cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wheretofore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From where + tofore, after earlier heretofore and theretofore.
Senses: glosses: Up to which point; until which time.
glosses: Synonym of whithertofore.
synonyms: word: whithertofore
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
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whyever
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whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
beglitter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beglitters
form: beglittering
form: beglittered
form: beglittered
Etymology: From be- + glitter.
Senses: examples: text: Rothe thought too highly of the evangelical office to beglitter or becloud the simple objective Gospel doctrines by a display of huan speculation.
ref: 1872, D. D. Whedon, The Methodist Review:
text: It will not beglitter or bedevil you with what this or the other Tom, Dick, or Harry among the blatant may have SAID about Success.
ref: 1920, Henry C. Sheppard, Psychology: Personal and Essential:
glosses: To cover with glitter; to make glittery.
nonharam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + haram.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Not haram; not sinful.
tarnishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarnishments
Etymology: From tarnish + -ment.
Senses: glosses: tarnishing
tarnishments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarnishment
three-pointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-pointers
Etymology: From three + point + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Here Colgate stiffened, so Will place-kicked a 33-yard three-pointer from the 23 to put the Lions in front 10-7.
ref: 1944, “Football at mid-season”, in Columbia Alumni News:
text: Barry John's try was the last three-pointer to be scored for Wales.
ref: 1982, David Parry-Jones, The Golden Years of Welsh Rugby:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A goal or other means of scoring worth three points.
examples: text: A basket by Texas' Hamilton and a three-pointer by Madsen put the Longhorns ahead.
ref: 1948, The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Guide:
text: I'd like to see a long shot beyond an established line become a three pointer. It would stand out like a home run in baseball.
ref: 1966, Bob Pettit, Bob Wolf, Bob Pettit: The Drive Inside Me:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line.
examples: October 1930, Paul Paddock, "I Solo in Seven Hours", Popular Mechanics
Away I roared once more, resolved to score a three-pointer. I glided down to a good start but estimated my altitude wrongly.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A three-point landing; an airplane landing in which all three wheels touch the ground simultaneously.
examples: text: ...one a three-pointer, the other a seven-pointer, and the one still lying down, a spike.
ref: 1918, John B. Griffin, “A Fight with the 'Bald Faced' Bear”, in Oregon Sportsman:
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A deer or other animal whose antlers feature three points or tines.
PIGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PIG
seriative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From seriate + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the verb subaspect that denotes one after another, an interconnected series of successive separate and distinct actions.
seriative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seriatives
Etymology: From seriate + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb subaspect that denotes one after another, an interconnected series of successive separate and distinct actions.
Palestinophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palestinophiles
Etymology: From Palestine + -o- + -phile or Palestino- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: A lover of Palestine and its culture.
Palestinophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Palestino- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: An affection for, or interest in, things related to Palestine or Palestinians.
Related terms: Palestinophile
Palestinophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Palestinophilic
form: most Palestinophilic
Etymology: From Palestino- + -philic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Palestinophilia.
intra-Muslim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + Muslim.
Senses: glosses: Within Muslim organizations.
judgely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more judgely
form: most judgely
Etymology: From judge + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I may know a thing or two, but it wouldn't be judgely to tell it.
ref: 1902, John Kendrick Bangs, Charles Raymond Macauley, Emblemland:
text: Too good, cheered the Westside gallery, as the judge jumped up from his swivelling chair like he had ants in his pants, slammed his papers and judgely possessions in his Queensland port, and walked out of the courtroom.
ref: 2010, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria: A Novel - Page 156:
text: And you know he was so 'judgely' looking they wouldn't dare say anything.
ref: 2010, Bernard Willimann, Franzi: This Is Our Dad, O'pa - Page 136:
text: “I wouldn't go that far.” Elaine had a voice that carried. “Be quiet,”I said, as softly as I could. Elaine beamed at the judge. One judgely eyebrow rose. “Ms. MacPhee, are you responsible for your client?”
ref: 2013, Mary Jane Maffini, Speak Ill of the Dead:
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of a judge; judicial; judgelike.
neo-Muslim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + Muslim.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to reinterpreted forms of Islam
neo-Muslim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-Muslims
Etymology: From neo- + Muslim.
Senses: glosses: Someone who follows a reinterpreted form of Islam
inter-Muslim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + Muslim.
