cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
blurt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɜːt/
ipa: /ˈblɝt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: blurts
form: blurting
form: blurted
form: blurted
Etymology: Possibly imitative.
Senses: examples: text: Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
text: "Who are you?!" he blurted into the woman's palm, and she shook it off in obvious disgust, wiping spittle onto his D-class uniform.
ref: 2023 September 30, HarryBlank, “Meeting in the Middle”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
synonyms: jerk
glosses: To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
examples: text: the sound of rusty water blurting from the faucet in the kitchen
ref: 2000, Kim Addonizio, “Like That”, in Tell Me:
text: Blurted tea onto the monitor at FAL being "satisfying" and Brine's reaction . . .
ref: 2016 December 11, steveski, “Poss. soiler for Sun. 11.12.16”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet):
glosses: To spurt.
Derived terms: blurtation
blurter
blurtingly
blurt out
blurt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɜːt/
ipa: /ˈblɝt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: blurts
Etymology: Possibly imitative.
Senses: glosses: An abrupt outburst.
bombast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒmbæst/
ipa: /ˈbɑmbæst/
ipa: /ˈbʌmbæst/
Forms: form: bombasts
form: bombasting
form: bombasted
form: bombasted
Etymology: From Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to twist, wind”.
Senses: examples: text: Their doctrine is to be seen in Jacob Behmen's books by him that hath nothing else to do, than to bestow a great deal of time to understand him that was not willing to be easily understood, and to know that his bombasted words do signify nothing more than before was easily known by common familiar terms.
ref: 1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Notes on [Richard] Baxter’s Life of Himself”, in Henry Nelson Coleridge, editor, The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, volume IV, London: William Pickering, published 1839, →OCLC, page 90:
glosses: To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
examples: text: [']The ugly truth is, Gerald,' she said viciously, 'that you're a phoney, a rotten, bombasting phoney, trying to cover up from all the world,[…][']
ref: 1968, Christianna Brand, What Dread Hand?: A Collection of Short Stories, London: Michael Joseph, →OCLC:
glosses: To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
bombast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒmbæst/
ipa: /ˈbɑmbæst/
ipa: /ˈbʌmbæst/
Forms: form: more bombast
form: most bombast
Etymology: From Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to twist, wind”.
Senses: examples: text: But he (as louing his owne pride, and purpoſes) / Euades them, with a bumbaſt Circumſtance, / Horribly ſtufft with Epithites of warre, / Non-ſuites my Mediators.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 310, column 1:
text: 'Tis not ſuch Lines as almoſt crack the Stage. / When Bajazet begins to rage. / Nor a tall Met'phor in the Bombaſt way, / Nor the dry chips of ſhort-lung'd Seneca.
ref: 1678, Abraham Cowley, “Ode. Of Wit.”, in The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. […], 5th edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 7, page 3:
synonyms: aureate
highfalutin
glosses: Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
bonanza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈnæn.zə/
rhymes: -ænzə
Forms: form: bonanzas
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der.
Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκός (mălăkós)
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (mălăkĭ́ā)bor.
Latin malacia
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
Proto-Italic *dwenos
Old Latin duenos
Old Latin duonus
Latin bonusinflu.
Vulgar Latin *bonacia
Spanish bonanzabor.
English bonanza
Borrowed from Spanish bonanza (“dead calm, fair weather, good luck, rich lode”), from Vulgar Latin *bonacia (“lull, dead calm”), in turn from Latin malacia (“calm sea”), influenced by bonus (“good”) under the false impression that initial mal- is a derivate of malus (“bad”).
