cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
limp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: limper
form: limpest
Etymology: From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
Senses: glosses: Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
examples: a limp rope
glosses: Lacking stiffness; flimsy.
glosses: Not erect.
raw_tags: of a penis
glosses: Not having an erection.
raw_tags: of a man
examples: text: Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
ref: 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
glosses: Physically weak.
Derived terms: limpdick
limp-dick
limp dick
limp-dickedness
limpish
limply
limpness
limp of the wrist
limp-wrist
limpwrist
limp-wristed
limpy
limp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: limps
form: limping
form: limped
form: limped
Etymology: From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
Senses: glosses: To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
limp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: limps
Etymology: From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
Senses: glosses: A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
limp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: limps
form: limping
form: lamp
form: limped
form: lump
form: limped
Etymology: From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”).
Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come”), Middle Dutch limpen (“to happen”), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly”), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become”).
Senses: glosses: To happen; befall; chance.
glosses: To come upon; meet.
Derived terms: belimp
limp
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: Limp
Senses: examples: text: To intimidate the people, you drew up Resolves, and an Address to his Majesty, founded on evidence from Governor Barnard, the Commissioners of Revenue, Custom-house Officers, and a few poor, expectant and dependent creatures, whom your Limp corresponds with in Boston; and thereby, having imposed upon, and deceived the legislature, sanctified your despotism, at the expence of their last Liberties;
ref: 1770, A Lee, The Political Detection: Or, the Treachery and Tyranny of Administration, Both at Home and Abroad;, page 4:
text: Even if he were set at liberty, what could he do but haunt Jacobite coffeehouses, squeeze oranges, and drink the health of Limp?
ref: 1915, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, Charles Harding Firth, The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second:
glosses: Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales (a code-word among Jacobites)
lisp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪsp/
ipa: /lɪθp/
ipa: /lɪl͡sp/
rhymes: -ɪsp
Forms: form: lisps
form: lipsey
form: lithp
Etymology: From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).
Senses: examples: text: He used to have a terrible lisp before going to a speech therapist.
text: It's common for children to speak with a lisp.
glosses: The act or a habit of lisping.
Derived terms: lispy
lisp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪsp/
ipa: /lɪθp/
ipa: /lɪl͡sp/
rhymes: -ɪsp
Forms: form: lisps
form: lisping
form: lisped
form: lisped
form: lipsey
form: lithp
Etymology: From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).
Senses: examples: text: Until the age of 10, Dominic would lisp, but this was fixed by a speech therapist.
glosses: To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
examples: text: As yet a Child, nor yet a Fool to Fame, / I liſp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came.
ref: 1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 7, lines 122–123:
glosses: To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
examples: text: Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
ref: 1597, Michaell Draiton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “[Englands Heroicall Epistles.] (please specify the subtitle)”, in Poems: […], London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] Ling, published 1605, →OCLC:
glosses: To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
examples: text: But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.
ref: 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, “Cottage Names”, in Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery, volume IV, London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 68:
text: to speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp the words unto them , according as the babes and children of that age might sound them againagain
ref: 1848, Henry Walter, editor, Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures:
glosses: to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
examples: text: to lisp treason
text: "You have done well, sir," said Delwood, calmly, as he placed double the amount of Mrs. Santon's bribe in the Signor's hand; "you have done well, sir; and mark my words,—gold can never relieve a guilty conscience! Go, sir, and see that you lisp not a syllable of this to any one."
ref: 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:
glosses: To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
Derived terms: lisper
lispingly
unlisping
Related terms: brogue
drawl
lallation
lilt
twang
lithe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪð/
other: /laɪθ/
other: /lɪθ/
rhymes: -aɪð
Forms: form: lithes
form: lithing
form: lithed
form: lithed
Etymology: From Middle English lithen, from Old English līþian, līþigian, līþegian (“to soften, calm, mitigate, assuage, appease, be mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *linþijan, from Proto-Germanic *linþijaną (“to soften”), from Proto-Indo-European *lento- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with German lindern (“to alleviate, ease, relieve”).