Senses: glosses: Between Muslim denominations or ethnicities.
shortfetched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ʃɔːtˈfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ˈʃɔɹtfɛt͡ʃt/
ipa: /ʃɔɹtˈfɛt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɛtʃt
Forms: form: more shortfetched
form: most shortfetched
form: short-fetched
form: short fetched
Etymology: From short + fetched.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of short-fetched.
judgecraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From judge + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: Training in judgecraft is limited, when one would have expected it to be compulsory and a prerequisite.
ref: 2011, Penny Darbyshire, Sitting in Judgment:
glosses: The art, skill, or craft of being a judge.
short fetched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ʃɔːtˈfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ʃɔɹtˈfɛtʃt/
rhymes: -ɛtʃt
Forms: form: more short fetched
form: most short fetched
form: short-fetched
form: shortfetched
Etymology: From short + fetched.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of short-fetched.
proto-Muslim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proto-Muslims
Etymology: From proto- + Muslim.
Senses: glosses: A Muslim-like person who lived prior to Muhammad's first revelation.
glosses: An early Muslim; a follower of Islam in its early days.
Synonyms: hanif
proto-Muslim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proto-Muslim
form: most proto-Muslim
Etymology: From proto- + Muslim.
Senses: glosses: Relating to proto-Muslims or to early Muslims.
short-fetched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ʃɔːtˈfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/
ipa: /ʃɔɹtˈfɛtʃt/
rhymes: -ɛtʃt
Forms: form: more short-fetched
form: most short-fetched
form: short fetched
form: shortfetched
Etymology: From short + fetched.
Senses: glosses: shallow
raw_tags: of breathing
qualifier: Oceanography
glosses: starting close to shore, shallow, recently formed
raw_tags: of waves
qualifier: by analogy with far-fetched
glosses: very likely, easy to believe, obvious
lengthsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lengthsome
form: most lengthsome
Etymology: From length + -some.
Senses: examples: text: […] and of course I planned a number of schemes for making it, when the time should come, duly effective and elegant. I pined to learn something of her during the lengthsome days of absence.
ref: 1869, The New Eclectic Magazine, volume 5, page 341:
glosses: Of significant length; long; lengthy.
clitorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitorists
Etymology: From clitoris + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: "Militant clitorists," including many Lesbian women, have declared the penis superfluous to female enjoyment.
ref: 1980, Martha Kirkpatrick, Women's sexual development: explorations of inner space, page 34:
text: […] was this post once about a raving band of cunny clitorists terrorizing good citizens
ref: 1997, Dave Lack, “Re: Brussel Sprouts Libretto [was: Re: Clitoral Hoods]”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet):
text: To achieve orgasms, both require direct clitoral stimulation. They are not militant clitorists, for neither doubts that some women obtain orgasms via vaginal stimulation, but it doesn't work for them.
ref: 2012, Barbara Seaman, Voices of the Women's Health Movement, volume 2:
glosses: A woman whose sexual focus is on stimulation of the clitoris.
envowel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈvaʊəl/
ipa: /ɛnˈvaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊəl
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: envowels
form: envoweling
form: envowelling
form: envoweled
form: envoweled
form: envowelled
form: envowelled
form: emvowel
Etymology: Blend of embowel + vowel with assimilation the m of embowel to the following v of vowel. Compare to disenvowel.
Senses: examples: text: In this dress I intend to abuse the *** and the ***; I intend to lash not only the m―stry, but every man who hath any p―ce or p―ns―n from the g―vernm―t, or who is entrusted with any degree of power or trust under it, let his r―nk be ever so high, his f―rt―ne never so great, or his ch―r―cter never good. For this purpose I have provided myself with a quantity of Italian letter, and asterisks of all sorts. And as for all the words which I embowel, or rather envowel, I will never so mangle them but they shall be as well-known as if they retained every vowel in them. This I promise myself, that when I have any meaning they shall understand it.
ref: 1747-1748, Henry Fielding, the Jacobite's Journal:
glosses: to replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
clitorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clitorist
proto-Muslims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proto-Muslim
neo-Muslims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neo-Muslim
Palestinophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Palestinophile
sujud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sujuds
form: sajdah
form: sujood
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سُجُود (sujūd).
