cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sentential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sententials
Etymology: From Latin sententialis.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: clause
text: Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.
ref: 1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105:
text: Scientific, moral, and penal laws are formally universal, sentential propositions. Austin noted the requirement that the commands or expression of desire be general. Han Feizi never restricts faˢᵗᵃⁿᵈᵃʳᵈˢ to either sententials or universal sententials. His account is notoriously about mingⁿᵃᵐᵉ and xingᵖᵘⁿⁱˢʰᵐᵉⁿᵗ.
ref: 2000, Chad Hansen, A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought, page 349:
glosses: A portion of a sentence or utterance that could act on its own as a complete sentence.
rhotacism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.tə.sɪ.zəm/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.tə.sɪ.zəm/
rhymes: -əʊtəsɪzəm
Forms: form: rhotacisms
Etymology: From New Latin rhōtacismus, from Ancient Greek *ῥωτακισμός (*rhōtakismós), from ῥωτακίζω (rhōtakízō, “to incorrectly use rho”), from ῥῶ (rhô, “rho (the Greek equivalent of r)”) in analogy with ἰωτακίζω (iōtakízō, “to incorrectly use iota”); itself from ἰῶτα (iôta) in analogy with ἀττικίζω (attikízō, “talk like an Athenian”). By surface analysis, rho + -tacism.
Senses: glosses: An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R; rhotacization.
examples: text: For example: r’s may become burrs or guttural grunts or w’s or l’s (rhotacism); […]
ref: 1970, Leland E. Hinsie, Robert Jean Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 711:
text: From the analysis of Kana writings, hypothesizes that the inability to establish a stable… […] The correction of rhotacism by means of an electric vibrator.
ref: 1976: Deafness, Speech, and Hearing Publications, Inc., of Gallaudet College & the American Speech and Hearing Association, DSH Abstracts, volumes 16–17 (1976–1977), page 289 (Deafness Speech and Hearing Publications)
text: It is universally accepted that the rhotacism, a defective utterance of the /r/ sounds, is usually the last and most difficult American English consonant to correct functionally.
I use two methods to help correct the rhotacism.
ref: 2005: Bernard Fogel, PhD, CCC-SLP, Exercising the Rhotacism in Absence of Pathology (ADVANCE)
glosses: The inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization.
Coordinate terms: lambdacism
sigmatism
zetacism
Related terms: nonrhotic
non-rhotic
rhotic
rhoticity
somatosensory cortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the somatic sensory cortex
somatic sensory cortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatic sensory cortices
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The region of the cerebral cortex that receives somatic signals from the thalamus.
stomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊməl
Forms: form: more stomal
form: most stomal
Etymology: From stoma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to a stoma.
Derived terms: bistomal
intrastomal
nonstomal
parastomal
stomal ulcer
suprastomal
stirk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɜːk/
ipa: /stɝk/
ipa: [stɪrk]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: stirks
Etymology: From Middle English stirk, sterke, styrke, from Old English stīrc, stȳrc, stȳric, stīorc (“calf, a stirk, a young bullock or a heifer”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurik, from Proto-Germanic *stiurikaz (“bullock”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“steer”), equivalent to steer + -ock. Cognate with Middle Low German sterke (“stirk”), Middle Dutch stierick ("stirk"; compare Modern Dutch sterke (“young cow”)), German Sterk, Stärke, Stark (“stirk”). More at steer.
Senses: examples: text: But beware of MacPhadraick, my son; for when he called himself the friend of your father, he better loved the most worthless stirk in his herd, than he did the life-blood of MacTavish Mhor.
ref: 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume I (The Highland Widow), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 197:
text: Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, four fat cows and heifers, two sturks and three yearlings; fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […]
ref: 1843 March 3, “To Be Sold by Auction, By B. Cheatle & Son”, in Leicester Journal, and Midland Counties General Advertiser, volume 92, number 4895, Leicester: James Jackson, page 2:
text: he could stop a running stirk by the horns, so strong he was in the wrist-bones.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 20:
glosses: A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.
yearling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɜː.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈjɪə.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈjɪɚ.lɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ
Forms: form: yearlings
Etymology: From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).
