cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
greatly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtli/
rhymes: -eɪtli
Forms: form: more greatly
form: greater
form: greatlier
form: most greatly
form: greatest
form: greatliest
Etymology: From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year, much to nobody's surprise.
text: He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory.
text: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
ref: 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
text: Instead of retracing my route, I have elected to walk across Blackpool to the town's remaining large station, although even this has been greatly reduced in size.
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56:
synonyms: very
drastically
glosses: To a great extent or degree.
examples: text: His Suff’rings ſhine, and ſpread a Glory round him;
Greatly unfortunate, he fights the Cauſe
Of Honour, Virtue, Liberty, and Rome.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
text: But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour.
ref: 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story, page 251:
glosses: Nobly; magnanimously.
Synonyms: sense: to a great extent
word: very
constructed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstɹʌktəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of construct
constructed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstɹʌktəd/
Senses: examples: text: Durham County uses both approaches, preserving rural open space as well as cleaning parking lot runoff. Constructed wetlands that include trees can serve many purposes: purify drinking water by filtering stormwater, cool the city,[…]
ref: 2011 February 28, Will Wilson, Constructed Climates: A Primer on Urban Environments, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: Artificial; man-made.
Derived terms: conlang
constructed language
constructed script
nonconstructed
overconstructed
semiconstructed
unconstructed
constructs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of construct
constructs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of construct
schlump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃlʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: schlumps
form: schloomp
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe).
Senses: examples: text: Leave the schlumps behind. You can't hope to find Mr. Right but continue to see Mr. Not-on-Your-Life.
ref: 2009, J. Courtney Sullivan, Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
Derived terms: schlumpy
schlumpily
schlumpiness
schlump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃlʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: schlumps
form: schlumping
form: schlumped
form: schlumped
form: schloomp
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe).
Senses: examples: text: After years of wearing her hair in braids and schlumping down Seventh Avenue all covered up in padded coats, sweaters, and undies, Wally reinvented herself as a hot tamale with a mane of wild ringlets and a Coca-Cola—shaped bod.
ref: 2010, Jenyne M. Raines, Beautylicious!: The Black Girl's Guide to the Fabulous Life, Crown, →ISBN, page 98:
text: Al then schlumped upstage to the piano to talk with a man who could do anything asked of him. (Theater accompanists are an amazing lot. They can play anything you request in any tempo and in every key.)
ref: 2015, Stevie Phillips, Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me…, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 167:
glosses: To move in a heavy, lazy or slovenly way.
Related terms: schlep
missing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪsɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miss
missing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪsɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: my missing socks
text: Forty three killed and 80 wounded in action with the Implacable. 180 killed and miſſing in action with the Centaur.
ref: 1808 October 1, “State of Public Affairs in September. Containing Official Papers and Authentic Documents. [Killed and Wounded on Board the Emperor of Russia’s Late Ship of War Sevolod.]”, in The Monthly Magazine, or British Register, volume XXVI, part II, number 3 (number 176 overall), London: Printed for Richard Phillips, […]; printed by J. Adlard, […], →OCLC, page 281, column 1:
text: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: absent
lost
glosses: Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.
examples: text: missing data point
text: Joe went missing last year. He had all teeth missing when he was finally found.
text: We've got some flatware missing - There seem to be some cooking utensils missing too!
text: How likely is it that all the people who are described as missing are living together in a small town somewhere?
ref: 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71:
glosses: Not present when it (they) should be.
glosses: Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.
Derived terms: go missing
missing boundary
missing in action
missing in time
missingly
missing man formation
missing market
missing middle
missingness
missing piece
missing stair
missing time
missing trader fraud
missing white girl syndrome
missing white woman syndrome
nonmissing
turn up missing
missing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪsɪŋ
Forms: form: missings
Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The treatment of missings is a problem in statistical software.
ref: 1997, S. Klinke, Data Structures for Computational Statistics, page 27:
text: Patterns of missings across the whole data set are readily visible, but also patterns which only apply to small subgroups of cases.
ref: 2002, David J. Hand, Niall M. Adams, Richard J. Bolton, Pattern Detection and Discovery:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A value that is missing.
