cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
malcontent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmal.kən.tɛnt/
ipa: /ˈmæl.kənˌtɛnt/
ipa: /ˌmæl.kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: malcontents
Etymology: From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.
Senses: examples: text: The diſcord rather than the muſick is heard from the malcontent Malevole's chamber.
ref: c. 1603, John Marston; John Webster, The Malcontent […], London; republished in [Isaac Reed, editor], A Select Collection of Old Plays […], volume 4, 2nd edition, London: J[ames] Dodsley, 1780, OCLC 645791152, page 17
text: For is it not eaſy to ſee, that a Prince made odious and contemptible, will ſoon be removed from his Throne, when it is in the Power of the Malecontents to bring about ſuch a fatal Revolution?
ref: 1734, “a country clergyman”, A Caveat against Seditious Malcontents […] , London: Rest Fenner; S. Birt, →OCLC, page 27:
text: He is the victim of circumstances, and their martyr. His asseverations of the facts are so frequent and so earnest, that it is impossible to dispute it. […] Everywhere confronted by implacable circumstance, what remained for the malcontent but to flee from his enemy, and endeavour to retrieve his broken fortunes in a new world! […] So the malcontent took passage for Australia, and blessed us with his presence.
ref: 1856 February 21, “Representative Men. The Malcontent.”, in Melbourne Punch, volume II, Melbourne, Vic.: Printed & published at the Office, 23 Collins-Street, East, →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
examples: text: If there was malcontent on his part, it did not spring from economic limitations alone, but also from the effect of these economic limitations upon his social and legal status as a small farmer. The state of constant indebtdness in which the contadino found himself contributed to his malcontent.
ref: 1967, Leonard [H.] Covello, “The Social Structure of the Southern Italian Town”, in Francesco Cordasco, editor, The Social Background of the Italo-American School Child: A Study of the Southern Italian Family Mores and Their Effect on the School Situation in Italy and America, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →OCLC, page 84:
glosses: A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.
Derived terms: malcontentism
Related terms: content
discontent
malcontent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmal.kən.tɛnt/
ipa: /ˈmæl.kənˌtɛnt/
ipa: /ˌmæl.kənˈtɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: malcontents
form: malcontenting
form: malcontented
form: malcontented
Etymology: From Middle French malcontent, from mal- + content; compare Late Latin malecontentus.
Senses: examples: text: […] James Bond adventure with a Ward Bond delivery, reams of malcontenting and anti-literary remarks, first-class manipulation of Anglo-Saxon's juicier words, and quotations from the Great Books and from William Kite's notebook.
ref: 1966, R. Z. Sheppard, Book Review Digest, volume 62, New York, N.Y.: H. W. Wilson Company, →OCLC, page 732:
glosses: To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.
curving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of curve
curving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Forms: form: curvings
Senses: examples: the curvings of a mountain road
glosses: A shape or motion that curves.
curving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Forms: form: more curving
form: most curving
Senses: examples: a curving path
glosses: That curves or curve.
Derived terms: curvingly
overcurving
tie the knot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ties the knot
form: tying the knot
form: tied the knot
form: tied the knot
Senses: examples: text: Rowena sacrificed her inclination to remain single, to her sense of duty; and contracted a second matrimonial engagement. […] Cardinal Pandulfo tied the knot for them.
ref: 1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 3, in Burlesques:
text: After the 20-year-old mechanic tied the knot with his 18-year-old cousin, the newlyweds headed to Baghdad's Ishtar Hotel.
ref: 2002 November 25, Scott MacLeod, “Live from Baghdad”, in Time, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2008:
text: Couples tying the knot today will enjoy a marriage lasting an average of 40 years, according to an analysis of official statistics.
ref: 2019 December 15, Nicholas Hellen, “Newlyweds now stay married longer than the Victorians”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188, page 5:
text: Congratulations to newlyweds Liam and Jennifer King, who surprised passengers at Manchester Oxford Road in late May when they boarded a Northern service to complete the journey from Manchester registry office (where they had just tied the knot) to their wedding celebrations in Stockport.
