afloat the Main,
text: […] great wee see must be the art and cunning of that man, that keeps him afloat the streame of Soveraigne favour,
ref: 1642, Robert Cotton, The Troublesome Life and Raigne of King Henry the Third, London: George Lindsey, page 5:
glosses: Floating upon.
anew
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnu/
ipa: /əˈnjuː/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: From Middle English onew, of newe, from Old English of niowe. By surface analysis, a- (“of, from”) + new.
Senses: examples: text: Each morning, opportunity—like the sun—dawns anew.
text: Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, “Night 558”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
glosses: Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.
universalisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: universalizability
Etymology: c. 1950 universalisable + -ity
Senses: examples: text: Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.
ref: 1964, Timothy L. S. Sprigge, “Definition of a Moral Judgment”, in Philosophy, volume 39, number 150, page 306:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality (as of a rule) of being able to be applied universally; that is, to any given situation with no exceptions.
visibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌvɪz.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: visibilities
Etymology: From Middle French visibilité, from Late Latin visibilitas; equivalent to visible + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being visible.
examples: text: The visibility from that angle was good.
glosses: The degree to which things may be seen.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The scope within which a variable or function is able to be accessed directly.
examples: text: ‘Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it; but to have formed an acquaintance with the people there, would have required more time than I could stay.’
ref: 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 658:
glosses: Something worthy of being seen; a sight.
Synonyms: apparency
seeability
seeableness
visibleness
Derived terms: high-visibility
supply chain visibility
Related terms: visible
visibly
aspect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspɛkt/
Forms: form: aspects
form: aspecting
form: aspected
form: aspected
Etymology: From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
raw_tags: of a planet
topics: Wicca
lifestyle
religion
glosses: To channel a divine being.
glosses: To look at.
assure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /əˈʃʊɹ/
ipa: /əˈʃɝ/
homophone: ashore (with the pour–poor merger)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: assures
form: assuring
form: assured
form: assured
Etymology: From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.
Senses: glosses: To make sure and secure; ensure.
examples: text: I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
text: He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
glosses: To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
raw_tags: followed by that or of
examples: text: That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To guarantee, promise (to do something).
glosses: To reassure.
Derived terms: assuror
life assured
mutually assured destruction
over-assured
rest assured
sum assured
Related terms: assurance
reassure
ensure
insure
beloved
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭ-lŭvd
ipa: /bɪˈlʌvd/
rhymes: -ʌvd
enpr: bĭ-lŭv′ĭd
ipa: /bɪˈlʌvɪd/
rhymes: -ʌvɪd
Forms: form: beloveds
form: beloveth
Etymology: From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […] Chriſtian, with deſire fell ſick, Hopeful alſo had a fit or two of the ſame Diſeaſe: Wherefore, here they lay by it a while, crying out, becauſe of their pangs, If ye ſee my Beloved, tell him that I am ſick of love.
ref: 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream wherein is Discovered, the Manner of His Setting out, His Dangerous Journey; and Safe Arrival at the Desired Countrey, London: Printed for Nath. Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultrey near Cornhil, →OCLC, page 219:
text: Near and dear relations are the only beloveds of others, as parents, children, &c. They set their affections so much on these, that Christ has little or no share in them: […] Christ is preferable to all such beloveds, and indeed to any creature-enjoyment whatever.
ref: 1854, John Gill, An Exposition of the Book of Solomon's Song; Commonly Called Canticles. Wherein the Authority of it is Established and Vindicated against Objections, Both Ancient and Modern; Several Versions Compared with the Original Text; the Different Senses both of Jewish and Christian Interpreters Considered; and the Whole Opened and Explained in Proper and Useful Observations, London: William Hill Collingridge, Long Lane, Aldersgate Street, →OCLC, page 206, column 2:
text: Beyond the smiths were the bookshops, supplying for the intellect the enchantment that the smith supplied for the eye. The standard assortment was there, but the most desired were books of philosophy and poetry to help the soul either weep or sing, and songs for the heart to sing of the beloved.
ref: 1988, Harriet Ronken Lynton, Mohini Rajan, “The City”, in The Days of the Beloved, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Orient Longman, →ISBN, page 7:
antonyms: beloathed
glosses: Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
beloved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭ-lŭvd
ipa: /bɪˈlʌvd/
rhymes: -ʌvd
enpr: bĭ-lŭv′ĭd
ipa: /bɪˈlʌvɪd/
rhymes: -ʌvɪd
Forms: form: belovèd
form: belov'd
form: beloveth
Etymology: From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Dearly beloved in the Lord, ye coming to his holy Communion, must consider what St. Paul writeth to the Corinthians, how he exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, or ever they presume to eat of this bread, and drink of this Cup: […]
ref: 1547, The Order of the Communion. With the Kings Majesties Proclamation, London: Imprinted [...] by Richard Grafton, →OCLC, page 4:
text: He [William Russell, Lord Russell] was a man of great candour and of a general reputation, univerſally beloved and truſted; of a generous and obliging temper.
