cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tyke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: tykes
form: tike
Etymology: From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“female dog”), from Proto-Germanic *tīkō. Compare Icelandic tík, Faroese tík, and Swedish tik, all meaning “bitch”.
Sense 5 (“Roman Catholic”) is an alteration of taig, and was first used in writing in the early 20ᵗʰ century.
Senses: examples: text: It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly. Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: A mongrel dog.
glosses: A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
glosses: A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
examples: text: Why, the inquiry thing, the yellow-dog thing—you wouldn’t think a mangy, native tyke would be allowed to trip up people in the verandah of a magistrate’s court, would you?
ref: 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 5, in Lord Jim:
glosses: An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
glosses: A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
glosses: A Roman Catholic.
Synonyms: sense: mongrel dog
word: mongrel
sense: mongrel dog
word: mutt
sense: slang: small child
word: ankle-biter
word: nipper
word: tot
Derived terms: dyke tyke
gay tyke boy
Related terms: Tyke
paramount
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəmaʊnt/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈpæɹəˌmaʊnt/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈpɛɹəˌmaʊnt/
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₂éd
From Anglo-Norman paramont, paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par, per (“by”) + amont, amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).
Senses: examples: text: […]a Traitor Paramount;
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC, page 68:
text: Hitherto she had chiefly dwelt on her unkindness and neglect; but absence, like charity, covers a multitude of sins; and the thought now paramount was, that she should see her no more.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 168:
text: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
synonyms: utmost
antonyms: paravail
glosses: Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
examples: text: Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
synonyms: word: crucial
word: imperative
word: big
word: central
word: consequential
word: critical
word: crucial
word: epochful
word: essential
word: extraordinary
word: fateful
word: fatefraught
word: fatesome
word: heavy
word: pivotal
word: high on the totem pole
word: historic
word: innegligible
word: key
word: life-or-death
word: meaningful
word: necessary
word: noted
word: noticeable
word: observable
word: outstanding
word: paramount
word: pertinent
word: relevant
word: remarkable
word: salient
word: significant
word: unignorable
word: valuable
word: vital
word: weighty
antonyms: word: important
word: significant
word: weighty
word: noteworthy
word: consequential
glosses: Of the highest importance.
synonyms: word: crowning
word: foremost
word: greater
word: higher
word: major
word: paramount
word: preeminent
word: superior
word: supreme
word: utmost
word: vaulting
glosses: Of a law, right, etc.: having precedence over or superior to another.
Derived terms: lady paramount
lord paramount
paramount chief
paramountcy
paramountly
paramountness
paramountship
paramount title
paramount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəmaʊnt/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈpæɹəˌmaʊnt/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈpɛɹəˌmaʊnt/
Forms: form: paramounts
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₂éd
From Anglo-Norman paramont, paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par, per (“by”) + amont, amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).
Senses: glosses: A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
glosses: A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.
Derived terms: title paramount
Aidenn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew עדן (éden, “Eden”). Compare Arabic عَدْن (ʕadn).
Senses: examples: text: Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn / It shall clasp a rare and radiant maiden who the angels named Lenore
ref: 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven:
glosses: Paradise.
vivid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪvɪd/
rhymes: -ɪvɪd
Forms: form: more vivid
form: vivider
form: most vivid
form: vividest
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.
Senses: glosses: Clear, detailed, or powerful.
raw_tags: of perception
examples: text: Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area.
ref: 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
text: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Bright, intense, or colourful.
raw_tags: of an image or color
examples: text: The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
glosses: Full of life; strikingly alive.
Derived terms: vividly
vividness
vivid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪvɪd/
rhymes: -ɪvɪd
Forms: form: vivids
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.
Senses: glosses: A felt-tipped permanent marker; a marker pen.
ostensible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl/
ipa: /ɑˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl/
Forms: form: more ostensible
form: most ostensible
Etymology: Borrowed from French ostensible, formed with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, the past participle of ostendō (“show”), itself from obs- (“in front of”) (akin to ob- (“in the way”)) + tendō (“stretch”) (akin to Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō)). Cf. also Medieval Latin ostensibilis.
