cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
basil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæz.əl/
rhymes: -æzəl
homophone: Basil
ipa: /ˈbeɪ.zəl/
rhymes: -eɪzəl
Forms: form: basils
Etymology: Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”).
Senses: examples: text: Each sleeper has for covering a large basil (dressed sheep-skin), such as cobblers use for aprons. As they lie in long rows, in the most profound repose, with these dark brown wrappers about them, they present the uniform look and arrangement of a long line of mummies.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
Synonyms: basan
bazil
basil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæz.əl/
rhymes: -æzəl
homophone: Basil
ipa: /ˈbeɪ.zəl/
rhymes: -eɪzəl
Forms: form: basils
Etymology: From Old French basile (“basilisk”).
Senses: glosses: A type of cannon.
examples: text: When I once more feel that sharp smarting around the scabby sores that cluster like so many oysters on my ankles beneath my chained iron basils, I know that the tide has turned.
ref: 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 49:
glosses: A fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner.
what's in it for me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Before agreeing to volunteer, she asked, “What’s in it for me?”
glosses: What are the advantages of (something) to me, personally?
Related terms: in it
ridged band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ridged bands
Senses: glosses: The highly vascularized and innervated area of erogenous tissue at the tip of the prepuce.
statuesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /statjʊˈɛsk/
ipa: /statʃʊˈɛsk/
Forms: form: more statuesque
form: most statuesque
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French statuesque. By surface analysis, statu(e) + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: He was by no means a bad hero to look at, if such a thing were needed. His face was pale, melancholy, statuesque—and his large enthusiastic eyes, suggested a story and a secret—perhaps a horror.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
text: We went out by his gate into the road, and there we made a minute examination of the statuesque passing traffic. The tops of the wheels and some of the legs of the horses of this char-a-banc, the end of the whip-lash and the lower jaw of the conductor — who was just beginning to yawn — were perceptibly in motion, but all the rest of the lumbering conveyance seemed still.
ref: 1901, H. G. Wells, The New Accelerator:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a statue.
examples: text: Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her fashion ads.
text: The grand, handsome, and much younger Mrs. Nettles, […] has the nose and cheekbones of a Cherokee and is so black and statuesque in her muscularity and boneyness that she seems carved by an ax from an effulgent vein of coal.
ref: 1974, Mark Smith, “Nymphomania”, in The Death of the Detective, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, book 1 (Prelude to Murder), page 78:
glosses: Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.
raw_tags: of a woman
statue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈstæt.juː/
ipa: /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
Forms: form: statues
Etymology: From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.
Senses: examples: text: I will raise her statue in pure gold.
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 V, scene iii]:
text: It’s true, Robert E. Lee was opposed to statues of people like Robert E. Lee! So any city that decides to keep a statue of him should, at the very least, add a speech bubble saying, “You know, I specifically told you all not to do this.”!
ref: 2017 October 8, “Confederacy”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
glosses: A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
examples: text: The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention
ref: a. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion:
glosses: A portrait.
Hypernyms: image
sculpture
simulacrum
Hyponyms: bust
figurine
Derived terms: human statue
living statue
statued
statuelike
statuesque
talking statue
Related terms: statuary
statuette
statue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈstæt.juː/
ipa: /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
Forms: form: statues
form: statuing
form: statued
form: statued
Etymology: From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.
Senses: examples: text: The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
statuelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more statuelike
form: most statuelike
Etymology: From statue + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like or resembling a statue.
Related terms: statuesque
pampa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pampas
Senses: examples: text: Until the 1920's, Argentina was one of the wealthiest nations in the world, thanks to the fertile farms and ranches that spread over the pampa — the grasslands that stretch in a huge arc from Buenos Aires.
ref: 2006 June 11, Jonathan Kandell, “Buenos Aires Beef, on Hoof and on Plates”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: singular of pampas
manja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manjas
form: manjha
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मांजा (māñjā).
Senses: examples: text: In spring when the sky was dotted with paper kites, the young men and boys allowed the girls to hold the manja, kite string made abrasive with finely crushed glass.
ref: 2008, Bapsi Sidhwa, The Pakistani Bride, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: A glass-coated string attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.
dingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: dingos
form: dingoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).
