cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɔːl/
ipa: /ˈəʊvəɹɔːl/
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈɔl/
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚɔl/
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈɑl/
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: overalls
Etymology: From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere; overall”).
Senses: glosses: A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
glosses: A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
Synonyms: overslop
slop
Derived terms: overalled
overalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/
ipa: /ˈɐʉv(ə)ɹəlz/
Senses: synonyms: word: boiler suit
word: coveralls
glosses: A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.
examples: text: That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: dungarees
word: overall
glosses: Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Trousers traditionally worn by cavalry.
Derived terms: biballs
shortalls
waist overalls
overalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/
ipa: /ˈɐʉv(ə)ɹəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of overall
overbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overbear
overbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overbearing
form: most overbearing
Etymology: From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.
Synonyms: demanding
dictatorial
dominant
haughty
high-handed
Derived terms: overbearingly
overbearingness
sabotage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈsæ.bɒˌtɑːʒ/
ipa: /sæ.bɒˈtɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/
ipa: /ˌsæb.əˈtɑʒ/
Forms: form: sabotages
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.
Senses: glosses: A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
Derived terms: ecotage
self-sabotage
sabotagist
sabotage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈsæ.bɒˌtɑːʒ/
ipa: /sæ.bɒˈtɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/
ipa: /ˌsæb.əˈtɑʒ/
Forms: form: sabotages
form: sabotaging
form: sabotaged
form: sabotaged
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.
Senses: examples: text: The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.
text: Our plans were sabotaged.
text: The Hedjaz Railway is best known for its connections to T. E. Lawrence, whose fame as "El Orens", the railway wrecker, spread quickly throughout Arabia. He arrived at Yenbo in December, 1916, and immediately started his campaign to sabotage the railway, but to keep it sufficiently in working order to allow supplies to reach Medina.
ref: 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 166-167:
text: Five minutes later, Southampton tried to mount their first attack, but Wickham sabotaged the move by tripping the rampaging Nathaniel Clyne, prompting the referee, Andre Marriner, to issue a yellow card. That was a lone blemish on an otherwise tidy start by Poyet’s team – until, that is, the 12th minute, when Vergini produced a candidate for the most ludicrous own goal in Premier League history.
ref: 2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:
text: The only amusing highlight was Gudgeon having managed to exploit U.S. codebreaking efforts to ambush and destroy the submarine I-173, albeit not for the lack of the Mark 14's trying to sabotage the effort, as the torpedo that had hit the sub had refused to detonate; it seemed, however, that the car-crash levels of kinetic energy involved in the dud simply ramming the sub had nonetheless done enough to fatally damage it.
ref: 2021 December 29, Drachinifel, 21:03 from the start, in The USN Pacific Submarine Campaign - The Dark Year (Dec'41 - Dec'42), archived from the original on 19 Jul 2022:
glosses: To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
Derived terms: self-sabotage
Related terms: terrorism
saboteur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæbəˈtɜː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌsæbəˈtʊə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: saboteurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French saboteur.
Senses: synonyms: sabotageur
coordinate_terms: saboteuse
glosses: A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
Derived terms: hunt saboteur
Related terms: sabotage
terrorism
vandalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvændəlɪzm̩/
Forms: form: vandalisms
Etymology: Borrowed from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire to decry the pillage and destruction of art in the course of the French Revolution, in reference to the East Germanic tribe of the Vandals, which looted Rome in 455. By surface analysis, vandal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: As we turned down the street I was appalled by the vandalism: spray paint and smashed windows that were everywhere.
text: Bradford once boasted two stations with overall roofs. The pair were swept away in the 1970s in an act of corporate and civic vandalism.
