cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
luz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew לוּז (luz, “almond”).
Senses: glosses: A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.
glosses: The almond tree
give birth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives birth
form: giving birth
form: gave birth
form: given birth
Senses: examples: text: It was clear that she was about to give birth.
glosses: To release live offspring from the body into the environment.
raw_tags: of viviparous animals
examples: text: She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.
text: The case of a woman named Qu Hua from Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang, illustrates this possibility. She married a worker named Xu Baocheng in 1980, and they got along very well until she gave birth to a girl. Then Xu immediately began to beat Qu, and forced her and the baby to live in a small shack.
ref: 1988, Emily Honig, Gail Hershatter, “Divorce”, in Personal Voices: Chinese Women in the 1980's, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 219:
text: The rest of the Orville's crew underwent changes as well. Bortus' beliefs were challenged when he gave birth to a daughter - on Moclan society, males are the dominant species and females must undergo a mandatory sex change.
ref: 2022 June 1, Collier Jennings, “'The Orville': Everything You Need to Know Before Season 3”, in The Collider:
glosses: To become the parent of by birthing.
raw_tags: of viviparous animals
with to
examples: text: Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.
glosses: To become the source of.
raw_tags: with to
Synonyms: word: shit out
Derived terms: birthgiver
Related terms: bear
birth
born
have a
the baby
be born
beget
give rise to
go into labor
in labor
procreate
rata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratas
Etymology: ]
From Maori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (“tree of genus Metrosideros”). Compare Tahitian puarātā (“Metrosideros collina”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros.
glosses: The hard dark red wood of trees of genus Metrosideros.
rata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratas
Etymology: Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”).
Senses: synonyms: Claudie mangosteen
eggtree
glosses: yellow mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis), a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.
rato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of RATO (“rocket-assisted takeoff”).
kami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamis
form: kami
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 神 (kami, “god, spirit, deity”).
Senses: examples: text: Chanting the mantra of the fire kami, they called to the blaze, summoning the heart of each flickering flame to life.
ref: 2000, Ree Soesbee, “Armies on the March”, in The Crane (Legend of the Five Rings), Renton, Wash.: Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 96:
text: But Ryōtora had definitely moved a shintai during the makeshift festival – and it must have been Saiun-nushi’s, because Sekken couldn’t imagine the shugenja could call a kami into a foreign vessel without noticing.
ref: 2021, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 18, in The Night Parade of 100 Demons (Legend of the Five Rings), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 211:
topics: Shinto
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.
kami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kami
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 紙 (kami, “paper”).
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
papercraft
glosses: A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.
Shimla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Simla
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi शिमला (śimlā).
Senses: glosses: A city and district, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Srinagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɹi.nəˌɡɑɹ/
ipa: /ʃɹiˈnɑɡɚ/
ipa: /sɹiˈnʌɡɚ/
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi श्रीनगर (śrīnagar), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”). Compare Urdu سِرِی نَگَر (sirī nagar).
Senses: glosses: A city and district, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated in the Kashmir valley on the banks of the river Jhelum and famous for its gardens.
Ranchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Jharkhand, India.
Bangalore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/
ipa: /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/
ipa: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Etymology: From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bengaluru: a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.
synonyms: word: Bengaluru
extra: a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India
Derived terms: Bangalorean
Bangalore mine
Bangalore torpedo
Bangalore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/
ipa: /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/
ipa: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: Bangalores
Etymology: From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Ellipsis of Bangalore torpedo.
Bangalore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/
ipa: /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/
ipa: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: Bangalores
form: Bangaloring
form: Bangalored
form: Bangalored
Etymology: From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details.
Senses: examples: 2003, John Wallace, in comp.os.vms http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/msg/ce77d22d1295d23f?dmode=source&hl=en
CPQ UK's order management stuff (which I *think* covers Europe) *was* in the process of being Bangalored.
2004, Christopher Browne, in tor.jobs http://groups.google.com/group/tor.jobs/msg/15ded27663ed52bc?dmode=source&hl=en
They have gotten gored more heavily by being "Bangalored" than they perhaps deserved, but a "great fall" was certainly in the cards.
