cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
spirituelle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spirituelle
form: most spirituelle
Etymology: From French spirituelle.
Senses: examples: text: Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible...
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 234:
text: Noble in person and in dress and of an unconscious majesty of demeanor, the beauty of the daughter of Marguerite de Valois was far beyond that of the conventional, artful beauties of her day; hers was a spirituelle, eloquent sweetness, […]
ref: 1901, Caroline Atwater Mason, A Lily of France, page 77:
text: […] he was a little above medium height, well built and with a brisk step; his hair was black, his complexion deep brown, his physiognomy very spirituelle, his features regular.
ref: 1915, Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley, The Theosophical Path: Illustrated Monthly, volume 8, page 48:
glosses: Showing great grace and delicacy.
spirituelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirituelles
Etymology: From French spirituelle.
Senses: glosses: An artistic bohemian woman.
spirituelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spirituelle
quod erat demonstrandum
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: quae erant demonstranda
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quod erat dēmōnstrandum (“that which was to be proved”), calqued from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, “precisely what was required to be proved”).
Senses: qualifier: something
glosses: which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.
Derived terms: Q.E.D.
proverbs hunt in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: proverbs + hunt + in + pairs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
leeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leek
reposer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reposers
Etymology: From repose + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that reposes.
giantess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒaɪəntɛs/
Forms: form: giantesses
Etymology: From Middle English geauntesse, geaunesse, from Old French; equivalent to giant + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: He spide far off a mighty Giauntesse / Fast flying, on a Courser dapled gray […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: In the corner lay against the wall a stringed instrument not unlike a dulcimer, which, as people believe, the Giantesses used to play on.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 218:
text: The giantess picked him up and gave him such a squeeze that he felt he was going to choke.
ref: 1926, Enid Blyton, The Book of Brownies:
text: The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.
ref: 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter VIII, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 72:
topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A female giant.
giddily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more giddily
form: most giddily
Etymology: From giddy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: `Little 'un snoozin'!' Jinny remarked, lurching giddily towards her to merrily twirl her fist in the snoozer.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 78:
text: When the wind is in the right direction, hang-gliders launch themselves giddily into space from the precipitous bank.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102:
glosses: In a giddy manner.
gigantically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gigantically
form: most gigantically
Etymology: From gigantic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a gigantic manner.
girlishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more girlishly
form: most girlishly
Etymology: From girlish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ganymede was once a girlishly handsome precocious youth. That one cannot for any considerable number of years go on being youthful, girlishly handsome, and precocious, seems on consideration to be a statement as worthy of credit as the famous syllogistic conclusion, "Socrates was mortal."
ref: 1879, George Eliot, chapter 12, in Impressions of Theophrastus Such:
text: "What's worse, I suppose I girlishly trilled all this to him, and too often. […]"
ref: 1951, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 10, in World So Wide:
synonyms: girlily
girly#Adverb
glosses: In a girlish manner.
antonymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæntə.nɪm.i/
Forms: form: antonymies
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
antonyms: synonymy
hypernyms: nonsynonymy
coordinate_terms: antiphrasis
;
cohyponymy
coordination
coordinateness
;
parasynonymy
plesionymy
;
comeronymy
;
metonymy
;
synechdoche
glosses: The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.
gift-wrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gift-wraps
form: gift-wrapping
form: gift-wrapped
form: gift-wrapped
Senses: related: word: giftwrap#Verb
glosses: To wrap (something) in decorative wrappings to prepare it for presentation as a gift.
gift-wrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift-wraps
Senses: related: word: giftwrap#Noun
glosses: Decorative wrappings for covering a gift.
Related terms: gift-wrapped
giggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigglers
Etymology: From giggle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Band concert public square Nebraska city. Flowing and circling dresses, summer-white dresses. Faces, flesh tints flung like sprays of cherry blossoms. And gigglers, God knows, gigglers, rivaling the pony whinnies of the Livery Stable Blues.
ref: 1918, Carl Sandburg, “Band Concert”, in Cornhuskers, page 24:
text: She was not a giggler, despite her extreme youth, and she smiled the small slow smile that men brought to her face without knowing why.
ref: 1967, Nadine Gordimer, “An Intruder”, in Livingstone's Companions, New York: Viking, published 1971, page 83:
glosses: A person who giggles, or an inanimate object that can emanate laughter.
gilding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪldɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gild
gilding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪldɪŋ
Forms: form: gildings
Senses: glosses: The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
glosses: Gold leaf.
glosses: A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.
