cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tail-pod radish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail-pod radishes
Senses: topics: Chinese-cuisine
glosses: Synonym of rat-tail radish.
synonyms: word: rat-tail radish
serpent radishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpent radish
tail-pod radishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tail-pod radish
ochlophobist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ochlophobists
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd”) + -phobist.
Senses: examples: text: The Easter Trip of Two Ochlophobists.
ref: 1867 July–December, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 102, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, page 42:
text: "The ochlophobist has but a hard time in London just now," remarked the Daily News on December 5, 1882, and we have known subsequent occasions when we would have thanked the Daily News for that word.
ref: 1882 December 5, The Academy and Literature, quotee, Daily News, London:
text: I had long before become an ochlophobist. A detester of crowds.
ref: 2003 May 7, Alan Wall, “Section 26”, in The School of Night: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 223:
glosses: A person with a phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia.
Related terms: ochlophobia
rattail radish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattail radishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rat-tail radish.
rattail radishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattail radish
slugs it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slug it out
slugged it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slug it out
slugging it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slug it out
puts to bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put to bed
putting to bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put to bed
potbelly stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potbelly stove
pills to swallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pill to swallow
thirty-threes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thirty-three
troubles in paradise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trouble in paradise
clowns around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clown around
clowned around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clown around
clowning around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clown around
strutting one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strut one's stuff
strutted one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strut one's stuff
struts one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strut one's stuff
tree shrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree shrew
smoke points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoke point
pen-tailed treeshrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pen-tailed treeshrew
leaps of faith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leap of faith
homes away from home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home away from home
Iliescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iliescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Iliescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
growth spurts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of growth spurt
-iety
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From French -ieté or its source, Latin -ietas.
Senses: glosses: Forming nouns denoting the quality or condition of being what is indicated by the first element of the word.
gnu goats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnu goat
accounting to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of account to
accounted to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of account to
acai berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acai berry
accounts to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of account to
girnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girning
gurnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gurning
Narses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Narseos
form: Narseus
form: Narseh
form: Narsah
form: Narse
form: Nersi
form: Narsi
form: Nerses
form: Nerseh
form: Narsai
form: Narsay
form: Nerse
form: Nairyosangha
form: Narsaph
form: Narsieh
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ναρσῆς (Narsês), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩 (Narseh) or Parthian 𐭍𐭓𐭉𐭎𐭇𐭅 (nrysḥw /⁠Narisaxw⁠/), both ultimately from Old Iranian *Naryasanhah.
Senses: glosses: A male given name of historical usage.
wikipedia: Narsai
Narseh
Narses
Nerses
archontia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archonties
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αρχοντιά (arkhontiá).
Senses: examples: text: To sum up, the sigillographic evidence shows that Crete was an archontia governed by archons until the Arab invasion and the beginning of their conquest, i.e. circa 827-828.
ref: 1988, Dēmētrēs Tsounkarakēs, Byzantine Crete: From the 5th Century to the Venetian Conquest, page 177:
text: Before the creation of the Theme of Crete, and possibly for some time after, Crete enjoyed the special status of an archontia, which is shown by the numerous lead seals of the archontes of Crete dating from the eighth to the beginning of the ninth century.
ref: 2021, Fotini Kondyli, Benjamin Anderson, The Byzantine Neighbourhood: Urban Space and Political Action:
glosses: An archontate.
self-censorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-censorship
FIAWOL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˈfi.əˌwɔl/
Forms: form: fiawol
Senses: topics: lifestyle
qualifier: slogan
glosses: Initialism of fandom is a way of life.
FIJAGH
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˈfid͡ʒæɡ/
Forms: form: FIJAGDH
form: fijagh
form: fijagdh
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of fandom is just a goddamn hobby.
Hinjew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪnd͡ʒuː/
Forms: form: Hinjews
Etymology: Blend of Hindu + Jew.
Senses: glosses: A person of mixed Hindu and Jewish parentage.
glosses: A person who practices both Hinduism and Judaism.
other man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: other men
Senses: examples: text: I know you've got a man in the picture, but it hasn't stopped me yet / We've all been in one situation or another we regret / Now I'm the other man / No one's rooting for me / If I'm the other man / Nature will abhor me
ref: 2001, Sloan, “The Other Man”, in Pretty Together:
glosses: A man who is romantically involved with someone (usually a woman) already in a committed relationship with another man, especially a man having an affair with a married woman.
