cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tām
ipa: /teɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
homophone: Thame
Forms: form: tames
form: taming
form: tamed
form: tamed
Etymology: From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”).
Cognate with Scots tam, tame (“tame”), Saterland Frisian tom (“tame”), West Frisian tam (“tame”), Dutch tam (“tame”), Low German Low German tamm, tahm (“tame”), German zahm (“tame”), Danish tam (“tame”), Swedish tam (“tame”), Icelandic tamur (“tame”).
The verb is from Middle English tamen, temen, temien, from Old English temian (“to tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (“to tame”).
Senses: examples: text: He tamed the wild horse.
text: Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny.
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 744:
text: Due to his ingenuity Homo learned to unleash the energy of wood by taming wild fire and stepped into the pyrocultural age.
ref: 2018, Johannes Deutsch, “Exploring energy related knowledge in technology and natural science education: Uncovering energy related understanding of students in the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia at the end of lower secondary education”, in Marc J. de Vries et al., editors, Research in Technology Education: International Approaches, page 45:
glosses: To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
examples: text: The governor tames the engine.
glosses: To make submissive or docile.
examples: text: Police have to tame the riots.
glosses: To take control of something that is unruly.
examples: text: Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.
ref: 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves, page 78:
glosses: To become tame or domesticated.
examples: text: Guard dogs need to be tamed so that they know who not to attack.
text: None but Adrian could have tamed the motley population of London, which, like a troop of unbitted steeds rushing to their pastures, had thrown aside all minor fears, through the operation of the fear paramount.
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter XIX, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make gentle or meek.
Derived terms: tameable
tameableness
tamer
untameable
untameableness
tame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tām
ipa: /teɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
homophone: Thame
Forms: form: tames
form: taming
form: tamed
form: tamed
Etymology: From Middle English tamen (“to cut into, broach”). Compare French entamer.
Senses: examples: text: In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.
ref: 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
flamberge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flamberges
form: flamberg
Etymology: From French.
Senses: examples: text: The wavy, cutting surface appears in the ‘flamberge,’ to which flame gave a name: it is nowhere better developed than in the beautiful Malay kris (crease). The object seems to be that of increasing the cutting surface.
ref: 1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Sword: What is It?”, in The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, page 137:
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: flame-bladed sword
glosses: A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.
ok
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OK.
natural selection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by British biologist Charles Darwin in 1859 in his work On the Origin of Species.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones.
ref: 2024 July 24, Richard Foster, “Rail reform has never been easy”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 28:
qualifier: evolutionary theory
glosses: A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.
wikipedia: On the Origin of Species
Synonyms: survival of the fittest
Related terms: artificial selection
sexual selection
supernatural selection
law of the jungle
fuzzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌzi/
rhymes: -ʌzi
Forms: form: fuzzier
form: fuzziest
Etymology: Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).
Senses: glosses: Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
examples: text: My recollection of that event is fuzzy.
text: In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.
ref: 2014, Didier J. Dubois, Readings in Fuzzy Sets for Intelligent Systems, page 85:
text: Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student.
ref: 2017 March 11, Rochelle Sharpe, “Are You First Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: ambiguous
word: equivocal
word: ambiguous
word: equivocal
word: fuzzy
word: generic
word: gray
word: imperspicuous
word: imprecise
word: indeterminate
word: indefinite
word: indistinct
word: turbid
word: uncertain
word: unclear
word: undefined
word: undefinable
word: vague
word: woolly
glosses: Vague or imprecise.
examples: text: I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.
synonyms: word: blurry
word: ill-defined
word: dim
word: fuzzy
word: hazy
word: ill-defined
word: ill-marked
word: indefinite
word: indistinct
word: indistinguishable
word: muzzy
word: obscure
word: undefined
word: vague
glosses: Not clear; unfocused.
examples: text: Cooper has a strong sense of Welsh place; she has also a strong sense of the responsibilities of belonging. To belong is not merely a nice, fuzzy feeling; rather it means that there are grave duties to perform and serious moral battles to be fought […].
