cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
aspersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspersions
Etymology: From Latin aspersiōnem, from aspersiō (“sprinkling”).
Senses: examples: text: No criminality can be infered or punishment inflicted, but for writing, printing, uttering, or publishing false, scandalous and malicious aspersions against the government.
ref: 1799, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, “Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania to Kentucky”, in State Documents on Federal Relations, University of Pennsylvania, published 1906, page 21:
text: Even the comfort of the bottle might conceivably fail him in this supreme crisis. At such an age nothing but a halter could cure the pangs of an unquenchable passion. And, besides, there was the wild exasperation aroused by the unjust aspersions and the contumely of the house, with the maddening impossibility to account for that mysterious thrashing, added to these simple and bitter sorrows.
ref: 1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes:
text: Back in 2018, the body representing the water industry was snorting at Gove’s aspersions, declaring hotly that it looked forward to its pet regulator “bringing some sorely needed facts and balance to the debate”.
ref: 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: calumny
word: slander
word: aspersion
word: calumniousness
word: calumny
word: character assassination
word: defamation
word: detraction
word: disparagement
word: libel
word: obloquy
word: slander
word: traducement
word: vilification
glosses: An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
examples: text: If thou dost break her virgin knot before
All sanctimonious ceremonies may
With full and holy rite be minister'd,
No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
To make this contract grow; but barren hate […]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: A sprinkling, especially of holy water.
Derived terms: cast aspersions
microaspersion
envelop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕn-vĕlʹəp
ipa: /ɛnˈvɛləp/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛnvəlɵp/
Forms: form: envelops
form: enveloping
form: enveloped
form: enveloped
form: invelop
form: invelope
form: envelope
Etymology: From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną, *wrappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). Doublet of enwrap.
Senses: examples: text: In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.
ref: 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “From the Cabby’s Seat”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 165:
text: (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
text: The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.
ref: 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:
text: Then we trundle along a railway enveloped in trees for much of its route, before the river widens, allowing unobstructed views as the line hugs one bank before arriving at Looe, where the single platform is just long enough to fit a two-car Class 150.
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:
glosses: To surround, enclose or enfold.
Derived terms: disenvelop
enveloper
Related terms: envelope
cast aspersions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts aspersions
form: casting aspersions
form: cast aspersions
form: cast aspersions
Senses: examples: text: Don't cast aspersions on me, or on my patriotism.
text: “You are casting aspersions,” remonstrated Peter Ivanovitch, “which as far as you are concerned—” “No!” Razumov interrupted without heat. “Indeed, I don’t want to cast aspersions, but it’s just as well to have no illusions.” Peter Ivanovitch gave him an inscrutable glance of his dark spectacles, accompanied by a faint smile. “The man who says that he has no illusions has at least that one,” he said, in a very friendly tone.
ref: 1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes:
text: Dismissing stability as the refusal to innovate (or rather cut costs), business leaders cast aspersions on the steadying tenets of the first half of the twentieth century, including social provisions and job security.
ref: 2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 2, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
text: However, the exhibition was refused classification as it “contains materials that cast aspersions on the integrity of, and undermine public trust and confidence in public institutions involved in the administration of justice”.
ref: 2024 October 9, Goh Yan Han, “Death penalty exhibition rejected over ‘false and one-sided’ info, possible contempt of court: IMDA”, in The Straits Times:
text: “To have the director of national intelligence cast aspersions upon the professionalism and public service of dedicated people, I just find basically offensive and wrong,” he said.
ref: 2025 September 26, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, quoting Jake Sullivan, “Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
greenwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːnwɒʃ/
Forms: form: greenwashes
Etymology: Blend of green (“environmentally friendly”) + whitewash (or green + -wash), coined by Jay Westerveld in 1986.
