cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔː(ɹ)/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊə(ɹ)/
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔɹ/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊɚ/
ipa: /tʊɹ/
ipa: /tʉːɹ/
ipa: /tuːɹ/
ipa: /tʉːə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
homophone: tore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic)
Forms: form: tours
Etymology: From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
Senses: examples: text: On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
glosses: A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
examples: text: On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
glosses: A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
examples: text: Metallica's tour of Europe
glosses: A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A street and road race, frequently multiday.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A set of competitions which make up a championship.
examples: text: Among those released were two Americans who had been held captive for more than three months: Alex Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, according to his aunt, Dianna Shaw; […]
ref: 2022 September 21, Carly Olson, Dan Bilefsky, “Ten prisoners, including Americans, have been released as part of a Russia-Ukraine exchange, Saudi Arabia says.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tour of duty.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A closed trail.
examples: text: The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: A going round; a circuit.
examples: text: the tours of the heavenly bodies
text: It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour
ref: 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation:
glosses: A turn; a revolution.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A circuit of snooker tournaments
Hyponyms: Grand Tour
guided tour
support tour
tour de force
tour d'horizon
whirlwind tour
Derived terms: abortion tour
audio tour
book tour
Cook's tour
duck tour
Eulerian tour
fifty-cent tour
grand tour
knight's tour
mystery tour
nickel tour
on tour
package tour
pre-tour
railtour
rail tour
starlight tour
study tour
ten-cent tour
Tiki tour
tiki-tour
tiki tour
touch tour
Tourane
tour bus
tour-goer
tour group
tour guide
tourism
tourist
tour match
tour mate
tour operator
what happens on tour stays on tour
whistlestop tour
tour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔː(ɹ)/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊə(ɹ)/
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔɹ/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊɚ/
ipa: /tʊɹ/
ipa: /tʉːɹ/
ipa: /tuːɹ/
ipa: /tʉːə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
homophone: tore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic)
Forms: form: tours
form: touring
form: toured
form: toured
Etymology: From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
Senses: examples: text: The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
glosses: To make a journey
examples: text: The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
glosses: To make a circuit of a place
tour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔː(ɹ)/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊə(ɹ)/
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔɹ/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊɚ/
ipa: /tʊɹ/
ipa: /tʉːɹ/
ipa: /tuːɹ/
ipa: /tʉːə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
homophone: tore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic)
Forms: form: tours
Etymology: From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”).
Senses: glosses: A tower.
tour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔː(ɹ)/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊə(ɹ)/
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /tɔɹ/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /tʊɚ/
ipa: /tʊɹ/
ipa: /tʉːɹ/
ipa: /tuːɹ/
ipa: /tʉːə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
homophone: tore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic)
Forms: form: tours
form: touring
form: toured
form: toured
Etymology: See toot.
Senses: glosses: To toot a horn.
limousine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/
ipa: /lɪm.əˈziːn/
ipa: /ˌlɪməˈziːn/
Forms: form: limousines
Etymology: Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
Senses: glosses: An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
synonyms: word: limo
alt: slang
glosses: An automobile with such a body.
examples: text: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
synonyms: word: limo
alt: slang
glosses: A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
synonyms: shuttle
glosses: An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.
Derived terms: limo
limousine liberal
limousinelike
stretch limousine
coupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːp/
ipa: /kup/
ipa: /kʉːp/
rhymes: -uːp
homophone: coop
Forms: form: coupes
Etymology: Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.
Senses: examples: text: These are champagne glasses, says Peggy.
No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says.
You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes.
ref: 2018, Sally Rooney, “Six Months Later (July 2013)”, in Normal People:
glosses: A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
glosses: An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass.
glosses: An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
Derived terms: champagne coupe
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: coupe-gorge
coupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːp/
ipa: /kup/
ipa: /kʉːp/
rhymes: -uːp
homophone: coop
ipa: /kuːˈpeɪ̯/
ipa: /kuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
homophone: coop
ipa: /kuːp/
ipa: /kup/
ipa: /kʉːp/
rhymes: -uːp
homophone: coop
Forms: form: coupes
Etymology: Borrowed from French coupé.