Related terms: missing in action
missing link
missing person
nomen nescio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnəʊmən ˈnɛsiəʊ/
Forms: form: nomina nescio
Etymology: From Latin nōmen nesciō (“I do not know the name”).
Senses: examples: text: As is evident in the figure, the allocation is always between one product and the average pool of products (product NN (nomen nescio)) which supplies or takes from the pool of material.
ref: 1997, Henrik Wenzel, Michael Hauschild, Leo Alting, “Environmental assessment of products”, in Methodology, tools and case studies in product development, volume 1, Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 208, →ISBN:
text: Firstly, a word concerning ‘N.N.’. It was Nissen’s usual practice when obliterating names in the autographs of the letters (a nickname is actually involved here, as we shall see) to write above or by them ‘N.N.’, an abbreviation which can stand variously for ‘nomen nescio’, ‘nomen nominandum’, or ‘non nominato’. As used by Nissen, the abbreviation has the sense of ‘X’, as in ‘Mr. X’.⁴
ref: 1998, Alan Tyson, Sieghard Brandenburg, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven: Studies in the Music of the Classical Period — Essays in Honour of Alan Tyson, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 128, →ISBN:
text: The ‘that’ stands in a relation of gradual opposition to the name: the more illegible the name, the more exposed its bearer. Not only the artist: his work still bears his name, even if it also bears another name or title. What is true of the name of the artist is true in every case of the name of the work of art, unless, of course, the name of the artist remains unknown and the name of the work is known. From the name still to be named (nomen nominandum) and the unknown name (nomen nescio) no path, only a thrust leads to the mere bearer, the bearer without a name.
ref: 2002, Alexander García Düttmann, Nicholas Walker, The Memory of Thought: An Essay on Heidegger and Adorno, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 218, →ISBN:
text: Prefaces appeared on June 17, 1844, the same day as The Concept of Anxiety. The pseudonymous author, Nicolaus Notabene, refers to himself in the text simply as N.N. These initials correspond, whether by accident or design, to the Latin phrase “nomen nescio”, or “I do not know the name”, which was a typical form of anonym.
ref: 2007: Jon Stewart, Kierkegaard’s Relations to Hegel Reconsidered, §10: “The Polemic with Heiberg in Prefaces”, page 419 (Cambridge University Press; →ISBN, 978-0521039512)
glosses: See the Latin section for definitions.
Synonyms: sense: nomen nescio
word: nomen nominandum
sense: nomen nescio
word: non nominato
criticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪtɪsɪzm̩/
Forms: form: criticisms
Etymology: From critic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.
text: Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.
ref: 2019 September 3, David Karpf, “Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point.”, in Esquire:
glosses: The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
examples: text: The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue.
text: Her attitude was that of a person who listens, either to the external world of sound, or to the discourse of thought. A close criticism might have detected signs proving that she was intent on the latter alternative.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, Barnes & Noble Classics (2005 publication of 1912 Wessex edition), page 276:
text: Buried in the article – meant to demonstrate the urgent need of adopting KOSA by linking minors’ online presence with anything from anxiety and depression to cognitive decline, sex trafficking, and death by overdose – is the mention of one of the key criticisms of the bill, namely, that it will bring in even more censorship.
ref: 2024 December 17, Didi Rankovic, “Senators Rush to Pass Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), Face Criticism Over Censorship and Age Verification Issues”, in Reclaim the Net:
synonyms: critique
animadversion
censure
glosses: A critical observation or detailed examination and review.
