cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
homocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homocrats
Etymology: Blend of homosexual + democrat. Coined or popularized by lesbian author and activist Sarah Schulman.
Senses: examples: text: Although assimilationist gays, or “homocrats” in Sarah Schulman's parlance (Shepard 2001), were beginning to be elected and appointed to positions of power around the country, this incorporation (or co-optation) did not extend to[…]
ref: 2005 October 9, L.M. Bogad, Electoral Guerrilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements, Routledge, →ISBN, page 128:
text: Some, such as author Sara Schulman, blame the problem on the “homocrats” seduced into inaction by Bill Clinton. Yet, the phenomenon is not unique to the last decade. Since the birth of the modern gay liberation movement in 1969[…]
ref: 2001, Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine:
text: 56 These political insiders, called "homocrats" by lesbian activist Sarah Schulman, were like many others in the early days of the Clinton Administration: virtual political newcomers to Washington. In an interview following the[…]
ref: 2013 October 15, Craig A. Rimmerman, Gay Rights, Military Wrongs: Political Perspectives on Lesbians and Gays in the Military, Routledge, →ISBN, page 283:
text: In the seventies, the argument raged between grassroots activists and homocrats. In the 1980s, the fight was between those favoring direct action and the gay lobbyists. In the early nineties the term assimilationist was popularized by[…]
ref: 2015 November 18, Urvashi Vaid, Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation, Anchor, →ISBN:
text: Wealthy gays were outraged by our tactics, homocrats accused us of being counterproductive. Many people who felt that they owned or defined the gay movement were threatened by ACT UP. Within the organization there was a uniting[…]
ref: 2018 September 24, Sarah Schulman, My American History: Lesbian and Gay Life During the Reagan and Bush Years, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: A gay person who supports slow and assimilationist movement toward equality, working politically with the Democratic Party; an assimilationist (as contrasted with a radical).
homocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homocrat
in flagrant delict
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: If the husband caught her in flagrant delict he was authorized to kill her; otherwise she was condemned to death or exile by him or by her own father at the tribunal of the propinqui.
ref: 1927, E. A. Parker, transl., Rome the Law-Giver, translation of original by J. Declareuil, page 107:
glosses: Alternative form of in flagrante delicto.
English and Welsh law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of English law (“common law legal system of England and Wales”).
synonyms: word: English law
extra: common law legal system of England and Wales
English and Welsh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Of or pertaining to England and Wales (the jurisdiction covering England and Wales, which share a legal system).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see English, Welsh.
Derived terms: English and Welsh law
hornet's nest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hornet's nests
Senses: examples: text: “Great! A guy getting off a night shift who hasn't been laid in years finds his wife in flagrante with some hamburger-faced guy who hightails it out the front door in his underwear. We're walking into a hornet's nest, Jackson.”
ref: 2004, Rex Pickett, Sideways, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 292:
glosses: Alternative form of hornets' nest.
Somali ostrich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Somali ostriches
Senses: synonyms: blue-necked ostrich
glosses: Struthio molybdophanes, a large flightless bird native to the Horn of Africa, previously considered to be a subspecies of the common ostrich.
blue-necked ostrich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-necked ostriches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Somali ostrich.
synonyms: word: Somali ostrich
blue-necked ostriches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue-necked ostrich
Somali ostriches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Somali ostrich
preacutely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Prior to the acute phase.
preadjectival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + adjectival.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Before an adjective.
preadverbial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + adverbial.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Before an adverb.
preadverbially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Before an adverb.
preadjectivally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Before an adjective.
preaccreditation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + accreditation.
Senses: glosses: Before accreditation.
preaccreditation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + accreditation.
Senses: glosses: A provisional status of acceptance, prior to full accreditation.
Olynyk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olynyks
Etymology: Romanization of Ukrainian Олійник (Olijnyk), a spelling variant of Oliynyk, from олія (olija, “cooking oil”), probably as an occupational surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
precandidature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + candidature.
