cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Plowright
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ploughright
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made plows or ploughs.
bleaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbliːt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bleach
bleaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbliːt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: bleachings
Senses: glosses: The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
examples: text: Grammaticalization is often associated with 'semantic bleaching', and this 'bleaching' is the result of reanalysis […] But there is no evidence that the bleaching of the meaning of do played any role in the causation of this sequence of events.
ref: 2000, Frederick J. Newmeyer, Language Form and Language Function, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 249:
text: In the development of the prepositional phrase, which did not exist in PIE, one can see a grammaticalization based on a double bleaching. […] Many of these combinations are achieved by lexical bleaching of the grammatical element and grammatical bleaching of the lexical element, as in the prepositional phrases in (11).
(11) French English
 en auto by car
ref: 2009, Vit Bubenik, John Hewson, Sarah Rose, Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages: Papers presented at the workshop on Indo-European Linguistics at the XVIIIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 2007, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 165:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: desemanticization
glosses: The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
Derived terms: biobleaching
bleaching agent
bleaching powder
coral bleaching
nonbleaching
postbleaching
prebleaching
semantic bleaching
unbleaching
bleaching powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bleaching powders
Senses: glosses: A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride, prepared by the action of chlorine on calcium hydroxide, used as a strong bleaching agent and disinfectant. Formula: Ca(ClO)₂.
Synonyms: chloride of lime
chlorinated lime
chlorinated lime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: bleaching powder
homeosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homeoses
form: homoeosis
form: homœosis
form: homoiosis
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.
examples: text: Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; / Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate: / For though the thesis which thou lay'st / Be true, ad amussim, as thou say'st; / For that bear-baiting should appear, / Jure divino, lawfuller / Than synods are, thou dost deny / Totidem verbis; so do I: / Yet there's a fallacy in this; / For if by sly homœosis, / Thou wouldst sophistically imply / Both are unlawful, I deny.
ref: 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:
glosses: Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
Derived terms: homeotic
Hooke's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the name of Robert Hooke, English physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the principle that the stress applied to a solid is directly proportional to the strain produced. This law describes the behavior of springs and solids stressed within their elastic limit.
wikipedia: Robert Hooke
Related terms: Young's modulus
elastic limit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elastic limits
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The level of stress at which a solid undergoes a greater change in strain than predicted by Hooke's law; often followed by necking and breaking.
coagulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coagulated
form: most coagulated
Senses: glosses: Subjected to coagulation.
Derived terms: anticoagulated
noncoagulated
semicoagulated
uncoagulated
coagulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coagulate
Young's modulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Young's moduli
Etymology: For Thomas Young, English scientist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The coefficient of elasticity of a solid; the rate of change of stress with strain.
Synonyms: modulus of elasticity
modulus of elasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moduli of elasticity
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quantity that measures an object or substance's resistance to being deformed elastically (i.e. non-permanently) when a stress is applied to it, defined as the ratio of stress to strain.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quantity that measures an object or substance's resistance to being deformed elastically (i.e. non-permanently) when a stress is applied to it, defined as the ratio of stress to strain.
Young's modulus
qualifier: if the stress and deformation are along an axis
Synonyms: elastic modulus
Hyponyms: Young's modulus
shear modulus
bulk modulus
ha'p'orth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪpə(ɹ)θ/
note: dialectally
ipa: /ˈeɪpə(ɹ)θ/
Forms: form: ha'p'orth
form: ha'p'orths
form: 'aporth
form: ha'porth
form: hap'orth
form: halfp'orth
Etymology: Abbreviation of halfpennyworth.