2005, Dr.Sahib.Pandit.Shri.Shri.Rainam Ji Maharaj Ji Ustad, in soc.culture.indian http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian/msg/f44afa71b51ada83?dmode=source
Even though your anger against Indians is justified given that you have been Bangalored by our sambhar-guzzling desi geeks Swami and Murty - who earn 1/5th your salary and ride to work on their pet elephant *Appu*, it is not fair of you to berate any and every Indian you come across.
topics: business
glosses: To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bengaluru.
Thiruvananthapuram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪˌɹuːvəˌnʌntəˈpuːɹəm/
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam തിരുവനന്തപുരം (tiruvanantapuraṁ).
Senses: glosses: A city and district, the state capital of Kerala, India, formerly known as Trivandrum.
Trivandrum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /trɪˈvæn.drəm/
Senses: glosses: Former name of Thiruvananthapuram: the capital of Kerala, India.
Derived terms: Trivandrumite
Kavaratti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Capital of the union territory of Lakshadweep (India).
glosses: Island upon which the town stands.
Bhopal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊˈpɑːl/
ipa: /bʱoːˈpaːl/
rhymes: -ɑːl
Etymology: From Hindi भोपाल (bhopāl).
Senses: glosses: The state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India.
glosses: The 1984 leak of toxic gas in this city, resulting in thousands of deaths and over half a million injuries.
glosses: A district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name.
glosses: A former state in India, containing the city of the same name.
Mumbai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʊmˈbaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”) + आई (āī, “mother”).
Senses: examples: text: The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
ref: 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
wikipedia: Mumba Devi Temple
Synonyms: Bombay
Derived terms: Navi Mumbai
Bombay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒmˈbeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.
Senses: examples: text: Have you heard any word
Of that bloke in the "Third" -
Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim?
They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay.
But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay,
He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way.
I wonder what happened to him?
ref: 1945, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?:
glosses: The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.
glosses: A settlement south of Auckland, New Zealand.
glosses: A town in Franklin County, New York, United States.
glosses: A neighbourhood (Little Bombay) of Marion, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.
Derived terms: Bollywood
Bombay Beach
Bombay blood
Bombay cat
Bombay chicken
Bombay duck
Bombay Hook
Bombayite
Bombay mix
Bombay potatoes
Bombay Time
New Bombay
Bombay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒmˈbeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: Bombays
Etymology: From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Bombay cat (“domestic cat of a medium-sized shorthair breed”).
Imphal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪmpɑːl/
Etymology: From Manipuri ꯏꯝꯐꯥꯜ (ʼimphāl).
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Manipur, India.
glosses: A river that flows in the central plains of Manipur.
glosses: A valley that is flooded and drained by the Imphal river and its tributaries.
qualifier: Imphal District
glosses: A former district, which consists of Imphal East and Imphal West.
qualifier: Imphal East
glosses: A district that consists of areas that are in the eastern side of the Imphal River.
qualifier: Imphal West
glosses: A district that consists of areas that are in the western side of the Imphal River.
glosses: A standard dialect of the official Meitei language, spoken in and around the state capital of Manipur.
glosses: A stealth guided missile destroyer warship of the Indian navy.
Synonyms: Imphan
Shillong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Meghalaya, India.
Aizawl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Mizoram, India.
Kohima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Angami Kewhira (“the land where the kewhi flower grows”).
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Nagaland, India.
Bhubaneshwar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bhubaneswar.
Jaipur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒaɪpʊəɹ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪpʊəɹ/
Etymology: From Hindi जयपुर (jaypur).
Senses: glosses: The state capital of Rajasthan, India.
glosses: A district of Rajasthan, India, containing the city of the same name.
Gangtok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈɡæŋ.tɒk]
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Sikkim, India.
Chennai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛnaɪ/
rhymes: -ɛnaɪ
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil சென்னை (ceṉṉai).
Senses: examples: text: The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
ref: 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Madras.
glosses: A district of Tamil Nadu, India, containing most of metro Chennai.
Synonyms: word: Chenappapatam
word: Chennapatnam
word: Chennapattanamu
word: Chinapatam
word: Chinapatana
english: former names
translation: former names
word: Madras
Madras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdɹæs/
ipa: /məˈdɹɑːs/
rhymes: -æs
Etymology: The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies.