Senses: examples: text: People can be cynical about companies hiding behind green ideals, their radars finely tuned to detect a greenwash.
ref: 2010, Meegan Jones, Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Greta Thunberg has blasted politicians as hypocrites and international climate summits as empty words and greenwash.
ref: 2020 November 9, Damian Carrington, “‘Hypocrites and greenwash’: Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis”, in the Guardian, retrieved 09 Nov 2020:
synonyms: greenwashing
coordinate_terms: whitewash
bluewash
pinkwash
glosses: A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
greenwash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːnwɒʃ/
Forms: form: greenwashes
form: greenwashing
form: greenwashed
form: greenwashed
Etymology: Blend of green (“environmentally friendly”) + whitewash (or green + -wash), coined by Jay Westerveld in 1986.
Senses: examples: text: But what happens more often is that media “greenwashes” dirty energy sources (coal, gas, nuclear power) as “clean”—a particularly dangerous notion because it belies the threat they pose to our planet and human health.
ref: 2011, Elaine Wellin, Kristen Seraphin, Project Censored, Censored 2012: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2010-11, →ISBN, Health and the Environment:
text: The commercials were very effective – in 1990, they won an Effie advertising award, and subsequently became a case study at Harvard Business school. They also became notorious among environmentalists, who have proclaimed them the gold standard of greenwashing – the corporate practice of making diverting sustainability claims to cover a questionable environmental record.
ref: 2016 August 20, Bruce Watson, “The troubling evolution of corporate greenwashing”, in The Guardian:
text: WWF recommends including the following Clauses in the Bill to avoid potential loopholes: […] Provide clear and comprehensive definitions of “disposable” and “single-use” to avoid greenwashing and false claims for products designed to be disposable but falsely marketed otherwise to circumvent the ban.
ref: 2023, WWF—Hong Kong, “Submission on Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2023 (LC Paper No. CB(1)398/2023(09))”, in Documents of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, page 2:
coordinate_terms: bluewash#Verb
redwash#Verb
brownwash#Verb
whitewash#Verb
;
humanewash
glosses: To portray with a false or misleading image of environmental friendliness so as to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
Derived terms: greenwasher
openwash
Related terms: green tape
tuk-tuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʊk.tʊk/
Forms: form: tuk-tuks
form: tuk tuk
Etymology: From Thai ตุ๊ก ๆ (dtúk-dtúk), onomatopoeic for the sound of its two-stroke engine.
Senses: examples: text: Photographs containing blurry night shots from Kao San Road, as well as one where a tuk tuk almost hits an elephant.
ref: 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 17:
glosses: A motorized rickshaw, especially Southeast Asia or India.
Synonyms: auto
autorickshaw
auto rickshaw
bajaj
saamlaw
songthaew
motorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoʊtɚaɪz/
Forms: form: motorizes
form: motorizing
form: motorized
form: motorized
form: motorise
Etymology: From motor + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Most canoe aficionados would argue that motorizing a canoe removes the pleasurable aspects of traveling in one.
glosses: To fit something with a motor.
examples: text: Once Jack decided to motorize his paper delivery route, he found he could reach far more subscribers.
glosses: To supply something or someone with motor vehicles.
examples: text: The refit plan recommended that the first battalion be motorized to upgrade their offensive capabilities.
glosses: To supply armoured vehicles; to mechanize.
Derived terms: motorizable
motorization
Wheatley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wheatleys
Etymology: From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Whatley.
Senses: glosses: An English surname from Old English. Derived from the place name
glosses: A placename:
A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Binsted parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7840).
glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5905).
glosses: A placename:
A northern suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5804).
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Halifax, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0726).
Derived terms: Wheatley elm
wheatleyite
benchmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/
Forms: form: benchmarks
form: bench mark
Etymology: From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: criterion
text: Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one pertaining to the lavatorial arrangements of bears.
ref: 2013 September 20, Marina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic?”, in The Guardian:
text: In a press release, CARB expanded on their decision. "The LCFS reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by setting a declining carbon intensity target for transportation fuels used in California; producers that don't meet established benchmarks buy credits from those that do. This system has generated $4 billion in annual private sector investment toward a cleaner transportation sector."
ref: 2024 November 8, Luz Pena, “California's gas prices could have major increase with passing of new fuel standards”, in ABC7 News:
glosses: A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
examples: Near-synonym: datum
glosses: A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
Derived terms: non-benchmark
benchmark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/
Forms: form: benchmarks
form: benchmarking
form: benchmarked
form: benchmarked
form: bench mark
Etymology: From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.
