cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
irredeemable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɹəˈdiːməbəl/
Etymology: From ir- + redeemable.
Senses: examples: text: It wavered an instant—then there was a heartrending crash—and the canary-coloured cart, their pride and their joy, lay on its side in the ditch, an irredeemable wreck.
ref: 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
text: She was horribly frightened; but she had pledged her word now, and it was irredeemable.
ref: 1909, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 2, in True Tilda:
glosses: Not redeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped.
examples: text: The subscribers to a new loan, who mean generally to sell their subscription as soon as possible, prefer greatly a perpetual annuity, redeemable by parliament, to an irredeemable annuity, for a long term of years, of only equal amount.
ref: 1776, Adam Smith, chapter 3, in The Wealth of Nations:
text: Investors have always had to trust somebody or something. . . . But they have not always had to make a leap of faith about a nation's irredeemable paper currency. Up until Aug. 15, 1971 the dollar was exchangeable into gold at the rate of $35 to the ounce.
ref: 2005 October 31, James Grant, “O Sage! O Confidence Man!”, in Forbes, retrieved 17 Aug 2010:
topics: business
finance
qualifier: currency
glosses: Not able to be cancelled by a payment or converted to another form of currency or financial instrument, especially one considered more secure or reliable.
raw_tags: of debts
Synonyms: unredeemable
Derived terms: irredeemableness
irredeemably
irredeemable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɹəˈdiːməbəl/
Forms: form: irredeemables
Etymology: From ir- + redeemable.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A financial instrument that cannot be freely redeemed.
redeemable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more redeemable
form: most redeemable
Etymology: From redeem + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
examples: text: a redeemable annuity
text: redeemable preferred stock
topics: business
finance
glosses: Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase
glosses: Susceptible to correction or reform.
redeemable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redeemables
Etymology: From redeem + -able.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A financial instrument that can be redeemed.
repurchase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repurchases
form: repurchasing
form: repurchased
form: repurchased
Etymology: From re- + purchase.
Senses: examples: text: Fortunately, however, there was another of the class still in existence, which had been sold years ago to the East Kent Light Railway, and in 1946 the Southern was able to repurchase this engine and all three are now actively engaged in turn on the branch as B.R. Nos. 30582 to 30584.
ref: 1955 December, H. C. Casserley, “Pre-Grouping Locomotives on British Railways—4”, in Railway Magazine, page 822:
glosses: To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
repurchase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repurchases
Etymology: From re- + purchase.
Senses: glosses: The act of repurchasing.
irreconcilably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more irreconcilably
form: most irreconcilably
Etymology: From irreconcilable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an irreconcilable manner; so as to preclude reconciliation.
irreconcilability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
There was something almost ludicrous in the complete irreconcilability of a vague conventional notion that he must be a visionary man, with the precise, sagacious travelling of his eye and thumb over the plans […]
glosses: The quality of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
irreconcilableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From irreconcilable + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: irreconcilability
incompatibility
incongruity
glosses: The quality of being irreconcilable
incompatibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnkəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪti/
Forms: form: incompatibilities
Etymology: From incompatible + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilability.
Derived terms: bioincompatibility
histoincompatibility
self-incompatibility
Related terms: irreconcilability
incombinability
irreclaimable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ir- + reclaimable.
Senses: examples: text: irreclaimable land
text: To most in prison/jail, the necessity to be trusted and believed is indispensable. The majority have already lost their stateliness, credibility and so on in the judicial mechanism. Add to that the certainty that all else is irreclaimable in the procedure and you can have the predominant component for suicide.
ref: 1991 April 6, D. L. Hall, “To Joe”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: Incapable of being reclaimed; not reclaimable.
examples: text: an irreclaimable criminal
text: Even then, Wingfield endeavoured to retain the hawk by the substitution of another — young Kate, as he called her, a wild, raking bird as ever flew, whose kitish propensities had, some time before, led him to give her up as irreclaimable.
ref: 1836, Grantley Berkeley, Berkeley Castle: An Historical Romance, volume 1, page 174:
glosses: Unredeemable.
