cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
come across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes across
form: coming across
form: came across
form: come across
Senses: examples: text: He came across the street towards me.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
examples: text: You argued well in court but your firm doesn't pay its lawyers well, so why don't you come across to ours?
synonyms: come over
glosses: To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
examples: text: How did she come across when you met with her?
text: How did she come across to you?
text: She came across as sharp and well-grounded.
text: A business suit and adequate elocution help her to come across as the competent professional she is.
text: “Because of the British empire, I mean. On which the sun never sets. There’s no offence intended. That’s what I want to be sure of. That the line doesn’t come across as an insult to your country’s glorious past.”
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 36:
synonyms: come off
come over
coordinate_terms: translate
equate
glosses: To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way).
examples: text: In the meadow he came across a rare flower.
synonyms: come upon
run across
encounter
happen across
glosses: To find, usually by accident.
examples: text: Near-synonym: come through
text: He came across with the rest of the money when we mentioned our lawyer.
text: "I'll die before I let my grandad pay you that much money!" blazed the girl.
"That ain't unlikely either," retorted Shanan, "if ol' Bart Hendricks don't come across with the ransom."
ref: 1929, Reginald Charles Barker, The Hair-trigger Brand, page 160:
info_templates: extra_data: words: with
expansion: [with with]
coordinate_terms: come around
glosses: To produce what was desired; to come up with the goods.
examples: Near-synonym: come around
coordinate_terms: come through
glosses: To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
coordinate_terms: come through
glosses: To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
To have sex; to give in to seduction.
coordinate_terms: come through
glosses: To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
To confess to something.
cathectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈθɛktɪk/
rhymes: -ɛktɪk
Forms: form: more cathectic
form: most cathectic
Etymology: Borrowing from Ancient Greek καθεκτικός (kathektikós, “capable of retaining”)
Senses: examples: text: What we are dealing with here is more cathectic energy than the quota of affect as such, but the second is included in the first, as the following quotation shows:
ref: 1999, André Green, translated by Alan Sheridan, The Fabric of Affect in the Psychoanalytic Discourse, Psychology Press, page 14:
text: Viewing animals inside an enclosure bounded by barriers agitates many people simply because the perspective seems wrong. This remnant of modernism is perhaps the most cathectic concern and source of the sometimes intense criticism of zoos.
ref: 2006, Stephen Spotte, Zoos in Postmodernism, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, page 143:
text: Nowhere is this contestation between purity, pleasure, and danger more clearly expressed than in gnotobiology's most cathectic public image: the boy in the bubble.
ref: 2010, Matthew Weinstein, Bodies Out of Control: Rethinking Science Texts, Peter Lang, page 25:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a connection that is charged with emotional energy.
Derived terms: anticathectic
countercathectic
cathect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈθɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: cathects
form: cathecting
form: cathected
form: cathected
Etymology: Back-formation from cathexis and cathectic. A loan creation coined by British psychoanalyst James Strachey translating Freud’s German besetzen.
Senses: examples: text: 1978 [Simon & Schuster], M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Travelled, 2012, Random House (Rider), page 105,
The feeling of love is the emotion that accompanies the experience of cathecting. Cathecting, it will be remembered, is the process by which an object becomes important to us. Once cathected, the object, commonly referred to as a 'love object,' is invested with our energy as if it were part of ourselves, and this relationship between the us and the invested object is called a cathexis.
text: Narcissism theorists talk about the work of the narcissism period being a "cathecting of the self." In fact, they should be talking about a "cathecting of the rudimentary self." Since all that gets cathected here are merely individually emerging ego self representations and not ego self structure—the latter amounting to an internally integrated network of agency dispositions—it really makes no sense to talk about cathecting a self per se.
ref: 1994, Howard Kamler, Identification and Character, SUNY Press, page 56:
text: Apparently it is possible for an individual to cathect any person, object, idea, or image. Of considerable importance to a possible analogy between cathexis and the emotion of interest, is Freud's notion that an individual can cathect thought or thinking as well as attention and perception.
ref: 2013, Carroll E. Izard, Human Emotions, page 193:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To focus one's emotional energies on someone or something.
make amends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes amends
form: making amends
form: made amends
form: made amends
Senses: examples: text: I hope they can stop fighting and make amends.
text: We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
ref: 1990, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, “Being Boring”, in Behaviour, performed by Pet Shop Boys:
text: But with the home side likewise unable to make the most of a period of first-half ascendancy, Villa were swift to make amends on the restart.
ref: 2011 January 25, Les Roopanarine, “Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC:
synonyms: word: make up
word: atone
word: expiate
word: aby
word: abegge
glosses: To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.