Senses: examples: text: At an old stubborn Root I chanc’d to tug,
When the Dean threw me this Tobacco-plug:
A longer ha’p’orth never did I see;
This, dearest Sheelah, thou shalt share with me.
ref: 1729, Jonathan Swift, A Pastoral Dialogue, written after the News of the King’s Death:
text: ‘Mighty fine certainly,’ said Ralph, with great testiness. ‘When I first went to business, ma’am, I took a penny loaf and a ha’porth of milk for my breakfast as I walked to the city every morning; what do you say to that, ma’am? Breakfast! Bah!’
ref: 1838, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby:
text: circa''' 1880, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers
You rascal thief! it is not merely three-ha’p’orth of sooty fruit you rob me of, it is my peace of mind.
text: Halfpennyworth is best spelt and pronounced ha’p’orth.
ref: 1997, H. W. Fowler, Modern English Usage:
glosses: A halfpennyworth; the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.
examples: text: It’s very simple. Not because our people are ignorant and ungrateful, as you always explained it to yourself, but because in all your fads, if you’ll excuse the word, there wasn’t a ha’p’orth of love and kindness!
ref: 2003, Anton Chekhov, Ward No. 6:
text: A well-built and handsome boat is worth varnishing, and it would be a pity to “spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar”.
ref: 1887, C. Stansfeld-Hicks, Yachts, Boats and Canoes:
glosses: A small amount.
examples: text: 2000, Diary (16 Feb 2000) Frank Dobson (or possibly not) in The Guardian read at http://www.guardian.co.uk/mayor/Story/0,,190773,00.html#article_continue
Mrs Dobson shouted: “Put on your anorak, Frank, you daft ha’p’orth, the maroon one I fetched you for your 60th, or you’ll catch your death.”
text: 'Oh well,' Mrs Darling said as she looked at the scene unfolding on the doorstep, 'at least the silly ha'p'orth didn't go to the wrong place.'
ref: 2011, Barbara Nadel, Sure and Certain Death, →ISBN:
glosses: A foolish person.
Derived terms: spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
Related terms: ha'penny
penn'orth
halfpennyworth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛɪpnɪwəθ/
ipa: /ˈhɛɪpəθ/
Forms: form: halfpennyworths
form: ha'p'orth
Etymology: From Middle English halpenyworth; equivalent to halfpenny + worth; compare Old English healfpeniġweorþ.
Senses: coordinate_terms: pennyworth
tuppence worth
glosses: As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
examples: he's never been a ha'p'orth of bother
synonyms: word: pennyworth
word: tuppence worth
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A negligible amount.
synonyms: word: pennyworth
word: tuppence worth
word: ;
topics: origin
word: two cents
word: two cents' worth
glosses: One's opinion or thoughts on a matter.
baby bonus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby bonuses
Senses: examples: text: Many of the ideas, like a "baby bonus" or expanded child tax credit, would require an act of Congress.
ref: 2025 April 22, Melissa Hernandez De La Cruz, “Trump administration has been considering $5,000 baby bonus to boost birth rates in US, report says”, in News Center Maine:
glosses: A tax credit or payment to families with children, offered by the governments of some countries (including Canada and Australia).
communiqué
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌmjuːn.ɪˈkeɪ/
Forms: form: communiqués
form: communique
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French communiqué (“something communicated”), past participle of communiquer (“to communicate”).
Senses: examples: text: Otherwise, during the early decades of the Security Council there were few instances when private meetings were held and only a communiqué was issued.
ref: 2014, Loraine Sievers, Sam Daws, The Procedure of the UN Security Council, page 39:
text: Another fate the Europeans couldn't contemplate was not having a final communiqué at all, because if there was no final statement, maybe the meeting never took place, and how terrible that would be for mankind.
ref: 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: An official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.
Derived terms: joint communiqué
communique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: communiques
Senses: examples: text: A Defense Ministry communique said 40 Communist craft were sighted Tuesday off Peikantang, a tiny island in the Matsu group, but fled when the island's guns opened fire. The Matsus are off the Red port of Foochow, opposite the northern tip of Formosa.
ref: 1954 September 30, “Nationalist Forces Rout 40 Red Boats”, in The Washington Post and Times Herald, volume 77, number 299, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of communiqué.
press release
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press releases
Senses: examples: text: The company sent out a press release announcing its new product.
synonyms: handout
glosses: An official written statement that is sent to the media so that it can be publicized.
