cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
obligations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑb.ləˈɡeɪ.ʃənz/
rhymes: -eɪʃənz
Senses: glosses: plural of obligation
frankfurter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frankfurters
Etymology: From German Frankfurter, the demonym of Frankfurt. Specifically, a reference to Frankfurt-am-Main.
Senses: glosses: A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.
Synonyms: sense: type of sausage
word: coney island
sense: type of sausage
word: Coney Island
sense: type of sausage
word: frank
sense: type of sausage
word: frankfurt
sense: type of sausage
word: hot dog
sense: type of sausage
word: tube steak
sense: type of sausage
word: wiener
Derived terms: -furter
chickenfurter
cocktail frankfurter
shrimpfurter
Related terms: sav
savaloy
Frankfurter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frankfurters
Etymology: From German Frankfurter. Equivalent to Frankfurt + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Frankfurt, state of Hesse, Germany.
crib board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crib boards
Senses: glosses: cribbage board
BF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BFs
form: B.F.
form: bf
Senses: examples: text: Fishy2: You are in New York? I really can't travel. SNasties: That's not a problem, my bf and I can travel.
ref: 2008, Teri Brooks, Cracked Vases, page 127:
text: It's not as if I was a slapper or anything like that, I just didn't want the hassle of a bf.
ref: 2011, Brian Conaghan, The Boy Who Made It Rain, page 11:
related: word: bf
hypernyms: SO
coordinate_terms: GF
glosses: Initialism of boyfriend.
glosses: Initialism of best friend.
examples: text: You really are a B.F., Arthur.
ref: 1939, Cecil Day-Lewis, Child of Misfortune:
glosses: Initialism of bloody fool.
glosses: Initialism of bisexual female.
coordinate_terms: BM
WF
glosses: Initialism of black female.
raw_tags: in personal ads
glosses: Initialism of bodyfat.
glosses: Initialism of booking fee.
Related terms: sense: best friend
word: BFF
sense: best friend
word: BFFL
BF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: B.F.
form: bf
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Burkina Faso.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Battlefield, an FPS video game series.
glosses: Ellipsis of BF Homes.
BF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: B.F.
form: bf
Senses: glosses: Initialism of brought forward.
trade magazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade magazines
Etymology: trade (“a group of people engaged in a craft”) + magazine (“serial publication”)
Senses: glosses: A magazine dedicated to the dissemination of information related to a particular industry.
Related terms: trade newspaper
trade newspaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade newspapers
Etymology: trade (n def2) in the sense of a group of people engaged in a craft + newspaper
Senses: glosses: A newspaper dedicated to the dissemination of information related to a particular industry.
Related terms: trade magazine
trade press
bacchanalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
ref: 1894, George du Maurier, “Part Third”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 165:
text: Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.
ref: 2015, Adam Jones, Bomb: My Autobiography:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.
bacchanalian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacchanalians
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.
Derived terms: bacchanalianism
pwn3d
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pwn3d
form: most pwn3d
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pwned.
Gurkha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
Forms: form: Gurkhas
form: Gurkha
form: Gorkha
form: Ghurkha
form: Ghoorka
form: Goorka
form: Goorkha
Etymology: From Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”), from गोरखा (gorakhā)/गोर्खा (gorkhā, “Gorkha District”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa, “cowherd”) an epithet of the patron deity Gorakhnath, from गो (go, “cow”) + रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”).
Senses: glosses: A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
glosses: A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
Gurkha
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
Forms: form: more Gurkha
form: most Gurkha
form: Gorkha
form: Ghurkha
form: Ghoorka
form: Goorka
form: Goorkha
Etymology: From Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”), from गोरखा (gorakhā)/गोर्खा (gorkhā, “Gorkha District”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa, “cowherd”) an epithet of the patron deity Gorakhnath, from गो (go, “cow”) + रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”).
Senses: examples: text: The Gurkha royal house of Shah united all Nepal under its rule
glosses: Referring or belonging to the Gurkha people.
examples: text: In 2009, Gurkha veterans were awarded better terms in the UK
glosses: Referring or belonging to Gurkha soldiers.
Derived terms: Gurkha knife
flautist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɔːtɪst/
ipa: /ˈflaʊtɪst/
Forms: form: flautists
form: flutist
Etymology: From Italian flautista.
