cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
llamah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: llamahs
Etymology: lamer influenced by llama
Senses: examples: text: Cheat codes are for llamahs...
ref: 1996, Lorne Torres, “Cheat Codes”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):
text: Ever notice llamahs pop up at the end of the scholastic year... usualy^([sic]) when kiddygarten lets out (if the IQ of their txt contents are any indication).
ref: 1999, Seaking, “stop with the gay wrestling pics already!”, in alt.sex.fetish.wrestling (Usenet):
topics: IRC
glosses: Alternative form of lamer.
permissible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈmɪsɪbl̩/
ipa: /pəˈmɪsɪbl̩/
Forms: form: more permissible
form: most permissible
Etymology: From Middle English permyssyble, from Old French permissible, from Medieval Latin permissibilis.
Senses: examples: text: [...] Mr. M. N. Rollason points out that on four-track lines on which the fast lines, in the centre, are flanked by the slow lines, and running at speed is permissible on all four, the traveller can enjoy some quite exciting experiences when trains are doing a "neck-and-neck" on adjacent lines.
ref: 1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Express Travel on Slow Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 184:
text: The units will be allowed to run up to 90 m.p.h. between Chelmsford and Colchester, but their maximum speed of 100 m.p.h. is not permissible on the G.E. line.
ref: 1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, pages 172–173:
glosses: permitted.
examples: text: As regards the incorporation of anglicisms and despite the efforts of the Real Academia Española (an official regulatory body which aims at the purity of the language), Spanish has usually been considered a rather permissible language.
ref: 2016 December, Marisa Diez-Arroyo, “Vagueness: A loanword’s good friend. The case of ‘Print’ in Spanish fashion”, in Pragmatics, page 609:
text: Japanese zoning is specified at a national level, and while local governments do have some control over their local developments, the end result is a zoning code that is very permissible compared to most other countries.
ref: 2024 July 14, Jason Slaughter, “The Secret to Japan's Great Cities” (2:27 from the start), in Not Just Bikes:
glosses: permissive
Synonyms: allowable
Derived terms: impermissible
nonpermissible
permissibility
permissibleness
unpermissible
Related terms: permissibly
permission
permit
hedonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕdənĭst
note: United Kingdom
ipa: /ˈhɛdənɪst/
note: United Kingdom
enpr: hēdənĭst
ipa: /ˈhiːdənɪst/
Forms: form: hedonists
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: word: pleasure seeker
word: voluptuary
word: bon viveur
word: epicure
word: epicurean
word: hedonist
word: high-stepper
word: lapling
word: lotus-eater
word: pleasure seeker
word: pleasurist
word: sensualist
word: softling
word: sybarite
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
antonyms: hedonophobe
glosses: Someone devoted to hedonism.
Derived terms: antihedonist
hedonistic
Related terms: hedonic
hedonism
invariant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more invariant
form: most invariant
Etymology: From in- + variant.
Senses: synonyms: invariable
glosses: Not varying; constant.
examples: text: The fundamental 2-tensor also leads to a new class of invariant linear differential operators that are canonically associated to these geometries; included is a third equation studied by Gallot et al. We apply the results to study the metrisability equation, in the nullity setting described.
ref: 2015, A. Rod Gover, Vladimir S. Matveev, “Projectively related metrics, Weyl nullity, and metric projectively invariant equations”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Unaffected by a specified operation, especially by a transformation.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Neither covariant nor contravariant.
Derived terms: antiinvariant
biinvariant
class invariant
hyperinvariant
invariantism
invariantist
invariantly
knot invariant
linear time-invariant
noninvariant
peninvariant
superinvariant
Related terms: invariance
variant
variegate
various
vary
invariant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invariants
Etymology: From in- + variant.
Senses: examples: text: In the present paper this criterion is reformulated in terms of pseudotensorial invariants of the form..
ref: 2015, Ruslan Sharipov, “On positive bivariate quartic forms”, in arXiv:
glosses: An invariant quantity, function etc.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of class invariant.
Derived terms: coinvariant
Donaldson-Thomas invariant
Gromov-Witten invariant
invariant noun
invariant section
invariant theory
loop invariant
Lorentz invariant
quasi-invariant
semi-invariant
time-invariant
Zeuthen-Segre invariant
blogosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: blŏgʹ-ō-sfîr'
ipa: /ˈblɒɡ.əʊˌsfɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɒɡəʊsfɪɚ
Forms: form: blogospheres
Etymology: From blog + -o- + -sphere, possibly under the influence of biosphere, atmosphere, etc.