Hypernyms: home wrecker
Coordinate terms: other woman
mistress
Related terms: side nigga
cohead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coheads
Etymology: From co- + head.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Smith is cohead of research.
glosses: One of the joint heads of an organization or department.
cohead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coheads
form: coheading
form: coheaded
form: coheaded
Etymology: From co- + head.
Senses: glosses: To serve as one of the joint heads of (an organization or department).
coheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohead
Tansy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtænzi/
Etymology: From the name of the plant tansy at the end of the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: (I love romantic folksy English names like Tansy and Violet, Ralph likes Mitfordesque names like Pamela and Daphne)
ref: 2008, Rachel Johnson, Shire Hell, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from English.
religionization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: religionisation
Etymology: From religion + -ization or religionize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming more religious or religionistic in nature.
glosses: The process of expressing as, or transforming an idea into religion; religionification.
NZMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of New Zealand Medical Corps.
glosses: Initialism of New Zealand Maori Council.
glosses: Initialism of New Zealand Messenger Championship.
glosses: Initialism of New Zealand Motor Corporation.
glosses: Initialism of National Zoological Museum of China.
glosses: The ICAO airport code for the Mount Cook Aerodrome.
NZMC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of near-zero marginal cost.
direct sums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of direct sum
cryoturbational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cryoturbation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryoturbation.
fonning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fon
faan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæn/
rhymes: -æn
homophone: fan
homophone: fanne
Forms: form: faans
form: faaan
Senses: examples: text: In 1953 neofan Richard Eney mentioned casually (in the course of describing life as a faan in the Army) that he carried in the pocket of his lab jacket a notebook in which he was collecting subjects for a revised Fancyclopedia. [...] in Minneapolis, Belfast, and the wilds of central Hokkaido diligent faaans began to set down their understanding of things fanatic ...
ref: 1956 November-December, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, “Fancyclopedia II: Why There Isn't Any”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 2, page 40:
text: More evidence of how fans were becoming faans can be deduced from the activities. The first day consisted of playing records, listening to Liebscher play the piano, playing games, and talking until 4 a.m.
ref: 1969, Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays, page 242:
text: According to Colin Lester, editor of the International Science Fiction Yearbook, a fan, or to give him his full title, a "sercon fan", is serious and constructive, whereas a "faan" contributes chiefly his presence and a taste for signed copies. He did not say that this was actually destructive, though it may be, as in the case of one on Friday night who tried to pitch his tent in the lobby because it was raining outside.
ref: 2012, Alex Hamilton, “Science Fiction and Fantasy”, in Writing Talk, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.
Derived terms: faanish
faanishness
faan fiction
faanish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfænɪʃ/
Forms: form: more faanish
form: most faanish
form: faaanish
Etymology: From faan + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The state of Wisconsin, once one of the cooler hotbeds of faanish endeavor, today lies fallow, barren and all but devoid of the faintest crepitance of crifanac. In the days when mastadons the ilk of Bloch lumbered across its frozen tundra, upward of 6% of all FAPA resided within its limits (why, modern medical science is totally at a loss to suggest). Today: pfft: nobody a-tall.
ref: 1966 November, Dean A. Grennell, “A Pilgrim in Never-Never Country”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 4, page 19:
text: "Faanish" originally was pronounced with a bleat indicated by the double vowel, because Tucker invented it to symbolize the sheeplike follow-the-leader habits of lots of fans. Now it usually sounds just like fan and means simply one whose hobby is fandom, not science fiction.
ref: 1969, Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays, page 41:
text: A faanish fan is considered lacking in serious interest by some other fans, whom he regards as humorless and stuffy.
ref: 1980, Lester del Rey, The World of Science Fiction, 1926-1976: The History of a Subculture, page 320:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: More interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; of or pertaining to faans.
