cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thinness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinnesses
Etymology: From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The beautiful prismatic colours seen on the Labrodore stone are owing to a similar cause, viz. the thinness of the laminæ of which it consists […].
ref: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 120:
text: Beyond celebrating the aesthetic value of thinness, pro-anas claim that thinness is a reflection of excellence in other areas of one's life.
ref: 2004 October 27, Eda R. Uca, Ana's Girls: The Essential Guide to the Underground Eating Disorder Community Online, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69:
glosses: The state or quality of being thin.
nearness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nearnesses
Etymology: From Middle English nernes, equivalent to near + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian nearens (“nearness”).
Senses: glosses: The state of being near; closeness; intimacy.
glosses: Stinginess.
Synonyms: closeness
proximity
greediness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːdinɪs/
Forms: form: greedinesses
Etymology: From Middle English gredynesse, from Old English grǣdiġnes; equivalent to greedy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Thereto the body of a dog she had, / Full of fell ravin and fierce greedinesse […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: The state of being greedy; greed.
bareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛə.nəs/
ipa: /ˈbɛɚ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈbeː.nəs/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈbeə.nəs/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈbiə.nəs/
ipa: /ˈbeɹ.nəs/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈbɜː(ɹ).nəs/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs
Forms: form: barenesses
Etymology: From bare + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being bare.
carefulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carefulnesses
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English carfulnes (“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”), equivalent to careful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being careful.
contradictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contradiction
infested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of infest
Derived terms: noninfested
shark-infested
uninfested
attaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈteɪnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of attain
makatea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makateas
Senses: glosses: A raised terrace of coral limestone surrounding a South Pacific atoll.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The limestone of which it is constructed.
suppressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
ref: 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
glosses: present participle and gerund of suppress
suppressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suppressings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
mouth organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maʊθ ˈoɹɡən/
Forms: form: mouth organs
form: mouthorgan
form: mouth-organ
Etymology: From mouth + organ.
Senses: glosses: The harmonica.
Derived terms: mouth organist
overexploiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overexploit
overexploit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overexploits
form: overexploiting
form: overexploited
form: overexploited
Etymology: From over- + exploit.
Senses: glosses: to exploit excessively
petroglyph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛ.tɹəˌɡlɪf/
ipa: /ˈpɛ.tɹəʊˌɡlɪf/
ipa: /ˈpɛ.tɹəˌɡlɪf/
ipa: /ˈpɛ.tɹoʊˌɡlɪf/
Forms: form: petroglyphs
Etymology: From French pétroglyphe, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”). By surface analysis, petro- + glyph.
Senses: examples: text: The petroglyphs of Central Asia form a long sequence from the Neolithic onwards.
ref: 1998, Henri-Paul Francfort, “17: Central Asian petroglyphs: between Indo-Iranian and shamanistic interpretations”, in Paul S. C. Taçon, editor, The Archaeology of Rock-Art, page 302:
text: Ninety-six petroglyph sites were reported in the original study (DiazGranados 1993). The majority of the petroglyphs are worn.
ref: 2000, Carol Diaz-Granados, James R. Duncan, The Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Missouri, page 102:
text: The islands of Tonga are not known for petroglyphs; however, one of the frontal stones of a langi called Mala'e Lahi on 'Uiha Island has one petroglyph of a human foot.
ref: 2001, Georgia Lee, “18: Oceania”, in David S. Whitley, editor, Handbook of Rock Art Research, page 578:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: geoglyph
petrogram
glosses: A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
Derived terms: petroglyphic
petroglyphy
Related terms: pictograph
preemption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /priːˈɛmpʃən/
Forms: form: preemptions
form: præemption
form: præ-emption
form: pre-emption
form: preëmption
Etymology: From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).
Senses: glosses: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
glosses: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
The purchase of public land by the occupant.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
topics: law
glosses: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
The supersession of a conflicting law from a lower jurisdiction by an overlapping law from a higher jurisdiction.
Derived terms: preempt
ripping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪpɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rip
ripping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪpɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
examples: text: “First-class place, Simla. Oh, ri—ipping!” said Bobby Wick, and ordered new white cord breeches on the strength of it.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 143:
text: We never had a Christmas in the country before. It was simply ripping.
ref: 1904, Edith Nesbit, The New Treasure Seekers, Chapter 1:
text: “Certainly, I quite understand, my dear fellow,” Tennington had replied. “But you are to be congratulated—ripping girl, don’t you know—really.”