Senses: topics: business
mining
antonyms: borrasca
glosses: A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
glosses: The point at which two mother lodes intersect.
examples: text: The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.
text: For two decades the bonanza on Scotland’s west coast continued. An occupation that had been seasonal and modestly profitable became year-round and lucrative. Baskets of herring put televisions into fishermen’s cottages and cars outside their doors. But fish, like oil and gas, with which Scotland’s continental shelf is also well-endowed, are not in unlimited supply.
ref: 2013 August 31, Bagehot, “The parable of the Clyde”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851:
text: It has also yielded a bonanza for corporate executives and other shareholders: Money not spent filling warehouses with unneeded auto parts is, at least in part, money that can be given to shareholders in the form of dividends.
ref: 2021 March 26, Peter S. Goodman, “In Suez Canal, Stuck Ship Is a Warning About Excessive Globalization”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: His [D. Trump's] domestic policy bill allocated a record $1 trillion to defense in 2026, including for technology such as autonomous drones. Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists are eagerly eying that bonanza.
ref: 2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “The Militarization of Silicon Valley”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: mother lode
glosses: Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.
bookish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊk.ɪʃ/
Forms: form: more bookish
form: most bookish
Etymology: From book + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. […] This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession.
ref: 1783, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, page 16:
text: A Google search reveals Gendrot has no great internet or social media footprint, but in any case, he says, the police recruiters did not delve into his background. He did change his round spectacles to look less “bookish”.
ref: 2020 September 3, Kim Willsher, “French reporter who joined police exposes racism and violence”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
examples: text: Besides, all my New York friends were in the negative, nightmare position of putting down society and giving their tired bookish or political or psychoanalytical reasons, […]
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
text: Obviously, neither Corneille nor the characters who laugh at excessively bookish speech avoid literary convention.
ref: 1996, Helen L. Harrison, Pistoles/Paroles: Money and Language in Seventeenth-century French Comedy, page 50:
glosses: Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
Synonyms: sense: characterized by expression found in books
word: formal
sense: characterized by expression found in books
word: labored
sense: characterized by expression found in books
word: literary
sense: characterized by expression found in books
word: pedantic
Derived terms: bookishly
bookishness
nonbookish
overbookish
unbookish
Related terms: comic-bookish
nerd
botanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈtænɪkəl/
rhymes: -ænɪkəl
Etymology: From botany + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: a botanical system
text: a botanical textbook
glosses: Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.
glosses: Of or pertaining to plants; vegetable in the broad sense.
Derived terms: archaeobotanical
archeobotanical
botanical garden
botanically
botanical name
ecobotanical
ethnobotanical
geobotanical
macrobotanical
medicobotanical
microbotanical
nonbotanical
palaeobotanical
paleobotanical
unbotanical
zoobotanical
botanical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈtænɪkəl/
rhymes: -ænɪkəl
Forms: form: botanicals
Etymology: From botany + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: But where vodka stays neutral, gin is infused with botanicals — a witch’s pantry of roots, berries, herbs, dried fruits and spices — dominated by the piney, breezy aroma of juniper berries.
ref: 2007 May 2, Eric Asimov, “No, Really, It Was Tough: 4 People, 80 Martinis”, in New York Times:
topics: cooking
cosmetics
food
lifestyle
medicine
sciences
glosses: Something derived from a botanical, especially herbal, source.
botheration
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌbɑðəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).
Senses: examples: text: "Botheration ! Who cares ? Why don't you ask if [our ancestors] carried pocket-books ?"
ref: 1891, “A Live Issue”, in Puck, page 5:
text: Botheration! How she had crumpled her skirt, kneeling in that idiotic way.
ref: 1918, Katherine Mansfield, "Prelude" in Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2002, p. 120
text: "Blast and botheration!" exclaimed Digory. "What's gone wrong now? [...]"
ref: 1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998:
glosses: A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
botheration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌbɑðəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: botherations
Etymology: From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).
Senses: examples: text: 1803, William Blake, Letter to his brother James Blake dated 30 January, 1803, in The Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1970, p. 696,
I write in great haste & with a head full of botheration about various projected works …
text: [...] I am determined to be peevish after my long day's botheration.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 21, in A Tale of Two Cities:
text: At home he read too many papers. He was better off without his daily dose of world botheration, sham happenings, without newspaper phrases.
ref: 1982, Saul Bellow, chapter 4, in The Dean's December, New York: Pocket Books, published 1983, page 59:
synonyms: word: irritation
word: annoyance
word: bother
word: exasperation
word: frustration
word: irritation
word: vexation
glosses: The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
glosses: An act of bothering or annoying.
examples: text: [...] the by-products and botherations that go with pleasures make it hardly worth it. Sex is supposedly life's greatest pleasure and look what it gives you.
ref: 1954, Peter De Vries, chapter 6, in The Tunnel of Love, New York: Popular Library, page 63:
synonyms: nuisance
glosses: A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
brace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: braces
form: bracing
form: braced
form: braced
Etymology: From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).
