cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Draco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹeɪkəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/
rhymes: -eɪkəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn). Doublet of dracone, dragon, and dragoon.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dragon. It features a line of stars (including Thuban) that winds between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
examples: text: The statesman Draco, faced with public complacency in the face of a crisis in crime, devised a simple method of maintaining order: kill all offenders.
ref: 1985 December 8, William Safire, “ESSAY; Draco vs. Solon”, in The New York Times:
related: word: Dracon
word: Drako
word: Drakon
glosses: An Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of Actaeon's hounds.
examples: text: Last November’s Latin Grammy Awards ceremony seemed to be the culmination of a heartwarming comeback for the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Robi Draco Rosa.
ref: 2014 August 15, Larry Rohter, “Life After ‘Vida’: One Man’s Time to Heal”, in The New York Times:
text: Midway through a video interview with Tom Felton about his best-selling memoir, “Beyond the Wand,” the actor who played Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies removes the blue-gray baseball cap he’d been wearing backward and begins to tousle his hair.
ref: 2022 November 10, Elisabeth Egan, “Tom Felton Auditioned for ‘Harry Potter’ Without Reading the Books”, in The New York Times:
related: word: Drako
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek or Latin.
Derived terms: Draco in Leather Pants
Draconis
Related terms: draconian
draconic
dracontine
Dracunculus
Eltanin
Dracula
Dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
synonyms: word: Great Red Dragon
word: Aduwallah
word: Adversary
word: Al-Shaytaan
word: Antichrist
word: archfiend
word: Ash-Shaytan
word: Azazel
word: Beast
word: Beelzebub
word: bogey
word: cosmocrat
word: deceiver
word: deuce
word: Devil
word: diablo
word: Diabolus
word: dickens
word: Dragon
word: Enemy
word: Evil One
word: Father of Lies
word: Gog
word: Iblis
word: Jack Ketch
word: leviathan
word: lord of the flies
word: Lucifer
word: Mephistopheles
word: Old Gentleman
word: Old Hairy
word: Old Harry
word: Old Nick
word: Old One
word: Old Scratch
word: Old Serpent
word: Prince of Darkness
word: Prince of Demons
word: Prince of Evil
word: Sam Scratch
word: Satan
word: Serpent
word: shaitan
word: Son of the Dawn
word: Devil
glosses: Synonym of Devil.
Drake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Etymology: * As an English surname, from both senses of the noun drake meaning "male duck" and "dragon."
* As a German surname, from Low German drake (“dragon”), related to the above.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized/West Flemish variant of Draak, also related to the above.
Senses: glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
glosses: An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake.
examples: text: Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards.
ref: 2004, Torey Hayden, chapter 4, in Twilight Children, HarperCollins UK, published 2013, →ISBN:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A town in New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A ward of Plymouth, Devon, England; named for aqueduct Drake's Leat, itself for Francis Drake, Mayor of Plymouth at the time of its construction.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Colorado.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in South Carolina.
Derived terms: Sir Francis Drake Channel
Drama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Δράμα (Dráma).
Senses: glosses: A city, a municipality, a regional unit of the East Macedonia and Thrace region, in north-eastern Greece.
Drew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dro͞o
ipa: /dɹuː/
ipa: /dɹuʊ̯/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: examples: text: In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
ref: 2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek:
synonyms: Dru
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Andrew.
Related terms: Andy
Drew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dro͞o
ipa: /dɹuː/
ipa: /dɹuʊ̯/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne's son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).
Senses: synonyms: Dru
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
examples: text: On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” and in a lighthearted moment, explained — as she did during the last presidential election cycle — that in her blended family, her stepchildren affectionately call her Momala.
ref: 2024 May 1, Charles M. Blow, “Kamala Harris Isn’t Americans’ ‘Momala.’ She’s Our Vice President.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 May 2024:
synonyms: Dru
glosses: A female given name.
Drew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dro͞o
ipa: /dɹuː/
ipa: /dɹuʊ̯/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: From Irish, adopted from the English surname above, and also reduced from an Druaidh, Ó Druaidh, Ó Draoi, "son of the Druid," from draoi (“druid”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Drew County
Drewsteignton
Stanton Drew
Drew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dro͞o
ipa: /dɹuː/
ipa: /dɹuʊ̯/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: From any of the above.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, named after Drew E. Bennett.
glosses: A city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, named after Miss Drew Daniel.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, named after S. E. Drew.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, probably named after Robert Drew.
glosses: A rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).
