cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ballerina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Forms: form: ballerinas
form: ballerine
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ballerina.
Senses: glosses: A ballet dancer (unisex term)
A female ballet dancer.
glosses: A ballet dancer (unisex term)
A female ballet dancer.
Ellipsis of prima ballerina (“the star female ballet performer in the company”).
synonyms: prima ballerina
prima donna
prima
glosses: A ballet dancer (unisex term)
A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino.
glosses: A ballet flat shoe.
Derived terms: ballerinadom
ballerinalike
gallerina
prima ballerina
Related terms: ballerino
ballerine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballerina
ponders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ponder
ponders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponder
pondered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑn.dɚd/
ipa: /ˈpɒn.dəd/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒndəd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ponder
pondering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ponder
pondering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponderings
Senses: examples: text: Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
text: Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.
ref: 2009 February 18, Jim Coyle, “Spoofing of premier a bad omen”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: An act of rumination or cogitation.
Synonyms: consideration
deliberation
pondering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pondering
form: most pondering
Derived terms: ponderingly
glances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlænsɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡlɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (General American) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of glance
glances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlænsɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡlɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (General American) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glance
glancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glance
glancing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪŋ
Forms: form: more glancing
form: most glancing
Senses: examples: text: His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.
text: She looked with a grudging eye on this waste of life and beauty—there was none for him; and the sight of the coffin, with its deep black pall borne slowly along the glancing path, was a contrast of unutterable misery. It was a relief to change the cheerful meadow for the dark umbrage of the forest which they now entered.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 324–325:
glosses: Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.
glancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪŋ
Forms: form: glancings
Senses: examples: text: No doubt, sometimes there are comprehensive glancings at, and interminglings of different future eras of prophecy.
ref: 1856, David Brown, Christ's second coming: will it be pre-millennial?:
glosses: A sideways look; a glance.
lawmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawmakers
Etymology: From Middle English lawemaker, lawe maker, equivalent to law + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Lawmakers in France voted over the weekend of April 10/11 to introduce measures to restrict flights on routes where the same journey can be made by rail in under two and a half hours.
ref: 2021 April 21, “French to favour rail over short-haul flights”, in RAIL, number 929, page 11:
text: Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon.
ref: 2022 January 20, Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN:
text: “Many members are only now beginning to understand that,” one GOP lawmaker told CNN.
ref: 2025 January 11, Annie Grayer, “Trump border czar privately tempers Republican lawmaker expectations on administration’s initial deportation operation”, in CNN:
glosses: One who makes or enacts laws.
Related terms: lawgiver
lawmaking
deflect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈflɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: deflects
form: deflecting
form: deflected
form: deflected
Etymology: From Latin deflecto, from de- (“away”) + flecto (“to bend”).
Senses: glosses: To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
examples: text: The defender deflected the cross into his own net.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
glosses: To deviate from an original path or position.
examples: text: The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
synonyms: elude
glosses: To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
examples: text: Certainly there was much in the relationship itself that, with so much energy deflected into logistic maneuvering was never […] "worked out."
ref: 1979 December 29, Rudy Kikel, “Young Men”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 16:
text: Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
ref: 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, “Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To divert (attention, etc.).
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To redirect culpability to avoid it.
Derived terms: deflectable
deflective
deflectometer
deflectometry
deflector
redeflect
Related terms: deflection
securer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From secure + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of secure: more secure
securer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: securers
Etymology: From secure + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which secures.
eavesdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/
ipa: /ˈivzˌdɹɑp/
Forms: form: eavesdrops
form: eavesdropping
form: eavesdropped
form: eavesdropped
Etymology: From eaves + drop; the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense.
Senses: examples: text: I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.
glosses: To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
examples: text: […] Eastern Red Bat will eavesdrop on the sonar calls of other red bats to locate potential insect prey.
ref: 1993, David W. Nagorsen, Robert Mark Brigham, Royal British Columbia Museum, Bats of British Columbia, page 109:
text: Frog-biting midges also depend on eavesdropping for reproduction, and one would predict similarly strong selection to evolve auditory adaptations for hearing and localizing calls of their hosts.
ref: 2014, Ken Yasukawa, Animal Behavior: How and Why Animals Do the Things They Do:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.