Senses: examples: text: And inasmuch as he had been an outstandingly successful lawyer at the time of his nomination, a substantial gift in the pattern of his precandidature habit did not seem to be suspicion-breeding.
ref: 1976, Robert S. Holzman, Adapt Or Perish: The Life of General Roger A. Pryor, C.S.A., page 149:
glosses: Before candidature.
precanning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + canning.
Senses: examples: text: They were given various precanning treatments such as brining, smoking, marinating in vinegar, and breading followed by pan frying.
ref: 1962, Commercial Fisheries Review, volume 24, page 67:
glosses: Before canning.
prebetrothal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + betrothal.
Senses: glosses: Before betrothal.
precedable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From precede + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A noun is typically precedable by an adjective or a determiner.
glosses: Able to be preceded.
preceremony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ceremony.
Senses: glosses: Before a ceremony.
Kostiuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kostiuks
form: Kostyuk
Etymology: Ukrainian National system romanization of Ukrainian Костюк (Kostjuk), patronymic form of Кост (Kost, “diminutive of "Konstantyn" (Constantine)”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
wikipedia: Romanization of Ukrainian#Ukrainian National transliteration
Kumgang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 금강(金剛) (Geumgang).
Senses: glosses: A county of Kangwon Province, North Korea.
examples: text: The only direct connection from the ROK to the DPRK is by the Hyundai corporation ferry that sails from Hyundai Sokcho ferry terminal, taking short tours (three or four days) to the Mt Kumgang area on North Korea’s southeast coast.
ref: 2008, Robert Willoughby, “Practical Information”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71:
text: Mount Kumgang, or Geumgangsan, which translates as Diamond Mountain, has always been a muse for Koreans. Poets and artists have been celebrating it in their works since well before the Middle Ages.
ref: 2018 December 13, “North and South Korea meet through handshakes and art”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2018, Arts:
glosses: A mountain in Kangwon Province, North Korea.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Jingang
precurricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + curricular.
Senses: glosses: Before the start, or the introduction, of an academic curriculum.
predamnation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + damnation.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Predestined damnation.
predelay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predelays
Etymology: From pre- + delay.
Senses: examples: text: A longer predelay gives the impression of a larger room.
glosses: The delay before the first reverberation of an echo.
predelays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predelay
Shewchuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shewchuks
Etymology: Alternative romanization of Shevchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Шевчук (Ševčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
wikipedia: Ukrainian Canadians
predepartmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + departmental.
Senses: examples: text: Fortunately, during the predepartmental period, a number of the new arrivals had previously been introduced to sociological theories or methods, […]
ref: 2012, F. Collyer, Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine:
glosses: Before the introduction of a department.
Hawryluk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hawryluks
Etymology: Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Hawryluk, a patronymic surname from the personal name Hawryło.
* Alternative romanization of Havryliuk, from Ukrainian Гаврилюк (Havryljuk), patronymic form of Гаврило (Havrylo, “Gabriel”). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: Ukrainian Canadians
prediscoverer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prediscoverers
Senses: examples: text: While the auroral oval was not recognized at the time, Gordon Shepherd a former student and facutly member at the University of Saskatchewan has called Currie the "prediscoverer" of the auroral oval.
ref: 1985, Wilfried Schröder, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History, Historical Events and People in Geosciences: Selected Papers (page 70)
text: Murray Gell-Mann, prediscoverer of quarks, makes a similar point.
ref: 2002, Tom Siegfried, Strange Matters:
glosses: One who prediscovers.
prediscoverers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prediscoverer
Sawchuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sawchuks
Etymology: Alternative romanization of Savchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Савчук (Savčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
wikipedia: Ukrainian Canadians
predismissal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dismissal.
Senses: glosses: Before dismissal.
predisplay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + display.
Senses: glosses: Before display.
predispute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dispute.
Senses: glosses: Before a dispute.
predocumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + documentary.
Senses: examples: the predocumentary period of human history
glosses: Before documentation.
predomestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + domestic.