Senses: synonyms: Chennai
glosses: Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
Derived terms: madras
Madras hemp
Madras Time
Madras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdɹæs/
ipa: /məˈdɹɑːs/
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: Madrases
Etymology: The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies.
Senses: examples: text: I’ll have the chicken Madras.
glosses: A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
Related terms: Chennai
Agartala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡəɹtələ/
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Tripura, India.
Dehra Dun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The state capital of Uttaranchal (India).
Lucknow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌknaʊ/
Etymology: Anglicisation of Hindi लखनऊ (lakhnaū).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Lucknow is not a village. It is a city with a thousand years of civilization. It was the capital of the Awadh kingdom.ʼ
ref: 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 11:
glosses: A city, district, and division, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.
glosses: A number of other places:
A hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland, east of Monifieth (OS grid ref NO5133).
glosses: A number of other places:
A community in Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of other places:
An unincorporated community in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A number of other places:
A locality in the City of Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A number of other places:
A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
Calcutta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kælˈkʌtə/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəlˈkət̪ɑ/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈkalkəʈɑ/
Etymology: Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata.
Senses: examples: text: The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
ref: 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India.
glosses: A resort in Suriname.
Synonyms: Kolkata
Derived terms: Calcutta Time
Calcuttan
Johor Bahru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Johor Baharu
Etymology: From Malay Johor Bahru.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Johor, Malaysia.
Alor Setar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈloɹ səˌtɑɹ/
ipa: /əˈlɔː sɛˌtɑː/
Etymology: From Malay Alor Setar, see also Alor Star.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the state of Kedah, Malaysia.
Kota Bharu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Kota Bharu.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Kelantan, Malaysia.
Synonyms: english: playing with the meaning of the city's name
translation: playing with the meaning of the city's name
word: Newcastle
Seremban
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: S'ban
Etymology: From Malay Seremban.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
glosses: A district (Seremban District) in Negeri Sembilan.
Kuantan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kuantan.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Pahang, Malaysia.
Ipoh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Ipoh, from ipuh (“upas (a tree local to Ipoh)”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the state of Perak, Malaysia.
Kangar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Perlis, Malaysia.
glosses: A town in Punjab, Pakistan.
glosses: A street in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Kota Kinabalu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Kota Kinabalu.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Sabah, Malaysia, formerly known as Jesselton.
Synonyms: Jesselton
Kuching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Kuching, possibly from kucing (“cat”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Sarawak, Malaysia.
Shah Alam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Shah Alam.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Selangor, Malaysia.
Kuala Terengganu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Kuala Terengganu.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Terengganu, Malaysia.
ail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: ale
Forms: form: ails
form: ailing
form: ailed
form: ailed
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).
Senses: examples: text: Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
text: What aileth thee, Hagar?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:17:
text: Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?
ref: 2011, “Connubial bliss in America”, in The Economist:
glosses: To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
examples: text: When he ails ever so little […] he is so peevish.
ref: 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded:
glosses: To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
Derived terms: ailsome
ail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: ale
Forms: form: ails
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).
Senses: glosses: An ailment; trouble; illness.
ail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: ale
Forms: form: ailer
form: more ail
form: ailest
form: most ail
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eyle, eile, from Old English eġle (“hideous, loathsome, hateful, horrid, troublesome, grievous, painful”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃 (aglus, “hard, difficult”).
Senses: glosses: Painful; troublesome.
ail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: ale
Forms: form: ails
form: ile
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eile, eyle, eiȝle, from Old English eġl (“an ail; awn; beard of barley; mote”), from Proto-Germanic *agilō (“awn”), related to *ahaz (“ear (of grain)”). Cognate with German Achel, Egel, Ägel.
Senses: glosses: The awn of barley or other types of corn.
qigong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/
ipa: /tʃiːˈkʊŋ/
ipa: /tʃiˈɡɔŋ/
ipa: /tʃiˈɡʊŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
rhymes: -ʊŋ
Forms: form: qigongs
form: qi gong
form: chi kung
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”).
Senses: examples: text: Some people may suddenly speak a language and speak it quite fluently. However, it is not a language of human society. What can it be called? It can be called "cosmic language" (宇宙語). Actually it is nothing but a language of subtle beings in a space only a little bit higher than ours. Now quite a few of qigong practitioners in China have had such an experience. Some can even speak several such languages.
ref: 1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version), Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29:
text: My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors.
ref: 2004, Judith Orloff, Positive Energy, page 112:
topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
qualifier: fitness
glosses: A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
Related terms: Ba Duan Jin
nada
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑːdə
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”). Doublet of née.