Derived terms: policy by press release
science by press release
publicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪˌsaɪz/
Forms: form: publicizes
form: publicizing
form: publicized
form: publicized
form: publicise
Etymology: From public + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of publicise.
oon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oons
Senses: glosses: An oven.
oot
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -uːt
Etymology: From Old English āuht; see aught.
Senses: synonyms: owt
glosses: anything
oot
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -uːt
Etymology: See out.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of out.
Derived terms: sitooterie
sitootery
make tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes tracks
form: making tracks
form: made tracks
form: made tracks
Senses: examples: text: I had better make tracks now, since my plane leaves soon.
synonyms: lay tracks
glosses: To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.
Derived terms: make tracks for
Related terms: pound sand
fashionableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fashionable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
Synonyms: fashionability
stylishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stylish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being stylish.
designated driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: designated drivers
Senses: examples: text: Back in the 1980s, the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a campaign to normalize the idea of a “designated driver” to reduce drunk driving. Jay Winsten of Harvard spent weeks in Hollywood, meeting with 250 executive producers and head writers, asking them to work the concept of a designated driver into their TV scripts. Many agreed.
ref: 2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic:
text: I’m his Lyft driver, or, as I have come to think of it, his designated driver on demand.
ref: 2020 February 27, Peter Jakubowicz, “The Drunk Men I Drive Around Every Night”, in Slate Magazine:
synonyms: DD
glosses: A person who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.
Derived terms: deso
tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹæks/
rhymes: -æks
homophone: trax
Senses: glosses: plural of track
Derived terms: in one's tracks
make tracks
wrong side of the tracks
tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹæks/
rhymes: -æks
homophone: trax
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of track
ipsilateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭp'sĭlătʹərəl
ipa: /ˌɪpsɪˈlætəɹəl/
rhymes: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: ipselateral
Etymology: From ipsi- + lateral.
Senses: examples: text: The stroke was characterised by ipsilateral paralysis.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: On the same side of the body.
Synonyms: homolateral
Derived terms: ipsilaterality
ipsilaterally
Related terms: ipsilesional
contralateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑntɹəˈlætəɹəl/
rhymes: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: controlateral
Etymology: From contra- + lateral.
Senses: examples: text: Early detection and advances in breast cancer treatment have increased the overall survival and life expectancy of patients with unilateral breast cancer, thereby increasing their risk of subsequently developing contralateral breast cancer.
ref: 2004, S. Eva Singletary, Advanced Therapy of Breast Disease, page 629:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: heterolateral
glosses: On the opposite side of the body.
Derived terms: contralaterality
contralaterally
contralateralize
Related terms: contralesional
contralateral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑntɹəˈlætəɹəl/
rhymes: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: contralaterals
form: controlateral
Etymology: From contra- + lateral.
Senses: glosses: The opposite side of the body
thews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θjuːz/
ipa: /θuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of thew
thews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θjuːz/
ipa: /θuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thew
Miss Right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Miss Rights
form: Ms. Right
form: Ms Right
Senses: examples: text: He waited for years and years, hoping someday to find Miss Right.
coordinate_terms: Mister Right
glosses: A perfect, ideal or suitable female companion, especially a wife.
thewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thew
sensibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensibility
sensibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/
Forms: form: sensibilities
Etymology: From sensible + -ity, from Middle French sensibilité, and its source, Latin sēnsibilitās.
Senses: examples: text: The high sensibility of the divided ring electrometer renders this test really very easy […].
ref: 2011, William Thomson, Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism, page 204:
glosses: The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity.
examples: text: By poetic ethic I am speaking about the intention to act on, and incorporate into a narrative configuration, values and beliefs that promote a poetic ontology and a poetic sensibility.
ref: 2015, Kathleen T. Galvin, Monica Prendergast, Poetic Inquiry II, page 266:
text: “This man has just arrived to the leadership … But from what is apparent, this man has a high level of political sensibility, that is vastly different than the one who preceded him,” she told CNN.
ref: 2016 December 22, Basma Atassi, “Saddam Hussein’s daughter: Trump has ‘political sensibility’”, in CNN:
glosses: Emotional or artistic awareness; keen sensitivity to matters of feeling or creative expression.
examples: text: People of sensibility have seldom good tempers.
ref: 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
glosses: Excessive emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional.
examples: text: I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, but that's the truth of the matter.
text: However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers[.]