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 111:
text: And ‘blubbing’ . . . Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. 1920s schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.
ref: [1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section II, page 24:
text: After Sir John Hall came Freddy Shepherd, and after him came Mike Ashley, who thought that tipping up to games in one of the replica shirts he flogs at Lillywhite's was a ripping wheeze.
ref: 2009, Michael Henderson, 50 People Who Fouled Up Football:
glosses: Excellent.
Derived terms: rippingly
ripping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪpɪŋ/
Forms: form: rippings
Senses: glosses: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
The process of copying audio or video content from a CD, DVD, etc. to a hard disk.
topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
glosses: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
The process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
The use of diet and exercise to reduce body fat and emphasize muscle mass.
toppling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of topple
toppling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topplings
Senses: examples: text: And in “Central Park in the Dark” and her haunting response to “The Unanswered Question,” Sokolow evokes more small-town anomie in spare shifts of ranks, topplings and rises.
ref: 2008 April 22, Jennifer Dunning, “Works Not New, but Right for the Time”, in New York Times:
glosses: The act by which something is toppled.
two-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him.
ref: 1807, [Miss Guion], chapter VI, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, page 124:
glosses: Alternative spelling of twofold.
undisclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + disclosed.
Senses: examples: text: an undisclosed location
text: an undisclosed sum [amount of money]
text: The line beyond which American pilots do not fly in the troubled Formosa Strait area is called the “Davis Line” in honor of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., former commander of the 13th Provisional Air Force, stationed on Formosa[.] The mythical line is an undisclosed number of miles off the coast of Red China.
ref: 1958 November 13, “Formosa ‘Battle Line’ Named After Gen. B. O. Davis”, in Jet, volume XV, number 2, Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, Foreign News, page 17:
text: Transport software company Tracsis has acquired smart ticketing provider iBlocks for an undisclosed sum.
ref: 2020 April 8, “Network News: News in Brief”, in Rail, page 24:
synonyms: nondisclosed
glosses: Not disclosed.
Kept secret.
raw_tags: of information
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: nondisclosed
glosses: Not disclosed.
With its wings unextended (unspread).
raw_tags: of a bird
Related terms: disclosure
nondisclosure
nondisclosure agreement
unreceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreceptive
form: most unreceptive
Etymology: From un- + receptive.
Senses: glosses: not receptive
dead to the world
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: However, he slept right through the night, and was still dead to the world when I slipped out.
ref: 1919, Stewart Edward White, chapter 8, in The Killer:
glosses: Sound asleep.
examples: text: Simon hit him from behind on the back of his head. The size of his punch was enough to knock even the toughest senseless. Simon's victim fell to the deck. . . . There he lay, dead to the world.
ref: 2010, David Harfield, Renaissance, →ISBN, page 509:
glosses: Unconscious.
examples: text: [D]id you think that a being so sequestered as I am was already dead to the world, even while he was walking upon its surface?
ref: 1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 2, in St. Ronan's Well:
text: There were some broken men among these debtors who had been in jail so long, and were so miserable and destitute of friends, so dead to the world, and utterly forgotten and uncared for, that they implored their jailers not to set them free.
ref: 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 67, in Barnaby Rudge:
text: During two long weeks Tom lay a prisoner, dead to the world and its happenings.
ref: 1876, Mark Twain, chapter 22, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
glosses: Without social relationships or communication; without emotional or tangible bonds to others.
Related terms: lost to the world
snowglobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowglobes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snow globe.
riddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riddlers
Etymology: From riddle (“to puzzle verbally”) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who asks riddles; a puzzler.
riddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riddlers
Etymology: From riddle (“to sieve”) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who riddles or sieves (grain, sand, etc.).
take heed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes heed
form: taking heed
form: took heed
form: taken heed
Senses: examples: text: The king spoke and the lords took heed.
text: Pro. Then, as my gueſt, and thine owne acquiſition / Worthily purchas’d, take my daughter: But / If thou do’ſt breake her Virgin-knot, before / All ſanctimonious ceremonies may / With full and holy right, be miniſtred, / No ſweet aſperſion ſhall the heauens let fall / To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, / Sower-ey’d diſdaine, and diſcord ſhall beſtrew / The vnion of your bed, with weedes ſo loathly / That you ſhall hate it both: Therefore take heede, / As Hymens Lamps ſhall light you.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14, column 1:
text: [I] sayd, I will take heede to my waies, that I ſinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 39:1:
text: Take heed vnto thy ſelfe, and vnto the doctrine: continue in them: for in doing this, thou ſhalt both ſaue thy ſelfe, and them that heare thee.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 4:16:
text: So there men dream awake, some taking heed, / And others not, how much untruth they tell; / Yet have the first more shame and more misdeed.