Senses: examples: text: Then, the person should stand up and repeat the same process (e.g. recite the first chapter of the Quran; recite another chapter of the Quran, bow, and do the two sujuds).
ref: 2014, Sayyid Moustafa Al-Qazwini, Discovering Islam:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: prostration
Synonyms: sajdah
ruku'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رُكُوع (rukūʕ).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The act of bowing as part of Islamic prayer.
unjudge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unjudges
form: unjudging
form: unjudged
form: unjudged
Etymology: From un- + judge.
Senses: examples: text: Do justice: to this the judge stands bound in reason, as the proper act of his function: if he be not at leisure to do this, it is time to unjudge him; […]
ref: 1848, Thomas Adams, James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter - Page 402:
glosses: To remove the office of judge from (someone); to unseat.
examples: text: I am not come to judge the world, but rather to unjudge it.
ref: 2011, Mikhail Naimy, The Book of Mirdad:
glosses: To undo or remove the judgement from.
village bicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: village bicycles
Senses: examples: Doug Giles (2007), 10 Habits of Decidedly Defective People: The Successful Loser's Guide to Life, →ISBN, page 143: “[...] wholesome people typically won't want to marry the over-used sexual village bicycle that you now have foolishly become.”
Kristen Simmons (2012), Article 5, →ISBN, page 33: “"You got hauled into rehab because your mom's the village bicycle."”
Hilary Bailey (2012), Polly Put the Kettle On, →ISBN: “And she, Polly, had come with the Honourable Julian Powys, old university pal, and Clancy had come with Betty Fawkes, the village bicycle, with her piled-up hairdo, stiletto heels and jammy lips, andy they'd all got drunk”
Fiona Walker (2012), The Love Letter, →ISBN: “She wouldn't say who the father was, but a few discreet enquiries made it pretty obvious that by then she was thought of as little more than the village bicycle.”
glosses: A local woman who sleeps with many men.
Synonyms: town bicycle
town bike
village bike
Vetus Latina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛtəs.ləˈtiːnə/
Etymology: Latin vetus (“old”) + Latīna (“Latin”, proper noun) = “old Latin” (but not “Old Latin”, which in Latin is Prīsca Latīna (literally “old-fashioned or ancient Latin”)).
Senses: glosses: The Biblical texts, dating from AD 200–380, written in (Late) Latin, that predate the Vulgate.
Synonyms: sense: pre-Vulgate Biblical texts written in Latin
word: Old Latin Bible
sense: pre-Vulgate Biblical texts written in Latin
word: Vetus Itala
pinkie finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinkie fingers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pinky finger.
oat soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oat sodas
Senses: glosses: Beer.
sensimillia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Marijuana.
harsh one's mellow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: harshes one's mellow
form: harshing one's mellow
form: harshed one's mellow
form: harshed one's mellow
Senses: synonyms: word: irritate
word: upset
word: aggravate
word: annoy
word: rankle
word: ruffle
word: sting
word: antagonize
word: bother
word: disgruntle
word: botherate
word: bug
word: get
word: grate
word: burn up
word: bedevil
word: cheese off
word: devil
word: exasperate
word: frustrate
word: get up
word: grotch
word: hack off
word: hassle
word: irk
word: irritate
word: jazz
word: molest
word: mommick
word: nark
word: nerve
word: pee off
word: peeve
word: persecute
word: pique
word: piss off
word: provoke
word: rile
word: rile up
word: roil
word: storm
word: test someone's patience
word: tick off
word: trouble
word: try one's patience
word: vex
word: wind up
word: Idioms:
word: boil someone's piss
word: chap someone's hide
word: get on someone's nerves
word: get on someone's tits
word: get on someone's wick
word: get someone's back up
word: get someone's dander up
word: get someone's goat
word: get someone's Irish up
word: get someone's nanny
word: get someone's nanny-goat
word: get under one's goat
word: get under someone's skin
word: give someone the shits
word: grind one's gears
word: harsh one's mellow
word: put someone's back up
word: raise someone's hackles
word: rub someone the wrong way
word: rub up the wrong way
word: ruffle someone's feathers
word: tee off
word: torque off
glosses: To spoil one's good mood or to annoy one.
Cerialia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cerealia
clithead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitheads
Etymology: From clit + head.