ref: 2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:
text: And no, they really didn’t know when the ceremony would begin. According to reports, the couple had already tied the knot in the US, making Friday’s event as symbolic as it was expensive.
ref: 2025 June 27, Sam Jones, “Till Jeff us do part: divisive, star-studded Bezos wedding hits full swing in Venice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: get hitched
glosses: To marry, wed, get married.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tie, the, knot.
nobel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of noble.
cursory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɜːs.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɝːs.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɵː.sɘ.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɵːs.ɹi/
Forms: form: more cursory
form: most cursory
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).
Senses: examples: text: cursory glance
text: Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
text: But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 53:
text: She accepted these terms, and slid off on the near side, though not till he had stolen a cursory kiss.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: I may say that that single cursory examination of this awful travesty on Nature would have proved quite sufficient to my desires had I been a free agent.
ref: 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: fleeting
word: swift
word: cursory
word: express
word: fast
word: expeditious
word: feverish
word: fleet
word: fleeting
word: greased lightning
word: hasty
word: hectic
word: hectical
word: hyperactive
word: immediate
word: lightning fast
word: nimble
word: post haste
word: precipitant
word: quick
word: quick as a flash
word: quicksome
word: rapid
word: speedful
word: speedy
word: spit-spot
word: swift
word: tripsome
word: zippy
glosses: Hasty or superficial.
examples: text: The cursory inspection missed several irregularities.
synonyms: word: unmethodical
word: negligent
word: careless
word: remiss
word: cursory
word: derelict
word: heedless
word: irregardless
word: irrespective
word: negligent
word: reckless
word: regardless
word: slapdash
word: sloppy
word: slovenly
word: slipshod
word: unfaithful
glosses: Careless or desultory.
synonyms: word: dynamic
word: mobile
word: afoot
word: animate
word: astir
word: cursory
word: dynamic
word: in motion
word: mobile
word: moving
word: on the move
word: on the wing
word: under sail
word: unstill
glosses: Running about; not stationary.
Derived terms: cursorily
cursoriness
Related terms: cursor
course
perfunctory
zig when one should zag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zigs when one should zag
form: zigging when one should zag
form: zigged when one should zag
form: zigged when one should zag
form: zigged when one should have zagged
form: zigged when one should have zagged
Senses: examples: text: As I came around the last corner of the house, I zigged when I should have zagged, or zagged when I should have zigged. Either way, Brett went off the track and into a clump of birch trees. I turned around and saw the sled was gone […]
ref: 2014, Larry Bettag, No Rewind: Only One Shot, page 53:
glosses: To misstep or err.
Related terms: zigzag
portrait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔːtɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɹət/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoʊɹtɹət/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoʊɹtɹeɪt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoətɹɪt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoətɹeɪt/
Forms: form: portraits
form: pourtraict
Etymology: From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
Compare typologically English drawing.
Senses: examples: text: In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
ref: a. 1792, Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts:
glosses: A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
examples: text: The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
text: She showed me her portrait, written by herself. I only remember what she states of her mouth, which, she says, was not only beautiful and red, but had a thousand little natural airs and graces not to be found in any other mouth. Oh, I must not forget her figure, which, she assured the reader, was the best-made and the finest that could be seen: nothing could be more regular, more graceful, or more easy.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 232–233:
glosses: An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
printing
publishing
sciences
glosses: A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
Derived terms: autoportrait
Faiyum portrait
Fayum portrait
microportrait
miniportrait
mummy portrait
pen portrait
photo-portrait
Portraitgate
portraitist
portraitlike
portraitor
portrait painting
self-portrait
swagger portrait
Related terms: portray
trait
portrait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔːtɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɹət/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoʊɹtɹət/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoʊɹtɹeɪt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoətɹɪt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoətɹeɪt/
Forms: form: portraits
form: portraiting
form: portraited
form: portraited
form: pourtraict
Etymology: From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
Compare typologically English drawing.
