cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
solicitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/
Forms: form: solicitudes
Etymology: From Middle English solicitude, from Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicitūdō (“anxiety”), from sollicitus, solicitus (“anxious, solicitous”). See solicitous.
Senses: examples: text: The familiarity of Sydney Smith’s manner does not consist merely in his style ; indeed, the terseness and brilliancy of his diction, though not at all artificial in appearance, could not have been attained without labor and solicitude ;—but it is the result of the blunt, fearless, severe, yet good-humored, nature of the man.
ref: 1848, Edwin Percy Whipple, “Sydney Smith”, in Essays and Reviews, volume I, New-York: D. Appleton & Company, page 135:
glosses: The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
examples: text: Also the triuialle of the vertues theologicalle and quadriuialle of the cardinalle vertues, to comprehende the knowlege of whom oure insufficience sufficethe not, withowte the sollicitude of writers scholde transfude to vs the memory of thynges of antiquite.
ref: 1387, Ranulf Higden, anonymous translator, Polychronicon, translation of original in Medieval Latin, lib. I, page 5:
text: Will any fair man say that I do not in this paragraph inculcate the duty of love and reverence for his Majesty, by stating, not merely my own ideas of his royal virtues, of his wisdom, and paternal solicitude for the happiness of his people, but the opinion and feeling of the illustrious personage, the highest subject in his empire -- the most interested next to himself in its welfare -- and whose example of reverence and devotion was so well calculated to inspire confidence and attachment in every class of the community?
ref: 1810, Cobbett's Political Register - Volume 17, page 379:
text: For there to be genuine community among any sizable group of people, solicitude must be a routine feature of daily intercourse.
ref: 1995, John Kultgen, Autonomy and Intervention: Parentalism in the Caring Life, →ISBN, page 30:
text: The increasing solicitude for human life that characterizes administrative government is limited to people who are perceived as members or citizens of the polity, for reasons that will be discussed at length in Chapter 6.
ref: 2015, Edward L. Rubin, Soul, Self, and Society: The New Morality and the Modern State, →ISBN:
glosses: Special or pronounced concern or attention.
examples: text: M. Todgers looked a little worn by cares of gravy and other such solicitudes arising out of her establishment, but displayed her usual earnestness and warmth of manner.
ref: 1844, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXII, in Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, page 380:
glosses: A cause of anxiety or concern.
Related terms: solicit
solicitation
solicitor
solicitous
nyctophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From nycto- (“night”) + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: which disdains psychological analysis—"the obscurities that one encounters in Herman Melville or in Franz Kafka are not due to lack of resources for illumination, to artifices, or even to nyctophilia; they derive from the ultimate mystery of existence"; […]
ref: 1971, Americas (English Ed.), volume 23:
text: Manilal Desai died at a very young age. His posthumous collection edited by his friends manifests modern lyricism, nyctophilia and death obsessions.
ref: 1972, Contemporary Gujarati Poetry, Surat : Western India Publishing Company, page 6:
text: Getting Lost: Lovers engaged in nyctophilia can become disoriented in near-total darkness. It's easy […] Use your voice to locate your partner, then move slowly toward the voice. […]
ref: 2014, Felicia Zopol, The Sex Instruction Manual: Essential Information and Techniques for Optimum Performance, Quirk Books, →ISBN, page 174:
text: It was late. The clock had just struck midnight and Thomas was distracting himself with another virtual reality horror game. Maybe it was a simple case of nyctophilia, but he found a certain level of comfort in scary games, especially the ones that involved Bigfoot. It was officially Halloween; and anything was better than thinking about that damned photograph […]
ref: 2020, Ethan Blake, Into the Hollow, first page of chapter 4
synonyms: amaurophilia
glosses: Love of the night; attraction (sometimes sexual) to night or darkness.
interloping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interlopings
Etymology: Noun form of the word interloper (see that etymology for more), + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: There was an interloping on my property.