Dryden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹaɪdən/
rhymes: -aɪdən
Etymology: From Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A city in Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.
glosses: A village in Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
glosses: A ghost town in Missouri; named for state official Nathaniel Dryden.
glosses: A town in New York, and a village within the town; named for poet John Dryden.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for poet John Dryden.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Texas; named for railroad engineer Eugene E. Dryden.
glosses: A census-designated place in Virginia; named for railroad official Captain Dryden.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Washington; named for Canadian horticulturist John Dryden.
Derived terms: Drydenesque
Related terms: John Dryden
an English poet and playwright
Du
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese
Duke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /duːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: Dukes
Senses: examples: text: Percy’s military career began in France under Dukes Henry and John of Lancaster; […]
ref: 2001, John Cannon, editor, A Dictionary of British History, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN:
glosses: The title of a duke.
Duke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /duːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: Dukes
Senses: glosses: A male given name from English; mostly US and rather rare.
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of a duke, or from a nickname.
glosses: A male nickname.
examples: text: "Whoa there, pardner," Kiril said in his best Duke impression, and grabbed hold of the armrest to keep from rolling into Fyodor's lap.
ref: 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: A male nickname.
The American actor John Wayne.
raw_tags: with the definite article
glosses: Ellipsis of Duke University, a private university in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A township in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.
Dunch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dunches
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dzung
form: Yung
Etymology: From Vietnamese Dung.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Vietnamese.
Dung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dzung
form: Yung
Etymology: From Vietnamese Dũng.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Vietnamese.
Duo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
glosses: The mascot owl of Duolingo.
Dy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dys
Etymology: From Khmer ឌី (dii).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Khmer.
E
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: e
form: Es
form: E's
Etymology: From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, Ea, Eo, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:
* Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e).
* Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ).
* Old English digraph Ea, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea).
* Old English digraph Eo from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (eo).
* Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).
Senses: examples: text: On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.
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:
glosses: The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
E
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: e
Etymology: From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, Ea, Eo, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:
* Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e).
* Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ).
* Old English digraph Ea, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea).
* Old English digraph Eo from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (eo).
* Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number fifth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
E
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: qualifier: ESRB rating
glosses: Abbreviation of everyone.
glosses: East.
E
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: Es
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: Sick Boy brings oot some E. White doves; ah think. It's mental gear. Most Ecstasy hasnae any MDMA in it, it's just likesay, ken, part speed, part acid in its effects . . .
ref: 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 156:
text: And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz
ref: 1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp:
text: You mentioned you were taking stuff. Did you mean ecstasy? / What else? It’s excellent. I’m not an addict or nothing, and I steer clear of crack and that. People say E is for losers but, hey, I’d never be without some eccy in my bag.
ref: 2002, Hugh Mackay, Winter Close, Sydney: Hodder Headline, →ISBN, page 85:
glosses: The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.
coordinate_terms: word: T
english: testosterone
translation: testosterone
qualifier: chiefly LGBTQ
glosses: Abbreviation of estrogen or estradiol.
examples: 1999, Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, →ISBN, page 25,
In line with this, he is marketed not only as a mental innocent, but as a class primitive, someone who only got an E in A-level art […]
2003, Rick, quoted in Linda MacDowell, Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth, Blackwell Publishing (2003), →ISBN, page 198,
My results weren’t that great, to be honest. I weren’t right happy with them; I got an E in Maths and that were a surprise, but I did get a B in Technology – that were all right.
2005, S. J. Smith, Joe Public, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 125,
Not really, but perhaps I’d have got an ‘E’ in Tech Drawing no matter how much I’d asserted myself. Maybe Mr. Pinkerton would have seen to it that my exam paper was tampered with. A spot of teacher to student revenge.
2005, Craig Taylor, Light, Reverb, →ISBN, page 103,
But she didn’t get the bit about my accidental artistic career, “But you can’t draw love. You got an E in your exam. I remember that. You drew that onion that looked like a boil.”
glosses: The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.
examples: text: The pilot episode is S01E01.
glosses: Abbreviation of episode (“installment of a series”).
E
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Elohist.
examples: text: Magnus said that companies such as Italy’s Eni (E) and ConocoPhillips (COP) that already operate in Alaska could be interested in drilling in ANWR.
ref: 2020 August 18, Matt Egan, “It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Eni.
E
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /ʌ/
enpr: ǔ
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: O
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂 (È).
Senses: examples: text: The discovery suggests also that the center of the state of E was located in the Suizao corridor in Hubei, not far from the location of E as suggested by ancient geographical works.
ref: 2002, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 229:
text: These three bronzes, though clearly modeled on Zhou types, are quite distinctive from the Zhou tradition. They suggest that, although the state of E served as an ally and agent of the Western Zhou state, it probably had a distinctive cultural origin of its own.
ref: 2006, Li Feng, Landscape and Power in Early China, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 330–331:
text: A six-character inscription cast inside the bowl records that this gui was made for a nobleman of the E state. Due to gaps in Chinese historical records, the exact history of the state of E is uncertain. Since the E Shu Gui was salvaged from a pile of scrap copper shipped to the Shanghai Foundry from Hubei province, some scholars have inferred that the gui was excavated from Hubei, therefore proving that the E state during the Western Zhou was located in today's Hubei province.
ref: 2014, Liu Yang, Cast for Eternity, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou.
glosses: A surname from Mandarin Chinese.
Related terms: Echeng
Eping
Ezhou
E
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /ʌ/
enpr: ǔ
rhymes: -ʌ
enpr: ĕ
rhymes: -ɛ
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /ʌ/
enpr: ǔ
rhymes: -ʌ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 誒 /诶 (ê̄), from E ɛ⁵⁵.
Senses: glosses: A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of E terms
E
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: /iː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /ʌ/
enpr: ǔ
rhymes: -ʌ
enpr: ĕ
rhymes: -ɛ
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A river in Highland council area, Scotland.
Related terms: E-1
E-2
E-6
E-R bridge
E-type chondrite
Poblacion E
pre-E
Purok E
triple E
E-flat major
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: {\key es \major es' f' g' aes' bes' c d es2}
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The major key with E-flat as its tonic, with the notes E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D the key signature of which has three flats
examples: 1
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The major chord with a root of E-flat.
Ea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: EA
glosses: Abbreviation of elastane
Ea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Chaldeans had great faith in Ea, their god of healing, to whom prayers were said in case of sickness, but herb remedies were also given the patient by the god's representative in the community.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:
glosses: The name of Enki in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology.
Eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiɡəl/
rhymes: -iɡəl
Forms: form: the Eagle
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun eagle.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from L'Aigle in Orne, first attested in 1055 and from Latin aquila, itself meaning "eagle."
* Also translated from names in other languages meaning "eagle," such as German Adler, Polish Orzeł, Orzel, Slovene Orel, Lakota waŋbli (compare Eagleman, Redeagle, Whiteeagle).
* The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.
Senses: glosses: The Apollo Lunar Module of Apollo 11.
Eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiɡəl/
rhymes: -iɡəl
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun eagle.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from L'Aigle in Orne, first attested in 1055 and from Latin aquila, itself meaning "eagle."
* Also translated from names in other languages meaning "eagle," such as German Adler, Polish Orzeł, Orzel, Slovene Orel, Lakota waŋbli (compare Eagleman, Redeagle, Whiteeagle).
* The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname, from the name of the bird as a byname. See eagle.
glosses: Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Ada County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Clinton County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Tabernacle Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Minnesota, and Ohio (3), listed under Eagle Township.
glosses: A village in Eagle and Swinethorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8767).
Derived terms: Eagle and Swinethorpe
Eagle effect
Eagle syndrome
Eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiɡəl/
rhymes: -iɡəl
Forms: form: Eagles
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun eagle.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from L'Aigle in Orne, first attested in 1055 and from Latin aquila, itself meaning "eagle."
* Also translated from names in other languages meaning "eagle," such as German Adler, Polish Orzeł, Orzel, Slovene Orel, Lakota waŋbli (compare Eagleman, Redeagle, Whiteeagle).
* The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.
Senses: qualifier: scouting
glosses: An Eagle Scout.
examples: text: When will Roderick get his Eagle?
qualifier: scouting
glosses: An advancement to the Eagle Scout rank.
Earl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːl/
ipa: /ɝl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: Earls
Etymology: From earl (“nobleman”).
Senses: examples: text: And therefore the Bishop and clergy of Man were totally powerless to resist the alteration of doctrinal articles and rites of worship which Earls Edward and Henry, between 1521 and 1594, following the edicts of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth, introduced into the Isle of Man.
ref: 1860, William Mackenzie, editor, Legislation by Three of the Thirteen Stanleys, Kings of Man. […], Douglas, Isle of Man: […] [T]he Manx Society, page 191:
glosses: The title of an earl.