Senses: examples: text: But all as in most exquisite pictures, they vse to blaze and portrait, not only the daintie lineaments or beautie, but also round about it to shadowe the rude thickets and craggy clifts
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
text: Methinkes yᵉ picture of Sᵗ George fighting with yᵉ Dragon hath some resemblance of Sᵗ Michael fighting with the Devil, who is pourtrated like a Dragon.
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 69:
glosses: To portray; to draw.
portrait
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔːtɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɹət/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoʊɹtɹət/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoʊɹtɹeɪt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoətɹɪt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoətɹeɪt/
Forms: form: pourtraict
Etymology: From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
Compare typologically English drawing.
Senses: examples: a portrait bust; a portrait statue
glosses: Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
busts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌsts/
rhymes: -ʌsts
Senses: glosses: plural of bust
busts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌsts/
rhymes: -ʌsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bust
misstep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪs.stɛp/
ipa: /mɪsˈstɛp/
rhymes: (verb) -ɛp
Forms: form: missteps
form: mis-step
Etymology: From mis- + step.
Senses: examples: text: On a high ledge, a misstep could be fatal.
text: […] burdened as he was, he did not think of length or height or toil. He remembered only to avoid a misstep and to keep his direction.
ref: 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
glosses: A step that is wrong, a false step.
examples: text: His comment was a misstep that could cost him dearly.
text: Plenty of past seasons’ events could look ill-conceived in the critical eye of Monday-morning quarterbacking, but previously, the show had earned the benefit of the doubt that missteps on the part of supposedly intelligent characters were a plausible lack of in-world foresight.
ref: 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
glosses: An error or mistake.
Synonyms: sense: error
word: error
sense: error
word: faux pas
sense: error
word: mistake
misstep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪs.stɛp/
ipa: /mɪsˈstɛp/
rhymes: (verb) -ɛp
Forms: form: missteps
form: misstepping
form: misstepped
form: misstepped
form: mis-step
Etymology: From mis- + step.
Senses: examples: text: My dance partner misstepped and landed on my toe.
text: Eckhart also speaks of this happening to a man who has misstepped (vertreten, as I recall); God, then, corrects the mis-swing of the man and brings him back to the Tao or Logos.
ref: 2012, Philip K Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Pamela Jackson, The Exegesis of Philip K Dick:
glosses: To step badly or incorrectly.
examples: text: I don't want to misstep by offending them.
glosses: To make an error or mistake.
Related terms: overstep
charming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Forms: form: more charming
form: charminger
form: most charming
form: charmingest
form: charmest
Etymology: From Middle English charmynge; equivalent to charm + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."
ref: 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 6:
text: In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
synonyms: charismatic
smart
witty
taking
antonyms: dull
charmless
glosses: Pleasant, charismatic.
antonyms: silly
charmless
glosses: Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
Derived terms: charmingly
charmingness
Prince Charming
ultracharming
uncharming
charming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English charmynge; equivalent to charm + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of charm
charming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Forms: form: charmings
Etymology: From Middle English charmynge; equivalent to charm + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings, / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.
ref: 1616, Thomas Middleton, The Witch:
glosses: The casting of a magical charm.
Derived terms: snake charming
worm charming
charming
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English charmynge; equivalent to charm + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The other murderer is sadistically hacked to pieces, while the proceedings are being videoed – and the DVD is sent to Nick's home so that his daughter can see it. Oh, charming.
ref: 2009 November 26, Peter Bradshaw, “Review: Law Abiding Citizen”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Used in response to behaviour or language considered offensive or uncouth.
yours truly
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself".
Senses: examples: text: Please write back soon! Yours truly, Alice.
hypernyms: valediction
coordinate_terms: yours faithfully
yours sincerely
glosses: Used to close a note or letter.
yours truly
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself".
