cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Xi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃiː/
enpr: shē
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /t͡ʃiː/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʒiː/
Forms: form: Hsi
form: Si
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西 (xī).
Senses: examples: text: The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east.
ref: [1979, Ronald Francis Price, Education in Modern China, Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93:
text: My slow boat to China began and ended last spring in Hong Kong. For the first leg of the journey, I headed northwest into China on the Xi River, leaving Tai Kok Tsui Pierat dawn for the 10-hour Hovercraft ride from Hong Kong to Wuzhou.
ref: 1986 April 12, Jeannette Belliveau, “Chinese Byways By Water: Slow Boats And Glimpses Of Everyday Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2025, Lifestyle:
text: A sand barge struck a bridge over the Xi River between Heshan and the town of Jiujiang in Guangdong yesterday morning, bringing down a section of the structure at least 200 metres long.
ref: 2007 June 16, Ivan Zhai, “Sand barge brings down Xi River bridge”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2024:
glosses: A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl.
Related terms: Xi Hu
Xi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃiː/
enpr: shē
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /t͡ʃiː/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
ipa: /ʃiː/
enpr: shē
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /t͡ʃiː/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʒiː/
Forms: form: Xis
form: Hsi
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 習／习 (Xí).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese
examples: text: Vice President Xi (pronounced “Shee”), expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president from early 2013, will inherit responsibility for his nation’s far-reaching and sometimes troublesome relationship with the United States.
ref: 2011 August 17, Jeff Mason, Chris Buckley, “China, U.S. seek to boost confidence as Biden visits”, in Brian Rhoads, Alex Richardson, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2023:
text: Across the water, which is 110 miles wide, is Fujian province, where Xi spent 17 years climbing the political ladder before making the leap to the national stage.
ref: 2022 November 5, Philip Sherwell, “We don’t think China will invade Taiwan. But if they do we’ll fight them”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022:
glosses: A surname from Chinese
Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present).
Derived terms: Xiden
Xiism
Xitler
Xi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃiː/
enpr: shē
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /t͡ʃiː/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
ipa: /ʃiː/
enpr: shē
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /t͡ʃiː/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
Forms: form: Hsi
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隰 (Xī).
Senses: examples: text: Daning County is located in the south of Luliang Mountain and west of Linfen City in Shanxi Province. Pu County and Xi County are to the east of Daning County,[...]
ref: 2016, Yanyun Wei, Aiguo Zhang, “The Study on Migration and Poverty Alleviation Planning of Daning County”, in Open Journal of Social Sciences, volume 4, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: The 203rd Brigade was blocked by the Red 25th Army, a battalion was wiped out in Xi County, and the battalion commander and more than 200 soldiers were captured.
ref: 2017, Mao Min, The Revival of China, →ISBN, page 158:
text: To help the sales of agricultural products is an effective means of poverty alleviation. In 2017, the Company purchased pears from Xi County of Linfen, Shanxi Province twice at a total cost of 1,329,400 yuan; in August 2017, the Company spent RMB260,000 on melon bought from Maigaiti County of Xinjiang;[...]
ref: 2017, “2017 Annual Report”, in CITIC Securities, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2021:
text: In April,2004, 36 people died in Shanxi’s Xi County coal-mining accident. The provincial governor, Zhang Baoshun (Governor Zhang), having been promoted to his position only two months prior to the accident, was shocked by the chaotic conditions of property rights and the consequential predatory mining activities when he arrived at the scene.
ref: 2018 October 17, Lan Xue, Jing Zhao, “Truncated Decision Making and Deliberative Implementation: A Time-Based Policy Process Model for Transitional China”, in Policy Studies Journal, volume 48, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:
text: As the new round of the fight against poverty began, he was assigned to take up the provisional post of deputy chief of Yangtousheng Township, Xi County, Linfen City.
