cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
uncommon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkɒmən/
rhymes: -ɒmən
Forms: form: more uncommon
form: uncommoner
form: most uncommon
form: uncommonest
Etymology: From un- + common.
Senses: examples: text: Bald eagles are an uncommon sighting in this state.
text: This is not an uncommon practice.
ref: 1946 January and February, “The Why and The Wherefore: The Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 59:
glosses: Rare; not readily found; unusual.
examples: text: The diamond was of uncommon size
glosses: Remarkable; exceptional.
Synonyms: word: infrequent
word: raresome
word: scarce
word: rare
uncommon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkɒmən/
rhymes: -ɒmən
Etymology: From un- + common.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Is Suffolk your county, sir?’ asked William.
‘Yes,’ I said, with some importance. ‘Suffolk’s my county.’
‘I’m told the dumplings is uncommon fine down there,’ said William.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
text: 'The Squire's pretty springe, considering his weight,' said Mr Macey, 'and he stamps uncommon well.'
ref: 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 159:
glosses: Exceedingly, exceptionally.
Related terms: uncommonly
uncommonness
outlandish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/
ipa: [ˌaʊ̯t-]
ipa: /ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/
ipa: [ˌaʊ̯t-]
ipa: [-ˈlɛən-]
ipa: /ˌæɔtˈlændɪʃ/
rhymes: -ændɪʃ
Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English outlandisch, outlondish (“foreign”), from Old English ūtlendisċ (“foreign; strange, outlandish”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtlandisk, from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandiskaz, from *ūtlandą (“(adjective) alien, foreign; relating to outlying land; (noun) foreign land; outlying land”) + *-iskaz (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘characteristic of; pertaining to’). *Ūtlandą is derived from *ūt- (suffix meaning ‘beyond; external to, on the outside of’) (from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out, outward; upwards”)) + *landą (“area of ground, land”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“heath; land”)). By surface analysis, outland + -ish. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Danish udenlandsk (“foreign, non-domestic”)
* Dutch uitlands (dated) (now buitenlands (“foreign, non-domestic”)), Dutch uitlandig (“absent from the home country”) (now chiefly Suriname)
* Faroese útlendskur (“foreign, non-domestic”)
* German ausländisch (“foreign, non-domestic”)
* Icelandic útlenskur (“foreign”)
* Swedish utländsk (“foreign, non-domestic”)
Senses: examples: text: [H]ow soon God from Heaven had sent His fiery tongues upon His Apostles, the devil from hell presently sent for his fiery tongues, and put them in the mouths of his apostles, to disgrace and scoff at those of God's sending. […] These good fellows have been at it, and now they can speak nothing but outlandish. Some little broken Greek or Latin they had, and now out it comes.
ref: 1618 June 3 (Gregorian calendar), Lancelot Andrewes, “A Sermon Preached before the King’s Majesty, at Greenwich, on the Twenty-fourth of May, A.D. MDCXVIII, being Whit-Sunday”, in J[ohn] P[osthumous] W[ilson], editor, Ninety-six Sermons […], volume III, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Henry Parker, published 1841, →OCLC, page 302:
text: Never ſtir if that Gentleman ben't the ſame that vve ſee'd at the Painting Man's, that vvas ſo zivil to Mother, only he has got a black VVig on, and ſpeaks outlandiſh.
ref: 1752, Samuel Foote, Taste. A Comedy, […], London: […] R[ichard] Francklin, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 29:
glosses: A foreign language.
vitae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vita
sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: sledges
Etymology: From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (“sledgehammer; mallet”), from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ. Cognate with Dutch slegge (“sledge”), Swedish slägga (“sledge”), Norwegian Bokmål slegge (“sledge”), Norwegian Nynorsk sleggje (“sledge”), Icelandic sleggja (“sledge”), German Schlägel.