Senses: glosses: A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
Derived terms: coupelike
deuce coupe
roomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːmi/
ipa: /ˈɹʊmi/
rhymes: -uːmi
rhymes: -ʊmi
Forms: form: roomier
form: roomiest
Etymology: From room + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Our new apartment is roomy enough to accommodate all our furniture.
text: The cab, with two side windows, was one of the most roomy and comfortable in the country at that time.
ref: 1961 February 24, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claud Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:
text: For years, SeatGuru.com has been the go-to destination for travelers intent on discovering the roomiest seats farthest from the bathrooms, which you can do with a cursory glance at the site’s color-coded airplane maps: green for good seats, yellow for potential drawbacks like misaligned windows or restricted legroom, green and yellow for mixed reviews, red for bad seats.
ref: 2013 July 31, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Finding a Seat That Fits on a Flight”, in The New York Times:
text: Over the last two decades, the space between seats — hardly roomy before — has fallen about 10 percent, from 34 inches to somewhere between 30 and 32 inches. Today, some airlines are pushing it even further, leaving only a knee-crunching 28 inches.
ref: 2013 December 23, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, The New York Times, retrieved 23 Dec 2013:
text: So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.
ref: 2014 February 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Get Your $50,000 Hatchback Here”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
Synonyms: commodious
roomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːmi/
ipa: /ˈɹʊmi/
rhymes: -uːmi
rhymes: -ʊmi
Forms: form: roomies
Etymology: From room + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of roomie.
default
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɒlt/
ipa: /ˈdiːˌfɒlt/
ipa: /dɪˈfɔːlt/
ipa: /ˈdiːˌfɔːlt/
ipa: /dɪˈfɔlt/
ipa: /ˈdiːˌfɔlt/
ipa: /dɪˈfɑlt/
ipa: /ˈdiːˌfɑlt/
ipa: /dəˈfɒːlt/
note: Dublin
ipa: [dəˈfäl]
note: Dublin
ipa: [dəˈfälʔ]
rhymes: -ɒlt
rhymes: -ɔːlt
Forms: form: defaults
form: defaulting
form: defaulted
form: defaulted
Etymology: From Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To fail to meet an obligation.
To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
examples: text: to default on a loan
topics: business
finance
glosses: To fail to meet an obligation.
To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
examples: text: If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match.
synonyms: forfeit
glosses: To lose a competition by failing to compete.
examples: text: If you don't specify a color, it defaults to red.
text: It defaults your application to Windows authentication mode, and if you want to use forms mode, you can just change it in the authentication section of the file.
ref: 2002, Tony Martin, Dominic Selly, Visual Basic .NET at Work: Building 10 Enterprise Projects, page 346:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
Derived terms: defaultable
defaulter
default on
nondefaulting
undefaulted
undefaulting
by default
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: If we don't do something, they'll win by default.
text: No one could think of a better name, so we chose "Strawman" by default.
text: If he wins an election, it will only be by default.
glosses: In absence of any opposing action.
aarti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aartis
form: aarthi
form: arati
form: arti
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi आरती (ārtī), from Sanskrit आरात्रिक (ārātrika).
Senses: examples: text: There is no priest, only an enthusiastic local who leads the aarti by striking a steel plate with a spoon, the lyrics a mash of Hindi and Sanskrit, the lack of melody made up for by gusto.
ref: 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 283:
glosses: A particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter.
abated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abate
abated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: qualifier: decorative arts
glosses: Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: humbled.
Derived terms: unabated
abates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of abate
abates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abate
abating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abate
abating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: Anesis.
Abbasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic عَبَّاسِيّ (ʕabbāsiyy).
Senses: glosses: A Muslim caste.
Abbasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abbasis
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian عباسی ('abbâsi).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of abbasi.
glosses: A surname from Persian
abbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˈbeɪ/
ipa: /ˈæb.eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: abbes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abbé.
Related terms: abbot
Abbeville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.iˌvɪl/
Etymology: From French Abbeville, from Old French Abevile.
Senses: glosses: A town and commune of Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
glosses: A townland in Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Henry County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Wilcox County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A city, the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: A town in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States.
Derived terms: Abbeville County
abbreviates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abbreviate
abbreviating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abbreviate
abbreviations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abbreviation
Abdallah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abd Allah.
abdicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abdicate
abdicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abdicate
abductee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.dʌkˈtiː/
ipa: /ˌæb.dʌkˈti/
ipa: /ˌæb.dəkˈti/
Forms: form: abductees
Etymology: From abduct + -ee.
Senses: glosses: An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens.
abductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈdʌk.tɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of abductor
Abdul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbdʊl/
ipa: /ɑbˈdʊl/
rhymes: -ʊl
Etymology: From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Abdul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbdʊl/
ipa: /ɑbˈdʊl/
rhymes: -ʊl
Forms: form: Abduls
Etymology: From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).
Senses: glosses: A Muslim.
Related terms: Abdullah
Abdullah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈdʌlə/
ipa: /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/
rhymes: -ʊlə
Forms: form: Abdollah
form: Abdulah
form: Abdalah
form: Abdallah
form: Abd Allah
form: Abd' Ulah
form: Abdu'llah
form: Abdulla
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh, “servant of God”, from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Related terms: Abdul
Abdel
Abelard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.əˌlɑɹd/
Etymology: From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English Everett.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: Eloise
abhorred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈhɔːd/
ipa: /əbˈɔːd/
ipa: /æbˈhɔɹd/
ipa: /əbˈhɔɹd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abhor
abhorred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈhɔːd/
ipa: /əbˈɔːd/
ipa: /æbˈhɔɹd/
ipa: /əbˈhɔɹd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: more abhorred
form: most abhorred
Senses: glosses: Strongly disliked: hated, despised.
glosses: Horrified.
abided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbaɪd.əd/
ipa: /əˈbaɪd.əd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abide
Abilene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /æbɪˈliːniː/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀβιληνή (Abilēnḗ).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A region of Syria south and southeast of Damascus.
Abilene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /æbɪˈliːniː/
/ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/
/æbɪˈliːniː/
Etymology: After Abilene, a region mentioned in the Bible (Luke 3:1).
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Taylor County, in west-central Texas, west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia.
glosses: A locality in the County of St. Paul, No. 19, Alberta, Canada.
Derived terms: Abilene paradox
Abilene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /æbɪˈliːniː/
/ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/
Etymology: Named for the town of Abilene, Texas, near where the artifacts were discovered.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones.
Abington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.ɪŋ.tən/
Forms: form: Abingtons
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Abba + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
The villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).
glosses: A placename:
A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9323).
glosses: A placename:
A civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.
glosses: A placename:
A civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Great Abington
Little Abington
abo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.əʉ/
enpr: ă'bō
enpr: ă'bō
ipa: /ˈæb.əʊ/
enpr: ă'bō
ipa: /ˈæb.oʊ/
rhymes: -æbəʊ
Forms: form: abos
form: Abo
Etymology: 1922, clipping of aborigine.
Senses: synonyms: boong
coon
Jacky
glosses: An Aboriginal person.
abo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.əʉ/
enpr: ă'bō
enpr: ă'bō
ipa: /ˈæb.əʊ/
enpr: ă'bō
ipa: /ˈæb.oʊ/
rhymes: -æbəʊ
Forms: form: more abo
form: most abo
form: Abo
Etymology: 1922, clipping of aborigine.
Senses: glosses: Australian Aboriginal.
aborting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abort
abounding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/
Forms: form: more abounding
form: most abounding
Senses: examples: text: abounding food
text: an abounding stream
glosses: Ample, plenty, abundant.
