cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Boötid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boötids
form: Bootid
Etymology: From Boöt(es) + -id.
Senses: examples: text: Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke is recognized as the parent comet to the June Boötid meteor shower-a shower whose radiant location was first identified and described by Denning in June of 1916.
ref: 2023 October 30, Martin Beech, William Frederick Denning: Grand Amateur and Doyen of British Meteor Astronomy, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 101:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Boötes.
Bootid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bootids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Boötid
Bootids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bootid
Boötids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boötid
borderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːdərɪzəm/
Etymology: From border + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Ironically, if race were natural and essential, individuals would not have to engage in borderism. The act of borderism is one of the many ways in which individuals construct or "do" race.
ref: 2000, Heather M. Dalmage, Tripping on the Color Line: Black-white Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 41:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A form of racial discrimination faced by those who disregard the colour bar.
Borderies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Borderies
Senses: glosses: A cognac from the Borderies, a small cru with clayey and flinty soil.
gwaipor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gwaipors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gweipo.
gwaipors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gwaipor
gwaipoh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gwaipohs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gweipo.
gwaipohs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gwaipoh
gwaipo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gwaipos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gweipo.
gwaipos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gwaipo
bounceably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bounceably
form: most bounceably
Etymology: From bounceable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] bounceably replied that he found it good diggings, and intended to remain, adding that he had a bowie as well as a fossicking knife.
ref: 1912, William Eddrup Adcock, The Gold Rushes of the Fifties, page 82:
glosses: Boastfully.
AECs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AEC
broommaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broommakers
Etymology: From broom + maker.
Senses: examples: text: I had plenty of time to watch the broommaker as he sat a little way off beside a garden fence.
ref: 1995, Heinrich Böll, The Stories of Heinrich Böll, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: A manufacturer of brooms.
broommakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broommaker
innerbrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: innerbrains
form: inner-brain
form: inner brain
Etymology: From inner + brain.
Senses: examples: text: It can grow and build into something really frightening, and when it does build up to the point where innerbrain mix-up becomes a habit, nervous breakdown begins.
ref: 1964, Mary Asia Hilf, Barbara Bourns, No Time for Tears, page 262:
text: When inhaled, amyl nitrite triggers an almost immediate acceleration in heart rate and drop in blood pressure while at the same time shutting off oxygen to the innerbrain.
ref: 1991, Bulletin, page 22:
text: When people of a different race were seen, the amygdala — which is an innerbrain limbic-system structure that governs fear and anger — became more active.
ref: 2009, Everett L. Worthington Jr., A Just Forgiveness:
text: I ask that because, as I stated in chapter 10, the Buddhists call the innerbrain the "phallus."
ref: 2020, C. S. Warner, The Mystical Marriage:
glosses: Structures located deep within the brain, particularly those involved in emotions and memory.
Ziskind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ziskinds
form: Siskin
form: Siskind
form: Susskind
Etymology: Transliteration of Yiddish זיסקינד (ziskind), from Yiddish זיס (zis, “sweet”) and Yiddish קינד (kind, “child”), from Old High German.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish
troonery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːnəɹi/
Etymology: From troon + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The behavior or mentality of a transgender person.
Coordinate terms: faggotry
Zilberstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zilbersteins
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish זילבערשטיין (zilbershteyn), from Yiddish זילבער (zilber, “silver”) and Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “stone”), from Old High German.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish
Brontesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brontesque
form: most Brontesque
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Brontësque
Zilberschlag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zilberschlags
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish זילבערשלאָג (zilbershlog), from Yiddish זילבער (zilber, “silver”) and Yiddish שלאָג (shlog, “strike”), from Middle High German.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish
innerbrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of innerbrain
breastheight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: breast + height
Senses: examples: text: Age class 60, Site III, has […] 630 trees 12 inches or more in diameter at breastheight.
ref: 1949, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin (issue 201, page 38)
text: When there is a bulge or other normal swelling at breastheight, the measurement should be taken just above and not below the obstructions.
ref: 1910, Henry Solon Graves, The Woodsman's Handbook, page 76:
topics: biology
botany
business
forestry
natural-sciences
glosses: The typical height above ground of an adult's breast, used as a reference height for measuring the diameters of trees.