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:
text: Many earnest consumers on the Right feel so legitimately embattled by the nonstop streaming feed of hate speech and psyoppery directed at them that they think they have no choice but to reconfigure their artistic sensibilities accordingly.
ref: 2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind:
glosses: An acute awareness or feeling.
glosses: The capacity to be perceived by the senses.
folds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /foʊldz/
ipa: /fəʊldz/
rhymes: -oʊldz
rhymes: -əʊldz
Senses: glosses: plural of fold
folds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /foʊldz/
ipa: /fəʊldz/
rhymes: -oʊldz
rhymes: -əʊldz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fold
faithfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faithfulnesses
Etymology: From Middle English feithfulnesse, equivalent to faithful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Traditional Chinese philosophy teaches us that in dealing with friends, we should be loyal and faithful. In all of our relations with friendly nations, we have been strictly adhering to these principles of loyalty and faithfulness. Of course, we expect friends to do the same to us.
ref: 1971, Chiang Kai-shek, 17:25 from the start, in Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek:
glosses: The state of being faithful.
The state or act of keeping faith; constancy of support.
synonyms: allegiance
loyalty
fidelity
examples: text: faithfulness to the original
glosses: The state of being faithful.
Consistency; exactness in copying or following.
factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæktɚz/
ipa: /ˈfæktəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of factor
factors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæktɚz/
ipa: /ˈfæktəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of factor
extracted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹæktɪd/
/ɛkˈstɹæktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of extract
engaging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒɪŋ
Forms: form: more engaging
form: most engaging
Senses: examples: text: I found her latest book to be a very engaging read.
glosses: Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
examples: text: The new intern has a bright, engaging personality.
glosses: Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
Synonyms: sense: that engages the attention
word: absorbing
sense: that engages the attention
word: compelling
sense: that engages the attention
word: engrossing
sense: that engages the attention
word: enthralling
sense: that engages the attention
word: interesting
sense: charming
word: appealing
sense: charming
word: attractive
sense: charming
word: sweet
Derived terms: engagingly
engagingness
nonengaging
unengaging
engaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engage
engaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒɪŋ
Forms: form: engagings
Senses: examples: text: If you dig deeper into the criminal engagings of Hillary Clinton, you might perhaps end up at the Clinton Foundation. Look at what the Clinton foundation actually does with its money (or doesn't do) or even worse, who has donated large sums of money.
ref: 2016, Andrew Kennedy, Inside the mind of Andrew: Blogs from 2016, page 14:
glosses: The act of engaging with something; engagement.
endowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdaʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of endow
endowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdaʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Senses: glosses: Provided or furnished with something.
examples: an endowed chair at a university
glosses: Founded by an endowment.
examples: text: GWM, 39, 5'10", 160, seeks rural, coastal-Maine male who is endwd, Gr act for long-term relation/partnership.
ref: 1981 August 15, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 10:
glosses: Well-endowed
Derived terms: overendowed
underendowed
unendowed
well-endowed
emblazonment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emblazonments
Etymology: From emblazon + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of emblazoning.
glosses: The state of being emblazoned.
emblazoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emblazoners
Etymology: From emblazon + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who emblazons.
emblazons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emblazon
emblazoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emblazoner
emblazoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emblazon
emblazoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emblazonings
Senses: examples: text: "The two banks of the river embody the English nation," thought Charles; "there is its magnificence and its poetry, its terraces, its pillars, and its carved emblazonings; and on the other is its trade, its industry, its warehouses, and their many signs of skill and toil.
ref: 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 57:
glosses: Something emblazoned.
emblazoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emblazon
earned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɝnd/
ipa: /ɜːnd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nd
Forms: form: earnt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of earn
earned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɝnd/
ipa: /ɜːnd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nd
Forms: form: earnt
Senses: examples: text: Earned media has a number of advantages. It's “free” in the sense that clients are not “billed” for the earned media placement.