Senses: examples: text: a yearling lamb
text: Tom Fettig and his wife, Kim, were there with 60 yearlings, about half of a herd they were helping their son raise on the outskirts of Bismarck.
ref: 2021 August 25, Henry Fountain, Benjamin Rasmussen, “‘The Worst Thing I Can Ever Remember’: How Drought Is Crushing Ranchers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
glosses: A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
examples: text: "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?"
"If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."
ref: 1910, H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point, page 84:
text: As a yearling, he admitted to doing his part in ensuring that plebes knew their place at the Academy, […]
ref: 2014, Michael E. Haskew, West Point 1915 (page 57)
synonyms: word: yuck
glosses: A sophomore at West Point military academy.
ATAPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface.
swathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English swathing; equivalent to swathe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swathe
swathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swathings
Etymology: From Middle English swathing; equivalent to swathe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A wrapping.
surrealist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more surrealist
form: most surrealist
Etymology: From surreal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to surrealism
surrealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surrealists
Etymology: From surreal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: a surrealist artist
Somaliland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Somali + -land; analogous with Jubaland and Puntland.
Senses: glosses: An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia.
glosses: A geographic region and de facto independent unrecognized state in East Africa, internationally recognized as part of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate. Official name: Republic of Somaliland.
Hypernyms: Somalia
Derived terms: British Somaliland
French Somaliland
Italian Somaliland
Somalilander
stinko
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ
Forms: form: more stinko
form: most stinko
Etymology: From stink + -o.
Senses: examples: text: Let's get stinko.
ref: 1941, James M. Cain, chapter 17, in Mildred Pierce:
text: "Brandy, Miss Tomson."
"This stuff made of apricots, Mr Smith."
"Fermented. I could get stinko."
"Shall we have some strong coffee."
ref: 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 24:
glosses: Drunk
examples: text: The publisher doesn't care if O has a writing talent worth developing because right now the publisher is, say, too wrapped up trying to sell X's book, which may be stinko (and everyone knows it), but....
ref: 1987 February 1, T. R. Witomski, “Zeitgeist or Poltergeist? Why Gay Books Are So Bad”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 9:
glosses: Of poor quality.
Synonyms: drunk
sensuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕn′sho͞o-ăl′ĭ-tē
ipa: /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/
note: conservative
ipa: /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/
ipa: /ˌsɛn.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/
ipa: /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈɛl.ə.tiː/
ipa: /ˌsɛn.ʃʉˈal.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.ʈiː/
rhymes: -ælɪti
Forms: form: sensualities
Etymology: Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: pure sensuality
text: air of sensuality
text: erotic sensuality
text: The painting captures the sensuality of human form.
text: Her voice carried a quiet sensuality.
glosses: The state of being sensual or sensuous.
glosses: A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.
Capricorn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/
ipa: /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/
Forms: form: ♑︎
Etymology: From Latin Capricornus.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Capricornus (constellation).
synonyms: word: Capricornus
extra: constellation
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).
Synonyms: Capricornian
Derived terms: Capricorn beetle
first point of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn
Capricorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/
ipa: /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/
Forms: form: Capricorns
Etymology: From Latin Capricornus.
Senses: examples: text: ‘This is why I stay away from Capricorns. You can be so cold!’
ref: 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 232:
glosses: Someone with a Capricorn star sign.
solfatara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solfataras
form: solfatare
Etymology: From Solfatara, the name of a volcano near Naples, from Italian solfo (“sulphur”).
Senses: examples: text: Under these solfataras, (which, at each eruption from the volcano, emitted greater quantities of hot steams) are several hot wells, close to the high-water mark, which, however, seem not to be in the least sulphureous.
ref: 1778, Johann Reinhold Forster, Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World, on Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethic Philosophy, page 25:
text: Holmes calls these active vents solfataras, so evidently we are at the type locality for this kind of thing.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 24:
text: Vents that produce steam alone are fumaroles, or solfataras if laden with sulphur; impressive, but rarely exciting, they are more common on drier volcanoes than in hydrothermal basins.
ref: 2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, number 3, page 97:
glosses: An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.
wikipedia: Solfatara (volcano)
Hypernyms: fumarole
pegasus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pegasuses
form: pegasi
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pegasus.
