cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
acanthosis nigricans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˌkænˈθoʊ.sɪs/
ipa: /ˈnɪɡ.ɹɪˌkænz/
ipa: /ˈnaɪɡ.ɹɪˌkænz/
Etymology: Via Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorny flower”) + -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”) + Latin nigricans (“blackish”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A skin sign often associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes exhibiting velvety, thickened, and darkened skin and skin tags, often occurring in skin folds and the axillae.
keyboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyboys
Etymology: From key + boy.
Senses: examples: text: I drove downhill . . . toward the Mariner's Rest Motel. . . A keyboy. . . told me that Alex Kincaid had registered and gone out again.
ref: 1963, Ross Macdonald, The Chill, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, page 48:
text: We checked into adjoining rooms in a beach motel near the center of Santa Teresa. . . The keyboy opened the door between our two rooms.
ref: 1968, Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy:
text: 20??, on-line comment, TravelBlog web-page
Arrive between 06:00 p.m.and 09:00 p.m. clock clock [sic] get your room key from the KeyBoy the right from [sic] the hotel entrance!
glosses: A male hotel or motel employee in charge of room keys.
acanthosoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θəˈsoʊ.mə/
rhymes: -əʊmə
Forms: form: acanthosomas
form: acanthosomata
Etymology: From acantho- (“spiny”) + -soma (“one having such a body”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A penaeid larva.
acanthosomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthosoma
acanthosomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θəˈsoʊ.mə.tə/
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthosoma
acanthostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θəˌstaɪl/
Forms: form: acanthostyles
Etymology: From acantho- (“spine”) + style (“animal part felt to resemble a pillar”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A spicule with tiny spines from monaxon sponges.
acanthostyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthostyle
multispline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + spline.
Senses: examples: a multispline mapping system
glosses: Involving, or relating to, more than one spline.
acanthous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θəs/
rhymes: -ænθəs
Forms: form: more acanthous
form: most acanthous
Etymology: From acanth- (“spine”) + -ous (“having”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of spinous.
synonyms: word: spinous
Derived terms: anacanthous
polyacanthous
Related terms: acanthocarpous
heteracanth
Vigo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈvaɪɡəʊ/
Senses: glosses: A number of places:
A city on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain.
glosses: A number of places:
A village (Vigo Village) and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6461).
glosses: A number of places:
A suburban area of Birtley, Gateshead borough, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2854).
glosses: A number of places:
A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0402).
glosses: A number of places:
A hamlet in Tutnall and Cobley parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9971).
glosses: A number of places:
An unincorporated community in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A township in Knox County, Indiana, named after Col. François Vigo.
glosses: A number of places:
An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Vigo County
powen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of powan
powens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powen
flying fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying fucks
Senses: examples: text: If there was someone out there with their face embedded in the windscreen of a mangled car, I doubted very much whether they'd give two flying fucks if I turned up in a pink tutu and hobnail boots.
ref: 2012, Tony Bleetman, You Can’t Park There!: The Highs and Lows of an Air Ambulance Doctor, page 117:
synonyms: flying shit
glosses: Used as a further intensification of fuck in some phrases.
Derived terms: give a flying fuck
take a flying fuck
take a flying fuck at a rolling donut
what the flying fuck
gives a flying fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give a flying fuck
tuatera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuateras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tuatara.
tuateras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuatera
giving a flying fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give a flying fuck
gave a flying fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give a flying fuck
given a flying fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give a flying fuck
cedrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cedrats
Etymology: Compare French cédrat. See cedar.
Senses: glosses: The citron tree.
glosses: The citron fruit.
cedrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cedrat
phagedenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phagedenic
form: most phagedenic
form: phagedaenic
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin phagedaenicus, itself borrowed from Koine Greek φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós), from Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina, “phagedena”).
Senses: examples: text: The latter is a phagedenic ulcer of the bark, very destructive to young apple-trees […].
ref: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 203:
text: Differential diagnoses of Buruli ulcer include tropical phagedenic ulcers, chronic lower leg ulcers due to arterial and venous insufficiency […]
ref: 2022, World Health Organisation: Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)
glosses: Relating to phagedena.