Hypernyms: sense: hear conversation one is not intended to hear
word: overhear
Derived terms: eavesdropper
eavesread
Related terms: monitor
surveil
tap
wiretap
eavesdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/
ipa: /ˈivzˌdɹɑp/
Forms: form: eavesdrops
Etymology: From eaves + drop; the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense.
Senses: glosses: The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.
glosses: The space around a house on which such water drips.
glosses: A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.
examples: text: Were you having a little eavesdrop on us last night?
glosses: The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard.
Synonyms: eavesdrip
securest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “This is one of the securest corners in London,” says Kirschel. “We’ve created a matrix of private streets that we can shut down as we wish.”
ref: 2022 October 28, Oliver Wainwright, quoting Laurence Kirschel, “‘Why not just go the full Vegas?’ The crass, ad-laden reinvention of central London”, in The Guardian:
glosses: superlative form of secure: most secure
deflected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deflect
deflected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bent abruptly downward.
Derived terms: subdeflected
undeflected
gasoduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasoducts
Senses: glosses: a gas pipeline.
Synonyms: gas pipeline
Related terms: pipeline
encouragement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]
Forms: form: encouragements
form: incouragement
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French encoragement.
Senses: glosses: The act of encouraging
examples: text: even their arch-enemy the gamekeeper is beginning reluctantly, but gradually, to acquiesce in the general belief of their innocence and utility, I cannot help indulging the hope that this bird will eventually meet with that general encouragement and protection to which its eminent services so richly entitle it.
ref: 1904, Edward Verrall Lucas, chapter 2, in Highways and Byways in Sussex:
text: The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on."
ref: 1951 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performsnce”, in Railway Magazine, page 554:
glosses: Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive
examples: text: 7 January 2017, Adharanand Finn writing in The Guardian, The 24-hour race: 'It is a battle with your mind'
Diana Celeiro has come all the way from Argentina for the race. It’s her second time here. Her husband, Gustavo, acts as her support crew. Most of the runners have someone who stands diligently by the track watching, offering encouragement, preparing snacks or helping with any issues that arise, from blisters to emotional breakdowns.
text: If I live, an' please your honour, but once to get through it, I will never tell it again, quoth Trim, either to man, woman, or child--Poo--poo! said my uncle Toby--but with accents of such sweet encouragement did he utter it, that the corporal went on with his story with more alacrity than ever.
ref: 1776, Laurence Sterne, chapter 4, in Tristram Shandy:
glosses: Words or actions that increase someone's confidence
glosses: The feeling of being encouraged
Derived terms: disencouragement
overencouragement
reencouragement
deflects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deflect
deflecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deflect
malter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒltə/
ipa: /ˈmɔːltə/
ipa: /ˈmɔl.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɑl.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɒltə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ)
homophone: Malta (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: malters
Etymology: From Middle English maltare, malter, maltar; equivalent to malt + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes malt; a maltster.
apple butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple butters
Senses: examples: text: APPLE BUTTER SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread, spread apple butter. Sprinkle chopped candied orange peel, cover with another slice of bread.
ref: 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 142:
glosses: Preserved apple purée with spices.
Related terms: jam
jelly
preserves
spread
apple of love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apples of love
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of love apple.
apple borer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple borers
Senses: glosses: Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae
a roundheaded apple borer (Saperda candida, syn. Saperda bivittata)
glosses: Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae
a flatheaded appletree borer (Chrysobothris femorata)
glosses: Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae
a red-belted clearwing, apple clearwing moth (Synanthedon myopaeformis)
dong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒŋ/
ipa: /dɔŋ/
ipa: /dɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: dong
form: dongs
form: đồng
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).