glosses: An act of intrusion or encroachment.
glosses: Illegal Indian trade within the area over which the Hudson's Bay Company held a trade monopoly.
interloping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Noun form of the word interloper (see that etymology for more), + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interlope
Synonyms: intrusion
interference
encroachment
infringement
give and take
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First use appears c. 1769. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: They hoped for an amicable solution, but both knew it would require some give and take.
text: Will be run for on Huish Downs..A Free Plate of ₤50. Give and Take, by any Horse, Mare, or Gelding.
ref: 1769, St. James's Chronicle:
text: My mama said "you can't hurry love / No, you'll just have to wait" / She said "love don't come easy / But it's a game of give and take"
ref: 1966, Holland–Dozier–Holland, “You Can't Hurry Love”, in Hello, I Must Be Going!, performed by Phil Collins, published 1982:
glosses: A process of compromise or accommodation.
Synonyms: accommodation
compromise
concession
flexibility
Brahma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɑːmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
Forms: form: Brama
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā).
Senses: glosses: Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.
glosses: Alternative form of Brahman.
Brahma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɑːmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
rhymes: -eɪmə
rhymes: -ɑːmə
ipa: /ˈbɹɑːmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
Forms: form: Brahmas
Etymology: Clipping of Brahmaputra fowl.
Senses: glosses: A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India.
Brahma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɑːmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
rhymes: -eɪmə
rhymes: -ɑːmə
rhymes: -eɪmə
rhymes: -ɑːmə
ipa: /ˈbɹɑːmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
rhymes: -eɪmə
rhymes: -ɑːmə
Forms: form: Brahmas
Etymology: Alteration of Brahman.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Brahman.
barbed wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑɹbd waɪəɹ/
ipa: [ˈbɑɹbd ˈwa.jɚ]
Forms: form: barbed wires
form: barb wire
form: barb-wire
form: barbwire
form: barbed-wire
form: bob wire
form: bobbed wire
Senses: glosses: Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.
Related terms: concertina wire
page wire
razor wire
wire entanglement
wire obstacle
TESL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: EAL
EFL
EIL
ELL
ESL
TEFL
TESOL
glosses: Initialism of teaching English as a second language (a method or program for teaching English to students whose first language is not English and who live in a region where English is the dominant language and natural English language immersion situations are apt to be plentiful).
starkly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more starkly
form: most starkly
Etymology: From Middle English starkli, starcliche, sterkliche, stercliche, from Old English stearclīċe (“strongly; stoutly; vigorously; vehemently; fiercely; strictly”), from Proto-Germanic *starkulīka (“strongly; stiffly”), from *starkulīkaz (“strong; rigid”), from *starkuz (“strong; stiff; stark”), equivalent to stark + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The dark mountains stood out starkly against the pale sky.
text: We initially came to this data collection technique through research conducted into the linguistic landscape at NIE which yielded an overwhelmingly English-biased signage which was starkly at odds with our own day-to-day experience at the institute.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 1:
glosses: In a stark manner; with great contrast.
granivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪvəɹəs
Senses: glosses: That eats seeds
Related terms: granivore
granivory
melton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛlt(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɛltən
Forms: form: meltons
Etymology: From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Two of the boys are wearing your Melton overcoat; I hope you don't mind.’
ref: 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
text: Skiwear has moved swiftly away from wool — and cotton — into a brave new world of chemistry. […] Wool pants or knickers, usually of melton — a thick, tightly woven, smooth fabric — were good for shedding snow.
ref: 2002, Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 14, number 4, page 31:
glosses: A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
wikipedia: Melton Mowbray
yearlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: year-long
Etymology: From year + -long.