Derived terms: pegasister
unipeg
superstrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superstrates
Senses: glosses: A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
glosses: The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and environmental degradation while allowing maximum transmission of the appropriate wavelengths of the solar spectrum.
examples: text: However influential Sanskrit and Pāli were, then, linguistically both were limited to a “superstrate” role here: nowhere did they replace the native tongues of Southeast Asia.
ref: 2014, Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn, The Cambridge World Prehistory, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: substrate
glosses: Alternative form of superstratum.
superstrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superstrates
form: superstrating
form: superstrated
form: superstrated
Senses: glosses: To arrange in parallel layers or strata.
Related terms: strate
theta wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theta waves
Etymology: From theta + wave.
Senses: glosses: A type of electrical activity in the brain; a brain wave with a frequency of 4-8 hertz.
Related terms: theta rhythm
sematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Acting as a sign of danger.
raw_tags: of the colouring of some insects etc.
Related terms: aposematic
theta rhythm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theta rhythms
Etymology: From theta + rhythm.
Senses: glosses: A type of electrical activity in the brain: brain waves with a frequency of 4-8 hertz.
Related terms: theta wave
soigné
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɑː.njeɪ/
ipa: /swɑːˈnjeɪ/
ipa: /swɑˈnjeɪ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːnjeɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more soigné
form: most soigné
form: soigne
Etymology: Borrowed from French soigné, past participle of soigner. Doublet of soigneur.
Senses: examples: text: Custom Java apps and CU-SeeMe feeds will provide interaction with the battery of soigné psychics.
ref: 1997 February 20, Steve Silberman, “Burroughs Pops Online Cherry with Drag Queens”, in Wired:
text: Always, he radiated an air of soigné self-confidence: he could be amiable in his opinions or waspish, but he never betrayed a flicker of doubt about what he thought.
ref: 1997, Henry Louis Gates Jr., “The Passing of Anatole Broyard”, in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man, New York: Random House, page 181:
text: Inspired surely by the old socialist slogan "from cradle to grave," the soigné French health ministry will now also take care of the French in bed.
ref: 1998 March 20, “The Tickled French”, in Wall Street Journal Online, Dow Jones & Company:
text: He's in line behind a gaggle of young-looking women, skinny and soigné in cocktail gowns and tiaras lifted from 1920s silent movies.
ref: 2005 July 5, Charles Stross, Accelerando, →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2012, chapter 8, paragraph 2365:
text: But a graceful scoop here, a soigné knot there, and voilà: Aphrodite meets the Eiffel Tower.
ref: 2009 March 14, Vanessa Friedman, “Trends at Paris fashion week”, in Financial Times, London:
text: The gleaming black stone floors of the lobby, the soigné pink-and-white awnings that shaded the beachfront Mai Tai Bar and Surf Room, the spacious lawns and gardens with the oldest and tallest coconut trees anywhere…all were touchstones for everything good about Hawaiian hospitality, for everything that was ever truly well done in Waikīkī.
ref: 2009 March 18, Curt Sanburn, “Where’s the Pink?”, in Honolulu Weekly, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2010:
glosses: Fashionable and elegant, well-groomed.
Related terms: soigneur
stibic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪbɪk
Forms: form: more stibic
form: most stibic
Etymology: From Latin stibium (“antimony”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to antimony
Derived terms: stibic acid
stibic stone
stibium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstɪbɪəm/
Forms: form: stibnium
form: stibnum
Etymology: From Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi), itself originating from Egyptian s-d-m-N33C:Z2ss (sdm).
Senses: examples: 2019 Dec 12, Subramanyan & Aravindan, 'Stibium: A Promising Electrode toward Building High-Performance Na-Ion Full-Cells', Chem, volume 5, issue 12.
glosses: antimony
examples: 1922, E.A.W. Budge. 55. Marble stibium pot inscribed with the name of Paȧtenu (?) pA-A-i-Xrd-t:n-w-A51 [37,192]. 56. Hæmatite stibium pot, the upper part of which is plated with gold [32,151]. 57. Stibium pot, with cover, on four-legged stand [29,931].
— A Guide to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Egyptian Rooms, and the Coptic Room, page 269. British Museum, Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
glosses: kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics.