Senses: glosses: Before domestication.
Semeniuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Semenyuk
Etymology: Ukrainian National system romanization of Ukrainian Семенюк (Semenjuk).
Senses: glosses: A surname in Ukrainian, Семенюк (Semenjuk).
wikipedia: Romanization of Ukrainian#Ukrainian National transliteration
predynamite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dynamite.
Senses: glosses: Before the development or availability of dynamite.
prefecthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prefect + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a prefect.
prefraud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fraud.
Senses: examples: text: The results are consistent with the notion that cash flows in the prefraud and fraud periods are lower than reported income.
ref: 2019, Mary-Jo Kranacher, Richard Riley, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination, page 248:
glosses: Before fraud.
pregeological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + geological.
Senses: examples: the pregeological history of the Earth
glosses: Before geology.
preheroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊɪk
Etymology: From pre- + heroic.
Senses: examples: text: This final trial which the hero must endure is motivated by the reappearance of the fraternal rivals who vexed the hero in his earlier, preheroic days.
ref: 2014, Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm, page 99:
glosses: Before becoming a hero.
antonyms: postheroic
glosses: Before heroism appeared as a literary motif.
Melbury Abbas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Meleberie in 1086 (DB), and Melbury Abbatisse in 1291, from Latin abbatissa (“abbess”) and its early possession by Shaftesbury Abbey.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8820).
Related terms: Itchen Abbas
Melbury Osmond
pregrievance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + grievance.
Senses: examples: text: The steward sends a pregrievance letter that explains the member's responsibility to gather information that will help in evaluating the complaint.
ref: 1999, Bruce Nissen, Which Direction for Organized Labor?, page 196:
glosses: Before a grievance is filed.
prehistorics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mr. W. A. Franks is curator of prehistorics at the British Museum.
ref: 1888, Stephen Denison Peet, The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, volume 10, page 17:
glosses: The scientific study of prehistory.
prehostility
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + hostility.
Senses: glosses: Prior to hostility.
prehostility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + hostility.
Senses: glosses: The state of a relationship between nations etc. where hostility is likely to break out.
Hnatiuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hnatiuks
form: Hnatyuk
Etymology: Romanization of Ukrainian Гнатюк (Hnatjuk).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
preilluminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preilluminates
form: preilluminating
form: preilluminated
form: preilluminated
Etymology: From pre- + illuminate.
Senses: examples: text: Prior to firing the laser, a surgeon can preilluminate the area to be cut or ablated, enlarge or reduce the area, shape, or size, and then initiate the UV laser pulses for the actual ablation.
ref: 2014, David L. Elliott, Ultraviolet Laser Technology and Applications, page 320:
glosses: To illuminate in advance.
preilluminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preilluminate
preilluminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preilluminate
preilluminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preilluminate
Krawchuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Krawchuks
Etymology: Alternative romanization of Kravchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Кравчук (Kravčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
wikipedia: Ukrainian Canadians
preimitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + imitative.
Senses: examples: preimitative behaviour in infants, such as crying in response to the cries of another
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Before the development of true imitative behaviour.
preinclude
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preincludes
form: preincluding
form: preincluded
form: preincluded
Etymology: From pre- + include.
Senses: examples: November 10 1713, Samuel Clarke, letter to Joseph Butler
[T]here cannot possibly be any notion of existence at all, but what shall necessarily preinclude the notion of that which has necessary existence.
glosses: To include beforehand.
preincluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preinclude
preincludes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preinclude
preincluding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preinclude
Boychuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boychuks
Etymology: Romanization of Ukrainian Бойчук (Bojčuk).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
preintellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + intellectual.
Senses: examples: text: Instinct on the other hand is preintellectual. The question is how and why it happens at all.
ref: 2011, Don Domanski, Brian Bartlett, Earthly Pages: The Poetry of Don Domanski, page 55:
glosses: Before the development or the use of the intellect.
prejudicedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prejudicedly
form: most prejudicedly
Etymology: From prejudiced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prejudiced manner.