Derived terms: phagedenic gingivitis
phagedena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phagedenas
Etymology: From Latin phagedaena, from Ancient Greek φᾰγέδαινα (phăgédaina, “cancerous sore, canker”).
Senses: examples: text: In 1941, Sigmund S Greenbaum reviewed the literature on the reported cases of ulcerative pyodermas characterized by the special progression and the undermined borders. He notes that the term phagedena, used in France, was absent from American publications and discussions. Greenbaum proposes a classification of these phagedenic ulcers in primary, arising on normal or traumatized (accidentally or surgically) skin, and secondary, beginning as a venereal disease or an ecthyma.
ref: 2018, Daniel Wallach et al., Neutrophilic Dermatoses:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
Derived terms: phagedenic
phagedenous
phagedenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phagedena
bulimarexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bulimarexic
form: most bulimarexic
Etymology: From bulimarexia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, bulimarexia.
bulimarexic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulimarexics
Etymology: From bulimarexia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: One who has bulimarexia.
bulimarexics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulimarexic
bulgurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulgur
doli incapax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin doli incapax (“incapable of wrongdoing”)
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The principle that a child cannot be held legally responsible for their actions, and so cannot be convicted of a criminal offence.
burion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burions
form: burrion
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish burrión, perhaps alteration of Spanish gorrión (“sparrow”).
Senses: glosses: A red-breasted house sparrow of California (Haemorhous mexicanus, formerly Carpodacus mexicanus, Carpodacus frontalis).
Synonyms: house finch
burions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burion
rat-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rat-tail
semicupia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicupium
semicupium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semicupiums
form: semicupia
Etymology: From Latin semi (“half”) + cupa (“tub, cask”).
Senses: glosses: A half bath, or one that covers only the lower extremities and the hips; a sitz bath.
semicupiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicupium
hemelytrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemelytra
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemelytron.
untraitorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untraitorous
form: most untraitorous
Etymology: From un- + traitorous.
Senses: glosses: Not traitorous.
nomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νομικός (nomikós, “relating to laws”), from νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).
Senses: examples: text: The first and most obvious objection brought against the use of a phonetic notation in teaching a foreign language is the danger of confusion between the phonetic and the nomic spelling of the language.
ref: 1899, Henry Sweet, The Practical Study of Languages:
glosses: Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Relating to a law.
Derived terms: nomically
barleybrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barleybrakes
form: barleybreak
form: barleybreaks
form: barley-brake
Senses: topics: games
glosses: An ancient rural game, commonly played around stacks of barley or other grain, in which some players attempt to catch others who run from a goal.
barleybrakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barleybrake.
barleybreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barleybrake.
barleybreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barleybrake.
pedler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedlers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of peddler.
Derived terms: pedleress
pedlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedler
pronations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronation
scopeloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scopeloid
form: most scopeloid
Etymology: Scopelus + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to fishes of the former genus Scopelus, or the former family Scopelidae, including many lanternfish.
scopeloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scopeloids
Etymology: Scopelus + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish of the former family Scopelidae.
scopeloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scopeloid
Khoisans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Khoisan
conpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conperson
denasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more denasal
form: most denasal
Etymology: From de- + nasal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having, or relating to, a quality of the voice caused by blocked nasal passages.
Derived terms: denasality
Related terms: hypernasal
hyponasal
denasal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denasals
Etymology: From de- + nasal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A denasal sound
ethnocentricism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethnocentric + -ism.
Senses: glosses: ethnocentrism
denasality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From denasal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being denasal.
hyponasality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + nasal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being hyponasal.
evidentiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/
Forms: form: evidentialities
Etymology: From evidential + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.
Hokan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊkæn/
Etymology: From Atsugewi hoqi. While the first proposals by Dixon and Kroeber rested on very limited cognate sets comprising only five words, later assessments by Sapir included hundreds of putative cognate sets and analyses of Hokan morphosyntax.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken in California, Arizona, and Mexico.