Senses: examples: text: Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]
ref: 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:
glosses: A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
glosses: A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.
Hypernyms: dog
Derived terms: American dingo
dingo fence
dingo fish
dingo-proof
dingo stiffener
dingo’s breakfast
dry as a dead dingo’s donger
weredingo
dingo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: dingoes
form: dingoing
form: dingoed
form: dingoed
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).
Senses: glosses: To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner.
glosses: To renege on an agreement or situation.
glosses: To let down another individual.
kookaburra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/
ipa: /ˈkʊkəˌbaɹə/
ipa: /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/
ipa: /ˈkʊkəˌbɝɹə/
rhymes: -ʌɹə
Forms: form: kookaburras
Etymology: Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.
Synonyms: word: kooka
word: kooky
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: alarm bird
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: breakfast bird
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: clockbird
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: goburra
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: gogobera
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: laughing jackass
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: jackass
sense: laughing kookaburra
word: Jacky
sense: blue-winged kookaburra
word: howling jackass
sense: blue-winged kookaburra
word: Leach's kingfisher
Derived terms: blue-winged kookaburra
jackaburra
laughing kookaburra
rufous-bellied kookaburra
spangled kookaburra
model
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒdl̩/
ipa: /ˈmɑdl̩/
ipa: [ˈmɑ.ɾɫ]
homophone: mottle (flapping)
rhymes: -ɒdəl
Forms: form: modell
Etymology: From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
Senses: examples: text: [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
ref: 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
text: Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
ref: 1932, Nora Fugger, translated by James Austin Galaston, The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35:
text: [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
ref: 1934, Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page 143:
text: True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).
ref: 1956, Stephen Rynne, All Ireland, page 54:
text: At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
ref: 1961, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 289, page 525:
text: But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
ref: 1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19:
text: It is as model as you can get.
ref: 1999, Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page 113:
text: While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
ref: 2002, Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page 308:
text: All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
ref: 2010, Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life, page 140:
synonyms: ideal
glosses: Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
model
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒdl̩/
ipa: /ˈmɑdl̩/
ipa: [ˈmɑ.ɾɫ]
homophone: mottle (flapping)
rhymes: -ɒdəl
Forms: form: models
form: modeling
form: modelling
form: modeled
form: modeled
form: modelled
form: modelled
form: modell
Etymology: From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
Senses: examples: text: She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.
glosses: To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
examples: text: They modelled weather patterns using a computer.
text: What passenger growth might be achieved by this can be modelled, but experience shows that in the post-COVID environment, accurate modelling is exceptionally difficult.
ref: 2023 June 28, Mel Holley, “A true transport trailblazer?”, in RAIL, number 986, page 34:
synonyms: pattern
glosses: To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
examples: text: He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
glosses: To make a miniature model of.
examples: text: The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
glosses: To create from a substance such as clay.
glosses: To make a model or models.
examples: text: The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.
glosses: To work as a model in art or fashion.
Synonyms: word: modelise
word: modelize
Derived terms: mismodel
modelable
modeler
newmodel
remodel
forex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹˌɛks/
Forms: form: forexes
Etymology: Blend of for(eign) + ex(change).
Senses: examples: text: If the results of talks with a number of American bankers in Europe reporting on the new scale (post Herstatt) of their forex dealings, plus what they say of their European colleagues and what "reliable sources" in London project, go into a pocket electronic calculator the display lights up with figures which indicate that forex staffs in European banks now have at least three quarters of every day free for whittling or reading the classified ads.
ref: 1974, Bankers Monthly, Northbrook, Ill.: Hanover Publishers, →OCLC, page 199, column 1:
text: The number of forexes has increased steadily and 41 had been licensed by December, 1990, of which 33 were active.
ref: 1992, Uganda: Industrial Revitalization and Reorientation, [Vienna]: United Nations Industrial Development Organization, →OCLC, page 10:
text: The set-and-forget trader is playing fundamental direction and is seeking very large moves of 150 to 300 pips. This trader doesn't want to sit and watch the screen but play the longer moves and forces behind forex.
ref: 2015, Abe Cofnas, “Trading Styles and Strategies”, in The Forex Trading Course: A Self-study Guide to Becoming a Successful Currency Trader, 2nd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part II (Timing the Trade with Technical Analysis), page 157:
glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.
wikipedia: Forex Bank
yabby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjæb.i/
rhymes: -æbi
Forms: form: yabbies
form: yabbie
Etymology: Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba yabij.