Senses: examples: text: [based on information from Major Hill, Master of the Silver Mills, in 1662, describing silver mining in Cardiganshire] They dig the Oar thus; One holds a little Picque, or Punch of Iron, having a long Handle of Wood which they call a Gad; Another with a great Iron Hammer, or Sledge, drives it into the Vein.
ref: 1737, J. Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used, With their Significations and Original in two Alphabetical Catalogues; the one, of such as are proper to the Northern, the other, to the Southern Counties. With an Account of the preparing and refining such Metals and Minerals as are found in England.:
text: Sledge hammers are only used for heavy-duty persuading when working on vehicles or machinery.
ref: 2006, Tom Benford, Garage And Workshop Gear Guide:
glosses: A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.
Synonyms: sense: long handled maul or hammer
word: forehammer
sense: long handled maul or hammer
word: sledgehammer
Derived terms: about sledge
sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: sledges
form: sledging
form: sledged
form: sledged
Etymology: From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (“sledgehammer; mallet”), from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ. Cognate with Dutch slegge (“sledge”), Swedish slägga (“sledge”), Norwegian Bokmål slegge (“sledge”), Norwegian Nynorsk sleggje (“sledge”), Icelandic sleggja (“sledge”), German Schlägel.
Senses: examples: text: The rapid and violent exertion of smiths, mightily sledging the glowing iron masses of their furnaces.
ref: 1842, John O'Donovan, The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath: An Ancient and Historical Tale:
text: When I inquired the reason of this wire being used in the construction of the safe, I was told it was to prevent the doors being broken by either sledging or wedging.
ref: 2005, Langdon W Moore, Langdon W. Moore: His Own Story of His Eventful Life:
glosses: To hit with a sledgehammer.
sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: sledges
Etymology: Dialectal Dutch sleedse, from Middle Dutch sleedse, from the root of sled.
Senses: examples: text: The sledge ran far better upon the ice; I cannot say the same for the dogs.
text: The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth.
ref: 1873, Charles Tomlinson, chapter III, in Winter in the Arctic Regions and Summer in the Antarctic Regions, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 122:
glosses: A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
examples: text: Aged wore out Coal-Horses, which after some time Wrought you will have, may serve turn for Sledge-Horses.
ref: 1708, F. C. [possibly F. Conyers], Compleat Collier: Or, The Whole Art of Sinking, Getting, and Working, Coal-mines about Sunderland and New-Castle:
text: Ty'd upon the Sledge, a Papist and a Protestant in front, being two very disparate and antipathetick Companions, was a very ridiculous Science of Cruelty, even worst than Death it self (says he).
ref: 1716, Myles Davies, Athenae Britannicae: Or, A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers And Writings...Part I [the full title stretches for 70 words] reporting a passage in "Nicholas Sanders's Seditious Pamphlet" De Schismate Anglicano, &c (1585)
text: There are also Winter Paralympic Games with Alpine and Nordic events, as well as sledge hockey - a form of ice hockey using a seated sledge.
ref: 2006, Richard Higgins, Peter Brukner, Bryan English, editors, Essential Sports Medicine:
text: For anyone who can recall their schooldays, when you used to get snow every winter, flying down hills on a polythene bag the thickness of an atom, and a lovely old sledge your Grandpa made for you (the only Christmas it DIDN'T snow),...
ref: 2006, Pete Draper, Deconstructing the Elements With 3ds Max: Create Natural Fire, Earth, Air and Water Without Plug-Ins:
glosses: any type of sled or sleigh.
glosses: A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
Derived terms: dog sledge
ice sledge
sledge chair
sledge hockey
sledge racing
threshing sledge
sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: sledges
form: sledging
form: sledged
form: sledged
Etymology: Dialectal Dutch sleedse, from Middle Dutch sleedse, from the root of sled.
Senses: examples: text: It should be remembered, that these explorations were nearly all made by our seamen and officers on foot, dragging sledges, on which were piled tents, provision, fuel for cooking, and raiment. This sledging was brought to perfection by Captain M'Clintock.
ref: 1860, Sherard Osborn, The career, last voyage and fate of ... Sir John Franklin:
text: Sledging en route to Mt. Logan on the 1925 first ascent. [caption to photo of four men dragging a sledge]
ref: 2004, Andy Selters, Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering:
glosses: To drag or draw a sledge.
examples: text: He was also to initiate me in the American pastime of sleighing, or sledging.
