cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
existential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛɡ.zɪˈstɛn.ʃəl/
ipa: /ˌɛk.sɪˈstɛn.ʃəl/
rhymes: -ɛnʃəl
Etymology: From Late Latin existentialis, from existentia.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to existence.
examples: text: existential risk
text: Jaspers' main concern has been with existential dread, which he regards not as a symptom of mental illness, but as a result of rejecting religious faith. He proposes that man's only way out of existential dread is through a “leap into faith” which reconciles man with himself and with God, and provides an experience of the absolute which transcends mere sense experience.
ref: 2013, J. E. Sieber; H. F. O'Neil, Jr.; S. Tobias, Anxiety, Learning, and Instruction, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: Here, therefore, we seek to assemble and assess the evidence to provide an overview of how serious trade is as an existential threat to avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia.
ref: 2015, James Eaton et al., “Trade-driven extinctions and near-extinctions of avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia”, in Forktail, page 2, column 2:
text: To Musk, his vast fortune is a mere side effect of his ability not just to see but to do things others cannot, in arenas where the stakes are existential.
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
glosses: Concerning the very existence of something, especially with regard to extinction.
examples: text: In recent books on logic, distinction is made between two orders of inquiry concerning anything. First, what is the nature of it? how did it come about? what is its constitution, origin, and history? And second, What is its importance, meaning, or significance, now that it is once here? The answer to the one question is given in an existential judgment or proposition. The answer to the other is a proposition of value, what the Germans call a Werthurtheil […]
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: Based on experience; empirical.
examples: text: Some existential thinkers are concerned with artistic expression only indirectly, that is, they are passionately interested critics and analysts of art works.
ref: 1997, Thomas Hanna, “Albert Camus: Man in Revolt”, in William Leon McBride, editor, Sartre's French Contemporaries and Enduring Influences (Sarte and Existentialism), Garland, →ISBN, page 356:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to existentialism.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence, e.g. "there is".
Derived terms: existential crisis
existential instantiation
existentialism
existentialist
existentialistic
existentialize
existentially
existential nihilism
existential quantifier
existential risk
existential threat
nonexistential
singular existential statement
Related terms: aseity
exist
existence
existent
existential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛɡ.zɪˈstɛn.ʃəl/
ipa: /ˌɛk.sɪˈstɛn.ʃəl/
rhymes: -ɛnʃəl
Forms: form: existentials
Etymology: From Late Latin existentialis, from existentia.
Senses: examples: text: We argue that existentials form a radial category, with a prototype and less canonical instances, where the prototype is clearly definable but the actual borderline between existentials and other clause types is fuzzy.
ref: 2014, Silvia Luraghi, Tuomas Huumo, Partitive Cases and Related Categories, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 153:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of existential clause.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
coordinate_terms: generic
glosses: Ellipsis of existential type.
existentialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/
Forms: form: existentialisms
Etymology: Borrowed from French existentialisme.
Senses: examples: text: The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
examples: text: Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.
text: Instead of Existentialism, we should speak of Existentialisms.
ref: 1965 Sep, Mikel Dufrenne, “Existentialism and Existentialisms”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 26, number 1, page 51:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
Related terms: exist
existence
existential
existentialist
existentialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: existentialists
Etymology: From French existentialiste, equivalent to existential + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
existentialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more existentialist
form: most existentialist
Etymology: From French existentialiste, equivalent to existential + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to existentialism.
Derived terms: existentialist anarchism
existentialist anarchist
Related terms: exist
existence
existential
existentialism
existentialistically
existentially
kuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Forms: form: kunas
form: kune
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kúna/ку́на.
Senses: glosses: The former (until 2023) currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa.
Persephone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsɛfəni/
ipa: /pɚˈsɛfəniː/
Forms: form: Persephonë
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid.
examples: text: ‘My name is Persephone’ she says, ‘but in England everyone calls me Seph.’
ref: 2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate, Transit Lounge Publishing (2011) (e-book), chapter 23, 376
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The ninth or tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto.
Derived terms: Persephonean
Demeter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmiːtə/
ipa: /dəˈmiːtəɹ/
ipa: /ˈdɛmɪtəɹ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
coordinate_terms: word: Ceres
english: Roman counterpart
translation: Roman counterpart
glosses: The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.
circa
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːkə/
ipa: /ˈsɝkə/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
Forms: form: ca.
form: ca
form: c.
form: cca.
form: cir.
form: circ.