Stadnyk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stadnyks
Etymology: Romanization of Ukrainian Стадник (Stadnyk).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
Related terms: Stadnik
prejournalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + journalistic.
Senses: glosses: Before journalism.
preirrigational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + irrigational.
Senses: glosses: Before irrigation.
preirrigation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + irrigation.
Senses: synonyms: preirrigational
glosses: Before irrigation.
preirrigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + irrigation.
Senses: glosses: Irrigation in advance.
Dulux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Brand name, derived from durable and luxury.
Senses: glosses: A brand of architectural paint.
Derived terms: Dulux dog
Dulux
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Duluxes
form: Duluxing
form: Duluxed
form: Duluxed
Etymology: Brand name, derived from durable and luxury.
Senses: examples: text: “It might have been a nice fireplace once,” Caroline drummed her nails on the Duluxed mantel, “only you can't tell. It's a very small room.”
ref: 1986, James Phillip McAuley, Quadrant, volume 30, page 92:
text: I tell him that I felt guilty – not because I had broken the law but because I had used a can of paint to get revenge and the boy had to live with his name Duluxed across the road.
ref: 2004, Adbusters, volume 12, page 1837:
text: I wondered what conceivable meaning there could be in the Duluxing of a perfectly lively fallow tree, but from the way environmental art is shaping up at present, I could make a rough guess.
ref: 2010, Richard Mabey, A Brush With Nature:
glosses: To paint or daub with Dulux paint.
Duluxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Dulux
Duluxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Dulux
Duluxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Dulux
Oliynyk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olynyk
Etymology: Transliteration of Ukrainian Олійник (Olijnyk).
Senses: glosses: A surname in Ukrainian, Олійник (Olijnyk)
prejuvenile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + juvenile.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Before the juvenile stage.
prelectorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prelectorships
Etymology: From prelector + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or office of a prelector.
prelectorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prelectorship
Rat Portage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fur trading post: rat referred to muskrats.
Senses: glosses: A former town in northern Ontario, Canada, near the border with Manitoba; modern Kenora.
wikipedia: Hudson's Bay Company
copyright troll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copyright trolls
Senses: topics: intellectual-property
law
patent-law
glosses: A person or company that enforces copyrights that it holds for purposes of generating income through strategic litigation, in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic.
examples: text: If you join a popular torrent using your own IP address, a copyright troll might make sure you get a sternly-worded threat from your ISP.
topics: intellectual-property
law
patent-law
glosses: A person or company that enforces copyrights that it holds for purposes of generating income through strategic litigation, in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic.
A copyright holder, or agent working on their behalf, who participates in torrents in order to note down and report those unlawfully downloading their copyrighted content.
qualifier: torrenting
copyright trolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copyright troll
trademark troll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trademark trolls
Senses: topics: intellectual-property
law
patent-law
glosses: An entity that registers a trademark without intending to use it and who then threatens to sue others who use that mark.
trademark trolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trademark troll
Great Resignation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Resignation
Etymology: Coined by professor of management Anthony Klotz in May 2021.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, the Great Resignation — the emergence of what look like labor shortages even though employment is still five million below its prepandemic level, and even further below its previous trend — remains somewhat mysterious.
ref: 2021 November 5, Paul Krugman, “Wonking Out: Is the Great Resignation a Great Rethink?”, in New York Times (subscriber-only newsletter):
text: In fact, accommodation and food services, which has been hardest hit by the Great Resignation, has also created one out of every three net new jobs in 2021. Does that make any sense? Only if you think about this as a job-switching revolution.
ref: 2021 December 8, Derek Thompson, “Three Myths of the Great Resignation”, in The Atlantic:
text: There certainly is a ‘great resignation’ but we don't know if people are throwing in the towel because they are burnt out or because they are proactively taking charge. The truth is it's probably a mix of both. There are positive resignations and negative ones.
ref: 2022 August 20, John Perry, quotee, “The great resignation: A lifestyle choice or an effect of burnout?”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, page 9:
text: His [Ranjay Gulati’s] research on how companies energize employees is even more vital during this era of the so-called Great Resignation.
ref: 2022 December 4, Shirley Leung, “Great Resignation? No, it's the ‘Great Rethink’”, in Boston Globe, page R29:
topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: Big Quit
Great Reshuffle
glosses: An ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse, beginning in early 2021.