Senses: examples: text: Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one.
ref: 1956–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition, 1960), chapter ii: “Motives and Motivation”, page 32
text: In witch-trials the conflict was officially defined as between the accused and God, or between the accused and the Catholic (later Protestant) church, as God's earthly representative. […] Behind the ostensible conflict of the witch-trial lay the usual conflicts of social class, values, and human relationships.
ref: 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 11, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 192:
text: The ostensible reason this provision was added to a bill on international trade is to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a grass-roots campaign that seeks to pressure Israel to change its policies toward the Palestinians.
ref: 2016 January 26, “When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse”, in The New York Times, retrieved 26 Jan 2016:
glosses: Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
examples: text: The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day.
glosses: Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
Derived terms: inostensible
ostensibility
ostensibly
unostensible
Related terms: ostensive
ostentatious
ostentation
codicil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/
ipa: /ˈkəʊdɪsɪl/
Forms: form: codicils
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
examples: text: So insistent was this demand that the Wyandot actually received a codicil to the treaty […]
ref: 2004, Barbara Alice Mann, “The Greenville Treaty of 1795: Pen-and-Ink Witchcraft in the Struggle for the Old Northwest”, in Bruce E. Johansen, editor, Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies, Praeger, page 155:
text: Those loose ends were tied up in a little-understood clarification of Brexit called the Northern Ireland protocol, ratified in January 2020. It looked like a mere codicil three years ago; now it looks like a serious diplomatic blunder that could threaten Britain’s territory and the region’s peace.
ref: 2023 January 26, Christopher Caldwell, “It’s Anyone’s Guess What Will Happen in Northern Ireland in the Next 12 Weeks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
examples: text: If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 378:
glosses: Any appendix or addition.
Derived terms: codicillary
codicil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/
ipa: /ˈkəʊdɪsɪl/
Forms: form: codicils
form: codiciling
form: codicilling
form: codiciled
form: codiciled
form: codicilled
form: codicilled
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
Senses: glosses: To add a codicil (to).
last minute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the last minute
Senses: examples: text: I like to do everything at the last minute. It does tend to make me late for things, though.
text: “Clown Without Pity,” as the segment is called, opens with Homer forgetting Bart’s birthday and jetting off at the last minute (or rather considerably after the last minute) to pick him up a present. Alas, Homer has the questionable judgment to go gift-shopping at House Of Evil, an establishment that bills itself as “Your one stop evil shop.” That should be a bit of a warning, as is the establishment’s name.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: An arbitrary (non-specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
Derived terms: at the last minute
lastminute.com
lastminutitis
last minute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more last minute
form: most last minute
Senses: examples: text: That last minute revision really paid off in the exam!
text: “In ten years, this is the most last-minute holiday season that we have ever seen,” a Citigroup analyst, Deborah Weinswig, tells ABC News.
ref: 2009, Hank Stuever, Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present, page 211:
text: “It can be exhilarating but it can be boring, too,” he said. “I preferred it when it was more last minute, when the adrenaline kicked in.”
ref: 2020 August 15, Gavin Newsham, “How the Secret Service protects the president’s golf game”, in New York Post:
glosses: Very close to a deadline.
Related terms: eleventh hour
wheelie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wiːli/
ipa: /ˈ(h)wili/
rhymes: -iːli
Forms: form: wheelies
form: wheelieing
form: wheelied
form: wheelied
Etymology: From wheel + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Downshift while the engine is still revving well. This will prevent missed gears when you stomp the shift lever in a panic to regain power. Also, if you wait too long to shift down, you risk the possibility of wheelieing when you catch the next lower cog. A wheelie will cause you to shut off for a second … and it's all over brother. Go back down and try again.