ref: 1811, Maria Edgeworth, Popular Tales:
text: When "the great fen or moor" which washed the city walls on the north was frozen over, sliding, sledging, and skating were the sports of crowds.
ref: 1860, John Timbs, School-days of Eminent Men: I. Sketches of the Progress of Education in England, from the Reign of King Alfred:
text: 2006, Godfrey (EDT) Baldacchino, Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands
Some of these may be closely associated with the day-to-day lifestyle of such communities — marine activities (fishing, wildlife viewing), mountain activities (abseiling, climbing, hunting) or winter sports (dog sledging).
glosses: To ride, travel with or transport in a sledge.
Related terms: sled
sleigh
toboggan
sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: sledges
form: sledging
form: sledged
form: sledged
Etymology: From Sledge (“a surname”), influenced by sledgehammer. First attested in the 1960s in Australian English.
According to Ian Chappell, originated in Adelaide during the 1963/4 or 1964/5 Sheffield Shield season. A cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was taken to be as subtle as a sledgehammer (meaning unsubtle) and was called “Percy” or “Sledge”, from singer Percy Sledge (whose song When a Man Loves a Woman was a hit at the time). Directing insults or obscenities at the opposition team then became known as sledging.
Senses: examples: text: I've never been one to sledge on the field. I was normally too tired to be bothered, but the one time I did, didn't I cop it.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 182:
text: Batteries of fast bowlers softened batsmen up with short-pitched bowling, while fielders tried to disturb their concentration with a running commentary of insults commonly known as sledging.
ref: 1998, Larry Elliott, Daniel E Atkinson, The Age of Insecurity:
text: Then, all these...government legislators...would be able to totally concentrate on their roles and functions, without being entangled in interparty sledging and squabbles.
ref: 2004, Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Socio-Economic Democracy and the World Government: Collective Capitalism, Depovertization, Human Rights, Template for Sustainable Peace:
text: The 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket includes new anti-sledging provisions.
ref: 2005, David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White Is Always Right:
text: "Bloody hell even their sledging is now shite!!!" he sledged.
ref: 2013 November 6, Marina Hyde, “Whatever Shane Warne says, the Ashes sledgers need to raise their game”, in The Guardian:
text: it would be eccentric to change governments when we're delivering so much and when we have such a vast mandate and when we're actually only a handful of points behind in the polls, even in mid-term, after quite a few months of pretty relentless sledging and when the economic scene is so difficult domestically and internationally.
ref: 7 July 2022, Boris Johnson, resignation speech:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To verbally insult or abuse an opponent in order to distract them (considered unsportsmanlike).
sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Forms: form: sledges
Etymology: From Sledge (“a surname”), influenced by sledgehammer. First attested in the 1960s in Australian English.
According to Ian Chappell, originated in Adelaide during the 1963/4 or 1964/5 Sheffield Shield season. A cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was taken to be as subtle as a sledgehammer (meaning unsubtle) and was called “Percy” or “Sledge”, from singer Percy Sledge (whose song When a Man Loves a Woman was a hit at the time). Directing insults or obscenities at the opposition team then became known as sledging.
Senses: examples: text: Now that's what I call a sledge.
ref: 1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 173:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An instance of sledging.
regex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛɡˌɛks/
ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒˌɛks/
Forms: form: regexes
form: regexp
form: RegEx
Senses: examples: text: To continue the history course from the previous section, Perl was one of the first general-purpose programming languages to bake regexes into its core functionality.
ref: 2017, Moritz Lenz, Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars, Apress, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Clipping of regular expression.
Derived terms: regex golf
extracurricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: extra-curricular
Etymology: From extra- + curricular.
Senses: examples: text: The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends.
hyponyms: supercurricular
glosses: Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
glosses: Similarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession.
glosses: Extramarital.
Derived terms: extracurricularly
sextracurricular
extracurricular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: extracurriculars
form: extra-curricular
Etymology: From extra- + curricular.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
glosses: An activity beyond official duties of a job or profession.
glosses: An extramarital affair.
educational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌɛd͡ʒəˈkeɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
Forms: form: more educational
form: most educational
Etymology: From education + -al.