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
text: President Donald Trump seemed to issue a warning to individuals who participate in Tesla vandalisms, as reports of destruction to vehicles, dealerships and charging stations surge across the country. […] When asked about his comments at the White House on Friday afternoon, Trump called the vandalism suspects "terrorists" and appeared to argue what was happening with Tesla vehicles was worse than what happened during the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.
ref: 2025 March 22, Megan Forrester, “Trump suggests Tesla vandals should be sent to prison in El Salvador”, in ABC News:
synonyms: vandalization
glosses: Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.
wikipedia: Henri Grégoire
Sack of Rome (455)
Derived terms: antivandalism
brandalism
cybervandalism
Related terms: vandal
vandalise
vandalize
vandal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvændəl/
rhymes: -ændəl
Forms: form: vandals
Etymology: 1660s, “willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable”, from Vandal, referring to a member of an ancient Germanic people, the Vandals, who are associated with senseless destruction as a result of their sack of Rome under King Genseric in 455. During the Enlightenment, Rome was idealized, while the Goths and Vandals were blamed for its destruction. The Vandals may not have been any more destructive than other invaders of ancient times, but they did inspire English poet John Dryden to write, Till Goths, and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless Monuments deface (1694). However, the Vandals did intentionally damage statues, which may be why their name is associated with the vandalism of art. The coining of French Vandalisme by Henri Grégoire in 1794 to describe the destruction of artwork following the French Revolution popularized the idea further, and the term was quickly adopted across Europe, including as English vandalism.
Senses: examples: text: Vandals spray-painted obscenities on the side of the building.
text: The anonymous vandal was blocked after going on a vandalism spree.
glosses: A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.
wikipedia: Henri Grégoire
John Dryden
Synonyms: destroyer
ruiner
wrecker
vandalizer
Derived terms: vandalic
vandalise
vandalize
vandalish
vandalism
vandal-proof
vandalproof
vandalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvændəlaɪz/
Forms: form: vandalizes
form: vandalizing
form: vandalized
form: vandalized
form: vandalise
Etymology: From vandal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: American, Canadian, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.
Derived terms: vandalisation
vandalization
Related terms: vandal
vandalism
varmint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɑːmɪnt/
ipa: /ˈvɑɹmɪnt/
Forms: form: varmints
Etymology: Dialectal form of vermin, derived from Latin vermis (“worm”), c. 1530–1540s. Perhaps influenced by Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), though the pronunciation in /ɑː(ɹ)/ is more likely due to the same lowering of /ɛr/ > /ar/ found in carve < Middle English kerven and starve < Middle English sterven. The final syllable is probably altered after -ment; compare parchment < Middle English parchemyn.
Senses: glosses: A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.
examples: text: You'd be but a fierce young hound indeed, if at your time of life you could help to hunt a wretched warmint, hunted as near death and dunghill as this poor wretched warmint is!
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, pages 36-37:
glosses: An obnoxious person or troublemaker.
Derived terms: varminter
vermin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɝmɪn/
ipa: /ˈvɜːmɪn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪn
Etymology: From Middle English vermyn, vermyne, from Old French vermine, from Vulgar Latin *verminum (“vermin”), collective noun formed from Latin vermis (“worm”). Compare vermiculate and vermivorous. See also worm.
Senses: examples: text: The area was crawling with all sorts of vermin: fleas, lice, mice, and rats to name a few. Thus, we felt as if vermin were crawling over us.
text: Vermin was everywhere; night and day it crawled gaily over the walls and ceiling, about our bodies, and into our very food, and, although the subject did not interest us, a naturalist would have delighted in the ever-changing varieties of insect life.
ref: 1903, Harry de Windt, “The Great Lena Post Road”, in From Paris to New York by Land, New York, N.Y.: Frederick Warne & Co. […], published 1904, →OCLC, part I (Europe and Asia), page 27:
glosses: Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
raw_tags: ~
glosses: An animal that preys on game, such as a fox or a weasel.
raw_tags: ~
examples: text: Bring these vermin to the Palace of Justice.
glosses: An obnoxious or mean and offensive person.
raw_tags: ~
Derived terms: verminicide
verminer
Related terms: varmint
callus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæləs/
rhymes: -æləs
homophone: callous
Forms: form: calluses
form: calli
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin callum (“hard skin”). Displaced native Old English wearr.
Senses: examples: text: Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally
ref: 2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, page 17:
glosses: A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
glosses: The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In orchids, a fleshy outgrowth from the labellum.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In grasses, a hardened extension from the base of a floret, which may or may not elongate and is often covered in hairs or bristles.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
Derived terms: callousy
callused
calluslike
callusy
subcallus
Related terms: calliferous
callous
callus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæləs/
rhymes: -æləs
homophone: callous
Forms: form: calluses
form: callusing
form: callused
form: callused
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin callum (“hard skin”). Displaced native Old English wearr.