Senses: glosses: To become calm.
examples: text: England.. hath now suppled, lithed and stretched their throats.
ref: a. 1652, Thomas Adams, Physic from Heaven:
text: Give me also faith, Lord,.. to lithe, to form, and to accommodate my spirit and members.
ref: 1642, Daniel Rogers, Naaman the Syrian: His Disease and Cure:
glosses: To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
lithe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪð/
other: /laɪθ/
other: /lɪθ/
rhymes: -aɪð
Forms: form: lithes
form: lithing
form: lithed
form: lithed
form: lythe
Etymology: From Middle English lithen, from Old Norse hlýða (“to listen”), from Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną (“to listen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).
Cognate with Danish lytte (“to listen”). Related to Old English hlēoþor (“noise, sound, voice, song, hearing”), Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”). More at loud.
Senses: glosses: To attend; listen, hearken.
glosses: To listen to, hearken to.
lithe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪð/
other: /laɪθ/
other: /lɪθ/
rhymes: -aɪð
Forms: form: lithes
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.
Senses: examples: text: So Cospatric got him the Pict folk to build a strong castle there in the lithe of the hills, with the Grampians dark and bleak behind it, and he had the Den drained and he married a Pict lady and got on her bairns and he lived there till he died.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song:
glosses: Shelter.
lithe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪð/
other: /laɪθ/
other: /lɪθ/
rhymes: -aɪð
Forms: form: lithes
form: lithing
form: lithed
form: lithed
Etymology: From Old English līþan.
Senses: examples: text: lithe widely used as a verb in nEng Sc and Ir, as a noun only in Cu
ref: 1902, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 624:
text: to render lithe or thick, to thicken (broth, etc.)
ref: 1933, C.T. Onions, editor, The Oxford English Dictionary, Clarendon Press, page 344:
text: lithe 'to thicken soups, sauces, etc.'
ref: 1994, Arnold Kellett, The English Dialect Dictionary, Smith Settle, page 105
text: lithe vt to THICKEN gravy V7.7 la:ð Y, laɪð Y Nt L, laɪð La Nt L
ref: 1994, Clive Upton, David Parry, J.D.A. Widdowson, Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar, Croom Helm:
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: to thicken (gravy, etc.)
longhand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋˌhænd/
ipa: /lɔŋˌhænd/
ipa: /lɑŋˌhænd/
Forms: form: longhands
Etymology: From long + hand, by analogy with shorthand.
Senses: examples: text: When, however, in any particular case, he has no assured means of determining the true spelling of the name, he should always quietly interrupt the dictater with the request, " Spell it , please," and then write the name in longhand from the dictater's spelling.
ref: 1910, Jerome Bird Howard, The Phonographic Amanuensis, page 210:
synonyms: handwriting
antonyms: shorthand
glosses: The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.
longhand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋˌhænd/
ipa: /lɔŋˌhænd/
ipa: /lɑŋˌhænd/
Etymology: From long + hand, by analogy with shorthand.
Senses: antonyms: shorthand
coordinate_terms: engross
glosses: Written by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand.
examples: text: I had to write the essay out twice longhand – they wouldn’t let me print it out. It took forever!
synonyms: handwritten
antonyms: print
print out
glosses: Written by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printed out; handwritten.
loom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːm/
ipa: /lum/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: looms
Etymology: From Middle English lome, from Old English *lōma, ġelōma (“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect”) (also as andlōma, andġelōma, andlama (“utensil, instrument, implement, tool, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *lōmō, *lamō (“tool, utensil”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch alaam, allaam (“tool, household ware or good, appliance”), from Middle Dutch andlame. Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use, thing repeatedly needed", in which case, akin to Old English ġelōme (“often, frequently, continually, repeatedly”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *lōmiz, *lōmijaz (“lame, halt”), from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to break, soften”).