Senses: glosses: To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
To give certain results in a benchmark test.
raw_tags: followed by at
glosses: To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
raw_tags: followed by against
Synonyms: word: kitemark
word: yardstick
Derived terms: benchmarkable
benchmarker
benchmarketing
canned benchmark
microbenchmark
rebenchmark
unbenchmarked
encomiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnkoʊmiˈæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more encomiastic
form: most encomiastic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστικός (enkōmiastikós).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an encomiast.
examples: text: an encomiastic address or discourse
text: [H]is Excellency began drinking wine forthwith and gazing round upon the company, now with the most wonderful frowns, and anon with the blandest smiles, and hiccupped remarks encomiastic of the drink which he was imbibing.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 39, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: As Philodemus indicated in antiquity, encomia of Busiris [by Isocrates] belong to this category of "paradoxical" or "adoxographic" treatises, which flourished in nearly all periods of ancient Greek literature. These were speeches written in the encomiastic style on subjects that were immediately recognizable to ancient audiences as vile, trivial, ridiculous, or otherwise unsuited to praise.
ref: 2001, Phiroze Vasunia, The Gift of the Nile: Hellenizing Egypt from Aeschylus to Alexander, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 193:
glosses: Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
Derived terms: encomiastically
encomiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnkoʊmiˈæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: encomiastics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστικός (enkōmiastikós).
Senses: examples: text: I thank you , Master Compass, for your short Encomiastic
ref: 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
glosses: A panegyric.
encomiast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encomiasts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστής (enkōmiastḗs).
Senses: examples: text: Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.
ref: 1979, Carl Deroux, editor, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History [Collection Latomus; 164], volume 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC, page 111:
glosses: A person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.
maiden over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maiden overs
Senses: examples: text: In his spell of 6-35, twelve maiden overs were bowled.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An over in which no runs are scored.
maker's name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: from the placement of the manufacturer's logo
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: the front blade of a cricket bat
cricket bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cricket bats
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a bat, traditionally made from willow, used to play cricket
corporation pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From corporation (“a local authority”) + pop (“a carbonated drink”). Used in sarcastic humor, as tap water is not an affluent beverage.
Senses: glosses: Water, specifically drinking water supplied by a public utility company.
Mankad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mankads
Etymology: Named after the Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A run out of the non-striker by the bowler before bowling the ball if the non-striker leaves their crease too early; thought by some to be unsporting behaviour, but is within the rules of the game.
Mankad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Mankads
form: Mankading
form: Mankaded
form: Mankaded
Etymology: Named after the Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To run a player out by this means.
match referee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: match referees
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: an administrative official who decides on any penalties for bad conduct etc
medium pace
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He bowls medium pace in the nets.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: describing a style of bowling, intermediate in speed between spin and pace, in which the bowler uses swing or seam to take wickets
medium pacer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medium pacers
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a medium pace bowler
mid off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mid offs
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a fielding position, about 70° forward of square on the off side, between cover and the bowler's wicket
glosses: a fielder at this position
Derived terms: silly mid off
Related terms: mid on
mid on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mid ons
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a fielding position, about 70° forward of square on the leg side, between midwicket and the bowler's wicket; a fielder at this position
Derived terms: silly mid on
Related terms: mid off
middle stump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle stumps
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: the stump in the middle of the batsman's wicket
middle order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle orders
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: the batsmen who bat in positions 5 to 7; often the poorer batsmen, the wicket-keeper and the bowlers who can bat best
Related terms: top order
lower order
bottom order
batsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batsman
midwicket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midwickets
Etymology: From mid- + wicket.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.
Derived terms: deep midwicket
minefield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnˌfild/
Forms: form: minefields
form: mine field
Etymology: From mine + field. Compare Saterland Frisian Mienenfäield (“minefield”), West Frisian mynfjild (“minefield”), Dutch mijnenveld (“minefield”), German Low German Minenfeld (“minefield”), German Minenfeld (“minefield”), Danish minefelt (“minefield”), Swedish minfält (“minefield”).