Derived terms: irreclaimableness
irreclaimably
reclaimable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reclaim + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being reclaimed; reformed or tamed.
irrationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more irrationally
form: most irrationally
Etymology: From irrational + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: absurdly
glosses: In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason
versine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: versines
Senses: examples: text: The simplest method of calculating the radius of a curve in situ is to measure the versine; in railway practice this is done by extending a tape 66 ft. (1 ch.) long in a straight line or chord between two points on the periphery of a curve, and then measuring the maximum distance of the rail from the chord at the centre of the 66 ft. The radius in chains is found by dividing the versine in inches into 99. Thus if a versine measures 3 in., the radius will be 33 ch.
ref: 1941 September, “The Why and the Wherefore: Curves”, in Railway Magazine, page 430:
topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The versed sine.
Derived terms: coversine
haversine
Related terms: vercosine
irrationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌɹæʃ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/
ipa: /ɪˌɹæʃ.ɪˈnæl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /əˌɹæʃ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/
rhymes: -ælɪti
Forms: form: irrationalities
Etymology: From irrational + -ity. May also be analyzed as ir- + rationality.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being irrational.
The state of being illogical or absurd.
synonyms: absurdity
illogicality
fallaciousness
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The quality or state of being irrational.
The property of being an irrational number.
examples: text: Man introduces reason into the world of Nature, destroying irrational struggle and waste. But this activity is outside of self, distant, only reflected. Man sees this irrationality only with his intellect.
ref: 1905, Leo Tolstoy, The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy, page 523:
glosses: The quality or state of being irrational.
The state of being incapable of reason or abstract thought.
synonyms: unreason
mindlessness
synonyms: absurdity
glosses: Something that is irrational; the result of an illogical or absurd thought or action.
fatuity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈtjuːəti/
ipa: /fəˈtuːɪti/
ipa: [fəˈtuː.ɨ.ɾi]
Forms: form: fatuities
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fatuité.
Senses: glosses: Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
examples: text: Like Joel Miller’s friend, the Senior Wrangler, who bowed to the audience from his box at the play, because he and the king happened to enter the theatre at the same time, only with a fatuity by no means so agreeable to himself, poor Arthur Pendennis felt perfectly convinced that all England would remark the absence of his name from the examination-lists, and talk about his misfortune.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 21, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance.
Related terms: fatuous
imbecility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪmbəˈsɪləti/
Forms: form: imbecilities
Etymology: From Middle English inbecillite, from Middle French imbecilité, imbecillité, and its etymon Classical Latin imbēcillitās. By surface analysis, imbecile + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The police prosecutor hammered at him and the bench had a go at him, and they commanded from him such a madhouse particularity between the distinctions of looking and seeing that Bradly was reduced to imbecility, and so contradictious were his mutterings that he was openly suspected of trying to shield that wretched tramp, whom Bradly would have gladly seen sunk in the bottomless pit reserved for snoopers.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 89:
glosses: The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind.
examples: text: The Parnassian theory of art is mere imbecility.
ref: 1895, Degeneration, New York: D. Appleton and Company, translation of Entartung by Max Simon Nordau, page 270:
text: The procedure of musical comedy is not reducible to a coherent formula, so that its imbecilities may be annotated by super imbecilities.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 37:
glosses: Something imbecilic; a stupid action, behaviour, etc.
Derived terms: imbecilitate
dramatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dramatically
form: most dramatically
Etymology: From dramatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: “H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Lisson Grove Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
text: Far from it: direct military intervention by a Western state – even if Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is requesting it – would dramatically worsen the situation, and ISIS, contrary to what pro-interventionists might say, would inevitably come out on top.
ref: 2014 June 20, Charlie Cooper, “Why the West must ignore Iraq’s pleas for military intervention”, in CNN:
text: But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.
ref: 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
glosses: In a dramatic manner.