Senses: examples: text: This one was created by yours truly.
text: Nobody in Africa, but yours truly, can get a good head of steam on the old African Queen.
ref: 1951, C.S. Forester (novel), James Agee (screenplay), The African Queen, spoken by Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart):
text: Vera introduced us, and Boris was interested to hear I was a masseur. He mentioned that he had gotten a massage several times a week when he was in Hollywood—so, before you could say “Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt,” yours truly offered the man who had made more people shiver and shake than any man alive a massage on the house.
ref: 1972 August 2, Arthur Mason, “Ol’ Magic Fingers: Karloff Was ‘Nicest Gent of Them All’”, in Oregon Journal, Portland, Ore., →OCLC, section 2 (Home and Family), page 1, column 2:
glosses: I, me, or myself.
Derived terms: yours trulies
precisely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈsaɪsli/
Forms: form: more precisely
form: most precisely
Etymology: From precise + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I always try to express myself precisely.
text: He says he will vote against Donald Trump “precisely because I’m conservative.”
ref: 2024 August 19, David French, “David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2024:
text: Thus, “[t]he number of people who detransition or discontinue gender treatments is not precisely known.”
ref: 2025 June 18, “UNITED STATES v. SKRMETTI, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER FOR TENNESSEE, ET AL.”, in Supreme Court of the United States, page 47:
topics: manner
synonyms: word: exactly
word: incisively
word: accurately
word: correctly
word: dead-nuts
word: definitely
word: directly
word: even
word: exact
word: exactly
word: fully
word: incisively
word: just
word: jump
word: on target
word: on the button
word: on the dot
word: on the mark
word: on the money
word: on the nose
word: perfectly
word: plump
word: plunk
word: precisely
word: punctually
word: right
word: sharp
word: slap
word: slap bang
word: squarely
antonyms: imprecisely
glosses: In a precise manner; exactly.
glosses: Used to provide emphasis.
Derived terms: precisely unless
customer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌstəmə/
ipa: /ˈkʌstəmɚ/
Forms: form: customers
Etymology: From Middle English customere, custommere, from Old French coustumier, costumier (compare modern French coutumier), from Medieval Latin custumarius (“a toll-gatherer, tax-collector”, noun), from custumarius (“pertaining to custom or customs”, adjective), from custuma (“custom, tax”). More at custom. By surface analysis, custom + -er.
Senses: glosses: A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.
examples: text: Every person who passes by is a potential customer.
text: Airlines are the chief customers of the commercial divisions of large-aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer.
glosses: A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
examples: text: a cool customer, a tough customer, an ugly customer
text: Pug could just see Slote's pale face under his fur hat. "I don't agree with you on that. He's a pretty tough customer, Hopkins."
ref: 1971, Herman Wouk, chapter 52, in The Winds of War:
text: This switch led to Philip Hammond becoming the Transport Secretary and he quickly proved to be a tricky customer, asking questions about rail spending and reining it back whenever possible.
ref: 2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Ten eventful years and plenty of talking points”, in Rail, page 54:
glosses: A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
examples: text: His houses […] are seized on by the Customer.
ref: 1609, Danvers, Letters, i. 25; and comp. Foster, ibid. ii. 225
text: The Customer should come and visit them.
ref: 1615, Sir T. Roe, Hak. Soc. i. 44:
text: The several affronts, insolences, and abuses dayly put upon us by Boolchund, our chief Customer
ref: 1682, Hedges, Diary [Hak. Soc. i. 33]
glosses: A native official who exacted customs duties.
Derived terms: custie
customer account
customer base
customer care
customercentric
customer experience
customerize
customerless
customerlike
customer-oriented
customer relationship
customer research
customer resistance
customer service
customership
customer site
customer success
customer success manager
customer support
customer-to-customer
entrepreneurial customer
investomer
multicustomer
noncustomer
promote to customer
pure customer
the customer is always right
ugly customer
Related terms: consuetude
costumal
costume
custom
customary
customization
customize
customs
insignificant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/
Forms: form: more insignificant
form: most insignificant
Etymology: From in- (“not”) + significant.