Senses: examples: text: A school is an educational establishment.
glosses: Of, or relating to education.
examples: text: They were shown an educational film about VD.
text: I can't see the educational value of going on a field trip to the clothes factory.
text: Imagine a testless educational system up through the fifth grade. What effect would that have on children's later performance, or on our ability to prescribe individualized educational programs for them?
ref: 1997, Eileen R. Rudert, The Validity of Testing in Education and Employment, page 64:
glosses: Instructive, or helping to educate.
Synonyms: sense: helping to educate
word: educative
sense: helping to educate
word: instructive
sense: helping to educate
word: didactic
Hyponyms: self-educational
Derived terms: sense: Prefixed forms
word: antieducational
sense: Prefixed forms
word: countereducational
sense: Prefixed forms
word: neuroeducational
sense: Prefixed forms
word: noneducational
sense: Prefixed forms
word: pseudoeducational
sense: Prefixed forms
word: psychoeducational
sense: Prefixed forms
word: socioeducational
sense: Other derivations
word: edtech
sense: Other derivations
word: educational institution
sense: Other derivations
word: educationalism
sense: Other derivations
word: educationalist
sense: Other derivations
word: educationalize
sense: Other derivations
word: educationally
sense: Other derivations
word: educational psychology
sense: Other derivations
word: educational visit
sense: Other derivations
word: edutorial
sense: Other derivations
word: ejamacational
educational
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌɛd͡ʒəˈkeɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
Forms: form: educationals
Etymology: From education + -al.
Senses: glosses: A free (or low cost) trip for travel consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service. A fam trip
examples: text: Groups such as the Union of Young Communists, the Cuban Women's Federation, the Artists and Writers Union (UNEAC) and others have held internal and public educationals on the issue of homosexuality, using a recently produced video GAY CUBA.
ref: 1996 September, Sonja de Vries, “The Evolution of Revolution”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
glosses: An educational seminar, workshop, etc.
taekwondo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtaɪkwɑnˈdoʊ/
ipa: /-ˈkwɑn-/
ipa: /ˌteɪ-/
ipa: /ˌtaɪkwɒnˈdəʊ/
ipa: /-ˈkwɒn-/
ipa: /ˌteɪ-/
Forms: form: tae kwon do
form: taekwon-do
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).
Senses: examples: text: Khudadadi, originally from Afghanistan but now living and training in France, won bronze in the taekwondo women’s K44 -47kg category in Paris.
ref: 2024 August 30, George Ramsay, “Zakia Khudadadi makes history by winning first-ever Paralympic medal for the refugee team with taekwondo bronze”, in CNN:
synonyms: TKD
glosses: A martial arts form from Korea, known for its elaborate kicking techniques. The sparring aspect is a recognised Olympic sport.
Derived terms: TKD
Related terms: dojang
tae kwon do
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of taekwondo.
provocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹɒvəˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: provocations
Etymology: From Middle English provocacioun, from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin prōvocātiō, prōvocātiōnem, from Latin prōvocō. Doublet of provokatsiya.
Senses: glosses: The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
glosses: Something that provokes; a provocative act.
examples: text: When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
Related terms: provocateur
provocator
provoke
tailspin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailspins
Etymology: From tail + spin.
Senses: examples: text: The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
examples: text: Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
glosses: A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
examples: text: The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.
text: But I was reading a statement that either you made or was part of your movie, “An Inconvenient Truth”, and it said we have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tailspin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.
ref: 2007, Perspectives on climate change, Washington : U.S. G.P.O., →ISBN, page 49:
text: St. Louis, the fourth-largest U.S. city in 1900, is fading fast […] . Jobs, and airline, an educated population—all gone or in a tailspin.
ref: 2010 September, Chris Sommers, "Merge", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 77
glosses: Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
tailspin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tailspins
form: tailspinning
form: tailspun
form: tailspun
form: tailspinned
form: tailspinned
Etymology: From tail + spin.
Senses: glosses: Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
glosses: To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
Related terms: downward spiral
nosedive
vertiginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/
Forms: form: more vertiginous
form: most vertiginous
Etymology: From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.