Related terms: faanishness
fannish
faanishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faanish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Andy evaluated fanzines against criteria in seven categories: layout, art, congeniality, genre, writing, temporality, and faanishness, and assigned 10 points to each category.
ref: 1992 June, Geri Sullivan, “SFFY named #1 fanzine of ’91!”, in No Goat’s Kneecap, page 1:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Being more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; the quality, state or characteristic of being a faan.
Related terms: faan
faanish
faan fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæn fɪkʃən/
rhymes: -ɪkʃən
homophone: fan fiction
Forms: form: faan fictions
form: faanfiction
Senses: examples: text: LES SPINGE #10 [...] This issue is a little overloaded on faan fiction, but the lettercolumn is good, and Alan Burns' article on subjective reality is good, though I don't much agree with it.
ref: 1963 March, Robert S. Coulson, “Strange Fruit”, in Yandro, volume 11, number 3 (overall #122), pages 13–16:
text: So far faan fiction could be divided into two classes, fantasy and satire.
ref: 1991 November, Walt Willis, “The Harp that Once or Twice”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 9, page 35:
text: Fallen Angels is really faan fiction disguised as pro fiction. Everybody in it (the good guys, anyway) is recognizable fan with name changed. As such, it is an enjoyable romp.
ref: 1995 September 29, Cecil Rose, “Re: Worst book by best author”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <i6i$jt8@mars.earthlink.net>:
glosses: Fiction about fans and fandom created by members of fandom, incorporating real or fictional members of fandom as characters.
glosses: A work of faan fiction.
Hypernyms: fanwork
Related terms: faan
fan fiction
faaan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faaans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faan.
faans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faan
faaans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faaan
faaanish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faaanish
form: most faaanish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faanish.
faanfiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faanfictions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faan fiction.
faan fictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faan fiction
faanfictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faanfiction
babeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪˌbe/
/ˈbeɪˌbɛ/
Forms: form: babehs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of baby.
Related terms: partay
sexay
babehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babeh
common radish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common radishes
Senses: glosses: A radish; in particular, of the European forms of the species Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (syn. Raphanus sativus) having a relatively short red taproot.
European radish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European radishes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of radish, particularly when distinguishing the European form with a relatively short red taproot from the East Asian daikon with its longer white one.
synonyms: word: radish
word: particularly when distinguishing the European form with a relatively short red taproot from the East Asian daikon with its longer white one
common radishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common radish
European radishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European radish
late to the party
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Some companies that others perceived as being late to the party really cleaned house: Facebook was after MySpace […]
ref: 2012, Erika Napoletano, The Power of Unpopular:
synonyms: late to the ball
late to the game
glosses: Late in taking an action or adopting an idea.
Related terms: a day after the fair
unboyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unboyish
form: most unboyish
Etymology: From un- + boyish.
Senses: examples: text: The emerald-green bathing suit pulled taut across boyish hips and decidedly unboyish breasts, the wet material leaving little to the imagination[…]
ref: 2009, Day Leclaire, The Billionaire's Baby Negotiation:
text: Everybody knew that had he properly exerted his abilities he was capable of beating almost any boy; so, to quiet his conscience, he professed to ridicule diligence as an unboyish piece of muffishness, and was never slow to sneer at the "grinders," as he contemptuously called all those who laid themselves out to win school distinctions.
ref: 2021, Frederic W. Farrar, Eric, or Little by Little:
glosses: Not boyish.
ungirlishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ungirlishly
form: most ungirlishly
Etymology: From ungirlish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Josephine […] becomes angry, stamps her feet, curses ungirlishly, and even bites.
ref: 2002, Franz Kafka, Helmuth Kiesel, Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Other Writings, page 146:
glosses: In an ungirlish manner.
unfemininely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfemininely
form: most unfemininely
Etymology: From unfeminine + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 506:
glosses: In an unfeminine manner; masculinely.
unmasculinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmasculinely
form: most unmasculinely
Etymology: From unmasculine + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmasculine manner.
unfemininity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unfeminine + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unfeminine.
cronuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cronut
koinëization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koinëizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koinëisation.
koinéisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koinéisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koinëisation.
koinéization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koinéizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koinëisation.
koineisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koineisations
Etymology: From koine + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koinëisation.
koineization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koineizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koinëisation.
cotton ceiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotton ceilings
Etymology: Coined by Canadian activist Drew Deveaux. Modelled on glass ceiling. Underwear is typically made from cotton.