ref: 1854, Dante [Alighieri], “Canto XXIX”, in C[harles] B[agot] Cayley, transl., Dante’s Divine Comedy. The Paradise: Translated in the Original Ternary Rhyme, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 217, lines 82–84:
text: None, however, took heed to his brothers; wherefore jealousy and envy entered their hearts, for all he entreated them tenderly as one tenders an ophthalmic eye; but the more he cherished them, the more they redoubled in hatred and envy of him: […]
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Abdullah bin Fazil and his Brothers. [Night 987.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume IX, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 342:
synonyms: give heed
pay heed
heed
listen
glosses: To pay attention.
synchronizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronizers
Etymology: From synchronize + -er.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: One who or that which synchronizes.
Part of a synchromesh manual transmission that allows the smooth engagement of gears.
glosses: One who or that which synchronizes.
A device that permits an automatic weapon to fire between the blades of a revolving propeller.
qualifier: aerial warfare
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: One who or that which synchronizes.
A kind of arbiter.
topics: broadcasting
communications
editing
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
glosses: One who or that which synchronizes.
A device for aligning multiple film strips in a replay or editing device.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One who or that which synchronizes.
An algorithm that can be applied to a synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.
Related terms: governor
modulator
regulator
besnow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊ
Forms: form: besnows
form: besnowing
form: besnowed
form: besnowed
form: besnew
Etymology: From Middle English besnewen, from Old English besnīwian (“to cover with snow”); equivalent to be- + snow. Cognate with Dutch besneeuwen (“to snow, snow in”), German beschneien (“to cover with snow”).
Senses: glosses: To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
glosses: To scatter like snow.
examples: text: Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]
ref: 1640 (first publication), Thomas Carew, “Obsequies to the Lady Anne Hay”, in Poems, with a Maske, […], 3rd edition, London: […] H[umphrey] M[oseley] and are to be sold by J[ohn] Martin, […], published 1651, →OCLC, page 91:
glosses: To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
Derived terms: besnowed
snowbank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowbanks
Etymology: From snow + bank.
Senses: examples: text: A huge snowbank collapsed on the telephone wire, effectvely cutting off all communications to the Outside World.
ref: 1983 February 5, Andrea Loewenstein, “Snowbound”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 10:
synonyms: snowdrift
glosses: A heap of snow.
Derived terms: Snowbank Lake
Snowbank Trail
snowberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowberries
Etymology: From snow + berry, from the snow-white colour.
Senses: glosses: A shrub bearing white berries:
now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos
glosses: A shrub bearing white berries:
also Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
glosses: A shrub bearing white berries:
Schizomeria ovata
glosses: The fruit of shrubs of these genera.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Symphoricarpos albus
word: common snowberry
english: also Gaultheria hispidula
translation: also Gaultheria hispidula
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos hesperius
word: creeping snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos longiflorus
word: desert snowberry
word: Himalayan snowberry (Gaultheria trichophylla
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos microphyllus
word: littleleaf snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos guadalupensis
word: McKittrick's snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos mexicanus
word: Mexican snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
word: mountain snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos palmeri
word: Palmer's snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
word: roundleaf snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos acutus
word: sharpleaf snowberry
taxonomic: Hemaris diffinis
word: snowberry clearwing
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos hesperius
word: trailing snowberry
taxonomic: Symphoricarpos occidentalis
word: western snowberry
taxonomic: Chiococca alba
word: West Indian snowberry
snowdrift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnəʊdɹɪft/
Forms: form: snowdrifts
form: snow drift
Etymology: From snow + drift.
Senses: examples: text: In winter the line between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen was regularly blocked by snowdrifts; in 1947, for instance, it was closed for eight weeks and only three weeks before it was finally closed no trains were able to use it for three days because of thick snow.
ref: 1962 April, D. Bertram, “Trans-Pennine Diversion”, in Modern Railways, page 255:
synonyms: snowbank
glosses: A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
Derived terms: snowdrift glacier
snowdrift ice
chanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English chauntynge; equivalent to chant + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chant
chanting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chantings
Etymology: From Middle English chauntynge; equivalent to chant + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: I remember much chanting in church during my childhood.
text: The Synod of Aberdeen forbade 'chantings and choruses' at funerals.
glosses: Singing, especially as a chant is sung.