Peace Country
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A reference to the Peace River.
Senses: synonyms: Peace River Country
glosses: A region of Canada, straddling parts of northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. Largest city: Grande Prairie.
Peace River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Peace River
Etymology: A reference to the truce by the Cree and the Dane-zaa (Beaver) peoples that made the river (then named Unchagah) the boundary between the conflicting First Nations.
The town is originally named Peace River Crossing, after the river.
Senses: synonyms: Unchagah
glosses: A river flowing NE in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada into the Slave River.
glosses: A river in south-west Florida, United States, that flows into Charlotte Harbor.
Peace River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A reference to the truce by the Cree and the Dane-zaa (Beaver) peoples that made the river (then named Unchagah) the boundary between the conflicting First Nations.
The town is originally named Peace River Crossing, after the river.
Senses: synonyms: Peace River Crossing
glosses: A town in northwest Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A regional district in north-east British Columbia; in full, Peace River Regional District.
Slave River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Slave River
Etymology: A reference to the Slavey group of Dene First Nations.
Senses: glosses: A river flowing north between Alberta and the Northwest Territories, Canada, emptying into Great Slave Lake.
Derived terms: Lesser Slave River
the way that
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðə ˈweɪ ðət/
Forms: form: the way
Etymology: Ellipsis of in the (same) way that.
Senses: examples: text: She liked him the way that he was.
text: I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you?
ref: 1977, Billy Joel, Just the Way You Are:
glosses: as; in the way that.
premechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + mechanical.
Senses: antonyms: postmechanical
glosses: Before the development or use of machines.
premethodical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + methodical.
Senses: examples: text: It is premethodical empathy, which has to be checked methodically.
ref: 2012, J. N. Mohanty, Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, page 103:
glosses: Before the application of a method or methodology.
preliterature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + literature.
Senses: examples: text: She also reminds us that in contrast to preliterature societies, the industrial societies have a distinct lack of rituals involving the sense of smell.
ref: 1993, Charles S. Van Toller, G. H. Dodd, Fragrance: The psychology and biology of perfume, page 1:
synonyms: preliterary
glosses: Before the development of literature.
preliterature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + literature.
Senses: examples: text: The notion of passion as a fire is ancient, its origins lost in preliterature.
ref: 1981, Erling B. Holtsmark, Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature, page 140:
glosses: Forms of art etc. that existed before literature.
preliquidation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + liquidation.
Senses: glosses: Before liquidation.
premastery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + mastery.
Senses: examples: text: However, the children who were at the premastery levels in the memory and attention experiments either were unaware of the need for auxiliary stimuli (primitive stage) or were unable to use them successfully (naïve psychology stage).
ref: 2008, Margaret E. Gredler, Carolyn Claytor Shields, Vygotsky's Legacy: A Foundation for Research and Practice, page 67:
glosses: Before reaching the level of mastery.
premixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premixers
Etymology: From premix + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine that premixes.
premixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premixer
premonopoly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + monopoly.
Senses: glosses: Before a monopoly.
premonumental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + monumental.
Senses: examples: a premonumental ancient civilization
glosses: Before the construction of monuments.
premythical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + mythical.
Senses: glosses: Before the creation of myths.
prepolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + political.
Senses: examples: text: The first significant implication is that the category of the disorderly may not be pre-political, but may itself be constructed through lengthy processes of policing and punitive practice.
ref: 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order:
glosses: Before the development or introduction of politics.
prenational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + national.
Senses: glosses: Before the development or introduction of nationhood.
preobservational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + observational.