Senses: examples: text: The flautist Bezaly adds to the impressive list of flute concertos dedicated to her with the composer Pulkkis’s contribution to the genre.
ref: 2007 July 28, Rick Jones, “Sharon Bezaly / Uljas Pulkkis: Enchanted Garden”, in Times of London:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: aulete
flute-player
fluter
flutist
glosses: One who plays the flute.
flutist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flutists
Etymology: Probably from Middle French flutiste, equivalent to flute + -ist. Replaced Middle English flouter (“flute player”) from Old French flauteur.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flautist.
GED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GEDs
form: G.E.D.
Senses: examples: text: He’d had the thought of getting his GED in the back of his mind for a while.
ref: 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 138:
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of General Educational Development.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of general education degree/diploma.
Related terms: topics: education
word: GCSE
silver goal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver goals
Etymology: Based on earlier golden goal.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
coordinate_terms: golden goal
glosses: The first goal scored during the first half of extra time, giving victory to the scoring side at the end of the half-time, if this rule is in effect and the scoring side is leading.
horse of a different color
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse of a different colour
Senses: examples: text: "Against physical danger I am willing to offer myself at any time to your Highness . . . . But to walk straight into jail, with my eyes open, that's a horse of a different color."
ref: 1908, Harold MacGrath, chapter 22, in The Lure of the Mask:
glosses: An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.
Sitz im Leben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sitz im Leben.
Senses: glosses: sociological setting
areola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹi.ə.lə/
ipa: /ˌæ.ɹiˈəʊ.lə/
ipa: /əˈɹi.ə.lə/
ipa: /ˌɛɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/
ipa: /ˌæɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/
rhymes: -iələ
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: areolas
form: areolae
form: areolæ
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. Doublet of areole.
Senses: examples: text: Working with the Personal Genome Project, she has collected measurements and images of the areolas of 150 people so far. One initial finding is that the diameter of the areola seems unrelated to the number of areola glands — the small bumps in the skin surrounding the nipple.
ref: 2014 April 28, Albert Sun, “From Volunteers, a DNA Database”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple.
examples: text: The tubes or elongated spaces of which we have spoken, are not distended with any fluid, but are merely moistened in the same way as the areolas of ordinary areolar tissue.
ref: 1847, The Medico-Chirurgical Review, volume 51, page 329:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the small spaces between fibres of the tissues of certain lichens.
examples: text: Every pulvillus or areola is studded with from six to eight spines... From these pulvilli, also called spiniferous areola, or very close to it, burst the young bud or flower. If the latter, it is then called the floriferous areola, and the point where the epidermis bursts is of a deep pink tinge.
ref: 1876 Richard E. Kunzé Cereus bonplandii (Parmet). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York p.129
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Small patches, bearing the spines and glochids characteristic of the stems of cacti.
Derived terms: areola mammae
areolar
Related terms: areole
area
give someone the slip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone the slip
form: giving someone the slip
form: gave someone the slip
form: given someone the slip
Senses: examples: text: The police chased the suspect for two days before he finally gave them the slip and vanished.
text: One way or another I'm gonna lose ya, I'm gonna give you the slip.
ref: 1979, Blondie, One Way or Another (song)
glosses: To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
Apocalypticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of apocalypticism.
otic bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈəʊtɪk bəʊn/
/ˈotɪk bəʊn/
Forms: form: otic bones
Etymology: From otic + bone.
Senses: examples: text: The otic bones include the tympanic bulla, the periotic, and the three auditory ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes).
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bone inside the ear.
Synonyms: sense: bone inside the ear
word: auditory bone
word: auditory ossicle
word: bonelet
word: ear bone
word: ossicle
word: ossiculum
Related terms: bony labyrinth
periotic
apocalypticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌpɒ.kəˈlɪp.tɪˌsɪz.əm/
ipa: /əˌpɔk.əˈlɪp.təˌsɪ.zəm/
Forms: form: apocalypticisms
Etymology: From apocalyptic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: China's huge scale magnified the effects of apocalypticism in the Taipeng Rebellion.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 897:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A belief or doctrine based on apocalypse, especially which believes in an imminent end to the current world order.
Britannia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: brĭ-tăn′yə
enpr: brĭ-tăn′ē-ə
ipa: /bɹɪˈtæn.jə/
ipa: /bɹɪˈtæn.i.ə/
ipa: /bɹɪˈtæn.ɪ.ə/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.