ref: 2020, Lu Shunmin, Yang Yao, Chen Kehai, Pathway to Prosperity: China's Poverty Alleviation with a Case Study of Shanxi Province Editorial Board, →ISBN:
text: The systematic dust avoidance effect of Small Xitian building complex in Xi county is rare in the history of science and technology at home and abroad, which confirms the scientific nature of the dust avoidance effect of ancient temple buildings in China and plays a reference role in the research on dust avoidance protection of other ancient buildings in China.
ref: 2020, Dongdong Yang, Wenqing Wu, “An Analysis on Dust Avoidance Effect of the Building Complex of Small Xitian in Xi County”, in Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, volume 5, number 3, →DOI, page 59:
glosses: A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
Synonyms: Xixian
Xi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃiː/
enpr: shē
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /t͡ʃiː/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
rhymes: -iː
homophone: she
homophone: sidhe
Forms: form: Xis
Senses: glosses: Capital Greek letter Ξ (X)
glosses: Capital Greek letter Ξ (X)
Alternative form of xi, Greek letter Ξ/ξ (X/x)
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Alternative form of xi/Ξ, ellipsis of xi baryon.
Xiphias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Dorado (“constellation of the southern sky”).
synonyms: word: Dorado
extra: constellation of the southern sky
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: y
form: Ys
form: Y's
Senses: glosses: The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
glosses: Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: Ys
Senses: glosses: A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
glosses: A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
topics: biology
lepidopterology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.
Derived terms: eosin Y
Y bone
Y worm
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of yes.
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: Ys
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of year (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.)
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of year.
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: the Y
Etymology: Clippings.
Senses: examples: text: He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: Clipping of YMCA or YWCA.
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: Ys
Etymology: Clippings.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers like Norman Mailer and Seymour Krim are always airing their views.
ref: 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN:
text: When a 50ish woman at my Y learned that I was about to turn 80, she exclaimed, “80 is the new 60, and you set a great example for the rest of us!”
ref: 2021 May 17, Jane E. Brody, “A Birthday Milestone: Turning 80!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.
Y
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪ/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: wye
homophone: why (wine–whine merger)
Etymology: See IJ.
Senses: examples: text: Amsterdam, Hol. fortif. on the gulf Y and the Amstel river, 27,000 ho. in the town, nearly as many in the suburbs; 210,000 inh. 1000 rp. 50,000 lm. 6000 sailors; well built, many canals, ground very damp and marshy, very clean streets, […]
ref: 1813, William Müller, D. P., Topographical and Military Description of Germany and the Surrounding Country, 2nd edition, London: T. Egerton, pages 4–5:
glosses: Obsolete form of IJ: a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Yacht
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: dice
games
glosses: A type of dice game, similar to the Latin American game Generala.
Yago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Jago, James, Jacob, and Jacques.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Spanish.
Yahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːhuː/
Forms: form: Yahoos
Etymology: Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. According to the Century Dictionary, "[a] made name, prob[ably] meant to suggest disgust".
Senses: examples: text: I therefore often begged his Favour to let me go among the Herds of Yahoos in the Neighbourhood, to which he always very graciouſly conſented, being perfectly convinced, that the Hatred I bore thoſe Brutes, would never ſuffer me to be corrupted by them; […]
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Relates Several Particulars of the Yahoos. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), pages 271–272:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, inhabiting the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
Derived terms: yahoo
Yahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːhuː/
Etymology: From the company name Yahoo!; see more on origin there.
Senses: examples: text: That is what I plan to do at Yahoo: give the end user something valuable and delightful that makes them want to come to Yahoo every day.
ref: 2013 December 11, Megan Garber, quoting Marissa Mayer, “Is ‘Delightful’ the New ‘Cool’?”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2013:
text: You have every right to be skeptical as another big company — this time it’s Yahoo — says you can claim some cash to make amends for a massive data breach.
ref: 2019 October 15, David Lazarus, “Column: Yahoo offers data breach victims up to $358 each in settlement. But don’t bank on it”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2019:
text: A person with a Gmail account can send messages to a person with a Yahoo account because email systems are interoperable.
ref: 2022 October 13, Binyamin Appelbaum, “It Shouldn’t Matter So Much Whether Elon Musk Buys Twitter”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of Yahoo!.
Yahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːhuː/
Forms: form: Yahoos
Etymology: From the company name Yahoo!; see more on origin there.
Senses: examples: text: But having two beaming Chief Yahoos on the cover is an implied seal of approval.
ref: 1996, Newsweek, volume 127:
text: Instead of driving down the street to meetings, soon Yahoos need merely stroll the walkways that crisscrossed a bright green lawn.
ref: 2002, Karen Angel, Inside Yahoo!: reinvention and the road ahead:
text: Some Yahoos got filthy rich, but many more lost it all.
ref: 2004, Chris Turner, Planet Simpson: how a cartoon masterpiece defined a generation:
glosses: An employee of the Internet company Yahoo!.
Yahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːhuː/
Forms: form: Yahoos
form: Yahooing
form: Yahooed
form: Yahooed
Etymology: From the company name Yahoo!; see more on origin there.
Senses: examples: text: I watched as she Googled, Yahooed, Asked, and used a couple of search engines I’d never heard of.
ref: 2007, Linda O. Johnston, The Fright of the Iguana, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 29:
text: I searched, Yahooed, Googled and everything else I could.
ref: 2008, Frederick Thomas, Buddha's Bones, Buddha's Bones, →ISBN, page 46:
text: We are not super-tech-savvy people because we would have Googled, I suspect, but we Yahooed, and the top 10 sites were pornographic.
ref: 2008 July 16, David Gratzer, “Statement of David Gratzer, M.D., Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research”, in Getting Better Value in Health Care: Hearing Before the Committee on the Budget House of Representatives; […] (Serial No. 110–37), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 23:
text: He Googled, Binged, and Yahooed sharks, shark life, shark types, shark history, shark food, and anything else shark-related.
ref: 2014, Ellen J. Prager, “Behind the Jungle Wall”, in The Shark Whisperer, Minneapolis, Minn.: Scarletta Junior Readers, →ISBN, page 12:
related: word: yahoo
glosses: To search using the Yahoo! search engine.
Yank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: Yanks
Etymology: Clipping of Yankee.
Senses: examples: text: Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down!
ref: 1865, unnamed Confederate officer, according to Lieutenant Joseph E. Moody, U.S.V., “Life in Confederate Prisons”, in Civil War Papers, Volume II, Massachusetts Commandery (1900), page 368
text: “I do wish I might of found you in my sights when you was with them damn Yanks,” Abner added.
ref: 1944, Howard Fast, Freedom Road, M.E. Sharpe, published 1995, →ISBN, page 33:
text: Corporal Bob explained, “The Yanks has tha best weapons. But us Rebs know how to shoot tha damn things. […]”
ref: 2004, O. K. Williams, The Way the Cards Fall, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.
examples: text: “This time,” he General Alphonse-Pierre Juin] told the Yanks, “you have not crossed to win new victories but to preserve peace. […]”
ref: 1951 June 11, “The Yanks Are Coming: U.S. shows world we are playing for keeps as 4th Division leaves to join Eisenhower's NATO army”, in Life, page 38:
glosses: An American: someone from the United States.
Synonyms: sense: inhabitant of the USA
word: American
word: American
Yap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.
Related terms: Yapese
Yap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hokkien 葉 /叶 (Ia̍p) and Hakka 葉 /叶 (Ya̍p).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
glosses: A Chinese surname from Hakka.
Related terms: Ye
Yip
Yard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Yard
Senses: glosses: Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
glosses: The Metropolitan Police Service
glosses: Jamaica
Derived terms: word: Yardie
Yay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Giáy.
Senses: glosses: A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people.
Synonyms: Bouyei
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Bouyei terms
Ye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yes
Etymology: Romanization of the Chinese surname 葉 /叶 (Yè).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Ye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: yā
ipa: /jeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: yay
homophone: yea
Etymology: Clipping of Kanye.