Senses: examples: text: 2004 Air America Radio http://www.airamericaradio.com/
Regular guest and blogger, Kos of DailyKos.com, provides Sam and Janeane the latest information from the blogosphere.
text: The blogosphere is relentless: It rightfully hammered Eason Jordan and CNN from day one and refuses to stop.
ref: 2005 February 11, Lawrence Kudlow, National Review Online:
text: there's some talk, as you said, on the blogosphere, that this book is controversial, but I think more properly it's a contribution...
ref: 2006 October 8, Lee Smolin (interviewee), Steve Paulson (interviewer), To the Best of Our Knowledge, “Future Physics”, Wisconsin Public Radio, program 06-10-08-A, segment 1
text: And the liberal blogosphere has long labeled Clinton part of the neoconservative wing, a conservative intellectual movement that supports an interventionist foreign policy.
ref: 2016 August 31, Tal Kopan, “Will Hillary Clinton’s GOP outreach alienate progressives?”, in CNN:
synonyms: blogdom
blogoverse
glosses: The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargon, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.
Derived terms: blawgosphere
blogospheric
podosphere
Related terms: vlogosphere
manosphere
Twittersphere
meltdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meltdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from melt down.
Senses: examples: Four years have passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, but the grim legacy of the Soviet catastrophe is still unfolding. https://web.archive.org/web/20041130094534/http://www.time.com/time/daily/chernobyl/chernobyl.index.html
glosses: Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
examples: text: Channel 4 switchboards went into meltdown this week when viewers called to complain about a Brass Eye programme on child sex.
ref: 2001, James Wickham, “Perv Spoof Bosses Axe Wrestling”, in The Daily Star:
text: Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
text: Not only that, but wishcycling is playing a big role in the current global recycling meltdown.
ref: 2019 August 30, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, “One Very Bad Habit Is Fueling the Global Recycling Meltdown”, in Mother Jones:
glosses: A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
examples: text: I had a major meltdown at work today. After being instructed one more time about additional work that I was to delegate to my direct reports, I snapped, but in a very polite manner.
ref: 2006, Ercille Christmas, Thoughts of a Proud American, page 285:
glosses: A tantrum or emotional outburst.
examples: text: Now if I am really anxious, I can take a moment to think about what is making me anxious and what to do about it; before I would just spiral into a meltdown really quickly, with no understanding of why.
ref: 2016, Laura, quoted in Wenn Lawson & Kirsty Dempster-Rivett, The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum, page 26
text: However, if the accumulation of stress chemicals, stimulation and/or demands are occurring too fast or are too intense to block out, then a meltdown is probable.
ref: 2019, Bill Nason, The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns: Proactive Strategies for Minimizing Sensory, Social and Emotional Overload, page 171:
text: If you're experiencing challenges that are extremely stressful and may lead you to being overwhelmed, or set off a meltdown in the workplace, this may be very concerning to your work colleagues.
ref: 2022, Barb Cook, Yenn Purkiss, The Autism and Neurodiversity Self Advocacy Handbook: Developing the Skills to Determine Your Own Future, page 33:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
Synonyms: sense: tantrum
word: tantrum
Derived terms: gypsy meltdown
market meltdown
mutational meltdown
nuclear meltdown
techno-meltdown
Related terms: China syndrome
restiff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of restive.
Synonyms: reluctant
in vivo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in vivo.
Senses: glosses: Within a living organism.
in vivo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in vivo.
Senses: glosses: Within a living organism.
Related terms: in vitro
in silico
Deutschland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdoɪtʃ.lænd/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Deutschland.
Senses: examples: ref: 1993 May 23, Daniel Van Der Weide, “Taking a Harley to Deutschland?”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
ref: 1997 July 22, Dwight Johnson, “Transfer of $ to Deutschland”, in de.etc.finanz (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
ref: 1999 July 15, Rob Strickland, “Moving to Deutschland”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
ref: 1999 November 11, jeff freeman, “trip to deutschland?”, in alt.autos.porsche (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
ref: 2002 May 15, Skriptis, “I don't see how hese topics are related to Deutschland and its culture??”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
glosses: Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany).
in vitro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: in-vitro
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in vitro, from vitrum (“glass”).