Senses: glosses: An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.
examples: text: Be careful. Foreign property investments are a minefield, and some people have lost a lot of money.
text: Russian grammar can be a minefield.
text: Political minefield awaits Prayut government including threat from an old foe
ref: 2022 June 1, Ken Lohatepanont, “Political minefield awaits Prayut government”, in Thai Enquirer, Bangkok: Thai News Corp, retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
glosses: A matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitch that has dried out and crumbled and on which the ball is bouncing and spinning unpredictably.
synonyms: minefield quiz
glosses: A quiz that terminates when the test-taker answers a question incorrectly.
Derived terms: tiptoe through a minefield
herbarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɜːˈbɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /(h)ɝˈbɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: herbariums
form: herbaria
Etymology: From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.
Senses: examples: text: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
glosses: A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
glosses: A building or institution where such a collection is kept.
Coordinate terms: fungarium
hortorium
xylarium
Related terms: herbarial
arboretum
botanical garden
test tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test tubes
form: test-tube
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests.
Derived terms: test tube baby
test tube baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test tube babies
form: test-tube baby
Senses: synonyms: embaby
glosses: A baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation and then implanted in the uterus of the mother.
Related terms: artificial insemination
intrauterine insemination
South American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Andes is a South American mountain range.
glosses: Of, or relating to South America.
Derived terms: South American bollworm moth
South American coati
South American gray fox
South American sea lion
South American squirrel monkey
South American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South Americans
Senses: glosses: A person from or living in South America.
Synonyms: word: South American
Hypernyms: word: American
word: inhabitant
word: person
Hyponyms: word: Argentinian
word: Bolivian
word: Brazilian
word: Chilean
word: Colombian
word: Ecuadorian
word: Falkland Islander
word: French Guianese
word: Guyanese
word: Paraguayan
word: Peruvian
word: Uruguayan
word: Surinamese
word: Venezuelan
deceiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/
ipa: /dɪˈsivɚ/
rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: deceivers
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English deceyvour, from Anglo-Norman decevour; by surface analysis, deceive + -er.
Senses: examples: text: My memory my fond deceiver / Is turning all my past into pain / While I'm being raped by progress / Tomorrow's world is here to stay
ref: 1983, Matt Johnson, “The Sinking Feeling”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The:
glosses: A person who lies or deceives.
synonyms: word: Azazel
word: devil
word: demon
word: imp
qualifier: usually preceded by "the"
glosses: Another name for Satan.
Synonyms: word: bamboozler
word: bouncer
word: bullshitter
word: cheat
word: cheater
word: cogger
word: cony-catcher
word: crammer
word: deceiver
word: deceptor
word: fabricator
word: fabulist
word: falser
word: gabber
word: grifter
word: guiler
word: liar
word: losenger
word: mocker
word: pseudologist
word: rook
word: Scandaroon
word: shammer
word: Spanish athlete
word: swindler
word: swike
word: treacher
word: trickster
word: trucker
word: wernard
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: abydocomist
word: charlatan
word: confidence trickster
word: con artist
word: conman
word: crap artist
word: deceptress
word: falsifier
word: fibber
word: flatterer
word: fraud
word: fraudster
word: imposter
word: impostor
word: inside man
word: medicaster
word: mountebank
word: pathological liar
word: pious fraud
word: pseudologue
word: quack
word: scammer
word: shill
word: shiller
word: smooth operator
word: whillywha
Derived terms: amethyst deceiver
archdeceiver
beaver deceiver
self-deceiver
Related terms: word: dissembler
word: faker
word: forger
word: hypocrite
word: misrepresenter
word: kidder
word: phoney
word: pretender
word: sophist
word: deceive
word: deception
word: dupe
Karen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹən/
rhymes: -æɹən
rhymes: -ɛɹən
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
homophone: caron
homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, g-dropping)
homophone: cairn
homophone: carn stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: Caren
form: Caron
form: Caryn
form: Karin
form: Karyn
Etymology: From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized via African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: examples: text: Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!
ref: 1878 Celia Thaxter, Drift-Weed, Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 ("Karen")
text: I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.
ref: 1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen, W.Collins, 1918, page 12
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Karen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹən/
rhymes: -æɹən
rhymes: -ɛɹən
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
homophone: caron
homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, g-dropping)
homophone: cairn
homophone: carn stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: Garen
form: Kārēn
form: Qarin
form: Qārin
form: Karin
form: Kārin
Etymology: From Parthian 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉 (krny /⁠Kārēn⁠/), from Old Iranian. The Armenian name is from Armenian Կարեն (Karen), from the same Parthian name.