Senses: glosses: The clitoral glans.
clitsucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitsuckers
Etymology: From clit + sucker, by analogy with cocksucker.
Senses: glosses: One who performs cunnilingus.
clitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clit
clitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] could have done five hundred pages on the hairy Anne and the big-clitted Margie.
ref: 2003, Frank Beaumier, The Cure, page 189:
glosses: Having a specified kind of clitoris.
clitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of clit
clitsuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clitsucker
clitheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clithead
cameltoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cameltoe
cameltoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cameltoe
suhoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of suhur.
uncarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uncarines
Senses: examples: text: The uncarines possess mild pharmacologic activity and may cause depression and death in mice at a dose of 250-500 mg kg⁻¹ p.o.
ref: 1997, J. P. Felix D'Mello, Handbook of Plant and Fungal Toxicants, page 12:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of oxindole alkaloids.
uncarines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncarine
waterpox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of water pox (“chickenpox”).
SMSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛsɛmɛseɪ/
Forms: form: SMSAs
Senses: glosses: Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, a US Census concept known since 1960 as Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
war sui gai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of war su gai.
war su gai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war sui gai
form: war siu gai
form: wor sue gai
Etymology: From Cantonese 鍋燒雞 /锅烧鸡.
Senses: glosses: Almond-battered deep-fried chicken breast (white meat).
glosses: A dish composed of a large fried patty made of ground chicken, Chinese sausage, pork fat and swallow's nest, wrapped in crispy chicken skin, served on a bed of shredded lettuce, and covered in chicken gravy (preferentially spelled "war siu gai" or "war sui gai").
yuka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A secular Afro-Cuban musical tradition with drumming, singing and dancing, developed by Kongo slaves in colonial times.
yuka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yuca (“cassava root”).
MOM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: hardware
glosses: Initialism of message-oriented middleware, hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.
glosses: Initialism of motive, opportunity, means (“factors to consider in investigating a crime”).
glosses: Alternative form of MoM.
Muslimophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muslimophiles
Etymology: From Muslim + -o- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Third and last, immigration from the Maghreb is of growing importance in the process of consolidation of the 'Muslimophiles' mentioned previously,
ref: 2011, David Clark, Contested Mediterranean Spaces:
text: Under the present trying WTC circumstances I'm about as Muslimophile as any secularist in America and far better informed than most, but really, guys, this sort of thing will not do.
ref: 2001, John Mckloskey, “Re: State Defined; When a State is Islamic?”, in alt.religion.islam (Usenet):
glosses: A lover of Muslims or Islam.
Related terms: Muslimophilia
message-oriented middleware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems
Synonyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: MOM
message-oriented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more message-oriented
form: most message-oriented
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Depending mainly on messaging.
Derived terms: message-oriented middleware
Muslimophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Muslim + -o- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: Muslimophobia, Muslimophilia and the formation of ethnicized religious communities in southern Spain
ref: 2014, Frank Peter, Islamic Movements of Europe, page 219:
text: Thus, the dialectic that has arisen between Muslim-phobia and Muslimophilia is not merely a microcosm of the conflict between the centralized nation state […]
ref: 2011, Maria Kousis, Contested Mediterranean Spaces:
text: I cramped my side laughing at that one. Damn you. Damn you to hell !!!! ) You guys are pretty funny. What movie was that? My brain seems to have frozen. Ack! I hope I don't have Muslimophilia!
ref: 2002, Phaedrine Stonebridge, “Re: A Serious Quiz About 'The Country of Palestine'”, in alt.religion.islam (Usenet):
glosses: A fondness for, or interest in, Muslims.
Related terms: Muslimophile
Muslimophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muslimophile
anthropomorphously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anthropomorphously
form: most anthropomorphously
Etymology: From anthropomorphous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
stretcher-bearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stretcher-bearer
single-deckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single-decker
Jim Crowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jim Crower
compendial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From compend(ium) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: One can consult compendial monographs for further information.
text: Our methods meet compendial requirements.
glosses: Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the British Pharmacopoeia, or the US Pharmacopeia.
Synonyms: pharmacopoeial
Derived terms: compendially
exolet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of exolete.
Jafarabadi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jafarabadis
Senses: glosses: One of a breed of water buffalo from Jafarabad, India. It is known for its large size.
dillweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dillweeds
Etymology: Compound of dill + weed. From Old English dili (“dill”).