Senses: examples: text: In recent years, scientists have moved beyond in vitro fertilization. They are starting to assemble stem cells that can organize themselves into embryolike structures.
ref: 2017 March 21, Carl Zimmer, “A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2017:
text: So you know, we have a good case with an increasing body of evidence, supported by a trifecta of research from human epidemiology, animal and in vitro studies, which suggests that prenatal acetaminophen or paracetamol might alter fetal development, increasing the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders.
ref: 2025 September 22, Lauren Gardner, “Co-author of study linking Tylenol to autism says pain reliever still an option”, in POLITICO:
glosses: In an artificial environment outside the living organism.
in vitro
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: in-vitro
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in vitro, from vitrum (“glass”).
Senses: glosses: In an artificial environment outside the living organism.
Derived terms: in vitro fertilization
vitroplant
Related terms: in silico
etymon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛt.ɪ.mɒn/
ipa: /ˈɛt.ə.mɒn/
ipa: /ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/
Forms: form: etyma
form: etymons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”).
Senses: examples: text: Here such cases as ghost words & misglosses, secondary semantics, different etymologies for one etymon or one etymology for different etyma, and finally semantic overpermissiveness are discussed.
ref: 2006, Folia orientalia - Volumes 42-43, page 467:
text: The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5:
text: Parricide, the more usual word, means (1) "the murder of one's own father"; or (2) "someone who murders his or her own father" […] It is also used in extended senses, such as "the murder of the ruler of a country" and "the murder of a close relative." These are not examples of slipshod extension, however, for even the Latin etymon (parricida) was used in these senses.
ref: 2016, Bryan A. Garner, Garner's Modern English Usage, 4th edition:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: ancestor
etym
antonyms: derivative#Noun
reflex
coordinate_terms: cognate#Noun
glosses: The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
glosses: Meaning as derived and conveyed thereby: The literal meaning of a term according to its origin, which may differ from its usual meaning when the latter relies on idiomatic conventions that are not conveyed by the term alone (that is, they must be known in other ways, such as experience, training, education, or dictionary lookup).
Derived terms: etymonic
etymonically
Related terms: etymologist
etymologize
etymology
cognate
root
blanco
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæŋkəʊ/
Forms: form: blancos
form: blancoing
form: blancoed
form: blancoed
Senses: examples: text: The Independence celebrations were coming, contingents of police had to be drilled and blancoed and starched before proceeding to Kuala Lumpur to represent the state.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604:
text: 2012, Pat Coppard, In Spite of Everything ......: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph
Eddie went back to his sea cadets, leading the band on Sunday mornings. He always looked very smart. He used to spend most of Saturday evening blancoing his kit and pressing his blue uniform.
glosses: To polish using Blanco.
mulatto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʊˈlɑtoʊ/
ipa: [məˈlɑɾoʊ̯]
ipa: /mʊˈlaːtoː/
ipa: /m(j)ʊˈlætəʊ/
rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ
rhymes: -ætəʊ
Forms: form: mulattoes
form: mulattos
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.
Senses: examples: text: Respectable folk who did not want trouble stayed withindoors; but young apprentices were abroad in force; Negroes and mulattoes; rope- makers and laborers from along the waterfront; and sailors hastening ashore from the ships […]
ref: 1949, Edward Nicholas, The hours and the ages: a sequence of Americans, page 77:
text: The supermodelesque mulatto woman licked her lips and smiled invitingly.
ref: 2004, Arthur Herzog, Jr, Icetopia, page 78:
text: The official mouthpiece of the Rosas government, La Gaceta Mercantil, praised Afro-Argentines as “valiant defenders of liberty who have won fame and glory in a hundred battles,” adding that “General Rosas so appreciates the mulattos and morenos that he has no objection to seating them at his table and eating with them.”
In other respects, however, the persistence of racism against Afro-Argentines, Indians, and gauchos showed regrettable continuities with the colonial past.
ref: 2005, Jeffrey M. Shumway, The Case of the Ugly Suitor & Other Histories of Love, Gender, & Nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870:
synonyms: mestizo
metis
glosses: A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
Coordinate terms: word: mixed black and white:
word: sacatra (7
word: 8 black)
word: cabre
alt: cobb
word: cob
word: griffe
alt: samboe
word: Sambo
word: terceroon (3
word: 4 black)
word: marabou (5
word: costee
word: quadroon (1
alt: mestee
word: mustee
alt: octaroon
word: octoroon (1
roman: octaroon
alt: octaroon
word: 8 black)
word: fustee
word: hexadecaroon
alt: mustifino, mustiphini
word: musteefino (1/16 black)
alt: quintoon
word: quintroon (1
roman: quintoon
alt: quintoon
word: 16 or 1
roman: quintoon
alt: quintoon
word: 32 black)
word: dustee (1
word: 32 black)
word: mixed white and Native:
word: castizo (1
word: 4 Native)
word: mameluco (1
word: 2 Native)
english: any mix, especially 1/2 Native
translation: any mix, especially 1/2 Native
word: mestizo
Derived terms: Jewlatto
mulattoism
Related terms: word: mulatta
word: mulattress
word: brown
word: browning
word: Coloured
word: half-breed
word: half blood
word: maroon
word: mixed-race
word: Mischling
word: red nigger
encyclopædia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encyclopædias
form: encyclopædiæ
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of encyclopaedia.