ref: 1996, Kath Filmer-Davies, “Belonging and the Right of Possession”, in Fantasy Fiction and Welsh Myth, →ISBN, page 110:
text: It had been a long time since anyone had sent her a gift, […]. And it was a long time since anything she'd received from someone had made her feel that fuzzy inside.
ref: 2025, Kit Meredith, An Extraordinary Passion, →ISBN:
glosses: Warm and comforting; affectionate.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
Derived terms: fuzzification
fuzzified
fuzzify
fuzzily
fuzziness
fuzzy-ball
fuzzy concept
fuzzy control
fuzzy controller
fuzzy dark matter
fuzzy dice
fuzzy die
fuzzy duck
fuzzy end of the lollipop
fuzzy-headed
fuzzyheaded
fuzzyism
fuzzy logic
fuzzy math
fuzzy mathematics
fuzzy measure
fuzzy melon
fuzzy-minded
fuzzy navel
fuzzy over
fuzzy relation
fuzzy search
fuzzy set
fuzzy-wuzzy
fuzzy wuzzy
L-fuzzy
neurofuzzy
nonfuzzy
scuzzy
unfuzzy
warm fuzzy
fuzzy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌzi/
rhymes: -ʌzi
Forms: form: fuzzies
Etymology: Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).
Senses: examples: text: You've got a fuzzy on your coat.
glosses: A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
examples: text: If you don't yet have a ferret, this book can help you decide whether a fuzzy is for you.
ref: 2000, Kim Schilling, Ferrets for Dummies, New York: Wiley, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
examples: text: A "fuzzy" on the other hand is a "people person," — someone who prefers studying the humanities or social sciences, someone who sees the world in broad contextual terms.
ref: 2010, Donald Barr, Questioning the Premedical Paradigm […] , Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 2:
text: If you majored in the humanities or social sciences, you were a fuzzy, and if you majored in engineering or computer science, you were a techie.
ref: 2017, Scott Hartley, The Fuzzy and the Techie […] , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN:
glosses: A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier with the rank of private.
glosses: A police officer.
serious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˈsɪː.ɹi.əs/
note: General American, Canada, mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈsɪɚ.i.əs/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈsiɹ.i.əs/
ipa: /ˈsiə.ɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˈsi.ɹi.əs/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈsɛː.ɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiəs
homophone: cereous
homophone: Sirius (mirror–nearer merger)
Forms: form: more serious
form: most serious
Etymology: From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer.
Senses: examples: text: deadly serious
text: It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily.
synonyms: earnest
solemn
glosses: Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition
examples: text: This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts.
glosses: Important; weighty; not insignificant
examples: text: After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.
text: He says he wants to buy the team, but is he serious?
glosses: Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving
glosses: Committed.
raw_tags: of a relationship
Synonyms: word: austere
word: frightful
word: demure
word: serious
word: grave
word: earnest
word: grievous
word: lack-laughter
word: thoughtful
word: sad
word: sage
word: saturnine
word: sedate
word: solemn
word: solemncholy
word: sober
word: somber
word: sombre
word: staid
word: stern
word: sweer
word: weightsome
word: weighty
Hyponyms: word: abstinent
word: ascetic
word: ascetical
word: calm
word: humorless
Derived terms: word: dead serious
word: ha ha only serious
word: joco-serious
word: nonserious
word: self-serious
word: seriously
word: serious-minded
word: serious-mindedly
word: serious-mindedness
word: seriousness
word: srs
word: take serious
word: unserious
Related terms: word: important
word: sullen
serious
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˈsɪː.ɹi.əs/
note: General American, Canada, mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈsɪɚ.i.əs/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈsiɹ.i.əs/
ipa: /ˈsiə.ɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˈsi.ɹi.əs/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈsɛː.ɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiəs
homophone: cereous
homophone: Sirius (mirror–nearer merger)
Etymology: From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer.