Senses: glosses: A social barrier to consideration (by cisgender women) of transgender women as viable sexual partners.
examples: text: On rough nights, however, the wind that finds its way beneath the rafters keeps drawing up and down the cotton ceiling in sudden gusts, and if the fastenings of your canopy are not very artfully contrived, one end or other of it is sure to give way […]
ref: 1872, Mrs. Edward Millett, An Australian Parsonage; Or, The Settler and the Savage, page 56:
text: These ceilings on this house are not a canvas ceiling. They are a cotton ceiling and the water can drop on these ceilings […]
ref: 1933, State of New York Supreme Court Record on Appeal, page 85:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, ceiling.
Related terms: glass ceiling
koinêisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koinêisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koinëisation.
koinêization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koinêizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koinëisation.
drink with the flies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drinks with the flies
form: drinking with the flies
form: drank with the flies
form: drunk with the flies
Senses: glosses: To drink alcohol while alone.
Kanye glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: This style of sunglasses, which first became popular in the 1980s, was re-popularized in the early 2010s by American rapper Kanye West.
Senses: examples: text: It used to be trucker hats and Ray-Bans, followed by Kanye glasses and Day-Glo jewelry.
ref: 2010, Patrice Evans, Negropedia: The Assimilated Negro's Crash Course on the Modern Black Experience, Three Rivers Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 181:
text: Finally, someone even approaching futuristic enough to pull off those damn Kanye glasses.
ref: 2012, Vice Magazine, Dos & Don'ts: 2013 Daily Calendar, Chronicle Books, →ISBN:
text: My freshman year, I cheered beside a guy with a huge Afro and Kanye glasses and a guy in a toga.
ref: 2013, Alyssa Newton, "Football season is here again Jag Fans", The Vanguard (University of South Alabama), Volume 53, Number 3, 12 August 2013, page 17
glosses: A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
wikipedia: Kanye West
Synonyms: shutter shades
brother-husbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brother-husband
highlow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highlows
form: high-low
Etymology: From high + low.
Senses: examples: text: He looks very odd, Clive thinks, very odd and very kind, and he looks like a gentleman, every inch of him:--not like Martin's father, who came to see his son lately in highlows, and a shocking bad hat, and actually flung coppers amongst the boys for a scramble.
ref: 1954, William Makepeace Thackeray, edited by Arthur Pendennis Esq., The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, Chapter 6, Paragraph 5:
glosses: An article of men's footwear, typically made of leather, lower in height than a boot, rising just above the ankle, with laces in the front.
boardgamey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boardgamey
form: most boardgamey
Etymology: From board game + -y.
Senses: examples: text: That's why, despite many cries to get rid of hexes, to do things with wargames on the computer that couldn't be done with board games, I've usually found the more "boardgamey" computer games to be the most enjoyable.
ref: 1999 January 24, Julian TA, “Re: Why play boardgames when you've got these?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical (Usenet):
text: Part of the boardgamey feel of old D&D might have been because it was intended to^([sic]) complete newbies, […]
ref: 2000 June 30, Peter Knutsen, “Re: Terminology: D&D vs. AD&D”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
text: How about a realistically-designed proper computer game where you don't need a boardgamey "mechanic" to force players to focus and prioritize?
ref: 2012 May 16, Giftzwerg [username], “Re: CONFLICT OF HEROES: This is why boardgames make me vomit...”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical (Usenet):
glosses: Of, related to, or characteristic of a board game.
cawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊl/
note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /kəʉl/
homophone: cowl
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: cawls
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh cawl, itself borrowed from Latin caulis (“stalk or stem of a plant, particularly a cabbage”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l, *kh₂ulós, or *kowos (“tubular bone; pipe”). The English word is a doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.
cawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊl/
note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /kəʉl/
homophone: cowl
rhymes: -aʊl
ipa: /kɔːl/
ipa: /kɔl/
homophone: call
ipa: /kaʊl/
note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /kəʉl/
homophone: cowl
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: cawls
Etymology: A variant of caul.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caul (“a membrane or veil, especially over a baby's head”).