Compare Old High German giluomo, kilōmo (“often, frequently”), Old High German luomen (“to wear out, fatigue”), Old High German *luomī (as in gastluomī (“hospitality”), Old English lama (“lame”). See lame.
Outside Proto-Germanic related to Russian ломи́ть (lomítʹ, “to break”), Russian лома́ть (lomátʹ, “to break, to fracture”), Russian ле́мех (lémex, “ploughshare”). For the semantic development compare Serbo-Croatian ра́збо̄ј (“loom (weaving frame)”) related to ра̀збити (“to break, to smash, to crack”).
Senses: examples: heirloom, workloom
glosses: A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
examples: January 8, 1751, Samuel Johnson, "The Mischiefs of Total Idleness" in The Rambler
Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
glosses: A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
glosses: The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
Derived terms: autoloom
backstrap loom
blessing loom
broadloom
drawloom
handloom
heirloom
hog-loom
hog loom
Jacquard loom
loom band
loomless
loomworks
needle loom
power loom
satinet loom
warkloom
wiring loom
workloom
loom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːm/
ipa: /lum/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: looms
Etymology: Shetland dialect, denoting a diver or guillemot, from Old Norse lómr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl”) (expressive root).
Senses: glosses: loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
loom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːm/
ipa: /lum/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: looms
form: looming
form: loomed
form: loomed
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse ljóma (“to shine, radiate”). Alternatively, perhaps related to Saterland Frisian loomje (“to limp, hobble”), German Low German lahmen (“to limp, hobble”), Swedish loma (“to go slowly”), Middle Dutch loemen (“to wreck, spoil”), Middle High German lüemen (“to become weak, limp, tire”); see English lame.
Senses: examples: text: The clouds loomed over the mountains.
text: […] yonder cloud
That rises upward always higher,
⁠And onward drags a labouring breast,
⁠And topples round the dreary west,
A looming bastion fringed with fire.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
examples: text: With no extra-time to be played and penalties looming, the Portuguese winger pounced on some hesitant City defending to run on to a Wayne Rooney clearance, round Joe Hart and slot home.
ref: 2011 August 7, Chris Bevan, “Man City 2 - 3 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
text: In the meantime, SWR staff have warned privately that an acute shortage of rolling stock is looming, because the new trains are not ready.
ref: 2021 November 3, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rolling stock concerns as '701s' "not fit for purpose"”, in RAIL, number 943, page 21:
text: The incident erupted as tensions simmered over Donald Trump’s looming takeover of DC and his administration’s use of force to brutally achieve his anti-migrant agenda.
ref: 2025 August 13, Gabrielle Canon, “Man accused of throwing sandwich at US border agent charged with assault”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.
examples: text: On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
ref: 1822, John M. Mason, The Evangelical Ministry Exemplified in the Apostle Paul:
glosses: To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
Derived terms: loom ahead
loomingly
loom large
uploom
loom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːm/
ipa: /lum/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: looms
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse ljóma (“to shine, radiate”). Alternatively, perhaps related to Saterland Frisian loomje (“to limp, hobble”), German Low German lahmen (“to limp, hobble”), Swedish loma (“to go slowly”), Middle Dutch loemen (“to wreck, spoil”), Middle High German lüemen (“to become weak, limp, tire”); see English lame.
Senses: glosses: A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.
lorgnette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɔː.njɛt/
ipa: /ˈlɔɹ.njɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: lorgnettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”)).
Senses: examples: text: In the valley, near the Acropolis, […] Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette.
ref: 1869, Mark Twain, chapter XXXII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 340:
synonyms: word: lorgnon
glosses: An opera glass with a handle.
glosses: Elaborate double eyeglasses.