Related terms: significantly
drastically
strikingly
versed sine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: versed sines
Etymology: From New Latin sinus versus (“flipped sine”); the sine function being sometimes called sinus rectus.
Senses: examples: text: For the divisions, to be laid on this line, are the differences between the logarithm versed sine of 180°, and the logarithm versed sines of the successive arcs.
ref: 1753, John Robertson, “The Construction of the Logarithmic Lines on the Gunter′s Scale”, in Philosophical Transactions: 1750-1755, Great Britain: Royal Society, page 340:
text: But if the given arch exceed 90°, find the natural co-sine of its supplement, which add to 1000000, and the sum will be the natural versed sine required.
ref: 1805, John William Norie, A New and Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation, page xxii:
text: The Natural Sines in this table are fractions (radius being unit); and are particularly adapted to Dunthorne′s and other methods of clearing the moon′s distance from the effects of parallax and refraction, where natural sines or versed sines are used ;[…].
ref: 1806, John Garnett, Tables Requisite To Be Used with The Nautical Ephemeris, page 41:
topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The trigonometric function 1 − cos(x).
Synonyms: vers
versin
versine
Derived terms: coversed sine
hacoversed sine
haversed sine
suversed
versin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: Synonym of vers.
synonyms: word: vers.
coversine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coversines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The coversed sine.
Related terms: haversine
vercosine
versine
haversine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haversines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The haversed sine.
Derived terms: cohaversine
coversine
versine
coversed sine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coversed sines
Etymology: From contraction of complement + versed sine.
Senses: examples: text: The cosine of an arc is the sine of its complement.† In like manner, the coversed sine, cotangent, and cosecant of an arc, are respectively the versed sine, tangent, and secant of its complement.
ref: 1825, Jas Thomson, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, page 2:
text: At the top of the page on the left-hand side is placed the number of degrees, and in the left-hand column each minute of the degree, opposite to which are arranged the numerical values of the sine, coversed sine, &c, of the corresponding angle in those columns, at the top of which those terms are placed.
ref: 1830, W. Hopkins, “Book II: Elements of Trigonometry”, in Geometry, Plane, Solid, and Spherical, page 46:
text: For the coversed sine; subtract the sine of the angle from 1. Thus, for the same angle we have the coversed sine,
1 — ·36650 = ·6335.
ref: 1838, William Grier, The Mechanic′s Pocket Dictionary, page 21:
text: Hence the cosines and versed sines of zenith distances are respectively equal to the sines and coversed sines of the corresponding angular elevations.
ref: 1871, Homersham Cox, The Law and Science of Ancient Lights, 2nd edition, page 109:
topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The trigonometric function 1 − sin(x).
Synonyms: coversine
coversin
Derived terms: hacoversed sine
Related terms: versed sine
haversed sine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haversed sines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The trigonometric function defined as half the versed sine. Abbreviation: haversin
Synonyms: haversine
haversin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: Abbreviation of haversine.
hacoversed sine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hacoversed sines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The trigonometric function equal to half the coversed sine. Abbreviation: hacoversin
Synonyms: cohaversine
hacoversine
havercosine
hacoversin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: Abbreviation of hacoversed sine.
cohaversine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohaversines
Etymology: From co- + haversine.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: the hacoversed sine
hacoversine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hacoversines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: the hacoversed sine
havercosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: havercosines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: the trigonometric function (1 + cos(x)) / 2, equal to half the vercosine
coversin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: coversed sine
unit circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unit circles
Senses: glosses: A circle of radius 1.
topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
qualifier: the unit circle
glosses: The circle of radius 1 with centre at the origin, used in defining trigonometric functions.
Related terms: unit hyperbola
unit sphere
popularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more popularly
form: most popularly
Etymology: From popular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a popular manner.