Senses: glosses: To form such hardened tissue.
vellum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛləm/
rhymes: -ɛləm
Forms: form: vellums
Etymology: From Old French velin (French vélin), from Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”), as if derived from Old French veel (“veal”).
Senses: examples: text: Little, however, of the wall was seen, for it was nearly hidden by the arched book-cases; and the ponderous tomes, mostly bound in black or white vellum, long since grown dingy with age, contrasted forcibly with the gayer ornaments of their habitation.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 113–114:
text: From this list are purposely omitted books printed upon vellum, Books of Hours of the Virgin Mary, and illuminated books; for these are rarities within reach of the wealthy only.
ref: 1922, P. B. M. Allan, chapter VIII, in The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 203:
text: The metaphor is apt, imagining one's spiritual life as a poem, an authored thing, and not preserved on vellum either, but open to revision.
ref: 2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
glosses: A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
glosses: A writing paper of very high quality.
Derived terms: vellum cloth
vellum paper
Related terms: bookfell
parchment
Velcro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/
Etymology: Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”)
Senses: synonyms: hook-and-loop fastener
glosses: A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.
Derived terms: Velcro child
Velcro dog
Velcro cat
Velcro
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/
Forms: form: Velcros
form: Velcroing
form: Velcroed
form: Velcroed
Etymology: Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”)
Senses: examples: text: He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.
ref: 1988, Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here, Dutton, →ISBN, page 8:
text: He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.
ref: 2000, George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 58:
text: Toasters and microwaves were Velcroed to kitchen counters. Televisions and VCRs were Velcroed to their stands.
ref: 2008, Sean Murphy, The Time of New Weather, →ISBN, page 8:
text: Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.
ref: 2008, Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: To fasten with Velcro.
World War I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: WWI
form: WW1
form: World War 1
form: World War One
Senses: examples: text: It dates back to the 17th century and rose into prominence during the uprisings in the 18th century that produced the American and French revolutions. But the word attained more of a negative connotation during the 20th century as it become associated with the nationalism movements in Europe that helped lead to World War I and World War II.
ref: 2018 October 23, Doug Criss, “The definition of a nationalist”, in CNN:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: 14-18
word: European War
english: Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s
translation: Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s
word: First World War
word: Great War
word: (The) War in Europe
english: Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s
translation: Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s
word: war to end all wars
word: World War
glosses: The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
Related terms: world war
World War II
World War III
World War IV
World War Zero
cotton wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒtən wʊl/
Forms: form: cotton wools
Senses: hypernyms: wool
coordinate_terms: wool
glosses: Raw fibers of cotton before being processed.
hypernyms: wool
coordinate_terms: cotton swab
glosses: Soft, absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use, protective padding, etc.
Derived terms: cotton wool ball
cotton wool bud
cotton-wooly
wrap in cotton wool
socker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of soccer.
Cerrobend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Commercial name.
Senses: glosses: A eutectic alloy of bismuth, lead, tin, and cadmium which has a low melting point.
eutectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈtɛk.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɛktɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). Coined as an adjective (along with the noun eutexia) by British scientist Frederick Guthrie in 1884.
Senses: glosses: Describing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is that that temperature is lower than the melting point of any of the pure component substances.
examples: text: For a mixture with two components at a fixed pressure, the eutectic reaction can only happen at a fixed chemical composition and temperature, called the eutectic point.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions where a liquid coexists with two solid phases.
Derived terms: eutectic alloy
eutectic mixture
eutectic point
eutectoid
hypereutectic
hypoeutectic
eutectic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈtɛk.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɛktɪk
Forms: form: eutectics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). Coined as an adjective (along with the noun eutexia) by British scientist Frederick Guthrie in 1884.
Senses: glosses: A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy.
glosses: The temperature of the eutectic point.
African
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈæf.ɹə.kən/
Forms: form: Africans
form: Afrikan
raw_tags: used in AAVE
form: Afric
Etymology: Attested as a noun in early New English Aphricane, Africans (plural), Middle English as Affrican, Aufrican and Old English as Africanas (“Africans”) (only plural). From Latin āfricānae, from āfricānus, from Āfricus.
The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African.
Latin Āfricus is from Āfri (singular Āfer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in modern Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. āfricānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix.