Derived terms: amalgam gilding
electrogilding
fire-gilding
fire gilding
gilding metal
mercury gilding
wash-gilding
water gilding
gilt-edged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having gilded edges.
raw_tags: of pages of a book etc
topics: business
finance
glosses: Issued by the Bank of England.
raw_tags: of securities
examples: text: Then a disastrous back-pass from Christopher Samba presented Drogba with a gilt-edged chance but the Ivorian's shot was saved by Robinson with his legs.
ref: 2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 2 -03 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC:
glosses: Of the highest quality.
Related terms: copper-bottomed
gimbals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gimbal
roial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more roial
form: most roial
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of royal.
gimcrackery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gimcrackeries
Etymology: From gimcrack + -ery.
Senses: glosses: tastelessness
gimmickry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gimmickries
Etymology: From gimmick + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Then, at least, we shall be able to program consciousness in such wise that it cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of the entertainment world that beset mankind when he encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry.
ref: 1964, Marshall McLuhan, chapter 6, in Understanding Media, 2nd edition:
glosses: Gimmicks collectively.
glosses: The use of gimmicks.
gimmicky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪmɪki/
Forms: form: gimmickier
form: gimmickiest
Etymology: From gimmick + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling, or characteristic of a gimmick.
examples: text: What isn't so gimmicky is the Aggro System, where you draw fire onto yourself by acting aggressive, while your partner sneaks off blindsiding distracted enemies. Aggro depends on how big your current weapon is and how often you act aggressive.
ref: 2008 April 24, GameAxis Unwired, page 54:
glosses: Containing gimmicks.
Derived terms: gimmickily
gimmickiness
ungimmicky
gingham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪŋ.əm/
Forms: form: ginghams
Etymology: From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made.
Senses: examples: text: And she found that she was not wearing a despised muslin frock! Her dress was gingham!—an adorable plaid with long sleeves, and a patch-pocket low down on the right side!
ref: 1913, Eleanor Gates, The Poor Little Rich Girl:
text: Aunt Elizabeth had produced a terrible gingham apron and an equally terrible gingham sunbonnet from somewhere in the New Moon garret, and made Emily put them on. The apron was a long sack-like garment, high in the neck, with sleeves.
ref: 1923, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →OCLC:
text: Always, the relentless bass of hip-hop blasting in rooms of nautical-themed furnishings, faded driftwood, gingham upholstery, linen and chambray.
ref: 2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
text: Tradwifedom, the meekly old-fashioned vision of domesticity served up on Instagram by a bunch of submissive influencers in aprons, is a gingham-lined trap visible from space […].
ref: 2025 August 28, Gaby Hinsliff, “Taylor Swift: engaged, mummy-tracked and doomed to tradwifedom? You really haven’t been listening”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
examples: text: "We have put on the pale blue silks that we wore at Isabella's wedding; that, however, was Georgiana's thought," continued Helen; "she said it would be impossible to go to church in our pink ginghams."
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 187:
glosses: A dress made from that material.
examples: text: […] their ginghams stuck under their arms at right angles to their back-bones […]
ref: 1878, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, George Cruikshank's Table-book, page 268:
glosses: An umbrella.
Derived terms: ginghamed
Related terms: seersucker
girlishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girlishnesses
Etymology: From girlish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being girlish.
glosses: Girlish behaviour.
Coordinate terms: boyishness
give-and-take
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: give and take
Senses: glosses: The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.
examples: text: We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:
glosses: A lively exchange of conversation.
giveback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: givebacks
Etymology: Deverbal from give back.
Senses: glosses: A rebate.
glosses: A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
Related terms: giveaway
buyback
sellback
lock horns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: locks horns
form: locking horns
form: locked horns
form: locked horns
Senses: glosses: To come into conflict.