Senses: examples: text: Both are congruent with a yearlong periodicity, which is apparently neutralized in the main settlement.
ref: 1976, Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the rainbow: nature and supernature among the Panare Indians, page 81:
text: By saving your entire file of daily and weekly lists, you will create your yearlong list.
ref: 2003, Richard A. Simon with James F. Newman, Making time to lead: how principals can stay on top of it all, page 3:
glosses: Lasting one year; of a timespan of one year.
examples: text: Yearlong manning is needed, although at a somewhat reduced level from the peak periods in the fall.
ref: 1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
text: During interviews, teachers and/or principals in three of the four most effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort.
ref: 2002, Barbara Taylor, P. David Pearson, Teaching reading: effective schools, accomplished teachers, page 37:
glosses: Which lasts throughout every year; which is not seasonal
Derived terms: yearlong rate
yearlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: year-long
Etymology: From year + -long.
Senses: examples: text: The estimate of the number of sheep and cattle now using this range is equivalent to 250000 cattle units yearlong
ref: 1939, Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil conservation, page 807:
text: The carrying capacity of this area is 46 cattle yearlong.
ref: 1946, U.S. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, Administration and use of public lands: Parts 5-9:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Per year.
examples: text: Over much of the Great Plains, water was not available yearlong for units of land as small as the customary ownership units
ref: 1979, Marion Clawson, The western range livestock industry, page 73:
text: Black bear and mountain goats occur in the area yearlong.
ref: 1989, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, Additions to the national wilderness preservation system, volume 2, page 898:
glosses: Throughout every year; not seasonally
Related terms: monthlong
weeklong
yearslong
grieves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹiːvz/
rhymes: -iːvz
homophone: greaves
homophone: greeves
Senses: examples: text: The time now being come about for payment of the third tribute, when they came to compel the fathers which had children not yet married, to give them to be put forth to take their chance and lot: the citizens of Athens began to murmur against Ægeus, alleging for their grieves⁶, that he, who only was the cause of all this evil, was only alone exempted from this grief.[…] / ⁶ griefs.
ref: c. 1600, Thomas North, Plutarch’s Lives; republished as “Extracts from the Life of Theseus”, in Walter W[illiam] Skeat, editor, Shakespeare’s Plutarch: Being a Selection from the Lives in North’s Plutarch Which Illustrate Shakespeare’s Lives. […] , London: Macmillan and Co., 1875, page 281:
text: I am aware that what I am asking of you will mean I will be despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and the people will hide as it were their faces from me. I will be despised, and will be esteemed not. But, let me bear their grieves and carry their sorrows even though they will esteem me stricken, smitten of you and afflicted.[…](Based on Isaiah 53:1–5).
ref: 2000, Robert J. Walker, “Houston, We Have a Problem”, in The Plan of Salvation, Brushton, N.Y.: TEACH Services, Inc., →ISBN, page 22:
text: Sometimes the grief of having lost a beloved person is so strong that the bereaved person decides not to love anybody anymore, because the same possibility of losing him or her is still there.[…]Those who keep silent and do not talk to people about their grieves will achieve divine mercy.
ref: 2005, Mahjubah, page 15, columns 2–3:
glosses: plural of grief
glosses: plural of grieve
grieves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹiːvz/
rhymes: -iːvz
homophone: greaves
homophone: greeves
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grieve
grieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːvɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grieve
grieving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːvɪŋ
Forms: form: grievings
Senses: glosses: An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
Related terms: grief
grievance
grieve
jointed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪntɪd
Forms: form: more jointed
form: most jointed
Etymology: From joint (“noun”) + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Jointed track will be replaced, with standard ballast instead of shingle beneath, to stabilise the rails and improve the notoriously dreadful ride quality.
ref: 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, pages 8–9:
glosses: Having joints.
examples: text: Needless to mention that Christmas, Easter and the Coolmore Golf Classic see the place jointed, but last weekend saw a huge Irish crowd celebrate the launch of Quintessentially, the world's leading private members' club and concierge service.
