cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
workphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more workphobic
form: most workphobic
Etymology: From work + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: Guilt thus renders us productive and unproductive, workaholic and workphobic – a conflict that might explain the extreme and even violent lengths to which people sometimes will go, whether by scapegoating others or sacrificing themselves, to be rid of what many people consider the most unbearable emotion.
ref: 2017 October 3, Devorah Baum, “Why do we feel so guilty all the time?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023:
text: "If Steve was treated like a person instead of a machine and paid fairly for the amount of work he was expected to put out, I would have fully supported him staying on at GX," said Bowling's wife on reddit recently, in response to a critical fan. "As far as him being workphobic? He also maintains (and has since before [GameXplain]) a corporate 9-5 career... while also helping to raise four children. Trust me, he's extremely hard working."
ref: 2021 January 14, Patrick Klepek, “Former Workers Allege YouTube Channel GameXplain Was Exploitative Workplace”, in VICE, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2022:
glosses: Averse to working.
Related terms: workphobe
workphobia
workphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From work + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: I examined a man who frequently feigned illness so he could stay home from work. When he asked what was wrong with him, I answered, "You have a bad case of lazyosis with acute symptoms of workphobia, are in an advanced stage of idlingitis, and suffer constantly from fearemia of activity."—L.J.
ref: 1954 November 15, “Damning Diagnosis”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 22, Minneapolis, M.N.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 252:
glosses: Aversion to working.
Related terms: workphobe
workphobic
adjuncting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On my first day of adjuncting at a community college, I had students explain to me that they were majoring in gunsmithing and firefighting. It was a culture shock, to say the least.
ref: 2014 August 14, Pamela J. Hobart, “Things Only An Adjunct Professor Would Understand”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2023:
text: There is a complicated culture of silence that surrounds adjuncting. Schools have no incentive to draw attention to how many adjuncts most institutions now rely on, and as for the adjuncts themselves, addressing the subject raises awkward questions, and might even put their jobs at risk: in her essay "The Teaching Class," Rachel Riederer recounts how merely explaining how adjuncting worked to a group of students outside of class threw one adjunct's job into jeopardy.
ref: 2015 March 25, Carmen Maria Machado, “O Adjunct! My Adjunct!”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2023:
glosses: The act of working as an adjunct professor.
adjuncting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adjunct
adjuncted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adjunct
bussinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bussineses
Senses: examples: text: I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.
ref: 1655 April 21, “Mr. Ja. Nutley to ſecreary Thurloe.”, in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Eſq; […], volume III, London: […] the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles; Thomas Woodward, […] Charles Davis, […], published 1742, page 399:
glosses: Obsolete form of business.
bussineses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bussinese
dicts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dict
gonce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If you guess how many peas is there you get five blanky pounds! / Fair? and square! / And the nearest guess will get the gonce as sure as you are there!
ref: 1898 July 2, W[illiam] T[homas] Goodge, “The Tugs of Simpsonville”, in The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation From "The Bulletin", Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Company, published 1902, page 194:
synonyms: word: ackers
word: bees and honey
word: blunt
word: bones
word: brass
word: bread
word: bread and honey
word: Bugs Bunny
word: cake
word: cheddar
word: cheese
word: ching
word: clams
word: coin
word: cream
word: currency
word: dinero
word: dosh
word: dough
word: feds
word: fedi
word: finances
word: flizz
word: flow
word: funding
word: funds
word: gravy
word: gwop
word: gwolla
word: jack
word: legal tender
word: lolly
word: lovely jubbly
word: mazuma
word: means
word: money
word: moola
word: mozzarella
word: muck
word: oof
word: ooftish
word: paper
word: rhino
word: scratch
word: scrilla
word: shrapnel
word: simoleons
word: smackers
word: smackeroos
word: smackeroonies
word: spend
word: spondulicks
word: swag
word: wampum
word: wonga
word: yenom
glosses: Money.
voices like foghorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voice like a foghorn
Vivek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Viveks
form: Vibek
form: Bivek
form: Bibek
Etymology: From Sanskrit विवेक (viveka).
Senses: examples: text: James Johnson, of J.L. Partners who carried out the poll, said three candidates could be satisfied with their night's work.
 'First and foremost, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has inserted himself onto the national stage and narrowly won the debate with Republican voters,' he said.
ref: 2023 August 24, Rob Crilly, “Vivek Ramaswamy beats Ron DeSantis for best performance AND tops Donald Trump as the 'real winner' in poll of the Republican debate”, in The Daily Mail:
glosses: A male given name from the South Asian languages [in turn from Sanskrit].
Related terms: Viveka
Vivekam
Vivekananda
Vivekanandan
has a say
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a say
having a say
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a say
had a say
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a say
Chinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From China + -ish. Superseded by Chinese.