Hyponyms: Seri
pidginization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pidginizations
form: pidginisation
Etymology: From pidgin + -ization.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The development of a pidgin language.
Related terms: pidginize
depidginization
creolization
pidginizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pidginization
pidginize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pidginizes
form: pidginizing
form: pidginized
form: pidginized
Etymology: From pidgin + -ize.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To convert or adapt into a pidgin language.
Derived terms: depidginize
Related terms: pidginization
pidginizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pidginize
pidginizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pidginize
pidginized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pidginize
Samnite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsæm.naɪt/
Forms: form: Samnites
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of ancient Samnium.
glosses: A Roman gladiator armed with shield, sleeve on right arm, helmet, shoulder-piece, and greave.
Derived terms: pre-Samnite
Samnites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samnite
Osco-Umbrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Osco-Umbrian
form: most Osco-Umbrian
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a group of languages of the Italic family of Indo-European languages, spoken in ancient times in central and southern Italy before Latin replaced them.
Related terms: Oscan
Umbrian
oligosynthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oligo- + synthesis.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The synthetic combining of a relatively small number of morphemes to form compound words.
Related terms: oligosynthetic
Tokharian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təuˈkɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /təuˈkɑːɹi.ən/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /toʊˈkɛɹi.ən/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /toʊˈkɑɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tocharian.
Tokharian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təuˈkɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /təuˈkɑːɹi.ən/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /toʊˈkɛɹi.ən/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /toʊˈkɑɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Tokharians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tocharian.
Tokharian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /təuˈkɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /təuˈkɑːɹi.ən/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /toʊˈkɛɹi.ən/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /toʊˈkɑɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more Tokharian
form: most Tokharian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tocharian.
Tokharians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tokharian
signific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Senses: synonyms: semantic
glosses: Representing meaning.
examples: text: The graphic component in a character that plays a phonetic role is called phonophoric, and the one that plays a semantic role is called signific.
ref: 2016, Haeree Park, The Writing System of Scribe Zhou: Evidence from Late Pre-imperial Chinese Manuscripts and Inscriptions (5th-3rd Centuries BCE):
glosses: Relating to significs.
signific
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: significs
Senses: synonyms: radical
semantic
semantophore
glosses: A signific element in a Chinese character.
triconsonantal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + consonantal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Involving three consonants.
triconsonantal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triconsonantals
Etymology: From tri- + consonantal.
Senses: glosses: A word or root (in particular in an Afroasiatic language) which consists of three consonants.
Related terms: biconsonantal
quadriconsonantal
uniconsonantal
nareal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˈnɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nares.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Characterized by airflow which is exclusively through the nostrils.
Tucanoan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tukanoan
Etymology: From Tucano + -an.
Senses: glosses: A language family of Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.
Tukanoan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tucanoan.
Munda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a name in Munda, coined by philologist Max Müller to distinguish the family from Dravidian.
Senses: glosses: An Austroasiatic language family of central and eastern India and Bangladesh, including the languages of Ho, Mundari, Santali, and others.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Munda languages
Munda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mundas
form: Munda
Etymology: From a name in Munda, coined by philologist Max Müller to distinguish the family from Dravidian.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the indigenous people who speak one of the Munda languages.
Mundas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Munda
conlanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑn.læŋ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɒn.læŋ.ə/
Forms: form: conlangers
Etymology: From conlang + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The fact that the Internet has given visible shape to communities of invented language proponents through web sites and chat rooms for enthusiastic conlangers (‘language constructors’) has probably done little to dispel its reputation as a somewhat unusual and, to all intents and purposes, intangible undertaking.
ref: 2005, Mari C. Jones, Ishtla Singh, Exploring Language Change, page 154:
text: The split was between two groups. The first was composed of people interested in quietly developing and discussing the languages they crafted for science-fictional worlds, what-if-a-language-did-this playfulness, or Tolkienesque fun (the true conlangers).