Great Dane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Great Danes
Senses: examples: text: Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer.
Great Danes have relatively short life expectancies compared to smaller dogs, living for an average of 8-10 years, and males are typically about 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall, according to the American Kennel Club.
ref: 2024 June 25, Issy Ronald, “Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record”, in CNN:
glosses: A mastiff known for its great size, bred in Germany to hunt boar and large game.
Synonyms: Boarhound
Danish Hound
Deutsche Dogge
German Mastiff
Related terms: mastiff
Bay of Bengal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sea that forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.
Bengal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
ipa: /bɐŋˈɡaːl/
ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/
ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɑl/
ipa: /ˈbɛŋˌɡəl/
rhymes: (UK, India) -ɔːl
rhymes: (UK, US) -ɑːl
rhymes: (US) -ɛŋɡəl
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.
Senses: glosses: A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Derived terms: Bay of Bengal
Bengal babbler
Bengal fire
Bengal fox
Bengal isinglass
Bengal light
Bengal rose
Bengal studies
Bengal tiger
Bengal Tigers
East Bengal
Sultanate of Bengal
West Bengal
Bengal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
ipa: /bɐŋˈɡaːl/
ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/
ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɑl/
ipa: /ˈbɛŋˌɡəl/
rhymes: (UK, India) -ɔːl
rhymes: (UK, US) -ɑːl
rhymes: (US) -ɛŋɡəl
Forms: form: Bengals
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.
Senses: synonyms: Bengal cat
glosses: A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
examples: text: Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.
glosses: A Bengal tiger.
Related terms: Bengali
Bangla
Bangladesh
dido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪdəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪdəʊ
Forms: form: didos
form: didoes
Etymology: Unknown. The "trick" sense might come from the trick of Dido, queen of Carthage, who, having bought as much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to enclose a spot for a citadel.
Senses: examples: text: … she always had strong physical attraction for me … that time I kissed her … one reason I’ve steered clear since … take no chances on emotional didos …
ref: 1928, Eugene O'Neill, Strange Interlude, Act Four, page 139:
text: I remember Raymond telling me years later how when he lived at home, if his mother heard he had been seen as much as talking to a girl, she would kick up a dido.
ref: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 30:
glosses: A fuss, a row.
examples: text: Young people," interposed a passing official, "if you keep a cutting didoes, I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.
ref: 1838, Joseph Clay Neal, Charcoal Sketches; Or, Scenes in a Metropolis, page 201:
text: Our youngest uncle, Billy, was not old enough to join in their didoes. One of their more flamboyant escapades has become a proud family legend.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 10, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 55:
glosses: A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
dido
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪdəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪdəʊ
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ditto.
danish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
rhymes: -eɪnɪʃ
Forms: form: danishes
form: Danish
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Danish pastry
English danish
Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
Senses: examples: text: Get me a coffee and a cheese danish.
text: Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Uh-oh, Principal Gottlieb. Looks like somebody forgot their danish, huh?
Judith Gottlieb: Aw, crap.
Allen Gregory: Three, two, one, and there's the money shot.
ref: 2011 Allen Gregory, "1 Night in Gottlieb" (season 1, episode 2)
glosses: Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese.
maine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maines
Senses: examples: text: No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]
ref: 1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 415–416:
glosses: Obsolete form of main.
maine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of main.
colorado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorados
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish colorado.
Senses: glosses: A cigar of medium color and strength.
glosses: A fish of the species Lutjanus colorado, the Colorado snapper.
RIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Irish Constabulary.
glosses: Initialism of Royal Institute of Chemistry.
topics: economics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Russia, India and China (trilateral summit).
RIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RICs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of resin identification code.
glosses: Initialism of rapid intervention crew.
HVAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/
/ˌeɪt͡ʃ.vi.eɪˈsi/
Forms: form: HVACs
Senses: examples: text: Meronyms: heating, ventilating, ventilation, air conditioning, A/C, AC, refrigerating, refrigeration, cooling, air filtration
text: Many people believe that growth will only continue. “We’re gonna need stadiums full of electricians, heavy equipment operators, ironworkers, HVAC technicians,” Dwarkesh Patel and Romeo Dean, AI-industry analysts, wrote recently.
ref: 2025 October 30, Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How the AI Crash Happens”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2025:
synonyms: climate control
glosses: Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them.
POF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: POFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of premature ovarian failure.
POF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of PlentyOfFish.
orchidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ôr'kĭ-dĕk'tə-mē
rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: orchidectomies
Etymology: From Latin orchis (wrongly interpreting orchid- as the stem), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”) + -ectomy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of orchiectomy.
synonyms: word: orchiectomy
Derived terms: orchidectomist
orchidectomize
dutchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dutchmen
Etymology: From Dutchman. Attested mainly in the US from the late 19th century.
Senses: topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
glosses: A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman (“a ghost ship”).
dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dŭch
ipa: /dʌt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ʌtʃ
Forms: form: dutches
Etymology: Clipping of duchess
Senses: glosses: wife
dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dŭch
ipa: /dʌt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ʌtʃ
Forms: form: dutches
form: dutching
form: dutched
form: dutched
Etymology: See Dutch.
Senses: examples: text: Natural cocoa has not been "dutched". I actually prefer the natural, but if you use it, be sure to increase the baking soda to compensate for the additional acid.
ref: 2011, boulangere (user name), “Is Hersheys Special Dark "A blend of Natural and Dutched Cocoas" The same as "Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder?"”, in Food52:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Dutch (“treat cocoa with alkali”).
easter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiː.stə/
ipa: /ˈi.stəɹ/
rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more easter
form: most easter
Etymology: From Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.
Senses: examples: text: In the mean while, as our apartment was a corner one, and looked both east and north, I ran to the easter casement to look after Drummond.
ref: 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 57:
text: This is properly two, if not three towns — there being an Easter Anstruther and a Wester Anstruther, both burghs, besides a large fishing village […]
ref: 1828, The Picture of Scotland, page 187:
text: There had been a Little and a Meikle, and an Easter and a Wester Coull two centuries ago; and there had been a castle on the property […]
ref: 1885, Alex Johnston Warden, Angus Or Forfarshire: The Land and People, Descriptive and Historical, page 204:
text: It is styled, as we have seen, Wester Rires, which implies an Easter Rires; and this last portion of it probably lay to the north-east, and included […]
ref: 1887, Walter Wood, The East Neuk of Fife: Its History and Antiquities, page 118:
text: 'The fact remains that there is an Easter Fintry and a Wester Fintry in this part of the world. Just as there is an Easter Golford and a Wester Golford, ...
ref: 2011, J.I.M. Stewart, Mungo's Dream, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 219:
glosses: Eastern.
glosses: comparative form of east: more east
Derived terms: easterly
Easter Ross
Related terms: wester
down-easter
easter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiː.stə/
ipa: /ˈi.stəɹ/
rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: easters
Etymology: From Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.
Senses: examples: text: A northeaster in one place may be an easter, a norther, or a souther in some other locality.
ref: 1902, John Burroughs, Locusts and Wild Honey, page 81:
glosses: A strong easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east).
Derived terms: northeaster
easter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiː.stə/
ipa: /ˈi.stəɹ/
rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: easters
form: eastering
form: eastered
form: eastered
Etymology: From Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.
Senses: examples: text: Off Tilbury the Alcyone's topsail-yard was carried away just forward of the slings; she set a jib-headed one; at Thames Haven the wind eastered ...
ref: 1871, Hunt's Yachting Magazine, page 265:
text: At 5 the wind eastered and came E. by N., that we went 2 knots […] .
ref: 1940(?), Thomas Allen, The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, 1660-1678
glosses: To move toward the east.
adenoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: adenoidectomies
Etymology: From adenoid + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
cupid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːpɪd/
ipa: /ˈkjupɪd/
rhymes: -uːpɪd
Forms: form: cupids
Etymology: From Cupid.
Senses: examples: text: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
synonyms: amorino
glosses: A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
glosses: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.