Derived terms: chantingly
Gelugpa chanting
chatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃætɪŋ/
rhymes: -ætɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chat
chatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃætɪŋ/
rhymes: -ætɪŋ
Forms: form: chattings
Senses: examples: text: If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world[…]
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Industry in General”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: Talk; chatter.
Derived terms: chattingly
circled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)kəld/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of circle
circled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)kəld/
Senses: examples: text: the circled items in a list
glosses: Marked with a surrounding circle or ellipse; ringed.
examples: text: a five-circled logo
glosses: Having a certain type, or number, of circles
raw_tags: in combinations
examples: text: Monthly changes in her circled orb.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: Having the form of a circle; round.
Derived terms: semicircled
uncircled
swallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swallow
swallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swallowings
Senses: examples: text: Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings.
ref: 1865, The Hahnemannian Monthly, volume 1, page 354:
synonyms: deglutition
glosses: The act of swallowing.
Derived terms: sword swallowing
creations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creation
commences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commence
concludes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈkluːdz/
rhymes: -uːdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conclude
convincingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ.li/
Forms: form: more convincingly
form: most convincingly
Etymology: From convincing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.
ref: 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In a convincing manner.
caressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caress
brutally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more brutally
form: most brutally
Etymology: From brutal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: "You sit there," said Henry brutally.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 134:
text: England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.
ref: 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
text: And this year, some of the granite facades have a new addition - the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine. It's hardly surprising to see the Scots, a nation more attuned to independence than some, showing solidarity with a country brutally invaded by Russia.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
glosses: In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.
examples: text: He was not an expert but he was brutally honest by saying he couldn’t help the customer find a solution.
text: Beeching concludes, rather brutally, that "a high proportion of stopping passenger train services ought to be discontinued as soon as possible... and as soon as procedure permits".
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47:
glosses: In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise, or mask unpleasantness; directly.
examples: text: You know, I am so glad I never did it with someone I had lukewarm feelings for. Christian is brutally hot, and I am going to remember tonight forever.
ref: 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):
text: The first piece of the night is Shostakovich. Its first movement is a sedate, haunting, almost melodramatic nocturne, but before too long the concerto changes gear and becomes energetic, discordant, feral. It's lengthy, too, a real work-out, and much of it is brutally difficult to execute. He's on form tonight. Close to flawless, and his audience — which he cannot see or hear — seems rapt.
ref: 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: Extremely.
snow job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow jobs
form: snow-job
Senses: glosses: An attempt to persuade a person using flattery or deception.
Derived terms: word: snow-job
brightening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brighten
brightening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brightenings
Senses: glosses: An instance of becoming brighter.
Derived terms: Anglo-Frisian brightening
gravity brightening
gravity-brightening
limb-brightening
limb brightening
rebrightening
bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒ.təmz/
ipa: /ˈbɑ.təmz/
ipa: [ˈbɑɾəmz]
Senses: glosses: plural of bottom
bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒ.təmz/
ipa: /ˈbɑ.təmz/
ipa: [ˈbɑɾəmz]
Senses: glosses: The bottom (trouser) part of clothing, as in pyjama bottoms, tracksuit bottoms, bikini bottoms.
bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒ.təmz/
ipa: /ˈbɑ.təmz/
ipa: [ˈbɑɾəmz]
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bottom
medicinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more medicinally
form: most medicinally
Etymology: From medicinal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a medicinal manner.
incoherently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more incoherently
form: most incoherently
Etymology: From incoherent + -ly or in- + coherently.
Senses: examples: text: Later, it was revealed that Eisenhower often spoke incoherently on purpose, in order to confuse the press. He thought it was funny.
ref: 2000 March 17, Lance Morrow, “It’s How the President’s Brain Is Wired That’s Key”, in Time:
antonyms: coherently
glosses: In an incoherent manner.
snow-skiing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sport of skiing on snow.
Related terms: snow-ski
snow-skier
digestive biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digestive biscuits
Etymology: The baking soda in the recipe was thought to have antacid properties and thus to aid digestion.