ref: 2015 March 27, Larry D. Kelley, Kim Bartel Sheehan, Advertising Media Planning: A Brand Management Approach, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: This chapter will cover four ways in which media and technology partners have infused data into the creative process to work together with marketers: 1) in paid and earned advertising (including social media) […]
ref: 2017 January 3, Becky Wang, Creativity and Data Marketing: A Practical Guide to Data Innovation, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 121:
text: Ben & Jerry's flexed its brand authority regarding these missions when it took a public stand with the Black Lives Matter movement (witnessed on all of its owned media) at the same time it launched its newest line of flavors to get the greatest amount of earned coverage possible.
ref: 2018 March 26, Jeff Fromm, Angie Read, Marketing to Gen Z: The Rules for Reaching This Vast--and Very Different--Generation of Influencers, AMACOM, →ISBN, page 172:
topics: business
marketing
synonyms: organic
unpaid
glosses: Not paid for; appearing in media on its own merits.
Derived terms: a penny saved is a penny earned
earned media
earned run
earned run average
hard-earned
money won is twice as sweet as money earned
well-earned
drying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪ.ɪŋ]
rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
Etymology: From dry + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dry
Derived terms: nondrying
semidrying
undrying
drying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪ.ɪŋ]
rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
Forms: form: dryings
Etymology: From dry + -ing.
Senses: synonyms: dehydration
desiccation
glosses: The act of drying.
synonyms: dehydration
desiccation
glosses: The act of drying.
A method of food preservation by removing water.
Derived terms: critical point drying
drying green
drying rack
supercritical drying
dreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹiː.mɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈdɹiː.mɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɹiː.mɪŋ]
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dream
dreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹiː.mɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈdɹiː.mɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɹiː.mɪŋ]
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Forms: form: dreamings
Senses: glosses: An instance of dreaming; a dream or reverie.
Derived terms: dreamingly
dreaming site
dreaming track
lucid dreaming
nightdreaming
nondreaming
bubonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bjuːˈbɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From Latin būbō (stem būbōn-) + -ic.
Senses: examples: 1994: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, International Notes Human Plague -- India, 1994 - "In particular, bubonic plague is characterized by painful swelling of lymph nodes (buboes) in the inguinal, axillary, or cervical regions."
glosses: Of or pertaining to buboes.
Derived terms: antibubonic
bubonically
bubonic plague
inscribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/
rhymes: -aɪb
Forms: form: inscribes
form: inscribing
form: inscribed
form: inscribed
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).
Senses: examples: text: I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
text: I inscribed my name into the book.
text: This coheres with the pattern of Scripture, which inscribes her story among that of others in the company of Jesus.
ref: 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21:
glosses: To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
glosses: To dedicate to someone.
glosses: To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
antonyms: escribe
glosses: To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
Synonyms: enwrite
inwrite
Derived terms: exinscribed
inscribable
inscriber
reinscribe
superinscribe
uninscribed
Related terms: inscription
circumscribe
locations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /loʊˈkeɪʃənz/
ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of location
bank robber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank robbers
form: bank-robber
form: bankrobber
Senses: glosses: One who robs or steals from a bank.
bank robbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bank robber
inscribes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪbz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inscribe
inscribing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inscribe
inscribed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈskɹaɪbd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inscribe
chibi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːbi/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪbi/
rhymes: -iːbi
rhymes: -ɪbi
Forms: form: chibis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”)
Senses: topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
glosses: A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
examples: text: Since the eyes take up so much room on the chibi face, the head needs to be stretched and, therefore, usually ends up being oval-shaped to accommodate the oval-shaped eyes.
ref: 2013, Christopher Hart, Manga for the Beginner:
topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
glosses: A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute.
Related terms: caricature
superdeformed
calculators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calculator
hotspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒtˌspɒt/
ipa: /ˈhɑtˌspɑt/
Forms: form: hotspots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hot spot.