Derived terms: stib-
stibic
stibiconite
stibilite
stibine
stibio-
stiblite
stibnite
stibonium
Related terms: stibic
stibous
stibiate
stibiated
superplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more superplastic
form: most superplastic
Etymology: From super- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting superplasticity.
superplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: superplastics
Etymology: From super- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: A superplastic substance.
superplasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superplasticities
Etymology: From super- + plasticity.
Senses: glosses: the deformation of a solid beyond its normal breaking point
semanteme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semantemes
Etymology: From semantic + -eme.
Senses: examples: text: Toong Cheong spoke more rapidly now, and urgency and embarrassment reduced his speech to essential semantemes.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 53:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an indivisible unit of meaning.
secretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -iːʃən
Forms: form: secretions
Etymology: (1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
glosses: The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.
Derived terms: asecretion
bronchosecretion
cosecretion
decapitation secretion
hypersecretion
hyposecretion
neurosecretion
nonsecretion
normosecretion
oversecretion
parasecretion
resecretion
rhizosecretion
secretional
secretionary
secretolytic
supersecretion
secretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -iːʃən
Forms: form: secretions
Senses: synonyms: secreting
spiriting away
glosses: The act of hiding something.
softened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒfənd/
enpr: sŏf′ənd
ipa: /ˈsɔfənd/
enpr: sôf′ənd
ipa: /ˈsɑfənd/
enpr: sŏf′ənd
Forms: form: more softened
form: most softened
Senses: glosses: Made soft.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: aspirated.
softened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒfənd/
enpr: sŏf′ənd
ipa: /ˈsɔfənd/
enpr: sôf′ənd
ipa: /ˈsɑfənd/
enpr: sŏf′ənd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soften
silverbeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverbeets
form: silver beet
form: silver-beet
Etymology: From silver + beet (from the colour of the leaf stalks).
Senses: examples: text: Not so useful in the salad bowl, silverbeet is great sauteed slowly in olive oil, or added to a parmesan-y frittata, or fried with anchovies, garlic and chilli and forked through hot spaghetti.
ref: 2001 May 19, Robin Powell, “Lettuce begin”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 51,080, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 6 (Metropolitan), page 8, column 6:
glosses: The vegetable Beta vulgaris cicla; chard.
sthenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsθɛnɪk/
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Forms: form: more sthenic
form: most sthenic
Etymology: From New Latin sthenicus, from Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).
Senses: examples: text: The resultant outcome of them is in any case what [Immanuel] Kant calls a ‘sthenic’ affection, an excitement of the cheerful, expansive, ‘dynamogenic’ order which, like any tonic, freshens our vital powers.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture XX: Conclusions”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 505:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Characterized by nervous energy; robust, strong.
Related terms: sthenia
sthenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsθiːniə/
ipa: /ˈsθiniə/
rhymes: -iːniə
Etymology: Back-formation from asthenia.
Senses: glosses: strength, vigour or vitality
Related terms: sthenic
yucky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʌkɪ/
enpr: yŭkʹē
ipa: /ˈjʌki/
rhymes: -ʌki
Forms: form: yuckier
form: yuckiest
form: yukky
Etymology: From yuck + -y. Compare Old English ġyċċiġ (“putrid”).
Senses: examples: text: The food that I ate today was very yucky.
text: "Don't rule out desalination because it is expensive, or recycling because it sounds yucky, or building a dam," Mr Turnbull told Australian media."
ref: 2007, "Queensland to drink waste water", BBC Online
glosses: Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
Synonyms: disgusting
distasteful
foul
gross
loathsome
nasty
offensive
repugnant
revolting
unpleasant
wicked
Derived terms: yuckiness
Related terms: yuck
yuk
frigate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡ.ət/
rhymes: -ɪɡət
Forms: form: frigates
Etymology: From French frégate, from Italian fregata, of uncertain origin.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of several types of warship:
A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of several types of warship:
A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of several types of warship:
A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of several types of warship:
An escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of several types of warship:
A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.
examples: text: Frigates are light escort and scouting vessels. They often have extensive GARDIAN systems to provide anti-fighter screening for capital ships, and carry a squad of marines for security and groundside duty. Unlike larger vessels, frigates are able to land on planets.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Starships: Frigates Codex entry:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate.
examples: text: These frigates are all so lazy, that they perch by day on the trees, at the edge of the sea, awaiting the other birds […]
ref: 2008, Anthony S. Cheke, Julian Pender Hume, Lost Land of the Dodo:
glosses: A frigatebird (Fregata spp.).