Senses: glosses: Prior to observation.
preparingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From preparing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] prepare for the climax — it is reached ; to the platform's end he walks preparingly; muscles harden, and forehead-veins are full […]
ref: 1856, Henry Fowler, The American Pulpit, page 207:
text: It was proved to us that in the Faculty meetings he would cast his vote in a given way, and then go to the students, and preparingly to keeping on friendly terms with them, would insinuate that he voted differently; […]
ref: 1858, Ira Wilder Allen, History of the Rise, Difficulties & Suspension of Antioch College, page 149:
glosses: By way of preparation; anticipatorily.
prepainful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + painful.
Senses: examples: text: The lived body is now understood in terms of what cannot be done (disability), difference from the prepainful life (dissonance), emotional suffering (despondence), and vulnerability (dependence).
ref: 2016, Michael E. Schatman, Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 3:
glosses: Before the onset of pain.
preparliamentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + parliamentary.
Senses: glosses: Before entry into parliament.
prephthisical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + phthisical.
Senses: glosses: Before the onset of phthisis.
spritework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sprite + -work.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Artwork in the form of sprites.
prepreparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + preparation.
Senses: glosses: Preparation that takes place before the main period of preparation.
preprophetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + prophetic.
Senses: glosses: Before a prophet or a prophecy.
Caverswall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9542).
preprohibition
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + Prohibition.
Senses: glosses: Before Prohibition (period during which alcoholic beverages were restricted or banned).
preprimitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + primitive.
Senses: examples: text: The Stony Hill Cemetery, lying beyond the “heavily wooded areas of maple oak,” remains in an essentially preprimitive state.
ref: 2009, Ana Lucia Araujo, Living History: Encountering the Memory of the Heirs of Slavery, page 73:
text: […]John Smith remarked them as he coasted by / Dangling their legs and fishing off a wharf / At the Isles of Shoals, and satisfied himself
They weren't Red Indians but veritable
Pre-primitives of the white race, dawn people,
Like those who furnished Adam's sons with wives; […]
ref: 2019 October 8, Robert Frost, A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost (Leather-bound Classics), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN:
glosses: Before a primitive age.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a variety: not itself primitive, but whose proper subvarieties are all primitive.
prepunish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepunishes
form: prepunishing
form: prepunished
form: prepunished
Etymology: From pre- + punish.
Senses: examples: text: Too many administrators place limits on their users not because of any increase in security that those limits provide, but out of some twisted desire to prepunish users for potential transgressions, in the hope that this will cow them into more quiescent obedience to the rules.
ref: 2003, John Ray, William Ray, Mac OS X Maximum Security, page 256:
glosses: To punish in advance.
Related terms: prepunishment
prepunished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prepunish
prepunishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prepunish
prepunishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prepunish
prerailway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + railway.
Senses: examples: text: Chapters on prerailway transportation and the telegraph complete the volume.
ref: 2022, Harry Clark, A Venture in History, page 140:
glosses: Before the development of a railway, or railways in general.
pretelegraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + telegraphy.
Senses: glosses: Before the invention or spread of telegraphy.
prerebellion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + rebellion.
Senses: glosses: Before a rebellion.
prerestoration
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + restoration.
Senses: examples: the prerestoration photographs of the old church
glosses: Prior to a restoration project.
prerheumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + rheumatic.
Senses: glosses: Before the onset of rheumatism.
Presbyterianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Presbyterianizes
form: Presbyterianizing
form: Presbyterianized
form: Presbyterianized
Etymology: From Presbyterian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make Presbyterian.
Presbyterianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Presbyterianize
Presbyterianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Presbyterianize
Presbyterianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Presbyterianize
Presbyterianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of Presbyterianizing.
Presbyterianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Presbyterianly
form: most Presbyterianly
Etymology: From Presbyterian + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: One is, from that part of the people in any parish who are Presbyterianly inclined.
ref: 1894, John Franklin Rowe, A History of Reformatory Movements, page 459:
synonyms: Presbyterially
glosses: In a Presbyterian manner.
preshadow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preshadows
form: preshadowing
form: preshadowed
form: preshadowed
Etymology: From pre- + shadow.
Senses: glosses: To foreshadow.
preshadowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preshadow
preshadows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preshadow
preshadowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preshadow
preshortage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + shortage.
Senses: examples: preshortage water use
glosses: Before a shortage.
prestatistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + statistical.
Senses: glosses: Before the development or use of statistics.
presidially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more presidially
form: most presidially
Etymology: From presidial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a presidial manner.
preultrasound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ultrasound.
Senses: glosses: Before the development or use of ultrasound.
preradiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + radiographic.
Senses: glosses: Before the development or use of radiography.
presuffrage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + suffrage.
Senses: glosses: Before suffrage.
preterintentional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiː.təɹˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
Etymology: From preter- + intentional.
Senses: examples: text: The number of intentional homicides and preterintentional homicides reported are^([sic]) available for 1900-1939 and 1946-47.
ref: 1953, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, volume 7, page 355:
topics: law
glosses: Of a crime: more serious than the lesser crime that the perpetrator intended to commit instead.
pretechnical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + technical.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Leading up to a technical course.
Sariaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
Tiaong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
Pagbilao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
pretensively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pretensively
form: most pretensively
Etymology: From pretensive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Let us not be too much taken, my friends, by the typology in which our gospel is here and there so feebly and pretensively dressed — the low perceptions, and the short culture, always putting their cheap honors and ornaments upon it.
ref: 1876, Horace Bushnell, Sermons on Christ and His Salvation, page 263:
glosses: In a pretensive manner.
Mauban
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
Lucban
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Lamut, Ifugao, Philippines.
glosses: A name of several barangays in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of San Carlos, Pangasinan, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Abulug, Cagayan, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Roxas, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Quezon, Philippines.
preternaturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preternaturalists
Etymology: From preternatural + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A believer in the preternatural.
preternaturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preternaturalist
Alabat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island and municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
pretabulation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + tabulation.
Senses: glosses: Before tabulation.
pretergression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of going past limits or bounds.
General Mariano Alvarez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Cavite, Philippines.
pretersensual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From preter- + sensual.
Senses: glosses: Going beyond the senses.
preterritorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + territorial.
Senses: glosses: Before the establishment of a territory or territories.
tavahi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A shrub of the sumac family, Rhus taitensis, native to Southeast Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific Islands.
pretorture
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + torture.
Senses: examples: text: Miss A's present level of functioning is close to her pretorture level.
ref: 2013, John R. Freedy, S. E. Hobfoll, Traumatic Stress: From Theory to Practice:
glosses: Before torture.
neneleau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neneleau
Senses: glosses: Rhus sandwicensis, a sumac native to Hawaii
pretransportation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From pre- + transportation.
Senses: examples: text: James went through the courts and spent months in a crowded cell without anyone realising he was a she. After the sentence was commuted, her gender was revealed during the compulsory pre-transportation bath and an appeal was lodged for her pardon.
ref: 2013, David Hunt, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, volume 1:
glosses: Before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).
pretubercular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + tubercular.
Senses: synonyms: pretuberculous
glosses: In the early stages of tuberculosis.
pretuberculous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + tuberculous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pretubercular.
synonyms: word: pretubercular
pretypographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + typographical.
Senses: glosses: Before the development or use of typography.
prevocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + vocal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prevocalic.
synonyms: word: prevocalic
prevegetation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + vegetation.
Senses: examples: text: These sedimentary features, however, may well be compatible with quite low gradients under the prevegetation hydrologic conditions that existed during the Precambrian.
ref: 1973, Geological Survey Professional Papers (page B-14)
glosses: Before the appearance of vegetation.
postneuralgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + neuralgic.
Senses: glosses: Following neuralgia.
postneurotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + neurotic.