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin circa.
Senses: examples: text: Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.
glosses: Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
Related terms: circum-
grinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
Forms: form: grinches
Etymology: Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch.
Senses: examples: text: Here's what they would risk: appearing responsible for higher taxes next year after Obama offered them a deal to extend the Bush-era rates, coming off as grinches for failing to extend unemployment insurance during the holiday season, and the possibility that next year Obama and Democrats will actually hold more leverage in this debate.
ref: 2010 December 9, Chris Good, “Will Republicans Scuttle the Tax Cut Deal?”, in The Atlantic:
synonyms: word: grouch
word: killjoy
word: spoilsport
word: buzzkill
word: cold fish
word: dampener
word: downer
word: fun sponge
word: grinch
word: joy killer
word: killjoy
word: miserabilist
word: party pooper
word: spoilsport
word: stick in the mud
word: wet blanket
word: wet rag
coordinate_terms: scrooge
glosses: A grouch or killjoy.
glosses: A person who is aggressively intent on ruining the Christmas holidays for others.
grinch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
Forms: form: grinches
form: grinching
form: grinched
form: grinched
Etymology: Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch.
Senses: glosses: To act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someone.
Derived terms: anti-grinch
grinch foot
grinchily
grinch paw
grinchsome
grinch toe
grinchy
deceptively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsɛptɪvli/
Forms: form: more deceptively
form: most deceptively
Etymology: From deceptive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: those deceptively jaunty tunes that mask less-than- cheerful lyrics
ref: 2006 February 10, Dorian Lynskey, “Readers recommend: joyous songs”, in The Guardian:
text: 2010, Australian Law Dictionarydeceptively similar, Oxford Reference
A trade mark is deceptively similar to another trade mark if it so nearly resembles that other trade mark that it is likely to deceive or cause confusion
text: President Trump sued CBS in a federal court alleging that the interview was deceptively “doctored” to help Harris beat Trump. CBS insisted that it was not doctored.
ref: 2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN:
glosses: In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
examples: text: We've rounded up 26 recipes that sound, look and taste difficult but are actually really easy. ... try one of these deceptively easy but wildly impressive recipes.
ref: 2015 February 12, Alison Spiegel, “Deceptively Easy Valentine's Day Recipes”, in HuffPost:
text: The “deceptively spacious” cliche is accurate in the case of this house near the corner of Castlepark Road and Hyde Road: from the front, it looks like a traditional 1930s home. But the current owners, who moved here 23 years ago, have extended it three times since then; now, with two levels at the back, it has 346sq m (3,725sq ft) of space.
ref: 2015 September 3, Frances O'Rourke, “‘Deceptively spacious’ fits the bill in Dalkey for €1.575m”, in The Irish Times:
text: what seems like a complex situation is actually deceptively simple
ref: 2018 May 7, Phil Harrison, “Monday’s best TV: Genderquake”, in The Guardian:
text: Over 20-25 minute episodes, A Teacher shows us what should seem to be a transparent case of grooming: Claire (Kate Mara), a quiet, deceptively self-destructive new high school English teacher in Austin, Texas, and her 17-year-old student-turned-lover, Eric (Love Simon’s Nick Robinson).
ref: 2020 November 9, Adrian Horton, “A Teacher review – intriguing yet incomplete drama about grooming”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Actually but not apparently.
examples: text: The trial court found that the crewman who had spread the sawdust over the oil had made the situation more dangerous by creating a deceptively safe condition, resulting in a "trap" and an unseaworthy condition.
ref: 1968 October 29, Leonard P. Moore, Bertino v. Polish Ocean Line, 402 F.2d 963, 866 (2 Cir. 1968)
text: Mathematicians have long pondered a deceptively easy puzzle about the reach of a goat tied to a fence. Until now, they’ve only found approximate answers.
ref: 2020 December 27, Steve Nadis, “After Centuries, a Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution”, in Wired:
glosses: Apparently but not actually.
Derived terms: deceptively misdescriptive
nondeceptively
lasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lase
lasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lasings
Senses: glosses: The application of a laser beam.
queso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪsoʊ/
ipa: /ˈkeɪsəʊ/
rhymes: -eɪsəʊ
Forms: form: quesos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese.