Senses: examples: text: Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.
glosses: Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.
glosses: Without meaning; not signifying anything.
Synonyms: word: base
word: contemptible
word: foolish
word: for the birds
word: futile
word: frivolous
word: idle
word: ignorable
word: immaterial
word: inconsequential
word: inconsiderable
word: indifferent
word: insignificant
word: like a fart in a windstorm
word: meager
word: mean
word: minor
word: negligible
word: nothingburger
word: nondescript
word: paltry
word: petty
word: picayune
word: picayunish
word: piddling
word: piddly
word: pissant
word: pitiful
word: pointless
word: silly
word: simple
word: slight
word: tin-pot
word: trifling
word: trivial
word: two-bit
word: unimportant
word: unweighty
word: vain
word: worthless
word: wretched
Derived terms: insignificance
insignificancy
insignificantly
Related terms: word: small
word: tiny
word: nothing
word: nonentity
insignificant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/
Forms: form: insignificants
Etymology: From in- (“not”) + significant.
Senses: examples: text: Methinks I feel all the Woman riſe in me when I reflect upon the nauſeous Rogues that pretend to deceive us. Wretches! that can never have it in their Power to over-reach any Thing living but their Miſtreſſes! In the Name of Goodneſs, if we are deſigned by Nature as ſuitable Companions to the other Sex, why are we not treated accordingly? If we have Merit, as ſome allow, why is it not as baſe in Men to injure us, as one another? If we are the Inſignificants, that others call us, where is the Triumph in deceiving us?
ref: 1710 November 15–18 (Gregorian calendar), Jenny Distaff [pseudonym; Richard Steele], The Tatler, number 247, London: […] John Morphew […], →OCLC, page [2], column 1:
text: The whole forenoon generally ſpent amidſt a ſucceſſion of viſitants, a mob of idlers; the reſt of the day in dinners, public places, and evening-parties. Although in my own mind I deſpiſed the giddy reſtleſs inſignificants that figured in this perpetual drama; yet as I conſidered myſelf as a paſſenger only for the time, I ſubmitted to be carried along with the ſtream, and partook of the flying amuſements, as they occurred.
ref: 1785 May 21, Horatius, “To the Author of the Lounger”, in The Lounger, number XVI, Edinburgh: […] William Creech, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 63–64:
text: An interesting series of advertisements is now being run by Henry W. Peabody & Company, of New York, makers of Domes of Silence, for the purpose of glorifying the insignificants of retailing. The keynote of this advertising is a broad-gauged attempt to sell dealers the idea of grouping small wares in such a way that they will gain strength by union.
ref: 1924 June 5, August Belden, “Magnifying the Infusoria of Industry: Manufacturers of ‘Insignificants’ Find Ways to Bring Their Wares into Prominence”, in Printers’ Ink: A Journal for Advertisers, volume CXXVII, number 10, New York, N.Y.: Printers’ Ink Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44, column 1:
text: Sometimes, they lunch-called you between 12:45 and 2:00, knowing you wouldn’t be there. It’s an art form, passed down generation to generation. I tried to one-up them by early-calling them, usually from home, say at 8:30 a.m., their poor assistants knowing that was one more return call they’d have to do that night when they were still at the office at 10 p.m. late-calling the insignificants of the 310 area code.
ref: 2005, Tracy McArdle, chapter 15, in Confessions of a Nervous Shiksa, New York, N.Y.: Downtown Press, →ISBN, page 177:
glosses: Someone or something that is insignificant.
boundaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaʊnd(ə)ɹiz/
rhymes: -aʊndɹiz
Senses: glosses: plural of boundary
restrict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/
rhymes: -ɪkt
Forms: form: restricts
form: restricting
form: restricted
form: restricted
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.