So as to be generally favored or accepted by the people.
examples: text: They were popularly known as "the Kings of California"
text: Officially the Nordland Railway begins at Hell, but popularly the whole route north of Trondheim is so called.
ref: 1957 August 24, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 571:
text: [T]he Oligocene's signature species were an unsavoury group of pigs and pig-like creatures, foremost among which were the entelodonts, more popularly known as hell pigs, or terminator pigs.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 85:
glosses: In a popular manner.
commonly
glosses: In a popular manner.
currently
koss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kosses
form: koss
Senses: examples: text: A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'In Flood Time', In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, pages 410–11:
glosses: Alternative spelling of coss.
coffered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒfəd/
rhymes: -ɒfəd
Senses: examples: text: coffered ceiling
text: […] stirred by the air / That freshened from the window, these ascended ⁠/ In fattening the prolonged candle-flames, / Flung their smoke into the laquearia, / Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
ref: 1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 18:
topics: architecture
glosses: Having coffers.
Derived terms: uncoffered
coffered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒfəd/
rhymes: -ɒfəd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coffer
irradiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹeɪdɪət/
rhymes: -eɪdɪət
Forms: form: more irradiate
form: most irradiate
Etymology: From Middle English irradiate (“illuminated, shining”), borrowed from Medieval Latin irradiātus, perfect passive participle of irradiō, from ir- (“against; into; on, upon”) + radiō (“to cause to radiate, irradiate; to emit beams, radiate”), from radius (“ray of light; rod, staff; spoke of a wheel”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (further etymology uncertain; possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (“beam; pole; post”)). The adjective is attested earlier than the verb.
The English word is analysable as in- (“against; into; on, upon”) + radiate.
Senses: examples: text: There ſeek the Theban Bard, depriv'd of ſight, / VVithin, irradiate vvith prophetic light; […]
ref: 1725, Homer, “Book X”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 52, lines 582–583:
text: The co-existent Flame / Knew the Destroyer; it encircled him, / Roll'd up his robe, and gathered round his head, / Condensing to intenser splendour there, / His crown of glory, and his light of life, / Hovered the irradiate wreath.
ref: 1801, Robert Southey, “The Twelfth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 317:
text: When, disappearing from our hemisphere, / The world's enlightener vanishes, and day / On all sides wasteth, suddenly the sky, / Erewhile irradiate only with his beam, / Is yet again unfolded, putting forth / Innumerable lights wherein one shines.
ref: 1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XX”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. […], volume III (Paradise), London: […] [J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 89, lines 1–6:
glosses: Made brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated.
glosses: Made splendid or wonderful.
Derived terms: irradiator
photoirradiate
ironwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ironworks
Etymology: From Middle English ironwerk, irynwerk, equivalent to iron + -work.
Senses: examples: text: The weight of the wrought-ironwork in each of the trusses is 460 tons, inclusive of the longitudinal and cross girders weighing 130 tons.
ref: 1952 September, “Chepstow River Bridge Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 623:
text: The gate itself has sideposts of rustic stonework, each topped by a large Baroque vase; these sideposts are joined by elaborate floral ironwork with a coat of arms and a coronet in the centre[…]
ref: 2001, A. J. Youngson, The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders, page 352:
text: But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […].
ref: 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Kettering”, in RAIL, number 972, page 56:
glosses: Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
glosses: An ironworks.
Related terms: ironworks
ironstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ironstones
Etymology: From iron + stone.