Synonyms: cross swords
teshuva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɛˈʃuːvə/
/tɪ-/
/t͡ʃuːvə/
/tɛʃuːˈvɑː/
/t͡ʃuːˈvɑː/
Forms: form: teshuba
form: teshubah
form: teshuvah
Etymology: From Hebrew תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá, “teshuva”, literally “return”), from ש־ו־ב (“return”).
Senses: examples: text: The message that through sincere teshuvah and resolution, light and gladness can be achieved by all, is most fitting for the opening of the Yom Kippur service.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 161:
glosses: The Jewish concept of penitence.
examples: text: As I maintained in my teshuvah about Kitniyot, just as the original custom of not eating Kitniyot related originally to all the Pilgrim Festivals but the prohibition ended up sticking to Pesaḥ, the same thing happened regarding Shabbat Hagadol.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Why Is The Shabbat Before Pesaḥ Called Shabbat Hagadol”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 101:
glosses: A responsum.
tefilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈfɪlə/
rhymes: -ɪlə
Forms: form: tefillin
form: tefillos
form: tefillot
form: tefilloth
form: tefillah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew תפילה.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phylactery (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”).
synonyms: word: phylactery
extra: (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”)
examples: text: Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.
ref: 2000 August 31, rach...@netmedia.net.il, “MIDEI SHABBOS by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler - Shoftim”, in alt.religion.judaism.orthodox (Usenet):
glosses: Intercession, prayer; (countable) a prayer.
Derived terms: tefillah shel rosh
tefillah shel yad
shana tova
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: shanah tovah
form: shanah tova
form: shana tovah
Etymology: From Hebrew שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (shaná tová, “Happy New Year”, literally “good year”).
Senses: glosses: Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
one-shot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: one-shots
form: one-shotting
form: one-shotted
form: one-shotted
form: one-shot
form: one-shot
form: oneshot
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oneshot
one-sidedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From one-sided + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light work of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add to Jack Wilshere's two goals.
ref: 2013 November 26, Daniel Taylor, “Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille”, in The Guardian:
text: Living in Germany, I see it as my human responsibility to call it out for its one-sidedness, its hypocrisy and its acquiesence in the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
ref: 2023 October 23, Lana Bastašić, “I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The state of being one-sided; partiality, bias.
one-track
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: having a single set of lines so that trains can run only in one direction at a time; single-track
raw_tags: of a railway
glosses: limited to one idea or thought
Derived terms: one-track mind
famously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more famously
form: most famously
Etymology: From famous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a celebrated manner.
examples: text: President Roosevelt famously said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
ref: 2007, Ian Harrison, Take Me to Your Leader, DK, →ISBN, page 152:
text: But even as religion was on the rise, the word "God" declined dramatically over the course of the eighteenth century. The word is famously absent from the Constitution, but it was also relatively absent from the printed texts of the decade in which the Constitution was drafted and adopted, and more broadly from the revolutionary period overall.
ref: 2009, Eric Slauter, The State as a Work of Art, Chicago, →ISBN, page 247:
glosses: Indicates that the act, state, or occurrence described by the sentence is famous In such a manner as to become famous or produce something that would become famous.
examples: text: The new roommates got on famously.
glosses: Really well, having great rapport.
Synonyms: sense: indicates that the sentence describes something famous
word: notably
sense: indicates that the sentence describes something famous
word: notoriously
sense: with great rapport
word: well
sense: with great rapport
word: splendidly
sense: with great rapport
word: swimmingly
onionskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onionskins
form: onion skin
Etymology: From onion + skin; named for its resemblance to the skin of an onion (thin and crinkly).
Senses: examples: text: I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers.
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 406:
synonyms: onion paper
glosses: A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies.
glosses: A kind of marble with swirls of color on the outside.
speak to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speaks to
form: speaking to
form: spoke to
form: spoken to
Etymology: First used in 1610 in the sense of 'discuss'. Use for the meaning of 'bespeak' is attested since the 1960s.