Related terms: dbh
breeches-flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dutchman's breeches (“the plant Dicentra cucullaria”).
synonyms: word: Dutchman's breeches
extra: the plant Dicentra cucullaria
Brontëan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brontëan
form: most Brontëan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Brontean
Brontësque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brontësque
form: most Brontësque
form: Brontesque
Etymology: From Brontë + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: All her utterances, where there is any feeling in them, no matter what, have a poignancy, a vibration which is Brontësque and nothing more. And this Brontësque quality is what the theorists have (like Madame Héger, and possibly Monsieur) neither allowed for nor understood.
ref: 2019 November 29, May Sinclair, The Three Brontës: Unveiling the Literary Legacy of Britain's Beloved Sibling Writers, Good Press:
glosses: Reminiscent of the style of any or all of the Brontë sisters, English writers of the 1840s and 1850s.
brillolette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brillolettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of briolette.
brillolettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brillolette
ASDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪˌɛsˌdiˈɑɹ/
ipa: /ˌeɪˌɛsˌdiːˈɑː(ɹ)/
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of attack, sustain, decay, and release: four configurations found in electronic musical instruments, such as synthesizers, samplers, and romplers, that change how a sound or note is heard after being played.
brilliandeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brilliandeers
Senses: coordinate_terms: blocker
glosses: A person employed to cut and polish the facets of a diamond.
brilliandeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brilliandeer
bestrewal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bestrewals
Senses: synonyms: bestrewment
glosses: The act of bestrewing or scattering.
bestrewment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bestrewments
Etymology: bestrew + -ment
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bestrewal
synonyms: word: bestrewal
bestrewals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bestrewal
bestrewments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bestrewment
bezestein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bezesteins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bezesteen
bezesteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bezestein
bezesteen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bezesteens
form: bezestein
Senses: examples: text: […] he wanders in the mazes of the Bezesteen; the secretest gardens of the old seraglio are open to him; and then, suddenly, by the charming irrationality of dreams, he is transported to a town in Southern Russia, […]
ref: 1862, George Augustus Sala, Accepted Addresses, page 77:
text: And as I looked, she also turned to view / Me lingering loitering near the Bezesteen; / The mart where women of all shade and hue, / Stand ready for a purchaser, at e'en.
ref: 1875, Seraphael, Mejnoun's Memoirs, an Autobiography of Love, Travel, and Romance (page 63)
glosses: A bazaar.
bezesteens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bezesteen
bhaiyachara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhaiachara
form: bhaiachari
form: bhaiyachari
Senses: glosses: A kind of joint land tenure in India.
bhaiachara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bhaiyachara
binodose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: bi- + nodose.
Senses: synonyms: binodous
glosses: Having two knots or swellings.
binodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: bi- + nodous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of binodose
synonyms: word: binodose
biquadrantal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + quadrantal.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: triquadrantal
glosses: Having two quadrants.
beatster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beatsters
Senses: glosses: A mender of fishing nets.
glosses: A beatnik.
beatsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beatster
Bromios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bromius (“epithet of Dionysus/Bacchus”)
Bromian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bromian
form: most Bromian
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Dionysus Bromius.
Brunswick gown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brunswick gowns
Senses: examples: text: Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight.
ref: 2019 October 1, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
synonyms: Brunswick
glosses: A two-piece woman's gown of the mid-18th century, comprising a hip-length or three-quarter length jacket with a high neckline and a hood, worn with a matching petticoat.
Brunswicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brunswick
Ray-Bans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ray-Ban + -s, from ray + ban, derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light.