Synonyms: stricture
Derived terms: anticriticism
autocriticism
biocriticism
constructive criticism
contextual criticism
countercriticism
cybercriticism
destructive criticism
ecocriticism
form criticism
geocriticism
gynocriticism
higher criticism
historical criticism
historic criticism
hypercriticism
literary criticism
lower criticism
metacriticism
neocriticism
New Criticism
oneirocriticism
overcriticism
self-criticism
source criticism
technocriticism
textual criticism
Related terms: armchair criticism
critic
critical
criticise
popularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒp.jəˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌpɔp.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌpɔp.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi]
Forms: form: popularities
Etymology: From popular + -ity, from Latin popularitas (“an effort to please the people”).
Senses: examples: text: This destination has increased in popularity after great reviews in the guide books.
text: Politicians are rarely known for their popularity.
text: The massive popularity of the book led to it being adapted into a movie.
glosses: The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.
examples: text: So this Gallant, labouring to avoid Popularity, falls into a habit of Affectation, Ten thousand times hatefuller than the former.
ref: 1600, Ben Jonson, Every Man Out of His Humour:
glosses: The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people
glosses: The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people
cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
examples: text: Popularities, and circumstances which […] sway the ordinary judgment.
ref: 1597, Francis Bacon, The Colours or Good and Evil:
glosses: Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
examples: text: Cato (the younger) charged Muraena, and indicted him in open court for popularity and ambition.
ref: 1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, Moralia:
glosses: The act of courting the favour of the people.
examples: text: A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease.
ref: 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
glosses: Public sentiment; general passion.
Derived terms: nonpopularity
overpopularity
popularity contest
unpopularity
virtual reality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)tʃuəl ɹiːˈælɪti/
Forms: form: virtual realities
Etymology: Calque of French réalité virtuelle. virtual + reality
Senses: glosses: A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.
Synonyms: word: virch
word: VR
Derived terms: full-dive virtual reality
Related terms: alt: AR
word: augmented reality
alt: RR
word: real reality
word: extended reality
word: metaverse
word: 🥽
bridezilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɹaɪdˈzɪlə/
rhymes: -ɪlə
Forms: form: bridezillas
Etymology: From bride + -zilla.
Senses: glosses: A woman who, in the course of planning her wedding, exercises or attempts to exercise a high degree of control over all major and minor details of the ceremony and reception, and makes unrealistic or outrageous demands.
Hypernyms: weddingzilla
Coordinate terms: groomzilla
Related terms: -zilla
whimsical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪmzɪkəl/
Forms: form: more whimsical
form: most whimsical
Etymology: From whimsy + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept[.]
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
text: There is nothing innocuous, innocent or whimsical in a Totalitarian society, at least in the public sphere.
ref: 2020 September 25, Charles Hugh Smith, The Road to Nowhere: Whatever Can't Be Politicized Ceases to Exist:
synonyms: word: idiosyncratic
word: outlandish
word: peculiar
word: pixilated
word: playful
word: quirky
word: unconventional
word: witty
word: amusing
word: bright
word: diverting
word: droll
word: entertaining
word: humorous
word: jocose
word: jocular
word: piquant
word: quick
word: quick on the draw
word: quick-witted
word: sharp
word: tongue-in-cheek
glosses: Given to whimsy.
Derived terms: whimsical sex
Related terms: whimsically
playful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪfl̩/
rhymes: -eɪfəl
rhymes: -eɪfʊl
Forms: form: playfuller
form: more playful
form: playfullest
form: most playful
form: playfull
Etymology: From Middle English pleiful, equivalent to play + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
glosses: liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
examples: text: John is a playful fellow.
text: A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.
text: Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.
ref: 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:
glosses: funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome, frisky.
examples: text: A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
glosses: fun, recreational, not serious.
examples: text: He was a rather playful artist.
glosses: experimental.
Derived terms: nonplayful
overplayful
playful as a kitten
playfully
playfulness
unplayful
methinks
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈθɪŋks/
ipa: /miˈθiŋks/
rhymes: -ɪŋks
Forms: form: methought
form: methinketh
form: me thinketh
form: me thinks
form: mythinks
form: my thinks
Etymology: From Old English mē þynceþ (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (indirect object pronoun, as in “show me it”) + think (“to seem”). Compare synonymous Flemish me dunkt, German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Compare meseems.