Senses: examples: text: The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious.
ref: 1957, Ray Lawler, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Sydney: Fontana Books, published 1974, page 68:
glosses: seriously, in a serious manner (most often heard in take or mean serious)
shame
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃeɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Etymology: From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).
Senses: examples: text: Mr John Golding: One would not realise that it came from the same Government, because in that letter the Under-Secretary states: "The future of BT's pension scheme is a commercial matter between BT, its workforce, and the trustees of the pensions scheme, and the Government cannot give any guarantees about future pension arrangements."
#*: Mr. Charles R. Morris: Shame.
ref: 1982, “Telecommunications Bill”, in Hansard:
text: […] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever — (Much tumult, and cries of "shame" and "doust the liars")
ref: 1831, The Bristol Job Nott; or, Labouring Man's Friend:
glosses: A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
examples: text: Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!
synonyms: word: what a pity
word: what a shame
word: bad luck
word: cuhdear
word: hard lines
word: hard luck
word: pity
word: shame
word: too bad
word: tough luck
word: what a pity
word: what a shame
word: worse luck
glosses: Expressing sympathy.
Derived terms: sense: term derived from shame (interjection)
word: shame, shame
shame
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃeɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: more shame
form: most shame
Etymology: From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).
Senses: examples: text: She says that she doesn't touch them, this is important, sometimes maybe a handshake may make them more shame, that is shy or embarrassed.
ref: 1998, Robyn Lynn, Rosamund Thorpe, Debra Miles with Christine Cutts, Anne Butcher, Linda Ford, 'Murri way!': Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders reconstruct social welfare practice, Centre for Social Research, →ISBN, page 47:
text: Int.[:] What types of things have you learnt about at AIME, like about yourselves or about others?
Deon[:] To be confident.
Greg[:] Yeah be confident. And not be shame…
ref: 2018, Anthony McKnight, Valerie Harwood, Samantha McMahon, Amy Priestly, Jake Trindorfer, “'No shame at AIME': listening to Aboriginal philosophy and methodologies to theorise shame in educational contexts”, in The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 52 of 46–56:
text: Aunty Gracelyn is most famous for her role in developing 'Condoman', the Indigenous superhero whose catchcry and public health message 'don’t be shame be game, use condoms!' became a defining figure of Australia's HIV and AIDS crisis.
ref: 2024, Geraldine Fela, “Don't be shame, be game! Responding to HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities”, in History Australia, volume 21, number 2, →DOI, page 262 of 261–279:
qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
glosses: Feeling shame; ashamed.
fever
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːvə/
ipa: /ˈfivɚ/
rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fevers
form: fevering
form: fevered
form: fevered
form: feaver
form: fevre
Etymology: From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Replaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.
Senses: examples: text: a fevered lip
text: the white hand of a lady fever thee
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xiii]:
glosses: To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
glosses: To become fevered.
room temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: room temperatures
Senses: examples: text: Water freezes at 0°C, which is below typical room temperature.
glosses: A normal temperature of a room in which people live; typically 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F); neither heated nor cooled.
Derived terms: assume room temperature
IQ of room temperature
room temperature challenge
room-temperature IQ
shades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃeɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: glosses: plural of shade
shades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃeɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: examples: text: His shades are by some famous designer.
text: “Everyone needs one pair of shades with a print.”
ref: 2023 June 26, Lauren Caruso and Jillian Tracy, “The 22 best sunglasses for summer, according to style experts”, in CNN:
glosses: Sunglasses.
Synonyms: sense: sunglasses
word: sunglasses
sense: sunglasses
word: sunnies
Derived terms: aviator shades
pair of shades
shutter shades
tea shades
shades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃeɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shade
sunglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunglass
form: sun glasses
form: sun-glasses
Etymology: From sun + glasses.