Senses: examples: text: She was wearing Ray-Bans and a bright pink bathing suit and in her other hand had what was probably meant to be a pina colada.
ref: 1995, Nicholas Evans, chapter 24, in The Horse Whisperer, London: BCA [Book Club Associates] by arrangement with Bantam Press, →OCLC, page 233:
text: By 2010, the Ray-Bans had become so closely associated with Biden that President Obama was mentioning them at campaign rallies.
ref: 2014 April 16, Chris Cillizza, “A man and his Ray-Bans: The story of Joe Biden’s sunglasses”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2015:
text: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul wears a pair of Ray-Bans during an April 18 campaign stop in New Hampshire.
ref: 2015 April 22, Adam Tschorn, “Ray-Ban brand reprimands Rand”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2015:
text: But as the long-sealed door between Cuba and the United States cracks open, Cubans are clamoring not just for clothes or medicine but for the iPhone 6 and Ray-Bans and Nikes.
ref: 2016 July 4, Sally H. Jacobs, “Ray-Bans, iPhones and Nikes: Some Cubans are getting a taste for luxuries”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2016:
text: During his trial, the public seemed as interested in Rocky’s cinematic courtroom outfits as the details being argued. Throughout the ordeal, he almost always wore Ray-Bans, perhaps nodding to the job awaiting him once he cleared his judicial hurdle.
ref: 2025 February 28, Jacob Gallagher, “ASAP Rocky, Cleared in Legal Battle, Gets Right Back to Fashion”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2025:
glosses: Luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand.
Koraishite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qurayshite
bandwagon jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandwagon jumpers
form: bandwagon-jumper
Senses: examples: text: We old-timers warmly welcome you Johnny-come-lately bandwagon jumpers.
ref: 1989 April 17, Scott Ostler, “At Least Kings Now Aren’t Butt of Jokes”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: As anyone who’s watched a cable-news focus group can attest, many undecided voters do tend to be ill-informed bandwagon jumpers with little coherence or consistency to their worldview.
ref: 2012 October 10, Ross Douthat, “Sympathy for the Undecided”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2012:
text: Bandwagon jumpers, on the other hand, want to remain forever in the honeymoon stage of fandom.
ref: 2017 February 14, Rudy Gersten, “Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be bandwagon fans”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2017:
glosses: One who jumps on the bandwagon.
bandwagon jumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandwagon jumper
bandwagon-jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandwagon-jumpers
Senses: examples: text: The crowd was a mix of Little Leaguers and Wall Streeters, die-hard fans and bandwagon-jumpers.
ref: 1996 October 30, Associated Press, “New York Parade a Hit on Broadway”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: Populism is the new model of cool; elitists, rather than teeny-boppers or bandwagon-jumpers, are the new squares.
ref: 2012 April 6, Alexandra Molotkow, “Why the Old-School Music Snob Is the Least Cool Kid on Twitter”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2012:
text: Much as the tea party pushed rank-and-file Republican legislators toward positions once considered extreme, the resistance movement has already persuaded many Democratic elites to embrace the Sanders stance on issues such as Medicare for all, free college and government-guaranteed jobs. But the progressive movement, like the tea party, has no liking for bandwagon-jumpers.
ref: 2018 June 28, Geoffrey Kabaservice, “Yes, there can be a tea party of the left, but here’s what’s different”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2018:
glosses: Alternative form of bandwagon jumper.
bandwagon-jumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandwagon-jumper
donkeyhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From donkey + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being a donkey.
glosses: Donkeys collectively.
prepredicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + predicative.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: in phenomenology, something prior to any predication
Brunswick gowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brunswick gown
gazelline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gazelline
form: most gazelline
Etymology: From translingual Gazella + -ine or gazelle + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or resembling, gazelles.
inficiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inficiate
inficiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inficiate
inficiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inficiate
antidorcine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidorcine
form: most antidorcine
Etymology: From translingual Antidorcas + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: It is surely no coincidence that the two African and the three Eurasian tribes that seem to have antidorcine ancestry are predominantly grazers, particularly in the larger size ranges.
ref: 1988 December 29, Jonathan Kingdon, East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part C: Bovids, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: Relating to, or resembling, springboks.
farm show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farm shows
Etymology: From farm + show.