Senses: glosses: The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
glosses: The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
dong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒŋ/
ipa: /dɔŋ/
ipa: /dɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: dongs
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps suggested by dingus and other names for unnamable objects; perhaps suggesting of a sound of striking (perhaps the clapper of a bell; compare ding-dong); perhaps there is an element of donkey in it. First attested in the 1890s.
Senses: examples: text: "That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?"
"She didn't mean anything she said. She was just after your dong. But it's mine."
"For sure, Mary."
ref: 1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 344:
text: Nevertheless, I was wholly incapable of keeping my paws from my dong once it started the climb up my belly.
ref: 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, page 18:
text: Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
ref: 1983, “Penis Song”, in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life:
glosses: The penis.
glosses: A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
glosses: A fool.
Synonyms: sense: penis
word: penis
Derived terms: dongless
double dong
Related terms: ding-dong
dong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒŋ/
ipa: /dɔŋ/
ipa: /dɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: dongs
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
dong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒŋ/
ipa: /dɔŋ/
ipa: /dɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: dongs
form: donging
form: donged
form: donged
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
dong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒŋ/
ipa: /dɔŋ/
ipa: /dɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: dongs
Etymology: From Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”).
Senses: glosses: A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: dai pai dong
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: dong quai
apple brandy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple brandies
Etymology: Compound of apple + brandy. Attested from the 18th century.
Senses: examples: text: Let me adviſe all ſuch, as they value their own Credit, and the Succeſs of their Undertaking, to have no Dealings with Apple Brandy Makers, D__ll__ers, nor with Brandy Adulterers of any Sort, nor in any Shape whatever.
ref: 1735 June 5, JA. Ashley, Grub-Street Journal, London, page 3:
text: 9.00 New Moonshiners: Amanda and Kelly attempt to make a famous Appalachian apple brandy
ref: 2024 May 11, “FRIDAY Satellite, cable & sport”, in Radio Times, page 106:
glosses: A type of brandy made from apples.
apple blight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Only a few years ago the disease known under the various names “pear blight,” “apple blight,” “twig blight,” “fire blight” and “blight” was almost unknown in this State.
ref: 1911, Deane Bret Swingle, Pear and Apple Blight in Montana, page 1:
glosses: Synonym of fire blight.
synonyms: word: fire blight
antihypertensive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihypertensives
Etymology: From anti- + hypertensive or anti- + hypertension + -ive.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension.
Hyponyms: vasodepressor
vasodepressant
Coordinate terms: english: often synonymous
translation: often synonymous
word: hypotensive
Derived terms: nonantihypertensive
subantihypertensive
antihypertensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + hypertensive or anti- + hypertension + -ive.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
Coordinate terms: english: often synonymous
translation: often synonymous
word: hypotensive
word: nonhypertensive
anti-inflammatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-inflammatories
form: antiinflammatory
Etymology: From anti- + inflammatory.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation.
anti-inflammatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-inflammatory
form: most anti-inflammatory
form: antiinflammatory
Etymology: From anti- + inflammatory.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Preventing or counteracting inflammation.
Derived terms: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
antimalarial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl
enpr: -tī-
ipa: /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /-taɪ-/
ipa: /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛ.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /-taɪ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: antimalarials
Etymology: From anti- + malarial.
Senses: glosses: An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.
antimalarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl
enpr: -tī-
ipa: /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /-taɪ-/
ipa: /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛ.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /-taɪ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: more antimalarial
form: most antimalarial
Etymology: From anti- + malarial.
Senses: glosses: Preventing or counteracting malaria.
Derived terms: antimalarially
teacher's pet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teacher's pets
form: teachers' pets
Senses: examples: text: As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.
text: Her friends are so jealous / You know how bad girls get / Sometimes it's not so easy / To be the teacher's pet.
ref: 1980, “Don't Stand So Close to Me”, Sting (lyrics), performed by The Police:
text: In fact, she said, he [Tyler Robinson] had the personality of a teacher’s pet, always on time, respectful, hardworking, and smart.
ref: 2025 September 12, “Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher.