Senses: examples: text: Ainan standeth 19 degrees on this side of the Equinoctiall line with neere China, from whence the Chinish nation haue their prouision for shipping and other necessaries requisite for their Nauie.
ref: 1589–1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation:
synonyms: Chinian
glosses: Chinese.
Related terms: Indish
Seighford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8725).
UDHR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: UN
glosses: Initialism of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Niska
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nisga'a.
Niska
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nisga'a.
video-game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: video-games
form: video-gaming
form: video-gamed
form: video-gamed
Senses: examples: text: Next morning my son announces that he has teamed up with other youngsters, been for a midnight swim, hung around the ship’s 2000 Club, played shuffleboard, deck quoits and generally video-gamed the night away.
ref: 1996 August 25, Jill James, “QE2 bows to none in historical richness, magnificence, service”, in The Arizona Republic, 107th year, number 99, Phoenix, Ariz., page T13, column 2:
text: By the time we fueled, shopped, phoned, ate, video-gamed, and shopped again (just in case a new shipment of chrome came in while we were at dinner), it was usually ten o’clock when we finally headed back to the truck and the bunk.
ref: 2000, Lianne Cain, Greetings! from Carl’s Corner, Texas, Authors Choice Press, →ISBN, page 107:
text: The boys and girls stared at the TVs, they stared at the computers, they emailed, they chat-roomed, they video-gamed, they face-booked, they texted, and they twittered.
ref: 2009, Gary R. Kirby, Stories of Sunshine and Funtime of Wonder and Thunder of Mystery and Magic for the Young to Grow On, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 17:
text: Kerstin Wolgers made it through 82 years on this Earth without ever once checking an email, watching a YouTube clip or sending a tweet. But last week, as part of a crash course that introduced her to the Internet for the first time, the former Swedish actress did all three — plus Googled, Instagrammed, Wikipedia-ed, shopped, video-gamed … even online-dated, eventually.
ref: 2015 March 14, Caitlin Dewey, “Breaking down ‘digital divide’: Internet helps seniors cope better: Research”, in The Windsor Star, page D3:
text: In the early dark hours, as armored vehicles rumbled across the border and warplanes filled the skies, people were sleeping, bathing, making love, video-gaming, soothing a sick child.
ref: 2023 February 19, Laura King, “War stories: ‘All of us were changed’”, in Los Angeles Times, page A1:
glosses: Alternative form of video game.
Toa Payoh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɔː ˈpɑːjəʊ/
ipa: /- ˈpaɪ.əʊ/
ipa: [ˌt(w)ɔː ˈpaː˧.jo(ː)˦]
ipa: [ˌto(ː)-]
note: ending a sentence
ipa: [-jo(ː)˦˧]
Etymology: From Hokkien 大巴窯 /大巴窑 (Tōa Pa-iô, “large swamp”). 巴窯 /巴窑 (Pa-iô) is itself a phonetic approximation of Malay paya (“swamp”).
Senses: glosses: A planning area and new town in the Central Region of Singapore.
Defence Forces
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Defence Forces
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The armed forces of the Republic of Ireland.
online date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: online dates
Etymology: From online + date.
Senses: examples: text: We had arranged to see one another again on the Sunday but I never heard from him again. Well, that is until I met my now husband a few months after the online date.
ref: 2009, Rachel, “Fancy seeing you here”, in Georgia Barlow, The Cosmopolitan Guide to Online Dating: A Practical Guide for Dating Divas, London: JR Books, →ISBN, chapter 12 (True Stories: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly), page 175:
text: One male study participant casually admitted to a “find my flaw mentality,” which mindset may be why so many online dates seem to have a strange, interview-like feel. […] One of my first online dates was with a financial executive who admitted that he’d had something like eighty online dates in the last year, but that he rarely asked a woman on a second date.
ref: 2015, L.V. Krause, “Help! I’m in a Shopping Cart and I Can’t Get Out”, in Eaten Alive: The Truth About Online Dating for Women, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Thought Catalog Books, published 2016, →ISBN, pages 41–42:
text: It’s the succeeding part I’m having a little more trouble with. A job writing obituaries and one online date is not turning my life around.
ref: 2020, Alexandra Potter, “Failing”, in Confessions of a Forty-Something, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: A date over the Internet.
examples: text: I lost Nick and I don’t find Chinese men attractive. We used to make fun of this, but it’s not fun anymore. I want to go back to see my online date in London or find a former classmate to get married.
ref: 2006, Annie Wang, “Too Far Ahead of Her Time”, in The People’s Republic of Desire, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, pages 432–433:
text: When he finished the phone call I quizzed him asking him about the person he’d mentioned on the phone. It turned out that my online date was a really good friend of his and had worked with him on a Channel 4 programme.
ref: 2009, Rachel, “Fancy seeing you here”, in Georgia Barlow, The Cosmopolitan Guide to Online Dating: A Practical Guide for Dating Divas, London: JR Books, →ISBN, chapter 12 (True Stories: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly), page 175:
text: He then asked the prosecutors and the defense attorneys to stand up, and he introduced them to the court. Much to my surprise, up at the front, looking serious, there stood one of my past online dates—the handsome prosecutor.
ref: 2015, L.V. Krause, “A Dizzying Number of Dates”, in Eaten Alive: The Truth About Online Dating for Women, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Thought Catalog Books, published 2016, →ISBN, page 140:
glosses: A person dated over the Internet.