Senses: examples: text: Sketchers lookin' like Balenciaga / Thrift clothes lookin' like the Prada / Whole fit lit, it cost me nada
ref: 2019, “Balenciaga”, performed by Princess Nokia:
antonyms: something
glosses: Nothing.
alas
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlæs/
ipa: /əˈlɑːs/
ipa: /əˈlæs/
ipa: /ɘˈlɛs/
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: helas
Etymology: From Middle English alas, from Old French a las (French hélas), from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”). Compare Dutch helaas, North Frisian ielas, West Frisian eilaas.
Senses: examples: text: I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead.
text: Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne
The enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes
Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne
ref: c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:
text: Alas poore Yorick, I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite Ieſt; of moſt excellent fancy, he hath borne me on his backe a thouſand times: And how abhorred my Imagination is, my gorge riſes at it.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 278, column 1:
text: Standing afarre off for the feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that mighty citie: for in one houre is thy iudgement come.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 18:10:
text: The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex has alas! been reserved for what is called "Christian civilization," and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution and Syphilis have grown into appalling evils, accompanied by a gigantic degradation of social standards, and upgrowth of petty Philistinism and niaiserie.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 188:
synonyms: alack
oh well
glosses: Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
Derived terms: alack and alas
alas and alack
alas the day
alas the while
alas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlæs/
ipa: /əˈlɑːs/
ipa: /əˈlæs/
ipa: /ɘˈlɛs/
rhymes: -æs
ipa: /əˈlɑːs/
ipa: /əˈlæs/
ipa: /əˈlæs/
ipa: /əˈlɑːs/
ipa: /əˈlæs/
ipa: /ɘˈlɛs/
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: alases
form: alasses
Etymology: From Yakut алаас (alaas).
Senses: examples: Alternative forms: alass, alaas
glosses: A type of geological depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.
opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/
ipa: /-ˈt͡ʃuː.-/
enpr: ä'pər-to͞oʹnə-tē
ipa: /ˌɑ.pɚˈt(j)u.nə.ti/
ipa: [-ɾi]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɔpə(r)tʃʊnɪʈi/
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈpɔ(r)tʃʊnɪʈi/
Forms: form: opportunities
Etymology: From opportune + -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportūnitās.
Senses: examples: text: seize the opportunity
text: take an opportunity
text: missed opportunity
text: The world is full of opportunities and it's up to me to see them and pursue them.
text: the opportunity came and went
text: You'll get a second opportunity if you miss this one.
text: The chairman of the committee will be very glad to give you the opportunity to express your views, whether of proponency or opponency.
ref: 1935, “letter”, in Department of science, art and literature: Hearings before the Committee on Patents, page 112:
text: Unfortunately, the job opportunities they are seeking are often more hoped for than real, […]
ref: 1968, Leonard E. Goodall, The American Metropolis, page 5:
text: Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.
ref: 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
examples: text: Having a holiday is a great opportunity to relax.
glosses: A favorable circumstance or occasion.
examples: text: The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.
glosses: Opportuneness.
Derived terms: business opportunity
crisitunity
equal opportunity
equal-opportunity
golden opportunity
inopportunity
jump at the opportunity
ladder of opportunity
Land of Opportunity
land of opportunity
oopsortunity
opportunitroph
opportunity class
opportunity comes knocking
opportunity cost
opportunity knocks
opportunity knocks at every man's door
opportunityless
opportunity makes a thief
opportunity makes the thief
opportunity room
opportunity seldom knocks twice
opportunity servicing
opportunity shop
opportunity window
opportunivore
photo opportunity
seize the opportunity
swapportunity
target of opportunity
universal opportunity
when opportunity knocks
window of opportunity
Related terms: opportune
opportunism
opportunist
opportunistic
force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːs/
enpr: fôrs
ipa: /foɹs/
ipa: [fo̞ɹs]
note: Indic
ipa: /foː(ɾ)s/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /fɒ(ɾ)s/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fōrs
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foəs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: forces
Etymology: From Middle English force, forz, fors, from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall”). Cognate with Icelandic foss (“waterfall”), Norwegian foss (“waterfall”), Swedish fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of foss.