Derived terms: biodiversity hotspot
notspot
circumlocutory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circumlocutory
form: most circumlocutory
Etymology: From circumlocution + -ory; compare Medieval Latin circumlocūtōrius from Classical Latin circumlocūtiō.
Senses: examples: text: 1727, Jonathan Swift (attributed), Martinus Scriblerus, or the Art of Sinking In Poetry
Periphrase is another great aid to prolixity; being a diffused circumlocutory manner of expressing a known idea, which should be so mysteriously couched, as to give the reader the pleasure of guessing what it is, that the author can possibly mean; and a strange surprise, when he finds it.
text: Rachel's talks with the vicar were frequent; and poor little Mrs. William Wylder, who knew not the reason of his visits, fell slowly, and to the good man's entire bewilderment, into a chronic jealousy. It expressed itself enigmatically; it was circumlocutory, sad, and mysterious.
ref: 1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, chapter LII, in Wylder’s Hand. […], New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], published 1865, →OCLC:
text: Another common type of error is a circumlocutory error, when the patient describes the item in several words (e.g., describing a beaver as "an animal that eats trees").
ref: 2000, Joanne Green, Neuropsychological Evaluation of the Older Adult:
synonyms: periphrastic
verbose
glosses: Characterised by circumlocution; overly wordy
Synonyms: circumlocuitous
circumlocutious
circumlocutional
circumlocutionary
Derived terms: uncircumlocutory
Related terms: circumlocutorily
periphrastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹəˈfɹæ.stɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹəˈfɹæ.stɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós), from περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).
Senses: examples: text: He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.
text: She was simply asked to express how she felt, but her response was periphrastic.
text: As poetry it does not measure up to Aasen; as translation it is periphrastic, arbitrary, not at all faithful.
ref: 1916, Martin Brown Ruud, An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway:
text: That was a way of putting it—not very satisfactory/ A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle / With words and meanings.
ref: 1940, T. S. Eliot, East Coker:
glosses: Expressed in more words than are necessary.
examples: text: In writing, they deem it irreverent to express the Supreme Being [and] in conversation they generally use a periphrastic epithet, such as the All-Good.
ref: 1871, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (published anonymously), The Coming Race, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons:
glosses: Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
examples: text: “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Characterized by periphrasis.
Derived terms: nonperiphrastic
periphrastically
unperiphrastic
Related terms: periphrase
periphrasis
periphrastic conjugation
periphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛɹi.fɹeɪz/
homophone: paraphrase (if the second vowel is pronounced as a schwa, as it sometimes is)
Forms: form: periphrases
Etymology: From Latin periphrasis from Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis), from περιφράζομαι (periphrázomai, “I consider all sides of an issue”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φράζω (phrázō, “I show, point out”). See phrase.
Senses: examples: text: 1821, Thomas De Quincey, John Paul Frederick Richter (published in London Magazine
To describe all those on whom the fates of Troy hinged , by enigmatic periphrases
text: He held up the condition of the Church in the terrible mirror of his unflinching speech, which called things by their right names and dealt in no polite periphrases[…]
ref: 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter VI, page 56:
glosses: The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
Synonyms: periphrasis
Derived terms: periphrasic
periphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛɹi.fɹeɪz/
homophone: paraphrase (if the second vowel is pronounced as a schwa, as it sometimes is)
Forms: form: periphrases
form: periphrasing
form: periphrased
form: periphrased
Etymology: From Latin periphrasis from Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis), from περιφράζομαι (periphrázomai, “I consider all sides of an issue”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φράζω (phrázō, “I show, point out”). See phrase.
Senses: glosses: To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
glosses: To use circumlocution.
Derived terms: unperiphrased
periphrastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/
Forms: form: more periphrastically
form: most periphrastically
Etymology: From periphrastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With circumlocution or periphrasis.
series original
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: series originals
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: The first published narrative in a series of works; a narrative from which later narratives are written after. It serves as the chronological core of the series.