Senses: examples: text: The day before, prepare the tortillas for the chalupitas and the quesos.
ref: 1998, Jane Butel, Jane Butel’s Quick and Easy Southwestern Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 237:
text: The ceviche is very good with just the right amount of spice; and quesos with chorizos and flour tortillas are a must.
ref: 2009, Pat Miller et al., editors, Gabby Gourmet 2009 Restaurant Guide: Your Guide to Dining in the Greater Denver Area by Pat Miller and Friends, Denver, Colo.: TDF Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 340:
text: It's something I call an "enchalupa." It's a flour tortilla deep-fried with the chalupa 'mold' so it forms a cruncy-fried bowl. Layer a touch of our queso dip, chicken, tomatoes, onion and enchilada sauce. Top with shredded cheese and pop it under the salamander til everything is melty and delicious. I like it with sour cream and cilantro on top. Serve this with beans and rice, and BAM! Instant lunch for the Chef.
ref: 2012 February 5, Wanna B Gourmande, “Pancho's Villa(dos)”, in WannaBGourmande.com, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
text: All quesos, of course, are not created equal. You can have the high-rent, artisanal versions; I’ll take the low road. Snobbery has no place in my personal connoisseurship, since my quesos of choice are (almost) invariably made of processed cheese.
ref: 2012, Alison Cook, “Why Chile con Queso Matters”, in Brett Anderson, Sara Camp Arnold, John T. Edge, editors, Cornbread Nation 6: The Best of Southern Food Writing, Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.
baryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/
ipa: /ˈbæɹiɒn/
Forms: form: baryons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on.
Senses: examples: text: Without prejudging on the actual nature of the relationship between the V₁ and the nucleon it seems practical to have a collective name for these particles and other which possibly may still be discovered and which may also have to be taken along in the conservation principle just mentioned. It is proposed to use the fitting name "baryon" for this purpose.
ref: 1953 October 1, A. Pais, “On the Baryon-meson-photon System”, in Progress of Theoretical Physics, volume 10, number 4, page 457:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
Synonyms: word: baryon
Hypernyms: word: hadron
word: fermion
word: subatomic particle
Hyponyms: word: nucleon
word: proton
word: neutron
Derived terms: antibaryon
baryo-
baryochemical
baryon acoustic oscillation
baryonic
baryonic matter
baryonium
baryonless
baryon number
dibaryon
exotic baryon
hyperbaryon
lambda baryon
multibaryon
technibaryon
xi baryon
yogurt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: yŏʹgət
ipa: /ˈjɒ.ɡət/
enpr: yōʹgərt
ipa: /ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/
enpr: yōʹgət
ipa: /ˈjəʉ.ɡət/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɡət
Forms: form: yogurts
form: yoghurt
form: yoghourt
form: yogourt
form: yoghurd
form: yaghourt
form: yahourt
form: yogurd
form: yohourth
form: yooghort
form: yughard
form: yughurt
form: yaourt
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut.
Senses: examples: text: Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).
ref: 2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star:
text: It makes up an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, and contains stereotypically “unhealthy” products like sodas, candies and hot dogs as well as seemingly “healthy” ones like whole grain breads, breakfast cereals, flavored yogurts and plant milks.
ref: 2024 May 9, Alice Callahan, “Are Some Ultraprocessed Foods Worse Than Others?”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: milk food
glosses: A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
glosses: Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).
Derived terms: AB-yogurt
frogurt
fro-yo
frozen yogurt
Greek yogurt
Icelandic yogurt
purple-headed yogurt slinger
soy yogurt
yogurt knitting
yogurt-knitting
yogurt maker
Related terms: buttermilk
curd
kefir
whey
surrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɝəɡɪt/
Forms: form: surrogates
Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Senses: examples: text: A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
synonyms: word: fill-in
word: ghost
word: proxy
word: replacement
word: stand-in
word: substitute
word: surrogate
glosses: A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
glosses: A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
glosses: A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
topics: law
glosses: A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An ersatz good.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of surrogate key.
Hyponyms: high surrogate
low surrogate
Derived terms: audience surrogate
surrogate activity
surrogate advertising
surrogate court
surrogate father
surrogate key
surrogate mother
surrogate pair
surrogate parent
surrogate proxy
surrogateship
surrogative
surrogatively
Related terms: surrogatum
surrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɝəɡɪt/
Forms: form: more surrogate
form: most surrogate
Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Senses: glosses: Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
surrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɝəɡɪt/
ipa: /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɝəɡeɪt/
Forms: form: surrogates
form: surrogating
form: surrogated
form: surrogated
Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Senses: synonyms: deputize
foster
replace
subrogate
substitute
glosses: To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
Related terms: subrogate
surrogatum
subrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbɹəɡeɪt/
Forms: form: subrogates
form: subrogating
form: subrogated
form: subrogated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin subrogātus, perfect passive participle of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“I ask, request”). A variant of surrogate.