ref: 2006, William Allison Shimer, The American Scholar, volume 75, page 99:
text: The goal of a conlanger, a language creator, is to realize a linguistic system that′s both unique and authentic—something that doesn't exist anywhere on Earth, but which a linguist wouldn′t be surprised to find in the wild.
ref: 2012, Bryan Cogman, Inside HBO′s Game of Thrones, page 174:
text: The personalization of language allowed by conlanging is what draws many conlangers to the hobby. […] However, Woodbury is quick to remember Marc Okrand, a classmate of his from graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley, who was both an accomplished linguist and a conlanger. Okrand invented Klingon, a language he intentionally designed to sound “alien.”
ref: 2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan, Austin, Tex.: Texas Student Media, University of Texas at Austin, published 8 April 2013, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020:
text: No conlanger could hope to create a language with the depth and richness of a natural language.
ref: 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
glosses: Someone who creates constructed languages (conlangs).
Coordinate terms: auxlanger
conlangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conlanger
auxlang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔks.læŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑks-/
Forms: form: auxlangs
Etymology: Abbreviation of auxiliary language, in the style of conlang. By surface analysis, aux + -lang.
Senses: examples: text: One of the most successful auxlangs is Esperanto, which has native speakers.
text: A distinction is usually made between auxiliary languages (auxlangs), designed with international communication as a deliberate goal, and “conlangs,” usually constructed for other purposes. (The Elvish languages showcased by Tolkien[…]and the Klingon language[…]are conlangs rather than auxlangs.)
ref: 2000, Suzette Haden Elgin, The Language Imperative, page 195:
text: Volapük was the first auxlang to develop a community of speakers, after its launch in 1879 by Schleyer (Eco, 1993).
ref: 2005, Santiago Posteguillo et al., Language @t Work: Language Learning, Discourse And Translation Studies In Internet, page 48:
text: Since at least the 17th century (and quite probably before that), various people have created artificially constructed languages (or conlangs), for the most part in order to offer humanity a neutral, easily mastered and logical means of interethnic communication (an auxlang)
ref: 2006, Mikael Parkvall, Limits of Language: Almost Everything You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Language and Languages, page 129:
text: The second was composed of those who wanted to talk about an international auxiliary language for the real world (the auxlangers). The auxlang group included a few devoted Esperantists and a larger group[…].
ref: 2006, William Allison Shimer, The American Scholar, volume 75, page 99:
glosses: A constructed auxiliary language.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: auxiliary language
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: international auxiliary language
Hypernyms: constructed language
Hyponyms: worldlang
Derived terms: auxlanger
auxlangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auxlang
artlang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑ(ɹ)t.læŋ/
Forms: form: artlangs
Etymology: Blend of artistic + language. By surface analysis, art + -lang.
Senses: examples: 1997 November 18, Jack Durst, “Proposal: new language-type name (fwd)”, alt.language.artificial.ngl, Usenet,
The idea was for "functionlang" to be a useful term to describe a certain group of conlangs that weren't fitting into the pattern. Those being the (relatively rare) conlangs that were not artlangs, logiclangs, or auxlangs, but instead designed around some *other* specified purpose(s).
1998 January 8, Paul Roser, “Help with phonological transcription”, list.sci.lang.constructed, Usenet,
It is my artlang, spoken on an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic, somewhat south of the Azores and northwest of Madeira. The liturgical language has a number of _very_ exotic sounds, partly to indicate that it is not the normal language of the street (these sounds include several velaric egressive sounds, ie reverse clicks; one or two apicovelars; nareal fricatives; and a few others).
2000 March 15, Rex F. May, “Question about LSD”, soc.culture.esperanto, Usenet,
I'm opposed to an artlang with tones, in much the same way I'm opposed to an artlang with the many vowel sounds of English, or the consonant clusters of Russian and English.
glosses: A conlang created for artistic purposes or aesthetic ideals.
Derived terms: artlanger
Related terms: glossopoeia
artlangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artlang
transvestic fetishism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transvestic fetishisms
Etymology: From transvestic + fetishism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A paraphilia of some males, characterized by recurrent, intense sexual urges, arousal, or orgasm associated with fantasized or actual cross-dressing.