Senses: examples: text: methinks the truth should live from age to age,
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
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 III, scene ii]:
text: And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […]
ref: 1862 February, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous; a Narrative in Plain English, […] Chapter the Fourth. My Grandmother Dies, and I am Left Alone, without So Much as a Name.”, in George Augustus Sala, editor, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume IV, London: Office of "Temple Bar," 122 Fleet Street; Ward and Lock, 158 Fleet Street; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, page 304:
text: Dr. Tobias Funke: Methinks a cupid I shall play.
ref: 2003, “Bringing Up Buster”, in Arrested Development:
glosses: It seems to me.
Derived terms: methinks the lady doth protest too much
Related terms: word: methought
word: meseems
word: mehopes
olden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊl.dn̩/
ipa: /ˈəʊl.dən/
ipa: /ˈoʊldn̩/
ipa: /ˈoʊldən/
rhymes: -əʊldən
Etymology: From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”).
Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).
Senses: examples: text: olden days, olden times
text: "You are right to some extent in what you say. In the olden days people had a stronger belief in all kinds of witchery; now they pretend not to believe in it, that they may be looked upon as sensible and educated people, as you say."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 156:
text: In olden days, a glimpse of stockings
 Was looked on as something shocking;
 Now, heaven knows,
 Anything goes.
ref: 1934, Cole Porter, “Anything Goes”:
glosses: From or relating to a previous era.
examples: text: We […] told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.
ref: 1857, Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave, page 347:
text: Beowulf, behind his shield, thrust forth only his right arm. In it he had picked up the sword of Ing, well known in olden lore.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 44:
glosses: Old; ancient.
Synonyms: sense: relating to a previous era
word: bygone
word: historical
word: past
sense: old, ancient
word: auld
word: eldern
word: old
Derived terms: olden time
olden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊl.dn̩/
ipa: /ˈəʊl.dən/
ipa: /ˈoʊldn̩/
ipa: /ˈoʊldən/
rhymes: -əʊldən
Forms: form: oldens
form: oldening
form: oldened
form: oldened
Etymology: From old + -en (“to make (adjective)”).
Senses: examples: text: Of all Sedley's opponents in his debates with his creditors which now ensued, and harassed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely, that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before—the most determined and obstinate seemed to be John Osborne, his old friend and neighbour […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: They were not worldly days; and so, as we olden with our passage through the world, they stay young, and we love them as pure youthful things are loved.
ref: 1912, John Ayscough, Saints and Places, page 123:
glosses: To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.
Synonyms: elden
mature
to age
Related terms: eld
newfangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/
ipa: /ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/
Forms: form: new-fangled
form: new fangled
Etymology: From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).
Senses: examples: text: newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little
text: We notice by our exchanges that great efforts are being made throughout the western States especially, to palm off upon the farming public various kinds of patent churns, or to induce many mechanics to give large sums for the Right to manufacture the same—while in a majority of cases, we believe, the articles are absolutely worthless, or inferior to older kinds that might be procured for less money. We have repeatedly cautioned our readers against purchasing these new fangled churns until after they have been more fully tested; and we are happy to know that our remarks have saved not a few of our friends from imposition. To set this matter in a clearer light before our readers, we will glance at a few of the different churns, now most prominently before the public—some valuable, some useless.
ref: 1849 January 15, “A Glance at Patent Churns”, in Ohio Cultivator: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture and Domestic Economy, volume 5, number 2, page 17:
text: Premier Mussolini operated a “new-fangled automobile” driven by electricity on a trial run yesterday, the German Transocean agency reported in a wireless transmission to the United States recorded by the New York Times.
ref: 1942 September 6, “Mussolini Takes Wheel; Tries Out ‘New-Fangled’ Auto Driven by Electricity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.
ref: 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5:
text: I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.
ref: 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
text: [US president Donald Trump] might have in mind a newfangled protectionism that lasts generations.
ref: 2025 January 23, Laurent Belsie, “Globalization is over. Will Trump tariffs reset US-China rivalry?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
antonyms: oldfangled
old-fashioned
glosses: New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
glosses: Fond of novelty.