Senses: examples: text: It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses.
ref: 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75:
glosses: Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory.
examples: text: My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar
ref: 2011, Fun, We Are Young:
glosses: A person wearing sunglasses
Synonyms: sense: please verify
word: bahne
raw_tags: referring to Ray-Bans
word: shades
word: sunnies
english: Indian
translation: Indian
word: cooling glasses
word: smoked glasses
word: smoked spectacles
word: sunspecs
Derived terms: aviator sunglasses
Irish sunglasses
pair of sunglasses
sunglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sunglass + -es.
Senses: glosses: plural of sunglass (“type of lens”)
sunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sunglasses + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), retaining the plural form.
Senses: examples: text: She took off her sunnies and polished them, a little vigorously.
ref: 2005, Dave Franklin, Manic Streets of Perth, published 2011, unnumbered page:
text: With Heath wearing a black beanie and his trademark sunnies, the couple arrived in Perth at 12.20 p.m. after flying in from the US via Sydney.
ref: 2008, Janet Fife-Yeomans, Heath: A Family′s Tale, page 97:
text: 2009, Susan Lyons, Sex Drive, Kensington Press, US, page 160,
“Sunscreen for you.” Her skin was a light golden brown. “And sunnies and a hat.” He slipped on his own sunglasses.
text: Bring the Prada sunnies, the papers and an appetite if you′re heading here for breakfast.
ref: 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 525:
text: I can see it now: these sunnies are going to be your fave in no time!.
ref: 2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Sunglasses.
Synonyms: shades
sunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As a kid, he used to catch sunnies with a cane pole and garden worms in the stream behind the house.
glosses: plural of sunny (sunfish or sunperch)
contact
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑntækt/
ipa: /ˈkɒntækt/
ipa: /kənˈtækt/
ipa: /kənˈtækt/
rhymes: -ækt
Forms: form: contacts
form: contacting
form: contacted
form: contacted
Etymology: From Latin contactus, from contingō (“I touch on all sides”), from tangō (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.
Senses: examples: text: The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
glosses: To touch; to come into physical contact with.
examples: text: I am trying to contact my sister.
glosses: To establish communication with (something or someone).
Derived terms: contactee
contactor
noncontacted
noncontacting
recontact
supercontacting
uncontacted
cooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʊkt/
rhymes: -ʊkt
Etymology: From the past tense of the verb cook.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cook
ingenue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑnʒənu/
ipa: /ˌænʒeɪˈnjuː/
Forms: form: ingenues
form: ingénue
Etymology: Borrowed from French ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (“guileless”), originally from the Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”).
Senses: examples: text: She was seen as a gifted pop-country ingenue when, in a now infamous moment, Kanye West interrupted Swift onstage at the 2009 VMAs while she was accepting an award. The incident set in motion a chain of events that would shape the next decade of both artists’ lives.
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023:
glosses: An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
examples: text: The intelligent and talented blonde who was fluent in English, French and Spanish was interested in art and joined a local theater group to work on set designs but wound up on stage playing an ingenue in Liliom and was spotted by director Vincente Minnelli.
ref: 2012, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969, McFarland, →ISBN, page 396:
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
hypernyms: stock character
coordinate_terms: girl next door
femme fatale
damsel in distress
glosses: A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.
examples: text: Mr. Acheson's failure as Secretary of State ... has been an inability to understand people or to be understood by them.
ref: 1951 June 11, Harold L. Ickes, “Acheson, Political Ingenue”, in The New Republic, volume 124, number 24, page 17:
text: I cannot resist citing, slightly out of context, another bit of Baudelaire: "Satan s'est fait ingénu" (Satan has made himself into an ingenue [Oeuvres Completes 640])
ref: 2002 Spring, Joshua David Gonsalves, “What Makes Lord Byron Go? Strong Determinations-Public/Private-of Imperial Errancy”, in Studies in Romanticism, volume 41, number 1, Psychoanalytic, page 40fn:
text: America why callow ingenue bile?
ref: 2006 September, Kevin McFadden, “It's a Cue, the Name”, in Poetry, volume 188, number 5, page 417:
glosses: Misspelling of ingenu.