Senses: examples: text: Having arrived at night I can speak with some authority on the desolate feeling the road produces: the white fire-scarred trunks, the unsettling vision of yabbies moving from one side of the road to the other.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 386:
text: Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes.
ref: 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 47:
glosses: Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia.
examples: text: Callianassa australiensis is known in southern New South Wales as the "ghost-nipper" (Dakin, Bennett and Pope, 1952), and in northern New South Wales and Queensland as the "yabby" (a word of aboriginal origin also applied to freshwater crayfish).
ref: 1961, T. S. Hailstone, W. Stephenson, “The Biology of Callianassa (Trypaea) australiensis Dana 1852 (Crustacea, Thalassinidea)”, in University of Queensland Papers: Department of Zoology, volume I, number 12, page 260:
text: Putting the yabby on a hook takes a little care and hook sizes need to match the physical dimensions of the yabby.
ref: 2007, J. McEnally, L. McEnally, “Yabbies (saltwater)”, in Julie & Lawrie McEnally's Complete Book of Fishing Baits & Rigs, page 70:
text: Now she held the net in front of the pump so Penny could empty its contents. The first suck was mud, the second sometimes yielded a couple of yabbies but on the third, three or four yabbies nearly always spurted out, flicking their tails, weakly opening and closing their nippers.
ref: 2007, J. Woodford, chapter 12, in Whitecap, page 132:
qualifier: chiefly Queensland
glosses: A species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait; a nipper.
Synonyms: sense: only Cherax destructor
word: crawbob
word: crawchie
alt: only Trypaea australiensis
word: ghost nipper
Derived terms: bass yabby
common yabby
freshwater yabby
marine yabby
yabby pump
Related terms: gilgie
jilgie
marron
yabby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjæb.i/
rhymes: -æbi
Forms: form: yabbies
form: yabbying
form: yabbied
form: yabbied
form: yabbie
Etymology: Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba yabij.
Senses: examples: text: He would have known the Merri well, given the affinity between boys and creeks, and he probably fished and yabbied there.
ref: 2005, F. Mathews, editor, Reinhabiting Reality: Towards a Recovery of Culture, page 156:
text: The kids in town now that have the most fun are the so-called 'feral kids'. They spend the whole days doing what we used to do, yabbying and on the river.
ref: 2006, G. Cowlishaw, editor, Bourke: Our Yarns: The Stories Behind 'Blackfellas, Whitefellas', page 83:
text: "Can we go yabbying?" "It'll be too hot," I say. "It's never too hot for yabbying." We are creating Christmas memories for our son.
ref: 2019, C. Zagar, Your Feet Take You To Where Your Heart Is, page 90:
glosses: To search, forage, or fish for yabbies.
yabby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjæb.i/
rhymes: -æbi
Forms: form: yabbies
form: yabbying
form: yabbied
form: yabbied
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: So Abiola invite Fela to his house for a big party, and Fela have to go as they are family—even though Fela had yabbied Abiola in his song "ITT" [International Thief Thief]. And it's true, Abiola duped the country for that money—everybody knows it.
ref: 2019, J. Collins, Fela: Katakuta Notes, page 160:
glosses: To show disrespect by denouncing or insulting; to diss.
Related terms: yab
yabbi
frisson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiː.sɔ̃ː/
ipa: /fɹiˈsoʊn/
ipa: /fɹiˈsõʊn/
rhymes: (US) -oʊn
Forms: form: frissons
Etymology: Borrowed from French frisson.