Senses: examples: text: This definitely speaks to the fact that at Georgetown, beginning at the admissions process, you're not a number but a real person.
ref: 2006, Staff of Vault, The College Buzz Book, page 176:
text: Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7:
glosses: To give evidence regarding something; to attest or provide evidence for; to bespeak.
examples: text: Education for being speaks to what grows within the person himself
ref: 1981, McGill journal of education:
glosses: To address a particular topic.
examples: text: His music really speaks to me.
text: With its pastel cover and pro-LGBTQ+ anthem “You Need to Calm Down,” Lover got a ton of airplay in that two-bedroom apartment. And the breakup songs—“Death by a Thousand Cuts,” “I Forgot That You Existed”—certainly spoke to me.
ref: 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: To (figuratively) resonate with; to feel emotionally relevant to.
Decemberist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Decemberists
Etymology: From December + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Decembrist.
Decemberist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Decemberist
form: most Decemberist
Etymology: From December + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Decembrist.
December revolt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the December revolt
Senses: glosses: The failed uprising (in December 1825) by Russian army officers in an effort to prevent the accession of Nicholas I.
subshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subshells
Etymology: From sub- + shell.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of the atomic orbitals for which the values of the n and l quantum numbers are the same, such as the three 2p or five 3d atomic orbitals.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A child process launched by a shell.
moment of inertia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moments of inertia
Senses: examples: text: The moment of inertia of a rigid body is a quantity that determines the torque needed for a given angular acceleration about a given rotational axis, analogous to how mass determines the force needed for a given acceleration.
text: The moments of inertia of a heterogeneous body whose boundary is a surface of uniform density may sometimes be found by the method of differentiation.
ref: 1882, Edward John Routh, The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies, 4th edition, MacMillan & Co., page 10:
text: Consequently, the moment of inertia of a body relative to any axis can be found when that for the parallel axis through its centre of gravity is known.
ref: 1884, Benjamin Williamson, An Elementary Treatise on the Integral Calculus, 4th edition, Appleton and Company, page 292:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: classical mechanics
glosses: A measure of a rigid body's resistance to change in its angular velocity around a given axis.
examples: text: Stresses due to vertical shearing forces also depend on moment of inertia and are discussed in Chapter 8.
Some mathematicians and stress analysts use the term second moment of area instead of moment of inertia. That term is, in fact, more descriptive of the definition of this property in the following discussion.
ref: 2007, Robert L. Mott, Applied Strength of Materials, 5th edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 323:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: structural engineering
glosses: Second moment of area; a measure of a rigid body's resistance to bending.
Synonyms: sense: measure of resistance to change in angular velocity
word: mass moment of inertia
sense: measure of resistance to change in angular velocity
word: angular mass
sense: measure of resistance to change in angular velocity
word: rotational inertia
sense: measure of resistance to bending
word: area moment of inertia
sense: measure of resistance to bending
word: second area moment
sense: measure of resistance to bending
word: second moment of area
sense: measure of resistance to bending
word: second moment of inertia
Derived terms: english: resistance to torsion
translation: resistance to torsion
word: polar moment of inertia
Related terms: word: moment
word: moment of force
word: planar second moment of area
english: = polar moment of inertia
translation: = polar moment of inertia
word: second polar moment of area
onlooking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒnlʊkɪŋ/
Forms: form: more onlooking
form: most onlooking
Etymology: From on- + looking.
Senses: examples: text: A second character dressed as a bishop, gesturing towards the onlooking Henry VII, compared him with the costumed deity […].
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 60:
glosses: That is looking on; watching, observing.
on-ramp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: on-ramps
form: onramp
Etymology: From on + ramp.
Senses: synonyms: on-slip
coordinate_terms: exit ramp
off-ramp
glosses: A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from local roads onto a freeway.
glosses: introduction, introductory course
on-ramp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: on-ramps
form: on-ramping
form: on-ramped
form: on-ramped
form: onramp
Etymology: From on + ramp.
Senses: glosses: To introduce (someone) to (something).
Related terms: slip road
slip road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slip roads
Etymology: From slip + road.
Senses: glosses: A segment of roadway that joins a motorway to ordinary roads (in either direction)
onrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/
Forms: form: onrushes
Etymology: From on- + rush. Compare Middle English onresen (“to rush upon; attack”), from Old English onrǣsan (“to rush, rush on”); Old English onrǣs (“an onrush, assault, attack”).
Senses: examples: text: The love within us and the love without
Are mixed, confounded; if we are loved or love,
We scarce distinguish. So, with other power.
Being acted on and acting seem the same:
In that first onrush of life’s chariot-wheels,
We know not if the forests move or we.
ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, New York: C.S. Francis & Co., published 1857, First Book, pp. 32-33:
text: For a brief moment the onrush of the egwugwu [masked men representing ancestral spirits] was checked by the unexpected composure of the two men. But it was only a momentary check, like the tense silence between blasts of thunder. The second onrush was greater than the first. It swallowed up the two men.
ref: 1958, Chinua Achebe, chapter 22, in Things Fall Apart, New York: Astor-Honor, published 1959:
text: So persistent is the onrush of new construction in New York that the first temptation for the architecture buff is to track down the latest things, be they good or bad […]
ref: 1987 July 31, Paul Goldberger, “A Baker’s Dozen of New York City’s Urban Masterpieces”, in New York Times:
glosses: A forceful rush or flow forward.
examples: text: He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 29:
glosses: An aggressive assault.
Synonyms: onslaught
onrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/
Forms: form: onrushes
form: onrushing
form: onrushed
form: onrushed
Etymology: From on- + rush. Compare Middle English onresen (“to rush upon; attack”), from Old English onrǣsan (“to rush, rush on”); Old English onrǣs (“an onrush, assault, attack”).
Senses: examples: text: Werner’s run had created the space and Havertz got there before the onrushing Ederson, catching a little break off the goalkeeper before rolling it into the empty net.
ref: 2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To rush or flow forward forcefully.
glosses: To assault aggressively.
onscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: on-screen
Etymology: From on + screen.
Senses: examples: text: The two actors had a very realistic onscreen romance, but in reality they couldn't stand each other.
glosses: As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.
onscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: on-screen
Etymology: From on + screen.
Senses: examples: text: I leaned over her shoulder to see two cybergirls yanking out each other's hair. Katy was typing insults that appeared onscreen.
ref: 2006, Gail Giles, Playing in Traffic:
text: Think of them [task panes] as dialog boxes that enable you to type while they're onscreen.
ref: 2010 May 10, Herbert L. Tyson, Word 2010 Bible:
text: And the best voice actors — their names known to fans and promoted by companies — can become celebrities despite never appearing onscreen.
ref: 2017 October 27, Todd C. Frankel, “In $25 billion video game industry, voice actors face broken vocal cords and low pay”, in Washington Post:
glosses: Inside the frame of the cinema, television or computer screen.
onshore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: on-shore
Etymology: From on + shore.
Senses: examples: text: an onshore breeze
glosses: Moving from the sea towards the land.
examples: text: Princeton University's Center for Environmental Studies recommended today that New Jersey minimize adverse impacts of offshore drilling by limiting to the Atlantic City area any onshore bases built to support and supply oil rigs in the ocean.
ref: 1977 August 23, Donald Janson, “Study Urges Jersey to Limit Onshore Oil Facilities”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The second time La Suprema came into harbor, at the Port of Augusta, in the east of Sicily, I watched the police onshore grow impatient with a teenager who was scheduled to disembark.
ref: 2021 May 6, Ian Urbina, “Purgatory at Sea”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Positioned on or near the shore.
examples: text: By this measure, it was only the second largest onshore leak in the US last year, surpassed by one near San Antonio, Texas in March which discharged 147 tonnes of methane an hour.
ref: 2023 March 6, Nina Lakhani, “‘We don’t feel safe’: US community in shock after record methane leak”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Within the country; not overseas.
onshore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more onshore
form: most onshore
form: on-shore
Etymology: From on + shore.
Senses: examples: text: Like most storms, Hurricane Katrina weakened as it came onshore, and by Monday evening the National Hurricane Center had downgraded it to a tropical storm.
ref: 2005 August 29, Joseph B. Treasterand Kate Zernike, “Hurricane Katrina Moves Onshore, Weaker but Still Threatening Havoc”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: From the sea towards the land.
onshore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: onshores
form: onshoring
form: onshored
form: onshored
form: on-shore
Etymology: From on + shore.
Senses: examples: text: I don’t want to suggest that any attempt to onshore production will doom America to runaway costs, supply-chain catastrophes, and frayed global alliances. In many cases, I’m sure there are brilliant reasons to bring back more advanced manufacturing, clean-energy construction, and resource production.
ref: 2023 February 8, Derek Thompson, “Don’t ‘Buy American’”, in The Atlantic:
topics: management
glosses: To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.