Senses: examples: text: “‘Crazy’ is a word that’s not gonna be used loosely in the future,” Ye said.
ref: 2022 February 11, Peony Hirwani, “Kanye West tells fan who suggested he’s off medication to ‘be more conscious’”, in The Independent:
glosses: Kanye West, American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.
raw_tags: before 2021
Yeddo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Tokyo
Derived terms: Yeddo spruce
Related terms: Edo
Yedo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The historical transcription of "Edo" as "Yedo" was from the contemporary pronunciation of the city's name in Late Middle Japanese.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Edo.
wikipedia: Late Middle Japanese
Yi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 彝 (yí).
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.
Yi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 彝 (yí).
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by this people.
Yi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Li
form: Ri
form: Rhee
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 이 (I) (based on the South Korean spelling), hanja: 李, also spelled 리 (Ri), especially in North Korea.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Korean. Equivalent to Chinese 李 (Lǐ)
Yi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 易 (yì).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Yoga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.
Yoga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of yoga.
You-Know-Who
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of you-know-who.
Young
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌŋ/
rhymes: -ʌŋ
Forms: form: Youngs
Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon.
* As a Chinese surname, from the following:
** Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng⁴). Doublet of Yeung.
** Hokkien 楊 /杨 (iông / iâng). Doublet of Yu, Yeo, Yeoh.
** Mandarin 楊 /杨 (yáng). Doublet of Yang.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Chinese.
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Chinese.
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Chinese.
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
glosses: A placename:
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A city in Río Negro department, Uruguay.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Hilltops council area, South West Slopes Region, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Young County.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Young Parish.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Young Township.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Young River.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Young Lake.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Mount Young.
Derived terms: Barry-Perkins-Young syndrome
County of Young
Lake Young
Mount Young
Parish of Young
River Young
Shire of Young
Township of Young
Young County
Young Crater
Youngian
Young Island
Young Lake
Young-Laplace equation
Young-Madders syndrome
Young Mountain
Young Parish
Young Point
Young River
Youngshire
Young Shire
Young-Simpson syndrome
Young Sound
Youngstown
Young symmetrizer
Young tableau
Young Township
Related terms: young
Younger
younger
Youngman
youngster
Jeung
Jung
Yeung
Yung
Yucca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Add this issue tot the myriad of other problems at Yucca Mountain: its active seismicity, including last year's revelation in Science that the earth's crust at Yucca is less stable than scientists previously had believed […]
ref: 1999, Frank Murkowski, Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Policy: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, DIANE Publishing, →ISBN, page 55:
text: “Maybe the mantle under Yucca is so damn hot that it behaves more like pudding or putty than solid brittle rock.” “Yeah. Ain't hindsight great,” Barney said. They sighed as Hank rolled up the earthquake maps[…]
ref: 2007 04, Wendell Duffield, Yucca Mountain Dirty Bomb, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: Furthermore the region around Yucca is extremely arid—the Nevada Desert is one of the driest places in the United States. The average precipitation at Yucca Mountain is 1.5 centimetres a year.
ref: 2022, Harry E Gove, From Hiroshima to the Iceman, page 141:
glosses: Ellipsis of Yucca Mountain.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
Yuki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from Wintu yu·keh (“enemies; Yuki”)
Senses: glosses: A Native American people from northern California.