ref: 2008 January 19, Angela Phelan, “My Barbados beach date with the super rich”, in Irish Independent:
text: When I opened the door the place was jointed, packed with English players.
ref: 2011, Donncha O'Callaghan, Joking Apart: My Autobiography, →ISBN, page 154:
text: Looking at the shots of an absolutely jointed Dalymount Park, the feverish atmosphere still palpable, you could see why for my father's generation the Phibsboro ground would always be the spiritual home of Irish football.
ref: 2012 May 27, Eamonn Sweeney, “Football series in league of its own”, in Irish Independent:
text: The landmark Hostelry at the Bottom of the Rock reopened over a week ago and has been ‘jointed’ ever since.
ref: 2014 August 5, Gavin O'Connor, “Austin Stacks Club News”, in Tralee Today:
glosses: Extremely full of people, packed, chockablock.
raw_tags: of an entertainment venue
Derived terms: double-jointed
jointed cactus
jointed charlock
jointedly
jointedness
kneejointed
multijointed
unjointed
jointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪntɪd
Etymology: See joint (verb)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of joint
involving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvɒlvɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of involve
inspiring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: more inspiring
form: most inspiring
Senses: glosses: Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
Derived terms: inspiringly
noninspiring
uninspiring
inspiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inspire
inspiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: inspirings
Senses: examples: text: From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.
ref: 1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
glosses: inspiration
initiative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
rhymes: -ɪʃətɪv
Etymology: From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, to initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). By surface analysis, initiate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: As for Apollos he was skillfull in the Scriptures, and mightily confuted the Iewes by them, he had more then this initiative wisedome, and knew better the difference betweene the baptisme of Christ, and of Iohn, then it seemeth this Iesuite doth.
ref: 1632, Roger Puttock, A Rejoynder unto William Malone’s Reply to the First Article, Dublin: The Company of Stationers, page 78:
text: suspected! that indefinite word, which was tortured into every meaning of injustice and oppression, and became what the French call the mot de ralliement, the initiative term of captivity and death
ref: 1795, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, Volume 1, Letter 1, p. 5:
text: The success of that initiative dish: that first experiment of hers in cookery: was so entire, so unalloyed and perfect, that John Westlock and Tom agreed she must have been studying the art in secret for a long time past;
ref: 1844, Charles Dickens, chapter 39, in Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, page 461:
synonyms: inceptive
initiatory
introductory
preliminary
glosses: Serving to initiate.
examples: text: The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.
ref: a. 2008, John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan, page 122 http://books.google.com/books?id=J6swcucKdNIC&pg=PA122&dq=initiative
antonyms: noninitiative
glosses: In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
initiative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
rhymes: -ɪʃətɪv
Forms: form: initiatives
Etymology: From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, to initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). By surface analysis, initiate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Not only are all religions welcome at the Voice Community Kitchen, but experts also say such initiatives could be key to improving ethnoreligious engagement and lead to better conflict mediation in the future.
ref: 2023 January 6, Munza Mushtaq, “In Sri Lanka, Pastor Moses shows the power of a free lunch”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: A beginning; a first move.
glosses: A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
glosses: The ability to act first or on one's own.
topics: government
politics
glosses: An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Derived terms: counterinitiative
direct initiative
initiatively
mixed initiative
popular initiative
seize the initiative
take the initiative
Related terms: initial
initialism
initialization
initialize
initiate
initiation
inflicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈflɪktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inflict
inflamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfleɪmd/
rhymes: -eɪmd
Forms: form: more inflamed
form: most inflamed
Senses: synonyms: angry
glosses: Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
glosses: Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire.
glosses: Aroused in temper, liable to violence
Derived terms: hyperinflamed
inflamedly
inflamedness
noninflamed
uninflamed
inflamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfleɪmd/
rhymes: -eɪmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inflame
Related terms: flamant
infantile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/
Forms: form: more infantile
form: most infantile
Etymology: Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), equivalent to infant + -ile, from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.