Related terms: online dating
online date
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: online dates
form: online dating
form: online dated
form: online dated
form: online-date
Etymology: Back-formation from online dating.
Senses: examples: text: Don’t diss online dating […] But they might overlook you because a) by suggesting you’re above this online lark you sound arrogant b) you sound way too negative and cynical c) you’re suggesting that only desperados online date and therefore you must think they’re a desperado or d) they’re so bored of reading the same old ‘I’m not used to this . . . ’ line they’ve already moved onto the next profile.
ref: 2009, Georgia Barlow, “The Write Impression”, in The Cosmopolitan Guide to Online Dating: A Practical Guide for Dating Divas, London: JR Books, →ISBN, pages 45–46:
text: The argument to online date was more convincing when I thought of my sister and her boyfriend and their perfect relationship.
ref: 2013, Kayli Stollak, Granny Is My Wingman, New Harvest, →ISBN, page 30:
text: So far, this book has been all about how to online date successfully.
ref: 2014, Erika Ettin, Love at First Site: Tips and Tales for Online Dating Success from a Modern-Day Matchmaker, River Grove Books, →ISBN:
text: This also follows my previous point about making friends with men and solidifying a cohort of brothers BEFORE you attempt to online date or engage with women.
ref: 2019, HowExpert, Online Dating for Men 101: How to Find, Date, Attract, Connect, & Get into Great Relationships with Women from Online Dating, →ISBN:
text: A few things to note when deciding if you’re going to online date.
ref: 2021, Lauren Windle, Notes on Love: Being Single and Dating in a Marriage Obsessed Church, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →ISBN:
glosses: To date over the Internet.
online-date
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: online-dates
form: online-dating
form: online-dated
form: online-dated
Senses: examples: text: IF YOU’RE a lesbian, you’re crazy not to online-date.
ref: 2013, Chiara Atik, Modern Dating: A Field Guide, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 102:
text: Kerstin Wolgers made it through 82 years on this Earth without ever once checking an email, watching a YouTube clip or sending a tweet. But last week, as part of a crash course that introduced her to the Internet for the first time, the former Swedish actress did all three — plus Googled, Instagrammed, Wikipedia-ed, shopped, video-gamed … even online-dated, eventually.
ref: 2015 March 14, Caitlin Dewey, “Breaking down ‘digital divide’: Internet helps seniors cope better: Research”, in The Windsor Star, page D3:
text: But I didn’t want to online-date or meet men my mother would try to fix me up with.
ref: 2016, Liza Monroy, Seeing as Your Shoes Are Soon to Be on Fire, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of online date.
scarlet bugler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɑrlət ˈbʌɡlər/
ipa: /ˈskɑːlɪt ˈbʌɡlər/
Forms: form: scarlet buglers
form: scarlet buglar
Senses: hypernyms: agave
beardtongue
penstemon
glosses: A plant of species Penstemon centranthifolius.
glosses: A cactus of genus Cleistocactus.
Speculative Masonry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the belief that Freemasonry originated as an intellectual or “speculative” derivative of the ancient precepts of practical masonry.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: Operative Masonry
text: The whole scope and design of Speculative Masonry is to produce advancement in morality and virtue.
ref: 1875 September 18, “Freemasonry—An Advancive Science”, in The Freemason’s Chronicle, volume 2, number 38, page 180:
glosses: Freemasonry, as distinct from masonry in its ordinary sense relating to construction.
scarlet buglar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarlet buglars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scarlet bugler.
royal penstemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈrɔɪəl ˈpɛnstɪmən/
Forms: form: royal penstemons
Senses: hypernyms: beardtongue
penstemon
glosses: Penstemon speciosus.
synonyms: showy beardtongue
showy penstemon
hypernyms: beardtongue
penstemon
glosses: Penstemon spectabilis.