Derived terms: newfangledly
newfangledness
newfanglement
Related terms: word: newfangle
smarmy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɑː.mi/
ipa: /ˈsmɑɹ.mi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mi
Forms: form: smarmier
form: smarmiest
Etymology: From smarm + -y. Apparently coined by "B.R.L., of Brighton" with sense "saying treacly things which do not sound genuine" in a competition for neologisms in The Academy (London) published on 14 January 1899.
Senses: examples: text: a smarmy salesman with a big smile
text: Starring a smarmy dog and scores of hapless flying wildfowl, Duck Hunt was the game that introduced many to the joys of the NES Zapper lightgun.
ref: 2019, “Ultimate Guide: Duck Hunt”, in Darran Jones, editor, 100 Games to Play Before You Die: Nintendo Consoles Edition (Retro Gamer), 3rd edition, Future, page 43:
glosses: Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
examples: text: He looked faintly loutish, with smarmy hair and a hint of a moustache.
ref: 1985, Lynn Pan, Into China's Heart: An Emigré's Journey Along the Yellow River, page 200:
text: I pulled on my smarmy t-shirt and my ragged jeans and dragged myself to report to my supervisor.
ref: 2002 October, Austin Branstetter, "My day as a Carnie" Top of the Hill (Montgomery Bell Academy) Vol.8 No.1 p.4
glosses: Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.
Synonyms: sense: falsely earnest or smug
word: flattering
sense: falsely earnest or smug
word: gushing
sense: falsely earnest or smug
word: ingratiating
sense: falsely earnest or smug
word: oily
sense: falsely earnest or smug
word: smug
Related terms: smarm
smarmily
smarminess
surgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən
Forms: form: surgeons
form: chirurgeon
Etymology: From Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French surgien et al.), from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgeon.
Senses: examples: text: The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.
glosses: One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
glosses: A surgeonfish.
Synonyms: word: sawbones
word: cutter
word: chirurgeon
Derived terms: aesthetic surgeon
barber surgeon
bottom surgeon
brain surgeon
cardiosurgeon
cosmetic surgeon
cryosurgeon
cybersurgeon
dental surgeon
dermasurgeon
electrosurgeon
heart surgeon
microsurgeon
nanosurgeon
neurosurgeon
oral surgeon
orthopedic surgeon
otosurgeon
plastic surgeon
psychic surgeon
psychosurgeon
rocket surgeon
sea-surgeon
staff surgeon
supersurgeon
surgeoncy
surgeon-dentist
surgeoness
surgeonfish
surgeon general
surgeon-general
surgeonlike
surgeonly
surgeon major
surgeonry
surgeonship
surgeon's knot
telesurgeon
top surgeon
tree surgeon
veterinary surgeon
ornate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔɹˈneɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: more ornate
form: most ornate
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of orné.
Senses: examples: text: The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: fancy
glosses: Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
glosses: Flashy, flowery or showy.
examples: text: a graceful and ornate rhetoric
ref: [1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London: […] Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC:
glosses: Finely finished, as a style of composition.
Derived terms: inornate
ornate aphid
ornate hawk-eagle
ornate horned toad
ornateness
ornate rainbowfish
ornate shrew
ornate tinamou
overornate
unornate
Related terms: ornament
ornate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔɹˈneɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: ornates
form: ornating
form: ornated
form: ornated
Etymology: From Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orner.