Earl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːl/
ipa: /ɝl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Etymology: From earl (“nobleman”).
Senses: examples: text: "Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls -"
"Displacing Ella and Stella," interrupted Dick.
"And Pearl and Jewel,", Gloria added cordially, " and Earl and Elmer and Minnie."
ref: 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, (please specify |book=1, 2, or 3):
text: - - - in a world of mandatory diminutives, a corporation of jolly Bills and Jacks and Herbs and Teds in which an unabbreviable given name like Earl must have been a minor handicap, "Oat" was the best that could be done for a man with the given name of Otis.
ref: 1961, Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, Vintage Contemporaries, published 2000, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: A male given name from English from the English noun earl.
examples: text: The sheriff’s office released a compilation of bodycam footage Friday from deputies at the scene that shows them handcuffing Earl and pinning him down for more than 20 minutes as he struggles and repeatedly shouts for help.
ref: 2024 September 30, Chelsea Bailey, “‘Take his pulse, he’s blue’: Bodycam footage shows fatal encounter between epileptic Indiana man and first responders”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Springbrook, Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: West Earl
Related terms: Earle
Earlene
Earline
Earnest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, of occasional usage, variant of Ernest.
East
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːst/
rhymes: -iːst
homophone: east
Forms: form: Easts
form: Eastes
Etymology: The civil parish is named for its geographical location. Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
Senses: examples: text: […] I sat down and wrote, / In such a hand as when a field of corn / Bows all its ears before the roaring East; […]
ref: 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 23:
text: Up the two terrace flights of steps the rain ran wildly, and beat at the great door, like a swift messenger rousing those within; uneasy rushes of wind went through the hall,[…]. East, West, North, and South, through the woods, four heavy-treading, unkempt figures crushed the high grass and cracked the branches, striding on cautiously to come together in the court-yard.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, “Fire Rises”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book II (The Golden Thread), page 158:
glosses: A personification of the wind from the east.
examples: text: I remember a hearty welcome; a prodigious supper, which would have fed a whole village in the East; […]
ref: 1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “Second Period. The Discovery of the Truth. (1848–1849.) […] [Third Narrative. Contributed by Franklin Blake.]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1868, →OCLC, chapter III, page 282:
text: ¹⁰ In any event, Darius' visitors urged him to "establish the statute and sign the writing, in order for it not to be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which is not annulled." (Daniel 6:8) In the ancient East, the will of a king was often regarded as absolute. This perpetuated the notion that he was infallible. Even a law that could cause the death of innocent people had to remain in effect!
ref: 1999, Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy!, Brooklyn, NY: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, →OCLC, →OL, page 118:
glosses: The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.
glosses: The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.
glosses: the Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War.
glosses: The eastern states of the United States.
glosses: The eastern part of any region.
glosses: A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Eastralia
Far East
Middle East
Near East
Northeast
Ebony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From ebony. First used by African Americans in the 1970s.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English.
glosses: A stereotypical African-American woman.
Related terms: word: Ebonics
english: Danish
translation: Danish
word: Iben
english: Hawaiian
translation: Hawaiian
word: Kalama
word: Shaniqua
word: Stone-cum-Ebony
Echidna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɪˈkɪd.nə/
/əˈkɪd.nə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).
Senses: examples: text: Horrible, hideous, and of hellish race, / Borne of the brooding of Echidna base, / Or other like infernall furies kinde […].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.
Echo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛkoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛkoʊ
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ, “sound”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and minor city therein, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A populated place in Orange County, Texas.
examples: text: Experts say the smallest towns are especially vulnerable. And few places in Utah are as tiny or dry as Echo, a jumble of homes squeezed between a freight railroad and stunning red-rock cliffs. Echo was already struggling to hang on after the two cafes closed down. Then its spring-fed water supply hit critical lows this summer.
ref: 2021 July 20, Jack Healy, Sophie Kasakove, “A Drought So Dire That a Utah Town Pulled the Plug on Growth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2021:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, named after Echo Canyon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 60 Echo, a main belt asteroid.
Ecstasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ecstasy (“drug”).
Ecuadorean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ecuadoreans
Etymology: From Ecuador + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ecuadorian.
Ecuadorean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ecuador + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ecuadorian.