Senses: examples: text: Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves / Britons never, never shall be slaves
ref: 1740, “Rule, Britannia!”, James Thomson (lyrics), Thomas Arne (music):
text: I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.
ref: 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:
text: Burn Britannia, kill the Queen, that's a vibe
ref: 2022, “Take That”, performed by Bob Vylan:
glosses: A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.
synonyms: Roman Britain
glosses: A province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A community in Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A group of neighbourhoods in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A former village in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A rural municipality in western Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502.
glosses: A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821).
glosses: A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).
related: word: britannia
word: britannia metal
glosses: Ellipsis of Britannia metal (“a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter”).
Derived terms: Britannia metal
Britannia silver
Cool Britannia
Related terms: Caledonia
John Bull
overspent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛnt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overspend
overspent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛnt
Senses: glosses: Exhausted; excessively fatigued.
AFAIR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: IIRC
text: In the same thread (and others as well) it was stated and AFAIR never withspoken, that light 'climbing out a gravity well' redshifts, thus looses^([sic]) energy, but not speed (and vice versa falling in).
ref: 1996 July 24, LBsys, “John Baez' gravitational rainbow”, in sci.physics (Usenet):
synonyms: word: AFAIAA
english: all either synonymous or nearly so
translation: all either synonymous or nearly so
word: AFAIAC
word: AFAIC
word: AFAICMO
word: AFAICT
word: AFAIK
word: SFAIAA
word: SFAICT
word: SFAIK
word: TMK
word: to my knowledge
word: to the best of my knowledge
word: TTBOMK
glosses: Initialism of as far as I recall/remember.
ectropion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˈtɹəʊpiən/
Forms: form: ectropions
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκτρόπιον (ektrópion).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A condition of the cervix, characterized by the cells of the endocervix being present in the location of the ectocervix.
Related terms: entropion
ectopion
autological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.təʊˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌɔː.təˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌɑːtoʊˈlɑːd͡ʒɪkəl/
ipa: /ˌɑːtəˈlɑːd͡ʒɪkəl/
Etymology: From German autologisch, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, autology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The word polysyllabic is autological, but the word monosyllabic is not.
text: Because the word short is in fact short, it is considered autological.
text: The word noun is itself a noun, and is thus autological.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: or especially an adjective
glosses: Possessing the property it describes.
raw_tags: of a word
Synonyms: homological
Hypernyms: self-referential
Derived terms: autologicality
autologically
Related terms: autologous
autonymous
self-reference
Wikipedia:Russell's paradox
cultural literacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cultural literacies
Senses: examples: text: Critics of contemporary culture generally posit a steep decline in cultural literacy.
glosses: Knowledge of and ability to discuss the history of and major concepts underlying a culture, particularly one's own and those of one's peers.
box-office bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box-office bombs
form: box office bomb
Senses: examples: text: The story organization is acquiring a lot of downbeat, disgusting properties like ALL FALL DOWN (which turned into an awful box-office bomb) and TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (which will do the same thing .
ref: 1960, Jaik Rosenstein (publisher), Hollywood Close-Up, page 4:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: flop
turkey
antonyms: blockbuster
coordinate_terms: sleeper
glosses: A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.
motion picture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊʃən ˈpɪktʃə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: motion pictures
form: motion-picture
form: motion pic
Senses: examples: text: Some technical knowledge of cameras and lighting is needed to create a motion picture.
text: The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect – just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
glosses: A sequence of images depicting people or objects in motion, preserved on a recording medium and capable of being projected for viewing.
examples: text: Gone with the Wind is my favorite motion picture.
glosses: A movie.
Synonyms: moving picture
film
Hyponyms: silent film
talkie
talking picture
Coordinate terms: video
WBAGNFARB
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Disingenuous Bystanders" WBAGNFARB
ref: 2002, CICADFL, “Happy October 8!”, in alt.fan.dave_barry (Usenet):
text: Flaming Tacos WBAGNFARB!
ref: 2006, Blinky the Wonder Wombat, “Re: Ink Pen this week”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet):
text: Wave Federation Protocol WBAGNFARB.
ref: 2012, »Q«, “[OT] Google Wave reaches Deadpool stage of development”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of would be a good name for a rock band.
poseuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poseuses
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A female poseur.
doomsday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduːmz.deɪ/
rhymes: -uːmzdeɪ
Forms: form: doomsdays
form: domesday
Etymology: From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Possibly influenced by Latin domus dei (“house of God”).