Hypernyms: blue-eyed boy
fair-haired boy
bioterrorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪ.əʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/
ipa: /baɪ.oʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/
rhymes: -ɛɹəɹɪst
Forms: form: bioterrorists
Etymology: From bio- + terrorist.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in bioterrorism; a terrorist employing biological weapons.
bioterrorist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪ.əʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/
ipa: /baɪ.oʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/
rhymes: -ɛɹəɹɪst
Etymology: From bio- + terrorist.
Senses: synonyms: bioterroristic
glosses: Of or relating to a bioterrorist or bioterrorism.
animates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of animate
coagulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊ.æɡjuːˈleɪʃən/
ipa: /koʊ.æɡjuˈleɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: coagulations
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. (e.g. coagulation of proteins)
glosses: The process by which blood forms solid clots.
glosses: Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).
Derived terms: anticoagulation
coagulase
coagulational
coagulation factor
coagulation time
cryocoagulation
cyclocoagulation
diathermocoagulation
disseminated intravascular coagulation
electrocoagulation
haemocoagulation
hemocoagulation
heterocoagulation
homocoagulation
hypercoagulation
hypocoagulation
noncoagulation
photocoagulation
precoagulation
procoagulation
recoagulation
thermocoagulation
whole-blood coagulation time
Related terms: coagulate
disposes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispose
curie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curies
Etymology: Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).
Senses: glosses: 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
Derived terms: curietherapy
kilocurie
megacurie
microcurie
millicurie
multicurie
nanocurie
picocurie
flannelette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: flannelettes
Etymology: From flannel + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: I am a draper mad with love. I love you more than all the flannelette and calico, candlewick, dimity, crash and merino, tussore, cretonne, crepon, muslin, poplin, ticking and twill in the whole Cloth Hall of the world.
ref: 1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood […] , New York: New Directions, page 6:
glosses: A type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.
examples: text: Our flannelettes provide an extra layer between the underquilt and sheets.
glosses: Something made from this fabric.
Derived terms: flannie
flanno
instigate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/
Forms: form: instigates
form: instigating
form: instigated
form: instigated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnstīgātus, perfect passive participle of īnstīgō (“to instigate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: to instigate a riot
text: to instigate a change
text: In light of growing outrage against Mecham, House special counsel William French instigated an investigation into the governor's affairs last fall.
ref: 1988 February 14, Elizabeth Pincus, “Arizona Impeaches Right-Wing Governor”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 1:
text: If the man perceives that his partner has arousal or orgasmic difficulties, this is likely to influence his desire to instigate sexual activity and/or his enjoyment and pleasure in being sexual with his partner.
ref: 2017, Desa Markovic, Working with Sexual Issues in Psychotherapy:
synonyms: foment
provoke
glosses: To bring about by urging or encouraging.
examples: text: to instigate someone to a crime
text: he might instigate them to swear against the law of God
ref: 1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity:
text: He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity.
ref: 1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: animate
encourage
impel
incite
provoke
spur
stimulate
tempt
urge
antonyms: halt
prevent
stop
glosses: To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions.
Derived terms: instigatable
instigatingly
instigative
reinstigate
uninstigated
Related terms: instigation
instigator
funny farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funny farms
Senses: examples: text: Paddy the Duke was right. I had one more "tour of duty" to put in at the funny farm. They turned me loose a few days after he left, sometime in the winter months of 1959, but in a little more than a year's time I would be back at Avalon Valley; and I would be a very sick man.
ref: 1968, Frederick Exley, A Fan's Notes, page 117:
synonyms: word: nuthouse
word: bedlam
word: bin
word: booby-hatch
word: booby house
word: bughouse
word: crazy house
word: cuckoo's nest
word: funny farm
word: happy hotel
word: insane asylum
word: laughing academy
word: loony bin
word: lunatic asylum
word: madhouse
word: mental asylum
word: mental home
word: grippy sock vacation
word: mental health center
word: mental health hospital
word: mental hospital
word: mental institution
word: nutfarm
word: nuthouse
word: psych
word: psych hospital
word: psychiatric hospital
word: psychopathic hospital
word: psychiatric ward
word: psych ward
word: special hospital
word: Tanjung Rambutan
word: whack shack
glosses: An insane asylum.
pulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plauciai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
Synonyms: pneumonic
pulmonic
Derived terms: aorticopulmonary
aortopulmonary
atriopulmonary
bipulmonary
bronchopulmonary
cardiopulmonary
cavopulmonary
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
costopulmonary
extrapulmonary
gastropulmonary
hepatopulmonary
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
interpulmonary
intrapulmonary
juxtapulmonary
lusupultide
nasopulmonary
nonpulmonary
pleuropulmonary
pulmonarily
pulmonary alveolus
pulmonary artery
pulmonary cancer
pulmonary circulation
pulmonary docimasia
pulmonary edema
pulmonary embolism
pulmonary emphysema
pulmonary fibrosis
pulmonary function test
pulmonary oedema
pulmonary pleura
pulmonary-renal syndrome
pulmonary toilet
pulmonary trunk
pulmonary tuberculosis
pulmonary valve
pulmonary vein
pulmonology
renopulmonary
sinapultide
sinopulmonary
subpulmonary
thoracopulmonary
tracheo-broncho-pulmonary
transpulmonary
Related terms: float
go-getter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go-getters
Senses: examples: text: He's a promising young go-getter, but he needs to learn some things about office politics.
text: Tom Pitella is a go-getter and does not rely on others to prove things in the field of mathematics to him.
text: "Then I hope you've taken its moral lesson to heart." "What's that?" "The awful possibilities of being submerged by the insidious urge of the go-getter, and forgetting about the really important things of life."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 171:
text: I must get it from my dad. Can't be from Mom, the world-class go-getter, hand shaker, and baby kisser.”
ref: 2008, Ellen Hopkins, Identical, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: An active and enterprising person; one who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement.
Synonyms: ball of fire
Derived terms: go-getterness
undivided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭn'dĭ-vīʹdĭd
ipa: /ˌʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd/
ipa: [ˌʌɾ̃ɪ̈ˈvaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d]
rhymes: -aɪdɪd
Etymology: From un- + divided.
Senses: examples: text: Long division can be hard to understand, so I want your undivided attention.
text: Today is that most sacred of American holidays. A day when people from all walks of life set aside their differences and focus their undivided attention on the prognostication abilities of a subterranean rodent.
ref: 2025 February 2, Andrew Torgan and Kimberly Richardson, “Start your week smart: Trump tariffs, DC air collision, hostages released, medevac jet crash, FAA system outage”, in CNN:
glosses: Unified, whole
unmerciful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈmɝsɪfl̩/
ipa: /ʌnˈmɜːsɪfl̩/
Forms: form: more unmerciful
form: most unmerciful
Etymology: From Middle English unmerciful, unmercifull; equivalent to un- + merciful.
Senses: glosses: not showing mercy
Synonyms: merciless
Related terms: unmercy
cruel
inhuman
inquire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkwaɪə/
ipa: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: inquires
form: inquiring
form: inquired
form: inquired
form: enquire
Etymology: From Latin inquīrō (“to seek for”), composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Displaced Middle English enqueren (from Old French enquerre, of the same source) and native Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”).
Senses: examples: text: May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?
text: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To ask (about something).
examples: text: Police are already inquiring into the incident.
text: It is these people, gentlemen, the disseminators of these rumours, who are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters must be an atheist.
ref: 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 20:
glosses: To make an inquiry or an investigation.
examples: text: Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre, Now Cantium, which Kent we commenly inquire.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:
glosses: To call; to name.