Derived terms: aboundingly
aboundingness
abounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abound
abounding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/
Forms: form: aboundings
Senses: examples: text: Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace, if any good come to the soul from sin […]
ref: 1678, John Collinges, Several Discourses Concerning the Actual Providence of God:
glosses: An abundance.
abra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbɹə/
ipa: /ˈɑːbɹə/
rhymes: -æbɹə
rhymes: -ɑːbɹə
Forms: form: abras
Etymology: From Spanish abra. Doublet of haven.
Senses: glosses: a narrow mountain or mesa pass
abra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbɹə/
ipa: /ˈɑːbɹə/
rhymes: -æbɹə
rhymes: -ɑːbɹə
Forms: form: abras
Etymology: From Emirati Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʕabra).
Senses: glosses: a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai
abolitionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.bə.lɪʃn̩.ɪsts/
Senses: glosses: plural of abolitionist
aborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Etymology: From a- + born.
Senses: examples: text: After all, the author of "Portnoy's Complaint" and "Sabbath's Theater" has made a literary career out of fudging the line between his life and his fiction, writing endlessly aborn misogynistic protagonists teasingly named Philip.
ref: 1996 September 26, Newsweek, quotee, “A Tale of Exes and Ohs”, in The Daily Beast, retrieved 14 Sep 2012:
text: ... or (B) explain it away as something caused by the circumstances of his birth: "Aye, we often see these moles on babes aborn on escape wessels under Romulan attack ... "
ref: 2009 May 31, “Star Trek”, in Ron's Log, retrieved 14 Sep 2012:
glosses: born, begotten, created, developed
aborn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Etymology: From a- + born.
Senses: glosses: past participle of abear
Related terms: aborning
born
absurdist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈsɜːd.əst/
ipa: /æbˈsɝd.əst/
ipa: /əbˈsɝd.əst/
Forms: form: absurdists
head_nr: 2
Etymology: From absurd + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The basic assumptions of our way of life as we traditionally justified it are being questioned by that revolt of the young absurdists.
ref: 1973 March 18, Henri Peyre, “The Wine of Absurdity”, in The New York Times:
text: But Mr. Albert was a leader of the Yippies, inasmuch as there were leaders, from before the formal hatching of the self-styled gang of political absurdists in January 1968 until they faded away after Vietnam.
ref: 2006 February 1, Douglas Martin, “Stew Albert, 66, Who Used Laughter to Protest a War, Dies”, in The New York Times:
head_nr: 2
glosses: An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈsɜːd.əst/
ipa: /æbˈsɝd.əst/
ipa: /əbˈsɝd.əst/
Etymology: From absurd + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The tragically backward, sometimes absurdist hallmarks of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea and in particular its leader, Kim Jong Il, are well known. There's Kim's Elton John eyeglasses and cotton-candy hairdo, for instance.
ref: 2006 October 22, Tom Zeller Jr., “In North Korea, the Internet is only for a few - Technology & Media - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2012, Technology:
glosses: Of, or relating to absurdism.
accessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæksɛst/
ipa: /əkˈsɛst/
ipa: /ˈækˌsɛst/
ipa: /əkˈsɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of access
accessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæksɛsɪŋ/
ipa: /əkˈsɛsɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈækˌsɛsɪŋ/
ipa: /əkˈsɛsɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of access
accessorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛsəɹaɪz/
Forms: form: accessorizes
form: accessorizing
form: accessorized
form: accessorized
form: accessorise
Etymology: From accessory + -ize. First attested in 1939 in American English.
Senses: glosses: To furnish with accessories.
glosses: To wear or to choose accessories.
Derived terms: accessorization
overaccessorize
accessorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of accessorize
accessorized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more accessorized
form: most accessorized
Senses: examples: text: He was tastefully accessorized in matching scarf and gloves.
glosses: Wearing or equipped with accessories.