Yuki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Wintu yu·keh (“enemies; Yuki”)
Senses: glosses: The language of this people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Yuki terms
yuk ⁠
Yuki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ゆき (Yuki).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Yuki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ゆうき (Yūki).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
Z
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɛd/
ipa: /zi/
note: Indic
ipa: /(i)ˈzeɖ/
ipa: /(j)iˈzɛd/
ipa: /(j)ɪˈzɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: z
form: Zs
form: Z's
Senses: glosses: The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms: Z-bar
Z-bed
Z-bend
Z-boson
Z-car
Z chromosome
Z-drug
Z-list
Z-movie
Z-pak
Z-plasty
Z-shaped
Z-track
Z
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɛd/
ipa: /zi/
note: Indic
ipa: /(i)ˈzeɖ/
ipa: /(j)iˈzɛd/
ipa: /(j)ɪˈzɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: Z's
form: Zs
Senses: examples: text: Take that a step further for Millennials and Zs by crafting an e-mail subject header that does the same but with even fewer characters; […]
ref: 2017, Martha M. Ellis, Linda Garcia, Generation X Presidents Leading Community Colleges: New Challenges, New Leaders, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 10:
text: The current progressive movement—and certainly the Millennials and Zs—understand that the Hyde Amendment is discriminatory […]
ref: 2020, Zerlina Maxwell, The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Books, →ISBN:
text: The current global pandemic is almost certainly a formative moment for younger Millennials and Zs as they navigate through similar challenges.
ref: 2022, Morgen Witzel, editor, Post-Pandemic Leadership: Exploring Solutions to a Crisis, Routledge, →ISBN:
related: word: Zed
synonyms: Generation Z
Generation Zer
Gen Z
Gen-Zer
Zer
zoomer
glosses: A member of Generation Z.
examples: text: I can sell bricks, I don't need to rap
Buj so peng it makes the fiends collapse
Cook that coca into crack
I was selling Zs while you was in your bed
ref: 2013, Snap Capone, “Lights Out”, in The Memoir, from 0:16:
glosses: Z-drug.
Zak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /zæk/
Forms: form: Zack
form: Zac
form: Zach
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Zachariah or Zachary.
Zar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zars
Etymology: Borrowed both from Czech Žár and Arabic زر.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Zarina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /zəˈɹinə/
Etymology: From Tatar Зара (Zara). Cognate with Persian زر (zar, “gold”), زرین (zarin, “golden”), Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), and Russian зо́лото (zóloto).
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Zealand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziːlənd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Sjælland.
Senses: glosses: The largest island of Denmark.
Derived terms: Zealander
Zealand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziːlənd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Zeeland.
Senses: glosses: Zeeland, the southwestern province of the Netherlands.
glosses: Ellipsis of New Zealand: a country in Oceania.
Derived terms: New Zealand
Zealander
Zebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Zulu
qualifier: World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF
glosses: radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Z.
Zen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɛn/
Forms: form: zen
form: Sen
form: Dzen
Etymology: From Japanese 禅(ぜん) (zen), from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen), an abbreviation of 禪那 (MC dzyen na), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”). Doublet of dhyana and Chan.
Senses: examples: text: For Orientals these mysterious formulae are clear and familiar truths, but for us they are completely bewildering... Dhyana Buddhism, which is known in Japan as "Zen"... is not speculation at all but immediate experience of what, as the bottomless ground of Being, cannot be apprehended by intellectual means, and cannot be conceived or interpreted even after the most unequivocal and incontestable experiences: one knows it by not knowing it.
ref: 1953, Richard Francis Carrington Hull translating Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery, p. 3
text: Philosophical mysticism, the idea that truth is indefinable and can be apprehended only by nonrational means, has been with us since the beginning of history. It's the basis of Zen practice.
ref: 1974, Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, page 235:
text: While Christianity teaches that man was expelled from the Garden of Eden, Zen teaches that we are living in paradise right now, even amid all the shit that's going down. This world is the Pure Land. This world is paradise. In fact, this world is better than paradise—but all we can do is piss and moan, and look around for something better.
ref: 2003, Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen, page 25:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.
Derived terms: Zen Buddhism
Zen garden
Zen-like
Zenlike
Zennish
Zennist
Related terms: Zenji
zazen
Zen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɛn/
Forms: form: zen
form: Sen
form: Dzen
Etymology: From Japanese 禅(ぜん) (zen), from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen), an abbreviation of 禪那 (MC dzyen na), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”). Doublet of dhyana and Chan.