Senses: examples: text: All hands, brace for impact!
text: Brace yourself!
text: The boy has no idea about everything that's been going on. You need to brace him for what's about to happen.
text: Bradford would have been braced for an early assault from Villa as they tried to cut the deficit - and so it proved as they struggled to control the physical presence and aerial threat of Benteke, who headed straight at Bradford keeper Matt Duke when he should have done better.
ref: 2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC:
glosses: To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
examples: text: He braced himself against the crowd.
text: A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced.
ref: 1845, Edward Fairfax (tr.), Godfrey of Bulloigne; or, The Recovery of Jerusalem: Done into English Heroical Verse:
glosses: To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
examples: text: to brace the yards
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
glosses: To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
examples: text: Just about then the young kid who had braced us when we came in uttered a curse and made for the door.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:
text: “Constable Fancy’s collecting evidence from his flat while Morse and me brace Valdemar.”
ref: 2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 58:13 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by DCI Fred Thursday (Roger Allam):
glosses: To confront with questions, demands or requests.
examples: text: to brace a beam in a building
glosses: To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
examples: text: to brace the nerves
text: And welcome war to brace her drums.
ref: 1825, Thomas Campbell, Hallowed Ground:
glosses: To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
examples: text: The women of China[…], by bracing and binding them [their feet] from their infancy, have very little feet.
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§12”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
text: some who spurs had first braced on
ref: 1815, Walter Scott, Lord of the Isles:
glosses: To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
Derived terms: braceable
brace up
counterbrace
rebrace
unbrace
underbrace
upbrace
Related terms: brace aback
brace about
brace abox
brace by
brace in
brace of shakes
brace oneself
brace sharp
braise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
homophone: brays
homophone: braize
Forms: form: braises
form: braize
Etymology: From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of braze.
examples: text: Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco.
glosses: A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
examples: text: Braised cabbage is cooked in a braise of sliced bacon, one or two thickly sliced onions, one or two sliced carrots, parsley, thyme, a bay leaf, and stock to nearly cover.
glosses: A sauce used for braising.
braise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
homophone: brays
homophone: braize
Forms: form: braises
form: braising
form: braised
form: braised
form: braize
Etymology: From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
glosses: Alternative spelling of braze (joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal)
Related terms: charbroil
griddle
grill
braise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
homophone: brays
homophone: braize
Forms: form: braises
Senses: glosses: Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)
Synonyms: sense: Pagellus bogaraveo
word: becker
breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪkə/
enpr: brāʹkər
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
Senses: examples: text: breaker one nine
text: Breaker to the Bandit
ref: 1977, Smokey and the Bandit, spoken by Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason):
glosses: Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.
Related terms: spring breaker
breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪkə/
enpr: brāʹkər
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: breakers
Etymology: Probably from Spanish barrica (“barrel”). Doublet of barrique.
Senses: examples: text: Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
bream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiːm/
rhymes: -iːm
ipa: /bɹɪm/
ipa: /bɹim/
ipa: /bɹɛm/
rhymes: -ɪm
homophone: brim
Forms: form: bream
form: breams
Etymology: From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).
Senses: glosses: A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
synonyms: carp bream
glosses: A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
glosses: An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
glosses: A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.