Senses: glosses: A semisweet biscuit; sometimes dunked in tea, or crushed as the base of a cheesecake
Related terms: chocolate digestive
snow-white
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”).
Senses: examples: text: One day he wandered to the banks of the Rhine. On its discolored waters swam a snow-white swan, playfully pulling at the rope which bound a small skiff to the shore.
ref: 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, page 449:
text: It was also a delight to see a racially mixed band from Boston. Too bad that the crowd was snow white. We've all still got a helluva long way to go.
ref: 1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 12:
synonyms: lily-white
niveous
glosses: As white as snow; exceptionally white.
Derived terms: Snow White
snow-whiteness
snow-white
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow-whites
Etymology: From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”).
Senses: glosses: A Caucasian person, especially a woman.
snow in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snows in
form: snowing in
form: snowed in
form: snowed in
Senses: synonyms: snow over
snow up
glosses: To prevent from moving (from a building, in a city, etc) due to a large snowfall.
Derived terms: word: snowed in
snow under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snows under
form: snowing under
form: snowed under
form: snowed under
Senses: glosses: To overwhelm (with large quantities of something to be dealt with).
Derived terms: snowed under
give heed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives heed
form: giving heed
form: gave heed
form: given heed
Senses: examples: text: Neither giue heed to fables, and endleſſe genealogies, which miniſter queſtions, rather then edifying which is in faith: ſo doe.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 1:4:
text: I will be bold with time and your attention: / Then marke th’inducement. Thus it came; giue heede too’t: / […]
ref: 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 217, column 1:
synonyms: pay heed
take heed
hearken
glosses: To pay attention; to heed.
deathwish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathwishes
Etymology: From death + wish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of death wish.
pavone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavones
Etymology: From Italian pavone.
Senses: examples: text: Wings it had with sundry colours dight, / More sundry colours, then the proud Pauone / Beares in his boasted fan […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A peacock.
manal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, like or pertaining to the hand.
Related terms: manual
maltha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malthas
Etymology: From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).
Senses: glosses: A thick mineral pitch.
glosses: Mineral tar.
glosses: Any similar preparation used by the ancients as a cement, stucco, or mortar.
syl-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Greek συλ-, variant of the Greek prefix σύν (syn); used instead of syn- before an L
Senses: glosses: with, together
Synonyms: sense: together
word: co-
sense: together
word: con-
sense: together
word: com-
sense: together
word: col-
sense: together
word: cor-
sense: together
word: syn-
sense: together
word: sym-
sense: together
word: inter-
Derived terms: syllable
syllabic
syllepsis
Related terms: com-
co-
sy-
sym-
syn-
sys-
maleficent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɛf.ɪ.sənt/
Forms: form: more maleficent
form: most maleficent
Etymology: Latin *maleficēns, from male (“bad”) + -ficēns, combining form from faciēns, present participle of faciō (“to make or do”).
Senses: examples: text: maleficent influence
text: maleficent spirit
text: maleficent power
text: In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.
text: The critic described the character’s smile as darkly maleficent.
synonyms: word: evil
word: malevolent
word: malicious
word: abandoned
word: arrant
word: bad
word: bad apple
word: bad seed
word: baleful
word: baneful
word: base
word: dark
word: deleterious
word: depraved
word: despicable
word: detrimental
word: devilish
word: diabolical
word: evil
word: flagitious
word: harmful
word: ill-intentioned
word: ill-natured
word: immoral
word: incorrigible
word: iniquitous
word: iniquous
word: injurious
word: knavish
word: malefic
word: maleficent
word: malevolent
word: malicious
word: malign
word: malignant
word: nefarious
word: niddering
word: nidering
word: niding
word: nithing
word: no-good
word: peccaminous
word: pernicious
word: reprehensible
word: reprobate
word: satanic
word: scathful
word: sinful
word: sinister
word: sordid
word: sullen
word: ungodly
word: unholy
word: vicious
word: vile
word: villainous
word: wicked
word: wrong
antonyms: beneficent
beneficial
glosses: Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
Derived terms: nonmaleficent
Related terms: malefactor
maleficence
malism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mal- + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Jowett's optimism verges on pessimism, or, let us say, his bonism verges on malism.
ref: 1895, Lionel Arthur Tollemache, Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol, page 91:
antonyms: bonism
glosses: The belief that the world is inherently evil.