Senses: glosses: A periodic (usually annual) exhibition of farm life, agrotechnology, agribusiness, and amusement, being a combination of a county fair or state fair and a trade show.
farm shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farm show
markor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: markors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of markhor.
judgeyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From judgey + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It is no wonder that the unrighteousness I tend toward is the kind that is easily hidden: pride, jealousy, judgeyness.
ref: 2012, Katie Savage, “Getting It Out”, in Whirlybirds and Ordinary Times: Reflections on Faith and the Changing of Seasons, New York, N.Y.: Howard Books, →ISBN, Lent section, page 100:
text: In my judgeyness, I feel like there is a hierarchy of leisure activities, and some seem more worthwhile than others, and that probably has to do with whether or not they are productive in some way.
ref: 2020, Shira Chess, quoting a participant, “Gaming in Circles”, in Play like a Feminist., Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 121:
text: An’ here I am. Your dream problem child. A facety ghetto rude gyal grateful for your remarkable lack of judgeyness, an’ ready to be dazzled and inspired by your penetrating insight.
ref: 2022, Tom Wright, “Scene Two: Classroom”, in I Ain’t Dumb (Modern Plays), London; New York, N.Y.; Dublin: Methuen Drama, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Alternative spelling of judginess.
mosaic gulper shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosaic gulper sharks
Senses: glosses: A rare deepwater dogfish (Centrophorus tessellatus), growing up to 89 cm (35 in) in length. It is found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands.
bawdrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The centre of the kitchen was the well-caumed fireside, the saut girnel in the jambs, the goodman's seat between the lowe and the candle, and pussy bawdrons not far from the warmth of the ace.
ref: 1899, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, page 55:
glosses: Alternative form of baudrons
caum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caums
form: cauming
form: caumed
form: caumed
Senses: examples: text: The hearth is nicely caumed, the iron ribs of the grate shine like burnished steel […]
ref: 1891, Alex Lowson, Tales and Legends of Forfarshire:
text: The centre of the kitchen was the well-caumed fireside, the saut girnel in the jambs, the goodman's seat between the lowe and the candle, and pussy bawdrons not far from the warmth of the ace.
ref: 1899, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, page 55:
glosses: To whiten with camstone.
caums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of caum
cauming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caum
caumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caum
Pipe Gate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Woore parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7340).
crow-shrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crow-shrikes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of currawong
synonyms: word: currawong
bell-magpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell-magpies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of currawong
synonyms: word: currawong
cineramic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cineramic
form: most cineramic
Senses: examples: text: It is legitimate to ask whether it is the cinerama [Copjec's term to denote the combination of panoptic and cinematic] or the cineramic argument which positions the subject through an identification with an anonymous gaze.
ref: 2013, E. Ann Kaplan, Psychoanalysis and Cinema, page 52:
text: What looks different was different, as this cinerama is not to be a Rashomon-like compilation of multiple views of the same goings-on. For the special case of the topographical survey above, it is a substantive condition on its cineramic presentation that the scenes culled from multiple eyewitnesses conform as above to a visual representation of the frame of reference into which they are all integrated.
ref: 2017, Barry Schein, And: Conjunction Reduction Redux, page 452:
glosses: Both panoptic and cinematic.
quoinless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quoin + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a quoin.
unquoined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: un- + quoined
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Without quoins.
coigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coign
coigned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coign
cooperationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooperationists
Etymology: From cooperation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of cooperationism.
cooperationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooperationist
corn moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn moths
Senses: glosses: The European grain moth, of species Nemapogon granella.
corn moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corn moth
cephalics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalic
Chachana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cacana
form: Chanchana
Senses: glosses: A village and former Rajput princely state on the Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, India.
Cacana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chachana
Chanchana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chachana
Caelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Caelian
form: most Caelian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Caelius Vibenna, a noble Etruscan who lived c. 750 BCE.
Derived terms: Caelian Hill
Caesardom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Caesar + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: There will be maidens, too, appearing in society for the first time — as nymphs. Such is our Roman Caesardom!
ref: 1897, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis?, page 241:
text: And in spite of the offices, bribes, flatteries, and "augmentations" of money, which Cromwell began to heap upon the beneficed Nonconformist incumbents after his deposition of the anticlericalist Barebones Parliament, and his erection of his own autocratic Caesardom, the Nonconformist clergymen were nevertheless suspected all over England of being more or less in sympathy with every plot for the Restoration of the king, though they hoped to effect it without a Restoration of the Catholic order and discipline of the Church.
ref: 1898, Thomas Hancock, The Act of Uniformity: A Measure of Liberation, page 18:
glosses: Behaviour or atmosphere reminiscent of Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman.
unautocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unautocratic
form: most unautocratic
Etymology: From un- + autocratic.