Senses: glosses: One of the seven great Parthian feudal families.
glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Կարեն (Karen).
Synonyms: Karen-Pahlav
Karen-Pahlaw
Karen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹən/
rhymes: -æɹən
rhymes: -ɛɹən
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
homophone: caron
homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, g-dropping)
homophone: cairn
homophone: carn stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
ipa: /kəˈɹɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹən/
rhymes: -æɹən
rhymes: -ɛɹən
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
homophone: caron
homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, g-dropping)
homophone: cairn
homophone: carn stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: Karens
form: Karen
Etymology: From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin.
Senses: examples: text: U Nu's government was Socialist with a program of nationalization. But it had to fight for survival against almost universal disorder complicated by a Communist rebellion, a Karen rising, which was far more serious, and, in 1950, the arrival from Yünnan of General Li Mi's Kuomintang division after its rout by the Chinese Communists.
ref: 1968, Daniel George Edward Hall, “Burma”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 4, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 442, column 2:
text: There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.
ref: 2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303:
synonyms: Kayin
glosses: A member of a diverse ethnic group originating in Myanmar and Thailand.
Karen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹən/
rhymes: -æɹən
rhymes: -ɛɹən
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
homophone: caron
homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, g-dropping)
homophone: cairn
homophone: carn stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
ipa: /kəˈɹɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkæɹən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹən/
rhymes: -æɹən
rhymes: -ɛɹən
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
homophone: caron
homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, g-dropping)
homophone: cairn
homophone: carn stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin.
Senses: glosses: A group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by people of the Karen ethnic group, also called Karenic.
glosses: Former name of Kayin (“state (administrative division) of Myanmar”).
Derived terms: Black Karen
Karenic
Red Karen
S'gaw Karen
White Karen
passer-by
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑː.sə.baɪ/
ipa: /ˈpæs.ɚˌbaɪ/
ipa: /ˈpɑː.sə.bɑɪ/
Forms: form: passers-by
form: passerby
Etymology: From passer + by. Compare bystander.
Senses: examples: text: When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.
text: With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: passer
glosses: A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).
Related terms: passer-through
amphibole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæm.fɪˌboʊl/
Forms: form: amphiboles
Etymology: From French amphibole, coined by René Just Haüy from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous”), in reference to its many forms.
Senses: examples: text: Remember when we could see the mountain's peak?
The sparkle off the amphibole.
ref: 2017, Jason Isbell, Cumberland Gap:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium.
wikipedia: René Just Haüy
Derived terms: amphibolic
amphiboliferous
amphibolite
ampholite
pyribole
passerby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passersby
Senses: examples: text: We are sitting at a table on the sidewalk, sipping at two great big iced café mochas, and while Phil stares at every pretty passerby as if he’s about to say “Take me to your leader,” I am lavishing my attention on his scooter, parked at the curb ten feet away.
ref: 2013, Chris Lynch, Pieces, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: Alternative form of passer-by.
hornblende
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːnˌblɛnd/
ipa: /ˈhɔɹnˌblɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: hornblendes
Etymology: From German Hornblende, from Horn (“horn”) + Blende (see blende).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.
Derived terms: ferrohornblende
hornblendic
hornblendite
magnesiohornblende
systems analyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: systems analysts
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person whose job is to perform systems analysis by being responsible for researching, planning and recommending software and system choices to meet an organization's business requirements.
topics: business
management
glosses: Synonym of business analyst.
synonyms: word: business analyst
Related terms: analyst programmer
palomino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæləˈmiːnəʊ/
enpr: păl-ə-mēʹnō
ipa: /pæləˈmiːnoʊ/
Forms: form: palominos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.