Coordinate terms: longue-vue
lot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lŏt
ipa: /lɒt/
ipa: /lɔt/
note: in Canada
ipa: /lɑt/
note: in the US
ipa: /lɒt/
ipa: /lɔt/
ipa: /lɔt/
ipa: /lɒt/
ipa: /lɔ̟t/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: lots
form: lotting
form: lotted
form: lotted
Etymology: From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: To allot; to sort; to apportion.
glosses: To count or reckon (on or upon).
lout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊt/
ipa: /lʌʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: louts
form: louting
form: louted
form: louted
Etymology: Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”). Alternatively, derived from Middle English louten (“to hide, lurk”), from Old English lūtian (“to lurk, skulk”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtēn (“to be hidden, be concealed”). Compare Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).
Senses: examples: text: Renowned Talbot doth expect my ayde, / And I am lowted by a Traitor Villaine, / And cannot helpe the noble Cheualier:[…]
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 112, column 1:
glosses: To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
lout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊt/
ipa: /lʌʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: louts
form: louting
form: louted
form: louted
Etymology: From Middle English louten, from Old English lūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną. Cognate with Old Norse lúta, Danish lude (“to bend”), Norwegian lute (“stoop”), Swedish luta.
Senses: examples: text: He faire the knight ſaluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was[…].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 11:
text: And the priest devoutly crossed himself, and turned and louted to the alter.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Dead Spy”, in The Black Arrow:
text: He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks[…].
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume I, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 88:
glosses: To bend, bow, stoop.
lowly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊli/
ipa: /ˈloʊli/
rhymes: -əʊli
Forms: form: lowlier
form: lowliest
Etymology: From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.
Senses: examples: text: And those whom Tiber's holy forests hide,
Or Circe's hills from the main land divide;
Where Ufens glides along the lowly lands,
Or the black water of Pomptina stands.
ref: 1697, John Dryden, translating Virgil, Aeneid^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aeneid_(Dryden)):
text: And I watched you waltz from tree to tree
As I slunk in my lowly lair
ref: 1918, C. J. Dennis, The Chase of Ages:
glosses: Not high; not elevated in place; low.
examples: text: One common right the great and lowly claims.
ref: 1725, Alexander Pope, translating Homer, Odyssey^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Odyssey_(Pope)/Book_VIII):
glosses: Low in rank or social importance.
examples: text: Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.
ref: 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes:
text: For all who read, and reading, not disdain / These rural poems, and their lowly strain
ref: 1697, John Dryden, Pastoral VI:
glosses: Not lofty or sublime; humble.
examples: text: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew xi:29:
glosses: Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
Derived terms: lowlihead
lowlihood
lowlily
lowliness
unlowly
lowly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊli/
ipa: /ˈloʊli/
rhymes: -əʊli
Forms: form: more lowly
form: most lowly
Etymology: From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.
Senses: examples: text: Walking through the park, it wasn't quite dark / There was a man sitting on a bench / Out of the crowd as his head lowly bowed
ref: 1963, Curtis Mayfield, “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um”, performed by Major Lance:
glosses: In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
glosses: In a low condition; meanly.
examples: text: These words were lowly and sweetly murmured in the same way with the word mother, being changefully varied in their modulations, […]
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: At low pitch or volume.
luckily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌkɪli/
ipa: /ˈlʌkəli/
Forms: form: more luckily
form: most luckily
Etymology: From lucky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They luckily escaped injury.
glosses: In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
lucky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭkʹē
ipa: /ˈlʌki/
rhymes: -ʌki
Forms: form: luckier
form: more lucky
form: luckiest
form: most lucky
Etymology: From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).