Senses: examples: text: infantile paralysis
text: They and the old North London tanks at Richmond long ago were the first engines on which my infantile eyes rested, be it said with an admiration that the years have never dimmed.
ref: 1957 February 24, Henry Maxwell, “A Sentimental Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
text: Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Pertaining to infants.
synonyms: word: juvenile
word: puerile
word: babish
word: babyish
word: bairnish
word: childish
word: dootsie
word: hissy
word: lactifluous
word: infantile
word: infantine
word: immature
word: kiddish
word: juvenile
word: milky
word: puerile
glosses: Childish; immature.
Derived terms: infantile dementia
infantilely
infantileness
infantile paralysis
infantilise
infantilism
infantilist
infantility
noninfantile
progressive infantile poliodystrophy
dealings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːlɪŋ(ɡ)z/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋz
Senses: examples: text: I've had dealings with Jo in the past, and found her very stubborn.
glosses: Relations with others.
glosses: Business transactions.
implies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈplaɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imply
immunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmjuːnəti/
Forms: form: immunities
Etymology: From Middle English immunite, from Old French immunité, from Latin immūnitās, in the legal sense; for the medical use see immunization. Equivalent to immune + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
Protective resistance against disease.
examples: text: Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.
topics: law
glosses: The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
examples: text: The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.
topics: law
glosses: The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
An exemption from prosecution.
examples: text: Nevertheless, his reason rebelled, and his sense of religion by no means allowed the justice of refusing the amiable, handsome, and wealthy Englishman, whom his sweet child preferred, and who was perfectly willing that the signora should enjoy all the liberty required by her conscience and her church, together with such sums as should, from time to time, purchase the prayers of the faithful, and all other immunities, so far as his fortune furnished the means.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 81:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
An exemption from penance.
examples: text: After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the fewest points.
glosses: The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
raw_tags: in games and competitions
examples: text: Superbugs are bacteria that develop an immunity to antibiotics.
glosses: A resistance to a specific thing.
Synonyms: exemption
free pass
get out of jail free card
Hyponyms: topics: law
word: diplomatic immunity
Derived terms: absolute immunity
adaptive immunity
alloimmunity
autoimmunity
cell-mediated immunity
chemoimmunity
community immunity
crown immunity
cytoimmunity
derivative use immunity
dysimmunity
herd immunity
heteroimmunity
homoimmunity
humoral immunity
hybrid immunity
hyperimmunity
hypoimmunity
immunifacient
immunity gap
immunize
immuno-
immunology
innate immunity
isoimmunity
neuroimmunity
nonimmunity
qualified immunity
radioimmunity
seroimmunity
social immunity
sovereign immunity
superimmunity
transactional immunity
use immunity
incompatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/
ipa: /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/
Forms: form: more incompatible
form: most incompatible
Etymology: Borrowed from French incompatible.
Senses: examples: text: My phone is incompatible with the latest version of this app.
text: Courts of equity are in many instances so nice and intricate, that they are incompatible with the genius of trials by jury.
ref: 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:
text: After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.
ref: 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com:
synonyms: irreconcilable
abhorrent
glosses: Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
Hyponyms: backward-incompatible
Derived terms: bioincompatible
histoincompatible
incompatibility
incompatibleness
incompatible with life
incompatibly
self-incompatible
Related terms: antagonistic
antipodal
contrastive
incombinable
uncombinable
ununifiable
incompatible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/
ipa: /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/
Forms: form: incompatibles
Etymology: Borrowed from French incompatible.
Senses: examples: the incompatibles of iron
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
examples: text: Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.
ref: 2004, Boethius, translated by Eleonore Stump, In Ciceronis Topica:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A consequent of a contrary.
shtum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃtʊm/
rhymes: -ʊm
Forms: form: schtoom
form: schtum
form: shtoom
form: shtumm
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שטום (shtum, “mute, dumb, voiceless”), from Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-West Germanic *stumm. Cognate with German stumm, Dutch stom, Swedish stum. Doublet of stum.