Synonyms: word: frain
Derived terms: inquirable
inquire after
inquire of
inquirer
inquiringly
inquirist
noninquiring
reinquire
uninquired
Related terms: inquest
inquiry
inquisition
inquisitive
inquisitor
query
count sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counts sheep
form: counting sheep
form: counted sheep
form: counted sheep
Senses: glosses: To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.
alphabetization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphabetizations
form: alphabetisation
Etymology: From alphabetize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
Derived terms: realphabetization
Related terms: alphabetize
mandarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandarines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mandarin (“citrus fruit”).
glosses: Obsolete form of mandarin (“Chinese bureaucrat”).
animating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more animating
form: most animating
Senses: examples: text: He was a beloved brother indeed to me, and his letters have been very animating and strengthening to me in my great solitude.
ref: 1862, Lydia Ann Barclay, A Selection from the Letters of Lydia Ann Barclay, page 432:
text: The sport is excellent and most animating.
ref: 1865, William Nelson Hutchinson, Dog breaking: the most expeditious, certain and easy method, page 46:
text: The irregular and undisciplined wars which it was her business to describe were naturally far more prolific of extraordinary incidents, unexpected turns of fortune, and striking displays of individual talent, and vice and virtue, than the more solemn movements of national hostility, where everything is in a great measure provided and foreseen, and where the inflexible subordination of rank, and the severe exactions of a limited duty, not only take away the inducement, but the opportunity, for those exaltations of personal feeling and adventure which produce the most lively interest, and lead to the most animating results.
ref: 2023, The Most Influential Women in History:
glosses: Enlivening.
Derived terms: animatingly
animating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of animate
tubercle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːbɚkəl/
Forms: form: tubercles
form: tubercule
form: tuberculum
Etymology: From Latin tūberculum, q.v.
Senses: examples: text: the iliac tubercles
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
Synonyms: tuberosity
eminence
nodule
Derived terms: basal tubercle
Darwin's tubercle
genital tubercle
Javan tubercle snake
Montgomery's tubercle
olive tubercle
pubic tubercle
tubercled
tuberculoid
tuberculosis
quokka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒkə/
rhymes: -ɒkə
Forms: form: quokkas
Etymology: From Nyunga kwaka.
Senses: examples: text: At least 673 quokkas were re-introduced from Rottnest Island to the Marsupial Research Station of the University of Western Australia (254 ha) at Jandakot from 1972 to 1988.
ref: 2003, John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence, page 29:
text: Tammars, quokkas and black-footed rock wallabies inhabit islands in the southwest, while three species of hare wallaby, the burrowing bettong and five species of rock wallaby inhabit various islands in the northwest.
ref: 2005, Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials, page 354:
text: Older unburnt areas (more than 25 years) on their own appear unable to sustain a quokka population.
The largest number of quokkas occurs on Rottnest Island near Perth, where the population estimates vary from 8000 to 12,000 individuals.
ref: 2012, Ken Richardson, Australia's Amazing Kangaroos: Their Conservation, Unique Biology and Coexisternce with Humans, page 125:
glosses: A cat-sized wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia.
curator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: curators
form: curatour
Etymology: From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).
Senses: examples: text: The Club became like town meetings for the entire New York art scene, attracting dealers, collectors, uptown curators like Alfred Barr, critics, and just about any other culturati who could wrangle their way in.
ref: 1975, Tom Wolfe, The Painted Word:
text: Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.
ref: 2003, Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
glosses: One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
glosses: A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
glosses: A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.
Derived terms: biocurator
cocurator
curatorial
curatorium
curatorship
curatory
curatress
curatrix
subcurator
Related terms: curate
curated
curative
cure
custodian
keeper
manager
overseer
anaphylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs/
Forms: form: anaphylaxes
Etymology: Borrowed from French anaphylaxie, coined by French physiologist and parapsychologist Charles Richet and by French zoologist Paul Portier from the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “(intensifier) thoroughly”) from ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ, “to, again, upon”) and φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “protection, watching, guarding”).