Senses: examples: text: After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt.
text: It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.
ref: 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
examples: text: If we restrict sine to #92;left#91;-#92;frac#92;pi2,#92;frac#92;pi2#92;right#93;, we can define its inverse.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
Synonyms: sense: to restrain within bounds
word: limit
sense: to restrain within bounds
word: bound
sense: to restrain within bounds
word: circumscribe
sense: to restrain within bounds
word: withstrain
sense: to restrain within bounds
word: restrain
sense: to restrain within bounds
word: repress
sense: to restrain within bounds
word: curb
sense: to restrain within bounds
word: coerce
sense: to restrain within bounds
english: fig.
translation: fig.
word: quarantine
Related terms: restriction
restraint
restrain
restrict
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/
rhymes: -ɪkt
Forms: form: more restrict
form: most restrict
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.
Senses: glosses: Restricted.
efficient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɪʃənt/
ipa: /ɪˈfɪʃənt/
ipa: /əˈfɪʃənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ᵻˈfiʃɪəɳʈ/
rhymes: -ɪʃənt
Forms: form: efficients
Etymology: 1398, “making,” from Old French, from Latin efficientem, nominative efficiēns, participle of efficere (“work out, accomplish”) (see effect). Meaning “productive, skilled” is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English.
Senses: examples: text: Some are without efficient, as God; others without matter, as Angels […].
ref: 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, I.14:
text: This implies, that something happens without a cause. If it should be said, that motive in this case is not the efficient of the action or doing — this is granted; but at the same time, for reasons already given, it is denied, that the man himself is the efficient cause of it.
ref: a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity:
glosses: A cause; something that causes an effect.
Derived terms: Pareto efficient
exalt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɒlt/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɔːlt/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɔlt/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɑlt/
rhymes: -ɒlt
rhymes: -ɔːlt
Forms: form: exalts
form: exalting
form: exalted
form: exalted
Etymology: From Middle English exalten, from Old French exalter, from Latin exaltō.
Senses: examples: text: The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high.
text: They exalted their queen.
glosses: To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
examples: text: The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.
glosses: To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
glosses: To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To refine or subtilize.
Synonyms: upgrade
Derived terms: exaltation
exaltment
superexalt
Related terms: exult
conflicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈflɪktɪd/
Senses: examples: text: [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.
ref: 2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the painful birth of an emerging Middle East [print version: A rock in Arabia's shifting sands, 1 March 2014, p. R26]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
glosses: simple past and past participle of conflict
conflicted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈflɪktɪd/
Forms: form: more conflicted
form: most conflicted
Senses: examples: text: I felt conflicted about whether he liked me or not.
text: She has always been conflicted about her relationship with my family.
text: He sees a pretty woman in a pod and decides to make her his, subsuming her lifetime of hopes and dreams (not to mention her bodily autonomy) to his own desire for companionship, and lies to her in order to fulfill that desire. But he’s a nice guy, and he felt conflicted about it before he did it, so it’s… understandable? Or at least forgivable? Apparently?)
ref: 2016 December 20, Katie Rife, “Passengers strains the considerable charms of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2018:
glosses: In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
glosses: Having a conflict of interest.
Synonyms: ambivalent
Derived terms: conflicted avoidant
conflictedly
conflictedness
nonconflicted
unconflicted
yours sincerely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sincerely yours
form: sincerely
Senses: glosses: A polite, formulaic phrase used at the end of a letter, especially when the sender knows the recipient's name.
Related terms: kind regards
yours faithfully
yours truly
yours faithfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.
Related terms: yours sincerely
yours truly
respects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɛkts/
Senses: glosses: plural of respect
examples: text: Please come to the funeral service and pay your last respects to her grandmother.
glosses: regards or respect expressed for a deceased person, usually at the same time as offering condolences to other mourners.
raw_tags: with "last" or "final
Synonyms: devoirs
respects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɛkts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respect
formic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?
ref: 1941, Ogden Nash, “The Ant”, in The Face is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash, reprint edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 224:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour systematically known as methanoic acid; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the formates are used in perfumes.