ref: 1976 June, Russ Darnell, “Pro Techniques for Off-road Riding”, in Bob Atkinson, editor, Cycle World, volume 15, number 1, New York, N.Y.: CBS Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42, column 1:
text: The other possible problem with uphill, downhill and crested roads is that bikes tend to wheelie over them. This isn't really a problem unless you have to make a turn while the front wheel is still in the air. The rear brake will help to keep the front down.
ref: 1983, Keith Code, notes and comments by Eddie Lawson, “The Road You Ride”, in A Twist of the Wrist: The Motorcycle Road Racers Handbook, Los Angeles, Calif.: Acrobat Books, →ISBN:
text: Our faces light up for each other, and with the greatest grin he jumps his rusty banana seat off the curb and wheelies around in the space created for him.
ref: 2002 February, Christina Baldwin, “Ask for What You Need and Offer What You Can”, in The Seven Whispers: A Spiritual Practice for Times Like These, Novato, Calif.: New World Library, →ISBN, pages 67–68:
text: At some point in nearly any hillclimb, you'll have to shift your weight from the rear to the front to keep the front wheel down as it gets steeper and you get more traction. You can also feather the clutch to keep from wheelying over, as well as using throttle control.
ref: 2012, Gary LaPlante, “Hillclimbs”, in Steve Casper, editor, How to Ride Off-road Motorcycles: Key Skills and Advanced Training for All Off-road, Motocross, and Dual-sport Riders, Minneapolis, Minn.: Motorbooks, →ISBN, page 70, column 2:
text: I guess I was starting to feel super-confident, a bit like the wheelchair basketball guy who had wheelied out of my hospital room that day. Plus, I was trying to make it so I could laugh in the face of my injuries.
ref: 2016, Jason Morgan, Damien Lewis, chapter 13, in A Dog Called Hope: The Wounded Warrior and the Dog who Dared to Love Him, London: Quercus, →ISBN; republished as A Dog Called Hope: A Wounded Warrior and the Service Dog who Saved Him, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, 2017, →ISBN, pages 111–112:
synonyms: wheelstand
glosses: To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.
wheelie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wiːli/
ipa: /ˈ(h)wili/
rhymes: -iːli
Forms: form: wheelier
form: more wheelie
form: wheeliest
form: most wheelie
Etymology: From wheel + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: wheelie bag  wheelie bin
text: He took the remaining fillet from the fridge and slid it off the plate, into the bin. He tied the plastic liner and brought it out to the wheelie bin.
ref: 2010, Roddy Doyle, “Blood”, in Neil Gaiman, Al Sarrantonio, editors, Stories: All-new Tales, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Harper Perennial, 2011, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wheely (“having wheels; mounted on wheels”).
Derived terms: wheelie bag
wheelie bin
wheelie bin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheelie bins
form: wheelie-bin
Etymology: From wheelie, presumably as a variant of wheely (“wheeled”) + -ie, and bin.
Senses: examples: text: Instead we switched from dustbins to wheelie bins which required equally significant investment in new bins and refuse vehicles. However because the wheelie bins were larger and easier to collect they actually increased the volume of unsegregated waste.
ref: 1999, David Rudlin, Nicholas Falk, Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood, UK: Elsevier, page 95:
text: You see the occasional frustrated libidinous lunatics walking along Johnson Street kickboxing at the wheelie bins and spreading the contents all over the road.
ref: 2005, John Chalmers, Byron Bay Taxis And Lunacies, page 85:
text: It collects waste materials, including paper, glass, plastics and metals, in the blue-topped recycling wheelie bins from more than two million households each week.
ref: 2009, James Kirby, Rod Myer, Richard Pratt: One Out of the Box: The Secrets of an Australian Billionaire, page 49:
text: She likes to go into town using her wheelchair. It can be difficult when people leave their wheelie bins out on the pavement and she has to go into the road to get past.