Derived terms: encyclopædial
encyclopædist
laminak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laminaks
form: laminak
form: amilamiak
form: lamiak
form: lamiñak
Etymology: Basque.
Senses: examples: text: Basque folklore is full of references to a type of creature called the lamiñak, who, as we have seen, are the female counterparts of the cromlech-building Maide.
ref: 1989, The Journal of Indo-European Studies, volume 17, page 282:
text: She smiled, remembering the Basque story Zak had told her about the laminaks — little people who live in caves in the mountains and come into the house during the night, […]
ref: 1991, Patricia Edwards, Sweet Promised Land, page 233:
glosses: A kind of fairy in Basque mythology, related to the Little People in Celtic lore.
hojillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hojillions
Etymology: See + -illion
Senses: examples: text: One of my school psychologist friends called the world of special education assessment the Department of Redundancy Department because you end up writing the same thing in a bunch of different places, requiring parents to sign virtually the same thing over and over, and then filing everything in hojillion different places. (A hojillion is somewhere between a million and infinity.)
ref: 2012, Rebecca Branstetter, The School Psychologist's Survival Guide:
text: Okay, so apparently there's like a hojillion generations of gods in Japan. In fact, there are so many generations that it takes seven of them JUST TO GET US TO THE DUDES WHO CREATE THE EARTH.
ref: 2013, Cory O'Brien, Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes:
glosses: An unspecified large number (of).
polystyrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polystyrenes
Etymology: From poly- + styrene.
Senses: examples: text: It was 30 times lighter and more flexible than the polystyrene that had previously been used.
ref: 1996 February 4, Julia Campbell, “Ray McIntire, 77, Dow Engineer And the Inventor Of Styrofoam”, in The New York Times:
text: Gerri (Gemma Arterton): Well, he might not be begging. He might be waiting for somebody. / Tom: Of course he's begging. He's got a polystyrene cup in front of him.
ref: 2014, “Tom & Gerri” (1:14 from the start), in Inside No. 9, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Tom (Reece Shearsmith):
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A vinylic polymer of styrene, CH₂CHphenyl.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkane chain of benzene molecules, RCH₂CHphenylR.
Synonyms: word: thermocol
Derived terms: alt: EPS
word: expanded polystyrene
word: polystyrene worm
word: styrofoam
fingerstyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerstyles
Etymology: From finger + style.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of playing a stringed instrument, such as a guitar, which includes the use of the fingers to pluck the strings instead of a pick, or plectrum.
Synonyms: fingerpicking
Meg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mĕg
ipa: /mɛɡ/
rhymes: -ɛɡ
Forms: form: Megs
form: Megs
Senses: examples: text: Old Meg was brave as Margaret Queen,
And tall as Amazon:
An old red blanket cloak she wore,
A chip-hat had she on.
ref: 1818, John Keats, Meg Merrilies:
text: My mother thought Meg a sweet child, that's what she called her, a sweet child, although she was critical of her name.
'What kind of name is that,' she said.
'It's short for Margaret,' I said. 'But everyone calls her Meg.'
'Well, that's no name for a girl, that's a scullery maid's name. I fault the mother.'
ref: 1985, E. L. Doctorow, World's Fair, Fawcett Crest, published 1986, →ISBN, page 208:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Margaret or Megan.
Meg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĕg
ipa: /mɛɡ/
rhymes: -ɛɡ
Forms: form: Megs
Senses: examples: text: The Bone Valley Region of Florida has multiple Miocene nursery sites in which neonate and young Meg teeth are abundant, as well as food sources. Young Megs probably consumed a lot of large fish but because fish vertebrae don't hold up well in the fossil record, it's difficult to get an accurate reading.
ref: 2002, Mark Renz, Megalodon: Hunting the Hunter, page 33:
glosses: Megalodon.
Meg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mĕg
ipa: /mɛɡ/
rhymes: -ɛɡ
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Meghalaya.
relinquish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
Forms: form: relinquishes
form: relinquishing
form: relinquished
form: relinquished
Etymology: From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”).
Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).
Senses: examples: text: to relinquish a title
text: to relinquish property
text: to relinquish rights
text: to relinquish citizenship or nationality
text: relinquish power
text: With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE
ref: 1942 February, Railway Magazine, page 62:
glosses: To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
glosses: To let go (free, away), physically release.
examples: text: But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish.
ref: 2011, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
examples: text: The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.
glosses: To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
Derived terms: relinquishment
Related terms: delict
delinquent
delinquency
derelict
relic
relict
reliquary
reliquiae
ketchup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/
ipa: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʌp/
ipa: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʊp/
homophone: catch-up stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: ketchups
form: ketchupping
form: ketchupped
form: ketchupped
form: catsup
form: catchup
form: katjap
form: katsup
form: kechap
form: ketsup
Etymology: Uncertain, but probably ultimately from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”) via Malay kicap, though the precise path is unclear – there are related words in various Chinese languages. Cognate to Malay kicap and Indonesian kecap, ketjap (“soy sauce”). Various other theories exist – see Ketchup: Etymology for extended discussion.
First appeared in English in the late 17th century in reference to a Southeast Asian sauce encountered by British traders and sailors. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that it was commonly used in the 18th century to refer to a variety of similar sauces with varying ingredients—"anchovies, mushrooms, walnuts, and oysters being particularly popular"—but by the late 19th century the current tomato ketchup became the most popular form.
Catsup (earlier catchup) is an alternative Anglicization, still in use in the U.S.
Senses: examples: text: It strikes me she's "ketchupped" the lot! I won't touch a morsel!
ref: 1867, John Maddison Morton, Aunt Charlotte's maid: a farce in one act:
text: "Well," said Chuck, ketchupping his hamburger, "I'd rather do without King Lear than put up with the human agony it sprang out of. I'd rather not have the Eroica than have the big bloody conqueror it tries to immortalize."
ref: 1973, Horizon, page 15:
text: Their fellow diners, like their ketchupped grub, were appropriately dashed and splattered with paint and plaster, reading their Suns and Daily Mirror.
ref: 2009, David Silverman, Twinkle, page 4:
glosses: To cover with ketchup.
fudgepacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fudgepackers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fudge packer.
sangfroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑŋˈfɹɑ/
rhymes: -ɑ
Forms: form: sangfroids
form: sang-froid
form: sang froid
Etymology: Borrowed from French sang-froid, from sang (“blood”) + froid (“cold”).
Senses: examples: text: He handled the stressful situation with great sangfroid.
text: The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun’s perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: “She is a smart woman."
ref: 1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC:
text: We can handle functions of a few variables with some aplomb and view sets of quantities totalling 10⁶ or 10⁷ with sangfroid.
ref: 1961, Richard Bellman, Adaptive Control Processes: A Guided Tour, Princeton University Press, page 197:
text: Indeed, some of the little naked human figures seemed to display a near comical sangfroid, even as they were pecked by giant birds, hatched out of eggs, had huge flowers inserted in their bottoms, or, in the case of one of my favourites, sported a monstrous blueberry instead of a head.
ref: 2011 July 28, Terry Castle, “Do I like it?”, in London Review of Books, volume 33, number 15, →ISSN:
text: Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.
ref: 2013 January 24, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62:
text: If there’s one unspoken club rule, it’s that when we meet, we only discuss the play in question: no gossip; no politics; no families; and no football. As an association, we demonstrate near-Olympic sang-froid.
ref: 2020 August 22, Robert McCrum, “For ever and a day: why we turn to Shakespeare at times of crisis”, in The Observer:
synonyms: aplomb
poise
unflappability
glosses: Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
Related terms: sanguine
onomatophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From onomato- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The focal point of onomatophobia is auditory cues or linguistic elements – which can trigger an overwhelming fear response.
ref: 2024 December 11, Ayesha Ingham Folami, “What Is Onomatophobia?”, in Klarity:
glosses: The fear of hearing particular names or words.
Related terms: onomatopoeia
phobia
poed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poed
form: most poed
Senses: examples: text: He was poed by her indifference.
glosses: Alternative form of p.o.'ed.
render
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛn.də/
ipa: /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: renders
form: rendre
Etymology: From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).