Derived terms: unaccessorized
accidently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more accidently
form: most accidently
Etymology: From Middle English accidently, accidentli (“by chance; temporarily; artificially”), equivalent to accident + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he exceptions remind me of an ingenious conjecture respecting Newton: that he was probably a being of a superior order, accidently caged in a human body.
ref: 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
text: As I arrived at the foot of the hill I overtook two ladies, whom I passed. As I did so, I brushed one of them accidently on the arm.
ref: 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part I”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 15:
text: [W]hich arises from four galaxies at four quite different distances that accidently appear close together in the sky. The second line represents two galaxies close together in space and the other two accidently close in projection, the third line close triplets plus a fourth accidently close in projection, the fourth line two close pairs accidently seen close together in projection.
ref: 1980, Phillip James Edwin Peebles, The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe (Astrophysics), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 151:
text: [R]elayed similar cases but suspected that the rocks were accidently dislodged as the animals fled. […] Hall (1963) considered the same data and concluded that while such behavior might originate accidently during flight or display, […]
ref: 2011, Robert W. Shumaker, Kristina R. Walkup, Benjamin B. Beck, Gordon M. Burghardt, Animal Tool Behavior, 2nd edition, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 92:
text: Juan accidently spills some coffee on a client during a business meeting. Juan's tort is clearly in the scope of employment.
ref: 2012, Patrick R. Delaney PhD, CPA; O. Ray Whittington, Wiley CPA Exam Review 2012, Regulations, page 334:
glosses: Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acclaimed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkleɪmd/
rhymes: -eɪmd
Forms: form: more acclaimed
form: most acclaimed
Senses: examples: text: Many critically acclaimed novels are not commercially successful.
text: She’s an acclaimed writer; her books are bestsellers before they are published.
text: Franklin the scientist, inventor, and exponent of thrift and hard work, the very embodiment of the native religion of upward mobility, may have been even more acclaimed than in his own time.
ref: 2010, John Ferling, John Adams: A Life, page 446:
glosses: Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.
Derived terms: self-acclaimed
unacclaimed
acclaimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkleɪmd/
rhymes: -eɪmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acclaim
acclimated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.lɪm.eɪt.əd/
Forms: form: more acclimated
form: most acclimated
Senses: examples: text: Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
Derived terms: nonacclimated
unacclimated
acclimated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.lɪm.eɪt.əd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acclimate
accommodated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of accommodate
accoutrement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accoutrements
Senses: examples: text: Strange to relate, this ludicrous accoutrement was far from moving me to laughter.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevensony, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
text: A little ship, with oars and food / and little dishes, and all accoutrements / fitting and ready for the departing soul.
ref: 1932, D. H. Lawrence, The Ship of Death:
glosses: Alternative form of accouterment.
abt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: academics
glosses: Initialism of all but thesis.
Hyponyms: ABD
abt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of about.
abusers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abuser
abuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuːsɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of abuse
abuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːzɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abuse
abuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌts/
rhymes: -ʌts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abut
academies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkædəmiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of academy
Nottingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English Snotingahām. The Normans found the consonant cluster /sn/ difficult to pronounce, so the initial S was dropped.
Senses: glosses: A city, unitary authority, and borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
glosses: Ellipsis of University of Nottingham.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wells County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Prince George's County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former village, now a neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Harrison County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Nottingham group
Nottinghamian
Nottingham white
Shottingham
Related terms: Nottinghamshire
aahed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aah
aahing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aah
aahing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aahings
Senses: examples: the oohings and aahings of the crowd
glosses: An aah sound.
aah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Aah! That's amazing!
text: 'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame.
ref: 1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 62:
glosses: Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
examples: text: Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?
ref: 1834, Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation:
glosses: Indication of joyful pleasure.
examples: text: Aah, I feel so bad for you...
glosses: Indication of sympathy.
examples: text: Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
glosses: Indication of mouth being opened wide.
examples: text: Aah. Now I understand.
glosses: To express understanding.
examples: text: AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!
text: Aah! A rat!
glosses: The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).