Related terms: noshore
offshore
on-site
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: onsite
Etymology: From on + site.
Senses: examples: text: Our supplier offers on-site support.
text: Production has restarted at Derby Litchurch Lane, after Bombardier agreed new working practices with on-site trade union representatives.
ref: 2020 April 22, “Network News: Bombardier resumes work at Derby Litchurch Lane”, in Rail, page 9:
glosses: On a particular site or in a particular building, as opposed to at a remote site or factory.
on-the-job
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Attributive form of on the job.
Senses: examples: text: on-the-job training
text: on-the-job learning
text: Of course, such training facilities do exist, and they perform a vital role, but there's no substitute for on-the-job training and gaining experience from a real railway system.
ref: 2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 48:
glosses: obtained whilst working
raw_tags: of training
courtly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːtli/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹtli/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tli
Forms: form: more courtly
form: most courtly
Etymology: From Middle English courtly, equivalent to court + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Then will I deck thee Princely, instruct thee courtly,
And present thee to the Queene as my gift.
ref: 1598, Robert Greene, The Scottish Historie of James the Fourth, London, act I, scene 1:
text: […] where, in the name of wonder, have you learn’d to talk so courtly?
ref: 1673, John Dryden, The Assignation, London: Henry Herringman, act II, scene 3, page 17:
text: 1766, Elizabeth Griffith, The Double Mistake, London: J. Almon et al., Act I, Scene 3, p. 12,
Very courtly and correctly spoken on all sides, my lord;
text: The driver waited courtly by the open doors of the saloon.
ref: 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 74, in Earthly Powers, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 661:
synonyms: courtlily
glosses: In the manner of a royal court; in a manner befitting of a royal court.
mountebanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountebank
mountebanks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mountebank
Inge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
maritime pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maritime pines
Senses: synonyms: cluster pine
Mediterranean pine
glosses: A pine tree (Pinus pinaster), native to the western Mediterranean region.
prier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priers
form: pryer
Etymology: From pry + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who pries.
numbskulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of numbskull
blah blah blah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: blah blah
Etymology: Triplication of blah.
Senses: examples: text: Oh blah blah blah. Just be quiet!
glosses: A put-down to silence someone who would otherwise not stop talking.
examples: text: I went to go out, but couldn't find my keys; blah blah blah, my toddler had hidden them in his snow boots.
glosses: A stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content.
Synonyms: sense: boring content
word: yada yada yada
numskulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of numskull
yobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yob
tearaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tearaway
mushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mush
mushed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mushed
form: most mushed
Senses: glosses: worn out; exhausted
mushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mush
mushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mush
dettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dette
hotheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hothead
digital still camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital still cameras
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A digital camera. Abbreviated DSC.
differential scanning calorimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a thermal analysis technique in which a tiny sample pan is heated together with an empty reference pan and the difference in heat flow between the two measured as a function of temperature.
digital still cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital still camera
haranguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harangue
haranguing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haranguings
Senses: glosses: The process of delivering a harangue.
harangued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harangue
misperception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪspə(ɹ)ˈsɛpʃən/
ipa: /mɪspəˈsɛpʃən/
ipa: [mɪspəˈsɛpʃn̩]
ipa: /ˌmɪspɚˈsɛpʃən/
ipa: [ˌmɪspɚˈsɛpʃn̩]
ipa: /mɪspəˈsepʃən/
ipa: [mɪspəˈsepʃn̩]
rhymes: -ɛpʃən
Forms: form: misperceptions
Etymology: From mis- + perception.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect perception.
Coordinate terms: misapprehension
misconception
misunderstanding
God-speed
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Godspeed.
God-speed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God-speeds
Senses: examples: text: But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]
ref: 1667, Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, “The Sixth Vision of Hell”, in R[oger] L[’Estrange], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman […], →OCLC, page 247:
text: He never danced himself, and there he sat, poking his head in my face, and impressing all the beholders with the idea that he was a confirmed, acknowledged lover; my aunt looking complacently on, all the time, and wishing him God-speed.
ref: 1848, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], “The Warnings of Experience”, in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. […], volume I, London: T[homas] C[autley] Newby, […], →OCLC, page 279:
glosses: Alternative form of Godspeed.
jac-shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jac-shirts
Etymology: From jacket and shirt.