Senses: examples: text: I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category.
text: As a perversion of freedom it was, like any perversion, erotic; as alienation it carried the frisson of having just missed the brass ring, a sensation that always brought one back for more.
ref: 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:
glosses: A sudden surge of excitement.
examples: text: Whenever the villain's theme played in the movie I felt a sudden frisson down my back.
text: All the Crichton books depend to a certain extent on a little frisson of fear and suspense: that’s what kept you turning the pages.
ref: 2008 November 5, Charles McGrath, “Builder of Windup Realms That Thrillingly Run Amok”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A shiver; a thrill.
guy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæ/
enpr: gī
ipa: /ɡaɪ/
ipa: [ɡaɪ]
ipa: [ɡɑj]
ipa: [ɡaɪ]
ipa: [ɡəj]
ipa: [ɡɑɪ]
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: guys
form: guying
form: guyed
form: guyed
Etymology: Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, from Old French Gui, a form of Proto-Germanic *Wido, a short form of names beginning with the element witu "wood" from Proto-Germanic *widuz, such as Witold and Widukind. Cognate with Italian Guido.
Senses: glosses: To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
examples: text: The dusky hunters "guyed" the palefaces who could not do as well as they with their primitive weapons, even though the fire spouted from the iron tubes and the balls that could not be seen by the eye carried death farther than did the missiles launched by the natives.
ref: 1905, Edward S. Ellis, Deerfoot in The Mountains:
text: Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement (s'excuser, c'est s'accuser).
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 278:
text: Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.
ref: 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 187:
glosses: To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
examples: text: To guy the speech in the manner of an old-fashioned 'ham' for cheap laughs....
ref: 2000, John Southworth, Shakespeare the Player:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: To play in a comedic manner.
guy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæ/
enpr: gī
ipa: /ɡaɪ/
ipa: [ɡaɪ]
ipa: [ɡɑj]
ipa: [ɡaɪ]
ipa: [ɡəj]
ipa: [ɡɑɪ]
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: guys
form: guies
Etymology: From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”), from Frankish *wītan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“know”). Cognate with English guide.
Senses: glosses: A guide; a leader or conductor.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).
Derived terms: guy rope
guy wire
guy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæ/
enpr: gī
ipa: /ɡaɪ/
ipa: [ɡaɪ]
ipa: [ɡɑj]
ipa: [ɡaɪ]
ipa: [ɡəj]
ipa: [ɡɑɪ]
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: guys
form: guying
form: guyed
form: guyed
Etymology: From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”), from Frankish *wītan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“know”). Cognate with English guide.
Senses: glosses: To equip with a support cable.
Related terms: gal
blast cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blast cells
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”).
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cell that produces something, such as a fibroblast or osteoblast.
glosses: An undifferentiated or immature cell.
Related terms: blast
NO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
construction
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
plumbing
antonyms: NC
qualifier: relays; and valves; relays; and valves
glosses: Initialism of normally open.
raw_tags: of switches
NO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Initialism of Novus Ordo.
Torino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Torinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Torino. Doublet of Turin.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Turin:
A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.
glosses: Alternative form of Turin:
A metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
synonyms: Asteroid 9523
Asteroid Torino
glosses: Ellipsis of 9253 Torino: an asteroid in Solar System.
Derived terms: Torino scale
ancora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ancorae
Etymology: From Latin ancora. Doublet of anchor and anker.
Senses: topics: biology
epigraphy
geography
history
human-sciences
literature
media
natural-sciences
palaeography
paleogeography
paleography
paleontology
publishing
sciences
glosses: Either of the symbols ⟨⸔⟩, ⟨⸕⟩ found in marginal notes to mark missing text.
oligonucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligonucleotides
Etymology: From oligo- + nucleotide.
Senses: synonyms: oligo
glosses: a short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs
Derived terms: deoxyoligonucleotide
desoxyoligonucleotide
heterooligonucleotide
oligonucleotidase
overgo
ribooligonucleotide
spacer oligonucleotide typing
nucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/
ipa: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/
ipa: /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌtaɪd/
Forms: form: nucleotides
Etymology: From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: With a genome of only 400 million or so nucleotide bases, the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes rubripes, has the smallest known genome of any vertebrate animal. […] But the region of DNA between the landmarks can be a million or more nucleotides long.
ref: 1993 December 28, James Younger, “Fishy Short Cut To Mapping Human Genome”, in The New York Times:
text: Magid draws […] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.