Senses: glosses: The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
topics: Christianity
Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
glosses: Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
glosses: Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.
Synonyms: apocalypse
Armageddon
day of doom
end times
eschaton
Final Judgment
judgement day
Derived terms: doomsdate
doomsday device
doomsdayer
doomsday fish
doomsdayism
doomsday plane
till doomsday
doomsday
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduːmz.deɪ/
rhymes: -uːmzdeɪ
Forms: form: domesday
Etymology: From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Possibly influenced by Latin domus dei (“house of God”).
Senses: glosses: Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
examples: text: The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away."
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 867:
glosses: Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
glosses: Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: Domesday Book
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday algorithm
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday argument
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday bomb
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: Doomsday Clock
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday cult
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday event
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: Doomsday Glacier
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday machine
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday method
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday rule
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday scenario
sense: Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
word: doomsday weapon
judgement day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: judgement days
form: judgment day
Senses: examples: text: If God's a-coming, he ought to make it by then / Maybe he'll look around himself and say / “Guess it's time for the judgement day!”
ref: 1968, Zager and Evans, “In the Year 2525”:
text: But when I woke up this morning / I could have sworn it was judgement day
ref: 1982, Prince, “1999 [title]”, in 1999:
topics: Christianity
Islam
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: apocalypse
Armageddon
day of judgment
doomsday
Final Judgment
final reckoning
Great Assize
Last Judgment
glosses: The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits.
Coordinate terms: Ragnarok
funnily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌnəli/
Forms: form: more funnily
form: most funnily
Etymology: From funny + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […]
ref: 2015 December 26, Victor Robert Farrell, Night-Whispers Vol 01-Q1-'Stirring Passions', Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 143:
synonyms: amusingly
glosses: In a funny or amusing manner.
examples: text: Who, Bob? I just ran into him last week, funnily enough.
text: It hurts to swallow and to eat . . . sometimes, I find myself breathing funnily. The doctors have not found anything, even after the X-ray, but I feel that there is something physically wrong . . .
ref: 1982, Stephen Murgatroyd, Ray Woolfe, quoting a rape victim, “Some Physical Reactions”, in Coping with Crisis: Understanding and Helping People in Need, London: Harper & Row, →ISBN, part 2 (Crises), chapter 10 (Rape), page 126:
synonyms: funny#Adverb
strangely
unexpectedly
glosses: In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence.
East Tennessee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A geographical and political region in the Eastern third section of Tennessee (United States). It includes the cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Related terms: West Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Tennessee
extance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extances
Etymology: From Latin extantia, exstantia (“a standing out”), from exstans, present participle. See extant.
Senses: examples: text: He […] who hath in his intellect the ideal existences of things and entities before their extances.
ref: c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC:
glosses: Emergence.
Art Deco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːɹt ˈdɛkəʊ/
ipa: /ˌɑɹt ˈdɛkoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛkəʊ
Forms: form: art deco
form: Art Déco
Etymology: Borrowed from French Art déco, first used in the catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, France, in 1966. Art déco is a clipping of arts décoratifs (“decorative arts”) (from the name of an exhibition called L’Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris in 1925), from arts (plural of art (“art”)) + décoratifs (plural of décoratif (“decorative”)).
Senses: examples: text: A pair of Armada flagons were bought for £1,900 and a four-piece Art Deco tea set on a matching tray was sold at £1,500.
ref: 1978 July 26, Paula Judge, “Saleroom: Jane Austen Ms [manuscript] sold for £38,000”, in Financial Times, number 27,620, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 8:
text: These properties reflect the wide variety of resources that represent the American heritage. They include skyscrapers in Chicago and mining structures in Alaska; prehistoric petroglyphs in Nevada and World War II fortifications in Guam; a district of art deco buildings in Miami and a district of prominent artists' and writers' homes in Santa Fe.
