cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
soonest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I don't know for sure, the soonest I can know is later this evening.
glosses: superlative form of soon: most soon
examples: text: Send money soonest.
glosses: Very soon; urgently; without delay.
chronicled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chronicle
spakest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spokest
Etymology: spake + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of speak
spieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spy + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spy
staineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stain
stolest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stole + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of steal
stumblest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stumble + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of stumble
sueth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sue + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sue
sufficeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: suffice + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suffice
suppliest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: supply + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of supply
supplieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: supply + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supply
supposest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: suppose + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of suppose
suppresseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: suppress + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suppress
surveyest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: survey + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of survey
surveyeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: survey + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of survey
swearest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: swear + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of swear
raileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rail + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rail
railest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rail + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of rail
talkest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: talk + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of talk
threatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: threat + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of threat
thrusteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: thrust + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thrust
torturest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: torture + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of torture
tortureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: torture + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of torture
travellest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: travelest
Etymology: travel + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of travel
urgest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: urge + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of urge
urgeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: urge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of urge
usest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: use + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of use
vanquishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vanquish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of vanquish
vanishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vanish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of vanish
variest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vary + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of vary
varieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vary + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vary
viewest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: view + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of view
vieweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: view + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of view
welcomest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: welcome + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of welcome
welcomest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: welcome + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of welcome: most welcome
clipei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clipeus
welcometh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: welcome + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of welcome
wishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: wish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of wish
wittiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of witty: most witty
worshippest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: worship + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of worship
yoketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: yoke + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yoke
whencesoever
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ɛvə(ɹ)
Etymology: From whence + so + ever.
Senses: glosses: From wherever; from whatever place.
Synonyms: sense: from whatever place
word: whencever
whencever
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From whence + ever.
Senses: glosses: From wherever: from whatever place.
Synonyms: sense: from whatever place
word: whencesoever
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
ruffiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruffianos
Senses: examples: text: […] the noisy boys in the streets, who constitute the ruffianos.
ref: 1836, Foster's Cabinet Miscellany, page 227:
glosses: A ruffian.
bootlicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːtlɪkə/
ipa: /ˈbuːtlɪkɚ/
Forms: form: bootlickers
form: boot licker
form: boot-licker
Etymology: From boot + licker.
Senses: glosses: A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
glosses: Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
Synonyms: ass-licker
for more
sycophant
Derived terms: Bushlicker
Related terms: bootlick
wannabe
greene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: greener
form: greenest
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of green.
willeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: will + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of will
sharpe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sharpe
form: most sharpe
Senses: examples: 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby
If it be long ay, long ago,
When I beginne to think howe long,
Againe I hear the Lindis flow,
Swift as an arrowe, sharpe and strong;
glosses: Obsolete spelling of sharp.
Sansone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Sansone, from Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן.
Senses: examples: text: As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.
ref: 2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
wandereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: wander + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wander
beginne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: a. 1863, Jean Ingelow, "High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire"
If it be long ay, long ago,
When I beginne to think howe long,
Againe I hear the Lindis flow,
Swift as an arrowe, sharpe and strong;
glosses: Obsolete spelling of begin.
arrowe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrowes
Senses: examples: text: If it be long ay, long ago,
When I beginne to think howe long,
Againe I hear the Lindis flow,
Swift as an arrowe, sharpe and strong;
ref: 1863, Jean Ingelow, The Brides of Enderby:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of arrow.
shadowe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadowes
Senses: examples: 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby
Alle fresh the level pasture lay,
And not a shadowe mote be seene
glosses: Obsolete spelling of shadow.
fyve
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of five.
shepherde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shepherdes
Senses: examples: 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby
The swanherds where their sedges are
Mov'd on in sunset's golden breath,
The shepherde lads I heard afarre,
And my sonne's wife, Elizabeth;
glosses: Obsolete spelling of shepherd.
firste
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of first.
cleanseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cleanse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cleanse
affirmeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɜːmɪθ/
Etymology: affirm + -eth
Senses: examples: text: 1640, Dec. 1ˢᵗ: The Committee of Religion of the County of Kent, Proceedings; reprinted in:
text: Idem Rothwell affirmeth that Mr. Fenner’s bookes were denyed the presse, eo nomine because they were his, as will be proved per Thomas Nicholls — and this was by Dr. Wykes.
ref: 1862, Rev. Lambert Blackwell Larking, Proceedings principally in the County of Kent, in connection with the parliaments called in 1640, and especially with the Committee of Religion appointed in that year, M.A.: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, page 84:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affirm
Related terms: affirmed
affirmest
affirming
affirms
aswell
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: There should indifferently follow all the same consequences to an hair, aswell in one Hypothesis as in the other.
ref: 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems:
glosses: Archaic spelling of as well.
glosses: Misspelling of as well.
sanguinaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: sanguinarias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: […] the violets, houstonias, hepaticas, and sanguinarias, which take so kindly to home cultivation.
ref: 1871, Edward Everett Hale, Old and New, volume 3, page 108:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Sanguinaria, or bloodroots.
glosses: The rootstock of the bloodroot, once used medicinally as an emetic, etc.
Derived terms: sanguinarine
kibitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kibitz
kibitzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kibitz
kibitzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kibitzer
damn your eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of damn you.
synonyms: word: damn you
damn your hide
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of damn you.
synonyms: word: damn you
atrophying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of atrophy
atrophying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atrophyings
Senses: examples: text: Neoliberalism has entailed the destruction of workers' organizations across the Global North and the atrophying of mass associational politics more generally.
ref: 2022, Sam Moore and Alex Roberts, “Online far-right ecologism and far-right movements”, in The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right, page 73:
glosses: The process by which something atrophies.
alterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alterers
Etymology: From alter + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who alters.
Related terms: altarer
alterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alterer
elfin safety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛlˈfɪn ˌseɪf.ti/
Etymology: Rendering of health and safety with Th-fronting and H-dropping.
Senses: examples: 2007, Jonathan Ray, "My new best cellar", The Spectator, Spectator (8 December 2007),
Heaven knows what Elfin Safety would say.
glosses: occupational health and safety, or the Health and Safety Executive
wikipedia: H-dropping
Th-fronting
cabled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cabled
form: most cabled
Senses: glosses: Containing cabled
Derived terms: uncabled
cabled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cable
roundups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundup
been to the rodeo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Some years ago I was talking to a ten-year-old boy who had been to the Rodeo. He was a lad whom most casual observers would readily have called tough.
ref: 1950, Melbourne S. Applegate, Helping Boys in Trouble: The Layman in Boy Guidance, page 35:
text: I'm a man past his prime who's been to the rodeo and back, as they say. I've been an actor, a bartender, a maitre d', and a hustler, without much success at any of them.
ref: 2002, Vincent Lardo, Lawrence Sanders, McNally's Chance:
text: I was one of the few graduating privates promoted from Army class El to E-2. To paraphrase Joan Crawford, I'd been to the rodeo and survived.
ref: n.d., Alan Neff, Precious Tribes, Vicious Lies, page 72
glosses: Been exposed to conmen and hucksters; experienced.
conmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conman
punsch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish punsch, from English punch.
Senses: examples: text: Strindberg's as well as Ibsen's characters indulge in a glass of ‘punsch’, the arrak-based drink popular in Scandinavia during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
ref: 2017, Gunilla Anderman, Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
text: A popular drink here is punsch, a sweet fruit liqueur. Stately old buildings sometimes have punsch-verandas, little glassed-in upstairs porches where people traditionally would imbibe and chat.
ref: 2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
synonyms: Swedish punsch
glosses: A Swedish fruit liqueur based on Batavia arrack, neutral spirits, and flavorings.
bandannas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandanna
backtracked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backtrack
backtracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backtrack
backtracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backtrack
bandsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandsman
backhands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backhand
backhands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backhand
backhanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backhand
landgrave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landgraves
form: landgraf
Etymology: From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”), from *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at graft.
Senses: glosses: One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
glosses: County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
Derived terms: landgravate
landgravess
Related terms: landgraviate
landgravine
margrave
letterform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letterforms
Etymology: From letter + form.