Gundeshapur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gundishapur
form: Gondeshapur
form: Gondishapur
form: Jondishapur
form: Jundishapur
Etymology: From Middle Persian *Gundēšāpūr, from 𐭥𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (why-ʾndywk-šhpwhry /⁠Weh-Andiyōk-Šābuhr⁠/), compound of 𐭥𐭧𐭩 (weh, “better”) + 𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱 (Andiyōk, “Antioch”) + 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (Šābuhr, “Shapur”).
Senses: glosses: An ancient city in the Sassanid Empire, located in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran. It was founded by Shapur I and is known for its famous academy.
Synonyms: Beth Lapat
Belapat
Belabad
stone man syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: Synonym of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
synonyms: word: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Badakhshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian بدخشان (badaxšân), from Middle Persian title 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /⁠badaxš⁠/); see it for more.
Senses: glosses: A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
glosses: A province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region.
glosses: Gorno-Badakhshan (an autonomous province of Tajikistan).
eSports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + sports.
Senses: examples: text: [Counter-Strike] quickly replaced Quake as the most popular title in competitive gaming and has since then remained the central element in western eSports events.
ref: 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Bottger, Drew Davidson, Heather Kelley, Julian Kücklich, Space Time Play: Synergies Between Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: the Next Level, Springer, page 183:
text: In Korea, eSports events are regularly televised by cable channels as well as later through IP televisions.
ref: 2010, Dal Yong Jin, Korea's Online Gaming Empire, MIT, page 60:
text: A collaboration between KeSPA (the managing body of eSports in Korea) and MLG brought a selection of StarCraft professionals to the USA for an exhibition tournament.
ref: 2013, Guinness World Records 2013 Gamers Edition p. 338
text: 2014, Paul Tassi, Forbes, "Illinois College Makes 'League of Legends' A Varsity Sport, Offers Scholarships" (6/20/2014) http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/06/20/illinois-college-makes-league-of-legends-a-varsity-sport-offers-scholarships/
Robert Morris University is a 7,000 student college in Chicago that is now making headlines by being the first institution of its kind to incorporate eSports into its official athletic program.
glosses: Alternative form of esports.
am I right
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: amiright
form: amirite
form: am I right or am I right
Senses: examples: text: "Ah! So much the worse! A bitter taste it is that such poor cattle always have in their mouths, and hard lives they live, Jacques. Am I right, Jacques?"
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, “Book the First, Chapter V”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: Not a word out of him, he just sat there taking it all in, am I right? Look at their face and you don't know what's going on inside, am I right? Talking about racial overtones, whose insurance company does he think he's working for, am I right Dan?
ref: 1975, William Gaddis, J R, page 323:
text: "And life's short, paisan. I mean, life is short, am I right?"
ref: 1985, Stephen King, Thinner:
text: I mean, you're paying for $24 billion worth of training, and I'm sure there's not a person here who could name 10, much less 150, of the separate training programs available. Am I right?
ref: 1993, Bill Clinton, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1993, Bk. 2, August 1 to December 31, 1993, Government Printing Office, page 1467:
glosses: Said by someone who has just stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
Related terms: damn right
damn straight
stylers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of styler
Gatters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Gatwick Airport
Knopps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Knopp
loureiros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loureiro
manequins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manequin
manticoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manticora
matrioshkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matrioshka
Lallwörter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lallwort
Lallwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lallwörter
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Lallwort.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of babble word (“A word from baby talk”).
synonyms: word: babble word
extra: A word from baby talk
babble word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babble words
form: babble-word
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: babble, child language, childspeak; baby talk (child-directed speech)
text: The first primitive bi-syllabic babble words of the 'mama', 'dada', 'baba' variety are the product of a near approximation of simple words in the language environment, and are reinforced by delighted parental response.
ref: 1974, Philip Barker, The residential psychiatric treatment of children, page 209:
text: Jesus called God "Abba," a word that originated as a "babble word" originally used by little children but later adopted as an affectionate and respectful way by which adult children also spoke to their fathers.
ref: 1986, Sandra Marie Schneiders, Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament, →ISBN:
text: As such a babble word, it really translates into English as "papa" or "dada" or some other equivalent. Every language has these little words that children use before they can really speak, […]
ref: 2010, When You Pray: Daily Practices for Prayerful Living, →ISBN:
text: Label the bear “Teddy” aloud to confirm his babble word. Smile and express your pride as you bring over Teddy.