Senses: examples: text: During my stay at Kamalia there was a smelting furnace at a short distance from the hut where I lodged, and the owner and his workmen made no secret about the manner of conducting the operation, and readily allowed me to examine the furnace, and assist them in breaking the ironstone.
ref: 1815, Mungo Park, chapter XXI, in Travels in the Interior of Africa, volume II, Cassell, published 1893:
text: The trees like this barren ironstone formation. It's well they do, for nothing else does.
ref: 1924, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 3, in The Boy in the Bush, New York: Viking, published 1972, page 41:
text: While I listen I sniff in the cordite fumes. Ironstone chipped against ironstone invokes a spark and a wisp of the same heady smoke.
ref: 1977, J. M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country, Penguin, published 1982, page 61:
text: Most of the older buildings are of reddish-brown ironstone with mossy-tiled roofs, and almost all have stone-embanked gardens, richly planted and expertly maintained.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 374, about Tealby:
text: Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the old ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.
ref: 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 64:
glosses: Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
examples: text: More than 50 percent of the collection from Hall’s brothel is ironstone and porcelain. White ironstone tablewares became popular in the late 1850s, and the high percentage of this ware suggests attention to fashion.
ref: 2000, Donna J. Seifert, Elizabeth Barthold O'Brien, Joseph Balicki, “Mary Ann Hall's first-class house: the archaeology of a capital brothel”, in Robert A. Schmidt, Barbara L. Voss, editors, Archaeologies of Sexuality, London: Routledge, page 120:
glosses: A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware
Derived terms: blackband ironstone
carbonaceous ironstone
ironware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ironwares
Etymology: From iron + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.
Related terms: hardware
ironical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈɹɒnɪkəl/
ipa: /aɪˈɹɑnɪkəl/
Forms: form: more ironical
form: most ironical
Etymology: From ironic + -al. Attested since the 1570s.
Senses: examples: text: “So, ultimately, I realized I have been completely ruining my life and my face. What is ironical is that I was only doing this to make myself look better for my wife Marwa. This was for her, not for me.”
ref: 2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (22:02 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak):
glosses: Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
examples: text: His tone was cold and ironical; its bitterness but reflecting the terrible disappointment he had suffered.
ref: 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter III, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
glosses: Feigning ignorance; simulating lack of instruction or knowledge; exhibiting Socratic irony.
Synonyms: ironic
Derived terms: ironically
ironicalness
unironical
irksomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: irksomenesses
Etymology: From Middle English irkesumnesse, irksomnes, irksumnes, urkesommenesse, yrkesumnesse; equivalent to irksome + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: My dear child, it is not here as in Italy, women, amongst us, have no other employment than domestic duties; the talents which you possess will serve to relieve the irksomeness of solitude, perhaps, also, you may meet with a husband to whom they would be agreeable; […]
ref: 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XIV. The History of Corinna.] Chapter I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume IV, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, pages 7–8:
synonyms: vexatiousness
tediousness
wearisomeness
glosses: The state of being irksome
irksomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more irksomely
form: most irksomely
Etymology: From irksome + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an irksome manner; tediously.
tediously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tediously
form: most tediously
Etymology: From Middle English tedyously; equivalent to tedious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tedious or wearisome manner.
tediousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tediousnesses
Etymology: From Middle English tediosenes, tediousenesse, tediousnesse, tedusnes, teduysnes, tedyousnes; equivalent to tedious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: [B]revity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes[.]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
text: I am the worst person in the world for formal dinners, but I shall be thankful to have a resting-place whereon to bestow my tediousness in an evening.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 95:
glosses: The quality of being tedious; tedium.
Synonyms: word: wearisomeness
word: prolixity
word: tiresomeness
word: slowness
word: tedium
word: tediosity
vexatiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vexatious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being vexatious.
vexatiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more vexatiously
form: most vexatiously
Etymology: From vexatious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a vexatious manner; so as to give annoyance.
Biss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bisses
form: Beese
Etymology: Two main origins:
* English surname from Middle English bis (“dark, murky, gray”), an adjective related to French bis (“beige”) and Italian bigio (“ash gray, dun”).
* Borrowed from German Biss (“bite”), a nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person.