Adana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Adana, from Ottoman Turkish آطنه (Adana), from Ancient Greek Ἄδανα (Ádana).
Senses: glosses: A province and metropolitan municipality in central Cilicia, in southern Turkey.
glosses: A city, the capital of Adana Province, Turkey.
Synonyms: sense: historical names
word: Antioch
Gaziantep
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Turkish Gaziantep, from Ottoman Turkish غازیعینتاب (Gaziayntab).
Senses: glosses: A province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey.
glosses: A city, the capital of Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
Prusa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Prusa, from Ancient Greek Προῦσα (Proûsa). Doublet of Bursa.
Senses: glosses: Bursa
Konya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊnjə/
/ˈkɒnjə/
Etymology: From Turkish Konya and Ottoman Turkish قونیه (Konya), from Byzantine Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from an Ancient Greek adaptation of Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Doublet of Iconium.
Senses: glosses: A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
glosses: A city, the capital of Konya Province, Turkey.
Synonyms: topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Iconium
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Ikonion
Konya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊnjə/
/ˈkɒnjə/
Forms: form: Konyas
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Antalya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Turkish Antalya, from Ottoman Turkish آنطالیه (Antalya). Doublet of Attalia.
Senses: glosses: A province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
glosses: A city, the capital of Antalya Province, Turkey.
Synonyms: english: ancient name
translation: ancient name
word: Attalia
Derived terms: taxonomic: Pseudophoxinus antalyae
word: Antalya minnow
word: Gulf of Antalya
transvestic fetishisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transvestic fetishism
Diyarbakır
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /di.jaɹ.bəˈkiɹ/
ipa: /di.aɹ.bəˈkiɹ/
Forms: form: Diyarbakir
Senses: glosses: A province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey, with a Kurdish majority.
glosses: A city, the capital of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.
bittermelon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bittermelons
Etymology: From bitter + melon.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bitter melon.
bittermelons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bittermelon
balsam pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balsam pears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bitter melon.
synonyms: word: bitter melon
balsam pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balsam pear
homeovestism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See homeo-; compare transvestism.
Senses: examples: text: Kaplan goes on to define female homeovestites as women who dress in stereotypical ways and whose homeovestism is driven by extreme fear of being perceived as masculine.
ref: 2001, Shari Benstock, Suzanne Ferriss, editors, Footnotes: On Shoes, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 99:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Sexual arousal in response to wearing clothing that is typical for one's sex.
Related terms: homeovestite
transvestism
autogynephilia
bitter gourd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitter gourds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bitter melon.
synonyms: word: bitter melon
bitter gourds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitter gourd
clock vine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clock vines
Senses: glosses: The plant Thunbergia grandiflora.
clock vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clock vine
Mersin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرسین (mersin, “myrtle; Mersin”).
Senses: examples: text: Just before 2 p.m., we entered Neco Tantuni, a one-room restaurant in Enfield that specializes in tantuni (meat fried in cottonseed oil, garnished with tomatoes, parsley, and onion, and rolled up in a dürüm wrap), a street food from Mersin, in southern Turkey.
ref: 2023 March 8, Sam Knight, “The Writer Changing How London Thinks About Its Food”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023:
glosses: A province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
glosses: A city, the capital of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Jamaican apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jamaican apples
Senses: glosses: The cherimoya fruit.
Jamaican apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jamaican apple
antilibertarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + libertarianism.
Senses: glosses: Opposition to libertarianism.
trunksful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trunkful
redenomination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redenominations
Etymology: From re- + denomination.
Senses: glosses: The process of redenominating.
examples: text: After the redenomination, the new peso was worth 100 old pesos.
topics: business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: The recalibration of the face value of a currency, most frequently by multiplying that value by a power of 10, sometimes followed by the demonetization of any cash issued with the original face value.
redenominations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redenomination
hyponasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Forms: form: more hyponasal
form: most hyponasal
Etymology: From hypo- + nasal.