Senses: glosses: A heavy shirt, often worn in place of a jacket in cooler weather. It may have buttons or a zippered front, and typically has two breast pockets.
palatinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈlætɪnɪt/
/pəˈlætɪneɪt/
Forms: form: palatinates
Etymology: From palatine + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Senses: glosses: The office or rank of a palatine.
glosses: A territory ruled by a palatine.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of such a territory.
palatinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pəˈlætɪnɪt/
/pəˈlætɪneɪt/
Etymology: From palatine + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate.
Derived terms: count palatinate
county palatinate
palatinate blue
palatinate purple
Palatinate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pəˈlætɪnɪt/
/pəˈlætɪneɪt/
Forms: form: the Palatinate
Etymology: A shortened form of various counties palatinate; see palatinate.
Senses: glosses: Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly
examples: text: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...
ref: 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
glosses: Any of various historical counties palatinate
The County Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The area of the former German County Palatinate as a region of modern Germany.
Synonyms: topics: state
word: County Palatinate of the Rhine
topics: region
location
word: Rhenish Palatinate
Derived terms: sense: electoral Palatinate
word: Rhineland-Palatinate
sense: electoral Palatinate
word: Upper Palatinate
sense: electoral Palatinate
word: Lower Palatinate
sense: electoral Palatinate
word: Palatinate Forest
word: palatinate purple
fussocky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌsəki/
Forms: form: more fussocky
form: most fussocky
Etymology: From fussock (“donkey”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I am told there is the strangest couple here that ever were seen; the lady, a fat, fussocky dame, fresh from Spital Fields...
ref: 1801, Mrs. Martin, The Enchantress, Or, Where Shall I Find Her?:
glosses: Fat and unwieldy.
raw_tags: of a woman
pastrami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæˈstɹɑːmi/
ipa: /pəˈstɹɑːmi/
enpr: pə-sträʹmē
ipa: /pəˈstɹɑːmi/
Forms: form: pastramis
form: pastrame
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma), a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root bas- (“to press”). It is sometimes claimed that the origin of the Turkish word is Greek παστώνω (pastóno, “I salt”), from Ancient Greek παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt, salted”). The English spelling ending in -mi is probably from the influence of salami.
Senses: glosses: A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.
Related terms: word: pastirma
word: pastrama
word: corned beef
alt: a similar deli meat made from a brisket cut
word: smoked meat
word: salt beef
word: smoked beef
fleur-de-lys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleurs-de-lys
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of fleur-de-lis.
Derived terms: fleur-de-lysed
naleśnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naleśniki
Senses: examples: text: Roll up carefully, because this type of naleśnik tears easily, and serve immediately topped with whipped cream. […] These delicious, rich-tasting naleśniki are recommended to those not particularly concerned about calories and cholesterol.
ref: 1993, Robert Strybel, Maria Strybel, “Luxury crêpes: naleśniki luksusowe”, in Polish Heritage Cookery (International Cookbooks), New York, N.Y.: Hippocrene Books, published 2001 (3rd printing of illustrated edition), →ISBN, “Noodles, Dumplings, Pancakes &C.” section, pages 488–489:
text: We can even say that a good Naleśnik is the Fifth Element of a Party :).
ref: 1997 December 7, Dominik Ścigalski, “Imprezy w Wawie.”, in pl.rec.muzyka.techno (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Sep 2025:
text: “Of course. I get you some breakfast. Just making naleśniki.” […] His eyes never left the paper even as he picked up a rolled naleśniki^([sic]) and stuffed it into his mouth.
ref: 2021 May 17, Gloria H. Giroux, “November 4, 1987, Cortlandt, New York: 9:15 AM”, in Santa Fe Heat (New Mexico Trilogy; 3), Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: In Bieszczady, a beautiful region of Poland, we degust an inventive and uniquely-textured naleśnik.
ref: 2022, “Fried Dough Topped with Wild Blueberries; Naleśnik, Poland, Kraków & Nature, Poland”, in Red Karawana: A Worldwide Journey Across Cultures, Flavors and Art, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2022:
text: The idea of a hot bath was delicious—but not as delicious as the stack of naleśniki pancakes that sat warming on a plate on the stovetop. […] The girls dug into their naleśniki.
ref: 2022 June, Diane Zahler, chapter 15, in Goblin Market, New York, N.Y.: Holiday House, →ISBN, page 214:
glosses: Alternative form of nalesnik.
geologic era
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geologic eras
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A subdivision of geologic time that divides an eon into smaller timeframes.