Senses: examples: text: A Democratic mayor running for Congress in Illinois, Daniel Biss posted video Friday from a protest outside an ICE facility near Chicago where he said he was teargassed.
ref: 2025 September 19, Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker, “Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from German or Middle English or transferred from the nickname.
wearisomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wearisomenesses
Etymology: From wearisome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being wearisome; tiresomeness; tediousness.
slowness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slownesses
Etymology: From slow + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.
ref: 2003 April 30, Hazel Muir, “Einstein and Newton showed signs of autism”, in New Scientist, retrieved 15 Nov 2012:
glosses: The quality or state of being slow.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
JSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Jobseeker's Allowance.
JSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Joint Security Area (in the Korean Demilitarized Zone).
Nass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ness.
Nass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tlingit naas (“intestine”).
Senses: glosses: A river in British Columbia.
newsroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːzɹuːm/
Forms: form: newsrooms
Etymology: From news + room.
Senses: glosses: The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed.
glosses: A room where newspapers and magazines are available for reading.
Derived terms: newsroomwide
YOP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Youth Opportunities Programme, a British youth employment programme of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced by the Callaghan government but popularly associated with Thatcherism. Replaced by the YTS.
YOP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YOPs
Senses: glosses: A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme.
yop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɒp/
ipa: /jɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: yops
Etymology: From YOP.
Senses: synonyms: yopper
glosses: A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.
yop
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɒp/
ipa: /jɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Senses: synonyms: word: See Thesaurus:yay
word: See Thesaurus:wow
glosses: Yes; affirmative.
yop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɒp/
ipa: /jɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: yops
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Yersinia outer protein.
yopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoppers
Etymology: From YOP + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There must be a real drive in the trade union movement and the Labour movement to recruit Yoppers and the unemployed.
ref: 1981, Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, page 72:
text: When we came back to Blackburn I went on the Youth Opportunities Scheme and became a Yopper, which was the worst thing you could call a teenager in those days.
ref: 2011, Susan Boyle, The Woman I was Born to be, page 120:
text: I started my first business as a Manpower allowance recipient, and, indeed, I entered my first job as a “yopper”.
ref: 2013 April 10, David Morris, “Tributes to Baroness Thatcher”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), volume 560, column 1697:
text: Mrs Matheson […] owes her first taste of work after Fortrose Academy to the old Youth Opportunity Scheme […] Mrs Matheson said: "I was a Yopper first with the school cooking class and then at Tulloch Castle and the Education Centre, both in Dingwall."
ref: 2021 October 18, Neil MacPhail, “Teenage taste of school cooking experience led to 36-year career for Heather Matheson who has retired from Resolis Primary School”, in Ross-shire Journal:
glosses: A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.
tiresomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiresomenesses
Etymology: From tiresome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state or quality of being tiresome; wearisomeness; tediousness.
tiresomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tiresomely
form: most tiresomely
Etymology: From tiresome + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tiresome manner; wearisomely.
wearisomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wearisomely
form: most wearisomely
Etymology: From wearisome + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They both lived on money of their own, and were wearisomely idle and over-dressed.
ref: 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Invisible Man”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:
glosses: In a wearisome manner; tediously.
edificator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edificators
Senses: examples: text: Language is the grand edificator of the race.
ref: 1878, George Boardman, Studies in the Creative Week, page 209:
glosses: One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
edificatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪtəɹi/
Forms: form: more edificatory
form: most edificatory
Senses: examples: 1649-1654, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
Where these gifts of interpretation and eminent endowments of learning are found, there can be no reason of restraining them from an exercise so beneficially edificatory to the church of God.
glosses: Tending to edification.
sod all
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: My holiday was rubbish: there was sod all to do.
glosses: Nothing.
Synonyms: fuck all
nothing
servent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: servents
Etymology: Blend of server + client. Introduced by the Gnutella network technology.
Senses: glosses: A peer-to-peer network node which has the functionality of both server and client.
wikipedia: Gnutella
auras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aura
Ipswich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪpswɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Gip, genitive case Gipes + Old English wīċ (“port, bay”).