Seattle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /siˈætl̩/
ipa: [-ɾɫ]
rhymes: -ætəl
Etymology: Named after Chief Seattle, from Lushootseed siʔaɬ.
Senses: examples: text: Doga instructors are not required to complete certification, though teacher training seminars do exist, like ones taught by Brenda Bryan, 43, a yoga and doga instructor in Seattle who has just written a book on the subject.
ref: 2009 April 9, Bethany Lyttle, “Bonding With Their Downward-Facing Humans”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
text: As I waited to meet with Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, on the 25th floor of an office building in downtown Seattle, I stared out at the city’s waterfront and thought: God fucking damn it.
ref: 2025 May 19, Kate Knibbs, “Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
glosses: A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.
wikipedia: Chief Seattle
Synonyms: word: Emerald City
Derived terms: Seattle Freeze
Seattleite
somnolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒmnələnt/
ipa: /ˈsɑːmnələnt/
Forms: form: more somnolent
form: most somnolent
Etymology: First attested in 1615. Borrowed from French somnolent, from Old French sompnolent, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus (“sleep”).
Senses: examples: text: One minute she was gazing at a mockup of a space capsule, safely surrounded by old, somnolent men; […]
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 4, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 60:
text: […]; and in chronicling the passing parade of Harry's life, the books have also created a Kodachrome-sharp picture of American life - the psychic ups and downs, enthusiasms and reversals experienced by this nation as it moved from the somnolent 50's through the upheavals of the 60's and 70's into the uncertainties of the 80's.
ref: 1990 September 25, Michiko Kakutani, “Just 30 Years Later, Updike Has a Quartet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: My tiger is deep
in somnolent sleep
dreaming of chases remembered!
His keen eyes are glinting!
He dreams of a sprinting
sambar who'll soon be dismembered!
ref: 1992 April 1, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
synonyms: word: sleepbound
word: somniculous
word: adrowse
word: bedroomy
word: dozy
word: dopey
word: dragging one's tail
word: drowsy
word: eyelids at half-mast
word: nodding off
word: oscitant
word: out of steam
word: sleepbound
word: sleepish
word: sleepy
word: slombry
word: snoozy
word: slumberful
word: slumberous
word: slumbersome
word: slumbery
word: somniculous
word: somnolent
word: somnolescent
word: tired
glosses: Drowsy or sleepy.
examples: text: As she reached toward the last few fiddleheads growing on the second hummock, her hand froze. She heard the somnolent buzzing of flies again.
ref: 1999, Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon:
synonyms: word: soporific
word: dormitive
word: hypnic
word: hypnotic
word: slumberous
word: somniferous
word: somnific
word: somnolent
word: soporiferous
word: soporific
word: soporous
word: stupefacient
word: stupefactive
word: tranquilizing
word: vapid
glosses: Causing literal or figurative sleepiness.
bronchus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑŋkəs/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒŋkəs
rhymes: (General American) -ɑŋkəs
Forms: form: bronchi
Etymology: From Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea; throat”).
Senses: examples: text: I've watched the summer evenings pass by / I've heard the rattle in my bronchi.
ref: 1993, “Afternoons & Coffeespoons”, in Brad Roberts (music), God Shuffled His Feet, performed by Crash Test Dummies:
glosses: Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
Synonyms: bronchial tube
Derived terms: bronchial
bronchial tree
bronchiole
bronchitis
broncho-
bronchoid
dorsobronchus
parabronchus
ventrobronchus
Related terms: bronchium
baby blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby blues
Senses: glosses: A pale blue color.
baby blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more baby blue
form: most baby blue
Senses: glosses: Of a pale blue color.
good-by
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: “Good-by, then,” said Phœbe, frankly. “I do not mean to be angry a great while, and should be sorry to have you think so. There has Cousin Hepzibah been standing in the shadow of the door-way, this quarter of an hour past! She thinks I stay too long in the damp garden. So, good-night, and good-by!”
ref: 1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Phœbe’s Good-by”, in The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 235:
glosses: Dated form of goodbye.
good-by
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good-bys
Senses: examples: text: Our daughter Lynda had been flying all night from California on the "Red Eye Special." She had just said good-by to her husband, Chuck, who was leaving for duty in Vietnam.