Senses: glosses: Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
examples: text: GPT-4 didn’t give me an existential crisis. But it exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately.
ref: 2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
glosses: Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
Derived terms: vertiginously
vertiginousness
musical saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical saws
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical instrument consisting of a thin sheet of metal, or sometimes a saw, usually played with a bow.
Synonyms: saw
singing saw
Derived terms: sawist
waning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wane
waning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.
Senses: examples: his waning strength
glosses: Becoming weaker or smaller.
examples: the waning moon
glosses: Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
Derived terms: waning gibbous
waning moon
waning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
Forms: form: wanings
Etymology: From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanungō, equivalent to wane + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: the waning of her energy
text: And boyhood is a summer sun
Whose waning is the dreariest one —
For all we live to know is known
And all we seek to keep hath flown — […]
ref: 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
text: Soothed again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
glosses: The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
examples: 17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B.
This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.
glosses: The fact or act of becoming smaller.
discotheque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪskəˌtɛk/
ipa: /ˈdɪskoʊˌtɛk/
Forms: form: discotheques
Etymology: Borrowed from French discothèque (“record library”).
Senses: synonyms: disco
glosses: A nightclub where dancing takes place.
Derived terms: salsatheque
Lewis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːɪs/
rhymes: -uːɪs
homophone: Lewes
homophone: Louis
Etymology: An anglicization of Irish Lobhaois, itself from Old French Louis.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Lewis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːɪs/
rhymes: -uːɪs
homophone: Lewes
homophone: Louis
Etymology: An adopted anglicization of Welsh Llywelyn, from Old Welsh, from Proto-Brythonic *Lluɣβelen, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus + *Belinos, whose origin is disputed; see Belenus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Lewis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːɪs/
rhymes: -uːɪs
homophone: Lewes
homophone: Louis
Etymology: Derived from Scottish Gaelic Leòdhas, of uncertain origin; traditionally referred to Old Norse Ljóðahús, from ljóð (“song, poem”) + hús (“house”); but may be related to the Pictish name of the island recorded in Ptolemy's Geography as Λίμνου (Límnou).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of the Isle of Lewis: an island of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Derived terms: Lewis and Harris
Lewis with Harris
benefactive case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benefactive cases
Senses: examples: text: Basque and Quechua are languages with a benefactive case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A case used to indicate beneficiary, or the receiver of the benefit, roughly corresponding to English prepositions such as for, for the benefit of, in the interests of, intended for, or on behalf of.
Lewis acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lewis acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: Lewis base
glosses: Any electrophylic compound that can accept a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.
Lewis base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lewis bases
Etymology: Named after Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: Lewis acid
glosses: Any nucleophylic compound that can donate a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.
wikipedia: Gilbert N. Lewis
absolutive case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absolutive cases
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action. The absolutive case is used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb, as well as the object of a transitive verb (inasmuch as they are codified in the English nominative-accusative system). Some languages that employ the absolutive case include Abkhaz, Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Hindi, Inuktitut, Hiligaynon, and Yup'ik.
Related terms: ergative case
well-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-fed
form: most well-fed
form: well fed
Senses: glosses: Properly or adequately fed or nourished.
Synonyms: well-nourished
stretcher
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/
enpr: strĕchʹər
ipa: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈstɹet͡ʃə/
rhymes: -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stretchers
form: stretchering
form: stretchered
form: stretchered
Etymology: From stretch + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Claire Elise Tisdall, a volunteer nurse working in London, watched as a soldier was strechered past her one night.
ref: 2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 37:
text: But with Germany’s Olaf Scholz and France’s Emmanuel Macron facing red cards at home, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez briefly stretchered off[…], Giorgia Meloni – post-fascist poster girl turned star centre-forward of the new right – is shooting at an open goal.
ref: 2024 May 4, Simon Tisdall, “Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.
well off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better off
form: more well off
form: best off
form: most well off
form: well-off
Senses: examples: text: He is very well off as a result of his illegal money-making activities.