Senses: examples: text: a lucky adventurer
text: The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
text: I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.
ref: 1872, Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see, page 149:
text: They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate
ref: 1989, “Under the Sea”, in Howard Ashman (lyrics), Alan Menken (music), The Little Mermaid:
text: The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.
ref: 2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:
synonyms: fortunate
successful
glosses: Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
raw_tags: of people
examples: text: a lucky mistake
text: a lucky cast
text: a lucky hour
text: A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 17:
synonyms: word: favorable
word: auspicious
word: favorable
word: fortunate
word: auspicial
word: auspicious
word: favorable
word: fortunate
word: fortuitous
word: lucky
word: propitious
word: prosperous
word: serendipitous
word: teratical
glosses: Producing, or resulting in, good fortune
Synonyms: word: fortuitous
word: fortunate
word: freak
word: happy
word: lucky
word: providential
word: serendipitous
word: sonsy
Derived terms: cut one's lucky
get lucky
happy-go-lucky
luckily
luckiness
lucky bag
lucky bamboo
lucky break
lucky charm
lucky clover
Lucky Country
lucky devil
lucky dip
lucky dog
lucky draw
lucky duck
lucky duckling
lucky girl syndrome
lucky grouper
lucky imaging
lucky loser
lucky money
lucky nut
Lucky Pierre
lucky star
lucky stiff
lucky streak
lucky you
one should be so lucky
strike it lucky
strike lucky
strike me lucky
superlucky
third time lucky
today's lucky 10,000
today's lucky ten thousand
unlucky
you have to be good to be lucky
Related terms: word: apotropaic
word: auspicious
lucky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭkʹē
ipa: /ˈlʌki/
rhymes: -ʌki
Etymology: From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).
Senses: topics: bingo
games
glosses: seven
mall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔːl/
ipa: /mæl/
rhymes: -æl
rhymes: Rhymes: -ɔːl
ipa: /mɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: maul
ipa: /mɑl/
homophone: moll
Forms: form: malls
Etymology: Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
Senses: examples: text: The preliminary plans provide for one million square feet of selling space in three main buildings and a double row of shops along a central shopping mall.
ref: 1950 August 15, Philip Hampson, “Field's Plans 15 to 20 Million Shopping Center for Skokie”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, page 1:
text: America′s first pedestrianized shopping mall opened in 1959 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Like most later pedestrian malls, it was intended to revive what everybody thought was a decaying downtown.
ref: 2002, Alexander Garvin, The American City: What Works, What Doesn′t, page 179:
glosses: A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
examples: text: Every day, at about the time the rest of us go to work, groups of retirees gather at many of America′s enclosed shopping malls.
ref: 2004, Ralph E. Warner, Get a Life: You Don′t Need a Million to Retire Well, unnumbered page:
text: Cancel plans just in case you'd call / And say, "Meet me behind the mall"
ref: 2020, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, “August”, in Folklore:
glosses: An enclosed shopping centre.
glosses: An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
examples: text: Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall.
ref: 1820, Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley; and Rise and Progress of Methodism:
glosses: A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
examples: text: I also fell slightly; but his fall proving a severe one, he arose in wrath, and struck me with the mall which he held in his hand, until my blood flowed copiously […]
ref: 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
glosses: A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
glosses: The game of polo.
examples: text: But playing with the Boy ar Mall,
(I rue the Time, and ever shall)
I struck the Ball, I know not how
ref: 1675, Charles Cotton, Burlesque upon Burlesque:
glosses: An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.
Derived terms: cybermall
mall cop
mallcore
mall-goer
mallgoer
mallgoth
mallification
mall ninja
mall rat
mall shooter
mall shooting
mallsoft
mallspeak
mallternative
mall traffic
mall walker
mall walking
megamall
mini-mall
minimall
pall-mall
shopping mall
strip mall
supermall
unmalled
mall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔːl/
ipa: /mæl/
rhymes: -æl
rhymes: Rhymes: -ɔːl
ipa: /mɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: maul
ipa: /mɑl/
homophone: moll
Forms: form: malls
form: malling
form: malled
form: malled
Etymology: Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
Senses: glosses: to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
glosses: to build up with the development of shopping malls
glosses: to shop at the mall
keep up with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: keeps up with
form: keeping up with
form: kept up with
form: kept up with
Senses: examples: text: Blake needed to run to keep up with the indignant Doctor.
ref: 1993, Neil Penswick, The pit, London: Virgin Books, pages 113–257:
glosses: To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one.
examples: text: Keeping up with the latest hair trends as ever, Wella has just introduced Hair Sets in three variants.
ref: 1992, Hair Flair, London: Shaws Publications Ltd, pages 4–58:
glosses: To manage to remain up to date with trends, fashions, etc
glosses: To manage to follow an argument, a discussion, etc.