Senses: examples: text: And truely thoſe that lyue in the feare of god, (conſydering that they ſerue not only their carnal maiſters, but God hymſelfe,) they be in a good caſe: but they may not bee eye ſeruauntes. […] Saincte Paule woulde haue them to lyue ſo, that they maye ornate and ſanctifye the name of God.
ref: 1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “The Second Sermon”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 13, verso:
glosses: To adorn or honour (someone or something).
ornithologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒləd͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑləd͡ʒɪst/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: ornithologists
Etymology: From ornithology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Worple in his spare time was what is known as an ornithologist. He had written a book called American Birds, and was writing another, to be called More American Birds.
ref: 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
text: Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
ref: 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, pages 47–48:
synonyms: ornithologer
glosses: A person who studies or practices ornithology.
Derived terms: ethnoornithologist
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
Etymology: Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of jij (“you”).
Senses: examples: text: But you don't really care for music, do ya?
ref: 1984, Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah”, in Various Positions:
text: Lola got a shocked look on her face then said, “Ya need to stop actin' jealous if ya aint, and ya can't control what I do. Ya aint my daddy and ya aint my man. I'll see ya tomorrah after work if ya want. Just give me a call, ya have my number”.
ref: 2011, Byron Douglas, chapter 3, in A Journey Through the Life of an Anti-Social^([64–65]), →ISBN:
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of you.
Derived terms: -cha
get it in ya
hey ya
hiya
-ja
love ya
smell ya later
there ya go
whaddaya
ya think?
Related terms: yer
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
Etymology: Apparently from German ja and cognates in other Germanic languages; related to English yeah.
Senses: glosses: Yeah; yes.
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: yaa
form: yaw
form: yah
form: yha
Etymology: From Middle English ya, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”). More at yea.
Senses: examples: text: 'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […]'
ref: 1806, Jamieson, Pop. Ballads:
text: Ya, auld man, ye ken fine ye wad like me.
ref: 1894, W. G. Stevenson, Puddin' iii.:
text: Ya, bur 'ee did, […]
ref: 1896, Ackworth, Clog Shop Chron.:
glosses: yea; yes
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
Etymology: Variation of hyah.
Senses: glosses: Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of your.
Derived terms: chewie on ya boot
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
Forms: form: yas
Etymology: From Russian я (ja).
Senses: glosses: A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
ipa: /jɑ/
note: in tag questions
ipa: [jɑː˨˦]
ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
Forms: form: yeah
form: yea
form: yah
Etymology: From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.
Senses: glosses: Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)
ya
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
ipa: /jɑ/
note: in tag questions
ipa: [jɑː˨˦]
ipa: /jʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /jɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈjɑː/
ipa: /ˈjɐ/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɐ
Forms: form: yeah
form: yea
form: yah
Etymology: From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.
Senses: examples: text: What about yourself Mr Chee, never look a day older, you'll see the rest of us six feet under… Really you look very well. I heard you went for new treatment in Switzerland ya?…
ref: 1983, Stella Kon, Emily of Emerald Hill, →ISBN, Act 1, page 21:
glosses: Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response.
Related terms: sense: question tags in Singlish
word: is it
sense: question tags in Singlish
word: ah
ornithology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒi/
ipa: /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑlədʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: ornithologies
Etymology: From New Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos), from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos). See also ornitho- + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: Gesner says in his Ornithology, that this fact was attested by a great many moderns of his own time, and he even quotes Albert the great, who asserts that he has seen a cock foster chickens.
ref: 1750, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, The Art of Hatching and Bringing Up Domestick Fowls of All Kinds at Any Time of the Year:
text: Jerome A. Jackson, an ivory bill specialist at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, has now increased the intensity of the discussion in a 15-page article in the current issue of The Auk, a quarterly ornithology journal published by the American Ornithologists' Union.
ref: 2006 January 24, James Gorman, “Ivory Bill Report Is Called 'Faith-Based Ornithology'”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: birdlore
fowl-lore
glosses: The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.
wikipedia: Ulisse Aldrovandi
Derived terms: ethnoornithology
ornithologic
ornithological
ornithologist
ornithologize
paleornithology
orphanage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: orphanages
Etymology: Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.