Related terms: intermission
interquel
prequel
reboot
sequel
floods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flʌdz/
rhymes: -ʌdz
Senses: glosses: plural of flood
floods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flʌdz/
rhymes: -ʌdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flood
solicitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈlɪsɪtəs/
Forms: form: more solicitous
form: most solicitous
Etymology: From Latin sōlicitus, sollicitus (“thoroughly disturbed, anxious”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + cieō (“move, disturb”). By surface analysis, solicit + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: To that end, the then Biſhop of London, Dʳ Laud, attended on his Majeſty throughout that whole journey[…]to accompliſh which he was no leſs ſollicitous than the King himſelf, nor the King the leſs ſollicitous for his Advice.
ref: 1646–48, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion, volume III, Oxford: Ro. Mander, published 1707, book I, page 82:
text: Where pain is most severe and sorrow most bitter, there love is most solicitous and untiring.
ref: 1929, Kirby Page, Jesus Or Christianity: A Study In Contrasts, Oxford: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., page 32:
glosses: Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.
examples: text: solicitous about a person's health
text: solicitous inquiries, asking after her husband and children
text: You have not only been careful of my fortune, which was the effect of your nobleneſs, but you have been ſolicitous of my reputation, which is that of your kindneſs.
ref: 1666 November 10, John Dryden, “Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders”, in The Poetical Works of John Dryden, volume I, London: F. C. and J. Rivington et al., published 1811, page 78:
text: The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
qualifier: Usually followed by about; for; or a clause
glosses: Showing care, concern, or attention, in any of several ways; thus:
In a conscientious way, often with kindness.
qualifier: Usually followed by about; for; or a clause
glosses: Showing care, concern, or attention, in any of several ways; thus:
In an eager way.
examples: text: Enjoy the preſent whatſoever it be, and be not ſollicitous for the future : for if you take your foot from the preſent ſtanding, and thruſt it forward toward to morrow’s even, you are in a reſtleſs condition, it is like refuſing to quench your preſent thirſt by fearing you ſhall want to drink the next day.
ref: 1650, Jeremy Taylor, “Of Christian Society”, in The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living, 19th edition, London: J. Hepinstall, published 1703, section VI, page 114:
qualifier: Usually followed by about; for; or a clause
glosses: Showing care, concern, or attention, in any of several ways; thus:
In an anxious or distressed way.
Derived terms: word: solicitously
alt: n
word: solicitousness
momser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: momsers
form: momserim
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mamzer.
ringleader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/
Forms: form: ringleaders
Etymology: From ring + leader.
Senses: examples: text: Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
ref: 2017, Allyson Kennedy, Can't Beat the Heart of a Carolina Girl:
glosses: A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.
examples: text: The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
text: A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...
ref: 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2:
text: The ringleaders of the gang were eventually hanged at Tyburn.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 203:
glosses: A person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang.
circumcise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/
ipa: /ˈsɚkəmˌsaɪz/
Forms: form: circumcises
form: circumcising
form: circumcised
form: circumcised
Etymology: From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).
Senses: glosses: To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
glosses: To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.
Synonyms: word: circ
word: snip
word: cut
english: medical
translation: medical
word: posthectomize
Derived terms: circumcisable
circumcisee
circumciser
circumcisor
recircumcise
Related terms: circumcision
stockade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
enpr: stä'kādʹ
ipa: /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: stockades
Etymology: From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
glosses: A military prison.
Related terms: estacade
stake
stockade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
enpr: stä'kādʹ
ipa: /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: stockades
form: stockading
form: stockaded
form: stockaded
Etymology: From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.
Senses: glosses: To enclose in a stockade.
swoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: swo͝on
ipa: /swuːn/
enpr: so͝on
ipa: /suːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: swoons
form: swound
Etymology: From Middle English swoune, swone, from the verb (see below).
Senses: examples: text: She dandled it, and dancet it up and doune, / Not ceasing till she rais'd it from his swoune.
ref: 1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines, lines 138-139:
text: "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon. How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
text: As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.
ref: 14th century CE, Guanzhong, L., “1. Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood In The Peach Garden; One Victory Shatters The Rebels In Battlegrounds.”, in Brewitt-Taylor, C. H., transl., Romance of the Three Kingdoms, published 1925, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:
glosses: A faint.
glosses: An infatuation.