Senses: examples: text: I mount my palomino and ride off; his flaxen mane and tail are full of the wind.
ref: 2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 217:
glosses: A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.
surcingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːsɪŋɡ(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈsɜɹˌsɪŋ.ɡəl/
Forms: form: surcingles
Etymology: From Old French surcengle, formed with sur (“over”) and cengle (“girdle”).
Senses: examples: text: He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.
ref: 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 8, in Filibuster:
glosses: A long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal.
glosses: A piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing.
glosses: A girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock.
Synonyms: word: circingle
sense: piece of tack
word: roller
surcingle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːsɪŋɡ(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈsɜɹˌsɪŋ.ɡəl/
Forms: form: surcingles
form: surcingling
form: surcingled
form: surcingled
Etymology: From Old French surcengle, formed with sur (“over”) and cengle (“girdle”).
Senses: glosses: To fasten with a surcingle.
Hoosier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuʒɚ/
Forms: form: Hoosiers
form: hoosier
Etymology: Uncertain. See Wikipedia's article on the subject for theories. Popularized by the 1830 John Finley poem “The Hoosier’s Nest”.
Senses: examples: text: Indiana’s Borderlanders called themselves Hoosiers, came from the backcountry of Kentucky and western Virginia, and were ambivalent about slavery.
ref: 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 16, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
synonyms: Indianan
glosses: A native or resident of the U.S. state of Indiana.
glosses: Someone associated with Indiana University, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan. This is also the university's sports mascot.
examples: text: Near-synonym: (Canada) hoser
text: "The mall? Belinda, mall pickups are for hoosiers," I say, St. Louis slang for white trash. "With femullets." [...] "But Jake's no hoosier."
ref: 2014, Emily Giffin, The Emily Giffin Collection: Volume 2: Baby Proof, →ISBN:
text: Taken as a whole, the article portrayed Ray as an indigent, racist “Hoosier” (St. Louis slang for redneck) with an inept, habitual tendency to commit petty crimes.
ref: 2015, Pate McMichael, Klandestine: How a Klan Lawyer and a Checkbook Journalist ..., page 2:
synonyms: white trash
qualifier: St. Louis; Missouri; formerly Southern US; St. Louis; Missouri; formerly Southern US
glosses: An uneducated, tasteless, boorish white person.
glosses: A kind of cupboard or dresser with shelves, drawers, etc.; a kitchenet.
Derived terms: Hoosierish
Hoosierism
Hoosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuʒɚ/
Forms: form: hoosier
Etymology: Uncertain. See Wikipedia's article on the subject for theories. Popularized by the 1830 John Finley poem “The Hoosier’s Nest”.
Senses: examples: text: Less well known but perhaps even more interesting than Stephenson is Court Asher, the second "gentleman" from Indiana. Asher is a more convincing bigot than Stephenson, one more homegrown and more Hoosier than the puffed-up grand dragon, […]
ref: 1947, John Bartlow Martin, Indiana: An Interpretation, page xi:
text: That's not very Hoosier, is it?
ref: 2009, Alden Studebaker, Hoosieritis: The Contagious Condition That Is Indiana, page 51:
text: “Somehow the tradition doesn't seem very Hoosier.”
ref: 2009, Alexander Lawrence, Blest Be the Tie, book 1:
glosses: Characteristic of or pertaining to the American state of Indiana.
Synonyms: sense: Indiana
alt: exonym
word: Indianan
Derived terms: Hoosier Alley
Hoosier pie
bright line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bright lines
Senses: examples: text: In these situations, there is no bright line between aggressive play and outright cheating.
glosses: A clear distinction in the context of a legal, moral, ethical, or analytical judgment.
Related terms: bright-line rule
untoward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/
ipa: /ˌʌn.təˈwɔɹd/
ipa: /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔɹd/
ipa: /ʌnˈtɔɹd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: more untoward
form: most untoward
Etymology: From un- + toward (“to + -ward”).