Derived terms: keep up with the Joneses
mameluke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmamɪl(j)uːk/
ipa: /ˈmæməˌluk/
Forms: form: mamelukes
Etymology: Sense 1 (“fool”) is probably derived from Mameluke (“member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers; one who supports someone or something blindly or slavishly”).
Senses: examples: text: Kabikov: “Hey, I’m setting a mood.” Mad Sal: “I’ll mood you, you mameluke.
ref: 2010 June 3, James Ellroy, American Tabloid:
text: My goddamn son-in-law, my right-hand man, acting like a fucking mameluke in front of all those people.” “Maybe he acted that way on purpose,” Tozzi said, “To make you think he was a mameluke.” “He was a mameluke!”
ref: 2014 January 28, Anthony Bruno, Bad Guys:
text: “I’m saying there are some asshole cops who take their ‘collar’ out to the desert and bury him. […] There is nothing I would enjoy more than to put that mameluke Mikey Esposito in the ground . . . but that’s not going to happen.”
ref: 2021 January 14, Harry Brooks, Nothing Beats Luck:
synonyms: word: alcatote
word: asshat
word: arsehole
word: asshole
word: bayard
word: berk
word: birdbrain
word: blither
word: bobchin
word: bonehead
word: bozo
word: buffoon
word: brickhead
word: Charlie
word: chucklehead
word: chowderhead
word: chump
word: clart
word: clown
word: der-brain
word: dill pickle
word: dim bulb
word: dingleberry
word: dipshit
word: dipstick
word: dirtbrain
word: div
word: divvo
word: divvy
word: dolt
word: donk
word: doodle
word: doofus
word: dope
word: dork
word: dote
word: dotterel
word: dullard
word: dumbass
word: dumbbell
word: dumb fuck
word: dummy
word: dunce
word: dunderhead
word: dupe
word: fathead
word: fenderhead
word: fiddle
word: fuckwit
word: fuzznut
word: geck
word: gig
word: gink
word: goober
word: gooseberry
word: gowk
word: gubbins
word: gump
word: ha'p'orth
word: Homer Simpson
word: ignoramus
word: imbecile
word: jamoke
word: jerk
word: jerkoff
word: jolterhead
word: jolthead
word: juggins
word: jughead
word: knucklehead
word: lamebrain
word: mameluke (US (Italian-American)
word: slang)
word: maroon
word: meathead
word: mong
word: moron
word: mug
word: muggins
word: mushhead
word: nimrod
word: nincompoop
word: nit
word: nitwit
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: numskull
word: numps
word: numpty
word: nupson
word: oaf
word: pillock
word: pinhead
word: plonker
word: prat
word: retard
word: shit for brains
word: shithead
word: shitwit
word: schmo
word: schmuck
word: snapperhead
word: softhead
word: sot
word: stupid
word: sucker
word: thickhead
word: tonto
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: twat
word: twerp
word: twit
word: wally
word: wantwit
word: wazzock
word: yampy
qualifier: US (Italian-American)
glosses: A fool.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Mameluke.
mammy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: mammies
form: mammie
Etymology: From mam + -y.
Senses: glosses: mamma; mother
examples: text: That's what you for—to help white folks keep niggers down. That's why he sent you to me. They be calling you mammy in a few years. You be running the whole house when the old man dies.
ref: 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred
glosses: In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.
Derived terms: grandmammy
Mammygate
Related terms: sense: probably etymologically unrelated terms
word: mammy market
sense: probably etymologically unrelated terms
word: mammy wagon
mangonel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mangonels
Etymology: From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).