Derived terms: malist
cinephile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/
ipa: /ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/
Forms: form: cinephiles
Etymology: Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show
ref: 2016 March 3, David Thomson, The Guardian:
synonyms: filmaholic
movieholic
cineast
glosses: An enthusiast of films and the cinema.
Related terms: cinephilia
cinephilic
filmgoer
moviegoer
mythopoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪθə(ʊ)ˈpiːɪk/
Forms: form: more mythopoeic
form: most mythopoeic
Etymology: From Hellenistic Ancient Greek μυθοποιία (muthopoiía, “mythopoeia”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: No other fully historical hero has furnished such a perfect opportunity for the mythopoeic faculty.
ref: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
text: If we study myth in a scientific way, we miss the experience of moving into a mythopoeic mode of consciousness.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 8:
text: Suppose a serious literary critic were to write about Hollywood autobiographies: “Niven experiences life as an imprisoning reality of personal experience, plus mythopoeic elements, a vast sottisier in the tradition of Jessel's This way, Miss.[…]
ref: 1985 December 23, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, “Book of The Times”, in The New York Times:
related: word: mythopœic
synonyms: mythogenic
glosses: Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
Related terms: mythogenesis
mythopoeia
mythopoesis
admiratively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more admiratively
form: most admiratively
Etymology: From admirative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an admirative manner.
RA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RAs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of rheumatoid arthritis.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of right atrium.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.
glosses: Initialism of Royal Academician, a member of the Royal Academy.
glosses: Initialism of resident assistant, a trained student leader, within a college or university, who is given the responsibility of supervising students living in a residence hall.
coordinate_terms: exclusion zone
glosses: Initialism of restricted area, an area that only authorized people can enter.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of resolution advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of right ascension.
glosses: Initialism of rescue ambulance.
glosses: Initialism of research assistant.
examples: text: GLP-1 RA
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of receptor agonist.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of republic act.
Related terms: sense: right atrium
word: LA
sense: right atrium
word: LV
sense: right atrium
word: RV
RA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Academy, the Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in London, England.
glosses: Initialism of Royal Artillery, a regiment in the British Army.
glosses: Initialism of Republic of Armenia.
examples: text: Up the RA!
text: Good old Austin [ Currie ] was quick to say we hadn't and it wasn't a vote for the RA [ Republican Army ] .
ref: 2006, Andrew Higgins Wyndham, Re-imagining Ireland, page 122:
text: If he joins the RA he sees himself as a free man one day walking down the streets of New York.
ref: 2011, Dermot Healy, A Goat's Song:
text: Aside from the RA inner core (of around 200 or so), AFA's periphery – not all of whom supported RA's Irish Republicanism – comprised students, anarchists, non-aligned anti-fascists, former hunt saboteurs, and even football casuals.
ref: 2016, Nigel Copsey, Anti-Fascism in Britain, page 177:
glosses: Initialism of republican army, most often the Provisional IRA.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Resident Advisor.
RA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Muhammad Ali Jinnah (RA) is known as the Father of Pakistan.
glosses: Initialism of rahmatu 'llahi alayh, that is Arabic رحمة الله عليه (“God have mercy on him”), a eulogy used by Muslims in reference to honoured deceased.
airdrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airdrop
airdrops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of airdrop
embrocations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embrocation
moistening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moisten
moistening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moistenings
Senses: examples: text: In all slight and superficial galls, two or three moistenings of the part with cold vinegar will allay the inflammation, and harden the surface[…]
ref: 1803, William Taplin, The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository of General Information Upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field:
glosses: The act of making something moist.
sperm whales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sperm whale
propels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of propel
propelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of propel
propelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propellings
Senses: examples: text: And, in proportion as one feels this power (love born of God) he feels the urgings, promptings, and propellings, to contend for and win Christ: […]
ref: 1901, Rebecca Anna Phillips, Led by a Way I Knew Not:
glosses: An act of driving or urging onward; propulsion.
moister
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪstə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of moist: more moist
moistest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From moist + -est.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of moist: most moist
moistest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From moist + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of moist
cordiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kôr-jăl′ĭ-tē
enpr: -jē-ăl′-
enpr: -dē-ăl′-
ipa: /kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/
ipa: /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/
ipa: /-diːˈæl-/
ipa: /koɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /-d͡ʒiˈæl-/
ipa: /-diˈæl-/
ipa: /koːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/
ipa: /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/
ipa: /-diːˈæl-/
ipa: /koːɹˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.tiː/
ipa: /-d͡ʒiːˈɛl-/
ipa: /-diːˈɛl-/
ipa: /koɹˈd͡ʒal.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /-d͡ʒiˈal-/
ipa: /-diˈal-/
ipa: /koːɾˈd͡ʒæl.i.ʈiː/
ipa: /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/
ipa: /-ɖiːˈæl-/
rhymes: -ælɪti
Forms: form: cordialities
form: cordialness
Etymology: From cordial + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.