Derived terms: mangenue
Related terms: ingenu
ingenuous
WAFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒfl/
ipa: /ˈdʌbl̩.juː eɪ ɛf ɛl/
Senses: qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: Initialism of West Australian Football League.
glosses: Initialism of Write Anywhere File Layout, a patented file system designed to optimize write performance in storage applications.
glosses: Initialism of Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics, a yearly international linguistic conference.
Related terms: AFL
NEAFL
NZAFL
QAFL
SANFL
VFA
VFL
cooked mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: As a humorous opposite to raw mode.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The mode of a device driver in which input data is processed or preprocessed.
Related terms: rare mode
wrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭst
ipa: /ɹɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
Forms: form: wrists
Etymology: From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
Senses: examples: text: With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Derived terms: bridle wrist
limp of the wrist
limp-wrist
limp-wristed
one off the wrist
slap on the wrist
slap someone's wrist
wrist band
wristband
wrist banger
wrist drop
wrist-fall
wristguard
wristless
wrist pad
wrist pin
wristpin
wrist plate
wrist rest
wrist-slap
wrist spin
wrist spinner
wrist strap
wriststrap
wrist-top
wristwarmer
wrist watch
wristwatch
wrist-winged glider
wrist wrap
wristy
wrist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭst
ipa: /ɹɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
Forms: form: wrists
form: wristing
form: wristed
form: wristed
Etymology: From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To hit a wrist shot.
fudge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʌd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Forms: form: fudges
form: fudging
form: fudged
form: fudged
Etymology: Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”.
Senses: examples: text: When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
synonyms: waffle
equivocate
hedge
glosses: To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
examples: text: The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged.
text: I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
text: Do you fudge your age?
glosses: To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
glosses: To botch or bungle something.
synonyms: word: cheat
word: abuse
word: counterfeit
word: deceive
word: dissemble
word: dissimulate
word: feign
word: jiff
word: overreach
word: put on
word: spoof
word: sham
word: trick
glosses: To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
Derived terms: fudge together
fudger
fudge wheel
unfudged
fudgeable
fudge
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʌd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Etymology: Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”.
Senses: examples: text: Fudge! if you had such a fine instinct, why did you let us go to Transome Court and make fools of ourselves?
ref: 1866, George Eliot, Felix Holt:
text: Pearl had to go home. Mike was one of the last of the good guys, so he said he'd run her on home. All Robert could say was, "Ah, fudge."
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: Used in place of fuck.
examples: text: Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me.
ref: 1871, George Eliot, Middlemarch:
glosses: Nonsense; tommyrot.
blowfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbloʊˌflaɪ/
Forms: form: blowflies
form: blow-fly
form: blow fly
Senses: examples: text: The blowfly was her next victim, but an unexciting one. Pulling off its legs, she placed it with the hornet, and both lay side by side unprotestingly.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 168:
text: What is a blow-fly? That is what I thought when I saw them: blow-flies. Is there something dead around here that has not yet begun to stink? I cannot discover where they are coming from; they just appear in the light of the lamp, attracted by the warmth, I suppose, and fly up against the bulb and then drop stunned on the table and flop about groggily until I sweep them away with my sleeve.
ref: 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
glosses: Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
Synonyms: bottlefly
meat fly
Hyponyms: blowie
bluebottle
blue-bottle fly
greenbottle
green-bottle fly
Related terms: word: flesh fly
word: flesh-fly
word: fleshfly
word: flyblow
word: flyblown
misanthrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/
ipa: /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹəʊp/
ipa: /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/
ipa: /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹoʊp/
rhymes: -əʊp
Forms: form: misanthropes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.