Senses: examples: text: Vinegar and Pickles (kraut, cucumber, dillweed, tomato, cauliflower and onion).
ref: 1909, Missouri Railroad, Warehouse Commission, Annual Report, page 413:
glosses: Dill, an aromatic herb used in cooking and medicine; Anethum graveolens.
examples: text: ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.
ref: 1996, Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty, page 207:
synonyms: dickweed
glosses: A contemptible person; a fool.
Assyrogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æsɪˈɹɒdʒɪnəs/
ipa: /æsɪˈɹɑd͡ʒɪnəs/
Etymology: From Assyro- + -genous.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to several ethnic groups known as Assyrians or from Assyria, for example Syrians, Jacobites, Nestorians, and Chaldeans, and arguably also Maronites, Melkites, and Arameans.
raw_tags: of ethnic groups
drop-leaf tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop-leaf table
war siu gai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of war su gai.
merit field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merit fields
form: field of merit
Etymology: A translation of Tibetan ཚོགས་ཞིང (tshogs zhing, “field of merit”).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: a pictorial representation, usually represented on a thangka, of the triratna and lama for the purpose of veneration when taking Refuge.
Synonyms: refuge field
Related terms: refuge tree
Muslamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muslamic
form: most Muslamic
Etymology: Blend of Muslim + Islamic
Senses: glosses: Muslim
glosses: Islamic
crudzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌdˈziːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: crudzines
Etymology: From crud + zine.
Senses: examples: text: Perihelion shares with the rankest crudzines a penchant for printing amateur (or almost-amateur) fiction, and a generally gosh-wow outlook.
ref: 1969, Amazing Stories, volume 43, page 134:
text: This is one of the questions that has long puzzled mankind (along with why dropped toast always lands buttered-side down and how come crudzine editors always find your mailing address).
ref: 1981 November, Terry Hughes, “The Modified Big Bang Theory”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 7, page 27:
text: <nostalgic sigh> I remember the cover I stuck on my crudzine at the time of the first Jersey Eastercon... two top-hatted and tiara'd toffs saying "Hurrah! what fun at Jersey in '89".
Nobody seemed to take any notice. But then, it _was_ a very _cruddy_ crudzine.
ref: 1997 October 19, Sandra Bond, “Re: Jubilee”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <877221185snz@ho-stree.demon.co.uk>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A low-quality fanzine.
Hypernyms: fanzine
immunoproteasome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoproteasomes
Etymology: From immuno- + proteasome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A proteasome assembled using alternative β form subunits in response to pro-inflammatory signals
Related terms: immunoproteasomal
faned
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfænˌɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: faneds
Etymology: Blend of fan + editor
Senses: examples: text: Sample fanzine advertisement attached; same obtainable free from B.T. for any fan-ed wishing to run them.
ref: 1946 April, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Bloomington News-letter, page 1:
text: This British peculiarity, this psychopathic abhorrence for open spaces in fanzines, has been remarked on by many people but until this moment nobody has explained the real reason for it. It is not meanness, nor the high cost of paper, nor any obvious cause like that. It is simply that every British faned walks in the shadow of fear, knowing himself to be a hunted man, a law-breaker, an enemy of society. He is the victim of a guilt complex that compels him to shun the free wide spaces beloved of US faneds and to crowd his materiel into a confined space as if huddling together for protection.
ref: 1961 August, Walter Alexander Willis, “Black Mail”, in Willis Papers:
text: A lot of crap passes through here that no decent faned would pub, while some of the traffic is meant to be playful or argumentive in a high volume, rapid turnover way, what you might call ephemeral, entertainment today, written over tomorrow.
ref: 1995 September 11, Lindsay Crawford, “Re: All Knowledge Is Cont”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <9509101936014156@emerald.com>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The editor of a fandom publication, most commonly a fanzine.
crudzines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crudzine
faneds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faned
lauburu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊˈbuːɹuː/
ipa: /laʊˈbuɹu/
rhymes: -uːɹuː
Forms: form: lauburus
Etymology: Borrowed from Basque lauburu.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Basque symbol consisting of four comma-shaped arms arranged in a cross, resembling a swastika.
establishment clause
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Establishment Clause.
free-exercise clause
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Free Exercise Clause.
freedom of information
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Personal data of all serving members of the PSNI was mistakenly published in response to a freedom of information request.
ref: 2023 September 4, Matthew Weaver, Lisa O'Carroll, “Northern Ireland police chief quits after series of controversies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A legal right of the general public to obtain information held by a government.