ref: 1747, Thomas Birch, “William Lord Russel”, in The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraven by Mr. [Jacobus] Houbraken, and Mr. [George] Vertue. With Their Lives and Characters, volume I, London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton, →OCLC, page 124:
text: [B]eing a plain and honeſt-minded man, […] he [Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox] loſt the favour of the French king in a ſhort time; and, when he could neither continue at home, nor return into France, he came into England, and ſubmitted himſelf to Henry VIII, who accepted him as a man well-beloved in the weſt borders, and acknowledged him as next heir to the crown of Scotland, after Mary then an infant, […]
ref: 1760, Delahay Gordon, “The Life and Death of Mary Queen of Scots”, in A General History of the Lives, Trials, and Executions of All the Royal and Noble Personages, that have Suffered in Great-Britain and Ireland for High Treason, or Other Crimes, from the Accession of Henry VIII. to the Throne of England, down to the Present Time; …, volume II, London: Printed for J. Burd, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street, →OCLC, page 108:
text: With auburn locks and killing eyes, / A laſs tripp'd o'er the mead. / The day declin'd; soft blush'd the skies, / And warblings fill'd the glade. / I nought but her could hear and see.— / Belov'd, I swear, the maid shall be, / Forever and for aye by me!
ref: 1800, Schultz; [Benjamin Beresford, translator], “The Wooer”, in A Collection of German Ballads and Songs with Their Original Music, Done into English, 2nd edition, Berlin: [Printed by G. F. Starke and] sold by H. Frölich, and by Messieurs Baumgärtners, Leipsic, →OCLC, stanza I, page 29:
glosses: simple past and past participle of belove.
commence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɛns/
ipa: /kəˈmens/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: commences
form: commencing
form: commenced
form: commenced
Etymology: From Middle English commencen, comencen (also as contracted comsen, cumsen), from Anglo-Norman comencer, from Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, formed from Latin com- + initiō (whence English initiate).
Senses: examples: text: Here the anthem doth commence:
ref: 1601, William Shakespeare, The Phoenix and the Turtle:
text: His heaven commences ere the world be past!
ref: 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village”, in The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, London: W. Griffin, published 1775, page 164:
text: He commenced dressing at top by donning his beaver hat, a very tall one, by the by, and then—still minus his trowsers—he hunted up his boots.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To begin, start.
examples: text: The speeches commenced three days of workshops, seminars, and cultural activities.
ref: 1976 December 11, Thom Willenbecher, quoting Jean O'Leary, “Women's Caucus Quits Gay Academic Union”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 1:
glosses: To begin, start.
examples: text: […] he furnish’d me with a Gun, Cartouch-box, and Powder-horn, &c. and thus accouter’d I commenc’d Soldier.
ref: 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, page 126:
text: When we are wearied of the trouble of prosecuting crimes at the bar, we commence judges ourselves […]
ref: 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character, London: Taylor & Hessey, Prudential Aphorisms, Aphorism 15, page 48:
glosses: To begin to be, or to act as.
examples: text: […] I question whether the Formality of Commencing was used in that Age: inclining rather to the negative, that such Distinction of Graduates was then unknown […]
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, “The Seventh Century”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI), page 75:
text: […] was admitted a minor fellow of his college 4 Oct. 1591, a major fellow 11 March 1591-2, and commenced M.A. in 1592.
ref: 1861, George John Gray, Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1586-1609, page 272:
glosses: To take a degree at a university.
Synonyms: begin
Derived terms: commenceable
Related terms: commencement
compile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpaɪl/
ipa: /kəmˈpɑɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: compiles
form: compiling
form: compiled
form: compiled
Etymology: From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).
Senses: examples: text: Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
text: So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.
ref: 2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:
glosses: To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
examples: text: Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To construct; to build.
examples: text: Steve Davis compiled a 147.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
examples: text: After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
examples: text: There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
examples: text: After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile.
ref: 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXXX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature F, verso:
glosses: To contain or comprise.
examples: text: They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice
ref: 1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. […], London: […] T. M. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, section II, page 188:
glosses: To write; to compose.