Derived terms: say aah
aah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aahs
Senses: glosses: Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
glosses: Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
glosses: The exclamation aah.
aah
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aahs
form: aahing
form: aahed
form: aahed
Senses: examples: text: Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
text: In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
ref: 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: To say or exclaim aah.
To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
glosses: To say or exclaim aah.
To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.
Derived terms: aaher
aahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aah
aahs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aah
aardwolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹdˌwʊlvz/
Senses: glosses: plural of aardwolf
aargh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of argh.
aarrghh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of argh.
aba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɑː/
ipa: /əˈbɑ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑː
rhymes: (General American) -ɑ
Forms: form: abas
form: abba
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa). Compare abaya.
Senses: glosses: A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
examples: text: 'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 110:
text: Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.
ref: 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
glosses: A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
glosses: An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
examples: Holonym: hijab
coordinate_terms: burka
chador
chadri
niqab
glosses: Such a garment that is specific to women.
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: abaya
aba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɑː/
ipa: /əˈbɑ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑː
rhymes: (General American) -ɑ
ipa: /ˈæ.bə/
rhymes: -æbə
ipa: /əˈbɑː/
ipa: /əˈbɑ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑː
rhymes: (General American) -ɑ
Forms: form: abas
Etymology: * From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.
Senses: glosses: An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
aba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɑː/
ipa: /əˈbɑ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑː
rhymes: (General American) -ɑ
ipa: /ˈæ.bə/
rhymes: -æbə
Forms: form: abas
Senses: glosses: An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
abac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abacs
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A nomogram.
abacate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.bəˈkɑt.i/
Forms: form: abacates
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese abacate. Doublet of avocado.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of avocado.
synonyms: word: avocado
abacaxi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.bə.kəˌʃi/
ipa: /ˌæ.bə.kəˈʃi/
Forms: form: abacaxis
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese abacaxi (“pineapple”).
Senses: glosses: A large Brazilian pineapple.
abaci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbəkaɪ/
ipa: /-saɪ/
ipa: /ˈæbəˌkaɪ/
ipa: /-ˌsaɪ/
Etymology: From Latin abacī.
Senses: glosses: plural of abacus
abacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.bækˈtɪəɹ.i.əl/
Forms: form: more abacterial
form: most abacterial
Etymology: From a- (“without”) + bacterial.
Senses: examples: an abacterial prostatitis model for studying immune cells
glosses: Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
Derived terms: abacterially
abacuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbə.kəsɪz/
Forms: form: abaci
Senses: glosses: plural of abacus
Abbasid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbæs.əd/
ipa: /ˈæb.ə.səd/
ipa: /əbˈɑ.səd/
Forms: form: Abbasids
form: ʿAbbāsid
form: ʿAbbasid
form: Abbassid
form: Abbaside
form: Abbasside
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Abbasidēs, from Abbas + -idēs (patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Abbas + -id (dynastic suffix).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled from Baghdad, from about 750 to 1250, claiming ancestry of Abbas.
Abbasid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbæs.əd/
ipa: /ˈæb.ə.səd/
ipa: /əbˈɑ.səd/
Forms: form: ʿAbbāsid
form: ʿAbbasid
form: Abbassid
form: Abbaside
form: Abbasside
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Abbasidēs, from Abbas + -idēs (patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Abbas + -id (dynastic suffix).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Abbasid caliphs.
Derived terms: Abbasid Caliphate
Related terms: Serkland
Abner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.nɚ/
Forms: form: Abners
Etymology: From Hebrew אבנר (Abner, “father of light”). From אָב (av, “father”) + נור (nur, “light”).
Senses: examples: text: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 17:55:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
acardite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: n-methyl-n',n'-diphenylurea, used to stabilize chemicals and as a plasticizer.
acarology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ.kəˈɹɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /æ.kəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: From acaro- + -logy, based on Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”) + -λογία (-logía).