ref: 1989, “Introduction”, in National Register of Historic Places 1966–1988, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers; National Park Service; Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, →ISBN, page ix, column 1:
text: Always in the same district, at 61 Olive Street, is the Oviatt Building, one of [the] most important examples of Art Deco architecture found within Los Angeles city limits, and once a prestigious clothing shop boasting such clients as Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. […] The store was replaced by today's Rex II Restaurant, decorated as an^([sic – meaning a]) 1920s ocean liner in keeping with the overall Art Deco decor.
ref: 1995, Rosanna Cirigliano, “Los Angeles”, in California, Florence: Casa Editrice Bonechi; San Francisco, Calif.: Smith Novelty Company, →ISBN, page 119:
text: This project has stripped away modern PVCu and aluminium shop fronts to reveal original or 1930s Art Deco work, with judicious repairs and replacements as necessary, plus stonework repairs and the restoration of traditional London Transport signage.
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards Honour the Best Restoration Projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in Rail, number 946, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 59:
topics: architecture
art
arts
synonyms: Deco
glosses: A style of decorative art (often used in household objects) and architecture originating in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by bold geometric forms, strong contrasting colours, and simple composition.
wikipedia: Chrysler Building
Paul Follot
William Van Alen
Derived terms: Deco
decopunk
rite of passage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: [ˌɹaɪɾ‿əv-]
rhymes: -æsɪdʒ
Forms: form: rites of passage
Etymology: From rite + of + passage, a calque of French rite de passage. The French term was coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909).
Senses: examples: text: The passage through the jambs would thus signify regeneration or new birth, which was to be followed by either sacrifice or by the purifying rite of passage through the fire; for although the passages are so narrow that they could not be used as ordinary gates, they were wide enough for this purpose, for the sacrificial victims were always youthful.
ref: 1897, H[enry] S[wainson] Cowper, “Section IV. The Senams and Their Story”, in The Hill of the Graces: A Record of Investigation among the Trilithons and Megalithic Sites of Tripoli, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, pages 185–186:
text: The so-called rites of passage, which occupy such a prominent place in the life of a primitive society (ceremonials of birth, naming, puberty, marriage, burial, etc.), are distinguished by formal, and usually very severe, exercises of severance, whereby the mind is radically cut away from the attitudes, attachments, and life patterns of the stage being left behind.
ref: 1949, Joseph Campbell, “Prologue: The Monomyth”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Cleveland, Oh.: Meridian Books, World Publishing Company, published April 1969, →OCLC, page 10:
synonyms: rite de passage
qualifier: cultural anthropology
glosses: A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a passage or transition from one stage of a person's life to another.
examples: text: After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first beer. This is a common American rite of passage.
text: In the final, affirming piece, "They Tell Me...Now I Know," the girlchild narrator begins menstruation, thus undergoing her rite of passage into womanhood.
ref: 1989 December 17–23, Terri L. Jewell, “The Power of Black Women Together: Shay Youngblood’s Marvelous Extended Family of Stories [review of The Big Mama Stories (1989) by Shay Youngblood]”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, Boston, Mass.: The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13, column 1:
text: Not only did these holiday resorts [Butlin's] become a rite of passage for TV's biggest talents – Red Coats comedians, magicians and presenters were often scouted, then sent to perform live at places like the London Palladium, before securing a television contract – but the culture within them meant that the audience were already invested in this type of entertainment once they returned home.
ref: 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC Online, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2023:
glosses: Any significant event or experience that marks a transition from one stage in a person's life to another.
pentatonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + tonic.
Senses: examples: text: The middle movement is completely pentatonic, giving it an unusual sound.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Based on five tones.
Derived terms: pentatonically
pentatonicism
Related terms: diatonic
pentatonic scale
pentatone
pentatonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentatonics
Etymology: From penta- + tonic.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The pentatonic scale.
dance floor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dance floors
form: dance-floor
form: dancefloor
Senses: examples: text: I bet that you look good on the dancefloor / I don't know if you're looking for romance or / I don't know what you're looking for
ref: 2005, “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, in Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, performed by Arctic Monkeys:
glosses: A large floor, usually made of hardwood, used primarily for dancing.
cocoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈkuːn/
other: [kʰɘ̞ˈkʰu̟ːn]
rhymes: -uːn
homophone: kokoon
Forms: form: cocoons
Etymology: From French cocon, diminutive of coque (“shell”).