Ed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
homophone: ed
Forms: form: Eds
Senses: examples: text: His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.
ref: 1989, Ann Beattie, Picturing Will, Random House, →ISBN, page 67:
text: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.
ref: 2022 June 7, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov:
glosses: A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
Eddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdi/
rhymes: -ɛdi
Forms: form: Eddie
Etymology: Diminutives + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Eddy County
Related terms: Ed
Edo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdəʊ/
ipa: /ˈɛdoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛdəʊ
Forms: form: Jeddo
form: Yeddo
form: Yedo
form: Jendo
form: Yendo
Etymology: From Japanese 江戸 (えど, Edo, literally “cove entrance”).
Senses: glosses: The former name of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan.
Edo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdəʊ/
ipa: /ˈɛdoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛdəʊ
Etymology: From Edo Ẹ̀dó.
Senses: glosses: A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Benin City.
glosses: The people of Edo State.
glosses: The Volta-Niger language spoken primarily by these people.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Bini
Egyptology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌiːd͡ʒɪpˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: Egyptologies
form: Ægyptology
form: egyptology
Etymology: From Egypto- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of ancient Egypt.
glosses: A work concerning ancient Egypt.
Derived terms: Egyptologist
Egyptological
Eider
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪdə/
rhymes: -aɪdə
Senses: glosses: A river in Germany, the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein.
El
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אֵל (ʾēl).
Senses: examples: text: […]who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated,[…]
ref: 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God.
Related terms: Eloah
Elohim
El
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: Els
Etymology: Clipping of elevated.
Senses: examples: text: The Washington Street El was torn down in 1987.
text: Known colloquially as the "El," the elevated lines constituted the earliest attempt to remove urban passenger traffic from the streets.
ref: 1955 July, “The Last Elevated Line in New York”, in Railway Magazine, page 444:
topics: transport
glosses: Any one of several specific elevated railways.
Related terms: L
El
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛl/
ipa: [ɛɫ]
rhymes: -ɛl
Senses: examples: text: Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
ref: 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019:
glosses: A unisex given name, often used as a nickname.
Ela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Elan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elans
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
Elector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Electors
form: elector
Senses: examples: text: In one of the conflicts, the [Holy Roman] emperor himſelf was put to flight, and very near being made priſoner by the elector of Saxony.
ref: 1788, Publius [pseudonym; James Madison], “Number XIX. The Subject [the insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve the Union] Continued, with Farther Examples.”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC, page 117:
text: [T]he seven Imperial electors who chose the [Holy Roman] emperor controlled him by the pledges exacted from him as the price of his election. These electors were the king of Bohemia, the rulers of Saxony, Brandenburg, and the Palatinate, and the "spiritual electors"—the archbishops of Cologne, Trier, and Mainz.
ref: 1961, Will Durant, Ariel Durant, “Imperial Armageddon: 1564–1648”, in The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558–1648 (The Story of Civilization; 7), New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 538:
text: Hanover, seat of the electors, was an attractive small town set on the River Leine. [...] The electoral court was in residence at Herrenhausen only between May and October, so that by the beginning of November 1709 the only activity was in one of the private wings where Caroline of Ansbach, wife of the elector’s heir, had chosen to give birth to her second child.
ref: 1995, Veronica P. M. Baker-Smith, “An Electoral Family”, in A Life of Anne of Hanover, Princess Royal (Publications of the Sir Thomas Browne Institute Leiden; no. 13 (New Series)), Leiden; New York, N.Y.: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 1:
glosses: A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.
Derived terms: Electress Consort
electress consort
Electress
electress
Prince-Elector
prince-elector
Princess-Electress
princess-electress
Elephantine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).
Senses: glosses: An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it.
Elephantine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.
Related terms: Elephantine papyri
Elk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elks
Senses: glosses: A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.
Derived terms: Elkdom
Elk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elks
Senses: examples: text: Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron. Never did get it working fully on the Elk, I think my Elk with Mode 7 box caused a problem with the use of IRQ workspace, system speed was also a factor IIRC.
ref: 1999, Lionel Smith, “Reading old DOS discs on a BBC”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):
text: I'm pretty certain I remember seeing it on a price list when most BBC and Elk games had to be mail ordered (I think Impact was the mail order company - they also produced games like Zenon and Clogger).
ref: 2003, Gareth Williams, “What is Electron Elite V2?”, in alt.fan.elite (Usenet):
glosses: An Acorn Electron computer.
Elk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).
Elk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elks
Etymology: Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Elk.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Elle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.