Senses: examples: text: But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…]
ref: 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
text: Honest men for the most part, but men with whom the world had dealt hardly; the failures of all countries, men sobered by toil and saddened by exile, who had been driven to fight for the dominion of an untoward soil, to sow where others should gather, the advance-guard of a mighty civilization to be.
ref: 1900, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan, 28:633 (April):
text: At Tebay however, he began to get the mastery over these untoward conditions, and actually got back a little time up to Shap, after which all was plain sailing.
ref: 1941 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 484:
text: No untoward effects were reported; however, this was not a blinded or controlled study.
ref: 2004, Jan Riordan, chapter 5, in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, →ISBN, page 149:
text: However, these guidelines may not be applicable to all individuals with refractory epilepsy, in whom seizure control is not achieved without using polytherapy or resection surgery with their untoward side effects.
ref: 2007, Steven C. Schachter et al., chapter 4, in Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice, →ISBN, page 282:
synonyms: adverse
disadvantageous
inconvenient
unfavorable
unfortunate
glosses: Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
synonyms: difficult
fractious
stubborn
troublesome
uncontrollable
unruly
glosses: Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.
examples: text: She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 2–3:
text: The managing director was very depressed at the news, but realized that trying to prove anything untoward had taken place would be very difficult.
ref: 2005, John Martin, Organizational Behaviour and Management, →ISBN, page 518:
text: “I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward,” Gaetz said. As only he could.
ref: 2021 April 8, Gail Collins, quoting Matt Gaetz, “Here’s … Matt Gaetz”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: immodest
improper
unseemly
glosses: Unseemly, improper.
Derived terms: untowardly
untowardness
grand salami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand salamis
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A grand slam.
Derived terms: salami
Diganta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi, dirgh (long) + Anta (end) = horizon.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from India, of Indian (particularly Assamese) usage.
Biblezine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Biblezines
Etymology: From Bible + zine.
Senses: glosses: A Bible, or portions of the Bible, published in a magazine-like format.
uz
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of us (“me”).
cannibalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannibalisations
Senses: examples: text: The condemned A.E.C. diesel railcar, No. W28W, is at Southall for cannibalisation to provide spares for the others of its type still in service.
ref: 1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:
glosses: Alternative form of cannibalization.
Related terms: cannibalise
doubleheader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doubleheaders
Senses: examples: text: There would be, on Saturday, June 10, an old-fashioned, conventional doubleheader, two games for a single-admission price. A common practice in Major League Baseball for a good part of the 20th century, traditional doubleheaders fell out of favor by the late 1980s, when rising attendance and escalating salaries led baseball owners to abandon them as an unnecessary giveaway since it amounted to a game’s being played free of charge.
ref: 2017 September 6, Pat Borzi, “The Rays Are Playing a Traditional Doubleheader. By Choice.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of double-header.
carpel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəl
homophone: carpal
Forms: form: carpels
Etymology: 1835, borrowed from French carpelle, from New Latin carpellum, a diminutive of Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (kărpós, “fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.
Synonyms: carpophyll
Derived terms: acarpellous
carpellary
carpellate
Related terms: gynoecium
double switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double switches
Senses: examples: text: The dance included an intricate double switch.
glosses: A situation where two things are changed at once
examples: text: They did a double switch after the eighth so that Jones could bat second in the ninth.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A replacement of two players simultaneously, typically so that a fielder can hit in the pitcher's spot in the batting order.
carpentry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/
Forms: form: carpentries
Etymology: From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.
Senses: glosses: The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
glosses: A carpenter's workshop.
examples: text: fine carpentry for sale
glosses: A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
Synonyms: carpenting
Derived terms: carpentry square
petrified carpentry
Related terms: carpenter
cabinetmaking
joinery
carryout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carryouts
form: carry-out
Etymology: Deverbal from carry out.
Senses: glosses: Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.
glosses: An establishment that prepares and sells food to be taken away on demand; a takeaway.
Synonyms: word: takeaway takeout
carry-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carry-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from carry out.
Senses: examples: text: A simpler scheme is to connect the carry-ins and carry-outs of the units in a ripple chain. This approach is most common in chip design because the wiring for the carry-lookahead tree is hard to design and area-consuming.
ref: 2004, Wayne Wolf, FPGA-Based System Design:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A command that exports a carry (bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation) from the current column of an addition operation.
glosses: Alternative spelling of carryout.