Senses: glosses: A port town and borough in and the county town of Suffolk, England.
glosses: A city in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A local government area around the city in Queensland; in full, the City of Ipswich.
glosses: A coastal town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Elk Grove, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States.
Camelot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/
ipa: /ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/
ipa: [ˈkɛəm.əˌlɑt]
ipa: /ˈkæm.əˌlɔt/
Etymology: First attested in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. In the US politics sense a reference to the contemporary musical Camelot (1960), associated with the Kennedy era.
Senses: qualifier: Arthurian legend
glosses: A mythical location in England. The stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.
examples: text: Of course you want to fund all these programs, and you want to fund all these activist campaigns. Of course you want that. The term “Camelot” was never used, but there was a Camelot feeling to it at the time that people must have felt in the early ’60s in the same way.
ref: 2025 January 17, Ross Douthat, quoting Marc Andreessen, “How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The administration and surrounding mystique of President John F. Kennedy.
Coordinate terms: topics: politics
government
word: Jacindamania
topics: politics
government
word: Trudeaumania
Derived terms: Camelotian
Related terms: camelot
Camulodunum
Camulos
Camulus
Canterbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæntəbəɹi/
ipa: /ˈkæntəb(ə)ɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɛntəb(ə)ɹi/
Etymology: From Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burg.
Senses: glosses: A cathedral city in Kent, England.
glosses: A local government district with borough status of Kent, England, the City of Canterbury, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city itself.
glosses: The episcopal see of Canterbury or the occupant thereof.
glosses: The Anglican Communion.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A small settlement in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A village and parish of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A suburb of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
examples: text: A New Zealand linguistics doctorate graduate from the University of Canterbury has completed a world-first study into colloquial Antarctic English, spoken at the US, British and New Zealand Antarctic research stations.
ref: 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A region in the South Island, New Zealand.
glosses: A locality in the United States.
A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
glosses: A locality in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware.
glosses: A locality in the United States.
A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A locality in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: word: Cantabrian
word: canterbury
word: Canterbury-Bankstown
word: Canterbury bells
word: Canterbury gallop
word: Canterbury sound
Giovanni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoʊˈvɑni/
/d͡ʒiː.əˈvɑni/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giovanni. Doublet of John.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Italian.
glosses: A female given name from Italian.
Ganges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡændʒiːz/
ipa: /ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/
Forms: form: the Ganges
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from the verbal root गम् (gam, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come”) (whence Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), and English come). Doublet of Ganga.
Senses: examples: text: […] the Yellow Riuer […] is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.
ref: 1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “A Generall Collection and Historical Representation of the Iesuites Entrance into Iapon and China, vntill Their Admission in the Royall Citie of Nanquin”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 3rd part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, § V, page 340:
text: ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old and meek, naught but elderly Black Southern musicians, a veritable Ganges of Uncle Toms. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
ref: 1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6:
glosses: A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.
Synonyms: english: in Indian English
translation: in Indian English
word: Ganga
Derived terms: Ganges River dolphin
Ganges shark
Related terms: Gangean
Gangetic
RL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of rugby league.
examples: text: I may become quite intimate with someone, spend hours with em every night, and yet not have the slightest idea what eir voice sounds like, or what eir RL body looks, feels, and smells like.
ref: 1997, Steven Shaviro, Doom Patrols: A Theoretical Fiction About Postmodernism, London: Serpent's Tail, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 138:
glosses: Initialism of real life.
glosses: Initialism of royal letters.
examples: text: This requires keeping track of many RL algorithms and architectures, which are used as part of the state space. By contrast, our approach only focuses on training a single RL architecture, taking advantage of MCTS search and powerful state representations.
ref: 2023 June 24, Daniel J. Mankowitz, Andrea Michi, Anton Zhernov, Marco Gelmi, Marco Selvi, “Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learning”, in Nature, volume 618, number 7964, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 257–263:
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: Initialism of reinforcement learning.
Related terms: IRL
OOC
Becky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛki/
rhymes: -ɛki
Forms: form: Beckys
form: Beckies
form: Becki
form: Beckie
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.