Senses: glosses: A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
glosses: Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.
Synonyms: children's home
orphanarium
orthodoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːθədɒksi/
ipa: /ˈɔɹθədɑksi/
ipa: /ˈɔːɹθədɑːksi/
Forms: form: orthodoxies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + δόξα (dóxa, “way, opinion”). By surface analysis, orthodox + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] these tributes studiously ignore another aspect of his life: how, throughout his later career, Mr. Rustin repeatedly challenged progressive orthodoxies.
ref: 2023 December 9, James Kirchick, “Bayard Rustin Challenged Progressive Orthodoxies”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Correctness of doctrine and belief in regard to any doctrinal (i.e. philosophical or theological) system.
examples: text: Orthodoxy of any kind, any pretense that a system of ideas is final and must be unquestioningly accepted as a whole, is the one view which of necessity antagonizes all intellectuals, whatever their views on particular issues.
ref: 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 431:
text: The two concepts are so distinct within Christianity that they have different names — orthodoxy (right belief) and orthopraxy (right conduct).
ref: 2024 July 31, David French, “Some Think What You Preach Matters More Than What You Do. It Doesn’t.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Conformity to established and accepted beliefs (usually of religions).
Derived terms: counterorthodoxy
hyperorthodoxy
Neo-orthodoxy
neo-orthodoxy
paleo-orthodoxy
ultraorthodoxy
unorthodoxy
Related terms: orthodox
Orthodox
orthodoxic
orthodoxical
orthodoxically
Orthodoxy
orthogonal
orthogonality
oscillate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑsɪleɪt/
Forms: form: oscillates
form: oscillating
form: oscillated
form: oscillated
Etymology: First attested in 1726; borrowed from Latin ōscillātus, perfect passive participle of Latin ōscillō (“to swing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōscillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ōs (“mouth, face”). Doublet of osculate.
Senses: examples: text: A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.
text: By placing the 0.02μF capacitor on top of the whistle chip, the circuit oscillates at a lower frequency.
ref: 2021 December 24, “Snap Circuits Classic”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 27:
glosses: To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
examples: text: The mood for change oscillated from day to day.
glosses: To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
glosses: To vary above and below a mean value.
Synonyms: vacillate
Derived terms: oscillative
oscillaton
oscillator
unoscillated
Related terms: oscillation
undulate
Queen's Counsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Queen's Counsel
form: Queen's Counsels
form: QC
Etymology: queen's + counsel
Senses: examples: text: Archibald was one of two Queen’s Counsels on Tortola, a distinguished title that permitted attorneys to be seated at the lead defense table when arguing a case before the court.
ref: 2003, Lisa Pulitzer, Murder in Paradise: The Mystery Surrounding the Murder of American Lois Livingston McMillen, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 166:
text: Barr’s three Queen’s Counsel absorbed Kawashima as they pored over reports from both sides.
ref: 2020, Brian Deer, “Unblinded”, in The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield’s War on Vaccines, Brunswick, Vic.: Scribe Publications, →ISBN:
qualifier: occasionally Australia
glosses: An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.
glosses: A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen.
Related terms: Senior Counsel
take silk
oscillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oscillators
Etymology: From oscillate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.
glosses: An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
examples: text: He has turned up a number of new oscillators of periods 2,3,4,5,6, & 8.
ref: 1989 October 26, Richard Schroeppel, “Some recent Life results”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: Two track segments, each of which realizes the same transformation in a different number of generations are particularly useful for obtaining oscillator periods.
ref: 1996 December 16, Paul Callahan, “Need help in finding topic for research project”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move[…]
ref: 2010, Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata, page 126:
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: blinker
pentadecathlon
meronyms: rotor
glosses: A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.