Derived terms: black bream
bony bream
breamlike
carp bream
gilt-head bream
seabream
sea bream
silver bream
white bream
bream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiːm/
rhymes: -iːm
ipa: /bɹɪm/
ipa: /bɹim/
ipa: /bɹɛm/
rhymes: -ɪm
homophone: brim
Forms: form: breams
form: breaming
form: breamed
form: breamed
Etymology: Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
breech
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
homophone: breach
Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
Senses: topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: With the hips coming out before the head.
raw_tags: of birth
Derived terms: breech birth
breech
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
homophone: breach
Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
Senses: topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: Born, or having been born, breech.
breech
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
homophone: breach
Forms: form: breeches
form: breeching
form: breeched
form: breeched
Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
Senses: examples: text: […] it occurred before I was breeched, and I was breeched at three years and a quarter old;
ref: 1748-1832, Jeremy Bentham, The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 10
text: A great man […] anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
glosses: To beat or spank on the buttocks.
examples: text: to breech a gun
glosses: To fit or furnish with a breech.
glosses: To fasten with breeching.
examples: text: Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: To cover as if with breeches.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, or noun breech
word: breech birth
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, or noun breech
word: rod for one's own breech
Related terms: breeches
bridal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbraɪ.dl̩/
enpr: brīd-(ə)l
ipa: /ˈbɹaɪd(ə)l/
homophone: bridle
rhymes: -aɪd(ə)l
Forms: form: bridals
Etymology: From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride + -al.
Senses: examples: text: […] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Thus, in the dead time of the night before her bridal, Edith Granger wrestled with her unquiet spirit, tearless, friendless, silent, proud, and uncomplaining.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
bridal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbraɪ.dl̩/
enpr: brīd-(ə)l
ipa: /ˈbɹaɪd(ə)l/
homophone: bridle
rhymes: -aɪd(ə)l
Etymology: From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride + -al.
Senses: examples: text: bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber
glosses: Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.
Derived terms: bridal bower
bridal carry
bridal chamber
bridal couple
bridal crown
bridal day
bridally
bridal party
bridal registry
bridal salon
bridal shower
bridal suite
bridal tree
bridal waltz
bridal wear
bridalwear
bridal wreath
nonbridal
prebridal
brink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: brinks
Etymology: From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).
Senses: examples: text: the brink of a river
glosses: The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
examples: text: the brink of success
text: As South Korea heads to the polls, can Lee Jae-myung bring the country back from the brink? [title]
ref: 2025 June 1, Raphael Rashid, “As South Korea heads to the polls, can Lee Jae-myung bring the country back from the brink?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The edge or border.
Derived terms: brinkless
brinkmanship
brinkmate
brink pink
brinksman
on the brink
on the brink of
sea-brink
brisk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪsk/
rhymes: -ɪsk
Forms: form: brisker
form: more brisk
form: briskest
form: most brisk
Etymology: Uncertain; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys.
Senses: examples: text: We took a brisk walk yesterday.
text: On such occasions he would remark--
"Shaving may add an air that's somewhat brisker,
For dignity, commend me to the whisker."
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 10:
text: Ba, who has been linked with a January move to Arsenal, should have rewarded their brisk start with the opening goal in the 16th minute.
ref: 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: lively
spirited
quick
glosses: Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
glosses: Full of spirit of life; effervescing.
examples: text: brisk cider
glosses: Sparkling; fizzy.
examples: text: This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
text: Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, / There's brisker pipes than poetry.
ref: 1896, A. E. Housman, “Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad:
glosses: Stimulating or invigorating.
examples: text: Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 15”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
glosses: Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
Derived terms: briskish
briskly
briskness
brisky
Related terms: brusque
brisk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪsk/
rhymes: -ɪsk
Forms: form: brisks
form: brisking
form: brisked
form: brisked
Etymology: Uncertain; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys.
Senses: glosses: To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.
raw_tags: with "up"
brutalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brutalizations
form: brutalisation
Etymology: From brutalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making brutal
glosses: An instance of being brutalized.
brute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bro͞ot
ipa: /bɹuːt/
ipa: /bɹut/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: more brute
form: most brute
Etymology: From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).