Senses: glosses: Not autocratic.
Cainism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cain + -ism.
Senses: topics: Gnosticism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Gnostic sect that honored Cain and Judas.
glosses: Alternative form of cainism (“siblicide”)
Related terms: Cainian
Cainite
know someone from Eve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows someone from Eve
form: knowing someone from Eve
form: knew someone from Eve
form: known someone from Eve
Senses: glosses: To know or recognize someone at all.
Christmas orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas orchids
Senses: glosses: Any of various orchids that flower around Christmas time or are popular as Christmas decorations.
Any of the genus Calanthe, especially Calanthe triplicata.
glosses: Any of various orchids that flower around Christmas time or are popular as Christmas decorations.
Angraecum sesquipedale.
glosses: Any of various orchids that flower around Christmas time or are popular as Christmas decorations.
Cattleya percivaliana.
glosses: Any of various orchids that flower around Christmas time or are popular as Christmas decorations.
Dendrobium cunninghamii.
glosses: Any of various orchids that flower around Christmas time or are popular as Christmas decorations.
Cattleya trianae.
Percival's cattleya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Percival's cattleyas
Senses: synonyms: Christmas orchid
glosses: An orchid of species Cattleya percivaliana.
Cacán
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The extinct language of the Calchaquí people.
Kalydon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calydon
Kalydonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kalydon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calydonian
Calchaquian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Calchaquian
form: most Calchaquian
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Calchaquí people.
Caliburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Excalibur.
kiss and fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A car park or other roadside location at an airport for brief stops to allow the dropping off and picking up of passengers.
Related terms: hail and ride
kiss and ride
park and ride
Cambric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cambric
form: most Cambric
Senses: examples: text: the Cambric nation
glosses: Synonym of Cambrian
synonyms: word: Cambrian
Woore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in north-east Shropshire, England, bordering onto Cheshire and Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7342).
camoodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camoodies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camoodi
camoodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camoodie
Yine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of the Amazon.
Yine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Arawakan language.
Cannstatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Bad Cannstatt
Kannstatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Bad Cannstatt
Bad Cannstatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Cannstatt
english: former name
translation: former name
word: Kannstatt
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: One of the outer city boroughs of Stuttgart, Germany.
captivatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more captivatedly
form: most captivatedly
Etymology: From captivated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a captivated manner.
complainey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more complainey
form: most complainey
Etymology: From complain + -ey.
Senses: examples: text: If the lady has a kind of complainey way about her, and gets irritated, it makes it harder to tell her about little things.
ref: 1979 June, Ina May Gaskin, “Empirical Midwifery”, in Compulsory Hospitalization or Freedom of Choice in Childbirth?, volume 2 (Midwifery Birth Centers, Home Birth Legal Aspects), Marble Hill, Mo.: Napsac Reproductions, National Association of Parents & Professionals for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth, →ISBN, Midwifery section, page 390:
text: He was missing his "mother-servant," and was "complainey"-⁠- not just the "I'm sad and lonesome, won't someone love me?," but the, "I'm mad as all get out. Things are not going my way. Where is my Mama anyway? I'm going to make everyone pay for this treatment. This will be a night they will not want to repeat. I'll see to it."
ref: 1994 August, Michael Pearl, Debi Pearl, “Training Examples”, in To Train Up a Child, Pleasantville, Tenn.: Michael & Debi Pearl, published February 1995 (2nd printing), →OCLC, page 64:
text: ‘Get away from my skip. I’ve caught you red-handed about to rob my wood . . . blah, blah . . . You have no respect for senior citizens . . . blah, blah . . .’ This was Mr Delaney at his complainey best.
ref: 2000, David O’Doherty, “The fastest bookshelf in the world”, in Ronan Long Gets It Wrong, London: Mammoth, →ISBN, pages 5–6:
text: When you find yourself dealing with someone who irritates you (and you find yourself getting gossipy, fingerpointy, judgy, complainey), rising up and confronting the situation can do a hell of a lot more than just making your life more pleasant in the long run; it can help you heal and grow and get out of victim mode.