Senses: examples: text: In the course of that work air‑conditioning units were installed. Those units are equipped with compressors which were manufactured by Refcomp, whose registered office is in Italy, purchased from that company and fitted by Climaventa whose registered office is also in Italy, then sold to Doumer by the company Liebert to whose rights Emerson is now subrogated. […] Subrogated to the rights of Doumer, to which it paid compensation, Axa Corporate sued the manufacturer Recomp, the fitter Climaveneta and the seller Emerson before the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris (Regional Court, Paris) seeking an order that they pay in solidum compensation for the damage suffered.
ref: 2013 February 7, European Court of Justice, Refcomp SpA vs. Axa Corporate Solutions Assurance SA / Axa France IARD / Emerson Network / Climaveneta SpA,, Case C‑543/10, marginals 8 and 10:
text: A co-debtor that pays off a principal creditor has a choice. It can subrogate to the principal creditor's claim or it can file its own claim in the bankruptcy. It cannot do both; its own claim will be disallowed if it seeks subrogation.
ref: 2019, Ginsberg, Martin, Kelley, Ginsberg and Martin on Bankruptcy, Aspen Publishers Online, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: law
synonyms: substitute
surrogate
glosses: To replace one person or thing with another.
Derived terms: subrogation
fervour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fervours
Senses: examples: text: The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.
ref: 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 404:
glosses: Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor.
Derived terms: fervourless
fervourous
eutopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The term appears to be a back-formation from the adjective eutopic, which came from the more common noun eutopia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of being properly placed, as opposed to ectopy.
Dyirbal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɪəbaːl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/
ipa: /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/
homophone: gerbil
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Senses: glosses: An ergative Australian Aboriginal language of the Dyirbalic branch of the Pama-Nyungan family, spoken in the region of Cairns and the Atherton Tableland, Queensland.
lavish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlævɪʃ/
rhymes: -ævɪʃ
Forms: form: lavishes
form: lavishing
form: lavished
form: lavished
form: lavis
form: laves
form: lavas
Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”).
Senses: examples: text: They lavished money on the dinner.
glosses: To give out extremely generously; to squander.
examples: text: They lavished him with praise.
glosses: To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
lavish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlævɪʃ/
rhymes: -ævɪʃ
Forms: form: lavis
form: laves
form: lavas
Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”).
Senses: glosses: Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.
Derived terms: lavisher
lavishly
lavishment
lavishness
overlavish
unlavish
unlavished
unerring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈɜːɹ.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: more unerring
form: most unerring
Etymology: From un- + erring.
Senses: examples: text: 1717: Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. -- John Dryden's 1697–1700 translation of "The Story of Meleager and Atalanta", in Ovid's Metamorphoses (tr. Garth, Dryden, et al.), book VIII, pub. 1717
text: One learns, as one goes through life, to spot goofiness in the other sex with an unerring eye [...]
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
text: As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.
ref: 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1:
text: Debutant Mateo Retegui was the beneficiary of poor work from Harry Maguire, whose failed attempt to close down the danger on the edge of the box allowed the Italians to shift the ball to the 23-year-old to drill an unerring finish past Jordan Pickford after 56 minutes.
ref: 2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: consistently accurate; not missing a target.
Hallewell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhælɪwɛl/
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English from a place name meaning "holy well".
FYI
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛfwaɪˈaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: eff why eye
form: eff-why-eye
Senses: examples: text: FYI, there are donuts in the break room. [sentence adverbial use]
text: I just wanted to give you an FYI about the donuts in the break room. [noun use]
text: He forwards so many FYIs that sometimes it feels a bit like the boy who cried wolf. [noun use]
text: At the close of a recent cable describing the recovery of his censor-held photographs of the fighting in the Holy Land, Life photographer John Phillips added the casual postscript: "FYI, Burke narrowly escaped death outside Jerusalem a few days ago."
ref: 1948 June 14, “Don Burke, chief of Time Inc.'s Cairo bureau”, in Time:
text: But I’ve only ever used it combined with hormonal birth control, FYI, and I’m currently not on any birth control.