Derived terms: Swoonatra
swoon hypothesis
swoon set
swoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: swo͝on
ipa: /swuːn/
enpr: so͝on
ipa: /suːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: swoons
form: swooning
form: swooned
form: swooned
form: swound
Etymology: From Middle English swounen, swonen (“to faint”), and aswoune (“in a swoon”), both ultimately from Old English ġeswōgen (“insensible, senseless, dead”), past participle of swōgan (“to make a sound, overrun, suffocate”) (compare Old English āswōgan (“to cover over, overcome”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą (“to make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.
Cognate with German Low German swogen, swögen (“to faint, sigh, groan”), Dutch zwoegen (“to groan, breathe heavily”), dialectal Norwegian søgja (“to whistle, hum, talk loudly”). More at sough.
Senses: examples: text: I threw myself down on the island ground, like a dead man, and drowned in desolation swooned away, nor did I return to my senses till next morning, when the sun rose and revived me.
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 539:
text: I dropped the vessel quickly to a lower level. Nor was I a moment too soon. The girl had swooned.
ref: 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “A Fair Goddess”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, page 107:
text: He's got more than just mad skill / He's got a beaver tail and a bill. / And the women swoon whenever they hear him say…
ref: 2011 August 2, “Perry the Platypus”, in Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions, performed by Randy Crenshaw, Walt Disney Records:
synonyms: black out
faint
pass out
glosses: To faint, to lose consciousness.
glosses: To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
examples: text: That plush mustache of yours has completely swooned me!
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Boggly Woods:
glosses: To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation.
examples: text: The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.
text: 2013 (November 2), Pinky, 10 minutes into episode 25 ("The Spy Who Slimed Me") of TV series "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures" per closed captions
[Swoons] For sure. He's totally dreamy. Uh--but my heart still belongs to you, Pac-ums.
glosses: To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
Derived terms: swooner
swooningly
swoony
Papiamentu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntoʊ/
/ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntuː/
Forms: form: Papiamento
Etymology: From Portuguese papeamento.
Senses: glosses: A Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.
remarque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remarques
form: remark
Etymology: From French remarque.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engraving
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.
topics: arts
crafts
engraving
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.
topics: arts
crafts
engraving
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A print or proof distinguished by such a mark.
anma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 按摩.
Senses: examples: text: Anma is a traditional Japanese massage involving vigorous kneading, rubbing, tapping and shaking.
ref: 2020, Parmod Kumar, Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, page 163:
glosses: A form of traditional Japanese massage.
self-deprecating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlfˈdɛpɹəˌkeɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: more self-deprecating
form: most self-deprecating
Etymology: From self- + deprecating.
Senses: examples: text: Mention sex, and the English humour reflex kicks in. And we all know that self-deprecating jokes are the most effective, the most widely appreciated form of humour.
ref: 2004, Kate Fox, “Rules of Sex”, in Watching the English, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 325:
text: One of the most defining outcomes of the study was the acknowledgement that the use of self-deprecating humour doesn’t necessarily have negative connotations, as previously thought.
ref: 2018 February 18, “Self-deprecating humour linked to greater psychological wellbeing, study finds”, in The Independent:
synonyms: self-deprecatory
glosses: Expressing disapproval of oneself.
glosses: unassuming, modest
self-deprecating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlfˈdɛpɹəˌkeɪtɪŋ/
Etymology: From self- + deprecating.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-deprecate
unpretentious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnpɹəˈtɛnʃəs/
Forms: form: more unpretentious
form: most unpretentious
Etymology: From un- + pretentious.
Senses: examples: text: Cheltenham Spa station had opened in June 1840 as Cheltenham, being renamed Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) in February 1925 and taking on its modern name of Cheltenham Spa in January 1948 - an oddity in itself as its town is plain, unpretentious Cheltenham.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:
glosses: Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
Synonyms: humble
Derived terms: unpretentiously
unpretentiousness