Senses: glosses: The shape of an individual letter.
examples: the art of letterform and calligraphy
glosses: The design and development of such shapes.
magic marker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic markers
form: Magic Marker
Etymology: Genericization of the brand name Magic Marker.
Senses: glosses: A felt-tipped pen.
Synonyms: marker
marker pen
Magic Marker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Magic Markers
form: magic marker
Etymology: Genericization of the brand name.
Senses: glosses: A felt-tip pen.
Synonyms: marker
marker pen
after-cast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: after-casts
Senses: qualifier: sculpture
glosses: A cast made from a mold taken from an already completed sculpture, often smaller and less detailed than the original.
slaveholding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slave + holding.
Senses: glosses: Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
slaveholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaveholdings
Etymology: From slave + holding.
Senses: examples: text: The slaveholding way of life continued until 1865, when the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed following the end of the Civil War between the Northern and the Southern states
ref: 1992, Jonathan Gorman, Understanding history:
text: Defenders of Southern slavery employed religious rhetoric to justify the system, selecting biblical passages that appeared to condone the practice of slaveholding and the relation between master and slave.
ref: 2013, Rebecca Fraser, Gender, Race and Family in Nineteenth Century America:
glosses: The institution or practice of owning slaves.
examples: text: On the other hand, the Mountain South also contained some Lower South counties, thereby permitting internal comparisons between differently sized slaveholdings, between crop specializations, and between agricultural and nonagricultural producers.
ref: 2003, Wilma P. Dunaway, “Introduction”, in Slavery in the American Mountain South, page 6:
glosses: An owning of one or more slaves.
Related terms: nonslaveholder
nonslaveholding
slaveholder
smallholder
smallholding
twice-yearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: While the migrations of many butterflies now appear to be twice-yearly movements away from and back to the same areas, they differ from those of birds in ...
ref: 1950, British Ecological Society, “The Journal of Animal Ecology”, in Science, Blackwell, page 66:
text: At the twice-yearly IATA timetable co-ordination meetings, airlines from ...
ref: 1992, Rigas Doganis, The Airport Business, Routledge, →ISBN, page 101:
text: Twice-Yearly Surveys of Affluent Americans
ref: 2008, The American Affluence Research Centre website:
glosses: Happening twice each year; semi-annual; biannual.
twice-yearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: UK & Commonwealth
glosses: Twice each year; semi-yearly; biannually.
lumpsum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Paid all at one time.
lumpsum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lump sum.
rotational period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotational periods
Senses: glosses: The time taken to rotate about its axis relative to the background stars.
raw_tags: of an astronomic object
glosses: The time taken to rotate about its axis relative to the earth (assumed fixed).
raw_tags: of a rotating object on the earth
Synonyms: rotation period
pyrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrates
Senses: examples: text: 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby
And storms be none, and pyrates flee,
Why ring 'The Brides of Enderby'?"
text: I was reminded of this by an entry in the Westleton Churchwarden's Account for 1731-2 which records the sum of one shilling and sixpence having been given to 'fifteen seamen in company, which had been taken by ye pyrates and very barbarously used'.
ref: 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of pirate.
beganne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: ante 1863, Jean Ingelow, "The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire"
"Good sonne, where Lindis winds her way
With her two bairns I marked her long;
And ere yon bells beganne to play
Afar I heard her milking song."
glosses: Obsolete spelling of began.
deare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deares
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dear.
deare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dearer
form: dearest
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dear.
deare
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more deare
form: most deare
Senses: examples: text: By Halliedame, quoth she, and Gods oune mother, / I well perceaue yow are a wylie brother. / For if there be a morsell of more price, / Yow'l smell it out, though I be ner'e so nice. / As yow desire, so shall yow swiue with hir, / But think your purse-strings shall abye-it deare ...
ref: 1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of dear.
aplanat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aplanats
Senses: examples: text: For comparison, an aplanat of a focus catalogued at 16 inches, actually found by experiment to have a focus of 16 11-16 inches, was used.
ref: 1894, W. K. Burton, “The Zeiss Anastigmatic Lenses”, in Julius F. Sachse, editor, American Journal of Photography, Volume XV, page 4:
text: 2009, Gérard René Lemaitre, Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory, Springer, Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, Corrected 3rd printing, page 11,
[…] which is totally false since he established the algebraic conditions for thin-lens achromatic aplanats;
text: Some infra-red detectors are sold already embedded in a plastic aplanat.
ref: 2014, J. F. James, An Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics, Cambridge University Press, page 171:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A lens that has been corrected for spherical aberration and coma in order to produce a rectilinear image.