ref: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 464:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
Hyponyms: english: ATP
translation: ATP
word: adenosine triphosphate
word: adenylate
word: guanylate
word: cytidylate
word: thymidylate
word: uridylate
Meronyms: nucleoside
nucleobase
Derived terms: antinucleotide
binucleotide
cyclic nucleotide
decanucleotide
deoxynucleotide
deoxyribonucleotide
desoxynucleotide
dideoxynucleotide
dinucleotide
diphosphopyridine nucleotide
dodecanucleotide
duodecanucleotide
ectonucleotide
endonucleotide
exonucleotide
fluoronucleotide
glyceronucleotide
heptanucleotide
heteronucleotide
hexanucleotide
homonucleotide
internucleotide
intranucleotide
kilonucleotide
meganucleotide
mononucleotide
multinucleotide
nonanucleotide
nucleotidase
nucleotidic
nucleotidyl
nucleotidylexotransferase
nucleotidyltransferase
octanucleotide
oligodeoxynucleotide
oligonucleotide
pentanucleotide
phosphonucleotide
polynucleotidase
polynucleotide
quadranucleotide
radionucleotide
ribonucleotide
septanucleotide
tetranucleotide
trinucleotide
trinucleotide repeat disorder
triphosphopyridine nucleotide
undecanucleotide
Related terms: nucleoside
nucleobase
DNA
RNA
nucleoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌsaɪd/
ipa: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌsaɪd/
ipa: /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌsaɪd/
Forms: form: nucleosides
Etymology: Probably from nucleo- + (glyc)oside.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.
Hyponyms: adenosine
guanosine
cytidine
thymidine
uridine
Meronyms: nucleobase
Derived terms: aminonucleoside
anhydronucleoside
antinucleoside
azanucleoside
C-nucleoside
deoxynucleoside
desoxynucleoside
dideoxynucleoside
dinucleoside
ectonucleoside
internucleoside
iodonucleoside
mononucleoside
nonnucleoside
nucleosidase
nucleosidic
oligonucleoside
phosphonucleoside
ribonucleoside
thionucleoside
Related terms: DNA
nucleobase
nucleotide
RNA
glucoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucosides
form: glucosid
Etymology: From glucose + -ide (1865-70).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside that yields glucose after hydrolysis.
Hypernyms: glycoside
Derived terms: diglucoside
glucosidal
glucosidase
glucosidation
glucosidic
monoglucoside
nonaglucoside
octaglucoside
octylglucoside
oligoglucoside
pentaglucoside
phosphoglucoside
polyglucoside
pyranoglucoside
rhamnosylglucoside
triglucoside
glycoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosides
Etymology: glycose + -ide, 1925–1930.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.
Hyponyms: glucoside
Derived terms: acanthaglycoside
aminoglycoside
astragaloside
azidoglycoside
condurangoglycoside
endoglycosidase
flavoglycoside
glycosidal
glycosidic
glycosylglycoside
heptadecaglycoside
heteroglycoside
lanatoside
monoglycoside
multiglycoside
nipoglycoside
nonglycoside
oligoglycoside
polyglycoside
purpureaglycoside
rhamnosylglycoside
thioglycoside
triglycoside
Related terms: glucoside
glycosidase
glycosidation
glycosidic
glycosidically
transglycosidase
glucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡluːkəʊz/
ipa: /ˈɡluːkəʊs/
ipa: /ˈɡlukoʊs/
ipa: /ˈɡlukoʊz/
Forms: form: glucoses
Etymology: Through French, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”); note: -ose comes from glucose, not the other way round. In other words, the view of the word glucose as gluco- + -ose is a reanalysis rather than a historical etymology. This is unusual for being a reanalysis that works completely, that is, without any leftover nonsense syllables (such as the ham- in reanalyzed hamburger).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
wikipedia: Natta projection
Synonyms: grape sugar
blood sugar
corn sugar
Hypernyms: aldohexose
hexose
monosaccharide
Hyponyms: dextrose
D-glucose
L-glucose
dextroglucose
glucopyranose
glucofuranose
Derived terms: anhydroglucose
carboxymethyl glucose
confectioner's glucose
deoxyglucose
fasting glucose
fluorodeoxyglucose
glucase
glucosamine
glucose 6-phosphate
glucose-6-phosphate isomerase
glucose-fructose
glucose-fructose syrup
glucoselike
glucose syrup
glucosic
glucoside
glucosiduronate
glucosuria
glucosyl
glucuronic
glucurono-
glutose
glycerophosphoglucose
isoglucose
monoglucose
nitroglucose
nonglucose
oral glucose
pentagalloylglucose
phosphatidylglucose
phosphoglucose
phosphoglucoseisomerase
polyglucose
random glucose
Related terms: licorice
glycose
levoglucose
sucrose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsukɹoʊs/
ipa: /ˈsuːkɹəʊz/
ipa: /ˈsjuːkɹəʊz/
Forms: form: sucroses
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)
Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
Old Italian zuccherobor.