By surface analysis, Africa + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.
ref: 2007, African Immigrant Religions in America, →ISBN:
text: But new research suggests another possibility: all Africans may have ancestry from “West Eurasian” populations which moved back into Africa after the “Out of Africa” event ~50,000 years ago.[…]
ref: 2019, Razib Khan, Arabia between Africa and Eurasia:
text: The Cameroonian’s case is unique as many Africans denied Schengen visas rarely appeal or contest the decisions in court.
ref: 2025 May 21, Larry Madowo, “Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024”, in CNN:
glosses: A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
Synonyms: word: African
word: Afro-
word: Nubian
Hypernyms: word: inhabitant
word: human
word: man
word: person
Hyponyms: word: Maghrebi
word: sub-Saharan
word: Algerian
word: Ambazonian
word: Angolan
word: Beninese
word: Beninois
word: Bissau-Guinean
word: Botswanan
word: Burkinabe
word: Burundian
word: Cameroonian
word: Cape Verdean
word: Carthaginian
word: Central African
word: Ceutan
word: Chadian
word: Comoran
word: Congolese
word: Djiboutian
word: East African
word: Egyptian
word: Equatoguinean
word: Equatorial Guinean
word: Eritrean
word: Ethiopian
word: Gabonese
word: Gambian
word: Ghanaian
word: Guinean
word: Ivorian
word: Kenyan
word: Lesothan
word: Liberian
word: Libyan
word: Mahoran
word: Malagasy
word: Malawian
word: Malian
word: Mauritanian
word: Mauritian
word: Melillan
word: Moroccan
word: Mozambican
word: Namibian
word: Nigerien
word: Nigerian
word: North African
word: Reunionese
word: Rwandan
word: Santomean
word: Sao Tomean
word: São Toméan
word: Saharan
word: Senegalese
word: Seychellois
word: Sierra Leonean
word: Somali
word: Somalian
word: Somalilander
word: South African
word: South Sudanese
word: Sub-Saharan
word: Sudanese
word: Sudanian
word: Swazi
word: Tanzanian
word: Togolese
word: Tunisian
word: Ugandan
word: West African
word: Zairean
word: Zambian
word: Zimbabwean
Derived terms: Africanism
aft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːft/
ipa: /æft/
ipa: /ɐːft/
rhymes: -ɑːft
rhymes: -æft
Forms: form: afts
Etymology: From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: watercraft < vessel
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: stern
poop
antonyms: bow
stem
forestem
fore
prow
prore
glosses: The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
Derived terms: aftcastle
aftmost
aft-most
aftward
aftwards
fore and aft
aft
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːft/
ipa: /æft/
ipa: /ɐːft/
rhymes: -ɑːft
rhymes: -æft
Forms: form: further aft
form: farther aft
form: more aft
form: furthest aft
form: farthest aft
form: most aft
Etymology: From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.
Senses: examples: text: I came safe on board, but I felt anything but easy about the boat and the boy; my thoughts were not where they should be, for every moment I had to give the boat and the boy a look, and at last I saw a sea strike the boat aft, which gave it a send forward and under, and the next moment he was gone.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 183:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
Synonyms: abaft
astern
Related terms: after
fore-and-aft
aft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːft/
ipa: /æft/
ipa: /ɐːft/
rhymes: -ɑːft
rhymes: -æft
Forms: form: further aft
form: farther aft
form: more aft
form: furthest aft
form: farthest aft
form: most aft
Etymology: From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.
Senses: glosses: located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane
aft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːft/
ipa: /æft/
ipa: /ɐːft/
rhymes: -ɑːft
rhymes: -æft
Forms: form: afts
Etymology: Clipping of afternoon.
Senses: examples: text: A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
ref: 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, volume 6, page 27:
text: There's gonna be an announcement later this aft, but he's targeting vulnerable people like yourselves, alright?
ref: 2016, Sally Wainwright, 49:45 from the start, in Happy Valley, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire):
glosses: Alternative form of afternoon: the time of day from noon until early evening.
Synonyms: afternoon
afternoon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/
ipa: /af.təɾˈnʉːn/
ipa: /ˌæf.tɚˈnun/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: afternoone
Etymology: From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- + noon.