Ellen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl.ən/
ipa: /ˈɛl.ɪn/
rhymes: -ɛlən
homophone: ellen
Forms: form: Ellens
Etymology: Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē); also used as a variant of Eleanor or a feminine counterpart to Elliot.
Senses: examples: text: And how doth my cousin, your bedfellow? and your fairest daughter and mine, my god-daughter Ellen?
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
text: "Is her name Ellen or Helen, Miss Viner? I thought - "
Miss Viner closed her eyes.
"I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays."
ref: 1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train:
text: Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.
ref: 2007 September 10, “Review: Jones, Coens, Penn highlight Toronto”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A river in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, that flows into the Solway Firth at Maryport.
Derived terms: Ellenburg
Port Ellen
Ellipse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ellipse
Senses: glosses: A park in Washington, D.C., United States.
glosses: A park in Washington, D.C., United States.
Synonym of President's Park South, a 52 acre city park, south of the South Lawn of the White House, between the White House estate and the Washington Monument grounds of the National Mall.
synonyms: word: President's Park South
extra: a 52 acre city park, south of the South Lawn of the White House, between the White House estate and the Washington Monument grounds of the National Mall
glosses: A park in Washington, D.C., United States.
Synonym of President's Park South, a 52 acre city park, south of the South Lawn of the White House, between the White House estate and the Washington Monument grounds of the National Mall.
An elliptical oval grassy field in President's Park South
Hypernyms: english: greater National Mall zone
translation: greater National Mall zone
word: National Mall
word: President's Park
Related terms: circle
Circle
Ellipsis
ellipsis
oval
Oval
Elm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4706).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: Elm as a language can be seen from different angles. The main purpose of the language and the platform is to create web applications.
ref: 2018, Wolfgang Loder, Web Applications with Elm […] , Apress, →ISBN, page 42:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A functional programming language for creating web applications.
Elma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A 19th-century creation, usually explained as a form of Wilhelmina or Italian Guglielma. It has also been recorded as a blend of Elizabeth and Mary.
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
glosses: A city in Iowa.
glosses: A town in New York.
glosses: A city in Washington.
Else
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, spelling variant of Ell.
* As a north German surname, of Low German origin, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu (“alder”), comparable to Dutch els.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Elvish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlvɪʃ/
Etymology: See elvish.
Senses: examples: text: These difficult runes are written in Elvish.
topics: fantasy
glosses: The language spoken by elves.
Derived terms: Old Elvish
Em
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 24, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
text: Mind you, he never calls me anything back. Isn't that the way of it? What do men call their wives. 'Em...' Like every woman in the planet was christened Emily. 'Em...is that shirt clean?'
ref: 2008, Anne Enright, Yesterday's Weather, Vintage, published 2009, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Emily, Emma, or Emmeline.
glosses: Clipping of Eminem.
Em
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ems
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of em.
Emerald
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The Queensland town takes its name from the emerald and other precious stone deposits in the area and from the pastoral run Emerald Downs, a name chosen circa 1860 by pastoralist Peter Fitzallan MacDonald. It is unclear if emeralds were found in or around Emerald.
The given name is a modern coinage from the name of the gemstone, representing a vernacular form of Esmeralda.
Senses: glosses: A town in Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277.
examples: text: The child, a girl, was albino like April, and had exactly April's deep red eyes. Sol and Libra named her Emerald, a green name and a ground-term rather than a sky-term, as if in open expression of the slow spell worked on them all by Viridis.
ref: 1954 Theodore Sturgeon, The Golden Helix, in Leo Marguelis:Three Times Infinity, Fawcett Publications 1958, page 109
text: Mrs. Emerald Walsh was helping out at the presbytery.
ref: 1978, Mary Manning, The last chronicles of Ballyfungus, page 48:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Emmenthaler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Emmentaler.
Emu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From emu (“ratite”). Calque of Australian aboriginal languages name of the sky pattern, named after the giant bird of Australia, for which it appears akin to.
Senses: glosses: A dark constellation in Southern Celestial Hemisphere, Dome of the Sky; A constellation or asterism from Australian aborigine cultures, a dark constellation pattern formed by an arrangement of dark nebulae in the sky, blotting out background stars, appearing akin to the emu giant bird of Australia.
Synonyms: Constellation Emu
Emu Constellation
Emu in the Sky
Emu in the Sky Constellation
End
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ends
Senses: glosses: A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
Eng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Abbreviation of England
Derived terms: West Eng
Engel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Engels
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Enigma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A German device used during World War II to encode strategic messages.