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “A Beginning and an End: March 31, 1968”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 431:
glosses: Dated form of goodbye.
splanchnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /splæŋkˈnɒləd͡ʒi/
Etymology: From splanchno- + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: These various organs, with those composing the respiratory and genitourinary apparatus, have received the name of viscera, and the term splanchnology is often given to that branch of anatomy devoted to their study.
ref: 1887, Auguste Chauveau, The Comparative Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals, page 326:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The scientific study of the viscera.
Synonyms: splanchnography
T-bone steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-bone steaks
Senses: glosses: A large beef steak, containing a T-shaped bone.
Related terms: porterhouse steak
troglophile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more troglophile
form: most troglophile
Etymology: From troglo- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Able to live its entire life in a cave.
troglophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troglophiles
Etymology: From troglo- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Any organism that is able to live its entire life in a cave.
Related terms: troglodyte
troglophilic
off-the-cuff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the prepositional phrase off the cuff.
Senses: examples: text: He made a few off-the-cuff remarks before launching into his prepared speech.
text: Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria [title]
ref: 2013 May 5, Peter Baker, Mark Landler, David E. Sanger, Anne Barnard, “Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties [title]
ref: 2017 June 4, Peter Baker, “Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Even when people are trying to sell you something, their messages seem off-the-cuff, like trustworthy recommendations rather than sponsored shilling.
ref: 2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: ad lib
word: extemporal
word: extemporary
word: extemporaneous
word: extempore
word: extemporized
word: impromptu
word: improvised
word: improviso
word: off-the-cuff
word: offhand
word: spur-of-the-moment
glosses: Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.
coal black
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).
Senses: examples: text: Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes […]
ref: 1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 110:
text: Hung in the stocking / For my empty coal-black soul
ref: 2023, “Christmas, Why You Gotta Do Me Like This”, performed by Eels:
glosses: Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
coal black
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal blacks
Etymology: From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).
Senses: glosses: A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.
Related terms: bone black
Copenhagen blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Copenhagen blues
Senses: examples: text: "Well, we got plenty blacks, navy blues, Copenhagen blues and brown in our spring line, Mr. Kamin," Elkan said […]
ref: 1912, Montague Glass, Elkan Lubliner: American:
glosses: A greyish blue color.
Copenhagen blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a greyish blue color.
ecru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛkɹuː/
/ˈeɪkɹuː/
Forms: form: ecrus
form: écru
Etymology: Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
Senses: examples: text: We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow.
ref: 2009, Y.J. Zhu, “Taklamakan Desert Moon Ride”, in Lucy McCauley, editor, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009: True Stories from Around the World (Travelers' Tales), →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 154:
glosses: A beige colour.
ecru
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɛkɹuː/
/ˈeɪkɹuː/
Forms: form: écru
Etymology: Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
Senses: examples: text: Miriam fell in love with a tulle-and-lace gown, but Judy returned to the first one they'd looked at, an ecru satin bridal gown...
ref: 2005, Binnie Kirshenbaum, An Almost Perfect Moment:
text: I might rethink my cream suit, I say. “Do you really have a cream suit?” she sighs. “Is it cream or is it ecru?” With that, I learn a new word.
ref: 2025 May 17, Henry Mance, quoting Trinny Woodall, “Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: Of a beige colour.
duck-egg blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck-egg blues
Senses: glosses: A pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.
duck-egg blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.
Kate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: Kates
Senses: examples: text: Pet[ruchio]. […] Enter Katerina. / Good morrow Kate, for thats your name I heare.
Kate. Well haue you heard, but ſomething hard of hearing: / They call me Katerine, that do talke of me.
Pet. You lye infaith, for you are call'd plaine Kate, / And bony Kate, and ſometimes Kate the curſt: / But Kate, the prettieſt Kate in Chriſtendome, / Kate of Kate-hall, my ſuper-daintie Kate, / For dainties are all Kates, and therefore Kate / Take this of me, Kate of my conſolation, / Hearing thy mildneſſe prais'd in euery Towne, / Thy vertues ſpoke of, and thy beautie ſounded, / Yet not ſo deepely as to thee belongs, / My ſelfe am moou'd to woo thee for my wife.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 216, column 1:
text: A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
ref: 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::
text: "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate. Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me."
ref: 1944, A.J.Cronin, The Green Years, Little, Brown, and Company, page 62:
text: Ruth did know, but Kate was not named after Hecate or Auntie Catherine or Santa Caterina of Siena (suggested by a Catholic priest of Ruth's acquaintance). She was simply Kate because Ruth liked the name. It was attractive without being twee, strong without being hard. You could hear it prefaced by Doctor or followed by MP. At the same time it was cute enough for a baby.
ref: 2014, Elly Griffiths, Ruth Galloway: The Early Cases: A Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries Collection, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).
ref: 2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.