Senses: glosses: The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
glosses: Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
Derived terms: brood cocoon
carcoon
cocooner
cocoonery
cocoonet
cocoonish
cocoonlike
decocoon
jet cocoon
uncocoon
cocoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈkuːn/
other: [kʰɘ̞ˈkʰu̟ːn]
rhymes: -uːn
homophone: kokoon
Forms: form: cocoons
form: cocooning
form: cocooned
form: cocooned
Etymology: From French cocon, diminutive of coque (“shell”).
Senses: examples: text: Vern grabbed the throw draped over the back of the sofa and cocooned herself within it.
ref: 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 163:
glosses: To envelop in a protective case.
glosses: To withdraw into such a case.
staple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/
rhymes: -eɪpəl
Forms: form: staples
Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade.
ref: 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
text: For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool.
ref: 1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
text: Calais was one of the ‘principal treasures’ of the crown, of both strategic and economic importance. It was home to the staple, the crown-controlled marketplace for England's lucrative textile trade, whose substantial customs and tax revenues flooded into Henry's coffers.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 73:
glosses: A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
examples: text: Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news. Whenever there was a rumour that anything important had happened or was about to happen, people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: Place of supply; source.
examples: text: The old staple of coal is a declining traffic; and what remains tends to be hauled a shorter distance, as new power stations are sited closer to coalfields.
ref: 1961 October, “Editorial: The importance of the "Roadrailer"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 577:
glosses: The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
examples: text: Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures.
glosses: A basic or essential supply.
examples: text: In most countries, rubbish makes headlines only when it is not collected, and stinking sacks lie heaped on the streets. In Britain bins are a front-page staple.
ref: 2010, The Economist, Jul-Aug 2010, p. 27:
glosses: A recurring topic or character.
examples: text: Tow is flax with short staple.
glosses: Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
glosses: Unmanufactured material; raw material.
Derived terms: staple character
staple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/
rhymes: -eɪpəl
Forms: form: staples
form: stapling
form: stapled
form: stapled
Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: to staple cotton
glosses: To sort according to its staple.
staple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/
rhymes: -eɪpəl
Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: a staple town
glosses: Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
examples: text: a staple trade
text: To ruin with worse ware our staple trade
ref: 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
glosses: Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
examples: text: What needy writer would not solicit to work under such masters, who will pay us beforehand, take off as much of our ware as we please, at our own rates, and trouble not themselves to examine, either before or after they have bought it, whether it be staple, or not.
ref: 1714 February, [Jonathan Swift], The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: […], London: […] [John Barber] for John Morphew, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Fit to be sold; marketable.
examples: text: wool, the great staple commodity of England
ref: 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages:
text: The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.
ref: 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VIII, Section ii:
glosses: Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
staple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/
rhymes: -eɪpəl
Forms: form: staples
Etymology: From Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), from Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”).
See also Old English steppan (“to step”) and Old French estaple (“post”). Consider also stapes (“stirrup”), from Latin. Doublet of étape and etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: They stapled the documents with an office stapler, putting a staple in the top left corner of each one.
glosses: Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.
A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
examples: text: They stapled the housewrap with a staple gun firing large staples.
glosses: Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.
A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
examples: text: The rancher used staples to attach the barbed wire to the fence posts.
text: Esther's wrists were firmly tied, and the twisted rope was fastened to a strong staple in a heavy wooden joist above, near the fire-place. Here she stood, on a bench, her arms tightly drawn over her breast. Her back and shoulders were bare to the waist.
ref: 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
glosses: Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.
A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
examples: text: Fortunately, there were staples in the quay wall, and she was able to climb out of the water.
glosses: One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
glosses: A small pit.
examples: text: [Henry II] also granted liberty of coyning to certain Cities and Abbies, allowing them one staple and two puncheons at a rate, with certain restrictions.
ref: 1605, William Camden, “Money”, in Remaines Concerning Britain:
glosses: A district granted to an abbey.
glosses: A post; prop; support
Derived terms: bike staple
pipe-staple
staple gun
staple puller
staple punch
staple remover
staple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/
rhymes: -eɪpəl
Forms: form: staples
form: stapling
form: stapled
form: stapled
Etymology: From Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), from Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”).
See also Old English steppan (“to step”) and Old French estaple (“post”). Consider also stapes (“stirrup”), from Latin. Doublet of étape and etymology 1.
Senses: glosses: To secure with a staple.