Senses: examples: text: The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.
ref: 1934, Robert Graves, chapter XXXII, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, →OCLC, page 401:
glosses: A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
glosses: A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
An onager (type of catapult).
qualifier: non-technical
manner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænə/
ipa: /ˈmænɚ/
rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)
homophone: manor
homophone: manna
Forms: form: manners
form: mannering
form: mannered
form: mannered
Etymology: From Middle English maner, manere, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera.
Senses: examples: text: They are there to manner a child's natural abilities. They are culture club authorities and representatives. They teach children appropriate public (and private) behavior; […]
ref: 2004, Susan Felicity Minsos, Weird Tit-for-Tat, page 62:
glosses: To instill manners into.
manner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænə/
ipa: /ˈmænɚ/
rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)
homophone: manor
homophone: manna
Forms: form: manners
Etymology: man + -er.
Senses: examples: text: It was rather ironic that my first fire in every one of my three smokejunping ^([sic]) years was a high-mountain two-manner . . . and they all were on the Flathead National Forest […]
ref: 2006, Frank Fowler, High-Mountain Two-Manner, page 258:
glosses: Something involving or requiring the specified number of men or people.
marge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹd͡ʒ/
ipa: /mɑːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: marges
Etymology: From French marge, from Latin margo. Doublet of margin and margo.
Senses: examples: text: […] And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard, / Where thou thyself dost air [...]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: [F]lowers that in perennial blow / Round the moist marge of Persian fountains cling; […]
ref: 1820, William Wordsworth, “The River Duddon. A Series of Sonnets. Sonnet I.”, in The River Duddon: A Series of Sonnets: Vaudracour and Julia; and Other Poems. […], London: […] [Andrew and Robert Spottiswoode] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, […], →OCLC, page 3:
text: So be it: there no shade can last / ⁠In that deep dawn behind the tomb, / ⁠But clear from marge to marge shall bloom / The eternal landscape of the past; / A lifelong tract of time reveal'd; […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 68:
text: Upon an easy slope it lies at large, / And scarcely overlaps the long curved crest / Which swells out two leagues from the river marge, […]
ref: 1870–1874, James Thomson, “The City of Dreadful Night”, in The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems, London: Reeves and Turner, […], published 1880, →OCLC, part I, page 5:
text: Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May." / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum: / Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."
ref: 1907, Robert W[illiam] Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in Songs of a Sourdough, Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, →OCLC, stanza 10, page 38:
glosses: Margin; edge; brink or verge.
Derived terms: marged
marge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹd͡ʒ/
ipa: /mɑːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: marges
form: marg
Etymology: Clipping of margarine.
Senses: examples: text: Or probably all meals coalesced with him in an orgy of thick bread-and-marge and an array of sauce-bottles.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 246:
glosses: Margarine.
marge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹd͡ʒ/
ipa: /mɑːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: marges
form: marging
form: marged
form: marged
form: marg
Etymology: Clipping of margarine.
Senses: synonyms: margarine#Verb
glosses: To add margarine to.
marge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹd͡ʒ/
ipa: /mɑːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: marges
Senses: examples: text: Had four bills and I bought me a car / Little red whip that I bought for my marge
ref: 2015, Stormzy, “Shut Up” (track 15), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy:
text: I think about my family too. My dad and his failing heart. My marge and her church. I think about what they'll do once I'm gone. Think about the way out, the blue space above.
ref: 2018, Guy Gunaratne, In Our Mad and Furious City, London: Tinder Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
synonyms: word: dam
word: mater
word: matriarch
word: mother
word: Mother
word: Colloquial or slang synonyms:
word: ma
word: mam
word: mama
word: mamaw
word: mamma
word: mammaw
word: mammy
word: mamsie
word: mamsy
word: meemaw
word: memaw
word: mom
word: Mom
word: moms
word: momma
word: mommy
word: Mommy
word: momsy
word: motherling
word: mum
word: Mum
word: mummy
word: Mummy
word: mumsy
word: mutha
word: old lady
glosses: Mother.
martinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹtɪnɛt/
ipa: /mæɹtˈnɛt/
ipa: /mɑɹtɪˈnɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: martinets
Etymology: After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet.