Derived terms: Armstrong oscillator
beat frequency oscillator
electronic oscillator
harmonic oscillator
Hartley oscillator
Meissner oscillator
nanooscillator
Oudin oscillator
piezoelectric oscillator
ring oscillator
simple harmonic oscillator
suboscillator
wobbulator
wobulator
ostentatious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/
ipa: /ˌɒs.tənˈteɪ.ʃəs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more ostentatious
form: most ostentatious
Etymology: Originated 1590; from Latin ostentātus + -ious.
Senses: glosses: Of ostentation.
examples: text: Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers.
ref: 2024 September 19, Fred Weir, “Why Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling on Ukraine sounds different this time”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Intended to attract notice.
glosses: Of tawdry display; kitsch.
Synonyms: sense: tawdry
word: gaudy
sense: showy
word: pretentious
Derived terms: nonostentatious
ostentatiously
ostentatiousness
unostentatious
Related terms: ostensible
ostensive
hagbut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hagbuts
form: haquebut
Senses: examples: text: A few culverins and hagbuts were the unwieldy fire-arms, then borne by the ſoldiers.
ref: 1797, John Pinkerton, The History Of Scotland From The Accession Of The House Of Stuart to that of Mary, volume 2, page 407:
text: […]Wilkine Johnnstoun of Aschescheillis, William Douglas of Reidhous, Robert Dynwiddie in Kirkmichaell, and Johnne Robsoun there, almost continually since April 1610 have worn hagbuts and pistolets and used them for their revenge on persons against whom they have quarrel.
ref: 1889, Register, volume 9, Scotland: H. M. General Register House, page 301:
text: […]they resisted and shot forth of the said house twenty shot of hagbuts and pistolets, and slew one of the Guard named Bailye, and would neither render themselves nor come forth of the house till fire was raised about it.
ref: 1897, George Francis Scott Elliot, The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto, page 187:
glosses: An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.
Synonyms: arquebus
Derived terms: hagbutter
ought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːt/
rhymes: -ɔːt
ipa: /ʊt/
ipa: /ɔt/
ipa: /ɑt/
homophone: aught
Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t.
Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”).
Senses: examples: text: There was a certayne lender / which had two detters / the one ought five hondred pence / and the other fifty.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke vij:[41], folio lxxxvj, recto:
text: […]witneſſe Ariſtippus, who being vrged with the affection he ought his children, as proceeding from his loynes, began to ſpeake and ſpit[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Friendship”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 90:
glosses: simple past of owe
ought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːt/
rhymes: -ɔːt
ipa: /ʊt/
ipa: /ɔt/
ipa: /ɑt/
homophone: aught
Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t.
Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”).
Senses: examples: text: I ought to vote in the coming election.
glosses: Indicating duty or obligation.
examples: text: You ought to always stand back from the edge of the platform.
text: Do you think we ought to leave now?
glosses: Indicating advisability or prudence.
examples: text: He ought to read the book; it was very good.
glosses: Indicating desirability.
examples: text: We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway, shouldn't we?
text: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Indicating likelihood or probability.
Synonyms: english: In all senses
translation: In all senses
word: should
word: be supposed to
Derived terms: hadn't ought
had ought
is-ought problem
no better than one ought to be
oughtism
oughtness
ought-not-ness
there ought to be a law
Related terms: ought to
ought
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːt/
rhymes: -ɔːt
ipa: /ʊt/
ipa: /ɔt/
ipa: /ɑt/
homophone: aught
Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t.
Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”).
Senses: examples: text: Is it a small benefit, that I am placed there […] where I see no drunken comessations, no rebellious routs, no violent oppressions, no obscene rejoicings, nor ought else that might either vex or affright my soul?
ref: 1658, Joseph Hall, The Devout Soul, Or, Rules of Heavenly Devotion Also the Free Prisoner, Or, the Comfort of Restraint:
glosses: Alternative spelling of aught; anything
ought
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːt/
rhymes: -ɔːt
ipa: /ʊt/
ipa: /ɔt/
ipa: /ɑt/
homophone: aught
Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t.
Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aught; at all, to any degree.