Hyponyms: cross-compile
transcompile
Derived terms: autocompile
compilability
compilable
compiland
compilation
compilement
compiler
compilator
decompile
miscompile
noncompiled
noncompiling
precompile
recompile
uncompile
uncompiled
compile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpaɪl/
ipa: /kəmˈpɑɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: compiles
Etymology: From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).
Senses: examples: text: […] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.
ref: 1985, Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing:
text: Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.
ref: 2007, Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An act of compiling code.
Derived terms: compile time
compiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpaɪlə/
ipa: /kəmˈpaɪlɚ/
rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: compilers
Etymology: From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compīlātōrem, equivalent to compile + -er.
Senses: examples: text: a compiler of poetry anthologies
text: my favourite crossword compiler
glosses: One who compiles.
examples: text: As a result, many compilers automatically allocate blocks of memory and then parcel chunks out to programs with a suballocator when needed. That is, the compiler allocates a chunk of some 4,000 bytes and then parcels this memory out to you in bits and pieces when you need it.
ref: 1995, Charles Calvert, Teach Yourself Windows 95 Programming in 21 Days, page 1170:
text: The recommended Apple Objective-C compiler, Clang/LLVM (versions 4.2 and above) provides support for autosynthesis of declared properties. This means that the compiler will automatically synthesize declared properties […]
ref: 2013, Keith Lee, Pro Objective-C, page 24:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
Hyponyms: biocompiler
cross compiler
metacompiler
multi-language compiler
multi-pass compiler
multi-target compiler
one-pass compiler
source-to-source compiler
supercompiler
transcompiler
translating compiler
transpiler
compiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compile
leonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːənaɪn/
ipa: /-nɪn/
ipa: /ˈliəˌnaɪn/
Forms: form: leonines
Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English leonin, leonine (“of or pertaining to a person named Leo; specifically Pope Leo IV”), from Latin leōnīnus, from Leo (“man’s name”) (from leo (“lion”): see etymology 1) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).
Sense 2 (“being or relating to a kind of verse with internal rhyme”) is said to refer to a (possibly apocryphal) medieval monk named Leo or Leonius who composed verse with this characteristic; his identity is uncertain, but the composer Léonin (also known as Leo, Leoninus, or Leonius; flourished 1135–1201) has been suggested. Alternatively, the word may refer to Pope Leo II (c. 611–683): see the c. 1760–1761 quotation.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: A[llen]. The Clink of Syllables call'd Rymes, / Brought in ith' barb'rous Runick times, / To ſober Criticks ſeems to be / A paultry part of Poetry, / Becoming Monkiſh dull Divines, / VVho traded much in Leonines. / J[ohn]. Altho' to ſpoil I ſhould be ſorry, / An undergraduate Antiquary, / Yet I'll produce a Line or tvvo / Of Leonines in Cicero, / Before the Monks long time ago.
ref: 1715, “Canto III”, in The Miller of Trompington: being an Exercise upon Chaucer’s Reeve’s Tale, London: […] Jonas Brown, […]; and sold by J[ames] Roberts […], →OCLC, pages 44–45:
text: [F]rom the jingling of the Greek couplet juſt before, and ſimilar inſtances of his taſte, I am perſuaded Sir VVilliam intended theſe as Leonines perfect in their kind.
ref: 1771 December, “Illustration of the Inscription on Sir W[illiam] Browne’s Monument. […] Continued from Our Last. The Notes.”, in The Town and Country Magazine; or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment, volume III, London: […] A[rchibald] Hamilton Junr. […]; [a]nd sold by Robinson and Roberts, […], →OCLC, page 648, column 1:
text: The manuscript of Trinity College, Cambridge, which we have already mentioned, was written at the beginning of the thirteenth century, and the proverbs which it contains are translations into Latin leonines of some of the more popular English, and, in one or two instances, Norman proverbs of that time.
ref: 1835 March, “Art. V.— […] 4. Collection of English Proverbs of the Twelfth Century, Translated into Latin Leonines. MS. Trin. Coll. Camb. O. 2. 45. (Unpublished.) [book review]”, in Cochrane’s Foreign Quarterly Review, volume I, number II, London: Whittaker & Co. […]; Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 395:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Synonym of Leonine verse (“a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme)”).
synonyms: word: Leonine verse
extra: (“a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme)”)
Derived terms: Leonine verse
Scot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɒt/
ipa: /ˈskɑt/
ipa: /ˈskɔʔ/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: Scott
Forms: form: Scots
Etymology: From Old English Scottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scotti (see Scōtī for more).
See Scoti.
Senses: synonyms: Scotsman
Scotchman
glosses: A person born in or native to Scotland.
Hyponyms: Lowlander
Highlander
Derived terms: Scotch
Scotizing
Scots' Gap
Scottish