Senses: glosses: Less nasal than usual.
raw_tags: of speech
Related terms: denasal
hypernasal
hyponasality
Guamanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Guamanian
acanthoma adenoides cysticum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acanth- + -oma (“tumor consisting of a specified cell”) + from Ancient Greek ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + Latin cystis (“cyst”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A cystic tumor that is hereditary and occurs on the chest and face among other regions.
Castroverde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
gender identity disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gender identity disorder
acapu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑ.kəˌpu/
ipa: /ˌɑ.kəˈpu/
Forms: form: acapus
Etymology: From Brazilian Portuguese acapu, from Old Tupi.
Senses: glosses: Any of several tropical New World trees in:
genus Andira.
glosses: Any of several tropical New World trees in:
species Clathrotropis nitida
glosses: Any of several tropical New World trees in:
species Vouacapoua americana
examples: text: The chair was made of oak, the table of acapu.
glosses: The dark wood of these trees.
acapus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acapu
archetier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archetiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French archetier.
Senses: examples: text: Yielding inexpensive means whereby his preternatural gifts could be awakened, puncheon strips were later put aside for that most desirable of all bow woods—pernambuco. It was about 1775 that fate ordained young Tourte to see what other archetiers had done, and then proceed to do it better.
ref: 1965, Music Journal - Volume 23, page 45:
text: Nowadays, the craft of the 'archetier', or bow maker, is entirely separated from that of the 'luthier', or instrument maker.
ref: 1999, Robin Stowell, The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, →ISBN, page 28:
text: The following are photographs of a few of the many ancient bows made by the contemporary master archetier Eitan Hoffer who operates a shop in Israel.
ref: 2015, Michael J. Pagliaro, The String Instrument Owner's Handbook, →ISBN, page 23:
topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
glosses: One who builds, repairs, and restores the bows of instruments in the violin family.
Synonyms: sense: One who makes bows
word: bow maker
Related terms: luthier
knocker-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knocker-ups
form: knocker-upper
form: knocker up
Senses: examples: text: ... And Capper was a very important man. He was the knocker-up in the village of Polkingthorpe Brig — that is to say, he got up early every morning and went round with his pole, tapping on the bedroom windows and waking up the people in time for them to get to work... Old Capper got his long pole with the trident of wire at the end and lifting it so that the wire rested against the upstairs window pane, began twirling and twisting the pole in the palms of his hands so that the wire clacked and clattered fit to wake the soundest sleeper... So they stood round old Capper, who had one of the few watches in the village...
ref: 1942, Eric Knight, The Flying Yorkshireman, Benediction Classics, →ISBN:
text: He [Driver Carruthers] started on the L.N.W.R. in 1907 as a knocker-up for four years, then became a cleaner, fireman, and finally a driver.
ref: 1945 May and June, “Top Link Drivers”, in Railway Magazine, page 159:
text: One of these characters, Mary Anne Smith, became a beloved presence — along with her trusty pea shooter — around London’s East End in the 1930s. John Topham, who snapped photos of Smith in action, remembers “every morning but Sunday she would rise at three to ‘knock up’ local workers—using a pea shooter. She charged sixpence a week and her nearest competition was an old man three miles away who did the same job using a fishing rod to tap on upstairs windows.” Smith was known for the rapping, clacking sound of her peas against windows and doors. In the children’s book Mary Smith, she’s depicted as waking up everyone from fishmongers to the mayor.
ref: 2019, Paula Mejia, Remembering the "Knocker-Ups" Hired to Wake Workers With Pea Shooters. Rise and shine! https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-people-use-before-alarm-clocks:
glosses: A person whose job was to go from house to house in the early morning and wake up workers by tapping on the bedroom window with a long pole or similarly convenient implement.
knocker-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knocker-uppers
Etymology: By a regular pattern for (informal) nouns seen also in similar forms, such as fixer-upper and cleaner-upper; the sire sense involves an extra degree of wordplay, as an alternative surface analysis of knock (h)er up + -er is playfully apparent (who knocked 'er up?).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knocker-up (person who knocks to awaken in the morning).
examples: text: What, Shelley is pregnant?! Who's the knocker-upper? [ = Who's the father?]
synonyms: sire
father
dad
daddy
baby daddy
glosses: The male who has sired a pregnancy.
split head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split heads
Senses: glosses: A type of doll with hair inserted into a split at the top.