Coordinate terms: corvette
destroyer
fifth-rate
first-rate
fourth-rate
second-rate
ship of the line
sixth-rate
sloop
stone frigate
third-rate
Derived terms: word: frigatebird
word: frigate captain
word: frigate lieutenant
taxonomic: Auxis thazard
word: frigate mackerel
taxonomic: Auxis thazard
word: frigate tuna
word: great frigate
word: heavy frigate
word: magnificent frigate bird
word: stone frigate
word: super-heavy frigate
superellipse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superellipses
Etymology: From super- + ellipse.
Senses: topics: algebra
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a geometric shape constituting a transition between a rectangle and a circle; a closed curve, of which the circle and ellipse are special cases, whose parametric equation is x = a.cos^(2/r)t, y = b.cos^(2/r)t
Synonyms: Lamé curve
Hyponyms: squircle
Related terms: superellipsoid
superellipsoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superellipsoids
Etymology: From superellipse + -oid.
Senses: topics: algebra
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A closed surface, of which the sphere and ellipsoid are special cases, whose parametric equation is x = a.cos^(2/r)t, y = b.cos^(2/r)t, z = c.cos^(2/r)t.
Related terms: superellipse
parametric equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parametric equations
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set of equations that defines the coordinates of the dependent variables (x, y and z) of a curve or surface in terms of one or more independent variables or parameters.
yardstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːdˌstɪk/
enpr: yärdʹstĭkʹ
ipa: /ˈjɑɹdˌstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: yardsticks
Etymology: From yard + stick.
Senses: glosses: A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
examples: text: 2008 April 8, Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, “Attacks in Baghdad spiked in March, U.S. data show”, in International Herald Tribune, 2008 April 8 edition, “Africa & Middle East” section,
Attacks against civilians in the capital remained relatively unchanged: 69 in March from 62 in February. ¶ However, another yardstick, the number of civilian deaths tracked by the Iraqi government, shot up last month after several months of decline.
text: The Court has taken a number of factors into consideration in performing the “balancing of interests test” while examining cases concerning limitations on the institution of paternity claims. […] The yardstick against which the above factors are measured is whether a legal presumption has been allowed to prevail over the biological and social reality and if so whether, in the circumstances, this is compatible with the obligation to secure “effective” respect for private and family life, taking into account the margin of appreciation left to the State and the established facts and the wishes of those concerned (ibid. § 55).
ref: 2017 March 10, European Court of Human Rights, Silva and Mondim Correia v. Portugal, number 72105/14 20415/15, marginal 58:
synonyms: measuring rod
metewand
norm
point of reference
benchmark
ideal
glosses: A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
Derived terms: Portsmouth yardstick
Related terms: metre stick
parametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
ipa: [pæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
ipa: /ˌpɛɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
ipa: [ˌpɛɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
ipa: /pæɹ.əˈmet.ɹɪk/
ipa: [pæɹ.əˈmet͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
ipa: /pɛɹ.əˈmet.ɹək/
ipa: [pɛɹ.əˈmet͡ʃ.ɹək]
Senses: examples: text: parametric designs
text: parametric programming
topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or defined using parameters. In mathematics, this typically means related to parametrization / parametric equation.
Synonyms: english: often synonymous, when agency of imposing such nature is relevant
translation: often synonymous, when agency of imposing such nature is relevant
word: parameterized
Derived terms: aparametric
autoparametric
biparametric
diparametric
hyperparametric
isoparametric
macroparametric
microparametric
monoparametric
multiparametric
nonparametric
parametrically
parametric amplifier
parametric array
parametric contract
parametric derivative
parametric equation
parametric feature-based modeler
parametric insurance
parametricism
parametric latitude
parametric polymorphism
parametrisation
parametrise
reparametric
semiparametric
triparametric
uniparametric
unparametric
Related terms: word: parametrical
alt: parametricality
word: parametricity
parametric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
ipa: [pæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
ipa: /ˌpɛɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
ipa: [ˌpɛɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
ipa: /pæɹ.əˈmet.ɹɪk/
ipa: [pæɹ.əˈmet͡ʃ.ɹɪk]
ipa: /pɛɹ.əˈmet.ɹək/
ipa: [pɛɹ.əˈmet͡ʃ.ɹək]
Forms: form: parametrics
Senses: glosses: A parametric equation.