Senses: examples: text: a brute beast
glosses: Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
examples: text: A creature […] not prone / And brute as other creatures, but endued / With sanctity of reason.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, 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:
glosses: Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
examples: text: the brute earth; the brute powers of nature
glosses: Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
examples: text: a great brute farmer from Liddesdale
ref: 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Crude, unpolished.
examples: text: The two Gladiators, Kreugas and Damoxenos, a subject from Pausanias, is another work in the same grand style. There is a want of nobility both in the countenances and forms of the combatants, and the expression of brute strength is too little relieved by that of courage arid heroism. The gentlemen of the fancy too find fault with the attitudes, as contrary to the rules of boxing ; a fault to be excused in consideration of the want in Rome of an establishment like Fives' court in London.
ref: 1820, Floyd Lavern Darrow, The North American Review, Cummings and Hilliard, page 380:
text: When Mr. Chalmers refused to O. K. the sacrifice of all-round performance to mere brute might, he saved the owner of the 3400 r. p. m.
ref: 1864, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Daniel the Prophet, Nine Lectures, with Notes, Printing-Press of the Devonport Society, page 112:
text: When Mr. Chalmers refused to O. K. the sacrifice of all-round performance to mere brute might, he saved the owner of the 3400 r. p. m.
ref: 1916, Floyd Lavern Darrow, Kansas Farmer, Kansas Farmer Company, pages 136-137:
text: I got the door open through brute force.
glosses: Strong, blunt, and spontaneous; being purely physical in nature.
examples: text: brute violence
glosses: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
Derived terms: brute fact
brute strength
brute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bro͞ot
ipa: /bɹuːt/
ipa: /bɹut/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: brutes
form: bruting
form: bruted
form: bruted
Etymology: From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).
Senses: glosses: To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
brute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bro͞ot
ipa: /bɹuːt/
ipa: /bɹut/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: brutes
form: bruting
form: bruted
form: bruted
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of bruit.
buzz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭz
ipa: /bʌz/
rhymes: -ʌz
Forms: form: buzzes
Etymology: From Middle English *bussen (suggested by Middle English bussyng (“buzzing”)), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Scots bizz (“to buzz”). Compare Middle English bunning (“buzzing”), Middle English hossing (“buzzing”), Middle English bissen (“to hush”).
Senses: examples: text: In the steady buzz of flies the homeward-bound agent was lying flushed and insensible[.]
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 209:
text: This probably explains the interest in UVB-76, or “The Buzzer,” a mysterious shortwave radio station that has been operating since 1982 and whose output consists of a monotonous buzz repeated 24 hours a day, occasionally interrupted by a Russian voice.
ref: 2012, Ripley's Believe It Or Not! (compiler), Ripley's Unbelievable Stories For Guys:
glosses: A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
glosses: A whisper.
glosses: The audible friction of voiced consonants.
examples: text: Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
glosses: A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
examples: text: Now, don't waste time, give us a buzz -- quick! 825-4703 or 265-7881.
ref: 1983 April 9, “Clearly Womyn's Space (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: A telephone call or e-mail.
examples: text: Mr. Hall? The buzz on Christian is that his parents have joint custody, so he'll be spending one semester in Chicago and one semester here.
ref: 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):
text: I wasn't performing with Pimp and Smoove that much no more, but I had a solo deal with Ruthless Rap and a brand new mixtape that was creating a big buzz.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103:
text: In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.
ref: 2006 September 6, Daren Fonda, “Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"”, in Time:
text: Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Who's he?
Patrick: He's only the most popular kid in school.
Allen Gregory: Ah, the two heavyweights finally meet. Sure you're tired of all the buzz. Allen Gregory DeLongpre.
ref: 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
roman: Joel Zadak: Joel...Zadak!
glosses: Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
glosses: Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”).
synonyms: word: fizz-buzz
extra: counting game
cadge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
Forms: form: cadges
Etymology: Possibly a corruption of cage, from Old French.
Senses: topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
cadge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
Forms: form: cadges
form: cadging
form: cadgein
form: cadged
form: cadged
Etymology: Possibly a corruption of cage, from Old French.
Senses: examples: text: Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day
ref: 1839, Glasgow Society, Report for Repressing Juvenile Delinquency:
glosses: To beg.
examples: text: Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
text: They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.
ref: 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 2:
text: 1960, Lionel Bart, “Food, Glorious Food,” song from the musical Oliver!