MUI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Magic User Interface.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Multilingual User Interface.
Hypernyms: UI
heat of reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heats of reaction
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amount of heat evolved or absorbed in the production of one mole of a reaction product
Related terms: endothermic
exothermic
Kartvel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹtvɛl/
Forms: form: Kartvels
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kartvelian.
synonyms: word: Kartvelian
Kartvels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kartvel
prebreach
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + breach.
Senses: glosses: Prior to a breach, especially a breach of contract.
South Caucasian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South Caucasians
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kartvelian.
synonyms: word: Kartvelian
South Caucasian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kartvelian.
synonyms: word: Kartvelian
South Caucasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kartvelian.
synonyms: word: Kartvelian
crossdressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross-dressing.
choriovitelline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chorio- + vitelline.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the chorion and yolk.
Aeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aetas
form: Aeta
form: Agta
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous people of the mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines.
Aetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aeta
Agta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Agtas
form: Agta
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aeta.
Agtas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Agta
Stade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stades
Etymology: Borrowed from German Stade.
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany.
glosses: A habitational surname from German.
cotyla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotylae
Etymology: From Latin cotyla, from Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, half-pint”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cotyle (“in all senses”).
prothalamia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prothalamion
glosses: plural of prothalamium
lintwhite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lintwhites
Etymology: From Middle English lynkwhytte, lyngwhitte (also as Middle English lindetvigle), from Old English līnetwige, līnetwigle (“linnet”).
Senses: examples: text: O sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, / When lintwhites chant amang the buds,
ref: 1785, Robert Burns, Epistle To William Simson Schoolmaster, Ochiltree::
text: At midnight the moon cometh, / And looketh down alone; / Her song the lintwhite swelleth, / The clear voiced mavis dwelleth […]
ref: 1830, Tennyson Alfred Lord, “"Claribel"”, in Poems Chiefly Lyrical:
glosses: A linnet.
lintwhites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lintwhite
lintie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linties
Senses: glosses: A linnet.
linties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lintie
surveyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surveying
sulfate process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: kraft process
unicorn bait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the tradition that only a virgin could tame a unicorn, leading hunters to use virgins to lure the legendary beast into being captured.
Senses: examples: text: She had turned herself back into a virgin again, with that flair for backwardness of hers. An unusual talent, I thought, but of no particular use - except perhaps in a cat-house, where, by exercising it she might continue to fetch premium prices from customers with a special taste for unicorn bait.
ref: 1966, David R. Slavitt, Rochelle: or, Virtue Rewarded, Chapman and Hall, published 1966, page 118:
text: Who'd marry the Fool? Who'd betroth his daughter to the Fool? The very scorn that made his magic possible also made any kind of a normal life impossible. The only chance to find a woman lay among the magical creatures of the realm…and he wasn't at all sure that he wanted to make that kind of alliance with one of them.
[…]
He stared glumly down at his reflection in the mead, thinking with resignation that he was, in all probability, doomed to live and die as unicorn bait.
ref: 2007, Mercedes Lackey, Fortune's Fool, Luna, →ISBN, page 120:
text: He looked at her, startled and a little disappointed. Then he shrugged. "Still unicorn bait," he said.
ref: 2010, L. J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls, HarperTeen, →ISBN, page 140:
glosses: A virgin.
debitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the mood of a verb that expresses need or obligation (like English must, have to, should).
debitive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debitives
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: This mood, or a verb in this mood.
kraft process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical process for the conversion of wood into wood pulp (for paper manufacture).
Synonyms: sulfate process
tigelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tigelles
Etymology: French
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A tigella.
tigelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "It's not pesto Genovese, but pesto Modenese with ground garlic, rosemary, and pig fat, which you spread on tigelle bread."
ref: 2009, Eric Dregni, Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: plural of tigella
tigelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tigelle
cuscuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuscus
kuskus grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Persian [Term?] or Urdu [Term?].