Senses: examples: text: Hōyen... used to produce his own hand and ask his disciples, why it was called a hand? When we know the reason, there is satori and we have Zen.
ref: 1934, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, page 102:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of zen: (religion) enlightenment and (informal) mindful action, instruction, or behavior considered similar to Zen.
Zen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɛn/
Forms: form: more Zen
form: most Zen
form: zen
form: Sen
form: Dzen
Etymology: From Japanese 禅(ぜん) (zen), from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen), an abbreviation of 禪那 (MC dzyen na), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”). Doublet of dhyana and Chan.
Senses: examples: text: Zen meditation
text: Zen monk
text: Zen master
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Of or related to Zen Buddhism.
examples: text: "It sounds very Zen," I said. "A log cabin with no logs."
ref: 2010, Martin Avery et al., Zen Forest:
text: Part of him is still so much the newbie, amazed to find this place of sand and sun stuck onto the ass end of the greatest city in the world, but the rest of him has relaxed into acceptance already. He's Zen like that.
ref: 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 431:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of zen.
Related terms: Chan
Zephyr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛfɚ/
ipa: /ˈzɛfə/
Forms: form: Zephyrus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros).
Senses: examples: text: For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.
ref: 1714 June 10, [Alexander Pope], The Guardian, volume I, number 78, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, page 332:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The god of the West Wind.
glosses: The west wind personified.
examples: text: Even as her Republican peers sought to isolate her in the wake of her impassioned comments against a proposed ban on what doctors call gender-affirming medical care for children, Ms. Zephyr said she would not remain idle.
ref: 2023 April 27, Jim Robbins, Mike Baker, Jacey Fortin, “A Transgender Lawmaker Is Exiled as Montana G.O.P. Flexes New Power”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2023:
glosses: A surname.
Hypernyms: Anemoi
Aquilon
Coordinate terms: english: north
translation: north
word: Boreas
english: north
translation: north
word: Septentrio
english: south
translation: south
word: Notos
english: south
translation: south
word: Auster
english: east
translation: east
word: Eurus
english: east
translation: east
word: Subsolanus
word: Zephyr
word: Zephyrus
word: Favonius
Derived terms: zephyrette
Zephyrette
Zeppelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/
Forms: form: Zeppelins
form: zeppelin
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
examples: 2022, Seaward Dracula, D. Stroker, sVck
She shoved him back on the bed, but fear had turned his zeppelin into a deflated balloon, and try as she might, she couldn't blow any air into it.
glosses: The penis.
Synonyms: rigid
rigid airship
dirigible
Hypernyms: airship
dirigible
Derived terms: go down like a lead zeppelin
go over like a lead zeppelin
zeppelin bend
zeppelin mail
Zeppelin stamp
Zeppelin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/
Forms: form: zeppelin
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.
Senses: glosses: A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.
glosses: Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.
Related terms: airship
balloon
barrage balloon
blimp
dirigible
hot air balloon
Zeta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛtə/
rhymes: -ɛtə
Senses: glosses: medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.
Zeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛtə/
rhymes: -ɛtə
Forms: form: Zetas
Senses: glosses: A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.
Related terms: Zeta Ursae Majoris
Zia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (Arabic name): Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ, “light”) via Spanish.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.
glosses: A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
glosses: A pueblo in New Mexico.
glosses: Shanghainese romanization of the Chinese surname romanized as Xie in Mandarin.
Zia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous nation inhabiting a reservation in New Mexico, known for their pottery and use of the sun symbol.
Zo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zou
Senses: synonyms: Zomi
glosses: An indigenous people of Burma (Myanmar) and north-east India.
Zo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zou
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in Myanmar and India, especially in Chin State, Mizoram and Manipur, and adjoining parts of Bangladesh.
Related terms: zom ⁠
Zo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Listen, Zo. Neither one of us has heard anything from you in a long time. […] Zoe and I had grown up together.
ref: 2011, Jennifer Brown, Bitter End:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Zoe.
Zoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzəʊ.i/
ipa: /ˈzəʊ/
ipa: /ˈzoʊ.i/
ipa: /ˈzoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊi
rhymes: -əʊ
Senses: examples: text: Rosalie smiled faintly, and at the clapping of her hands, the raven-haired Zoe, in all her surpassing beauty, entered the apartment.
ref: 1833, Lloyd Wharton Bickley, Zoe, or the Sicilian Sayda: A Romance, Key&Biddle, page 112:
text: "Who ever heard of a girl named Zoe! You never did yourself." ¶ "I know I never did, Roy Kemble, but just the same I think it is the most beautiful name in the world. It isn't so much what it really means; names don't have to mean anything - it's what it feels like it means.
ref: 1921, Fannie Hurst, Stardust, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, of common usage, variant of Zoë.
Zoom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Zooms
form: Zooming
form: Zoomed
form: Zoomed
Etymology: From Zoom, a videoconferencing software by Zoom Video Communications; renamed as such (from Saasbee) in May 2012 by Jim Scheinman after the American children's book Zoom City (1998) by Thacher Hurd for ostensibly encapsulating creativity, happiness and exploration. Scheinman had "been saving the name Zoom for a long time."
Senses: examples: text: Whether you’re Zooming it in or not sitting down on the job, here’s how to do it right.
ref: 2018 February 20, Adrienne So, “Sitting in on Remote Meetings? Working at a Standing Desk? Follow These Tips.”, in Wired:
text: These are professional, managerial, and technical workers – an estimated 35% of the workforce – who are putting in long hours at their laptops, Zooming into conferences, scanning electronic documents, and collecting about the same pay as before the crisis.
ref: 2020 April 26, Robert Reich, “Covid-19 pandemic shines a light on a new kind of class divide and its inequalities”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To communicate with someone using the Zoom videoconferencing software.
glosses: Alternative form of zoom (“to participate in a video teleconferencing call”).
Zoom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zooms
Etymology: From Zoom, a videoconferencing software by Zoom Video Communications; renamed as such (from Saasbee) in May 2012 by Jim Scheinman after the American children's book Zoom City (1998) by Thacher Hurd for ostensibly encapsulating creativity, happiness and exploration. Scheinman had "been saving the name Zoom for a long time."
Senses: examples: text: I have two Zooms tomorrow: one in the morning and another at noon.
glosses: A videoconference using Zoom.
glosses: Alternative form of zoom (“a video teleconference call.”).
glosses: A video teleconference service or website.
Related terms: Zoom-bomb
Zoom bomb
Zoom-bomber
Zoom bomber
Zoom bombing
Zoom-bombing
Zoom fatigue
Zoom raid
Zoom raider
Zoom-raiding
Zoom raiding
Zoom town
Zs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Z
Zu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Anzu
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A lesser divinity of Akkadian mythology, and the son of the bird goddess Siris.
Ål
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Viken, Norway, previously in Buskerud.
Ð
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: enpr: th
ipa: /ð/
ipa: /d̪/
Forms: form: ð
form: Ðs
form: Ð's
Senses: glosses: Replaces Th for an archaic style.
Übermensch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Übermenschen
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of übermensch.
Þ
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: enpr: th
ipa: /θ/
ipa: /t̪/
Forms: form: þ
form: Þs
form: Þ's
Senses: glosses: Replaces Th for an archaic style.
hackysack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hackysacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hacky sack.
hackeysack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hackeysacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hacky sack.
steam radio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The phrase originated in Britain when television was beginning to take over from radio and steam locomotives were giving way to diesel and electric ones.
Senses: glosses: Radio (sound broadcasting), considered as old-fashioned compared to television.
wrong-doing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wrongdoing.
a-sharp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of A-sharp.
Jessie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jess + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Jessica.