Related terms: aplanatic
aplanatism
achromat
anastigmat
enioy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enioys
form: enioying
form: enioyed
form: enioyed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of enjoy.
flirtations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flirtation
aplanatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aplanatic
form: most aplanatic
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Free from, or corrected for, spherical aberration and chromatic aberration
raw_tags: of an optical system
Related terms: aplanatism
unrevealed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + revealed.
Senses: examples: text: With the most patient assiduity he peered into the intricacies of unrevealed structure. No object was too minute, none too large, for his attention.
ref: 1845, Jordan Roche Lynch, The Hunterian Oration, page 8:
glosses: Not revealed; hidden; secret.
sf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.
ref: 2011 February 1, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–103:
glosses: Alternative form of SF (science fiction)
glosses: Abbreviation of significant figure(s).
aguilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aguillas
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: An obelisk or spire.
non-luminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + luminous.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of producing light, but possibly capable of reflecting light from another source.
septagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕpt'əgŏn
ipa: /ˈsɛptəɡɒn/
Forms: form: septagons
Etymology: From Latin septem (“seven”) + Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”), equivalent to septa- + -gon.
Senses: glosses: A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
Synonyms: heptagon
great tits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great tit
hyperoxymuriatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + oxymuriatic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: perchloric
Derived terms: hyperoxymuriatic acid
hydroiodic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroiodic acid
Auschwitz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/
ipa: /ˈɔːʃ.wɪts/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.
Senses: glosses: A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
examples: text: Portnoy said in posts on social media that in an initial conversation Sunday the customer took 100% responsibility for his actions with his friend and agreed to take a learning trip to Auschwitz in Poland.
ref: 2025 May 5, “Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident”, in Associated Press:
glosses: A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
Derived terms: Alligator Auschwitz
nostology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As doctor of nostology, Professor McCamish studies the senile stages of an organism or race of organisms […]
ref: 1996, Deeanne Westbrook, Ground Rules: Baseball & Myth:
glosses: The study of senility; gerontology.
Derived terms: nostologic
nostological
ajaraca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ajaracas
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: An ornamental pattern made in a wall from bricks that protrude halfway out; originally from parts of Spain.
phaeopigment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeopigments
form: pheopigment
Etymology: From phaeo- + pigment.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A non-photosynthetic pigment which is the degradation product of algal chlorophyll pigments. It is commonly formed during and after marine phytoplankton blooms.
Related terms: phaeochrome
estrapade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estrapades
Etymology: From French estrapade.
Senses: examples: text: Then one day she went riding on her favourite horse, Coco, without a helmet, and Kwango, her prize borzoi, leapt out in front of her, causing Coco to perform an estrapade which sent Vivienne flying and falling, landing head first on the concrete drive, killing her instantly.
ref: 2001, Gerard Woodward, August, W. W. Norton, published 2008, page 175:
glosses: The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
examples: text: He did not want to look at the rigid legs, at the feet hanging down nervelessly, with their bare toes some six inches above the floor, to know that the man had been given the estrapade till he had swooned.
ref: 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Chapter 8:
glosses: A form of torture in which the victim is suspended on a rope that is attached to a pulley, over a fire and repeatedly let down close to the flames and hauled up away from them, in order to prolong the suffering.
dog's letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Latin littera canīna.