text: Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: While Kate Roberts came from a poor background and, later in life, in the post-Second World War period suffered from severe money shortages, in the early 1930s, she and her husband must have counted themselves relatively well off, particularly in comparison with their neighbours in Tonypandy.
ref: 2011, Kate Gramich, chapter 3, in Kate Roberts, University of Wales Press, →ISBN, page 46:
glosses: Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security; comfortably off.
glosses: Of any item, in a good position or circumstance.
well-read
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɛl ˈɹɛd/
Forms: form: better-read
form: more well-read
form: best-read
form: most well-read
form: well read
Senses: examples: text: You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
 You are very well-read
 It's well known
ref: 1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited:
glosses: Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
Related terms: word: book-read
english: adjectival form
translation: adjectival form
word: read up
well read
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of well-read.
well-wisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃə/
ipa: /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃɚ/
Forms: form: well-wishers
Etymology: From well (“hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, etc.”) + wisher.
Senses: examples: text: They strolled on and passed a smiling man standing by the Village wishing well. "Well," said the well-wisher. Ah … must be the Village idiot.
ref: 2008, Alan Pinkett, chapter 12, in Utta Drivel Too, [S.l.]: [Lulu.com], published 2015, →ISBN, page 45:
text: "I'll put a removable lid on it [a wishing well]," he assured her. "That way, it'll be safe for the nippers, but accessible to, um, well wishers. Have a wish in mind, Bree?"
ref: 2014, Nancy Atherton, chapter 7, in Aunt Dimity & the Wishing Well (Aunt Dimity series; 19), London: Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Maybe I am a wishing well, / I have regular well-wishers / Throwing me a coin. / Only change they throw me / Because they don't expect to see / Any change back.
ref: 2019, A. A. A. Aardvark [pseudonym; Matthew Holmes], Quit before You’re Fired, and Other Visions through Inertia, [Riverwood, N.S.W.]: [Matthew Holmes], →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: Someone who makes a wish at a wishing well.
rafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑːftə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɹæftəɹ/
rhymes: -ɑːftə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æftə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rafters
Etymology: From Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin, related to the origin of raft.
Senses: examples: text: […] the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
topics: architecture
glosses: One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
glosses: A flock of turkeys.
Derived terms: jack rafter
packed to the rafters
rafter snapper
valley rafter
rafter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑːftə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɹæftəɹ/
rhymes: -ɑːftə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æftə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rafters
form: raftering
form: raftered
form: raftered
Etymology: From Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin, related to the origin of raft.
Senses: glosses: To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
glosses: To furnish (a building) with rafters.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.
rafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑːftə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɹæftəɹ/
rhymes: -ɑːftə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æftə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rafters
Etymology: From raft + -er.
Senses: glosses: A raftsman.
well-worn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-worn
form: most well-worn
Senses: examples: text: Well she's black as coal, but she burn like a fire,
And she wrap herself around you like a well-worn tire.
ref: 1975, “Island Girl”, in Bernie Taupin (lyrics), Rock of the Westies, performed by Elton John:
glosses: Showing signs of wear because of extensive use.
examples: text: The decay of social norms and status quo systems triggering an authoritarian tightening of the screws is a well-worn pattern throughout human history.
ref: 2023 August 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Neither Comply Nor Resist:
glosses: trite or hackneyed; repeated too often
well-being
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Forms: form: wellbeing
form: well being
Senses: examples: text: Most foreigners who have heard of Bhutan know two things: the country charges international visitors a $100/day sustainable development fee (aka tourist tax), and that it is the birthplace of the Gross National Happiness Index, a system intended to look after the well-being of citizens and the environment.
ref: 2024 July 4, Lilit Marcus, “This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there?”, in CNN:
synonyms: wellness
antonyms: ill-being
glosses: A state of health, happiness or prosperity.
well-bred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better-bred
form: more well-bred
form: best-bred
form: most well-bred
form: wellbred
Senses: glosses: Of good breed.
raw_tags: of animals
examples: text: Ideally you should relax—though well-bred English people do no feel entirely at ease in a room full of naked strangers beating one another.
ref: 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
glosses: Well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education.
well-founded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-founded
form: most well-founded
Senses: antonyms: ill-founded
glosses: Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.
examples: text: After the crisis had passed, certain well-founded proposals were revived, and resulted in important additions to the railway network of the country.
ref: 1946 September and October, “Speculation Run Riot”, in Railway Magazine, page 269:
antonyms: ill-founded
glosses: Properly substantiated.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a binary relation: such that every non-empty subset of the relation's domain has a minimal element with respect to the relation.