ref: 2013 April 23, Jen Sincero, “Millions of Mirrors”, in You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, →ISBN, part 4 (How to Get Over Your B.S. Already), page 179:
text: “Forget something?” Hank asked. / Yeah. My entire upbringing. July McGrane’s Rules of Engagement Number Eight: No one falls in love with Complainey McBitchypants.
ref: 2015 June 30, Janey Mack, chapter 36, in Time’s Up (A Maisie McGrane Mystery; 1), New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 260:
glosses: Alternative spelling of complainy.
finger points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger point
finger points
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of finger point
finger point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finger points
form: finger pointing
form: finger pointed
form: finger pointed
form: finger-point
form: fingerpoint
Senses: examples: text: “Out!” she said. The imperious teacher finger pointed toward the door.
ref: 1989, Tracy Kidder, “Recovery”, in Among Schoolchildren (A Richard Todd Book), Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 204:
text: He finger pointed to his head as if to indicate he would be shot if he exposed himself.
ref: 1996, Milton F. Miller, “I Get a Soldier Killed”, in Now Count Your Men, Hitler! Memoirs of an Infantryman, Louisville, Ky.: Zorn Avenue Publications with assistance from The Sulgrave Press, →ISBN, page 55:
text: My goal for writing this book was to say on the record what I have heard reiterated by “church going” folk for years; “We’ve Got To Do Better.” And we do. But the key is we ALL have to do better. This is not to finger point at any one area, if the mark is being missed, we’ve all missed it.
ref: 2011, Vicky R. Johnson, “Epilogue”, in Divine Logistics: A Real World Guide to Getting Past the Titles and onto the Work of Executing Exemplary Ministry, Baltimore, Md.: holy matrimony, →ISBN, page 170:
glosses: Alternative form of finger-point.
finger pointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finger pointings
Senses: examples: text: Finger pointing is rude, and while sitting, never point your feet in the direction of another person—that is a serious insult.
ref: 1989 November 26, Peter S. Greenberg, “Learning the Language of Customs […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: As always, the larger informal groupings, such as the Tommy Saunders-led Wild Bill Davison legacy, with the impeccable Chuck Hedges on clarinet, seem astonishing in the way the players put together arrangements on the spot, inventing chordal responses behind the soloists, agreeing with finger pointings on four-bar chase choruses, riding out in patterns that are well-used and familiar but that somehow keep sounding new-minted.
ref: 1993 September 8, Charles Champlin, “Jazz Review: Festival Ends With Show of Musicianship”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: The effect of complaining had varying emotional effects from relief “to a feeling of being squashed”. Gestures ranged from pursed lips to clenched fists and finger pointing.
ref: 2016 February 7, Nick Clark, “Manual Labours: The Complaining Body: Exhibition explores the fine arts of moaning and listening”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2016:
text: Finger pointing is universally discouraged around the world, as it focuses too much attention on a viewer.
ref: 2016 October 9, Janell Ross, “A guide to body language during the debate”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2016:
glosses: Alternative form of finger-pointing.
finger pointing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of finger point
finger pointings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger pointing
finger pointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of finger point
finger-points
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of finger-point
finger-points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger-point
finger-point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finger-points
form: finger point
form: fingerpoint
Senses: examples: text: The finger-point to no one in particular is also effective. This worked especially well for ballads.
ref: 1990 February 15, Todd Allan Yasui, “Richard Marx”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017:
text: [Armando] Iannucci describes a hand gesture she perfected that he particularly admired, “a clenched thumb thing” used only by politicians “that no one else does in real life.” “It’s not a fist, and it’s not a finger-point,” Louis-Dreyfus explains. “You could call it a ‘thist.’ You make a fist and then you move your thumb on top of the bent fingers, like you’re ready to have a thumb fight with someone. It’s not a natural human gesture. It tries to straddle both sides, you know? To be powerful, but not aggressive.”
ref: 2012 April 12, Carina Chocano, “Julia Louis-Dreyfus Takes the White House”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2012:
text: Someone yelled, “I love you,” and the president gave a finger-point and his standard: “Love you back.”