ref: 2011, Samantha Ettus, The Experts' Guide to the Baby Years, →ISBN:
synonyms: Lallwort
glosses: A phonemically basic word, one which is easy for small children to pronounce and which therefore tends to be produced by them early on (for example, mama): A word from baby talk.
babble-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babble-words
Senses: examples: text: […] weakens the impression that only the female personal name is the source for this word type, by taking into account the wide-spread babble-word ("Lallwort") bab, that might be connected to M. Engl. babe, New Engl. baby […]
ref: 1986, Nils Århammar, Aspects of Language: Geolinguistics, →ISBN, page 345:
glosses: Alternative form of babble word.
maiuscules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maiuscule
maquia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maquias
Etymology: From Portuguese maquia, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). Doublet of maquila.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of dry volume
word: celamim (1⁄2 maquia)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: oitava (2 maquias)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: quarta (4 maquias)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: alqueire (16 maquias)
marshalling yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marshalling yards
form: marshaling yard
Senses: examples: text: In passing we must glance at marshalling yards. Of course, until the unit of the country's trade is a train-load and not something less than a wagon-load, marshalling yards will continue to be a necessary evil.
ref: 1963 January, G. F. Fiennes, “The "Merry-go-Round" Railway - a new plan for mineral trains”, in Modern Railways, page 20:
text: Five marshalling yards in the vicinity—Pontypool Road, Rogerstone, Alexandra Dock Junction, East Usk Junction and Severn Tunnel Junction—remarshal much of this traffic into full train loads to destination.
ref: 1963 February, G. M. Kichenside, “The Newport (Mon.) resignalling scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 125:
glosses: A railway yard where trains are assembled from individual carriages or goods wagons.
Synonyms: classification yard
marshalling yards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marshalling yard
LOLsuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LOLsuits
form: lolsuit
Etymology: Blend of LOL + lawsuit.
Senses: examples: text: wait...wait... this is a LEGITIMATE tv show? They can just grab someone off the street and cuff them? O_O waird^([sic]) entertainment you have there. (why do I see a LOLsuit coming?)
ref: 2008 July 3, Alexia Death [username], “Re: Head OSA Netherlands wild screaming running into nearby police department”, in nl.scientology (Usenet):
text: I would estimate that he's probably spent several hundred dollars trying to file LOLsuits against people on the Internet...and unfortunately for him...yeah, LOLsuit filing fees are *NOT* refundable.
ref: 2009 December 2, Onideus Mad Hatter [username], “Re: How to forge like Lamey the Nazi and get caught”, in alt.2600 (Usenet):
ref: 2014 February 11, Harold Barton, “Well, there goes Patriot Games LOLsuit!”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
glosses: A frivolous lawsuit.
lolsuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lolsuits
Senses: examples: text: How's the living with mum while being unemployed and filing a shitload of meritless lolsuits game going for you?
ref: 2007 October 31, lolatgman [username], “Re: "Does it matter if girls knows you are trying to pick her up?"”, in alt.seduction.fast (Usenet):
text: I smell class-action lolsuit fodder!
ref: 2008 March 14, fakeobama [username], “Re: Strippers rip PUA a new one on money and women”, in alt.seduction.fast (Usenet):
text: Are you threatening me with a lolsuit?
ref: 2009 August 7, t_shuffle [username], “Re: The M/V Freewinds is no fun.”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of LOLsuit.
LOLsuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LOLsuit
lolsuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lolsuit
Chinese plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese plums
Senses: glosses: Any of three species of East Asian trees and their fruit:
A Japanese apricot (Prunus mume).
glosses: Any of three species of East Asian trees and their fruit:
A Japanese plum (Prunus salicina).
glosses: Any of three species of East Asian trees and their fruit:
A loquat (Eriobotrya japonica).
Chinese plums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese plum
woodwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodwall
regexen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From regex + -en (plural marker), a humorous modern use of -en from Middle English, which survives in words like oxen (singular ox). Compare VAXen.