ref: 2011, Peter Beresford, Jennie Fleming, Catherone Bewley, Michael Glynn, Suzy Croft, Supporting People: Towards a Person-Centred Approach, UK: The Policy Press, page 271:
text: The next Monday afternoon Daryl hooked his wheelie bin onto the ute′s tow bar. He was just about to tow it up the driveway when Doris yelled out, telling him to go to the shops and grab some milk. With his wheelie bin in tow Daryl set off.
ref: 2012, John Bryant, Great Australian Ute Stories, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page:
synonyms: dustbin
garbage bin
skip
glosses: An outdoor rubbish bin on wheels for easier movability.
arcus senilis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin arcus + senilis.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: A faint whitish ring around the iris in elderly people; discoloration of the iris with age.
heroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
ipa: /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈhiro.ɪk/
rhymes: -əʊɪk
Forms: form: more heroic
form: most heroic
form: heroick
Etymology: Partly from Middle French heroïque and partly from Latin hērōicus. By surface analysis, hero + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: heroic deeds
glosses: Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
examples: text: To stand upon the ramparts and die for our principles is heroic. To sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.
ref: 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 40:
text: Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.
ref: 1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):
glosses: Courageous; displaying heroism.
qualifier: sculpture
glosses: Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
Synonyms: herolike
Derived terms: antiheroic
heroically
heroic assumption
heroic cooling
heroic couplet
heroic dose
heroic epic
heroicize
heroicly
heroic medicine
heroic meter
heroicness
heroicomic
heroicomical
heroics
mock-heroic
nonheroic
postheroic
preheroic
pseudoheroic
semiheroic
sheroic
superheroic
ultraheroic
unheroic
Related terms: hero
heroine
heroism
heroic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
ipa: /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈhiro.ɪk/
rhymes: -əʊɪk
Forms: form: heroics
form: heroick
Etymology: Partly from Middle French heroïque and partly from Latin hērōicus. By surface analysis, hero + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A heroic verse.
Related terms: heroics
dissuade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsweɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
homophone: diswayed
Forms: form: dissuades
form: dissuading
form: dissuaded
form: dissuaded
Etymology: From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“I urge differently”, “I advise against”, “I dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“I recommend”, “I advise”, “I urge”).
Senses: examples: text: Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.
glosses: To convince not to try or do.
Derived terms: dissuadable
undissuaded
Related terms: dissuasion
dissuasive
dissuasory
disabuse
life jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life jackets
form: lifejacket
form: life-jacket
Senses: glosses: an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water.
Synonyms: life vest
Related terms: buoyancy aid
Mae West
despotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛspətɪzəm/
Forms: form: despotisms
Etymology: From French despotisme; equivalent to despot + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The iron hand of despotism has quenched the last spark of liberty; hunted down like a wild beast, I am watching an opportunity to fly my degraded and enslaved country.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 136:
text: But now events have proved that I was right because Khrushchev's grandchildren do live in freedom and the great question of our time: can they continue to live in freedom, or will they revert to the old, or a new despotism?
ref: 1992 March 30, Richard Nixon, 4:50 from the start, in Richard Nixon on "Inside Washington", Richard Nixon Foundation, retrieved 25 May 2020:
glosses: Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
Synonyms: absolutism
autocracy
dictatorship
tyranny
Hyponyms: absolute monarchy
benevolent absolutism
enlightened absolutism
enlightened despotism
Derived terms: enlightened despotism
Related terms: despot
despotate
despotic
dislike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈlaɪk/
ipa: /ˈdɪslaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: dislikes
Etymology: From dis- + like.
Senses: examples: text: In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated.
ref: 1957 February 24, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96:
glosses: An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
examples: text: Tell me your likes and dislikes.
glosses: Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).
glosses: An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
Derived terms: dislikeful
dislike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈlaɪk/
ipa: /ˈdɪslaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: dislikes
form: disliking
form: disliked
form: disliked
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: dislike
form: dislike
form: disliked
form: dislike
form: dislikest
form: disliked
form: dislikedst
form: dislikes
form: disliketh
form: disliked
form: dislike
form: disliked
form: dislike
form: disliked
form: dislike
form: -
form: disliking
form: disliked
Etymology: From dis- + like.