Related terms: Becca
Becka
Becks
Becs
Bex
Becky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛki/
rhymes: -ɛki
Forms: form: Beckies
form: Beckys
Senses: examples: text: We were smoking weed in the park, but then some Becky called the cops on us.
text: He only want me when I'm not there
He better call Becky with the good hair
ref: 2016, “Sorry”, in Lemonade, performed by Beyoncé:
text: Last year, native Hawaiian activists grew angry after news that Aloha Poke’s attorneys were sending cease and desist letters to poke shop owners who used the word “aloha” in their restaurants’s names. Native Hawaiians felt the Chicago company was trying to regulate their language and culture. Boycotters have taken to calling Aloha Poke food “Becky Bowls.”
ref: 2019 September 30, Ashok Selvam, “Aloha Poke CEO Says Company Was Confused by Appropriation Backlash”, in Eater:
glosses: A (usually white) woman held in contempt by the speaker because she is basic or unaware of, or is taking advantage of, her social privilege (white privilege).
examples: text: Incels scoff at Beckys, hoping to score exclusively with Stacys because Stacys alone are the sexual currency that will lead to admiration.
ref: 2020, Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, page 41:
text: She was the hottest Becky to hit the gaming circuit in years.
ref: 2020, Sid Stark, Trigger Warning: An Academic Thriller, unnumbered page:
text: Incels feel entitled to love, pleasure, and power and they don't want it from Beckys.
ref: 2021, Suruthi Bala, Hannah Maguire, RedHanded: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick, unnumbered page:
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: An average-looking woman.
Coordinate terms: word: Karen
word: Stacy
racer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪsə/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪsəɹ/
rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: racers
Etymology: From race + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He was a [motorcycle] racer as a teenager, and a frequent visitor to the Isle of Man, where he had many friends.
ref: 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:
glosses: Someone who takes part in a race.
glosses: A racehorse.
glosses: A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
glosses: An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
glosses: Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
examples: text: For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]
ref: 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, page 102:
topics: video-games
glosses: A video game involving racing of any kind.
glosses: Racist.
Derived terms: barrel racer
black racer
blue racer
boy racer
bracket racer
drag racer
girl racer
gravity racer
green racer
rat racer
sim racer
snow racer
CPUSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Communist Party of the United States of America.
YCL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Young Communist League, the youth section of the Communist Party of the USA.
Hayley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪli/
rhymes: -eɪli
Forms: form: Hailey
form: Haley
form: Hailie
form: Haylee
form: Hayleigh
form: Haylie
form: Hayle
Etymology: Localities in England, from Old English hēg (“hay”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hay + -ley (“lea”).
Senses: glosses: An English placename.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English. (More often spelled Haley.)
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.
movant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: movants
form: movent
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.
Derived terms: nonmovant
Harz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Harz.
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in central Germany; its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
glosses: A rural district of Saxony-Anhalt. Seat: Halberstadt.
Derived terms: alt: Harz
word: Blankenburg
practicum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəm/
Forms: form: practicums
form: practica
Etymology: From Late Latin, neuter of practicus (“practical”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”).
Senses: examples: text: Eromin has provided clinical practicum placements for students seeking advanced degrees in social service professions.
ref: 1984 April 21, Joyce Baker, “Eromin Center Closing: A Tragic Loss”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
glosses: A science exam in which students are questioned about specimens or other objects placed in front of them.
Synonyms: sense: college course
word: work placement
sense: college course
word: field
Derived terms: practicumer
swither
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪðə/
rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: swithers
form: swithering
form: swithered
form: swithered
form: swether
form: swidder
Etymology: From Middle English *swithren, from Old Norse sviðra (“to burn, singe”). Related to Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to burn”).
Senses: glosses: To burn, scorch, singe.
glosses: To burn slowly, melt (as a candle), sweal
glosses: To smart, ache; tingle