Senses: glosses: Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
examples: text: A low-resolution render might look blocky.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A digital image produced by rendering a model.
glosses: A surrender.
examples: text: In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A return; a payment of rent.
examples: text: And send forth us , to make their sorrow'd render,
Together with a recompense more fruitful
Than their offence can weigh down by the dram
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: An account given; a statement.
render
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛn.də/
ipa: /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: renders
Etymology: rend + -er
Senses: examples: text: Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]
ref: 1844, The Christian, volume 1, page 498:
glosses: One who rends.
has-been
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæz.biːn/
ipa: /ˈhæz.bɪn/
ipa: /-bɛn/
Forms: form: has-beens
form: has been
form: hasbeen
Senses: examples: text: When the aforesaid alderman or another wishes to express mild contemptuosity for his fellows and himself in future I would suggest “old fossils” or “old has beens,” or “old fogies,” then the Sir Galahads that are always riding—or driving—about in this progressive dorp will not have any cause to complain.
ref: 1927 November 25, J. Jingle, “Merely My Musings”, in The Dabbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, page 2, column 3:
text: I think Apple Computer is a has-been.
ref: 1986 January 6, John Gantz, “Things Look Better in the Long View”, in InfoWorld, volume 7, number 52, page 19:
text: Is it better to never be than to be and eventually become a has-been?
ref: 2009, William Shatner, Up Till Now: The Autobiography, page 338:
text: They're saying Sonny Hayes isn't a has-been. He's a never-was.
ref: 2025, Ehren Kruger, F1: The Movie, spoken by Kate McKenna (Kerry Condon):
glosses: A person, especially one who was formerly popular or influential, who continues in their field after their popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline.
Synonyms: rusty nail
Coordinate terms: gonnabe
never-be
never-was
wannabe
would-be
Derived terms: has-been-dom
hasbian
antagonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz/
ipa: /ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ɛənˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz]
ipa: /ænˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ɛənˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz]
ipa: /ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.nɑez/
rhymes: -æɡənaɪz
Forms: form: antagonizes
form: antagonizing
form: antagonized
form: antagonized
form: antagonise
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai), from ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai).
Senses: examples: text: The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.
synonyms: word: harass
word: oppose
word: pester
word: aggravate
word: annoy
word: rankle
word: ruffle
word: sting
word: antagonize
word: bother
word: disgruntle
word: botherate
word: bug
word: get
word: grate
word: burn up
word: bedevil
word: cheese off
word: devil
word: exasperate
word: frustrate
word: get up
word: grotch
word: hack off
word: hassle
word: irk
word: irritate
word: jazz
word: molest
word: mommick
word: nark
word: nerve
word: pee off
word: peeve
word: persecute
word: pique
word: piss off
word: provoke
word: rile
word: rile up
word: roil
word: storm
word: test someone's patience
word: tick off
word: trouble
word: try one's patience
word: vex
word: wind up
word: Idioms:
word: boil someone's piss
word: chap someone's hide
word: get on someone's nerves
word: get on someone's tits
word: get on someone's wick
word: get someone's back up
word: get someone's dander up
word: get someone's goat
word: get someone's Irish up
word: get someone's nanny
word: get someone's nanny-goat
word: get under one's goat
word: get under someone's skin
word: give someone the shits
word: grind one's gears
word: harsh one's mellow
word: put someone's back up
word: raise someone's hackles
word: rub someone the wrong way
word: rub up the wrong way
word: ruffle someone's feathers
word: tee off
word: torque off
antonyms: appease
quell
glosses: To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
Derived terms: antagonizable
antagonization
antagonizer
Related terms: agitate
agonize
antagonism
antagonist
antagonizing
unantagonizing
sequester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/
ipa: /səˈkwɛs.tə/
ipa: /sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/
ipa: /səˈkwɛs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sequesters
Etymology: From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).
Senses: examples: text: A sequester from liberty , fasting , and prayer
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
glosses: sequestration; separation
topics: law
glosses: A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sequestrum.
jury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝ.i/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
rhymes: -ʊəɹi
Forms: form: juries
Etymology: From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear or take an oath”).
Senses: examples: text: And so the jury and he approached, as if this were a time of peace instead of one of the greatest world disturbances ever known in history, the question whether the prosecution had proved to the jury’s satisfaction that George Joseph Smith was guilty of murder. The jury were the shield which stood between him and death, unless, to the jury’s satisfaction, he was proved to be guilty. Yet while they were the shield of the man accused, they were also the Sword of the State; and if the man were proved guilty, they were the servants of the State to punish him. Their respective functions were these: he the judge, had to settle the law, and the jury must take the law from him. The jury were judges of fact.
ref: 1952, James Avery Joyce, Justice At Work, Pan 1957 edition, page 92:
topics: law
glosses: A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
glosses: A group of judges in a competition.