Senses: glosses: plural of regex
Native
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] when the Treaty of Tordesillas (in Portuguese, Tordesilhas) gave the disgruntled Portuguese the land mass now known as Brazil; and leads us all the way into the twenty—first century, with hosts of unsettled Native land claims […]
ref: 2013, Tracy Devine Guzmán, Native and National in Brazil: Indigeneity After Independence, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 170:
glosses: Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
examples: text: Therefore, in 1885 Congress passed the Major Crimes Act whereby jurisdiction in the case of seven major crimes (the list of crimes was later expanded) occurring on Native lands was placed in the hands of federal courts.
ref: 2005, Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
Indian: Native American or First Nation; of or relating to (North) American Indians.
examples: text: He did not ask the Council to sanction the removal of all restrictions on Native lands, but simply asked that such lands as are to be rated under this Bill should have their titles freed in so far as to enable the Native owners to lease those lands and obtain some benefit therefrom.
ref: 1904 November 3, in the New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, second session, fifteenth parliament, legislative council and house of representatives, volume 131, Native Land Rating Bill, page 814
glosses: Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
Aboriginal; of or relating to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines.
glosses: Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
Related to black Africans, especially Bantu.
Native
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Natives
Senses: examples: text: […] cachet, Amazon Natives have succeeded in attracting an impressive degree of international support. The catastrophic attrition of Natives in Brazil raises the fundamental question of why the Portuguese took Africans there at all. […]
ref: 2016, Patrick Wolfe, Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race, Verso Books, →ISBN:
glosses: An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
glosses: An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
A Native American.
glosses: An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
An Aborigine.
examples: text: Thunderstorms have been more frequent, and I regret to say during one last week a Native kraal was struck by lightning, the electric fluid killing three head of cattle; several Natives in a hut received a shock, but happily no further injury.
ref: 1901 December 6, J. J. Jackson, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 20, page 613:
glosses: An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
A black African, especially a Bantu.
backroom boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backroom boy
chase rainbows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chases rainbows
form: chasing rainbows
form: chased rainbows
form: chased rainbows
Senses: examples: text: "I'm sorry to spoil your daydreams and stop you chasing rainbows, and all that, but aren't you forgetting that the shop belongs to me?"
ref: 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Indiscretions of Archie:
text: The message of the campaign brochure was slick and soothing: "Bentsen. He dreams dreams. But he doesn't chase rainbows."
ref: 1975 March 3, “Democrats: Five and Still Counting”, in Time, retrieved 26 Jun 2014:
text: But Johnson says he knows the score and intends to approach the challenges ahead with a strong sense of realism. "I don't want to chase rainbows," he said.
ref: 2013 January 23, Chris Hewett, “Get ready for the greatest rugby show in the northern hemisphere”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 26 Jun 2014:
glosses: To pursue unrealistic or fanciful goals.
Related terms: dream the impossible dream
end of the rainbow
flight of fancy
Belch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Belches
Etymology: Variant of Balch.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
chasing rainbows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chase rainbows
winelore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wine + lore.
Senses: examples: text: I am not going into the subject of ampelography or viticulture, yet it is a part of common winelore to know that the kind of vine is the most important element in determining the quality of the wine.
ref: 1873, Robert Druitt, Report on the Cheap Wines from France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Australia: Their Use in Diet and Medicine, page 7:
text: The name will suggest, to those who have some winelore, no less a vintage than Château Yquem.
ref: 1917, George Saintsbury, A History of the French Novel: From the Beginning to the Close of the 19th Century (Complete), Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:
text: In the first section, John Chandos, as the enquiring layman, would interrogate that genial high-priest of winelore, Andre Simon, while the second section would consist of recordings made in Burgundy itself.
ref: 1950, Laurence Gilliam, B. B. C. Features, London: Evans Brothers:
text: During every one of their restaurant dates, Taylor had told her at least one winelore anecdote ...
ref: 1986, Dan Lewandowski, Terry C. Cline, Worth Winning, Onyx, →ISBN:
text: I sometimes get so caught up in winelore that I forget that wine contains the drug alcohol.
ref: 1996, Richard M. Gold, How and why to build a wine cellar, Wine Appreciation Guild, →ISBN:
text: But for all his patiently accumulated winelore, the 81-year-old pianist, arranger and composer is more a drinker than a collector.
ref: 2000, The Wine Spectator:
glosses: Knowledge of the history and craft of wine and winemaking; oenology.