Old French çucrebor.
Middle French sucre
French sucre
English -ose
English sucrose
From French sucre + English -ose.
Senses: examples: text: There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products.
ref: 1858, July 3, The Medical Times & Gazette, 20
text: Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane.
ref: 2019, S. Nel, S. B. Davis, A. Endo, and L. M. T. Dicks, “Differentiation between Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis isolated from a South African sugarcane processing factory using ARDRA and rpoB gene sequencing” in Archives of Microbiology, 1
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
Synonyms: saccharose
fructose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹʌk.təʊz/
ipa: /ˈfɹʊk.təʊz/
ipa: /ˈfɹʌk.toʊs/
ipa: /ˈfɹʊk.toʊs/
ipa: /ˈfɹuk.toʊs/
Forms: form: fructoses
Etymology: From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.
Synonyms: acrose
fruit sugar
Hypernyms: ketohexose
hexose
monosaccharide
Hyponyms: lævulose
laevulose
levulose
D-fructose
L-fructose
levoglucose
Derived terms: D-fructose
fructosamine
fructose 1,6-bisphosphate
fructose 6-phosphate
fructosediphosphate
fructosemia
fructose syrup
fructoside
fructosuria
fructosyl
glucose-fructose
glucose-fructose syrup
glutose
high fructose corn syrup
high-fructose corn syrup
high-fructose maize syrup
hyperfructosemia
L-fructose
nonfructose
oligofructose
xylosylfructose
Related terms: fructan
-ose
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-əʊs/
ipa: /-oʊs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.
Senses: examples: text: comatose (full of sleep)
glosses: full of
Synonyms: sense: full of
word: -ful
Derived terms: adenose
adipose
annulose
ariose
bracteose
callose
caseose
comatose
cormose
cystose
dactylose
epicosity
esquamulose
favose
feldspathose
foliolose
glumose
gneissose
granulose
greenschistose
gummose
gyrose
hamose
lacunose
lacunulose
leprose
lichenose
mammose
minutiose
naevose
neurose
nodulose
plumose
plumulose
prionose
quartzose
racemulose
radiculose
schistose
scyphose
squamulose
strigose
thallose
trappose
tremellose
venulose
verbose
verrucose
viscose
zygose
-ose
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-əʊs/
ipa: /-oʊs/
ipa: /-əʊz/
ipa: /-oʊz/
ipa: /-əʊs/
ipa: /-oʊs/
Etymology: Back-formation from glucose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to form the names of sugars.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown
Derived terms: aldohexose
aldopentose
aldose
allose
altrose
arabinose
biose
cellobiose
cellose
cellulose
deoxyribose
dextrose
dulcose
erythrose
erythrulose
fructose
galactose
garantose
gulose
heptose
hexose
idose
ketose
lactose
laevulose
levulose
lyxose
maltose
mannose
pectose
pentose
psicose
pyranose
ribose
ribulose
saccharose
sedoheptulose
sorbose
sucrose
tagatose
talose
tetrose
threose
triose
xylose
xylulose
Related terms: sense: having a considerable amount of
word: -some
skister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: skisters
Etymology: From ski + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A skier (person who skis).
Related terms: boardster
sheather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiːθə/
ipa: /ˈʃiːθɚ/
rhymes: -iːθə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sheathers
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English schethere; equivalent to sheath + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes sheaths.
glosses: A person who sheathes.
albariza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪzə
-iːzə
Senses: glosses: A white porous chalky soil found in some regions of Andalusia, Spain and on which sherry vineyards are often planted.
agrimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːmi
Forms: form: agrimis
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek αγρίμι (agrími).