ref: 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:
text: Adam gave her—the spaniel, not Mrs. Florin—a gentle prod with his foot and a lump of sugar. She licked his shoe with evident cordiality. Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs.
ref: 1930, Evelyn Waugh, chapter V, in Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, published 1999:
glosses: The quality of being cordial.
examples: text: to exchange cordialities with people
text: Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.
ref: 1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 5, in Mapp and Lucia:
glosses: A friendly utterance.
Synonyms: affability
amiability
friendliness
warmth
Derived terms: uncordiality
Related terms: cordially
hissed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: hist
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hiss
mortified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪd/
ipa: /ˈmɔːtəˌfaɪd/
ipa: /ˈmɔɹtəˌfaɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mortify
mortified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪd/
ipa: /ˈmɔːtəˌfaɪd/
ipa: /ˈmɔɹtəˌfaɪd/
Forms: form: more mortified
form: most mortified
Senses: glosses: Acutely embarrassed.
glosses: Having undergone mortification (discipline of the bodily appetites etc.)
Derived terms: mortifiedly
mortifiedness
morto
unmortified
shrieking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From shriek + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shriek
shrieking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shriekings
Etymology: From shriek + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Soon, 'midst the shriekings of the tossing wind, / The 'dark blue depths' he sang of, shall have bore / Our all of Byron to his native shore!
ref: 1826, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Stanzas on the Death of Lord Byron”, in Charlotte Porter, Helen A[rchibald] Clarke, editors, The Complete Works of Mrs. E. B. Browning, Arno edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.: George D. Sproul, published 1901, →OCLC, page 105:
glosses: gerund of shriek: an act of uttering a loud, sharp, or shrill cry or sound; also, a sound that shrieks.
shrieking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shrieking
form: most shrieking
Etymology: From shriek + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40:
glosses: That emits shrieks or high-pitched noises.
qualifier: Of a sound; voice; Of a sound; voice
glosses: sharp, loud, and shrill.
forbids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forbid
pinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪnd/
rhymes: -ɪnd
homophone: pend
homophone: penned (pin–pen merger)
Etymology: From pin + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pin
pinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪnd/
rhymes: -ɪnd
homophone: pend
homophone: penned (pin–pen merger)
Etymology: From pin + -ed.
Senses: examples: a three-pinned arch
glosses: Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.
Derived terms: pinned post
unprepared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprepared
form: most unprepared
Etymology: From un- + prepared.
Senses: examples: text: The castle was unprepared for the assault.
text: I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.
ref: 1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113:
glosses: Not prepared; caught by surprise.
unprepared
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unprepareds
Etymology: From un- + prepared.
Senses: examples: text: "He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom."
ref: 1983, Ronald B. Lansing, Skylarks and lecterns: a law school charter, page 116:
glosses: A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
tea caddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea caddy
compromised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From compromise + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that dysregulation of desquamatory protease activity in the SC is often involved in conditions of compromised skin barrier.
ref: 2015, Raja Sivamani, Jared R. Jagdeo, Peter Elsner, Cosmeceuticals and Active Cosmetics:
glosses: That has been exposed to danger, risk, or discredit.
Derived terms: compromisedly
immunocompromised
melanocompromised
uncompromised
compromised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From compromise + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compromise
alluding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈluːdɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of allude
approachable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/
ipa: [əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bl̩]
ipa: /əˈpɹoʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/
ipa: [əˈpɹoʊ.t͡ʃə.bl̩]
ipa: /əˈpɹəʉ.t͡ʃə.bəl/
ipa: [əˈpɹəʉ.t͡ʃə.bl̩]
Forms: form: more approachable
form: most approachable
Etymology: From approach + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Her boss was very approachable.
text: Whistle's creation stems from an internal colleague competition run by Northern to design a recognisable and approachable character to act as a mascot.
ref: 2022 November 30, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 971, page 87:
glosses: Easily approached; easy to talk to.
Derived terms: approachability
approachableness
inapproachable
unapproachable