Senses: examples: text: R is the Dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound; the tongue striking the inner palate, with a trembling about the teeth.
ref: 1640, Samuel Ramsey, The English Language and English Grammar, New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, translation of original by Ben Jonson, published 1892, page 168:
text: R: SOME call this the dog's letter, upon account of its harsh and rough pronunciation;[…]
ref: 1735, Thomas Dyche, New General English Dictionary […], published 1798, page 180:
text: And in this short query the dog's letter, the r, whirred through the air, like the ricket of a pheasant rising;[…]
ref: 1858, Rosina Bulwer Lytton, The World and His Wife, Or, A Person of Consequence […], volume 2, London: Charles J. Skeet, page 19:
glosses: The letter R, which was trilled in Latin, imitating the sound of a snarling dog.
Americanophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From American + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of or aversion to American people.
Synonyms: Americophobia
Related terms: anti-Americanism
xenophobia
rotation period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotation periods
Senses: glosses: rotational period
cardinalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinalists
Etymology: From cardinal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A partisan of cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin in 17th century France (as opposed to a royalist).
climat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climats
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of climate.
angular velocities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angular velocity
kolpik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kolpiks
Etymology: From Turkish kalpak. Doublet of calpack.
Senses: glosses: A type of traditional headgear worn in families of many Hasidic rabbis, by unmarried children on Shabbat and by rabbis on special occasions. It is made from brown fur (as opposed to a spodik, worn by Polish Hasidic dynasties, which is fashioned out of black fur).
Related terms: kolpak
regu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Malay regu (“team”).
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A standard group of three players in a sepak takraw team.
SQEP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SQEPs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of suitably qualified and experienced person/personnel.
spookiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spooky: most spooky
scenographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scenographers
Senses: glosses: A person who designs sets for film or television.
unfill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unfills
form: unfilling
form: unfilled
form: unfilled
Etymology: From un- + fill.
Senses: examples: text: I'll pierce him to his face; he shall die looking upon me. Thy veins are swell'd with lust; this shall unfill 'em.
ref: 1606, Thomas Middleton, The Revenger's Tragedy, act ii, scene 2:
text: But with today's fewer and more crowded flights, it's on the upswing again—a flight is overbooked (oversold) and the airline must find volunteers to not fly. The compensation varies by how desperate they are to unfill the plane […]
ref: 2017, Peter Sander, Free Stuff Guide for Everyone Book:
glosses: To empty.
sloe gin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsləʊ ˌdʒɪn/
ipa: /ˈsloʊ ˌdʒɪn/
Forms: form: sloe gins
Senses: glosses: A dark red liqueur made from sloe berries.
teeny-bopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teeny-boppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of teenybopper.
hip-hopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hip-hoppers
form: hiphopper
form: hip hopper
Etymology: From hip-hop + -er.
Senses: examples: text: With lyrics like "Know you’re in heaven, smiling down/Watching us as we pray for you," "I'll Be Missing You" gives the lie to those who claim hip-hoppers are above self-serving sentimentality.
ref: 1997, Tom Sinclair, “I'll Be Missing You”, in Entertainment Weekly:
glosses: A member of the hip-hop culture.
windiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of windy: most windy
take a bite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a bite
form: taking a bite
form: took a bite
form: taken a bite
Senses: glosses: To eat a quick, light snack.
examples: text: Attracted by their Hollies-like harmonies and Sgt. Pepper styling, EMI took a bite and ushered the guys into the Abbey Road studios in London.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 322:
glosses: Try something out, give it a shot.
Related terms: take a bite out of
have a bite
take a bow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪk ə ˈbaʊ/
Forms: form: takes a bow
form: taking a bow
form: took a bow
form: taken a bow
Senses: glosses: To bow (gesture of deference).
glosses: To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act.
glosses: To end a performance; to leave.
examples: text: The years we spent together were the worst years of my life. You can take a bow.
glosses: To take credit or blame for a particular outcome or circumstance.
amortizement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amortize + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of amortizing.
anodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anodal
form: most anodal
Etymology: From anode + -al.
Senses: synonyms: anodic#Adjective
hypernyms: electrodic#Adjective
coordinate_terms: cathodic#Adjective
glosses: Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at an anode.