Senses: examples: text: to see the falls or force of the river Kent
ref: 1778, Thomas West, A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire:
glosses: A waterfall or cascade.
Derived terms: forcefall
force
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːs/
enpr: fôrs
ipa: /foɹs/
ipa: [fo̞ɹs]
note: Indic
ipa: /foː(ɾ)s/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /fɒ(ɾ)s/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: fōrs
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹs/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foəs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: forces
form: forcing
form: forced
form: forced
Etymology: From Middle English forcen, forsen, a use of force, with confusion of farce (“to stuff”).
Senses: examples: text: Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: To stuff; to lard; to farce.
Derived terms: forcemeat
mass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæs/
note: Hong Kong, Indic
ipa: /mɑːs/
Forms: form: masses
form: massing
form: massed
form: massed
Etymology: In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun may be derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”), although this is uncertain. Doublet of masa.
The sense of "a large number or quantity" arises circa 1580. The scientific sense is from 1687 (as Latin massa) in the works of Isaac Newton, with the first English use (as mass) occurring in 1704.
Senses: examples: text: They would unavoidably mix up the whole of these declarations, and mass them together, although the Judge might direct the Jury not to do so.
ref: 1829, William Burke, John Macnee, Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal: Before the High Court of Judiciary, William Hare:
text: Every bend on the hill had acted like a funnel to mass them together in this peculiar way.
ref: 1857, Edward Henry Nolan, The Illustrated History of the War against Russia, Parts 93-111, page 432:
text: Where there is too great a repetition of forms, light and shade will break them up or mass them together.
ref: 1869, H. P. Robinson, Pictorial Effect in Photography: Being Hints on Composition and Chiariscuro for Photographers:
glosses: To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.
Synonyms: word: round up
sense: to have a certain mass
word: weigh
mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæs/
note: Hong Kong, Indic
ipa: /mɑːs/
rhymes: -ɑːs
ipa: /mæs/
ipa: /mæs/
ipa: /mɑːs/
rhymes: -æs
ipa: /mæs/
note: Hong Kong, Indic
ipa: /mɑːs/
Forms: form: masses
Etymology: From Middle English messe, masse, from Old English mæsse (“the mass, church festival”) and Old French messe, from Vulgar Latin *messa (“Eucharist, dismissal”), from Late Latin missa, noun use of feminine past participle of classical Latin mittere (“to send”), from ite, missa est (“go, (the assembly) is dismissed”), reanalyzed as "go, [that] is the missa", last words of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Compare Dutch mis (“mass”), German Messe (“mass”), Danish messe (“mass”), Swedish mässa (“mass; expo”), Icelandic messa (“mass”). More at mission.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Celebration of the Eucharist.
examples: text: She went to mass every Sunday for many years, and when she retired, she took to going on some weekdays, too.
topics: Christianity
hypernyms: church service
glosses: The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The sacrament of the Eucharist.
raw_tags: as the Mass
glosses: A musical setting of parts of the mass.
Derived terms: admass
Christmas
comass
dendromass
downmass
eggmass
eigenmass
groundmass
isomass
Martinmas
-mas
mascon
maskin
masscom
masscult
massful
mass-goer
massgoer
massic
massification
massifier
massify
masslike
massly
massness
mass priest
mass shooter
masstige
massy
micromass
midnight mass
morrow-mass
necromass
parody mass
phytomass
pseudomass
requiem mass
rockmass
sociomass
solemn mass
submass
thermomass
upmass
votive mass
zoomass
mass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæs/
note: Hong Kong, Indic
ipa: /mɑːs/
rhymes: -ɑːs
ipa: /mæs/
ipa: /mæs/
ipa: /mɑːs/
rhymes: -æs
ipa: /mæs/
note: Hong Kong, Indic
ipa: /mɑːs/
Forms: form: masses
form: massing
form: massed
form: massed
Etymology: From Middle English messe, masse, from Old English mæsse (“the mass, church festival”) and Old French messe, from Vulgar Latin *messa (“Eucharist, dismissal”), from Late Latin missa, noun use of feminine past participle of classical Latin mittere (“to send”), from ite, missa est (“go, (the assembly) is dismissed”), reanalyzed as "go, [that] is the missa", last words of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Compare Dutch mis (“mass”), German Messe (“mass”), Danish messe (“mass”), Swedish mässa (“mass; expo”), Icelandic messa (“mass”). More at mission.