There’s not a crust, not a crumb can we find,
can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge […]
synonyms: word: scrounge
word: bum
word: beg
word: blag
word: bum
word: cadge
word: leech
word: mooch
word: scrounge
word: sponge
word: tap
word: wheedle
glosses: To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.
glosses: To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
examples: text: Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting.
ref: 1607, Thomas Walkington, The Optick Glasse of Humors:
glosses: To carry, as a burden.
glosses: To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
Derived terms: cadger
codger
on the cadge
calcification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: calcifications
Etymology: From calcify + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen of calcification of the dental pulp.
ref: 1871, The Dental Cosmos, volume 13, page 84:
text: It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.
ref: 2012, Marcus Samuelsson, “One: My African Mother”, in Yes, Chef, Random House, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
Derived terms: anticalcification
biocalcification
decalcification
dystrophic calcification
hypercalcification
hypocalcification
macrocalcification
microcalcification
mictocalcification
osteocalcification
overcalcification
procalcification
recalcification
calculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌkælkjəˈlæɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: calculations
Etymology: From Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis. Morphologically calculate + -ion.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The act or process of calculating.
examples: text: As a check on these calculations we note that the total probability for 0, 1, 2, or 3 successes must be one since there are no other possibilities.
ref: 1962, Hugh D. Young, chapter 3, in Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data, →ISBN, page 53:
text: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
ref: 2012 January 24, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The result of calculating.
examples: text: By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
glosses: Reckoning, estimate.
glosses: An expectation based on circumstances.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
Synonyms: sense: act or process of calculating
word: computation
word: evaluation
english: old
translation: old
word: reckoning
sense: Result of calculation
word: sum
sense: estimate
word: estimate
sense: estimate
word: guess
sense: estimate
word: reckoning
sense: estimate
word: measurement
sense: act or process of imagining sequences of moves
word: reading
word: calculation
word: calculus
word: ciphering
word: computing
word: supputation
Hyponyms: word: summation
word: subtraction
word: multiplication
word: division
Derived terms: backcalculation
calculational
mental calculation
miscalculation
overcalculation
precalculation
recalculation
retrocalculation
subcalculation
undercalculation
Related terms: calculable
calculate
calculator
calculus
calibration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkæl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkæl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkæl.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkɛl.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: calibrations
Etymology: From calibrate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The thermostat needs calibration.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: The act of calibrating something.
Derived terms: autocalibration
calibrationless
crosscalibration
intercalibration
miscalibration
overcalibration
Platt calibration
precalibration
recalibration
Related terms: calibre
calibrate
calibre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæl.ɪ.bə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkæl.ə.bɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæl.ə.bə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: calibres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caliber.
Derived terms: multicalibre
subcalibre
Related terms: calibrate
cancellation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kænsəˈleɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: cancellations
form: cancelation
Etymology: From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.
Senses: examples: text: Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.
ref: 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
glosses: The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
topics: law
glosses: In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
examples: 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia
Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The property of being cancellate.
Derived terms: noise cancellation
noncancellation
precancellation
Related terms: cancel
killer cancel
canny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæni/
rhymes: -æni
homophone: kanny
Forms: form: cannier
form: canniest
Etymology: Northern English dialect, from can (“to know”) ( + -y), from Middle English can, first and third person singular of cunnen, connen (“to be able, know how to”), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). Compare Scots canny, English cunny, Old English cann (“knowledge, assertion”). More at can, cunning.
Senses: examples: text: The politician gave a canny response to the reporter’s questions.
text: O! as thou art bonny, be prudent and canny,
ref: 1723-1737, Allan Ramsay, “Love Inviting Reason”, in The Tea-Table Miscellany
roman: And think on thy Jamie wha dotes upon thee
text: “Canny now, lads, canny now!” exclaimed old Mucklebackit, who acted as commodore; “swerve the yard a bit—Now—there! there she sits safe on dry land.”
ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
glosses: Careful, prudent, cautious.
examples: text: The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.
text: ‘Paris Hilton is A-list. She’s a genuinely really big star,’ said Professor Robert Thompson, a popular culture expert at Syracuse University. She’s also a canny money-making machine.
ref: 2005 May 8, Paul Harris, “How canny Paris turned into a global business brand”, in The Guardian:
text: Then again, in war, politics and life, it’s always wiser to treat your adversary as a canny fox, not a crazy fool.
ref: 2022 March 29, Bret Stephens, “What if Putin Didn’t Miscalculate?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Knowing, shrewd, astute.
examples: text: canny investments
text: Whate’er he wins, I’ll guide with canny care.
ref: 1751, Allan Ramsay, “The Gentle Shepherd”, in Poems by Allan Ramsay, published 1751:
synonyms: word: abstemious
word: canny
word: chary
word: cheap
word: close with a buck
word: economical
word: frugal
word: husbandly
word: huswifely
word: parsimonious
word: penny-pinching
word: prudent
word: spareful
word: sparing
word: spary
word: thrifty
word: tight
word: tightwad
glosses: Frugal, thrifty.
examples: text: She’s a canny lass hor like!
text: But gie me a cannie hour at e’en,
My arms about my dearie O;
An’ warl’y cares, an’ warl’y men,
Mae a’ gae tapsalteerie O!
ref: 1783, Robert Burns, “Green Grow the Rashes O”, in Songs and Ballads:
glosses: Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny.
examples: text: a canny horse
text: Be canny with this letter.
glosses: Gentle, quiet, steady.
examples: text: That's a canny big hoose like.
glosses: pretty, quite, very.
Derived terms: cannily
canniness
canny
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæni/
rhymes: -æni
homophone: kanny
Etymology: Northern English dialect, from can (“to know”) ( + -y), from Middle English can, first and third person singular of cunnen, connen (“to be able, know how to”), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). Compare Scots canny, English cunny, Old English cann (“knowledge, assertion”). More at can, cunning.
Senses: examples: text: a canny long journey
text: canny near home
text: That’s a canny big horse, man!
glosses: Very, considerably; quite, rather.
examples: text: he sits very canny
text: drive canny
glosses: Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
Derived terms: ca' canny
canny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæni/
rhymes: -æni
homophone: kanny
Etymology: can (“more or less cylindrical metal container”) + -y
Senses: examples: text: The rear sounds sounded canny compared to the front ones. And you also have to adjust the volume so both pair of speakers are at the same level, […]
ref: 1998 August 20, Kallel, Four speakers are a pain in the ass ;P, in 3dfx.products.voodoo2
text: I am using the stereo outs, I am getting nice reverb out of it but the probelm^([sic]) is the entire sound is like i said like its coming through a can. even when in bypass mode it sound "canny".
Thank you for your input.
Stacey
ref: 2000 October 17, Dreamin Man, “Lexicon MPX 100?”, in rec.audio.pro (Usenet):
text: I was approch. 3 meters from the stage and the sound was very good from there. But if you had seats way up at the sides or at the back I can understand that you could have experienced a "canny" sound.
ref: 2001 October 8, Philippe, “Antwerp - what a disappointment !!!!”, in alt.music.depeche-mode (Usenet):
text: The metal zone is too 'canny'.... Boss has a handful of great distortions - DS-1, Mega Distortion, DS-2, Heavy Metal....
ref: 2006 March 23, The Chris, “Re: Best Distortion Under $100”, in alt.guitar (Usenet):
text: Not bad.. Although I think the 290 might have a slight edge on video crispness, I think the audio is better on the ultra HD. Hear more low end, and slightly less canny sounding from what I can tell.
ref: 2010 May 24, nm...@wt.net, “FlipHD Saturday SECTR5 LittleWing”, in alt.guitar (Usenet):
glosses: Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.
raw_tags: of sound
canonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canonizations
form: canonisation
Etymology: From canonize + -ation.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
examples: text: Following the attribution of two miracles, the next step is for the Pope to convene a meeting of cardinals to agree on Acutis’ sainthood and decide on a date for the canonization.
ref: 2024 May 24, Christopher Lamb, “Italian teenager nicknamed ‘God’s influencer’ set to become Catholic Church’s first millennial saint”, in CNN:
glosses: The state of being canonized or sainted.
glosses: Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.
Derived terms: noncanonization