Operative Masonry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑpərətɪv ˈmeɪsənri/
ipa: /ˈɒpərətɪv ˈmeɪsənri/
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: Speculative Masonry
text: But you and I, my brother, are taught that Operative Masonry is but the outward form, the type, the model of speculative Masonry; and that King Solomon’s Temple, with all its particulars, was the antitype of the grand world-wide system which we call Freemasonry.
ref: 1878 February 16, Rob Morris, “The Holy Land and the Temple”, in The Freemason’s Chronicle, volume 7, number 164, page 116:
topics: Freemasonry
freemasonry
lifestyle
glosses: Practical masonry, i.e. construction with stone and other materials, understood as a coherent and ancient system contrasted with Speculative Masonry or Freemasonry.
Bude-Stratton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish with a town council in north Cornwall, England, which includes the named places.
gender-critical feminist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gender-critical feminists
Senses: examples: text: The disturbing incident, also caught on video, took place in London’s Hyde Park as a few dozen women waited to find out the location of a controversial debate between transgender activists and “gender-critical feminists” who believe biological sex determines who is a woman.
ref: 2017 September 24, Cathy Young, “Why you shouldn’t punch a Nazi”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 292, number 86, page K5, column 1:
text: Where the traditional rights of biological women collide with asserted rights of trans women — sport, intimate spaces, rape crisis centres, prisons — gender-critical feminists join with conservatives like me in insisting that biological women’s rights must prevail: for the sake of their safety, privacy and right to a level playing field.
ref: 2020 June 10, Barbara Kay, “Professor holds the line on free expression: U of A decision offends those on left and right”, in National Post, volume 22, number 191, page A8, column 1:
text: Gender-critical feminists are loud about these issues, and they are unique in including leftists that oppose these laws—often the only leftists who do.
ref: 2023, Holly Lawford-Smith, Sex Matters: Essays in Gender-Critical Philosophy, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 211:
synonyms: GCF
glosses: An adherent or proponent of gender-critical feminism.
Synonyms: word: FART
word: GC
word: GCF
word: gendercrit
word: gender-critical feminist
word: gendercritter
word: TERF
word: terven
word: TIRF
word: transfeminist
Hypernyms: word: feminist
word: transphobe
Hyponyms: word: cryptoTERF
word: tervert
Related terms: word: gender-critical feminism
gender-critical feminists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gender-critical feminist
JRC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Joint Research Centre.
black fellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black fellows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blackfellow.
black fellows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black fellow
make-up removers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of make-up remover
makeup removers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makeup remover
tsaritsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian цари́цы (carícy).
Senses: glosses: plural of tsaritsa
tsarevny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian царе́вны (carévny).
Senses: glosses: plural of tsarevna
Indian rugburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian rugburns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Indian sunburn.
synonyms: word: Indian sunburn
sight-see
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sight-sees
form: sight-seeing
form: sight-saw
form: sight-seen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sightsee.
sight-sees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sight-see
sight-saw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of sight-see
sight-seen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sight-see
sight-seeings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sight-seeing
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
form: Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Senses: examples: text: The Government of the United States of America, in accordance with sections 872(b) and 883(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, agrees to exempt from tax gross income derived from the international operation of ships or aircraft by individuals who are residents of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (other than U.S. citizens) and corporations organized in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
ref: 1987, Taxation, Shipping and Aircraft: Agreement Between the United States of America and the Bahamas, Effected by Exchange of Notes Dated at Washington June 26 and July 16, 1987, page 2:
text: For the purposes of this paper, the Caribbean comprises the countries in the archipelago, stretching from the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in the north to Guyana and Suriname in the south, which are members of the Caribbean Region of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (ICA).
ref: 1999, Everton Ambrose, “An Assessment of the Plant Health System in the Caribbean”, in Mitigating the Effects of Exotic Pests on Trade and Agriculture, part A (the Caribbean), T-STAR, page 243, column 1:
text: The territory itself, which is politically separate from the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, consists of three major carbonate bank systems: the Caicos Bank, the Turks Island Bank, and the Mouchoir Bank (disputed by the Dominican Republic) (Logan & Sealey, 2013).
ref: 2019, Kathleen Sullivan Sealey, Kathleen Wood, Alan Logan, “The Turks and Caicos Islands”, in Charles Sheppard, editor, World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, 2nd edition, volumes I (Europe, The Americas and West Africa), Academic Press, →ISBN, page 617:
text: Below the sail boats is the coat of arms of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and “Central Bank of The Bahamas.”
ref: 2019 April 22, Arthur L. Friedberg, “Bahamas issues a $3 bank note”, in Coin World, page 22:
glosses: Official name of the Bahamas: an island country in the Caribbean.
spiny bamboo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiny bamboos
Senses: synonyms: thorny bamboo
glosses: Bambusa blumeana, a species of clumping bamboo native to Tropical Asia.
normalhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normal + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Just as getting rid of my marital bed had marked another step forward in my journey to Normalhood, the new bed had lured da Vinci to my side like bait: […]
ref: 2008, Malena Lott, Dating DaVinci, page 182:
text: “No offense to your former status, but being seen with Supergeek won't exactly catapult me into the normalhood I seek.”
ref: 2010, Maureen Hardegree, Haint Misbehavin', page 162:
text: It's a spiritual path toward normalhood for chudails. That's what Tantric-ji preaches.
ref: 2019, Sukanya Venkatraghavan, Magical Women:
text: In world full of gay drones on their merry way to normalhood, a gay flamboyant savior emerged to make us laugh and shriek with delight.
ref: 2022, Justin Elizabeth Sayre, From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium, page 43:
glosses: The state or condition of being normal; normality, normalcy.
Related terms: normaldom
normalness
tomato-y
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tomato-y
form: most tomato-y
Etymology: From tomato + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It can be clear clam broth or Manhattan clam chowder (red and tomato-y) or Boston clam chowder (a potatoed cream soup).
ref: 1978 November, Ellen Stein, “Dining Out: Michigan’s Water Wonder: Seafood”, in Monthly Detroit, volume 1, number 8, page 21, column 3:
text: Season with shoyu and umeboshi vinegar to create the tomato-y taste that works for you.
ref: 2004, Jessica Porter, The Hip Chick’s Guide to Macrobiotics: A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and Fabulous Body, Avery, →ISBN:
text: Those that were vine-ripened have a fresh tomato-y smell, whereas those gas-ripened are odorless.
ref: 2013, Ruth Yaron, Super Baby Food: Your Complete Guide to What, When and How to Feed Your Baby and Toddler, 3rd edition, Peckville, Tenn.: F. J. Roberts Publishing Company, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of tomatoey.
Chinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From China + -ian. Superseded by Chinese.
Senses: examples: text: There is also great store of siluer, whereof (that I may omit other arguments) it is no small demonstration, that euery yeere there are brought into the citie commonly called Cantam by the Portugal marchants to buie wares, at the least 400 Sestertium thereof, and yet nothing in a maner is conueied out of the Chinian kingdom : because the people of China abounding with all the necessaries, are not greatly inquisitiue or desirous of any marchandise from other kingdomes.
ref: 1589–1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation:
synonyms: Chinish
glosses: Chinese.
Chinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinians
Etymology: From China + -ian. Superseded by Chinese.
Senses: examples: text: Neither are these golden loaues onely bought by the Portugals, but also great plentie of gold-twine and leaues of gold : for the Chinians can very cunningly beate extenuate gold into plates and leaues.
ref: 1589–1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation:
glosses: Chinese.
Chinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinian
vault-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vault-like
form: most vault-like
Senses: examples: text: Thus furniſhed with the means of finding their way, they deſcended to the kitchen, an immenſe vault-like room, where the almoſt famiſhed wretch, fortunately, found enough to appeaſe the hunger that devoured him: […]
ref: 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter VII, in The Banished Man. […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 141:
text: The cellar was a vault-like dungeon of a place, built solidly of brick, with only a narrow, barred window and the door from the kitchen opening into it.
ref: 1895, Howard Pyle, “The Struggle”, in The Story of Jack Ballister’s Fortunes, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., page 159:
text: The up and down lines ran next to each other in vault-like tunnels, whereas the Tube trains would occupy their own tunnels.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Alternative form of vaultlike.
re-assure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-assures
form: re-assuring
form: re-assured
form: re-assured
Senses: examples: text: […] the gard de chaſſe, a little re-aſſured by D’Alonville’s reaſon and reſolution, proceeded with more courage.
ref: 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter VII, in The Banished Man. […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 141:
text: When Abraham was 100 years old, and his wife 90, the Lord appeared to him again, ratified his former covenant with him, changed his name from Abram to Abraham, re-assuring him that he would make him the father of many nations, that kings should descend from him, and his posterity should possess the land of Canaan.
ref: 1870, William Nicholson, The Bible Explainer; or A Dictionary of the Names, Countries, Cities, Towns, Villages, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Productions, Eastern Manners and Customs, Antiquities, and Natural History, as Contained in the Old and New Testaments, According to the Latest Discoveries; […], Halifax: W. Nicholson and Sons. […], page 18, column 1:
text: “As is Ian,” I say. / “Oh, you don’t even use his title!” says Elizabeth in amazement, thinking out loud. / “No,” I confirm. Does she actually think I should call him ‘Milord’ and curtsey every time he walks past? / “I never use my title,” Ian re-assures her.
ref: 2016, Anna Premoli, translated by Richard McKenna, Love to Hate You, Aria, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of reassure.