examples: text: The jury which decides on the first night usually seals the fate of the season.
ref: 1828, The New Monthly Magazine, page 418:
text: The widespread idea that before a first-night the audience, dressed to the nose, dines en masse at the Colony and proceeds elegantly to the scene in Hispanos is as fabulous as that which imagines it assembles at Lindy's delicatessen in yesterday's shirt and moves on to the theatre in garbage wagons. And no less spurious is the theory that, in either case or in both together, the jury is possessed of a remarkably rich acumen in the matter of theatrical values.
ref: 1971, George Jean Nathan, The Entertainment of a Nation: Or, Three-sheets in the Wind, page 130:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails.
Meronyms: juror
Derived terms: antijury
grand jury
hung jury
judge, jury and executioner
jury box
jury duty
jury is out
juryless
juryman
jury mast
jury nullification
jury of half-tongue
jury of matrons
jury panel
juryperson
jury pool
jury rig
jury-rigged
jury rigging
jury service
jury tampering
jury trial
jurywoman
nonjury
party jury
petit jury
petty jury
police jury
pyx jury
strike a jury
struck jury
the jury is still out
traverse jury
trial by jury
jury
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝ.i/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
rhymes: -ʊəɹi
Forms: form: juries
form: jurying
form: juried
form: juried
Etymology: From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear or take an oath”).
Senses: glosses: To judge by means of a jury.
jury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝ.i/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
rhymes: -ʊəɹi
Etymology: Early 1600s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie, from Latin adiūtō.
Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Frankish *garu (“ready, prepared”), related to Middle English yore, ȝare, from Old English ġeoro, ġearu (“ready, prompt, prepared, quick”), related to gear.
Senses: examples: text: jury mast
text: jury rudder
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.
Derived terms: jurymast
jury-rig
weak nuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: describing the weak nuclear force
strong nuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing the strong nuclear force.
jurisprudence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˌpɹuːdəns/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈpɹuːdəns/
homophone: jurisprudents
Forms: form: jurisprudences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iūrisprūdentia (“expertise in the law”).
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: legal theory
glosses: The theoretical study of law.
examples: text: There is considerable jurisprudence to the effect that only the evidence that was before the initial decision-maker should be considered by the Court on judicial review.
ref: 1999 May 31, J. Dubé, “Chopra v. Canada (Treasury Board), 1999 CanLII 8044 (FC)”, in CanLII, retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
text: The concept of consent can be complicated, so much so that it is the subject of considerable jurisprudence and a formal definition in the Criminal Code.
ref: 2021 November 26, R. W. Elson, “R v Bear-Knight, 2021 SKQB 308”, in CanLII, retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
topics: law
glosses: Case law, or the body of case law regarding a certain subject.
Derived terms: demosprudence
medical jurisprudence
Related terms: prudence
jurisprude
jurisprudent
jurisprudist
prodigious
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs/
ipa: /pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs/
ipa: /pɹoʊ-/
rhymes: -ɪdʒəs
Forms: form: more prodigious
form: most prodigious
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Latin aiō
Latin -ium
Latin prōdigium
Latin -ōsus
Latin prōdigiōsusbor.
Middle English prodigious
English prodigious
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English prodigious (“warning of disaster, portentous”), from Latin prōdigiōsus (“strange, unnatural; marvellous, wonderful, prodigious”), from prōdigium (“prophetic sign, omen, portent; prodigy, wonder”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of’ forming adjectives from nouns). Prōdigium is derived from prō- (prefix denoting a forward direction, something before or prior, or prominence) + aiō (“to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as prodigy + -ous.
The adverb is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Catalan prodigiós
* Middle French prodigieux (“portentous”) (modern French prodigieux)
* Italian prodigioso
* Portuguese prodigioso
* Spanish prodigioso
Senses: examples: text: I have fewer books than leisure to read them, and I have a prodigious big appetite.
ref: 1863 November – 1864 February, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, “Cousin Phillis. Part I.”, in Cousin Phillis. And Other Tales. […], illustrated edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1865, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: Synonym of prodigiously (“in a prodigious manner”).
synonyms: word: prodigiously
extra: in a prodigious manner
colossal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɒsəl/
note: of Canada
ipa: /kəˈlɑsəl/
note: of the US
ipa: /kəˈlɒsəl/
ipa: /kəˈlɔsəl/
ipa: /kəˈlɒsəl/
rhymes: -ɒsəl
Forms: form: more colossal
form: most colossal
Etymology: From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).