Senses: examples: text: customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike [translating desplaisent] me, as instruct me[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: To displease; to offend. In third-person only.
examples: text: In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.
ref: 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:
glosses: To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
examples: text: Rebecca Black's "Friday" video has gained notoriety for being one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history.
glosses: To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
Synonyms: word: disrecommend
word: mislike
word: dislike
word: disrelish
word: mind
word: misrelish
word: object to
word: stomach
Hyponyms: word: hate
Coordinate terms: hate
Derived terms: dislikable
dislikee
dislikeness
disliker
Related terms: word: abhor
word: despise
word: detest
word: hate
word: loathe
word: avoid
word: shun
detest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈtɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Forms: form: detests
form: detesting
form: detested
form: detested
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle French detester (French détester), from Latin dētestor (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from dē- + testor (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify. Doublet of detestate.
Senses: examples: text: I detest snakes.
text: Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
ref: 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book IX”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
text: Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
glosses: To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
examples: text: The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
text: God hath detested them with his own mouth.
ref: 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
glosses: To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
Derived terms: detestability
undetesting
Related terms: detestable
detestation
abhor
despise
disdain
dislike
hate
loathe
loathe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊð/
ipa: /ˈloʊð/
rhymes: -əʊð
Forms: form: loathes
form: loathing
form: loathed
form: loathed
form: loath
Etymology: From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid.
Senses: examples: text: I loathe scrubbing toilets.
text: I absolutely loathe this place.
text: Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread.
ref: a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Of Agriculture:
text: To Scriptures read they muſt their leaſure frame, / Then loath they will both luſt and wanton love; […]
ref: 1576, George Whetstone, “The Castle of Delight: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, […], London: […] [H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, […] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], →OCLC, page 20:
text: […] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]
ref: 1736, Andrew Gray, “Sermon VI. Acts xxvi. 18. …”, in Great and Precious Promises: or, Some Sermons Concerning the Promises, and the Right Application thereof. […], Glasgow: Printed by William Duncan, […], →OCLC, page 115:
text: Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe
ref: 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnet XXXII”, in Sonnets from the Portuguese:
text: This movie is a historical achievement: Clint Eastwood, an icon of violence, has made us loathe violence as an obscenity. “Mystic River” hurts the way sad stories always hurt, but the craft and love with which it has been made transfigure pain into a moviegoer’s rapture
ref: 2003 October 13, The New Yorker:
synonyms: abhor
abominate
despise
glosses: To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
examples: text: How heartily he serves me! his face loathes one,
But look upon his care, who would not love him?
ref: 1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: […], London: […] [Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act V, signature H2, verso:
glosses: To induce or inspire disgust (in a person)
Derived terms: loathable
loather
loathe-worthy
loathing
loathsome
self-loathing
Related terms: loath
loth
despise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈspaɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: despises
form: despising
form: despised
form: despised
form: dispise
Etymology: From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + speciō (“I look at”). Displaced native Old English forsēon.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: hate
text: James still despises his brother for the time he pushed him out of a tree during their childhood.
synonyms: contemn#Verb
disdain#Verb
scorn#Verb
antonyms: admire#Verb
cherish#Verb
honor#Verb
respect#Verb
treasure#Verb
hypernyms: look down on
deprecate
glosses: To regard with contempt or scorn.
glosses: To disregard or ignore.
Synonyms: word: contemn
word: despect
word: disrespect
word: despise
word: disdain
word: scorn
word: spurn
Hyponyms: word: deride
Derived terms: despicable
despisal
despisement
despiser
despiseworthy
despisingly
despisingness
undespising
Related terms: word: despect
word: despection
word: despite
word: vilipend
word: contempt
word: hate
word: bah
bon voyage
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɒn vwaɪˈɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˌbɒn vɔɪˈɑːʒ/
Etymology: Borrowed from French bon voyage (“bon voyage, (have a) good journey”), from bon (“good”) + voyage (“journey”).