battle-cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battle-cruisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of battlecruiser.
sunchoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌtʃoʊk/
Forms: form: sunchokes
Etymology: Blend of sunflower + artichoke
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke.
synonyms: word: Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jerusalem artichokes
Etymology: Uncertain, possible corruption of Italian articiocco girasole (“sunflower artichoke”), with girasole mistaken for the word Jerusalem.
Senses: glosses: A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.
synonyms: earthapple
ground pear
sunchoke
sunroot
topinambour
glosses: The tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
summation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌˈmeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: summations
Etymology: From sum + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: In a summation of changed times, we have a lost station site in Bournemouth (now occupied by a coach park) as well as its former hotel (still clinging on as apartments).
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 59:
glosses: summarization; summary; summing up.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: summing; summing up; adding (adding up) of a series of items.
Derived terms: Abel's summation formula
Borel summation
compensated summation
in summation
Kahan summation algorithm
Mittag-Leffler summation
Ramanujan summation
summation method
summation plural
Related terms: word: sum
word: summate
word: addition
english: summation: +
translation: summation: +
alt: summand
word: + =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × = × =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: division
word: remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
word: integration
word: Σ
tendance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tendances
Etymology: See tend (“to attend”), and compare attendance.
Senses: examples: text: And up they rose as vigorous as the Sun, / Or to the Culture of the willing Glebe, / Or to the cheerful Tendance of the Flock.
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
glosses: The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
examples: text: What but love, kindness, and all affection is her tendance upon poor Emily. To her, is she not all meekness, all love, all forbearance?
ref: 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 136:
glosses: attendance (The act of attending or waiting)
examples: text: […] his lobbies fill with tendance, / Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear,
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 83:
glosses: People in attendance; attendants.
surtout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɜːˈtuː(t)/
rhymes: -uː
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: surtouts
Etymology: From French surtout.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, I was right: it was Mr. Brocklehurst, buttoned up in a surtout, and looking longer, narrower, and more rigid than ever.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 109:
text: The house had been new painted, and smelt of varnish and turpentine, and a large streak of white paint inflicted itself on the back of the old boy’s fur-collared surtout.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 68, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: He was dressed in the suit he'd bought for his mother's funeral, beaver top hat, silk surtout.
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 41:
glosses: A man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat.
topics: fortifications
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.
Derived terms: wooden surtout
chiffre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiffres
Etymology: Borrowed from French chiffre. Doublet of cipher and zero.
Senses: examples: text: At the end of the eighteenth century, French opera composers like A. E. Grétry (Richard Coeur de Lion, 1784), L. Cherubini (Medeé, 1797), and J. Fr. Le Cueur (Ossian ou les Bardes, 1804) began to “assign musical chiffres to precise dramatic situations or single figures on the stage, which were played again when these figures appeared again,” according to Bern University professor Anselm Gerhard.
ref: 2014, Peter Wegele, Max Steiner: Composing, Casablanca, and the Golden Age of Film Music:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated).
sump pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sump pumps
Senses: examples: text: Basements tend to flood, and ours, certainly, was perennially damp, despite the constant workings of the dehumidifier and sump pump.
ref: 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: A pump used for the removal of liquid from a sump or sump pit.
banque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banques
Etymology: From French banque (“bank”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”).
sump pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sump pits
Senses: glosses: A hole dug in the ground, beneath the basement of a house, in which rainwater or other moisture collect.
Related terms: sump pump
gestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gestions
Etymology: Likely from French gestion.
Senses: glosses: the act of managing, conducting or administrating something.
Synonyms: management
administration
battlecruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battlecruisers
form: battle cruiser
form: battle-cruiser
Etymology: Blend of battleship + cruiser, from being a cruiser-like ship with battleship-like capabilities and possibly operating in the battleline.