Ephraimite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈi.fɹi.əˌmaɪt/
ipa: /ˈi.fɹeɪ.ɪˌmaɪt/
ipa: /ˈi.fɹəˌmaɪt/
Forms: form: Ephraimites
Etymology: An adaptation of the Latin Ephraimītēs, Ephraimīta, from the Ancient Greek Ἐφραιμῑ́tης (Ephraimī́tēs), from Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím, “Ephraim”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “one connected to, a member of”). Equivalent to Ephraim + -ite.
Senses: topics: biblical
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
religion
sciences
glosses: An allegiant of the Israelite tribal patriarch Ephraim, a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
Derived terms: Ephraimitic
Related terms: word: Abraham
word: Isaac
word: and Jacob
sense: descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel
alt: Asherite
word: Asher
alt: Benjaminite
word: Benjamin
alt: Danite
word: Dan
alt: Gadite
word: Gad
alt: Issacharite
word: Issachar
alt: Josephite: Ephraim (Ephraimite); Manasseh (Manassite)
word: Joseph
alt: Judahite
word: Judah
alt: Levite
word: Levi
alt: Naphtalite
word: Naphtali
alt: Reubenite
word: Reuben
alt: Simeonite
word: Simeon
alt: Zebulunite
word: Zebulun
word: Israel
word: Israeli
word: Israelite
word: Israelitic
word: Israelitish
word: Jew
word: Jewish
word: Judah
word: Judean
Triestine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Triestine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Triestines
Senses: synonyms: Triestino
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
go around in circles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes around in circles
form: going around in circles
form: went around in circles
form: gone around in circles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go round in circles.
go in circles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes in circles
form: going in circles
form: went in circles
form: gone in circles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go round in circles.
run in circles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs in circles
form: running in circles
form: ran in circles
form: run in circles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go round in circles.
chase one's tail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chases one's tail
form: chasing one's tail
form: chased one's tail
form: chased one's tail
Senses: examples: text: People wanting to get married . . . would have to trail around separately to arrange flowers, cars, a photographer, the cake and a reception venue. . . . "At the moment, they have to chase their tail making sure all these things are done."
ref: 1994 August 4, Lynn Eaton, “Planning a wedding in one easy stop”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 26 Jun 2014:
text: "You're forever chasing your tail when you're dealing with such large areas. . . . It was difficult to see how we would ever get on top of the problem."
ref: 2001 July 2, Lisa Clausen, “Warren Peace Australia missed its first chance to wipe out the rabbit scourge”, in Time, retrieved 26 Jun 2014:
text: The phone rings pretty much immediately and I have a conversation, usually apologising for something or explaining why I haven't managed to do something. I'm always chasing my tail.
ref: 2006 August 14, Natalie Hanman, “Hidden passions”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 26 Jun 2014:
text: “If you end up changing your strategy based on hot or cold tendencies, more often than not, you’re chasing your tail and you’re actually destroying value rather than sticking to what you know is right based off the data over a longer period of time,” Luhnow said.
ref: 2012 August 12, Tyler Kepner, “Astros Begin Again, Starting With Youth and Hope”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 Jun 2014:
text: Baby, I know places we won't be found, and
They'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down
ref: 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder, “I Know Places (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023:
text: What is unbearable, in fact, is the feeling, 13 years after 9/11, that America has been chasing its tail; that, in some whack-a-mole horror show, the quashing of a jihadi enclave here only spurs the sprouting of another there; that the ideology of Al Qaeda is still reverberating through a blocked Arab world whose Sunni-Shia balance (insofar as that went) was upended by the American invasion of Iraq.
ref: 2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.
Related terms: chase tail
go round in circles
chasing one's tail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chase one's tail
run around in circles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs around in circles
form: running around in circles
form: ran around in circles
form: run around in circles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go round in circles.
run round in circles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs round in circles
form: running round in circles
form: ran round in circles
form: run round in circles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go round in circles.
expectingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From expecting + -ness.
Senses: glosses: expectancy
Related terms: expectedness
crescent fresh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Because the moon is a crescent when it is fresh (new).
Senses: glosses: Very fresh.