Senses: glosses: Silent; speechless; dumb.
Derived terms: keep shtum
shtoom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ‘Shhh,’ said Millat irritably. ‘Not everyone can know. If you want to get near the centre, you’ve got to keep shtoom.’
ref: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 474:
glosses: Alternative form of shtum.
irreconcilable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irreconcilable
form: most irreconcilable
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“I reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he fact that the peccant doctor [Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet] continued in the Queen's service made the Hastings family irreconcilable and produced an unpleasant impression of unrepentant error upon the public mind.
ref: 1921, Lytton Strachey, “Lord Melbourne”, in Queen Victoria, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, section VI, page 82:
glosses: Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
examples: text: I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXVI, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
glosses: Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
Synonyms: sense: unable to be reconciled
word: hostile
sense: unable to be reconciled
word: hateful
sense: unable to be reconciled
word: antagonistic
Derived terms: irreconcilability
irreconcilable differences
irreconcilableness
irreconcilably
Related terms: irreconciliation
irreconcilable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: irreconcilables
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“I reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.
Senses: glosses: Something that cannot be reconciled.
horseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔɹsmən/
ipa: /ˈhɔːsmən/
Forms: form: horsemen
Etymology: From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.
Senses: hypernyms: rider
glosses: A man who rides a horse.
examples: text: A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand,
Sent from the King to ouercome vs all.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
text: A royal grave (dated seventh century B.C.) still shows vital details of the conditions of warrior horsemen in their formative phase. This is the grave at Arzan in Tuwa, opened under the guidance of the Nestor of Siberian archeology, M. P. Grjaznov.
ref: 1989 [1988], Karl Jettmar, “The art of the Steppes”, in The History of Art, Blitz Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62:
text: At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.
ref: 2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China, volume II, published 2019, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186:
glosses: A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
glosses: A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
glosses: A man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).
glosses: Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
glosses: Any fish of the genus Equetus.
coordinate_terms: dogman
wolfman
glosses: A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.
Coordinate terms: sense: various senses
word: horsewoman
Derived terms: taxonomic: Equetus lanceolatus
word: belted horseman
word: Four Horsemen
word: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
word: Headless Horseman
word: headless horseman
word: Horseman
word: horsemanning
word: light-horseman
taxonomic: Equetus punctatus
word: spotted horseman
word: underhorseman
Related terms: horse boy
horse girl
horsemanship
boisterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔɪstəɹəs/
ipa: /ˈbɔɪstɹəs/
Forms: form: more boisterous
form: most boisterous
form: boistrous
Etymology: From Middle English boistres, an alteration of Middle English boistous (“crude, unrefined”), of uncertain origin. Likely from Anglo-Norman boystous, bustous (“rough, in a crude state, disabled, paralysed, unable to walk, lame”), Old French boitous (“limping; having a rough, uneven surface”).
Senses: glosses: Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
examples: text: ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe,
Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:
text: A new and elegant dress had been provided by Lady Anne for the second day, but it was of less costly material, and, by the same rule, considerably slighter; so that Fanchette suggested the idea of substituting a slip to make it equally warm, as the weather had set in cold and boisterous.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 219:
glosses: Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
glosses: Having or resembling animal exuberance.
Derived terms: boisterously
boisterousness
overboisterous
unboisterous
3DML
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of 3D Markup Language: a file format used to develop three-dimensional multimedia representations of documents to be presented on the World Wide Web.
Related terms: HTML
SGML
XHTML
XML
exuberance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/
ipa: /ˈɛɡ.ʒuː.bɜːɹ.əns/
Forms: form: exuberances
Etymology: From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) + uber (“udder”), which would have originally referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.