Senses: examples: text: Alas, poor Dean! his only scope
Was to be held a misanthrope.
ref: 1731, Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Jonathan Swift:
text: I cannot love evergreens—they are the misanthropes of nature. To them the spring brings no promise, the autumn no decline; they are cut off from the sweetest of all ties with their kind—sympathy.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 50:
glosses: One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
glosses: Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.
Synonyms: misanthropist
Derived terms: womanthrope
Related terms: english: hatred of humans
translation: hatred of humans
word: misanthropy
word: misanthropic
english: hatred of males
translation: hatred of males
word: misandry
english: hatred of females
translation: hatred of females
word: misogyny
english: hatred of children
translation: hatred of children
word: misopedia
english: love of humans
translation: love of humans
word: philanthropy
word: philanthropic
word: philanthropist
english: love of males
translation: love of males
word: philandry
english: love of females
translation: love of females
word: philogyny
english: love of children
translation: love of children
word: philopedia
english: bitter misanthrope
translation: bitter misanthrope
word: Timonist
alt: fearer—less commonly, hater—of foreigners
word: xenophobe
derisively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɹaɪsɪvli/
ipa: /dɪˈɹɪzɪvli/
Forms: form: more derisively
form: most derisively
Etymology: From derisive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As ſometimes, with us, a queſtion is put deriſively, in the form of an aſſertion, when the propoſer conceives, as ſeems to have happened here, ſome abſurdity in the thing, I thought it beſt, after the example of ſo many Lat[in] interpreters, to adopt the equivocal, or rather the oblique, form of the original expreſſion. The ambiguity is not real, but apparent.
ref: 1789, George Campbell, The Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek. With Preliminary Dissertations, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. … In Two Volumes, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, →OCLC; republished as “Art. IX. Dr. Campbell on the Four Gospels. [Article concluded.] Dissertation XII.”, in The Monthly Review; or Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume II, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T. Becket, in Pall Mall, August 1790, →OCLC, page 411
text: In the personal bearing of Gustavus Adolphus [of Sweden], more distinctly than in his high aims, it now became evident that he deemed himself free from the obligations of deference to others, and regarded his own aspirations as his sole standard of action; he expressed himself to the Marquis as disapproving of the French King's course because he did not set himself up as the reformer of his Church, and he spoke derisively of the Pope.
ref: 1884, Anton Gindely, “The Neutrality Negotiations with the League and the Battle on the Lech”, in Andrew Ten Brook, transl., History of the Thirty Years’ War … With an Introductory and a Concluding Chapter by the Translator: Complete in Two Volumes, volume II, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 27 & 29 West Twenty-third Street, →OCLC, page 100:
text: ["]And suddenly he notices the workman at a distance standing there and smiling deceitfully, that is, not deceitfully though, I'm wrong there, what is it …?" / "Derisively," Versilov prompted him discreetly. / "Derisively, yes, a little derisively, that kind, good Russian smile, you know; the great personage was in a bad humour, you understand: 'What are you waiting here for, big beard?' said he. 'Who are you?'"
ref: 1916, Fyodor Dostoevsky, chapter I, in Constance Garnett, transl., A Raw Youth (The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky; 7), London: William Heinemann, published 1956, →OCLC, part II, page 199:
glosses: In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly.
Synonyms: demeaningly
mockingly
Related terms: derision
derisive
derisiveness
goolie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːli
Forms: form: goolies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gooly.
headbutt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdbʌt/
Forms: form: headbutts
form: head butt
form: head-butt
Etymology: From head + butt.
Senses: glosses: A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.
headbutt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdbʌt/
Forms: form: headbutts
form: headbutting
form: headbutted
form: headbutted
form: head butt
form: head-butt
Etymology: From head + butt.
Senses: examples: text: Then he got down on his hands and knees and pretended to headbutt the cat: 'Come on, come on, little ram! Let's see your horns!'
ref: 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 52:
glosses: To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object.