Senses: examples: text: Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: The same Aubrey deLint I'd dismissed for years as a 2-D martinet knelt gurneyside to squeeze my restrained hand and say ‘Just hang in there, Buckaroo,’ […]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 15:
text: In Seattle, he was replaced by a martinet from Annapolis, a man so vain and incompetent, so impatient with advice from experienced sailors and sure of his own right way, that, when the Hull set sail for the South Pacific, twenty men went AWOL, certain that to ship with this man was a death sentence.
ref: 2008, Greil Marcus, “Tied to History”, in The Threepenny Review:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A strict disciplinarian.
examples: text: Before I met Mr. Bowen Cooke I had been given to understand that he was of a reserved nature, and on occasion could be a "bit of a martinet"; [...].
ref: 1942 July-August, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: II—C. J. Bowen Cooke”, in Railway Magazine, page 223:
glosses: Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
glosses: A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
Derived terms: martinetish
martinetism
martinetship
martinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹtɪnɛt/
ipa: /mæɹtˈnɛt/
ipa: /mɑɹtɪˈnɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: martinets
Etymology: Borrowed from French martinet.
Senses: glosses: A martin; a swift.
marvel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹvl̩/
ipa: /ˈmɑːvl̩/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vəl
Forms: form: marvels
form: marvail
form: marvell
Etymology: First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mīrābilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mīrābilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mīror (“I wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”). Doublet of mirabilia.
Senses: examples: text: The mysteries of this wonderful universe rise more palpable upon the departing spirit, so soon to mingle with their marvels.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 261:
text: He found ways to film fiery, elaborate car-wrecks, keeping everything visually clear and beautiful without killing or even seriously injuring anyone. On a sheer technical level, the movie is a marvel.
ref: 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club:
synonyms: lollapalooza
glosses: That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.
examples: text: Use lessens marvel.
ref: 1805, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: wonder, astonishment.
Derived terms: marvel grass
marvelous
marvellous
marvel of Peru
marvel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹvl̩/
ipa: /ˈmɑːvl̩/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vəl
Forms: form: marvels
form: marveling
form: marvelling
form: marveled
form: marveled
form: marvelled
form: marvelled
form: marvail
form: marvell
Etymology: First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mīrābilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mīrābilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mīror (“I wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”). Doublet of mirabilia.
Senses: glosses: To wonder at.
examples: 15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless
But much now me marvelleth.
glosses: To cause to wonder or be surprised.
raw_tags: used impersonally
examples: text: Marueile not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 John 3:13, column 1:
glosses: To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
Derived terms: marveler
marveller
marvelment
marvelry
marvelsome
outmarvel
unmarveling
unmarvelling
meander
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /miˈæn.də(ɹ)/
ipa: /miˈæn.dɚ/
Forms: form: meanders
form: meandering
form: meandered
form: meandered
form: mæander
Etymology: From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes).
Senses: examples: text: The stream meandered through the valley.
text: Instead of a rivulet meandering downwards, there was a foaming brown torrent racing over the ledge, carrying down great loose stones with it and falling with a loud roar far down into the unseen chasm below.
ref: 1881, Edwin Lester Arnold, On the Indian Hills:
text: I'd forgotten how scenic parts of the line are - the railway crosses a host of streams while meandering through meadows or skirting woodland.
ref: 2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 51:
synonyms: wind
worm
wander
glosses: To wind or turn in a course or passage
examples: text: His speech meandered through various topics.
glosses: To be intricate.
examples: text: Her labyrinth-like ţurns, and mad meander'd trace[…]
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.