Senses: examples: text: A single puppy can make a colossal mess.
text: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
ref: 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
text: What is wrong with you, you colossal fucking creep⁉ You found the only possible wrong answer to that question! “What’s your favorite color? Hitler.”
ref: 2017 April 23, “Ivanka & Jared”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 10, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
glosses: Extremely large or on a great scale.
examples: text: "It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
Synonyms: sense: extremely large
word: enormous
sense: extremely large
word: giant
sense: extremely large
word: gigantic
sense: extremely large
word: immense
sense: extremely large
word: prodigious
sense: extremely large
word: vast
Derived terms: colossally
colossalness
colossal squid
hypercolossal
mega-colossal
supercolossal
ultracolossal
Related terms: colosseum
colossus
illusionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illusionists
Etymology: From illusion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who works with illusion or sleight of hand.
glosses: One who deceives by magical or mystical means.
Derived terms: illusionistic
aesthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/
ipa: /ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈest̪ʰəʈɪks/
Forms: form: aesthetics
form: esthetics
form: æsthetics
Etymology: From aesthetic + -ics.
Senses: examples: ref: 1996, Theodore Gracyk, Rhythm and Noise: An Aesthetics of Rock:
text: At a glance, Thor Steinar resembles waspy American pseudo-collegiate brands like Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, and Aeropostale, while displaying a distinctly Nordic aesthetics.
ref: 2017, Geneviève Zubrzycki, National Matters: Materiality, Culture, and Nationalism:
glosses: The study or philosophy of beauty.
glosses: An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda
Derived terms: ethnoaesthetics
experimental aesthetics
neuroaesthetics
phonoaesthetics
psycho-aesthetics
somaesthetics
Related terms: aesthetic
aestheticism
aesthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/
ipa: /ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈest̪ʰəʈɪks/
Forms: form: esthetics
form: æsthetics
Senses: glosses: plural of aesthetic
esthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esthetics
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aesthetics.
Derived terms: macroesthetics
microesthetics
neuroesthetics
comeliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comelinesses
form: comliness
Etymology: From comely + -ness (“the quality of being”).
Senses: examples: text: Hereat Alaeddin arose and took horse, his Mamelukes riding a-van and a-rear of him, and they were such that all must cry, "Laud to the Lord who created them and clothed them with such beauty and loveliness." And they scattered gold amongst the crowd in front of their master who surpassed them all in comeliness and seemlihead[…]
ref: 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
glosses: Quality of being comely; beauty, attractiveness.
Synonyms: pulchritude
marital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹɪtəl/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French marital, and its source, Latin marītālis, from marītus (“husband”).
Senses: examples: text: marital affairs
text: marital bliss
text: marital issues
text: marital pleasure
text: marital sex
text: marital status
text: marital home
text: marital rights
text: They sought counseling for their marital problems.
glosses: Pertaining to marriage.
glosses: Pertaining to a husband.
Derived terms: antemarital
extramarital
have marital relations
intermarital
intramarital
marital aid
marital congress
marital duties
marital embrace
maritality
maritally
marital rape
marital rapist
marital separation
marital status
nonmarital
postmarital
premarital
Related terms: matrimonial
conjugal
spousal
monogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnɒɡəmi/
ipa: /məˈnɑɡəmi/
note: Indic
ipa: /mono.ɡami/
Forms: form: monogamies
Etymology: From French monogamie, from Late Latin monogamia, from Ancient Greek μονογαμία (monogamía). By surface analysis, mono- + -gamy.
Senses: coordinate_terms: polygamy
agamy
glosses: A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.
coordinate_terms: polygamy
glosses: The practice of being married to one person as opposed to multiple.
Derived terms: antimonogamy
nonmonogamy
serial monogamy
supermonogamy
termite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)maɪt
Forms: form: termites
Etymology: Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus.
Senses: examples: text: Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague. The termites divide themselves into societies: each society builds itself a next, and each nest belongs to an innumerable quantity of these insects, who acknowledge for their chiefs a king and a queen.
ref: 1802, Francis William Blagdon, Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations, volume IV, page 162:
glosses: A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
examples: text: This two faced termite has the nerve to talk.
ref: 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 31:
glosses: A contemptible person.
Synonyms: sense: white-bodied, wood-consuming insect
word: termes
sense: white-bodied, wood-consuming insect
word: white ant
sense: white-bodied, wood-consuming insect
word: wood ant
Derived terms: compass termite
dampwood termite
Formosan termite
magnetic termite
termite bug
termite of the sea
turmite