Senses: examples: text: Bon voyage, Charles Muntz, and good luck capturing the monster of Paradise Falls!
ref: 2009 May 13, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Up, spoken by newsreel announcer (David Kaye), Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios:
text: Bon Voyage / Forget that olde worlde / I'm inching away from the darkest slump of my life / And I don't know if I'm coming back
ref: 2013, Crying, “Vacation”, in Get Olde:
glosses: Used to wish someone a good journey.
ouzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuːzəʊ/
ipa: /ˈuzoʊ/
rhymes: -uːzəʊ
Forms: form: ouzos
Etymology: From Greek ούζο (oúzo), either from Turkish üzüm (“grape”) or from the Italian uso in Marsiglia (“for use in Marseille”) stamped on selected silkworm cocoons exported from Tyrnavos in the 19th century, standing for “superior quality”. Other: from the ancient Greek word ὄζω (ózō, “to smell”) - ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) because of the strong smell of the drink.
Senses: examples: text: Jai went in and poured out two glasses of ouzo, throwing a splash of water. He stuck his finger into each and stirred; the liquor swirled and got foggy.
ref: 2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: An anise-flavoured aperitif, originating in Greece.
examples: text: In Athens he looked up from his ouzo at what he called the ugliest people in the world.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A serving of this drink.
Derived terms: ouzo effect
Related terms: raki
bon appetit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: bon appetit !
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bon appétit.
bon appétit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɒn apəˈtiː/
ipa: /ˌboʊn æpəˈti(t)/
other: /ˌbɔː.næ.peɪˈtiː/
other: /ˌbɒn apɛˈtiː/
other: /ˈbɔn ˌæpəˈti/
other: /ˌboʊn æpəˈtit/
other: /ˌboʊn æpəˈti/
rhymes: -iː
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: bon appetit
form: bone apple tea
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bon appétit (literally “good appetite”).
Senses: synonyms: enjoy your meal
glosses: Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.
playing card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playing cards
form: playing-card
Etymology: From playing + card.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A piece of specially prepared card stock or thin material bearing identifying symbols such as a number and suit, used primarily for card games, and generally forming part of a deck of such cards.
Synonyms: word: card
word: playing card
Hypernyms: word: artifact
Hyponyms: word: ace
word: two
word: three
word: four
word: five
word: six
word: seven
word: eight
word: nine
word: ten
word: face card
word: court card
word: jack
word: queen
word: king
word: joker
word: hole card
word: squeezer
word: trump card
word: upcard
Coordinate terms: ace
cut
deal
deck
deuce
draw
face card
hand
jack
joker
king
pack
queen
shuffle
trey
wild card
Meronyms: word: back
word: face
word: pip
Related terms: card game
scorn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɔːn/
ipa: /skɔɹn/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: scorns
form: scorning
form: scorned
form: scorned
Etymology: Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-West Germanic *skarnijan, possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno). Cognate with Middle High German schern (“joke, mockery, scorn”), Old English sċierniċġe (“female entertainer, juggler, actress”).
Senses: examples: text: The Cry is ſtill, they come: our Caſtles ſtrength / Will laugh a Siedge to ſcorne
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 150:
text: We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.
ref: 1871, C. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated:
glosses: To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
examples: text: He scorned her romantic advances.
text: Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
ref: 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
glosses: To reject, turn down.
examples: text: She scorned to show weakness.
glosses: To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
examples: text: For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.
ref: 1578–1579, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale. [...] Dedicated to the Right Honorable the Ladie Compton and Mountegle”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. Whereof the Next Page Maketh Mention, London: Imprinted for William Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Bishops head, published 1591, →OCLC:
glosses: To scoff, to express contempt.