ref: 2024 September 24, Beth Gillette, “I Tested Apostrophe, and I’ll Never Get Acne Meds From My Derm’s Office Again”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:
glosses: Initialism of for your information.
necessarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛs.ə.sə.ɹɪ.li/
ipa: /ˈnɛs.ə.sɛɹ.li/
ipa: /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/
ipa: /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.ə.li/
ipa: /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.li/
Forms: form: more necessarily
form: most necessarily
Etymology: From necessary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents.
text: But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.
ref: 2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:
text: Oregon’s uptick in marijuana sales along the Idaho border doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all Idahoans who are lighting up, Lehner said.
ref: 2020 January 20, Harmeet Kaur, “Marijuana sales on the Oregon-Idaho border are 420% higher than average, an analysis finds. Yes, you read that right”, in CNN:
synonyms: needs
glosses: Inevitably; of necessity.
Related terms: necessary
not necessarily
unnecessarily
unnecessarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unnecessarily
form: most unnecessarily
Etymology: From unnecessary + -ly or un- + necessarily.
Senses: examples: text: He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered.
text: There be […] lords that can prate
As amply and unnecessarily
As this Gonzalo;
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Pray let not any-body unnecessarily be acquainted with this shocking affair;
ref: 1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, London, Volume 1, Letter 33, p. 235:
text: “Wait a moment,” said he, quite unnecessarily, for she could not have stirred;
ref: 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, “A Crisis”, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC, pages 113-114:
text: […] they made good laws and kept the peace and saved good trees from being unnecessarily cut down,
ref: 1950, C. S. Lewis, chapter 17, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, New York: Macmillan:
synonyms: needlessly
pointlessly
uselessly
for no reason
glosses: In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.
examples: text: The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry.
text: In the days of their [the Roman armies’] grandeur, when no enemy appeared capable of opposing them, their heavy armour was laid aside as unnecessarily burdensome, their laborious exercises were neglected as unnecessarily toilsome.
ref: 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 2, Book 5, Part 1, pp. 307-308:
text: His absence was unnecessarily long.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 245:
text: About the turn of the century, the company had several ambitious and costly plans in hand—including direct lines to the West Country, South Wales and Birmingham—and so had no wish to incur additional expenditure unnecessarily.
ref: 1957 September 24, E. W. P. Veale, “The Marlow & Henley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 656:
text: […] it seemed that she used his name unnecessarily often,
ref: 2007, Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, published 2008, page 28:
text: The pregame crew then showed a pair of faux-Super Bowl ads, including an unnecessarily woke Cheez-It commercial and a Papa John’s ad that fully embraces Pizzagaters.
ref: 2021 February 7, Daniel Kreps, “Watch ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewer Super Bowl Sunday”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2022:
synonyms: unduly
glosses: To an extent beyond what is needed.
Related terms: unnecessary
necessarily
unnecessary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈnɛs.ə.s(ə)ɹɪ/
ipa: /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.ɪ/
ipa: /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ʌnˈnɛs.ə.ɹɪ/
ipa: /anˈnes.əˌseɹ.i/
Forms: form: more unnecessary
form: most unnecessary
Etymology: From un- + necessary.
Senses: examples: text: The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.
text: Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills."
ref: 1956 September, 'Precursor', “The Dursley & Midland Junction Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 599:
text: Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.
ref: 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
glosses: Not needed or necessary.
glosses: Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
Synonyms: sense: not needed
word: superfluous
sense: not needed
word: unneeded
sense: not needed
word: needless
sense: not needed
word: innecessary
sense: in addition to requirements
word: additional
sense: in addition to requirements
word: innecessary
Derived terms: unnecessaries
unnecessarily
unnecessariness
endemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: endemick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). Possibly via ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique.