ref: 2013 February 4, Christi Parsons, Kathleen Hennessey, “Obama takes second-term agenda to the campaign trail”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2019:
text: Pederson capably channeled the emotions of every Dodgers fan in the building, punctuating his rowdy trip around the bases with a fist in the air, a chest-thump, a get-on-your-feet gesture to the crowd and a double-barreled finger-point to his dugout.
ref: 2017 November 1, Dave Sheinin, “Dodgers beat Astros, and an extraordinary World Series fittingly moves to Game 7”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2017:
text: In Calgary, the most interesting recipient of a finger-point has been 26-year-old star winger Johnny Gaudreau. With only 5 goals and 18 points to start the year, and shooting a measly 7.8% — well-below last season’s 14.7% and his career average of 12.5% — some have called for the Flames to explore trade options for Gaudreau before his value drops.
ref: 2019 November 22, Sean Tierney, “The case for keeping Johnny Gaudreau in Calgary (because he hasn’t been as bad as it seems)”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: “What I don’t want to have happen is a finger-point, this is all Willson’s fault. It’s not,” Mozeliak said.
ref: 2023 May 7, Katie Woo, Ken Rosenthal, “Exclusive: Cardinals’ John Mozeliak on why Willson Contreras’ move to OF is off”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of finger point.
finger-pointings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger-pointing
finger-pointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of finger-point
fingerpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerpoints
Senses: examples: text: The writer has often observed at times of rapid changes of temperature, notably from a high to a low degree, the velocity of the wind currents great and fluctuating, that friction such as rubbing the feet on carpets would enable one to light a gas-jet by the proximity of a fingerpoint, […]
ref: 1894 April, De Lorme W. Robinson, “Meteorological Conditions and Public Health”, in Monthly Review of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service, volume V, number 4, Des Moines, Ia.: Iowa Weather and Crop Service, →OCLC, page 5, column 2:
text: Sixty-six per cent described their subjective sensation of discomfort as either gnawing or burning, and almost without exception the distress was sharply localized, usually to a fingerpoint.
ref: 1930 September 16, Ralph C. Brown, “Medical Treatment of Peptic Ulcer”, in The Journal of the Michigan State Medical Society, volume XXX, number 7 (347 overall), [Michigan]: Michigan State Medical Society, published July 1931, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 492, column 1:
text: There was the noise of a drawer being operied cautiously and through the glass of the upper half of the door Don could see a fingerpoint of light.
ref: 1932, George Morse, “The Man with the Scar”, in Extra!, Chicago, Ill.: Goldsmith Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 140:
text: “But there is no Holy Scripture here.” / “In our minds!” Davis said loudly. “It’s recorded here!” And he tapped a fingerpoint against his temple.
ref: 1992 August, Philip José Farmer, “Crossing the Dark River”, in Philip José Farmer, editor, Tales of Riverworld, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: Alternative form of finger point.
fingerpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fingerpoints
form: fingerpointing
form: fingerpointed
form: fingerpointed
Senses: examples: text: “Mr. Willoughby began this entry on the day he was called for jury duty. He didn’t expect to be picked, and it says so right here.” She fingerpointed.
ref: 2008 December, Laurie Moore, chapter 33, in Jury Rigged, Detroit, Mich.: Five Star, →ISBN, page 346:
text: None of the witnesses wanted to be recognized for the circumstances for which they attracted publicity. Yet it is precisely for those circumstances that they were fingerpointed in public.
ref: 2013, Mirca Madianou, “Ethics of Mediation and the Voice of the Injured Subject”, in Nick Couldry, Mirca Madianou, Amit Pinchevski, editors, Ethics of Media, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, part III (Mediations), page 186:
text: Leonardo fingerpointed one road to follow, Picasso another.
ref: 2014, Elena L. Rubinova, “Mona Lisa vs. Modern American Womanhood”, in Artravesty: A Collection of Essays, Houston, Tex.: Alondra Press, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: Alternative form of finger-point.
fingerpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fingerpoint
fingerpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fingerpoint
fingerpointings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fingerpointing
fingerpointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fingerpoint
finger pointy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more finger pointy
form: most finger pointy
Senses: examples: text: ‘OK, so do you remember cousin Matteo?’ / ‘Oh. Erm … yeah,’ Anna said. ‘The one who did that hip swivel, finger pointy dance to “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” with Mum at Dad’s fiftieth?[…]’
ref: 2013, Mhairi McFarlane, chapter 30, in Here’s Looking at You, London: Avon, →ISBN, page 175:
text: The heart of the matter is this: feminism’s been hijacked by the dark forces of judginess, by our communally created fear that our every deed, word, thought, joke and Tweet is being monitored for fuck ups. Feminism is increasingly defined by a sense of what you can’t do, shouldn’t say. Then again: what isn’t? We’ve entered a spectacularly critical, witch hunty, finger pointy episode in the history of humanity.
ref: 2015, Polly Vernon, “Feminist Fatigue, Fit Shame and FOGIW”, in Hot Feminist: Modern Feminism with Style without Judgement, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, part 1 (Non-Judgement Day), pages 31–32:
text: Maya also means well. But her tone can be a little off. She can come across a little dismissive and finger pointy.
ref: 2022, Tammy Watchorn, “Characters”, in The Change Ninja Handbook: An Interactive Adventure for Leading Change, [Northwich, Cheshire]: Practical Inspiration Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of finger-pointy.
fingerpointy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fingerpointy
form: most fingerpointy
Etymology: From fingerpoint + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When adding a ticket, please take note of the milestone dropdown! Not everything that needs to be fixed should go to the framework-x.x.x milestone. (I know that things get fixed there, but ja, lets try keep cool) Case in point (not getting fingerpointy or anything, so please no offense meant!) is ticket #3547...
ref: 2009 September 3, Paul Scott, “Tickets and milestones”, in chisimba-dev (Google Groups), archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: p.s. devops can't really ever have a 'manifesto' that would be any more detailed than "Communicate and collaborate, and don't be fingerpointy." :)
ref: 2010 July 29, John Allspaw, “Facebook's engineering blog”, in Agile System Administration (Google Groups), archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: When you find yourself dealing with someone who irritates you (and you find yourself getting gossipy, fingerpointy, judgy, complainey), rising up and confronting the situation can do a hell of a lot more than just making your life more pleasant in the long run; it can help you heal and grow and get out of victim mode.
ref: 2013 April 23, Jen Sincero, “Millions of Mirrors”, in You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, →ISBN, part 4 (How to Get Over Your B.S. Already), page 179:
text: Maybe you missed Weddle's post game interview. He talked at length at how the D expected the offense to win the game and struggled getting their heads into the overtime. Sounded a little fingerpointy to me...even though the D still sucks way too much to criticize.
ref: 2013 November 5, ScottW, “OT: Unhappy Vikings players call out coaches”, in alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: Bluestem would hope that with his track record of awful analogies, he might be a little less fingerpointy.
ref: 2022 August 25, Sally Jo Sorensen, “Triple down bad analogy news digest: Jensen stands by his metaphor”, in Bluestem Prairie: News from Greater Minnesota and South Dakota, [Hutchinson, Minn.]: [Sally Jo Sorenson], →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of finger-pointy.
stirredst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of stir
spunkys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spunky
spunkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spunky
pinwheel sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinwheel sandwiches
Senses: glosses: A snack consisting of a flatbread topped with layers of fillings and rolled into a spiral.
pinwheel sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinwheel sandwich
whooshka
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Of imitative origin.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he thing I noticed most about golf when it's really cold is that your nose runs. You can be leaning over a six foot putt when suddenly whooshka!!
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 202:
glosses: Used to imitate the sound of something passing at high speed.
coapparition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: co- + apparition
Senses: glosses: Appearance together.
Norton in Hales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in north-east Shropshire, England, bordering both Cheshire and Staffordshire, and previously in North Shropshire district (OS grid ref SJ7038).
coarrange
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coarranges
form: coarranging
form: coarranged
form: coarranged
Etymology: co- + arrange.
Senses: examples: text: […] coarranging the Swedish Festival, a cultural event that every other year was arranged by Stockholm's five big cultural institutions: […]
ref: 2001, Karl-Eric Svärdskog, Jenny Lind and the Clipper Nightingale Figurehead, page 116:
glosses: To arrange jointly or together.
coarranges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coarrange
coarranging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coarrange
coarranged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coarrange