Related terms: FOIA
RTK
yellow back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow backs
Senses: glosses: A coward.
nervous wreck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nervous wrecks
Senses: glosses: A very stressed and anxious person.
Synonyms: bundle of nerves
nervous Nellie
worrywart
worrier
chicken liver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken livers
form: chicken-liver
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, liver.
examples: text: This is Rob's home too, you chicken liver!
ref: 2013, Andrea K. Vizenor, The Dragon Prince, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The boys were becoming irritable and fistfights broke out. Between shouted threats and name calling — "turkey breath"; "frog face"; "stupid turd"; "just try ... I dare you, chicken liver" — I had come to the conclusion that prison life was not working for the inmates […]
ref: 2005, A State of Mind, My Story, →ISBN, page 26:
text: “Show yourselves, you chicken livers.” He repeatedly yelled tauntingly into the Zipper's megaphone. “Come, they will be dying soon. Are you just going to watch? Come, save them. It is their only chance.”
ref: 2014, Peggy Hoge, Rusty Zipper: Seventeenth of the Prairie Preacher Series, →ISBN:
glosses: A coward.
rib-tickling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rib + tickling.
Senses: glosses: Funny.
Lillo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lillos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian or Spanish Lillo. This surname is predominantly found in Chile.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
drudgerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drudgerous
form: most drudgerous
Senses: synonyms: word: tedious
word: tiresome
word: drudgerous
word: irksome
word: longsome
word: monotonous
word: tedious
word: torporific
word: wearing
word: tiresome
word: wearisome
glosses: Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
grief-stricken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grief-stricken
form: most grief-stricken
Senses: synonyms: word: miserable
word: sorrowful
word: atrabiliary
word: atrabilious
word: blitheless
word: dispirited
word: blue
word: bummed out
word: chapfallen
word: cheerless
word: chopfallen
word: crestfallen
word: cut up
word: damp
word: dejected
word: depressed
word: despondent
word: disgruntled
word: disconsolate
word: disheartened
word: dismal
word: doleful
word: dolesome
word: down
word: down in the dumps
word: down in the mouth
word: downcast
word: downhearted
word: downsome
word: dull
word: elegiac
word: elegious
word: forlorn
word: gloomy
word: glum
word: grief-stricken
word: grieving
word: heavy-hearted
word: heartsore
word: heartsick
word: inconsolable
word: infelicitous
word: jawfallen
word: joyless
word: lachrymose
word: lamentful
word: low
word: low-spirited
word: lugubrious
word: lumpish
word: melancholic
word: melancholy
word: miserable
word: moody
word: mopey
word: morose
word: mournful
word: passionate
word: plaintive
word: querulous
word: sad
word: saddened
word: saturnine
word: shattered
word: solemn
word: sombre
word: sorrowful
word: sorrow-ridden
word: sorrowsome
word: spiritless
word: sullen
word: threnetic
word: threnetical
word: triste
word: tristful
word: uncheerful
word: uncheery
word: unconsolable
word: unhappy
word: unlively
word: wistful
word: woe
word: woebegone
word: woeful
word: wretched
glosses: Very sad.
razor comb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor combs
Senses: glosses: A comb with a razor, used to cut hair.
letters of comment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letter of comment
letterzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛt.əˈziːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: letterzines
Etymology: From letter + zine.
Senses: examples: text: Incidental to the subject of fanzines -- POSTWARP, the letterzine for NFFF Members only, is well under way, with its fourth monthly ish due for completion within the next two or three days. If you are an N3F member, you're passing up plenty of interesting arguments by not subscribing.
ref: 1950 January, Art Rapp, “Timber!”, in Spacewarp, number 34, page 3:
text: VOM VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION, 4sj & Morojo's letterzine which flourished for fifty issues in the early 40s. It was originally just the lettercolumn of the LASFS OO, IMAGINATION!, but later took off on its own under Acky's ministrations.
ref: 1959, Richard Emey, Fancyclopedia II, Vom: Voice of the Imagi-nation:
text: In the letterzine INTERSTAT, Duane had been accused of producing a Mary Sue in the person of K't'lk, the glass spider.
ref: 1992, Camille Bacon-Smith, Enterprising Women, →ISBN, page 98:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fanzine that is all or mostly composed of letters of comment.