Senses: glosses: Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
examples: text: “Anyone who has experienced or witnessed an anaphylaxis reaction knows it can be very stressful deciding when to inject epinephrine to themselves or a child and often delay,” Dr. Jonathan Spergel, chief of the allergy program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said in a news release from ARS Pharmaceuticals.
ref: 2024 August 9, Meg Tirrell, “First nasal spray epinephrine drug for emergency allergic reactions gets FDA approval”, in CNN:
text: He said a bite could send someone into anaphylaxis, which is a narrowing of the airways and lowering of blood pressure, within minutes.
ref: 2025 August 16, Rylee Kirk, quoting William Sutton, “Hiker in Tennessee Who Picked Up a Venomous Snake Dies After Being Bitten”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2025:
glosses: A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Hypernyms: type I hypersensitivity
hypersensitivity
Derived terms: anaphylatoxin
pseudoanaphylaxis
Related terms: anaphylactic
anaphylactically
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactoid
anaphylaxic
antianaphylaxis
seroanaphylaxis
Anaheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈænəhaɪm/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Anaheim (literally “home of Ana”). Likely a reference to the local Santa Ana River.
Senses: glosses: A city in Orange County, in southern California, United States; the home of Disneyland.
Derived terms: Anaheim disease
Anaheim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈænəhaɪm/
Forms: form: Anaheims
Etymology: Borrowed from German Anaheim (literally “home of Ana”). Likely a reference to the local Santa Ana River.
Senses: glosses: A cultivar of the green or red pepper, Capsicum annuum, having long, tapering fruit.
autocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈtɒkɹəsi/
rhymes: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: autocracies
Etymology: From auto- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía, “A system of government by one person with absolute power.”), from αὐτός (autós, “single, self, same, alone”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract nouns suffix”); see also Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “one who governs alone”).
Senses: examples: text: I want to be clear: This shift toward democracy and away from autocracy is no reason to break out the “mission accomplished” banner.
ref: 2022 December 1, John Avlon, “Opinion: The tide is turning against autocracy”, in CNN:
glosses: A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
examples: text: The will of the people of Ukraine to defend their democracy is a reminder that autocracies cannot ultimately overcome free people willing to defend their liberty.
ref: 2022 December 1, John Avlon, “Opinion: The tide is turning against autocracy”, in CNN:
text: Among those who study authoritarian regimes, a consensus has emerged that [US president Donald Trump's] early moves display common characteristics of burgeoning autocracies.
ref: 2025 May 9, Cameron Joseph, “They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: An instance of this government.
Synonyms: absolutism
despotism
dictatorship
tyranny
Hyponyms: absolute monarchy
benevolent absolutism
enlightened absolutism
enlightened despotism
Coordinate terms: sense: rule
word: government
Related terms: autocrat
autocratic
autocratically
antarthritic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antarthritics
form: antiarthritic
Etymology: From ant- + arthritic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An agent that prevents or alleviates arthritis.
antarthritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antarthritic
form: most antarthritic
form: antiarthritic
Etymology: From ant- + arthritic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Preventing or alleviating arthritis.
arthritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/
ipa: /ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/
ipa: [ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs]
ipa: /ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/
ipa: /aːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/
Forms: form: arthritides
form: arthritises
Etymology: From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;
ref: 1878, L[éon Athanese] Gosselin, “I. Hyperostosis of Right Femur. II. Necrosis of Left Tibia.”, in Lewis A. Stimson, transl., Clinical Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at the Hospital of La Charité, Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry C. Lea, part I (Surgical Diseases of Youth), page 42:
text: She identified the dry grasp and the finger joints (both the Simpsons were dry-handed, and in the early stages of arthritis, so Dr Simpson had diagnosed).
ref: 2012, Patrick White, The Cockatoos: Shorter Novels and Stories, →ISBN:
text: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
ref: 2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD:
glosses: Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.
Derived terms: acroarthritis
antiarthritis
arthritic
arthritically
arthritislike
arthritism
crystalline arthritis
dermatoarthritis
gouty arthritis
monarthritis
monoarthritis
oligoarthritis
osteoarthritis
panarthritis
pauciarthritis
periarthritis
polyarthritis
Reiter's arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
spondylarthritis
spondyloarthritis
urarthritis
Related terms: arthralgia
arthrosis
rheumatism
gout
chemo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːməʊ/
ipa: /ˈkimoʊ/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -iːməʊ
Forms: form: chemos
Senses: glosses: Clipping of chemotherapy.