Senses: examples: text: Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.
ref: 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: word: ebullience
word: joy
word: vim
word: ardor
word: alacrity
word: celerity
word: energy
word: enthusiasm
word: exuberance
word: exuberantness
word: fanaticism
word: fervor
word: gusto
word: purpose
word: verve
word: vigor
word: vim
word: zeal
word: zealousness
word: blitheness
word: blithesomeness
word: cheerfulness
word: cheeriness
word: contentness
word: contentedness
word: delight
word: delightedness
word: elatedness
word: elation
word: exuberance
word: exuberantness
word: felicity
word: gaiety
word: gayness
word: gayfulness
word: gladness
word: gladsomeness
word: glee
word: gleefulness
word: gleesomeness
word: happiness
word: high spirits
word: hilarity
word: jolliness
word: jollity
word: joviality
word: jovialness
word: joy
word: joyfulness
word: joyousness
word: liss
word: merriment
word: merriness
word: mirth
word: mirthfulness
word: pleasedness
glosses: The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
glosses: An instance of exuberant behaviour.
examples: text: an exuberance of branches in a plant
glosses: An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
glosses: An abundance of wealth.
Derived terms: hyperexuberance
overexuberance
liveliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪvlinəs/
Forms: form: livelinesses
Etymology: From lively + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.
ref: 1947 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 39:
synonyms: animatedness
animation
effervescence
energy
fizz
antonyms: word: unliveliness
word: animation
word: blooming
word: blossoming
word: booming
word: enlivening
word: growth
word: invigoration
word: reanimation
word: revivification
word: thriving
word: vitalization
word: vivification
word: waxing
glosses: The quality of being lively.
database administrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: database administrators
form: DBA
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who is responsible for the logical and physical design of databases, and normally for all aspects of their recoverability, integrity, security, availability and performance.
harmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more harmonic
form: most harmonic
form: harmonick
Etymology: From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to harmony.
examples: text: harmonic twang of leather, horn, and brass.
ref: 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
glosses: Pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious.
examples: text: The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance.
glosses: Recurring periodically.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.
examples: text: A person is harmonic with respect to members of his own generation and with respect to members of all even-numbered generations counting away from his own (e.g., his grandparents' generation, his grandchildren's generation, etc.).
ref: 1966, Kenneth Hale, Kinship Reflections in Syntax: Some Australian languages:
qualifier: Australianist linguistics
glosses: Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.
Derived terms: abstract harmonic analysis
anharmonic
antiharmonic
arithmetico-harmonic
biharmonic
disharmonic
enharmonic
euharmonic
false harmonic
harmonic addition theorem
harmonically
harmonic analysis
harmonic analyzer
harmonic balancer
harmonic bounding
harmonic brick
harmonic conjugate
harmonic conjugate function
harmonic coordinates
harmonic decomposition
harmonic division
harmonic divisor number
harmonic engine
harmonic equation
harmonic expansion
harmonic form
harmonic function
harmonic-geometric mean
harmonic homology
harmonicism
harmonicity
harmonic logarithm
harmonic map
harmonic mean
harmonic mean index
harmonic minor
harmonic minor scale
harmonic motion
harmonic number
harmonic oscillator
harmonic parameter
harmonic progression
harmonic proportion
harmonic quadrilateral
harmonic range
harmonic ratio
harmonic segment
harmonic series
harmonic series of primes
harmonic system of points
harmonic tremor
inharmonic
monoharmonic
multiharmonic
natural harmonic
nonharmonic
non-harmonic tone
pluriharmonic
polyharmonic
pseudoharmonic
quasiharmonic
second-harmonic generation
semi-harmonic
simple harmonic motion
simple harmonic oscillator
subharmonic
superharmonic
telharmonic
triharmonic
ultraharmonic
unharmonic
xenharmonic
Related terms: harmonica
philharmonic
harmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: harmonics
form: harmonick
Etymology: From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony + -ic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.
examples: text: Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.