Synonyms: sense: to feel contempt
word: despise
sense: to scoff
word: deride
sense: to scoff
word: mock
sense: to scoff
word: ridicule
sense: to scoff
word: scoff
sense: to scoff
word: sneer
scorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɔːn/
ipa: /skɔɹn/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: scorns
Etymology: Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-West Germanic *skarnijan, possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno). Cognate with Middle High German schern (“joke, mockery, scorn”), Old English sċierniċġe (“female entertainer, juggler, actress”).
Senses: examples: text: Rain of tears, real, mist of imagined scorn
ref: 1967, John Berryman, Berryman’s Sonnets, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
glosses: Contempt or disdain.
examples: text: VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], page 100, column 1:
text: Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
ref: 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover:
glosses: A display of disdain; a slight.
examples: text: Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 44:13:
glosses: An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
Derived terms: laugh to scorn
scornful
scornful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɔɹnfəl/
ipa: /ˈskɔːnfəl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nfəl
Forms: form: more scornful
form: most scornful
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Bleſſed is that man that hath not walked in the counſaile of the vngodly: nor ſtand in the waye of ſynners, and hath not ſit in the ſeate of ſkornefull.
ref: 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Introites, Collectes, Epistles, and Gospels to be Used at the Celebracion of the Lordes Supper & Holy Communion, throughe the Yeare: With Proper Psalmes, and Lessons for Diuers Feastes and Dayes”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio viia, recto:
text: Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:
text: Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Silverside”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 316:
synonyms: disgraceful
pathetic
shameful
despicable
dishonorable
glosses: Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.
Derived terms: scornfully
scornfulness
hairy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈhɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈheːɹi/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈheəɹi/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈhiəɹi/
ipa: /ˈheɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈheɹe/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈhɜːɹɪ/
homophone: harry (Mary–marry–merry merger)
homophone: Harry (Mary–marry–merry merger)
rhymes: -ɛəɹi
Forms: form: hairier
form: hairiest
Etymology: From Middle English hery, heeri, hary, equivalent to hair + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian hierich (“hairy”), West Frisian hierrich (“hairy”), Dutch harig (“hairy”), German Low German harig (“hairy”), German haarig (“hairy”), Swedish hårig (“hairy”), Icelandic hárugur (“hairy”). Compare also Old English hǣriht (“hairy”) and ġehǣre (“hairy”).
The sense "terrifying, scary" possibly results from a blend of hair-raising and scary.
Senses: examples: text: a hairy man
synonyms: hirsute
furry
hairful
glosses: Having a lot of body hair.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: Near-synonyms: long-haired, furry
text: hairy mammoth
glosses: Having a lot of fur.
raw_tags: of an animal
examples: text: hairy chest;   hairy back
synonyms: villous
hirsute
furry
glosses: Having hair growing from it.
raw_tags: of a human body part other than the head
examples: text: yelling about dirty, hairy hippies
glosses: Long-haired.
examples: text: Near-synonym: hairlike
text: hairy cell leukemia
text: hairy moss
glosses: Seeming as if hair-covered or as if consisting of hair.
examples: text: It’s a hairy problem, and will probably take several weeks to sort out.
glosses: Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.
examples: text: Some surfers prefer the hairy thrill of a big wave.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
text: A couple people see her, watch her slide on by, don't get all hairy about it.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 243:
synonyms: hair-raising
glosses: Causing anxiety or fright; terrifying, scary.
Derived terms: Andean hairy armadillo
big, fat, hairy deal
big hairy armadillo
big hairy deal
black hairy tongue syndrome
hairily
hairiness
hairy arm
hairy armadillo
hairyback
hairy balls
hairy ball theorem
hairy canary
hairy cell
hairy click beetle
hairy Darling pea
hairy-eared dwarf lemur
hairy elbow syndrome
hairy eyeball
hairyfish
hairy frog
hairy hedgehog
hairy leukoplakia
hairy molly
hairyness
hairy nightshade
hairy panic
hairy-soled conyrat
hairy spider orchid
hairy-tailed mole
hairy willowherb
hairy woodpecker
nonhairy
northern hairy-nosed wombat
screaming hairy armadillo
Shanghai hairy crab
southern hairy-nosed wombat
the hairy hell
unhairy
Venus's hairstone
Related terms: dasypygal
emolument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɒljʊmənt/
ipa: /ɛ-/
ipa: /-jə-/
ipa: /əˈmɑljəmənt/
Forms: form: emoluments
Etymology: From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum.