Senses: examples: text: I stayd at home till noone, and recᵈ of Crowders for 3 loods of shilling 2l. 8s.; and afternoone I went with my wife to Wakefeild, where by yᵉ way I spent at Toppitt 8d., and wee lay at Jackson’s all night.
ref: 1646 March 19, Adam Eyre, “A Dyurnall, or Catalogue of All My Accions and Expences from the 1st of January, 1646–[7]”, in Yorkshire Diaries and Autobiographies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, published 1877, page 22:
text: Afterwards […] they adjourned the court till two in the afternoon, and so went to prayers. Afternoon they called over the names of the rest of the college, demys, chaplains, &c.
ref: 1688, “Proceedings against St. Mary Magdalen College in Oxon, for not Electing Anthony Farmer President of the said College”, in T. B. Howell, editor, Cobbett’s Complete Collection of State Trials, volume 12, published 1812, column 61:
text: Afternoon we came to Fuchen, or Xucheu, as others call it, where we were forced to stay to have the boat search’d by the Mandarine or customer.
ref: 1752 [1699], Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri, anonymous translator, A Voyage Round the World, page 289:
glosses: In the afternoon.
Related terms: afternoons
afternoon
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/
ipa: /af.təɾˈnʉːn/
ipa: /ˌæf.tɚˈnun/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: afternoone
Etymology: From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- + noon.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of good afternoon.
afterthought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/
Forms: form: afterthoughts
Etymology: From after- + thought, probably modelled on forethought. Compare also the verb afterthink.
Senses: examples: text: She packed her sandals only as an afterthought, but she was glad she did.
glosses: A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
examples: text: This whole remodeling was an afterthought; we were only going to paint and call it good.
text: The lighting in the corridor just dabbles of arcs, afterthoughts, smears. The light a grime that gives him a slight headache. The same type as when it has rained, remained humid, a fetid stale of ozone over everything.
ref: 2007, Constantine Sult, chapter 1, in The Murder of Linen, [United States]: Brown Paper Publishing, page 1:
text: For most of the past three decades, the natural world was treated almost as an afterthought by world leaders. If discussed at all, it was with platitudes about the need to save polar bears and tigers.
ref: 2019 August 30, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Something additional to the original plan or concept.
Related terms: afterthink
afterthought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/
Forms: form: afterthoughts
form: afterthoughting
form: afterthoughted
form: afterthoughted
Etymology: From after- + thought, probably modelled on forethought. Compare also the verb afterthink.
Senses: qualifier: very rare except in the past tense
glosses: To expound as an afterthought.
afterthought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of afterthink
afterwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːftə.wədz/
ipa: /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/
homophone: afterwords
Etymology: From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.
Senses: examples: text: Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.
ref: 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
topics: temporal-location
time
glosses: At a later or succeeding time; after that;
Synonyms: afterhand
afterward
subsequently
Derived terms: afterwardsness
better one word in time than two afterwards
Related terms: after
agape
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-gāpʹ
ipa: /əˈɡeɪp/
rhymes: -eɪp
Forms: form: more agape
form: most agape
Etymology: From a- + gape. First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667).
Senses: examples: text: […] in himself was all his state,
More solemn then the tedious pomp that waits
On Princes, when thir rich Retinue long
Of Horses led, and Grooms besmeard with Gold
Dazles the croud, and sets them all agape.
ref: 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 5, lines 353-357:
text: There I stand, agape like any country bumpkin
ref: 1923, Arthur Michael Samuel, “Roubiliac (1695-1762)”, in The Mancroft essays, page 159:
text: That's all well and good; one can sit, agape, reading the copious liner notes to this or any Explorer record, but it's what's inside the jacket that counts.
ref: 1980, Joel Flegler, Fanfare, volume 3, numbers 4-6, page 198:
text: The restaurant staff and OTHER DINNER GUESTS watch, agape.
ref: 1996, Lech J. Majewski with Julian Schnabel, Basquiat:
synonyms: open-mouthed
dumbstruck
wide-eyed
agog
catching flies
glosses: In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
examples: text: With his mouth agape and his hands clenched, Rufus Dawes, incapable of further speech, made a last effort to nod assent, but his head fell upon his breast; the next moment, the flickering light, the gloomy prison, the eager face of the doctor, and the astonished face of Vickers, vanished from before his straining eyes.