Senses: examples: US Navy hull classification symbol: CC (Only used for the cancelled Lexington-class)
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
synonyms: supercruiser
cruiser-killer
large cruiser
coordinate_terms: assault cruiser
command cruiser
fast battleship
large light cruiser
strike cruiser
glosses: A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship.
examples: text: So he'd effectively had to learn a new language; no longer would he order a pint at the 'battle cruiser' […]
ref: 2014, Steve Wilson, The Twelve Doors of Christmas Avenue, page 9:
glosses: A boozer; a public house.
Xingu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʃɪŋˈɡu/
Etymology: From Portuguese Xingu.
Senses: glosses: A major river in Brazil that flows north into the Amazon delta.
glosses: A cultural reservation in central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.
Xingu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃɪŋˈɡu/
Etymology: From Portuguese Xingu.
Senses: glosses: Any of several indigenous tribes of Amerindian peoples who live in the Xingu reservation.
anorakish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anorakish
form: most anorakish
Etymology: From anorak + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Joining a 'computer group' may sound incredibly anorakish but you'll probably find that most of the other members are bearably human!
ref: 1999, Phil Race, Steven Higgins, Nick Packard, 500 ICT Tips for Primary Teachers:
text: College readers of Tolkien's work had a tenacity and anorakish single-mindedness matched only by the Trekkies who would soon follow.
ref: 2003, Gary Valentine Lachman, Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius:
text: 2006, The Times (London, September 2), "Only the togas have changed"
The son of a Midlands printer, Harris as a teenager developed an interest in politics as anorakish as other boys’ obsessions with football or pop ...
text: Now I make this point not just to add a sort of anorakish-footnote to the debate, but so that the episcopate that we are discussing comes a little more clearly into focus for us, in connection to many of the issues that have already been touched upon.
ref: 2006, Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, (July 8)
text: The right hon. Lady gave me the facial impression that she thought my point was narrow, anorakish or even—perish the thought—tendentious.
ref: 2006, John Bercow, Member of Parliament (UK), floor debate in the House of Commons, Hansard (June 5)
glosses: Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
answering machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: answering machines
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.
Synonyms: ansaphone
ansafone
answerphone
telephone answering machine
photo-voltaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + voltaic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of photovoltaic.
eat someone out of house and home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats someone out of house and home
form: eating someone out of house and home
form: ate someone out of house and home
form: eaten someone out of house and home
Etymology: Appears in The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master (1400-1450), later used by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 (baptised) – 1616) in his play Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599): see the quotation.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e hath eaten me out of houſe and home, he hath put all my ſubſtance into that fat belly of his, but I will haue ſome of it out againe, or I will ride thee a nights like the mare.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.
wikipedia: Henry IV, Part 2
The Second Shepherds' Play
The Wakefield Master
William Shakespeare
Related terms: out of house and home
suburban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
Forms: form: more suburban
form: most suburban
Etymology: From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
Senses: examples: text: Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.
ref: 1782, William Cowper, “Retirement”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 282:
text: Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse.
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 13:
text: They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed.
ref: 1951 January, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Essex and Hertfordshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 44:
text: Tiffany Henyard’s tumultuous tenure as mayor of south suburban Dolton is coming to an end, and voters were very clear about ousting her.
ref: 2025 February 25, Gabriel Castillo, Jenna Barnes, Ben Bradley, Michael Johnson, Erik Runge, “Defeated in Dolton: Trustee Jason House beats incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard by landslide in primary”, in WGN-TV, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025:
glosses: Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
Derived terms: cyburban
presuburban
semisuburban
suburbandom
suburbanhood
suburbanise
suburbanism
suburbanite
suburbanitis
suburbanity
suburbanize
suburbanly
suburbanness
surburbanite
unsuburban
suburban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
Forms: form: suburbans
Etymology: From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
Senses: glosses: A person who lives in a suburb.
glosses: An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.