Derived terms: Kate Greenaway
PETA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
ipa: /ˈpɛtɑ/
ipa: /ˈpiːtɑ/
homophone: Peter
homophone: peter (non-rhotic)
homophone: PITA
homophone: pita (US)
rhymes: -iːtə
rhymes: -ɛtə
Senses: examples: text: Calvin Klein was one of the earliest major fashion brands to go fur-free after PETA stormed its New York office in 1994.
ref: 2023 June 19, Sarah Kent, “With fur out of fashion, PETA sets its sights on wool, leather and down”, in CNN:
glosses: Acronym of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
glosses: Acronym of People Eating Tasty Animals.
glosses: Acronym of Philippine Education Theater Association.
PETA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
ipa: /ˈpɛtɑ/
ipa: /ˈpiːtɑ/
homophone: Peter
homophone: peter (non-rhotic)
homophone: PITA
homophone: pita (US)
rhymes: -iːtə
rhymes: -ɛtə
Forms: form: PETAs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of performance task.
cornflower blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornflower blues
Senses: glosses: A bright blue color, with a tint of purple.
cornflower blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a bright blue color, with a tint of purple
Synonyms: word: cornflower
chavvy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃævi/
rhymes: -ævi
Forms: form: chavvier
form: chavviest
Etymology: From chav + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Look at that chavvy top she's wearing! It's dreadful!
text: You and your boys came round and thought you could fold me / I'm from a city, not Holby / Who's this chavvy looking brere? He looks like Jan Mølby
ref: 2006, “R U Dumb?”, performed by Jme:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a chav or something that a chav might do or use.
Derived terms: chavviness
Related terms: chav
KT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening of Katie, which is pronounced the same way as just the letters KT.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Katie (given name)
KT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Central Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia.
examples: text: KT extinction event
text: The evidence we have for the KT impactor is more suggestive of asteroids than comets, but it’s not conclusive.
ref: 2021 February 15, Becky Ferreira, quoting William F. Bottke, “Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: K/T
K-T
K/Pg
K-Pg
KPg
glosses: Initialism of Cretaceous–Tertiary.
KT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Knight of the Thistle.
nick-nack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nick-nacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of knick-knack.
knickknack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knickknacks
Senses: examples: text: They walked by a tea museum, two local pharmacies, a bakery, and one hole-in-the-wall shop still selling knickknacks from Chinese New Year, before coming to a stop outside the unassuming front door of 189.
ref: 2022, C.S. Poe, chapter 17, in Subway Slayings (Memento Mori; 2), Oklahoma City, Okla.: Emporium Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of knick-knack.
nicknack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicknacks
Senses: examples: text: [The room] was adorned with a great number of nicknacks and curiosities, which might have engaged the attention of a virtuoso.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of knick-knack.
unilateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəl/
ipa: [ˌjʉː.nɪˈlæt.ə.ɹɫ̩]
ipa: [ˌjʉː.nɪˈlæt͡ʃ.ɹɫ̩]
ipa: [ˌjʉː.nəˈɫæɾ.ɚ.ɻɫ̩]
rhymes: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: more unilateral
form: most unilateral
Etymology: A modern creation (circa 1802), from New Latin ūnilaterālis (“one-sided”), from Latin ūnus (“one”) + laterālis (“sided, lateral”), equivalent to uni- + lateral.
Senses: examples: text: For purposes of evaluating monopsony cases from the standpoint of economic efficiency, it makes sense to adopt a "purpose"-oriented classification system. After all, all monopsony cases can be reduced to either a unilateral or collusive use of buying power in order to promote the interests of the buyer.
ref: 2010, Roger D. Blair, Jeffrey L. Harrison, “The Antitrust Laws and Monopsonistic Forms of Conduct”, in Monopsony in Law and Economics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section 2.4 (A Taxonomy of Monopsony Cases), page 29:
glosses: Done by one side only.
glosses: Affecting only one side of the body.
glosses: Binding or affecting one party only.