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VIII, in For the Term of His Natural Life:
text: He tries not to tear his victim's stockings, or whip too close to her stretched vulva, which shivers, unprotected, between thighs agape and straining, amid movements of muscle erotic, subdued, “monumental” as any silver memory of her body on film.
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
text: In the last frame, he throws back his head and wails, his mouth agape.
ref: 1995 September 24, “Stop Me If Yov've Heard this One”, in Washington Post:
text: With dropped jaws and eyes agape, a world beholds the blur of Michael Johnson
ref: 1996 August 2, “Johnson can fly, and he does it without wings”, in Chicago Sun-Times:
text: If the slightly agape mouth is closed prior to mouth opening, this is termed the preparatory phase and is more common in suction-feeding bony fishes than elasmobranchs.
ref: 2004, Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus, Biology of Sharks and their Relatives, page 171:
text: Mouths were agape on the announcement of England’s starting lineup, the return of Keira Walsh appearing miraculous 10 days after she left the pitch on a stretcher in agony.
ref: 2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: agog
catching flies
glosses: Wide open.
agape
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-gāpʹ
ipa: /əˈɡeɪp/
rhymes: -eɪp
Forms: form: more agape
form: most agape
Etymology: From a- + gape. First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667).
Senses: examples: text: Three of us--two biologists and I--were crouched behind a huge boulder at the water's edge and staring agape as the largest bear I ever saw came toward us
ref: 1987 June 26, “On the Prowl in Grizzly Country”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: "This is Sammy 91," he told the two dozen tourists watching agape."
ref: 2005 September 24, “Angry Surfers Say Cage-Diving Changes Great White's Way”, in Wall Street Journal:
text: One features a science teacher looking agape at the camera which has caught him reading red-handed.
ref: 2008 January 8, “Reading gets the glitzy treatment”, in BBC News:
glosses: In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
examples: text: Its mouth yawned agape
ref: 1911 January 7, “The Man-killer”, in Poverty Bay Herald:
text: The bathroom door stood agape, and the peeling vinyl floor was bare.
ref: 1996, Perri O'Shaughnessy, Invasion of Privacy, page 508:
text: He glanced up into Richard's eyes, his own wide with wonder, his mouth hanging agape.
ref: 2005, Terry Goodkind, Chainfire, page 427:
glosses: Open wide.
agape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-gāpʹ
ipa: /əˈɡeɪp/
rhymes: -eɪp
enpr: ə-gäʹpā
ipa: /əˈɡɑː.peɪ/
enpr: ăgʹä-pā'
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɑˌpeɪ/
enpr: ăgʹə-pē
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ə.pi/
enpr: ăgʹə-pā'
ipa: /ˈæɡ.əˌpeɪ/
enpr: ə-gāpʹ
ipa: /əˈɡeɪp/
rhymes: -eɪp
Forms: form: agapae
form: agapai
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē).
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: charity
glosses: The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
glosses: Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
glosses: A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.
Derived terms: agapeic
agapeist
agapeistic
agapism
agapist
agapistic
agate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ət/
rhymes: -æɡɪt
Forms: form: agates
Etymology: From Middle French agathe, from Latin achatēs, from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs, “agate”).
Senses: examples: text: The ends of the veil, drawn over her head, were embroidered with silver; she had long gold ear-rings; to a rich and large gold chain was suspended a cross set with precious stones; and over the arm of her chair hung a rosary of agate beads.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 9:
text: Yes: living among the cohabations^([sic]) of Faust himself, among the litharge and agate and hyacinth and pearls.
ref: 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 86:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: One fourteenth of an inch.
glosses: A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
glosses: A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
glosses: A marble made from agate.
glosses: A testicle.
Synonyms: sense: type size
word: ruby
sense: marble
word: aggie
Hypernyms: english: any mineral of the silica group
translation: any mineral of the silica group
word: silica
Hyponyms: topics: mineralogy
geology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
geography
word: fortification agate
topics: mineralogy
geology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
geography
word: Scotch pebble
topics: mineralogy
geology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
geography
word: moss agate
topics: mineralogy
geology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
geography
word: clouded agate
Derived terms: agate glass
agatelike
agate line
agate ruler
agate snail
agateware
agatiferous
agatiform
agatine
agatization
agatize
agaty
connie agate
eye agate
lace agate
moss agate
Related terms: aggie
agate
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ət/
rhymes: -æɡɪt
ipa: /əˈɡæt/
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ət/
rhymes: -æɡɪt
Etymology: From Late Middle English agate, a gate. Equivalent to a- (“on”) + gate (“way, path”).