Related terms: suburb
environs
periphery
crank angle degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crank angle degrees
Senses: examples: The exhaust valve opening is selectively varied to begin at about 160 or more crank angle degrees past top dead center.(www.freepatentsonline.com)
glosses: A unit (equal to one "ordinary" degree) used to measure the piston travel (position) e.g. to adjust ignition. When the piston is at its highest point, known as the top dead center (TDC), the crankshaft angle (crank angle) is at 0 crank angle degrees (CAD).
out of house and home
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: ref: 1999 May 31, “Pile Drivers Move Residents Out of House and Home”, in The Press, Christchurch:
text: Poets will drink you out of house and home
leaving your living room in disarray
ref: 2002, Gail White, “Partying with the Intelligentsia”, in Gail White: Greatest Hits 1981-2001, →ISBN, page 15:
text: The other major reason [to puppy-proof] is to keep you from being chewed out of house and home.
ref: c. 2005, “Helping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home”, in The Progressive Animal Welfare Society, retrieved 16 Apr 2015:
text: Many amphibians are being heated out of house and home.
ref: c. 2005, “Global Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?”, in Science NOW:
glosses: In a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof.
Related terms: eat someone out of house and home
photovoltaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + voltaic.
Senses: examples: text: But the truly impressive part of this entry is the photovoltaic film that has been applied to the platform and entrance roofs (all 272 square metres of it). It is a UK first for the railway, and is expected to generate 36kW of electricity to meet the needs of the station itself and to feed the surplus back to the grid.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Denmark Hill Station Enhancement Project”, in RAIL, number 940, page 39:
synonyms: photoelectric
glosses: Producing a voltage when exposed to light.
Derived terms: agrophotovoltaic
biophotovoltaic
floatovoltaic
nonphotovoltaic
photovoltaically
photovoltaic cell
photovoltaic effect
photovoltaics
thermophotovoltaic
Related terms: betavoltaic
monotheist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monotheists
Etymology: From mono- (“one, singular”) + theist (“believer in God or gods”) after the model of earlier atheist, polytheist, &c.
Senses: synonyms: unitarian
hypernyms: theist
hyponyms: Jew
Christian
Muslim
People of the Book
glosses: A believer of monotheism, the doctrine that there is a single divine being in the universe.
Related terms: bitheist
atheist
pantheist
polytheist
deist
agnostic
apatheist
Arian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
homophone: Aryan
homophone: Arrian
homophone: Arean
Forms: form: Arians
Etymology: From Late Latin Arianus, from Arius + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from ἄρειος (áreios, “Arean, warlike”), from Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming adjectives”). Cf. Arean.
Senses: examples: text: The Arians celebrated the virtue of their pious confessor; the Catholics ambitiously claimed his alliance; and the Pagans, who might be susceptible of shame or remorse, were deterred from the repetition of such unavailing cruelty.
ref: 1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXIII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A supporter of the Cyrenaic monk Arius and his faction in the 4th-century Church.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A believer of Arianism, particularly (historical) the official Arian churches lasting to the 7th century.
topics: Christianity
qualifier: inexact
glosses: Synonym of unitarian, any Christian who denies the Trinity.
synonyms: word: unitarian
word: any Christian who denies the Trinity
topics: Christianity
qualifier: inexact
glosses: Synonym of heretic, any Christian differing from any of the beliefs of the speaker.
synonyms: word: heretic
word: any Christian differing from any of the beliefs of the speaker
Arian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
homophone: Aryan
homophone: Arrian
homophone: Arean
Etymology: From Late Latin Arianus, from Arius + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from ἄρειος (áreios, “Arean, warlike”), from Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming adjectives”). Cf. Arean.
Senses: examples: text: The highways of the East were crowded with Homoousian, and Arian, and Semi-Arian, and Eunomian bishops, who struggled to outstrip each other in the holy race: […].
ref: 1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXV, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:
text: He flirts with the Arian heresy, which doubted Jesus’s full divinity, and he embraces Quaker-style religious pacifism, arguing that just-war theory is out of date in an age of nuclear arms and total war.
ref: 2015 April 19, Ross Douthat, “Will Pope Francis Break the Church?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Of or pertaining to Arius or Arianism.
Arian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
homophone: Aryan
homophone: Arrian
homophone: Arean
Forms: form: Arians
Etymology: From Aries + -ian, from Latin aries (“ram”).
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Aries, a person born under the influence of Aries.
synonyms: word: Aries
extra: a person born under the influence of Aries