ref: 1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140:
text: The harmonics (kids, I mean) sometimes failed to recognize me on the rare occasions when I emerged from the shack […]
ref: 1988, Amateur Radio, volume 44, numbers 1-6, page 38:
qualifier: CB radio slang
glosses: One's child.
gratify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: gratifies
form: gratifying
form: gratified
form: gratified
Etymology: From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
Senses: synonyms: word: happify
word: gladden
word: beatify
word: begladden
word: blissen
word: bright
word: cheer
word: cheer up
word: content
word: delight
word: elate
word: enbliss
word: exhilarate
word: fain
word: gay
word: gladden
word: gladden someone's heart
word: gratify
word: happify
word: happy
word: hearten
word: jollify
word: laetificate
word: light up
word: make someone's day
word: perk up
word: please
word: raise someone's spirits
word: rejoice
word: turn the frown upside down
word: upcheer
word: warm someone's heart
word: warm the cockles of someone's heart
antonyms: anger
disquiet
fluster
glosses: To please.
examples: text: gratify the critics
text: gratify the voters
synonyms: word: conciliate
word: placate
word: abound
word: amuse
word: appease
word: assuage
word: captivate
word: cater
word: cloy
word: compensate
word: conciliate
word: delight
word: elate
word: entertain
word: exuberate
word: fascinate
word: fill
word: flatter
word: fulfill
word: gratify
word: humor
word: humour
word: indulge
word: measure up
word: mollify
word: pacify
word: placate
word: please
word: propitiate
word: provide
word: quench
word: rejoice
word: sate
word: satiate
word: score
word: serve
word: slake
word: suffice
word: suit
word: supply
word: teem
antonyms: discontent
dissatisfy
glosses: To make content; to satisfy.
Derived terms: gratifiability
gratifiable
gratification
gratifying
regratify
gratifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gratify
gratifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gratify
gratifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: more gratifying
form: most gratifying
Senses: examples: text: This gratifying state of affairs has been brought about by an enthusiastic approach to the resuscitation of traffic with "Mystery Trains", [...].
ref: 1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 468:
glosses: Pleasing, satisfying.
Derived terms: gratifyingly
ungratifying
gripping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Forms: form: more gripping
form: most gripping
Senses: examples: a gripping action film
synonyms: interesting
absorbing
fascinating
glosses: Which catches someone's attention; exciting
Derived terms: grippingly
grippingness
gripping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grip
gripping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Forms: form: grippings
Senses: examples: text: His resentful comments on this conviction were greeted only by great tears falling in silence, and almost convulsive grippings of his hand.
ref: 1949, Stendhal [pseudonym; Marie-Henri Beyle], edited by William Somerset Maugham, Stendhal's The Red and the Black, volume 10, page 126:
glosses: The act of forming a grip.
examples: text: The same Night it began to operate by Grippings and Sweating, and he being bred a Surgeon, took some Medicines to correct the Grippings, which in some Measure the Medicine did, but he lost his Appetite […]
ref: 1727, Alexander Hamilton, A new account of the East Indies:
glosses: Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”).
appropriately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more appropriately
form: most appropriately
Etymology: From appropriate + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:
antonyms: inappropriately
glosses: In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
pleasingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pleasingly
form: most pleasingly
Etymology: From Middle English plesingliche; equivalent to pleasing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I not only then tighten'd the pleasure-girth round my restless inmate by a secret spring of friction and compres- sion that obeys the will in those parts, but stole my hand softly to that store bag of nature's prime sweets, which is so pleasingly attach'd to its conduit pipe, from which we receive them;
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
glosses: In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
swimming trunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: After class, Nick changed into his swimming trunks and dived into the pool.
synonyms: bathing trunks
swim trunks
trunks
glosses: A pair of specifically designed shorts worn by men and boys for swimming or bathing.
Related terms: boardshorts
speedos
swim briefs
swimming costume
swimshorts
swimsuit