Senses: examples: text: massing priests
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: To celebrate mass.
center of gravity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/
Forms: form: centers of gravity
form: centre of gravity
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.
glosses: The most central or important part of something, which its other parts are considered in relation to.
Related terms: center of buoyancy
center of inertia
center of mass
centre of buoyancy
centre of inertia
centre of mass
barycentre
barycentric
law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lô
ipa: /lɔː/
rhymes: -ɔː
ipa: /laː/
ipa: [loː]
ipa: /lɔ/
enpr: lä
ipa: /lɑ/
ipa: /loː/
homophone: la (cot–caught merger)
homophone: lore (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: lure (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger)
Forms: form: laws
Etymology: From Middle English lawe, from Old English hlāw (“burial mound”). Also spelled low. See also Scots law.
Senses: glosses: A tumulus of stones.
examples: text: [Y]ou might climb the Law, where the whale's jawbone stood landmark in the buzzing wind, and behold the face of many counties, and the smoke and spires of many towns, and the sails of distant ships.
ref: 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Lantern-bearers”, in Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, part I, page 209:
glosses: A hill.
Synonyms: word: act
word: canon
word: code
word: convention
word: constitution
word: corpus
word: decree
word: dictate
word: directive
word: doctrine
word: edict
word: enactment
word: guideline
word: legislation
word: mandate
word: maxim
word: order
word: ordinance
word: pandect
word: prescription
word: prohibition
word: regulation
word: rule
word: standard
word: statute
word: tenet
Derived terms: Largo Law
Related terms: word: law of nature
law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lô
ipa: /lɔː/
rhymes: -ɔː
ipa: /laː/
ipa: [loː]
ipa: /lɔ/
enpr: lä
ipa: /lɑ/
ipa: /loː/
homophone: la (cot–caught merger)
homophone: lore (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: lure (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger)
Forms: form: laws
Etymology: From Middle English lagh, from Old Norse lag (“that which is lying or laid, position, price, way, sting, blow”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid”). Cognate with Scots lauch (“one's tavern-reckoning or one's share of the cost, a score; a payment for drink or entertainment”), Middle English lai (“one's share of expenses, one's bill or account”).
Senses: glosses: A score; share of expense; legal charge.
Synonyms: word: act
word: canon
word: code
word: convention
word: constitution
word: corpus
word: decree
word: dictate
word: directive
word: doctrine
word: edict
word: enactment
word: guideline
word: legislation
word: mandate
word: maxim
word: order
word: ordinance
word: pandect
word: prescription
word: prohibition
word: regulation
word: rule
word: standard
word: statute
word: tenet
Related terms: word: lawing
word: law of nature
law
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: lô
ipa: /lɔː/
rhymes: -ɔː
ipa: /laː/
ipa: [loː]
ipa: /lɔ/
enpr: lä
ipa: /lɑ/
ipa: /loː/
homophone: la (cot–caught merger)
homophone: lore (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: lure (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger)
Etymology: Compare la and Lawd.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Do tell me once for all, whether you intend to marry Mr Watts or not?’ ‘Law Mama, how can I tell you what I don't know myself?’
ref: 1791-92, Jane Austen, ‘The Three Sisters’, Juvenilia
text: […] and my boots were a leetle 'eavier than they are, law bless my soul! I'd do it myself.
ref: 1870, Arthur William A'Beckett, The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal of Satire, page 104:
text: Arthur Sketchley. But, law bless my 'art , it's werry orful to be a forriner, as I were a-thinkin', and never be able to make yourself understood, except in that gibberish,
ref: 2024 March 1, Arthur Sketchley, Mrs. Brown on the Skating Rink, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks; in interjections, a minced oath for Lord.
Related terms: english: minced oath for 'Lord'
translation: minced oath for 'Lord'
word: laws
unit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuː.nɪt/
ipa: /ˈ(j)ɪu̯.nɪt/
rhymes: -uːnɪt
Etymology: Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.