Senses: examples: text: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
ref: 1787, Philadelphia Convention, United States Constitution:
text: Even when a mere child I began my travels, and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument of the town-crier.
ref: 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Author’s Account of Himself”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 5:
text: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor [...] had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Plus, the Department of Justice has argued in the past that SGEs are subject to the emoluments clause, which means they cannot take payments from foreign governments.
ref: 2025 April 23, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk’s government role gets even murkier”, in CNN:
synonyms: compensation
fee
payment
remuneration
glosses: Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
synonyms: compensation
fee
payment
remuneration
glosses: Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
Multure to a miller.
Derived terms: emolumental
emolumentary
Related terms: in kind
fluid measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluid measures
Senses: glosses: any unit of volume, or system of such units
cyber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bəɹ/
note: Canada, idle-idol split
ipa: /ˈsʌɪ.bəɹ/
rhymes: -aɪbə(ɹ)
Etymology: Originally from cybernetics, before becoming a stand-alone word.
Senses: examples: text: I pointed out to him we have significant cyber capability and he knows it. He doesn’t know exactly what it is, but it’s significant. And if in fact they violate these basic norms, we will respond cyberly. He knows. In a cyber way.
ref: 2021, Charles P. Pierce, “Vladimir Putin Is a King Bullshit Artist,” Esquire, June 17 [quoting Joe Biden]
glosses: Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative spelling of cyber-.
examples: text: She is a high priestess of the Church of the SubGenius, a devotee of the music of Tom Waits and Robert Smith, and of goth and cyber subcultures.
ref: 1998, Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines, Gothic: four hundred years of excess, horror, evil, and ruin:
text: ...a cross between metal, punk, goth, cyber, and rock.
ref: 2007, Tiffany Godoy, Ivan Vartanian, Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion, Tokyo:
text: No CyberGoth is complete without gigantic "stompy" platform boots and the optional toy ray gun. Some are even more anachronistic in that they incorporate old Renaissance and Victorian styles into their much-loved cyber wear.
ref: 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture:
glosses: Cybergoth.
Derived terms: cyberbole
cyberly
cyberstyle
cyber transport
cybertype
cyberverse
cyberwear
cybrary
cyburban
noncyber
cyber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bəɹ/
note: Canada, idle-idol split
ipa: /ˈsʌɪ.bəɹ/
rhymes: -aɪbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cybers
form: cybering
form: cybered
form: cybered
Etymology: Originally from cybernetics, before becoming a stand-alone word.
Senses: examples: text: Wanna cyber?
glosses: To engage in cybersex.
cyber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.bəɹ/
note: Canada, idle-idol split
ipa: /ˈsʌɪ.bəɹ/
rhymes: -aɪbə(ɹ)
Etymology: Originally from cybernetics, before becoming a stand-alone word.
Senses: examples: text: These prefigure the more complex aspects of virtual and real interactions which the cyber will deliver to us in these early years of the new millennium.
ref: 2004, Henry Linger, Julie Fisher, W. Gregory Wojtkowski, Constructing the Infrastructure for the Knowledge Economy: Methods and Tools, Theory and Practice:
text: 2012, Sean Swan (Ed), On the Cyber
The pace and extent to which the cyber is transforming our world increases daily.
glosses: Everything having to do with the Internet considered collectively.
examples: text: Is there an escalatory ladder in cyber, the same as with weapons of mass destruction? Fleming doesn't like the comparison with nuclear deterrence but says that Russia is indeed conscious of escalation risk.
ref: 2023 May 28, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Fleming”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: Cybersecurity.
Related terms: cyber-