Senses: glosses: vetiver
siphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siphoids
Etymology: Latin sipho (“a siphon”) + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Belonging to but detached from this is a vessel called a siphoid, to transfer the aerated liquid to a glass; the siphoid is filled from the large machine, and may then be emptied by glassfuls without any deterioration of quality.
ref: 1866, Charles Knight, Arts and sciences: or, Fourth division of "The English encyclopedia", volume 1, page 113:
glosses: A siphon bottle.
siphoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siphoid
loyal toast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loyal toasts
form: Loyal Toast
Senses: examples: text: After the removal of the cloth, several excellent Songs, Toasts, and Sentiments, were given by the Brothers, amongst which, were the usual loyal Toasts of the Order.
ref: 1841, The Quarterly Magazine and Literary Journal of the United Ancient Order of Druids, volume 1, page 86:
text: At the conclusion of the dinner (taken at three o′clock in the afternoon) came a series of toasts. It seems these were always loyal toasts—to the king, the governor, and in time the Continental Congress—sometimes followed by one to “absent Friends.”
ref: 1993, Philip D. Morgan, Diversity and Unity in Early North America, page 135:
text: Of course no proper nationalist would sing ‘God Save the King’ or stand for the loyal toast. But unionists (alias Protestants) were free to do so, and did. At Trinity College, Owen sat down for ‘God Save the King’ and the loyal toast.
ref: 1995, Conor Cruise O′Brien, Ancestral Voices: Religion and Nationalism in Ireland, page 4:
text: The dinner went well until the Loyal Toasts at the end of the meal. The PMC^([President of the Mess Commanding]) stood and asked all to be upstanding for the Loyal Toast to Her Majesty the Queen. What the GSM^([Garrison Sergeant Major]) had failed to remember was that the Royal Navy never stand for the Loyal Toast and that one of the regiments present (a Guards unit) never does a Loyal Toast as their loyalty to the sovereign is never in doubt.
ref: 2002, Richard T. Sharpe, Whores, Wars And Waste: Antics of the Modern British Army, page 67:
glosses: A toast (salutation) made to the head of state at a formal gathering, sometimes (generally the first) within a sequence of similar toasts, the wording and order dictated by protocol; any toast of the sequence, made to one to whom loyalty is owed.
Synonyms: english: to a monarch
translation: to a monarch
word: royal toast
loyal toasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loyal toast
bezoartic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bezoardic.
skimming off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skim off
suprachoroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + choroid.
Senses: examples: text: suprachoroid hemorrhage
text: suprachoroid lamina
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: suprachoroidal
suprachoroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suprachoroids
Etymology: From supra- + choroid.
suprachoroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + choroidal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: suprachoroid
glosses: Situated above the choroid
sarlyk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarlyks
form: sarlac
form: sarlak
form: sarlik
Etymology: From Russian сарлык (sarlyk), most likely from a Turkic source, see Tuvan сарлык (sarlık).
Senses: glosses: A yak.
sarlyks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarlyk
boyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪɚ/
Forms: form: boyers
Etymology: From Dutch boeijer, so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: compare French boyer.
Senses: examples: text: they have many advantages of us; the one is, by their fashioned ships called boyers, hoybarks, hoys, and others[…]
ref: 1651, Walter Raleigh, Observations touching trade and commerce with the Hollander and other nations:
synonyms: boeier
bojort
glosses: A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
boyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boyer
hatcheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hatch + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hatch
hatchest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hatch + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of hatch
titlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titling
titlene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titlenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of titling.
titlenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titlene
titleholding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From title + holding.
Senses: glosses: Holding a rank or title.
feature envy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A class with feature envy of another class means it is highly coupled to that class. Any change to the class being envied means it affects the class with the envy.
ref: 2010, Peter Ritchie, Refactoring with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The situation where one class in a program makes excessive use of parts of other classes.