Derived terms: headbutter
headbutt with
Related terms: butt heads with
butthead
butt
Glasgow kiss
fudge factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fudge factors
Senses: examples: text: We don't know exactly how much the load will weigh, so we'll add in a fudge factor to make sure we don't underestimate.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty.
glosses: Any padding or compensation built into a guess or estimate.
glosses: variant of "pucker factor", meaning something is/was frightening.
Related terms: safety factor
surprise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈpɹaɪz/
enpr: sərprīzʹ
ipa: /sɚˈpɹaɪz/
note: General American, r-dissimilation
enpr: səprīzʹ
ipa: /səˈpɹaɪz/
note: General American, r-dissimilation
note: Indic
ipa: /sə(r)ˈprajs/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈsɜ(r)ˌprajs/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: surprises
form: surprising
form: surprised
form: surprised
form: surprize
Etymology: From Middle English surprise, borrowed from Middle French surprise (“an overtake”), nominal use of the past participle of Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”), from sor- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin super- + Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere (“to grasp, seize”). Doublet of suppli.
Senses: examples: text: It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
glosses: To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
examples: text: He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
glosses: To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
examples: text: He doesn’t surprise easily.
glosses: To undergo or witness something unexpected.
glosses: To cause surprise.
glosses: To attack unexpectedly.
examples: text: "You were right," replied Isabella, "and I should not have surprised your confidence, had I not had something I wished to say. I know what you mean to do with Mr. Glentworth's gift—a marriage would scarcely be one without wedding-dresses—he has been equally generous to me, and you must keep the money till it is wanted, which, I hope, will be soon."
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 112:
glosses: To take unawares.
Synonyms: sense: to come upon unexpectedly
word: overtake
surprise
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈpɹaɪz/
enpr: sərprīzʹ
ipa: /sɚˈpɹaɪz/
note: General American, r-dissimilation
enpr: səprīzʹ
ipa: /səˈpɹaɪz/
note: General American, r-dissimilation
note: Indic
ipa: /sə(r)ˈprajs/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈsɜ(r)ˌprajs/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: surprize
Etymology: From Middle English surprise, borrowed from Middle French surprise (“an overtake”), nominal use of the past participle of Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”), from sor- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin super- + Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere (“to grasp, seize”). Doublet of suppli.
Senses: examples: text: "Surprise!" we shouted as we jumped out from the cupboard. "Happy birthday!"
glosses: Drawing attention to a surprising action by oneself.
examples: text: When we add code modules, we will have an additional folder called (surprise!) Modules.
ref: 2013, John Connell, Beginning Visual Basic 6 Database Programming, page 129:
glosses: Sarcastically drawing attention to something that should have been obvious.
Karelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Karelia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the region of Karelia, politically split between the administrative regions of North Karelia and South Karelia, Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
Synonyms: Kareli
Derived terms: Karelian Isthmus
Karelianness
Karelian pasty
Karelian pie
Karelo-Finnish
Karelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Karelians
Etymology: From Karelia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the region of Karelia.
Synonyms: Kareli
Karelian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Karelia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A language closely related to Finnish, spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Karelian terms
loden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊdən/
rhymes: -əʊdən
Forms: form: lodens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Loden.
Senses: examples: text: The first thing that caught my eye on this excursion was the number of grey, brown and green loden coats and hats, and how well and sensibly everyone was dressed in general, how remarkably solid were the shoes of the pedestrians of Nuremberg.
ref: 2011 [2001], Anthea Bell, transl., Austerlitz, Penguin, translation of original by W. G. Sebald, page 314:
glosses: A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
glosses: A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
loden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊdən/
rhymes: -əʊdən
Forms: form: more loden
form: most loden
Etymology: Borrowed from German Loden.
Senses: glosses: Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
skullcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskʌlkæp/
Forms: form: skullcaps
form: skull cap
form: skull-cap
Etymology: From skull + cap.