Derived terms: anodally
anodally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anodal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Towards an anode.
take a tumble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a tumble
form: taking a tumble
form: took a tumble
form: taken a tumble
Senses: examples: text: Prince Charles spent the night in the hospital after he took a tumble off his horse yesterday while playing polo and briefly lost consciousness.
glosses: To fall off something, or down something.
examples: text: Acme Industries shares took a tumble yesterday to the lowest value since 2001.
glosses: To fall in price or value.
slow oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow ovens
Senses: glosses: An oven that is heated to a comparatively cool temperature, typically not more than 150 degrees centigrade or 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
checks and balances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Constitution deliberately makes the President and the Congress competitors as well as partners. The Founding Fathers created an elaborate system of checks and balances to keep each partner self-reliant while still assuring their interdependence. No brief account can fully capture the complexity of this relationship, in which each partner contributes his own share of stubbornness, pride, hostility, warmth, suspicion, skill, and affection.
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Bite the Bullet”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 438:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.
glosses: Somebody or something that ensures a system remains safe, honest, etc.
checks and balances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of check and balance
diplomatic immunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A diplomat's immunity to prosecution and/or litigation under local law.
Mexican hairless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛks.ɪ.kən ˈhɛə.ləs/
Forms: form: Mexican hairlesses
form: Mexican Hairless
Senses: synonyms: Xoloitzcuintle
glosses: A dog of a particular breed.
glosses: A cat of a particular breed.
Mexican Hairless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexican Hairlesses
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Mexican hairless.
tumble to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tumbles to
form: tumbling to
form: tumbled to
form: tumbled to
Senses: examples: text: He finally tumbled to our secret.
text: Speaking of this language, a costermonger said to me: "The Irish can't tumble to it anyhow; the Jews can tumble better, but we're their masters. Some of the young salesmen at Billingsgate understand us, — but only at Billingsgate; […]
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor:
glosses: To discover or understand something.
move on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moves on
form: moving on
form: moved on
form: moved on
Senses: examples: text: After spending the night resting in an abandoned church, the group decided to move on in their quest.
text: Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
glosses: To continue; to proceed; to go on.
examples: text: The best revenge is always to just happily move on and let karma do the rest.
text: You've moved on, I know I should too
My cuts are all gone, my pain feels brand new
ref: 2015 May 12, Rachel Platten, Dave Bassett, Brian West, “Beating Me Up”, in Fight Song, performed by Rachel Platten:
text: Well, good for you, I guess you moved on really easily
You found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks
ref: 2021, Olivia Rodrigo, “good 4 u”, in SOUR:
text: In Israel, a state commission of inquiry is not merely a judicial instrument or a means of settling facts. It’s a ritual of national closure that allows people to put events in order and move on.
ref: 2025 March 14, Gershom Gorenberg, “Netanyahu Doesn’t Want the Truth to Come Out”, in The Atlantic:
text: Part of the problem is that Ted Baker hasn’t moved on. In an era of hyper-fast fashion, where consumers can buy into new trends in the bat of an eyelid at very low cost, Ted Baker’s dedication to its staid aesthetic read like an admission of defeat long before its actual demise.
ref: 2024 August 19, Ellie Violet Bramley, “Ted Baker’s closure was foreseeable from a fashion perspective”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To start dealing with something else.
examples: text: I think Shane is going to move on my ex tonight.
glosses: To attempt a seduction, often in a way seen as disloyal or rude to another.
Related terms: get a move on
get over
make a move on
move in on
on the move
put moves on
quarter-pounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter-pounders
form: quarter pounder
form: quarterpounder
Etymology: From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.
Senses: examples: text: "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"
ref: 2011, Tom Colburn, Shattered Window, page 88:
text: 2011, Simon Day, Comedy and Error: They Really Were Marvellous Times
Unfortunately he found me on my own in a Wimpy an hour later nursing a quarter pounder with cheese.
text: This recipe will make 6–8 “quarter pounders” from only one pound of hamburger. Do the math. Then all you do is BBQ, fry or broil them.
ref: 2011, Michael Turney, Son of a Sea Cook Cookbook, page 140:
text: I've got four quarter-pounder burgers in the grill pan,
I've micro-waved some sesame seed buns,
I've got the kettle on […]
Come back in, and my quarter-pounders are a-blazing!