Hypernyms: founded
Related terms: topics: mathematics
sciences
word: well-founded relation
Wellington boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wellington boot
form: Wellingtons
form: wellingtons
Etymology: Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised a similar style of boot, if not made of rubber.
Senses: glosses: Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. Short forms: wellies (singular welly or wellie)
Synonyms: word: rainboots
word: galoshes
word: rubber boot
word: gumboots
word: wellies
well-known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/
ipa: /ˌwɛlˈnəʊn/
rhymes: (General American) -oʊn
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊn
Forms: form: better-known
form: more well-known
form: best-known
form: most well-known
form: well known
form: wellknown
Etymology: From Middle English well knowen. By surface analysis, well + known.
Senses: examples: text: Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
ref: 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
text: At 6 weeks and 9 months, the babies’ motor skills were tested using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, a well-known assessment tool that looks at gross, fine and total motor abilities.
ref: 2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
text: Less well-known is NR's High Marnham test track, which occupies part of the former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LDECR) Chesterfield-Lincoln line in Nottinghamshire.
ref: 2024 November 27, Ben Jones, “Testing trains, tracks and systems”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 33:
synonyms: noted
antonyms: little-known
glosses: Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.
examples: text: We would like to catalog other sockets which are supposed to be well-known
ref: 1972, Vint Cerf, Jon Postel, RFC 322 - Well known socket numbers:
text: If the call to this function fails, you can assume the SID was invalid — even if it's a well-known SID.
ref: 2003, John Mueller, .NET development security solutions:
text: A common approach is for the server to accept messages at a well-known port.
ref: 2007, Larry L Peterson, Bruce S Davie, Computer networks: a systems approach:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Generally recognized; reserved for some usual purpose.
Related terms: celebrity
well-mannered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better-mannered
form: more well-mannered
form: best-mannered
form: most well-mannered
form: well mannered
Etymology: Compare Middle English wel ymanerede, wel y-manerit.
Senses: examples: text: A well-mannered gentleman always allows others first.
glosses: Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
Synonyms: word: mannerly
word: civil
word: fair-mannered
word: polished
word: polite
word: refined
word: well-behaved
word: genteel
Welshman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛlʃmən/
Forms: form: Welshmen
Etymology: From Middle English Walishman, equivalent to Welsh + -man.
Senses: synonyms: Walesman
hypernyms: Welsh#Noun
Welshry
Cymry
;
West Briton#Noun
Walian#Noun
;
Welshy
Welshie
Cambrian#Noun
Cymric#Noun
British#Noun
Briton#Noun
Welsher
coordinate_terms: Welshwoman
glosses: A man who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
westerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/
ipa: /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/
Forms: form: more westerly
form: most westerly
Senses: examples: text: a westerly course or voyage
text: Tall, blue-eyed, this proud and stubborn Genoese seaman first visited Portugal, proposing his scheme for a westerly voyage in search of the Indies.
ref: 2002, Jaime Suchlicki, Cuba: From Columbus to Castro and Beyond, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:
synonyms: westward#Adjective
westly
ponent
antonyms: easterly
eastward#Adjective
glosses: Facing the west; directed towards the west.
examples: text: the westerly side of a lake
text: The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder.
ref: 1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:
synonyms: western
westly
ponent
antonyms: easterly
eastward#Adjective
eastern#Adjective
glosses: Located towards or in the west.
examples: text: a westerly wind
text: Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders.
ref: 2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):
synonyms: westly
ponent
eastward#Adjective
antonyms: easterly
westward#Adjective
glosses: Coming from the west.
raw_tags: of wind
Related terms: sense: wind
word: wester
word: go west
word: out west
westerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/
ipa: /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/
Forms: form: more westerly
form: most westerly
Senses: synonyms: westward#Adverb
glosses: Towards the west.