Senses: examples: text: 1999, Rodger David Mitchell (editor), Acarology IX, Volume 2: Symposia, Ohio Biological Survey, page xvii,
The students and faculty of the acarology course were Don's life, and his example pushed us all to higher levels of achievement.
text: General texts on acarology include works by Woolley (1987), Evans (1992), and Krantz and Walter (2009).
ref: 2009, Lance A. Durden, Gary R. Mullen, “Introduction”, in Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, editors, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 1:
text: Acarology is the study of mites, or Acari or Acarina. It is a specialized field of study in the larger topics of invertebrate zoology and entomology. Because some mites are economically important pests of agriculture (crops, honey bees, stored food products, and livestock), are household pests, or are vectors of diseases of humans and livestock, acarology is often studied in entomology departments.
ref: 2011, Marjorie A. Hoy, Agricultural Acarology, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 3:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The study of ticks and mites.
Derived terms: acarologist
Related terms: word: acaro-
word: acarus
word: Acari
word: Acarina
acentrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acentrous
form: most acentrous
Etymology: From a- + centre + -ous.
Senses: examples: 2001, "Axial Skeleton", David Cannatella, https://web.archive.org/web/20051222184337/http://www.lifesci.utexas.edu/courses/bio478L/LecturesPDF/bodyskeleton.pdf
"Some bony fishes (Teleostei, Amia, Lepisosteus, and Brachiopterygii) have well-ossified centra and neural and hemal arches. Others (Dipnoi, Latimeria, and Chondrostei) lack centra (acentrous), and the notochord is unconstricted, and the bony neural and hemal arches simply rest on it."
topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: lacking vertebral centra
ackee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækiː/
ipa: /əˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: ackees
form: achee
form: akee
Etymology: From Akan akye.
Senses: examples: text: The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is now a common tree in the West Indies, and I noticed several fine specimens in Belize.
ref: 1883, Daniel Morris, chapter 7, in The Colony of British Honduras, Its Resources and Prospects, London: Edward Stanford, page 113:
text: Delano and I are sprawled out under the ackee tree watching the black ants march from one rotten ackee pod to the next.
ref: 2009, Staceyann Chin, “In My Father’s House”, in The Other Side of Paradise, New York: Scribner, page 25:
glosses: A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
examples: text: Ackee and saltfish is a traditional Jamaican dish.
text: The fleshy sacks that dangled down between his legs, like rotting ackees, wobbled.
ref: 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 7, in Small Island, London: Review, pages 104–105:
glosses: The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.
Related terms: ackee and saltfish
moot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mo͞ot
ipa: /muːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: more moot
form: most moot
Etymology: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: […] :indeed we were obligd to hawl off rather in a hurry for the wind freshning a little we found ourselves in a bay which it was a moot point whether or not we could get out of: […]
ref: 1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, January 4, 1770 (published 1962)
text: [T]he uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 32”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
ref: 1903, Walter Crane, Lewis F. Day, Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day:
text: The extent to which these Parisian radicals ‘represented’ the French people as a whole was very moot.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 477:
qualifier: current in UK
glosses: Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
raw_tags: in the US
topics: law
glosses: Being an exercise of thought; academic.
examples: text: That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.
text: The question [whether certain poetry was present in the original Hebrew Psalms] in our own time is moot, since various considerations have made it certain that, of all the hazards presented by biblical translation, a dangerous excess of beauty is not one of them.
ref: 2007, Paul Mankowski, “The Languages of Biblical Translation”, in Adoremus Bulletin, volume 13, number 4:
synonyms: irrelevant
obsolete
glosses: Having no practical consequence or relevance.
Derived terms: moot court
mootness
moot point
ward moot
Related terms: meet
moot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mo͞ot
ipa: /muːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: moots
Etymology: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots.
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
glosses: A moot court.
glosses: A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
qualifier: scouting
glosses: A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
glosses: An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Derived terms: entmoot
folkmoot
gemoot
moot hall
moothill
mootie
mootman
moot-stow
tun-moot