Synonyms: one-sided
Derived terms: nonunilateral
unilateral contract
unilateralism
unilateralist
unilateralistic
unilaterality
unilaterally
unilateralness
Related terms: one-sidedly
unilateralism
unilaterally
randan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: răn′dăn′
Forms: form: randans
form: randy
Etymology: From a conflation of rand (“to storm, rave”) and obsolete random (“impetuosity, force”).
Senses: glosses: Riotous or disorderly behaviour.
examples: text: on the randan (also on the randy)
text: He was fond of a lass and fond of a glass, and fond of a ran-dan; […]
ref: 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Black Andie’s Tale of Tod Lapraik”, in Catriona, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 172:
glosses: A rowdy celebration; a spree.
randan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: răn′dăn′
Forms: form: randans
form: randy
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
glosses: A boat propelled by three oarsmen.
CG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CGs
Senses: synonyms: CGI
qualifier: visual effects; animation; visual effects; animation
glosses: Initialism of computer graphics.
glosses: Initialism of cover girl.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of complete games; the statistic reporting the number of games thrown by a pitcher.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A guided missile cruiser.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of coast guard.
examples: text: Plenty of CGs pad out the adventure too, with beautiful art depicting the events that take place.
ref: 2016 March 7, Andrew Barker, “Steins;Gate”, in RPGFan, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2019:
text: There are a good number of CG scenes as well which provide even nicer artwork. Please note that though this is a visual novel on Steam, there are pretty steamy CGs in each route.
ref: 2017 August 31, Marcus Estrada, “Review: A Hand in the Darkness”, in Hardcore Gamer:
topics: video-games
glosses: A unique, static full-screen image, usually displayed to illustrate a significant event in the story.
raw_tags: in a visual novel
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of capital gain.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
qualifier: age regression
glosses: Initialism of caregiver.
CG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Chhattisgarh: a state of India.
DD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiː ˈdiː/
Forms: form: DDs
Senses: examples: text: Got a craft brewery, distillery, winery, in your area? See if they have any available tours or tastings that day, or make a day of hopping between them (just have Uber be your DD).
ref: 2024 August 6, Gena Kaufman, “33 Rainy-Day Date Ideas That Aren’t Another Movie”, in Glamour:
glosses: Initialism of designated driver.
glosses: Initialism of discharged dead: official designation of a sailor killed in combat.
glosses: Initialism of direct debit.
glosses: Initialism of deficit disorder.
glosses: Initialism of doctor of divinity.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Debian developer.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of degree of difficulty.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Abbreviation of destroyer, a type of warship.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of daily driver: a vehicle which is used for everyday commuting, unlike a weekend warrior / Sunday Funday vehicle.
glosses: Initialism of dual diagnosis.
glosses: Initialism of demand draft.
glosses: A breast of cup size DD.
glosses: Initialism of direct download.
glosses: Initialism of decimal degrees (“decimalized instead of sexagesimal values for arcdegrees”).
examples: text: ABOUT THIS BOOK […] Hey Readers – Warning: This is a sexy, over the top romance with two folks engaged in age play and the DD/lg lifestyle.
ref: 2019, Cassandra Dee, Daddy's Pretty Baby: A DD/lg Forbidden Romance:
glosses: Abbreviation of daddy dom in DD/LG kink.
glosses: Initialism of due diligence.
glosses: Initialism of delivery date.
glosses: Initialism of dear/darling daughter.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of dishonorable discharge.