Hypernyms: fanzine
Coordinate terms: letter column
lettercol
Meronyms: letter to the editor
letter of comment
letterzines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letterzine
DILFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DILF
Rath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raths
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rath.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Mankind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From mankind, man + -kind, translated from Arabic.
Senses: glosses: The 114th sura (chapter) of the Quran
puts up with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put up with
BLTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BLT
non-migratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonmigratory.
tidal lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tidal locks
Senses: examples: text: […] [T]he moon's familiar patchwork of dark and light splotches. It's the only side of the moon we ever see from home base, a result of Earth's having yanked its satellite into a so-called tidal lock: The time it takes the moon to rotate once on its axis is the same as the four weeks it takes to orbit Earth, which means the same side is always turned toward us.
ref: 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of tidal locking.
glosses: A sealock.
thoughtfullness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thoughtfull + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of thoughtfulness.
Cà Mau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːmaʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Cà Mau.
Senses: glosses: A province of Vietnam.
race to the top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: races to the top
Senses: glosses: A situation in which competition between entities to be the first or best leads to increased amenities or better performance.
christian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: christians
Senses: examples: text: […] I ſtopt ſhort, and, pocketting my ducats in a great hurry, took out ſome rials, approached the hat, that was expoſed for the reception of charity extorted from chriſtians by fear, and dropt them into it, one after another, that the beggar might ſee how nobly I uſed him.
ref: 1749, [Alain-René Lesage], “Of His Being Grievously Alarmed in His Way to Pennaflor: […]”, in [Tobias George Smollett], transl., The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, volume I, London: […] J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, book I, page 5:
text: Corinna then recollected, that in this very amphitheatre, the persecuted christians died victims of their perseverance, and shewing Lord Nelville the altars which are raised in honour of their ashes, as well as the path of the cross, which is trodden by penitents, at the foot of the most magnificent wrecks of worldly grandeur, asked him, if the ashes of martyrs conveyed no language to his heart?
ref: 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book IV. Rome.] Chap[ter] IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume I, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 208:
text: John 13th, invented the christening and blessing of bells, which ceremonies must certainly have rendered these noisey things, more sonorous and pleasing to the pious ear of a good christian.
ref: 1828 July 5, “The Progress of Christian Superstition”, in The Correspondent. […], volume III, number 24, New York, N.Y.: […] Geo[rge] Houston & Co. […], →OCLC, “Miscellaneous” section, page 383:
text: […] a lector of water levels, most venerable Kevin, then effused thereby letting there be water where was theretofore dry land, by him so concreated, who now, confirmed a strong and perfect christian, blessed Kevin, exorcised his holy sister water, perpetually chaste, so that, well understanding, she should fill to midheight his tubbathaltar, which hanbathtub, most blessed Kevin, ninthly enthroned, […]
ref: 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part IV, pages 605–606:
text: The most isolated christian […] does not come to God like the pagan mystic, as the alone to the Alone.
ref: 1945, Gregory Dix, The Shape of the Liturgy, page x:
text: Hence the faithful christians will readily obey Christ, who is the ruler of justice in the community.
ref: 1967, Francis Xavier Murphy, Politics and the Early Christian, page 65:
text: The first model offered by Campi, appropriately enough given the intense interest displayed by ecclesiastical eruditi of the period in the sufferings of the early christians, was that of the third-century martyr and preeminent patron of Piacenza: S. Antonino.
ref: 1995, Simon Ditchfield, Liturgy, Sanctity and History in Tridentine Italy: Pietro Maria Campi and the Preservation of the Particular, →ISBN, page 135:
glosses: Uncommon spelling of Christian.
yankee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yankees
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.
qualifier: international standards
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Yankee from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
examples: text: As the coach was by law limited to a slow pace on the bridge, we had leisure to read the wayward fancies of our predecessors inscribed in chalk, and many a true yankee name did we recognize;—the bridge is a kind of traveller’s register.