re-assures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-assure
re-assuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-assure
re-assured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-assure
re-assurance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-assurances
Senses: examples: text: Her manners gave some re-assurance to Edward, and he had courage enough to sit down; […]
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 246:
text: To draw her arm closer within his own, and breathe earnest re-assurances to the timid beauty that his care and assiduity should secure her from all accidents, was a matter of course.
ref: 1841, [Catherine] Gore, Greville: or, A Season in Paris, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 128:
text: Without delay he disembarked from her in disguise; and after having called upon some of the chief conspirators to show himself to them in person and renew their confidence, he received their re-assurances of support in the magnificent emprise he contemplated.
ref: 1851, F. Clinton Barrington [pseudonym; Joseph Holt Ingraham], The Bel Isabel: or, The Conspirators of Cuba. A Story of the Green Land and Blue Sea., Boston, Mass.: […] F. Gleason, […], page 80, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of reassurance.
re-assurances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-assurance
dimwitticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimwitticisms
form: dim-witticism
Etymology: From dimwit + -icism.
Senses: examples: text: To be perfectly honest, when you're submitting entries to a dictionary of so-called dimwitticisms -- expressions that are neither fresh nor witty -- it helps to be as unoriginal as possible.
ref: 2004 April 15, Nathan Bierma, “Dimwitticisms do major injustice to the language”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, I.L.: Tribune Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2023:
text: And it's true: Where Griffin goes, trouble follows. She's not likely to run out of material in this lifetime, as the bulk of her act is breathlessly dishing about the never-ending numskullery and dimwitticisms of Hollywood's red carpet clique.
ref: 2008 July 16, Joe Brown, “Watch out, Kathy's coming!”, in Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, N.V.: Greenspun Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2011:
text: Ms. Arianda's nasal squawk — think of the sound you hear if you squeeze a rubber duck — lends a bright comic pop to Billie's stream of dim-witticisms.
ref: 2011 April 25, Charles Isherwood, “'Born Yesterday,' With Jim Belushi, Robert Sean Leonard - Review”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2019:
glosses: A dimwitted or idiotic remark.
dimwitticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimwitticism
dim-witticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dim-witticisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dimwitticism.
dim-witticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dim-witticism
flamboyant cuttlefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamboyant cuttlefish
babeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more babeish
form: most babeish
Etymology: From babe + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Admittedly, I felt like the hottest girl in Hollywood in front of my Groundlings friends for having a funny, babeish movie star there to see me. I turned to Vince and said, "Well, thanks so much for coming."
ref: 2010, Heather McDonald, You'll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again, New York, N.Y. […]: Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 198:
text: We had arrived only a few weeks ago, but already I was something of a scene queen. I had enlisted a group of super-babeish girlfriends from the modeling agency, and together we ruled the roost at Helena's, with Kenny tagging along, letting me pay for his drinks at the bar.
ref: 2013, Bobbie Brown, Caroline Ryder, Dirty Rocker Boys: Love and Lust on the Sunset Strip, New York, N.Y. […]: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 48:
synonyms: word: alluring
word: arousing
word: attractive
word: bangable
word: beautiful
word: beddable
word: bedworthy
word: bonable
word: bonerific
word: buff
word: delicious
word: desirable
word: doable
word: dreamy
word: effable
word: fanciable
word: fappable
word: fapworthy
word: fine
word: fit
word: fuckable
word: gorgeous
word: hittable
word: horny
word: hot
word: humpable
word: peng
word: provocative
word: raunchy
word: rootable
word: salacious
word: screwable
word: seductive
word: sensual
word: sexable
word: sexalicious
word: sexy
word: shaggable
word: swoonsome
word: tasty
word: toothsome
glosses: Resembling a babe; sexy.
highlarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈlæɹiəs/
Forms: form: more highlarious
form: most highlarious
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hilarious.
statusful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more statusful
form: most statusful
Etymology: From status + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: In these stories, being a parent conferred a higher or more "in-group" status than being married; thus the marital status of parents was not particularly relevant. However, being partnered was more statusful than being single.
ref: 2007, Gabriella Gahlia Modan, Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place, Malden, M.A. […]: Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 214:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Carrying a high or privileged status.
Buffyatric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buffyatrics
Etymology: Blend of Buffy + geriatric.
Senses: examples: text: I'm Harper. Resident breadbaker, librarian, Buffyatric, occasional pirate wench, and quondam Irish harper.
ref: 1997 October 28, SjPete, “Stranger enters, goes to corner table”, in alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst (Usenet):
text: Uh-oh, better be careful what you say in that regard. I made the same point here just a few weeks ago and got flamed by one of the posting board's "Buffyatrics" (which group actually doesn't seem distinguishable from the younger set, at least not according to some of the items posted at their website).
ref: 1998 October 4, David Samuel Barr, “Joss Answers Questions — Spoilers”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
text: The word "gay" has been adopted as a generic term to cover both male and female homosexuals (aka lesbians). Even *I* know that and I'm an ageing Buffyatric!
ref: 2004 April 1, Dave K, “BtVS on new gay channel”, in uk.media.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An elderly fan of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).
Buffyatrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffyatric
cross-jurisdictionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: By surface analysis, cross- + jurisdiction + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a manner involving multiple jurisdictions.
Related terms: cross-jurisdictional
multijurisdiction
multijurisdictional
geeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geekers
Senses: examples: text: He gets jealous, and he can't have sex because he thinks about me jerking off other guys. I tell him it's different, but he can't understand. I'm not like a geeker. I meet my guys on the street and I only do it in their car. I try to get off the hook, like I'll act like I'm going nuts right after he has given me the money. That scares them.
ref: 1999, Claire E[lizabeth] Sterk, quoting Donna, Fast Lives: Women Who Use Crack Cocaine, Philadelphia, P.A.: Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 89:
text: "That man ain't a husband, he's a geeker. Let his ass stay on 17ᵗʰ where he belongs."
ref: 2007, B. Ann, A Cry for Help, Indianapolis, I.N.: Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
text: She was a geeker that had best fucking credit he had ever seen. It was so easy to put shit in her name, houses or cars.
ref: 2012, Alicia Howard, Duffle Bag Bitches, Buena Vista, G.A.: SBR Publications, →ISBN, page 173:
text: He told her how crack was an aphrodisiac. How he had witnessed female geekers use it and then have the most wild sex. He made her feel like that was why he would choose his kid's mother over her.
ref: 2017, Shalamar Parrish, Leading Lady, Archway Publishing, →ISBN, page 149:
synonyms: word: tweaker
word: freak
word: addict
word: abuser
word: fiend
word: slave
word: wastoid
glosses: A drug addict.
geekers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geeker
ULFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of United Liberation Front of Asom.
reee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From the sound made by certain species of frogs to ward off predators, combined with the Pepe the Frog and "autistic screeching" memes. According to Know Your Meme, first attested in a 4chan post published December 27, 2014.
Senses: examples: text: "REEEE shut it down! The normies know!" said one poster, for another. "FUCKING NORMIES STOP WRITING ARTICLES ABOUT MY BOARD REEEEEEEEEEEEE," screamed another. "Every time a big news story links back to 4chan, a board is lost to newfags," lamented a third.
ref: 2016 May 30, Jesse Singal, “4chan Isn't Sure Whether It's Excited the Times Wrote Up Its Anti-Semitism”, in New York Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Vox Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
text: "Reeeeeeee" ¶ This is the alt-right's battle cry — another broader 4chan meme subsumed into the movement. One redditor describes it as "something of 'warcry' for socially maladapted people." And because it originated on 4chan, there's also a good chance that it's also intended to mock the mentally disabled.
ref: 2016 December 30, Aja Romano, “The 2016 culture war, as illustrated by the alt-right”, in Vox, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023:
text: "Why did we make a game about Pepe? We saw some memes featuring Pepe screaming 'REEEEE' and something just 'clicked,'" a developer for Spirit Realm Games told us in an email. "We thought it was a silly and funny idea to just show off to our friends, nothing more, so we built it just for fun."
ref: 2017 June 9, Jason Koebler, Louise Matsakis, “Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store”, in VICE, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2023:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Indicating extreme anger or distress.
wikipedia: Know Your Meme
Pepe the Frog
Rare Pepe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rare Pepes
form: rare Pepe
form: rare pepe
Etymology: According to Know Your Meme, the "Rare Pepes" meme was popularized by users on the 4chan's /r9k/ board around October 2014.
Senses: examples: text: In yet another example of the internet folding in on itself, you can buy and sell "rare Pepes" using PepeCash, a cryptocurrency that ultimately relies on the Bitcoin blockchain.
ref: 2018 January 7, Jessica Klein, “The world of cryptocollectibles like CryptoKitties looks like the internet's early days”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 16 May 2023:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: An unusual image of the Pepe the Frog character.
wikipedia: /r9k/
Know Your Meme
Rare Pepes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rare Pepe
Pepes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pepe
cryptocollectible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkrɹptoʊkəˈlɛktəbəl/
ipa: /ˌkrɪptəʊkəˈlɛktəbəl/
Forms: form: cryptocollectibles
Etymology: From crypto- + collectible.