Senses: examples: text: Go to it then hardily, and let us be agate.
ref: 1554, Interlude of Youth:
text: I'm fear'd you have some ill plans agate.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: On the way; agoing.
so-so
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/
ipa: /ˌsəʊˈsəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊsəʊ
Etymology: From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).
Senses: examples: text: The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.
text: [I]n ſome Iriſh Houſes, vvhere things are ſo-ſo, / One Gammon of Bacon hangs up for a ſhow; […]
ref: 1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare, Dublin: […] W. Whitestone, […], published 1776, →OCLC, page 5:
text: He [Robert Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.
ref: 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
glosses: Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
Synonyms: sense: neither good nor bad
word: average
sense: neither good nor bad
word: comme ci comme ça
sense: neither good nor bad
word: fair
sense: neither good nor bad
word: meh
sense: neither good nor bad
word: mediocre
sense: neither good nor bad
word: middling
sense: neither good nor bad
word: lackluster
sense: neither good nor bad
word: okay
so-so
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/
ipa: /ˌsəʊˈsəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -əʊsəʊ
Etymology: From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).
Senses: examples: text: He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.
glosses: Neither very well nor very poorly.
Synonyms: sense: neither well nor poorly
word: blandly
sense: neither well nor poorly
word: indifferently
sense: neither well nor poorly
word: insipidly
sense: neither well nor poorly
word: moderately
sense: neither well nor poorly
word: passably
aged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/
enpr: āʹjĭd
ipa: /eɪdʒd/
enpr: ājd
rhymes: -eɪdʒɪd
rhymes: -eɪdʒd
Forms: form: more aged
form: further aged
form: farther aged
form: most aged
form: furthest aged
form: farthest aged
form: agèd
Senses: examples: text: I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.
glosses: Old.
examples: text: Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.
text: John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.
ref: 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:
text: Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.
ref: 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:
qualifier: chiefly non-US
glosses: Having the age of.
examples: text: aged whiskey
glosses: Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
Synonyms: sense: old
word: eldern
word: hoary
word: old
sense: having the age of
word: -year-old
sense: undergone effects of time
word: matured
Derived terms: aged care
agedly
agedness
aged R-value
bottom-aged
bottom aged
college-aged
dry-aged
hyperaged
mid-aged
middle-aged
nonaged
older-aged
overaged
photoaged
school-aged
superaged
teen-aged
top aged
top-aged
unaged
un-aged
aged
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/
enpr: āʹjĭd
ipa: /eɪdʒd/
enpr: ājd
rhymes: -eɪdʒɪd
rhymes: -eɪdʒd
Forms: form: agèd
Senses: examples: text: the aged
text: health insurance and retirement income for the aged
synonyms: elderly
;
see also Thesaurus:old person § Holonyms
glosses: Old people, collectively.
aged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/
enpr: āʹjĭd
ipa: /eɪdʒd/
enpr: ājd
rhymes: -eɪdʒɪd
rhymes: -eɪdʒd
Forms: form: agèd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of age
jumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: jumpier
form: jumpiest
Etymology: From jump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It was the butler who saw him go. Twelve o'clock at night and raining hard. So next night I was up at the house and, sure enough, master was off again. Stephens and I went after him, but it was jumpy work, for it would have been a bad job if he had seen us.
ref: 1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 281:
glosses: Nervous and excited.
examples: text: We moved at a good clip, so I reached up to pull shut the window coverings, just in case this jumpy frog decided to escape.
ref: 2018, Candice Gilmer, Ending The Curse:
text: Meanwhile, the car pursued its jumpy course, and I could not prevent myself laughing.
ref: 2022, Maurice Renard, New Bodies for Old:
glosses: Tending to jump; full of jumps.
Derived terms: jumpily
jumpiness
deluxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈlʌks/
ipa: /dɪˈlʌks/
ipa: /diˈlʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Forms: form: deluxes
form: de luxe
Etymology: Borrowed from French de luxe (“of luxury”), from Latin luxus (“excess”).