Senses: examples: text: He was a short man with a long hooked nose. A blue skull-cap with a red border scarcely covered his head of bristly grey hair, and a short-bodied but long Ringerike coat of dark grey frieze with worn velvet borders served to make the roundness and crookedness of his back still more conspicuous.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 285:
text: “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement.
ref: 2019 May 28, Jack Guy and Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN:
text: The French government in 2004 banned “conspicuous” religious symbols including Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crosses from French schools.
ref: 2022 June 21, Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, “French court confirms ban on ‘burkinis’ in city’s swimming pools”, in CNN:
glosses: A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
glosses: A yarmulke-like hat.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
glosses: A torture device for compressing the skull.
Synonyms: sense: yarmulke
word: kippah
Derived terms: baical skullcap
mad-dog skullcap
Related terms: kippah
yarmulka
yarmulke
zucchetto
echo poem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echo poems
Etymology: After a technique developed by Aurélien Dauguet in 1972.
Senses: glosses: A poem constructed by the surrealist technique of alternately writing a stanza and then "mirroring" it in some fashion to create the following stanza.
Related terms: urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20041120013828/http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/surrealist_techniques
word: An encyclopedia of surrealist techniques
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20041215192431/http://www.forwardpress.co.uk/04_workshop/workshop_10.htm
word: A workshop on poetry
english: echo verse
translation: echo verse
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20041215192431/http://www.forwardpress.co.uk/04_workshop/workshop_10.htm
word: also mentioning the related term
resident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/
rhymes: -ɛzɪdənt
Forms: form: residents
Etymology: From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside + -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).
(physician): So called because in the 19th century they resided in the hospital dormitories.
Senses: examples: text: The tiger is a resident of the Lower Amoor, and ranges as high as 53° north latitude. In winter he roams through the same forests with the reindeer, and occasionally dines upon venison of his own catching.
ref: 1868, Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Harper's, volume 37, page 303:
text: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: The acorns are more slender and pointed than the other and this tree is a resident of foothills all around the great valley up to elevations of about 3500 feet.
ref: 1953, Woodbridge Metcalf, “Trees of Las Posadas”, in Pamphlets on Conservation of Natural Resources, volume 15, Northwest Regional Council:
glosses: A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
glosses: A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
examples: text: She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A physician receiving specialized medical training.
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
glosses: A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
topics: law
glosses: A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: Alternative form of rezident.
Derived terms: coresident
dual resident
e-resident
non-resident
permanent resident
residency
resident alien
resident-general
resident minister
residentship
Southern resident orca
resident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/
rhymes: -ɛzɪdənt
Forms: form: more resident
form: most resident
Etymology: From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside + -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).
(physician): So called because in the 19th century they resided in the hospital dormitories.
Senses: examples: text: resident in the city or in the country
glosses: Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
examples: text: He is our resident computer expert.
text: Across the country, around 180 Class 08/09s are still registered with main line operators and spot hire companies as well as at various industrial sites, while around 70 more are resident at heritage railways.
ref: 2023 November 1, “Network News: Strong industry interest as Positive Traction launches '08e'”, in RAIL, number 995, page 19:
glosses: Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
examples: text: stable and resident like a rock
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
text: one there still resident as day and night
ref: 1651, William Davenant, Gondibert:
glosses: Fixed; stable; certain.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
raw_tags: of memory
U.S.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of USA.
united
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈnaɪtɪd/
ipa: /jʊˈnaɪtɪd/
enpr: yo͞o-nīʹtĭd
enpr: yo͝o-
ipa: /juˈnaɪtɪd/
ipa: /jʊˈnaɪtɪd/
ipa: [juˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d]
ipa: [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d]
ipa: [jʊˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d]
ipa: [jəˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d]
rhymes: -aɪtɪd
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *éy?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Italic *oinos
Old Latin oinos
Latin ūnus
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Latin -iō
Latin ūniō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin ūnītuslbor.
Middle English uniten
English unite
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz
Old English -od
Middle English -ed
English -ed
English united
From unite + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unite