Senses: examples: We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
glosses: For each unit.
examples: text: Consider the following time sequence
Z_t=A sin (ωt+θ),
where A is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and θ is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval [-π,π] independent of A.
ref: 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, page 9
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a size or magnitude of one.
dimension
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
ipa: [daɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩]
ipa: /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
ipa: [dɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩]
ipa: /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
ipa: [dɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩]
ipa: /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
ipa: [daɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩]
rhymes: -ɛnʃən
Forms: form: dimensions
form: dimensioning
form: dimensioned
form: dimensioned
Etymology: From Latin dīmēnsiō.
Senses: examples: text: Nameless and formless the Spirit within shines forth, unconditioned and everlasting. What name is befitting the soul? How shall Infinite Effulgence be manifested? Too great a light blinds the senses. Too great a truth is too exhilarating for the student. The boundless, infinite Sentience, incomprehensibly dimensioned in Being and Intelligence, rests Unseen and Unthinkable in the shore of His Own omnipresent and superomnipresent consciousness.
ref: 1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Thoughts on Things Psychics, page 51:
text: The mechanical drawing artist almost automatically lays down a triangle in order to draw a line in the desired place. Data entry for AutoCAD, by contrast, requires you to think in terms of coordinate positions rather than in the customary patterns of dimensioning.
ref: 1985 November 19, Erik Sandberg-Diment, “PERSONAL COMPUTERS; DESIGNING IS MADE EASY BY AUTOCAD”, in The New York Times:
text: Some people muse over real estate listings in the Sunday paper, looking at floor plans for apartments they could never afford, looking at an idea of what their life might be like with a properly dimensioned foyer.
ref: 2008 February 21, Alexander Olch, “For the Moment | Dreams Foretold”, in The New York Times Magazine:
text: “The shape seems simple,” Bruce Leep said. “But very precise dimensioning is required. It was difficult to figure out how all of these angles come together.”
ref: 2010 August 11, Jim Robbins, “Portable Housing, Made in Montana”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
examples: text: Dimension an array to hold only as much data as you intend to put into it.
ref: 2002, James D. Foxall, Wendy Haro-Chun, SAMS Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours, page 268:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
hyponyms: redimension
glosses: To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate.
transgender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə/
ipa: /tɹɑːnz-/
ipa: /tɹæns-/
ipa: /ˌtɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹ/
ipa: /ˌtɹæn(t)s-/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: transgenders
form: transgendering
form: transgendered
form: transgendered
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *trānts
Latin trāns
Latin trans-bor.
English trans-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Latin genus
Old French gendrebor.
Middle English gendre
English gender
English transgender
The adjective sense is derived from trans- (“extending across, through, or over”) + gender, modelled after transsexual (adjective) and probably modified from transgenderism which was coined by the American psychiatrist John F. Oliven (1915–1975) in 1965; the terms transgender, transgenderal, transgendered, transgenderist, and similar terms arose in the decades after this. By the 1990s, the word transgender had acquired its current senses, and had also largely displaced the earlier term transsexual: see the usage notes.
The noun and verb senses are derived from the adjective. Regarding noun sense 2 ("synonym of transgenderism"), compare transsex (noun).
Senses: examples: text: […] and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering, of the Cabinet.
[…]
This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet office, to a gender desegregation or integration of the cabinet.
ref: 2005, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Jyl J. Josephson, Gender and American Politics, →ISBN, pages 15 and 205:
glosses: To change the gender of (someone).
glosses: To change the sex of (someone).
Related terms: acault
crossdress
drag
intersex
sex reassignment surgery
sworn virgin
homme de lettres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hommes de lettres
Etymology: Borrowed from French homme de lettres, from homme (“man”) + de (“of”) + lettres (“humanities, arts”).
Senses: glosses: man of letters, a literary man
man of letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men of letters
Etymology: Calque of French homme de lettres.
Senses: examples: text: This may be accounted for largely on the ground that Cicero and Petrarch were men of the same temperament and cast of mind. They were both typical men of letters. The man of letters is intellectually alert; sensitive to impressions and able to report them; hospitable to all ideas of his time; […]
ref: 1898, James Harvey Robinson, Henry Winchester Rolfe, Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, published 1909, page 229:
text: He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need of letters; […] he had abandoned his real calling, and taken a sub-editorial job on a women's weekly, where fashion-plates and paper patterns alternated with New England love-stories and advertisements of temperance drinks.