Senses: glosses: A type of goat with long horns that curl back, native to Crete, subspecies Capra hircus cretica, sometimes Capra aegagrus cretica et al.
Synonyms: sense: Capra hircus cretica
word: kri-kri
sense: Capra hircus cretica
word: Cretan goat
sense: Capra hircus cretica
word: Cretan ibex
guys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gīz
ipa: /ɡaɪz/
homophone: guise
rhymes: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of guy
examples: text: Hi guys!
glosses: Used to address a group of people regardless of gender.
guys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gīz
ipa: /ɡaɪz/
homophone: guise
rhymes: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guy
-th
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-θ/
Forms: form: -t
Etymology: From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t (abstract nominal suffix), from Old English -þ, -t, -þu, -tu, -þo, -to (“-th”, abstract nominal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂. Cognate with Scots -th, West Frisian -te, Dutch -te, Low German -de, Danish -de, Swedish -d, Icelandic -ð, -d, Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa), Latin -itās (“-ty, -ity”). See -ity, -t.
Senses: examples: text: grow + -th → growth
text: heal + -th → health
text: steal + -th → stealth
text: bear + -th → birth
glosses: Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
examples: text: warm + -th → warmth
text: long + -th → length
text: wide + -th → width
text: deep + -th → depth
text: strong + -th → strength
qualifier: no longer productive except in informal coinages
glosses: Used to form nouns of quality from adjectives.
Synonyms: sense: formed from verbs
word: -ing
sense: formed from verbs
word: -ation
sense: formed from adjectives
word: -ness
sense: formed from adjectives
word: -ity
sense: formed from adjectives
word: -cy
sense: formed from adjectives
word: -itude
-th
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-θ/
Etymology: From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t (ordinal suffix), from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, -oþe, derived from a Proto-Indo-European superlative suffix.
Senses: examples: text: the 4th/Fourth of July
glosses: Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”.
examples: text: The nth term of a geometrical progression whose first term is a and common ratio is r is given by ar#123;n-1#125;.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”.
Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
examples: text: one seventh; three tenths
glosses: Used to form the denominator of a fraction.
Coordinate terms: -nd
-rd
-st
-th
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-θ/
Etymology: From Middle English -eth, -th, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ.
Senses: examples: come → cometh
have → hath
do → doth
say → saith
glosses: A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
bean counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bean counters
form: bean-counter
form: beancounter
Etymology: Probably from German Erbsenzähler (literally “pea counter”).
Senses: examples: text: As any good bean counter will tell you, it costs money to treat people at a hospital.
ref: 1985 August 2, “Editorial: Sniffing at DOC health costs”, in Gainsville Sun, retrieved 13 Sep 2009, page 14A:
text: And, in our case, the accounting firm of Halpern & Mantovani, CPA, in Encino, Calif., Chais' chief bean counter, pumped out the quarterly statements as if it were all rock solid.
ref: 2008 December 23, Robert Chew, “Who Is Bernie Madoff? Many Investors Didn't Ask”, in Time, retrieved 13 Sep 2009:
glosses: A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general.
Related terms: beancount
neurocybernetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuro-cybernetics
form: neuro cybernetics
Etymology: From neuro- + cybernetics.
Senses: glosses: The scientific discipline of control in neurological systems.
colic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏlĭk
ipa: /ˈkɒl.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: colics
form: cholick
form: cholic
Etymology: Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective).
Senses: examples: text: Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
glosses: Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
glosses: A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
Derived terms: baby colic
colicky
colic valve
Devon colic
gold colic
lead colic
miss-meal colic
painter's colic
stone colic
colic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏlĭk
ipa: /ˈkɒl.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: cholick
form: cholic
Etymology: Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective).
Senses: glosses: Relating to the colon; colonic.
Derived terms: word: cecocolic
word: colical
word: colicroot
alt: colicweed
word: colic weed
word: colicwood
word: epicolic
word: gastrocolic
word: hepatocolic
word: ileocolic
word: infracolic
word: intracolic
word: isocolic
word: mesocolic
word: nephrocolic
word: paracolic
word: pericolic
word: phrenicocolic
word: retrocolic
word: splenocolic
word: supracolic
E. coli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/
Etymology: From an abbreviation of taxonomic name Escherichia coli.