Synonyms: era
geologic eras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geologic era
BET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after its inventors Brunauer, Emmett and Teller.
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: An adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid, typically using nitrogen gas at a temperature of 77 K.
in short order
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: in shorter order
form: in shortest order
Senses: examples: text: But it may be just as much of one for the opera house administrators who have come to depend on him as a box-office draw, and for the international audiences that in remarkably short order — less than a decade, really — have embraced him as the most important, versatile tenor of his generation.
ref: 2014 February 7, Zachary Woolfe, “For a Sage Tenor, It’s All in the Timing”, in New York Times:
text: She was scandalised by my suggestion that she should have bought the other three seats, in order to use the table as an office space. Her solution was that I should go and sit elsewhere. Her appeal to the ticket inspector/guard was rebuffed in short order.
ref: 2023 May 31, “Open Access: On-train table manners”, in RAIL, number 984, page 63:
glosses: In a speedy manner; with dispatch; quickly.
XRD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of X-ray diffraction.
EXAFS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of extended X-ray absorption fine structure.
settle upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: settles upon
form: settling upon
form: settled upon
form: settled upon
Senses: examples: text: I […] have settled upon him a good annuity.
ref: 1711 July 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “MONDAY, July 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 106; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of settle on.
synonyms: word: settle on
aimable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aim + -able.
Senses: examples: text: An apparatus for enabling a user to orient an aiming axis of an aimable device at a desired orientation with respect to a line of sight from the user to a target […]
ref: 2000, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
glosses: Capable of being aimed.
Derived terms: unaimable
autoroute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoroutes
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French autoroute, equivalent to auto- (automobile) + route.
Senses: glosses: An expressway, freeway, motorway or highway.
glosses: An expressway in any Francophone country.
glaringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/
ipa: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋlɪ/
ipa: /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋli/
Forms: form: more glaringly
form: most glaringly
Etymology: From glaring + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] the light now on, now off, now on too glaringly, now too dimly, with the glow of a fitful dying battery—then at last to know the whole town plunged into darkness […]
ref: 1947, Malcolm Lowry, chapter 5, in Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock:
text: The ground was covered with snow, glaringly white even under that pinpoint Sun.
ref: 1958, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 7, in Have Space Suit—Will Travel, New York: Ballantine, published 1977, page 114:
text: After dusk in Bedford Square you could see into the high first-floor windows of publishers’ offices, the walls of bookshelves and often a huddle of figures at a glaringly lit party.
ref: 2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child, London: Picador, Part Four, Chapter 1:
glosses: In a glaring manner:
With intense light.
examples: text: The error was glaringly obvious, yet nobody said anything about it.
text: 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume 4, Book 7, Chapter 9, p. 133,
Cecilia was quite confounded by this speech; to have it known that Delvile had visited her, was in itself alarming, but to have her own equivocation thus glaringly exposed, was infinitely more dangerous.
text: ‘How can you lie so glaringly to the poor child?’ I called from the inside.
ref: 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter 22, in Wuthering Heights:
text: To find the reporters hammering at their doors, so to speak, and fended off only for a time by a proposal that they should call again; to see their incredible secret glaringly in print, did indeed for a moment seem a hopeless exposure to both the Buntings and the Sea Lady.
ref: 1901, H. G. Wells, The Sea Lady, London: Methuen, published 1902, Chapter 3, Part I, p. 72:
text: Her accent is glaringly Kaaps;
ref: 1999, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 3, in Disgrace, Penguin, published 2000, page 24:
glosses: In a glaring manner:
So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention.
Synonyms: sense: so as to be highly obvious
word: blatantly
word: plainly
word: obviously
attirer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attirers
Etymology: From attire + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who attires.