Senses: examples: text: The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
glosses: Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
examples: text: Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
text: […] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]
ref: 1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
raw_tags: of plants and animals
examples: text: Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
text: 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.
text: In a country where corruption is endemic, no evidence has been presented that Ms Yingluck took any money from the rice scheme, which in 2012 and 2013 cost Thailand billions of dollars. But a state-appointed committee last year ordered her to pay the fine, finding she was to blame, even though it was government policy.
ref: 2017 July 26, Lindsay Murdoch, “Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female PM, faces financial ruin and jail”, in The Sydney Morning Herald;:
coordinate_terms: word: epidemic#Adjective
word: pandemic#Adjective
word: enzootic#Adjective
english: nonhuman animals
translation: nonhuman animals
word: epizootic#Adjective
word: panzootic#Adjective
word: ;
english: plants
translation: plants
word: enphytotic#Adjective
word: epiphytotic#Adjective
word: panphytotic#Adjective
glosses: Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
raw_tags: of diseases
Synonyms: sense: native to a particular area
word: native
sense: peculiar to a particular area
word: indigenous
sense: peculiar to a particular area
word: precinctive
Derived terms: Balkan endemic nephropathy
coendemic
endemical
endemically
endemicity
holoendemic
hyperendemic
hypoendemic
mesoendemic
microendemic
near-endemic
neoendemic
nonendemic
palaeoendemic
paleoendemic
stenoendemic
subendemic
synendemic
tripledemic
Related terms: ecdemic
endemism
epidemic
pandemic
endemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: endemics
form: endemick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). Possibly via ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique.
Senses: examples: text: The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 34:
glosses: An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
coordinate_terms: word: epidemic#Noun
word: pandemic#Noun
word: enzootic#Noun
english: nonhuman animals
translation: nonhuman animals
word: epizootic#Noun
word: panzootic#Noun
word: ;
english: plants
translation: plants
word: enphytotic#Noun
word: epiphytotic#Noun
glosses: A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.
enzootic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛn.zoʊˈɒt.ɪk/
ipa: /ɛn.zoʊˈɑt.ɪk/
Forms: form: enzootics
Etymology: From en- + zootic.
Senses: topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: word: epizootic#Noun
word: panzootic#Noun
word: ;
english: humans
translation: humans
word: endemic#Noun
word: epidemic#Noun
word: pandemic#Noun
english: plants
translation: plants
word: enphytotic#Noun
word: epiphytotic#Noun
glosses: A disease that is consistently prevalent in a population of non-human animals in a limited region, season, or climate.
enzootic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛn.zoʊˈɒt.ɪk/
ipa: /ɛn.zoʊˈɑt.ɪk/
Etymology: From en- + zootic.
Senses: glosses: Like or having to do with an enzootic.
examples: text: Rabies is enzootic throughout North America.
coordinate_terms: word: epizootic#Adjective
word: panzootic#Adjective
word: ;
english: humans
translation: humans
word: endemic#Adjective
word: epidemic#Adjective
word: pandemic#Adjective
english: plants
translation: plants
word: enphytotic#Adjective
word: epiphytotic#Adjective
word: panphytotic#Adjective
glosses: Prevalent in a given population or area.
raw_tags: of a disease
Derived terms: enzootically
Related terms: enzoosis
zootic
pandemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænˈdɛmɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpaɳɖəmɪk/
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: See Pandemic.
Senses: examples: text: The meeting of Venus with Phoebe distinguishes her roles: the business of Venus in her pandemic form is to ensure the immortality of the kinds. Her Garden has the voluptuousness necessary to ensure this, and this is 'the first seminarie / Of all things that are borne to live and die / According to their kindes.' [Quoting from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.]
ref: 1967, Frank Kermode, “World Without End or Beginning”, in The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (The Mary Flexner Lectures on the Humanities; 1965), New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC; new edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2000, →ISBN, page 76:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic (“of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.”).
lase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪz/
homophone: lays
homophone: laze
rhymes: -eɪz
Forms: form: lases
form: lasing
form: lased
form: lased
Etymology: Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase.
Senses: examples: text: The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe.
text: The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.
text: When a laser zaps an electron orbiting a proton, the electron undergoes what is called the Lamb shift, absorbing energy and jumping to a higher energy level. […] But instead of lasing electrons, Knowles examined protons with particles called muons, which he calls "the electron's fat cousin."
ref: 2010 (publication date), Daniel Lametti, "The Proton Gets Small(er)", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 67
glosses: To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.
examples: text: The commander lased the target across the valley.
glosses: To use a laser beam on, as for targeting or rangefinding.
examples: text: Once enough of the gas particles are in a higher energy state, they will begin to lase and give off a coherent beam.
text: Charles Townes' comments that it turned out to be easy to make the first laser and that anything will lase if you hit it hard enough are incredible statements to me. If it was so easy, why didn't Columbia, Bell Labs, or TRG pull it off? They each had a head start, plenty of money, and heavy staffing.
ref: 1988, Theodore H. Maiman, in an interview, to Richard Rhodes
glosses: To operate as a laser; to release coherent light due to stimulation.
spesh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Forms: form: more spesh
form: most spesh
Etymology: Shortened from special.