Jessie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A hypochoristic form of Jane, Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of lassie or -ess and -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Derived terms: Lake Jessie
Jessie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jessies
Etymology: A hypochoristic form of Jane, Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of lassie or -ess and -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of jessie: a cowardly, effeminate, or homosexual man, a girly man.
Derived terms: give someone Jessie
Jessie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jess or Jesse + -ie, from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jesse.
jess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕs
ipa: /d͡ʒɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: jesses
Etymology: From Middle English ges, from Middle French gies, from the plural of jet (“throw”), from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus < iactus (“a throwing”), or from jeter (“to throw”), itself from Latin iactare.
Senses: examples: text: Haukes haue about theyr legges gesses made of lether moste comonly, some of silke which should no lenger but that the knottes of them should appere in ye myddes of the left hande betwene the longe fynger and the leche fynger bicause the lewnes should be fastened to them with a payre of tyrettes, whiche tyrettes should rest vpon the lewnes and not vpon gesses, for hangyng and fastyng vpon trees when she fleyth […]
ref: 1486, Juliana Berners, The booke of hauking, huntyng and fysshyng, London, published 1566:
text: I am that cedar; shake me not too much;
And you the eagles; soar ye ne’er so high,
I have the jesses that will pull you down;
ref: 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: […] If I do prove her haggard,
Though that her jesses were my dear heartstrings,
I’ld whistle her off and let her down the wind,
To pray at fortune.
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 iii]:
text: 1686, Richard Blome, The Gentlemans Recreation, Part 2, Chapter 24 “Certain Terms of Art used in Falconry, with an Explanation thereof, Alphabetically set down,” p. 62,
Jesses are the short straps of Leather that are fastned to her Legs, and so to the Lease by the Varvils.
text: If your hawk is bad-weathered, that is, will not fit on your fist when the wind blows, but hales, and beats, and hangs by the jeſſes, ſhe has an ill habit of the worſt kind.
ref: 1773, James Campbell, A Treatise on modern faulconry:
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
jess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕs
ipa: /d͡ʒɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: jesses
form: jessing
form: jessed
form: jessed
Etymology: From Middle English ges, from Middle French gies, from the plural of jet (“throw”), from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus < iactus (“a throwing”), or from jeter (“to throw”), itself from Latin iactare.
Senses: topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.
jess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕs
ipa: /d͡ʒɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: jesses
Etymology: See jet (etymology 2).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jet (the mineral).
glosses: Alternative form of jet (the color).
jess
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕs
ipa: /d͡ʒɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Etymology: See just.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of just.
spirituality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
ipa: /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
ipa: [ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]
ipa: /ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.tɪ/
ipa: [ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]
Forms: form: spiritualities
Etymology: From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās.
Senses: examples: text: , "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness"
a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
text: If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest unto spirituality.
ref: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
text: Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.
ref: 1841, Edward Bickersteth, A Treatise of Prayer:
glosses: The quality or state of being spiritual.
glosses: Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
glosses: Appreciation for religious values.
examples: text: During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
examples: text: Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
boutique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /buːˈtiːk/
ipa: /boʊˈtik/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: boutiques
Etymology: Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.
Senses: glosses: A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
glosses: A small shop located within a larger one.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A film production company making only a few movies per year.
examples: text: a boutique software consultancy
text: To keep attracting clients, the law firm of the future just might turn into a legal boutique, says Earle Yaffa, the managing director […]
ref: 1982, ABA Journal, volume 68, page 661:
glosses: Any company that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services.
Derived terms: botiquey
boutique camping
boutique hotel
boutiquelike
boutiquey
e-boutique
fruitique
postique
Related terms: apothecary
oedipal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The hostility Garrus nurtures for the ineffective Citadel Security Services (C-Sec) bureaucracy has an oedipal tinge since his father, Castis Vakarian, is an exemplary by-the-books C-Sec officer.
ref: 2023, Jerome Winter, “"There Is No War, There Is Only Harvest": Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in Mass Effect”, in BioWare's Mass Effect, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Oedipal.
Derived terms: oedipally