Derived terms: stapler
Related terms: Staple Hill
staples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staple
staples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of staple
interlinear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + linear.
Senses: glosses: inserted between the lines of a text
raw_tags: of text
glosses: having alternate lines of text in different languages
Derived terms: interlinearization
interlinearize
interlinearly
Related terms: juxtalinear
interlinear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interlinears
Etymology: From inter- + linear.
Senses: glosses: A translated text having alternate lines in different languages.
chockablock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒkəˌblɒk/
Forms: form: more chockablock
form: most chockablock
form: chock-a-block
form: chock a block
form: choc-a-bloc
Etymology: From chock + -a- + block.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
raw_tags: of a ship's hoisting tackle
examples: text: Dance music is chockablock with anonymous artists, but few have concealed themselves with quite the dedication of the Knife.
ref: 2009 March 27, Alexis Petridis, “Electronic review: Fever Ray, Fever Ray”, in The Guardian:
text: Haberman’s book is chockablock with scoops, comprehensively leaked to the press before publication, but what singles it out from the competition is its perceptiveness about Trump’s character and the way his private vices became public menaces.
ref: 2022 October 9, Peter Conrad, “Confidence Man: The Making of Trump and the Breaking of America review […] ”, in The Observer:
text: Fish is chockablock full of protein.
ref: 2024 March 18, Allison Aubrey, “Millions of women are 'under-muscled.' These foods help build strength”, in NPR:
glosses: Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.
Derived terms: chock
chocka
chocker
chockers
chokka
Related terms: chock full
chockablock
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒkəˌblɒk/
Forms: form: more chockablock
form: most chockablock
form: chock-a-block
form: chock a block
form: choc-a-bloc
Etymology: From chock + -a- + block.
Senses: examples: text: His study had books stacked chockablock on every shelf.
text: The meeting hall was chockablock full of angry citizens.
text: AMERICA is full of vast, empty spaces. Europe, by contrast, seems chock-a-block with humanity, its history shaped by a lack of continental elbowroom.
ref: 2012 October 13, “Free exchange: Concrete gains”, in The Economist:
glosses: In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
Related terms: chockful
chockfull
chock-full
chock full
hoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hoo͞s
ipa: /huːs/
ipa: /hus/
ipa: /hʉs/
rhymes: -uːs
Forms: form: hooses
Etymology: From a dialectal spelling of house, from Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”). Compare Scots hoose.
Senses: glosses: house
Derived terms: wreck the hoose juice
flamewar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flamewars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flame war.
spirited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɪɹɪtɪd/
Senses: examples: text: When I was young and full of grace
I spirited a rattlesnake
ref: 1986, R.E.M., “I Believe”, in Lifes Rich Pageant:
glosses: simple past and past participle of spirit
spirited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɪɹɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more spirited
form: most spirited
Senses: examples: text: November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
text: But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.
ref: 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
Derived terms: sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: free-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: high-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: hot-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: light-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: low-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: mean spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: mean-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: party-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: poor-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: public-spirited
sense: compound adjectives of the sense “having a spirit of a certain character”
word: two-spirited
Related terms: spirit
spirited away
hyphenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hī'fənā′shən
ipa: /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: hyphenations
Etymology: From hyphen + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Print the article without hyphenation if you're not sure where to put them.
glosses: The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens.
Coordinate terms: word: solid
raw_tags: as one word
without spaces or hyphens
Derived terms: dehyphenation
mishyphenation
Related terms: word: dash case
word: kebab case
word: hyphenator
word: syllabication
word: syllabification
english: hyphenation point
translation: hyphenation point
word: ‧
savory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈseɪv.ɹi/
rhymes: -eɪvəɹi
rhymes: -eɪvɹi
Forms: form: savorier
form: savoriest
form: savoury
Etymology: From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapiō, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).
Senses: examples: text: The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
glosses: Tasty, attractive to the palate.
examples: text: The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
glosses: Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.
examples: text: The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.
glosses: Umami.
examples: text: Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.
text: The ruthless practices of the Ontario Film Censor Board are by now the laughing stock of most of the world. Scenes that contain more flesh or affection than they find savoury are simply hacked out of the film before it is released.
ref: 1981 February 14, Alexander Wilson, “The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 6:
glosses: Morally or ethically acceptable.
Related terms: umami