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
coordinate_terms: woman of letters
glosses: A literary man; a scholar or author.
Related terms: man of law
man of the world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men of the world
Senses: examples: text: I presume that there is no gentleman in Europe that has not heard of the house of Barry of Barryogue, of the kingdom of Ireland, than which a more famous name is not to be found in Gwillim or D’Hozier; and though, as a man of the world, I have learned to despise heartily the claims of some pretenders to high birth who have no more genealogy than the lacquey who cleans my boots, […]
ref: 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “My Pedigree and Family.—Undergo the Influence of the Tender Passion.”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: A worldly or sophisticated man, one well versed in the ways and dealings of humankind.
Coordinate terms: woman of the world
man of war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men of war
Senses: examples: text: [W]e cannot be ſecure, vvhile ſuch huge Fleets of Men of VVar, both Spaniſh, French, Dutch, and Dunkirkeers, ſome of them laden vvith Ammunition, Men, Arms, and Armies, do daily ſail on our Seas, and confront the Kings Chambers; […]
ref: 1633 February 9 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XI. To Sir Arthur Ingram, at York.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, →OCLC, section VI, page 233:
text: But there is a Bird they call, a Man of vvar, and he is much bigger than a Heron, and flies out to Sea upon diſcoveries, (for they never light upon the Sea) to ſee vvhat ſhips are comming to the Iland; and vvhen they return the Ilanders look out, and ſay, A ſhip is comming, and finde it true.
ref: 1657, Richard Ligon, “[Birds]”, in A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], →OCLC, page 61:
text: In the lobby I spoke with Mr. George Montagu, and advised about a ship to carry my Lord Hinchingbroke and the rest of the young gentlemen to France, and they have resolved of going in a hired vessell from Rye, and not in a man of war.
ref: 1661 August 6 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “July 27th, 1661”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume II, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC, page 71:
text: [W]e ventured up to the mouth of the inner harbour, […] the entrance of the harbour blocked up by ſeveral old galleons and tvvo men of vvar that the enemy had ſunk in the channel.
ref: 1748, [Tobias Smollett], chapter XXXIII, in The Adventures of Roderick Random. […], volume I, London: […] [William Strahan] for J[ohn] Osborn […], →OCLC, page 292:
text: In an hour more, the whole house was awakened by a violent noise of howling, curses, and pots clattering to and fro. […] [T]he landlord was undermost, and the Ensign's arms were working up and down his face and body like the flaps of a paddle-wheel: the man of war had clearly the best of it.
ref: 1839 May – 1840 February, Ikey Solomons, Jun. [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Catherine: A Story. Chapter. The Adventures of the Ambassador, Mr. Macshane.”, in Catherine: A Story. Little Travels. The Fitz-Boodle Papers. etc. etc. (Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-four Volumes; 22), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1869, →OCLC, page 79:
text: [T]he distinguished man of war, and worshipful scholar, Master Bloxham, was now promoted to take the tolls, and catch all the rebels around our part.
ref: 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XVI, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC, page 241:
glosses: Alternative form of man-of-war.
businessman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪznəsmən/
ipa: /ˈbɪznɪsmən/
ipa: /ˈbɪznəsmæn/
ipa: /ˈbɪznəsmən/
Forms: form: businessmen
Etymology: From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).
Senses: examples: text: I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man
ref: 2005, “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Jay-Z:
text: BERTIE Ahern's explanation that he received an envelope stuffed with £8,000 in cash following a whip-around by a group of Manchester-based businessmen was branded untrue by the Mahon Tribunal.
ref: 2012 March 23, Colm Kelpie, “Claim of 'whip-around' by friends rubbished”, in Irish Independent:
text: Needless to say the obituaries for Hefner, even if they acknowledge the seaminess, have been full of encomia for his great deeds: Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest.
ref: 2017 September 30, Ross Douthat, “Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: businessperson
glosses: A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
Derived terms: agribusinessman
agrobusinessman
businessmanlike
businessman's LSD
businessman's lunch
businessman's risk
businessman's special
businessman's trip
Related terms: entrepreneur
man of God
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men of God
Senses: glosses: A minister or priest.
glosses: A prophet.
glosses: Any godly man.