Synonyms: westly
westerly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/
ipa: /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/
Forms: form: westerlies
Senses: examples: text: A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141:
glosses: A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.
Synonyms: zephyr
Derived terms: north-westerly
northwesterly
south-westerly
southwesterly
participation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑɹˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/
ipa: /pɑːˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: participations
Etymology: From Middle English participacioun, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French participacion, from Late Latin participatiō. By surface analysis, participate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The act of participating, of taking part in something.
glosses: The state of being related to a larger whole.
examples: text: a decision made based on the participation of the shareholders
glosses: The process during which individuals, groups and organizations are consulted about or have the opportunity to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.
glosses: An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.
Derived terms: antiparticipation
coparticipation
multiparticipation
neighbouring group participation
non-participation
nonparticipation
overparticipation
participational
participationism
participationist
participation points
participation trophy
participation-washing
preparticipation
proparticipation
underparticipation
Related terms: participate
participant
entirely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtaɪəli/
ipa: /ɪnˈtaɪɹli/
Forms: form: entierly
form: intirely
Etymology: From Middle English entyerly, entierly, enterely, entyreliche, equivalent to entire + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere.
text: The cake hadn’t entirely been eaten, so some was saved for later.
text: [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]
ref: 1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
text: Frommer spoke to me—mostly in English—about the challenges of creating an entirely alien language.
ref: 2009 December 1, Julian Sancton, “Brushing up on Na'vi, the Language of Avatar”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2010:
text: Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously.
ref: 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2012:
text: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
ref: 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
glosses: To the full or entire extent.
examples: text: I'm entirely to blame.
text: This part of the park is used entirely by the workers; everyone else will have to go to the other side.
glosses: To the exclusion of others; solely;
Synonyms: sense: to the full extent
word: completely
word: wholly
word: completely
sense: to the exclusion of others
word: solely
word: solely
Related terms: entirety
wetness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛt.nəs/
rhymes: -ɛtnəs
Forms: form: wetnesses
Etymology: From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wǣtnes (“moisture, wetness”). By surface analysis, wet + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The young man looked long and fixedly on the place, the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten, in the eagerness of youthful curiosity, the wetness of his dress.
ref: 1823, Walter Scott, chapter 3, in Quentin Durward:
text: The first business was to make a fire, an operation which was a little delayed by the wetness of the fuel and the ground, owing to the heavy showers of the afternoon.
ref: 1864, Henry David Thoreau, “Ktaadn”, in The Maine Woods:
text: The industrial brewers continue to prosper, but now they are facing a new challenge from local brewers across the country who are dedicated to turning out brews that have only one thing in common with industrial beer—wetness.
ref: 1987 November 24, William Least Heat Moon, “A Glass of Handmade”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: The condition of being wet.
examples: text: “Oh! if I had my gravity,” thought she, contemplating the water, “I would flash off this balcony like a long white sea-bird, headlong into the darling wetness. Heigh-ho!”
ref: 1864, George MacDonald, chapter 8, in The Light Princess:
text: And so nature was not interfered with in the middle of the rainy season. Sometimes it poured down in such thick sheets of water that earth and sky seemed merged in one grey wetness.
ref: 1958, Chinua Achebe, chapter 4, in Things Fall Apart, New York: Astor-Honor, published 1959:
glosses: Moisture.
examples: text: 1797, Tobias Smollett et al., The History of England, from the Revolution to the End of the American War and the Peace of Versailles in 1783, Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, Volume 4, Book 5, p. 484,
They complained, that the wetness of the season, and the scarcity of fodder in the year 1762, with other natural causes, had reduced the quantity of fat cattle, by discouraging the farmers from rearing them.
text: Tanoo, Skedans and Cumshewa lie fairly close to each other on the map, yet each is quite unlike the others when you come to it. All have the West Coast wetness but Cumshewa seems always to drip, always to be blurred with mist, its foliage always to hang wet-heavy.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 4, in Klee Wyck:
glosses: Rainy or damp weather.
Derived terms: wetness indicator