Derived terms: chemobrain
chemofog
chemo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːməʊ/
ipa: /ˈkimoʊ/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -iːməʊ
Forms: form: chemos
form: chemoing
form: chemoed
form: chemoed
Senses: examples: text: We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished.
ref: 2015, Charley Fish, Insuring Death:
glosses: To treat with chemotherapy.
antichristian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /antɪˈkɹɪstɪən/
Forms: form: more antichristian
form: most antichristian
form: anti-Christian
Etymology: From Antichrist, but later reinforced and influenced by anti- + Christian.
Senses: examples: text: it was first establisht and put in practice by Antichristian malice and mystery on set purpose to extinguish, if it were possible, the light of Reformation, and to settle falshood; little differing from that policie wherewith the Turk upholds his Alcoran, by the prohibition of Printing.
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
text: They gave their power and authority to the beast—lent themselves to the support of the antichristian usurpation; prompted to this partly by superstitious reverence for the spiritual authority it claimed, and partly, perhaps chiefly, by political aims and exigencies.
ref: 1884, Justin A. Smith, Commentary on the Revelation, page 240:
text: To oppose the gathering of churches was described as siding with Antichrist in a pamphlet of 1644. Separation from an antichristian church was permissible.
ref: 1990, Christopher Hill, Antichrist in Seventeenth-Century England, page 92:
text: Thus Articles 78 and 80, which unequivocally asserted the pope's antichristian nature, were among the Irish Articles revoked in 1634.
ref: 1995, Anthony Milton, Catholic and Reformed: The Roman and Protestant Churches in English Protestant Thought, 1600–1640, page 121:
glosses: Pertaining to Antichrist.
glosses: Alternative form of anti-Christian.
Derived terms: antichristianly
antichristian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /antɪˈkɹɪstɪən/
Forms: form: antichristians
form: anti-Christian
Etymology: From Antichrist, but later reinforced and influenced by anti- + Christian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-Christian.
illiteracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɪtəɹəsi/
ipa: /ɪˈlɪt͡ʃɹəsi/
Forms: form: illiteracies
Etymology: From il- + literacy.
Senses: examples: text: Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.
text: The heroines of these plays speak out against intraracial biases, stereotyping, lynchmobs, illiteracy, poverty, promiscuity, self-righteousness, verbally abusive men, rape, and miscegenation. […] Without warning the doctor, she chokes the life out of her child in order to keep him safe from white lynchmobs.
ref: 1990, Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, “Preface”, in Wines in the Wilderness: Plays by African American Women from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present, New York, N.Y.: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page xiv:
text: While some local governments ignore the illiteracy problem, others are actively campaigning to teach people to read and write. In the villages of Xiping County in Henan Province in central China, students stop visitors and ask them to read a few characters on a blackboard. Any visitor who cannot read the characters is not allowed to enter the village. This means that illiterates are effectively grounded, and in frustration many have joined the special reading classes offered in each village. Now in Xiping County, according to local officials, only 1.7 percent of those between the ages of 20 and 40 are illiterate.
ref: 1994 September 4, Sheryl WuDunn, “China's Rush to Riches”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Section 6, page 38:
glosses: The inability to read and write.
glosses: The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.
glosses: A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
glosses: Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.
Synonyms: analphabetism
Coordinate terms: innumeracy
semiliteracy
subliteracy
Derived terms: computer illiteracy
e-illiteracy
Related terms: aliteracy
illiterate
alphabetism
humorously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhju.məɹ.ɪs.li/
Forms: form: more humorously
form: most humorously
form: humourously
Etymology: From humorous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He always managed to make people laugh at the tea table - he could pull faces so humorously.
text: But let’s fast-forward two decades and look at a couple of interesting tokiponidos (as these descendants are humorously termed) that were both proposed in mid 2020.
ref: 2022 March 28, Simon Davies, “Conlang Excursions 5: Making a Good Thing Better”, in ESF Connected:
glosses: In a humorous manner; jocularly
Synonyms: jocularly
jokingly
amusingly
anaheim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anaheims
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Anaheim.