Senses: examples: text: We'll take three burger platters. Make one a deluxe, please.
text: Several of the deluxes are reported to have taken the $500 Victor set on the “emergency” angle.
ref: 1928 June 20, ““Mike” System Attachment by W. E. For House to Hear Talk or Sports; “Emergency” Set at $500, Special”, in Variety, volume XCI, number 10, New York, N.Y., page 20, column 1:
text: Appliance agent Jack Waters said, “The super deluxe models are selling better than the deluxe. The deluxes are outselling the specials and the specials are going faster than the standards.”
ref: 1948 June 15, Electrical Merchandising, volume 79, number 12, page 34:
text: The convertible came in only one basic mold, but the sleek fastback coupe and (from 1950 on) the “Holiday” hardtop could be had in “deluxe” trim as well; with their more lavish interiors, deluxes are the ones to look for.
ref: 1971 summer, Richard M. Langworth, “The New Nostalgia: The ‘Postwar Collectable’ Comes of Age”, in Automobile Quarterly: The Connoisseur’s Magazine of Motoring Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow, volume IX, number 4, page 431, column 3:
text: For that reason, the doubts that are sometimes raised about the vitamin and mineral adequacy of fast food ought to give pause to anyone who regularly gratifies his yearning for triple-decker super deluxes.
ref: 1980, Judith S. Stern, R. V. Denenberg, “The Nutrient Density Score: Measuring Vitamins and Minerals”, in How to Stay Slim and Healthy on the Fast Food Diet, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., →ISBN, page 19:
text: The deluxes are in Marquesan-style bungalows with a separate bedroom and living room.
ref: 1991, Bill Jamison, Cheryl Alters Jamison, Best Places to Stay in Hawaii, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 99:
text: While entry level rooms are small (225 square feet) and come with queen-size beds only, the king bed “deluxes” are larger.
ref: 2004, Jim Kaese, Paul Huddle, The Athletic-Minded Traveler: Where to Work Out and Stay When Fitness is a Priority: Over 500 Recommended Hotels and Fitness Venues, San Diego, Calif.: SoCal Publishing, →ISBN, page 366:
text: The larger deluxes are comfortable, the apartments are ideal for families, airport transfers are free and so is wi-fi (hallelujah!).
ref: 2016, Lindsay Brown, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Anna Kaminski, Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: Something that is deluxe.
Related terms: luxury
luxurious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌɡˈʒʊə.ɹɪəs/
ipa: /lʌɡˈzjʊə.ɹɪəs/
ipa: /lʌkˈsjʊə.ɹɪəs/
ipa: /lʌɡˈʒʊɹ.i.əs/
ipa: /lʌkˈʃʊɹ.i.əs/
Forms: form: more luxurious
form: most luxurious
Etymology: From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: a luxurious hotel suite
text: With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner.
ref: 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
synonyms: deluxe
opulent
plush
sumptuous
luxury
antonyms: basic
impoverished
poor
glosses: Very fine in quality and comfortable.
examples: text: Invalids, and luxurious persons, require more artificial arrangements for travelling on the camel.
ref: 1856, George P. Marsh, The Camel: His Organization Habits and Uses Considered with Reference to His Introduction into the United States, pages 115-116:
text: When one looks at the elegantly dressed people round the gaming table, who perhaps laugh at everything which impresses other people with awe, who scoff at the Church and the Bible, one could scarcely think it possible that these enlightened, pleasure-loving, luxurious men of the world, carry on in secret, cabalistic nonsense, turning over cards, fortune telling, studying the significance of signs and dreams […]
ref: 1857, Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
synonyms: word: decadent
word: epicurean
word: Babylonian
word: decadent
word: epicureal
word: epicurean
word: epicureous
word: epicurish
word: hedonic
word: hedonistic
word: intemperate
word: lotus-eating
word: luxurious
word: self-indulgent
word: sensualistic
word: sinful
word: sybarite
word: sybaritic
word: sybaritical
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
antonyms: ascetic
abstemious
glosses: Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Derived terms: luxuriosity
luxuriousness
luxurity
overluxurious
semiluxurious
superluxurious
ultraluxurious
unluxurious
Related terms: luxuriant
luxuriate
luxuriously
luxury