Senses: glosses: Following neurosis.
Mulanay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
Calauag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
Doña Remedios Trinidad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bulacan, Philippines.
General Tinio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
charv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charvs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of charva.
charvs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charv
Calauan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Balayhangin, Bangyas, Dayap, Hanggan, Imok, Kanluran, Lamot 1, Lamot 2, Limao, Mabacan, Masiit, Paliparan, Perez, Prinza, San Isidro, Santo Tomas, Silangan — barangays of Calauan
glosses: A city in Laguna, Philippines.
Siniloan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Laguna, Philippines.
Firstname Bunchofnumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Firstname Bunchofnumberses
form: FirstName BunchOfNumbers
Etymology: When someone attempts to register a Twitter account name that is already taken, the site suggests the inputted name followed by a long, randomly-generated string of numbers as an alternative (e.g. "@Wiktion74587432" instead of "@Wiktionary"). This has led to many anonymous accounts with handles that consist of a given name and a string of numbers (e.g. "@Jane74587432675").
Senses: examples: text: You can always rely on FirstName BunchOfNumbers to have the worst opinions.
ref: 2020 December 11, Chris Hanna (@MegaNerd98), Twitter:
text: Internet protip: if you can't mention the name of something or someone without getting spam bots and Firstname Bunchofnumberses promoting or defending that thing, it's probably not a good thing.
ref: 2022 January 9, Klin T. Catgirl (@KlinTCatgirl), Twitter:
text: Got into a debate with Firstname Bunchofnumbers.
I won't be doing that again.
ref: 2022 July 26, Russell Hillman (@allhellismrsun), Twitter:
glosses: A Twitter user suspected to be a troll, sockpuppet, or bot due to having a default-style account name and a history of odd, tendentious, or offensive posts.
FirstName BunchOfNumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Firstname Bunchofnumbers.
self-catered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of self-catering.
synonyms: word: self-catering
cigarette camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cigarette camps
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre and Marseilles following their captures by Allied Forces in the wake of the Allied D-Day invasion in June 1944 and Operation Dragoon in August 1944. They were named after popular cigarette brands.
cigarette camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cigarette camp
trustlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trustlets
Etymology: Blend of trust + applet
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A trusted process or application in certain types of secure system.
trustlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trustlet
Lynnhaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lynnhavens
Senses: examples: text: True oyster lovers really prefer the large Lynnhavens and others on the deep shell.
ref: 2019, Mary A. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book:
glosses: A kind of edible oyster from Lynnhaven, Virginia, United States.
Lynnhavens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lynnhaven
photovoices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photovoice
micropunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of micropunch
electroknife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroknives
Etymology: From electro- + knife.
Senses: examples: text: An alternative method for the management of rhinophyma is advocated by Gjuric and Rettinger (1993), who used a mono- or bipolar electroknife.
ref: 2014, V. Oswal, M. Remacle, S. Jovanvic, Principles and Practice of Lasers in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, page 472:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A knife used in electrosurgery.
Related terms: electric knife
electroknives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroknife
nonsettling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + settling.
Senses: examples: nonsettling slurry
glosses: That does not settle, but remains suspended.
examples: the nonsettling states
glosses: Not participating in a legal settlement.
prophetocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prophetocracies
Etymology: From prophet + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: Rule by, or under the control of, religious prophets.
prophetocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prophetocracy
propheticly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more propheticly
form: most propheticly
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prophetically.
propheticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propheticisms
Etymology: From prophetic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The role, status, or work of a prophet.
propheticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propheticism
jam auction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jam auctions
Senses: synonyms: jam joint
jam pitch
glosses: An auction at which buyers are sold overpriced and often worthless items.
jam auctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jam auction
jam pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jam pitches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jam auction.
synonyms: word: jam auction
jam joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jam joints
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jam auction.
synonyms: word: jam auction
jam pitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jam pitch
jam joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jam joint
Rinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rino
Rino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rinos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of RINO.