Senses: examples: text: Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Hey. You look really cute today. Listen, this is gonna be tough, I know. It's gonna take some serious restraint on our part. But what we have is rare. Super spesh. But I'm afraid we can't act on it, Jude.
ref: 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
glosses: special
triple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈtɹɪpl̩]
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪpl̩]
rhymes: -ɪpəl
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Senses: examples: text: The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
glosses: Made up of three related elements, often matching
examples: text: Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
glosses: Of three times the quantity; treble.
examples: text: a triple room
glosses: Designed for three users.
glosses: Folded in three; composed of three layers.
examples: text: a triple meaning
glosses: Having three aspects.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
examples: text: the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: One of three; third.
Synonyms: sense: made up of three related elements
word: tern
word: treble
sense: three times the quantity
word: threefold
word: thrissome
word: threefold
word: ternary
word: triadic
word: trinary
word: trine
word: triple
Hypernyms: word: plural
Hyponyms: word: trinal
word: triplex
Derived terms: scalar triple product
triple-A
triple A
triple acrostic
triple agent
triple-alpha process
triple A syndrome
triple bar
triple barrel
triple-barrelled
triple bill
triple-blind
triple bluff
triple bogey
triple bond
triple burner
triple century
triple check
triple-click
triple combination
triple contrabass viol
triple crown
triple-decker
tripledemic
triple dog dare
triple double
triple-double
triple down
triple-E
triple E
triple energizer
triple entendre
triple-entendre
triple equals
triple fault
triple feature
triple-full
triple goddess
triple harp
triple-hat
triple-headed
triple-header
triple jump
triple-jumper
triple jumper
triple lock
triple-lock
triple malt
triple-masted
triple negative breast cancer
triple-negative breast cancer
triple nelson
triple nine
triple O
triple oppression
triple option
triple parentheses
triple play
triple point
triple reassortant
triple science
triple sec
triple seven
triple-SIM
triple SIM
triple single
triple star
triple star system
triple stop
triple-stranded
triple-tail
triple-team
triple test
triple threat
triple-threater
triple threater
triple time
triple-triple
triple triple
triple valve
triple warmer
triple whammy
triple witching
triple witching hour
triple X
triple X syndrome
Related terms: duple
treble
triple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈtɹɪpl̩]
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪpl̩]
rhymes: -ɪpəl
Forms: form: triples
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Senses: glosses: Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.
examples: text: I've had a hard day; make that a triple.
glosses: A drink with three portions of alcohol.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Three runs.
examples: text: I'd like a triple with cheese.
glosses: A hamburger with three patties.
examples: text: The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A three-base hit: a triple play.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A three-point field goal.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
Hyponyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Hoare triple
Derived terms: Pythagorean triple
triplestore
triple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈtɹɪpl̩]
ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪpl̩]
rhymes: -ɪpəl
Forms: form: triples
form: tripling
form: tripled
form: tripled
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Senses: examples: text: The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
glosses: To multiply by three.
examples: text: The batter tripled into the gap.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To get a three-base hit.
examples: text: Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
glosses: To become three times as large.
examples: text: Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
ref: 1982 January, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench, volume 157, number 1, page 106:
text: Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.
ref: 2011, Mel LeCompte, The Tee Cotton Bowl:
glosses: To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
Derived terms: triplet
Related terms: treble
single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
panel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpænəl/
ipa: [ˈpæn.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈpænəl/
ipa: [ˈpæn.ɫ̩]
ipa: [ˈpɛən.əl]
ipa: [ˈpɛən.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈpænəl/
ipa: [ˈpæn.ɫ̩]
ipa: [ˈpeːnəl]
ipa: [ˈpeːn.ɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈpɛnəl/
ipa: [ˈpɛn.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ænəl
Forms: form: panels
form: paneling
form: panelling
form: paneled
form: paneled
form: panelled
form: panelled
form: pannel
Etymology: From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.
Senses: glosses: To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.
examples: text: The knight […] arose, and commanded Sancho to saddle his horse and pannel his ass immediately.
ref: 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume One, II.5:
glosses: To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.
glosses: To fit (a room etc.) with panels.