DD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiː ˈdiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: a union territory of India.
glosses: Initialism of Daman and Diu: a former union territory of India.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Abbreviation of Doordarshan, a state public broadcaster of India.
examples: text: → “The DD lattes are great, but the drip is BLECH!” → “They both suck. But coffee ALWAYS tastes better with a DD chocolate glazed doughnut than with a Starbucks ‘scone.’”
ref: 2008 January 27, “Comments: February 4, 2008”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2008:
text: We’re well aware that many people think Dunkin’ Donuts serves good coffee. Yes, it’s smooth (unlike much cheap coffee), but admit it: DD coffee sorely lacks coffee flavor.
ref: 2009 July 14, Julia Moskin, “After the Doughnuts, Coffee”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2009:
text: (Those in the know will tell you that even though Tim Hortons has invaded from the North, replacing a Dunkin’ Donuts, there exists a “secret” menu that allows you to order the good old-fashioned American donuts of yesteryear. Just ask for a Nathan’s footlong “animal-style,” and you’ll get a DD bear claw in a black plastic bag.)
ref: 2009 August 7, Farley Katz, “Combination Food”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2014:
text: If we were on the road, I had a large Dunkin’ Donuts coffee in the cupholder. In four days, we racked up six DD stops. […] Farewell, DD, until my next trip to Vegas.
ref: 2011 May 11, Rene Lynch, “First stop in Sin City? Dunkin’ Donuts”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2025:
glosses: Initialism of Dunkin' Donuts.
DD
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiː ˈdiː/
Forms: form: DDL
Senses: glosses: Initialism of developmentally disabled.
Coordinate terms: word: retarded
word: slow
sense: decimal degrees
word: DMS
sense: decimal degrees
word: HMS
sense: decimal degrees
word: gradian
sense: decimal degrees
word: radian
sense: decimal degrees
word: mil
EST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At 3:01pm EST, one of the editors who began removing gendered content, SuperPianoMan9167, reverted an edit that stated, “He identified as a woman” to “She identified as a woman.”
ref: 2025 August 28, Ashley Rindsberg, “Wikipedia Editors Can't Decide If the Minneapolis Shooter Was a Man or a Woman”, in Pirate Wires, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2025:
topics: time
glosses: Initialism of Eastern Standard Time.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Extended Standard Theory.
examples: text: […] Tatum, who wears a different color Danskin every day, or Wayne, who grows sinsemilla in his actual closet, or Boomer, who's always hugging everyone since his family did EST.
ref: 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of est (“Erhard Seminars Training”).
Related terms: AST
CST
GST
HST
MST
NST
PST
EDT
ET
GMT
EST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ESTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of English subtitles.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of expressed sequence tag.
Related terms: FST
ST
piedmont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːdmɒnt/
homophone: Piedmont
Forms: form: piedmonts
Etymology: From Piedmont, ultimately from Italian piemonte (“foot of a mountain”); cognate with French piémont.
Senses: glosses: Any region of foothills of a mountain range.
Derived terms: piedmontal
piedmont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːdmɒnt/
homophone: Piedmont
Etymology: From Piedmont, ultimately from Italian piemonte (“foot of a mountain”); cognate with French piémont.
Senses: glosses: Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.
coterminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/
ipa: /kəˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/
Forms: form: conterminous
Etymology: From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”). The spelling with co- instead of con- is probably influenced by the related prefix co-.
Senses: glosses: Meeting end to end or at the ends.
examples: text: New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous.
text: To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to "coterminous proprietors", neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary.
text: It has been the close vicinity of slave-owners to each other, the fact that their lands have been coterminous, that theirs was especially a cotton district, which has tempted them to secession.
ref: 1862, Anthony Trollope, North America. […], volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: These eighty-two parishes were roughly coterminous with the existing seigneuries, but not always so.
ref: 1915, William Bennett Munro et al., The Seigneurs of Old Canada (Chronicles of Canada), volume 5:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
examples: text: But it is purely fantastic unless we bear in mind that the governing class has been continually compelled to enlarge itself, and that its tendency is reluctantly to go on doing so until in the end it will be coterminous with the "governed class."
ref: 1919, Robert Lynd, Old and New Masters:
text: From this it follows at once that language and thought are not strictly coterminous.
ref: 1921, Edward Sapir, Language: An introduction to the study of speech:
text: The elision of moral and moralising arguments is common, but the two aren't coterminous.
ref: 2022, China Miéville, chapter 4, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
glosses: Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
topics: law
glosses: Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.
Derived terms: coterminously
Related terms: coextensive
contiguous
lamia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪmɪə/
ipa: /ˈleɪ.mi.ə/
Forms: form: lamias
form: lamiae
Etymology: From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).
Senses: examples: text: Apollonius […] by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus' gold described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
Synonyms: vampire
Comines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: City in Belgium