Senses: examples: text: But at their core, all cryptocollectible projects are rooted deeply in internet culture. The name and spirit of CryptoPunks comes from cypherpunks, a name first given to an early '90s group cum mailing list that focused on ideas like the intersection of cryptography, privacy technology, philosophy and computer science.
ref: 2018 January 7, Jessica Klein, “The world of cryptocollectibles like CryptoKitties looks like the internet's early days”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 16 May 2023:
text: NBA Top Shot, a partnership between the N.B.A. and the blockchain company Dapper Labs that turns basketball highlight videos into unique cryptocollectibles, has $230 million in sales since 2019.
ref: 2021 March 24, Kevin Roose, “Buy This NFT Column on the Blockchain!”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2023:
glosses: A digital collectible item traded using cryptocurrency, so that the blockchain contains proof that one really owns that item.
Related terms: NFT
Rare Pepe
cryptocollectibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptocollectible
ureteroproctostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊˌriːtəroʊˌprɑktəˈstɑmi/
ipa: /jʊˌriːtərəʊˌprɒktəˈstɒmi/
Forms: form: ureteroproctostomies
Etymology: From uretero- + procto- + -stomy.
Senses: examples: text: The ureteral catheters are passed through the holes and down toward the anus. Mucosa-to-mucosa ureteroproctostomies are made over the catheters with atraumatic chromic catgut. The catheters insure patency, prevent reflux, and temporarily divert urine from the suture line.
ref: 1954 February 15, Oswald S. Lowsley, Thomas H. Johnson, Antonio E. Rueda, “Operation for Urinary Diversion”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 89:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of urinary diversion involving the creation of an anastomosis between a ureter and the rectum.
sulfathalidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A former US trademark.
Senses: examples: text: The bowel is prepared preoperatively with neomycin and sulfathalidine. A wide transverse lower abdominal incision is used.
ref: 1954 February 15, Oswald S. Lowsley, Thomas H. Johnson, Antonio E. Rueda, “Operation for Urinary Diversion”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 89:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of phthalylsulfathiazole.
synonyms: word: phthalylsulfathiazole
tipworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪpwɜrði/
ipa: /ˈtɪpwɜːði/
Forms: form: more tipworthy
form: most tipworthy
form: tip-worthy
Etymology: From tip + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: I glanced around to note the number of diners who were looking in our direction, wondering if anything tipworthy had happened, […]
ref: 2007, Sheryl J. Anderson, Killer Riff, page 142:
glosses: Worthy of a tip.
hydrosulphosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosulfosol
Etymology: A former trademark of E. C. Lientz & Co., Inc.
Senses: examples: text: Hydrosulfosol in oil with gentle pressure dressings may promote healing after severe burns of the eye. For conjunctival and corneal burns, 0.5% cortisone is used locally on dressings and, after the dressings are omitted, four times daily.
ref: 1954 February 15, William B. Clark, Edwin B. Dunphy, S. Rodman Irvine, Lawrence T. Post, Derrick T. Vail, “Early Treatment of Eye Injury”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 146:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of calsulfhydryl.
synonyms: word: calsulfhydryl
calsulfhydryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkælsʌlfˈhaɪdɹɪl/
Etymology: From cal(cium) + sulfhydryl.
Senses: examples: text: Since 1942 several clinical investigations have been published describing the increased healing rate of corneal wounds treated with calsulfhydryl (Hydrosulphosol¹). […] The present study was undertaken therefore to evaluate the effect of calsulfhydryl on a controlled series of rabbits corneas injured by abrasion or by acid or alkali burns.
ref: 1953 December, Robert E. Rocknem, “Evaluation of wounds of the rabbit cornea treated with calsulfhydryl (Hydrosulphosol)”, in Archives of Ophthalmology, volume 50, number 6, →DOI, page 696:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: hydrosulphosol
english: trademark
translation: trademark
glosses: A glycerol–water solution containing calcium polysulfides and calcium thiosulfates, formerly used for the treatment of chemical burns of the eye and other conditions.
kamui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamui
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kamuy.
unaccessorised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + accessorised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unaccessorized.
unagonised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unagonised
form: most unagonised
Etymology: From un- + agonised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unagonized.
hippopedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippopede
unaluminised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + aluminised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unaluminized.
pillowbere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillowberes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pillowbeer.
pillowberes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillowbere
bdóte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bdóte
Etymology: From Dakota.
Senses: examples: text: We are told that we were brought here to this land from the stars to the place where the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers meet. This place known as Bdote is our place of genesis.
ref: 2012, Gwen Westerman, Bruce White, Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, page vii:
glosses: holy region at the convergence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers where all life started according to Dakota religious tradition
glosses: holy region at the convergence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers where all life started according to Dakota religious tradition
the northeastern tip of Pike Island, considered in Dakota tradition to be the exact spot the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers converge
examples: text: The area of Bdote (or Mdote) Mni Sota is located at the mouth of the Minnesota River where it flows into the Mississippi midway between the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
ref: 2012, Gwen Westerman, Bruce White, Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, page 20:
glosses: convergence of the Minnesota River and Mississippi River