Senses: examples: text: We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.
ref: 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:
glosses: Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria.
enteritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteritides
form: enteritises
Etymology: From enter- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.
Derived terms: coloenteritis
gastroenteritis
chamomile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chamomiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of camomile.
Derived terms: stinking chamomile
camomile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/
ipa: /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/
ipa: /ˈkæ.məˌmil/
Forms: form: camomiles
form: camomille
form: chamomille
form: chamomile
Etymology: From Middle English camamille, first attested 1265, from Old French camomille, from Late Latin camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon, literally “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.
Senses: glosses: A composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples:
Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.
synonyms: German camomile
Hungarian camomile
glosses: A composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples:
Chamaemelum nobile (formerly Anthemis nobilis), English chamomile or Roman chamomile, a ground cover with fragrant foliage.
synonyms: Roman camomile
English camomile
glosses: Any of several other similar plants. (See below)
examples: text: On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. I poured my mum some chamomile: Two birds, one stone.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Ellipsis of camomile tea.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Eriocephalus punctulatus
word: Cape chamomile
taxonomic: Anthemis arvensis
word: corn chamomile
taxonomic: Cota tinctoria
word: dyer's chamomile
taxonomic: Chamaemelum nobile
word: English chamomile
taxonomic: Tripleurospermum inodorum
word: false chamomile
taxonomic: Anthemis arvensis
word: field chamomile
taxonomic: Chamaemelum nobile
word: garden chamomile
taxonomic: Cota tinctoria
word: golden chamomile
taxonomic: Cladanthus multicaulis
word: Moroccan chamomile
taxonomic: Cota tinctoria
word: oxeye chamomile
taxonomic: Chamaemelum nobile
word: Roman chamomile
taxonomic: Anthemis arvensis
word: scentless chamomile
taxonomic: Tripleurospermum inodorum
word: scentless chamomile
taxonomic: Anthemis cotula
word: stinking chamomile
taxonomic: Tripleurospermum inodorum
word: wild chamomile
taxonomic: Cota tinctoria
word: yellow chamomile
German chamomile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An annual plant, Matricaria recutita, of the aster family, which is the type of camomile most used for tea.
Synonyms: Hungarian chamomile
sacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sackers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saker (cannon)
slutty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslʌti/
rhymes: -ʌti
Forms: form: sluttier
form: sluttiest
Etymology: From slut + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The makeup, high heels and short skirt made her look so slutty.
text: There’s Montana (Ayda Field), the sexy, slutty weatherwoman, and Marsh (Fred Willard ), the aging, politically incorrect sports commentator in loud plaid jackets.
ref: 2007 September 19, Alessandra Stanley, “Stay Tuned: Killer Bees, Hair Gel and Clashing Egos”, in The New York Times:
text: In Venice he eats fish and vegetables. In Paris he eats cakes, because he likes the craftsmanship of their creation. “But really, I have cheap taste. I like cheese and ice cream. The sluttier the better.”
ref: 2019 September 26, Caroline Roux, “Rick Owens: 'I love art nouveau. It's super sexy and ominous'”, in The Guardian:
text: “I could be in the sluttiest outfit, but you still gotta respect a bitch,” Taylor announces, to whoops.
ref: 2021 November 28, Kitty Empire, “Amyl and the Sniffers review – a blizzard from Oz”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of, resembling, or suitable for, a slut.
Synonyms: whorey
whorish
Derived terms: slooty
-less
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləs/
ipa: /lɪs/
Forms: form: -lesse
Etymology: From Middle English -les, -leas, from Old English -lēas (“-less”) (compare lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”)), from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose”). (Not related to less, which derives from *laisiz, *laisizô.) Cognate with Scots -less, West Frisian -leas, Saterland Frisian -loos, Dutch -loos (“-less”), Low German -los, German -los, Danish -løs, Swedish -lös, Icelandic -laus. More at lease (“false”).
Senses: examples: text: aweless, skill-less, artless, doubtless, countless, soulless, will-less, tireless.
text: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.
ref: 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
glosses: Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.
Synonyms: sense: lacking
word: an-
sense: lacking
word: ex-
sense: lacking
word: -free