ref: 1823 May 16, “Tour to the Western States”, in New-England Galaxy, volume VI, number 292, front page, column 2:
text: The duchess humoured their peculiarities, praised their country, extolled their taste, and joined in their laughter, so that, in a short time, in a short time, a kind of infectious mirth and pride in their bargains took possession of the place, and every one bought something, holding out their purchases to view, and praising them in the words and phraseology of the young yankees, who, finding their own importance, were not slow to avail themselves of it, and walked from stand to stand, wherever beauty attracted them, making comments which had more truth than politeness, but never failed to be well received by those whom they distinguished.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 194:
text: Meanwhile, rumour had been tramping about with her crescit eundô; and, long before the Faculty received our Scytala, they had heard her cry—“The Board has told Major Thorntree, the Faculty shall be tried and turned right out, and shall be sued for damages done the school and the State, and—Woodville, by their unconstitutional, high-hand, big-buggish, aristocratic yankee notions!!”
ref: 1843, Baynard Rush Hall, The New Purchase: Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West, page 183:
text: The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.
ref: 1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130
text: And what was it only one of the smutty yankee pictures Terry borrows off of Corny Kelleher. Secrets for enlarging your private parts.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 310:
glosses: Obsolete form of Yankee.
gavel-to-gavel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the fact that, in a court of law, a gavel is often used when opening a case and after the final jurisdiction.
Senses: examples: text: After the experiment was widely deemed a success, the House voted 342-44 to make gavel-to-gavel broadcast permanent.
ref: 2010, David Brian Robertson, Loss of Confidence: Politics and Policy in The 1970s, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: From the start of an official proceeding to the finish.
abnoxious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of obnoxious.
giantlore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant-lore
form: giant lore
Etymology: From giant + lore.
Senses: examples: text: Firstly we will take Massingham's views on giantlore and then compare these with Forbes's, who was a similarly enlightened antiquary.
ref: 1974, Paul Screeton, Quicksilver heritage: the mystic leys: their legacy of ancient wisdom:
text: He came to Frostwood in a strange wagon drawn by an old grey horse, seeking knowledge: Elf-lore, dragon-lore, giantlore. He was an elf.
ref: 2004, C. Justin Romano, Lady Dasani's Debt: The Shadow Gate Trilogy:
glosses: The knowledge, teaching, study, or lore dealing with giants.
hitz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: hit + -z.
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of hits; plural of hit.
eat ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats ass
form: eating ass
form: ate ass
form: eaten ass
Senses: glosses: To perform anilingus.
Synonyms: rim
toss salad
toss someone's salad
Related terms: eat out
eat pussy
eats ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat ass
ate ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat ass
eaten ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat ass
eats pussy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat pussy
eating pussy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat pussy
ate pussy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat pussy
eaten pussy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat pussy
Sunnistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sunni + -stan.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical Sunni state in northwest Iraq.
Muslimstan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Muslim + -stan.
Senses: glosses: Any country or region where Muslim values are dominant
Synonyms: Muslimville
Shiastan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Shi'a + -stan.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical Shi'a state in southern Iraq.
Retardican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɑː.dɪ.kən/
ipa: /ɹɪˈtɑɹ.dɪ.kən/
Forms: form: Retardicans
form: retardican
form: Retardlican
form: retardlican
Etymology: Blend of retard + Republican.
Senses: examples: text: They're keeping him under wraps so nobody has time to rig the polling machines. They'll pop him out two days ahead of the elections. The typical Retardican will hear just one thing: Reagan. They'll vote for him automatically and mindlessly, in the same way they react (negatively, as trained) to news about stem cell research.
ref: 2004 June 28, Doug Kanter, “Re: OT: Ron Reagan”, in rec.boats (Usenet):
text: All across the world, families came together and most people agreed, Retardican and Homocrat alike, it was a beautiful time to be alive on the planet Earth, wars or no wars, end or no end.
ref: 2006, Michael Soltys, The Grass is Green, page 244:
text: The Demoncrats versus the Retardicans. Nothing is more bizarre than the body swapping of the Democrats and Republicans.
ref: 2020, Steve Madison, What's Eating You? How the World Is Screwing You Up:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: Repooplican
Republicant
Republicunt
Rethuglican
antonyms: commiecrat
Democrap
Democreep
Democunt
Demoncrat
Demotard
dumbocrat
Nazicrat
glosses: A Republican (a member or supporter of the Republican Party of the United States), seen as having no intelligence.