I turn off the heat, and quickly remove the grill pan, […]
ref: 2014, Eugene Holod, “Rock Rampant”, in Ochre Tinge, page 102:
text: A range of homemade food is available including original recipe minced beef and onion pie and special quarter pounder burgers, plus steaks on request (every day except Sunday). The pub is a big supporter of armed forces charities.
ref: 2018, Campaign for Real Ale, Good Beer Guide 2019:
text: Here plant-based versions include crispy, fried not-chicken burgers, beyond meat quarter pounders and dirty fries.
ref: 2022, Isabel Albiston, Fionn Davenport, Marc Di Duca, Lonely Planet Great Britain:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
examples: text: A half-pound fish is a very good one, and the quarter-pounders are good enough.
ref: 1931, Arthur Ransome, Swallowdale:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
quarter-pounder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: quarter pounder
form: quarterpounder
Etymology: From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.
Senses: synonyms: quarter-pound
glosses: Having a weight of a 1/4 of a pound
Related terms: full-pound
full-pounder
half-pound
half-pounder
pound
pounder
quarter
third-pound
third-pounder
post-it note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-it notes
Etymology: See post-it.
Senses: synonyms: word: stick note
word: sticky note
glosses: A small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side.
custardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌstɚdi/
ipa: /ˈkʌstədiː/
homophone: custody (some dialects)
Forms: form: more custardy
form: most custardy
Etymology: From custard + -y.
Senses: glosses: Containing custard.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of custard in taste, texture, etc.
custards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of custard
iustice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iustices
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of justice.
cymotrichy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cymotrich(ous) + -y.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The state of having wavy hair.
cymotrichous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈmɒtɹɪkəs/
ipa: /saɪˈmɑtɹɪkəs/
Forms: form: cymatotrichous
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “wave”) + Ancient Greek τριχ- (trikh-), stem of θρίξ (thríx, “hair”), + English -ous.
Senses: examples: text: The hair is cymotrichous: one had flat wavy hair, in 19 it was very wavy, and in 7 it was markedly curly.
ref: 1907, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Man, Volumes 7-8, page 123:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having wavy hair.
Derived terms: cymotrichy
cyanthropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The belief that one is a dog.
garbology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From garbage + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The anthropological study of society through refuse.
Related terms: garbological
garbologically
garbologist
garbological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From garbology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to garbology.
Derived terms: garbologically
garbologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more garbologically
form: most garbologically
Etymology: From garbological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: From the perspective of garbology.
occaecation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occæcation
Senses: glosses: An act of going blind.
Huckabee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌkəbi/
Forms: form: Huckabees
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English, variant of Huckaby, derived from the village of Huccaby in Devon, England.
Derived terms: Suckabee
Related terms: Huccaby
Huckaby
lucifugous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lucifugous
form: most lucifugous
Senses: examples: text: Dracula is a lucifugous villain.
glosses: Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.
examples: text: Owls and bats and other such shy and lucifugous creatures.
ref: 1865, Oakley, Hist. Notes 36:
glosses: nocturnal
speculative philosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speculative philosophies
Senses: examples: text: Speculative philosophy is the endeavour to frame a coherent, logical, necessary system of general ideas in terms of which every element of our experience can be interpreted.
ref: 1929, Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality, New York: Macmillan, page 4:
glosses: Philosophy, especially traditional metaphysical philosophy, which makes claims that cannot be verified by everyday experience of the physical world or by a scientific method.
examples: text: In the period before the wars, some of the speculative philosophies, including pragmatism, developed supernaturalist theologies and idealistic metaphysics, while others discarded these traditional views in favor of sweeping Spencerian or Bergsonian theories about nature.
ref: 1946, George Conger, “Method and Content in Philosophy”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 55, number 4, page 405:
glosses: A particular philosophical school, system, or work representative of this kind of philosophy.