Synonyms: word: E236
english: Systematic name
translation: Systematic name
word: methanoic acid
Derived terms: cyanoformic acid
formo-
performic acid
formate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)meɪt/
Forms: form: formates
Etymology: From formic + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: But most likely my judgement was distorted by my contempt for his acting the young buck [...] for ever waxing his moustaches and loading himself with medicaments supposed to replace the failing sap of youth, glycerophosphates, formates, nux vomica, yohimba, damiana.
ref: 1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 178:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of formic acid.
Derived terms: calcium formate
diformate
ethyl formate
methyl formate
orthoformate
potassium formate
sodium formate
formate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)meɪt/
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmeɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)meɪt/
Forms: form: formates
form: formating
form: formated
form: formated
Etymology: Back-formation from formation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Tiger Moths from the Reserve Flying Schools at Rochester and Cambridge competed with each other at formating in the gusty conditions, Rochester just winning.
ref: 1949, The Aeroplane, volume 76, page 699:
text: Formating with Patty Wagstaff' s modified Baron, flown by Dale Snodgrass, was fun on a beautiful morning, though all you learn about an airplane while formating is the power response (very smooth) and the response to control pressures.
ref: 2002 July, Richard L. Collins, “Piper Seneca V: a classic light twin..”, in Flying, page 68:
text: Actually, the leader of the formation was supposed to maintain the eagle-eyed vigil necessary to ensure that his formation kept out of harm's way, because the pilots formating on him had to keep all their attention riveted on his aircraft; but the Air Force recognized that with inexperienced pilots leading formations it was wise to splash extra lookouts around liberally.
ref: 2003, Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two, page 74:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation.
vas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvæs/
ipa: /ˈvæz/
Forms: form: vasa
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vās (“vessel”), from 1645–1655. Doublet of vase.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.
examples: text: The vesiculæ are bound down, or fixed, by the vesical fascia. They are about two inches long, and, at the broadest part, which is the middle, they are from five to seven-eighths of an inch broad. They are close by the outside of the vasa, and their extremities are two inches and a half distant, for they divaricate. At the gland they approach, but have the vasa deferentia interposed, so that they do not meet.
ref: 1838, John Burns, The Principles of Surgery, Volume Second; Comprising the Surgical Anatomy of the Human Body, and Its Application to Injuries, and Operations, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, page 421:
glosses: The vas deferens.
Derived terms: vas-
vasal
vasa vasorum
vas cath
vascular
vasculitis
vas deferens
vasectomy
vas efferens
vasiform
vaso-
vasoconstriction
vasodilation
vasomotor
vas rectum
cool as a cucumber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: First use appears c. 1722 in a translation of Robinson Crusoe. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: Even during the elections, Josh was as cool as a cucumber.
text: Still he had all his wits about him, and was as cool as a cucumber.
ref: 1722, Daniel Defoe, Tweede deel der wonderbare levens gevallen van Robinson Crusoe ... Nu uit het Engelsch vertaaldt, en met een kaart zyner voyagie, en figuren voorzien (translation), page 167:
text: 1731, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Miscellanies: The Last Volume
Pert as a Pear-Monger I'd be,
If Molly were but kind;
Cool as a Cucumber could see
The rest of Womankind
text: Seconds later, Dowd was pointing to the spot again - this time without changing his mind - after Walcott was tugged back by Parker. Fabregas, cool as a cucumber, fired his penalty straight down the middle of the goal.
ref: 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:
text: “I’d be shaking in my shoes to ride in the Preakness,” said Desormeaux, who finished dead last in his first Preakness in 1988. “Now, not only have I won it twice [in 1998 on Real Quiet and in 2008 on Big Brown], I’ve lived life. I’ll be as cool as a cucumber in the saddle” with Exaggerator on Saturday.
ref: 2016 May 17, Don Markus, “For Kent Desormeaux, Preakness is a welcome Maryland homecoming”, in The Washington Post:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Calm and composed even in difficult or frustrating situations; self-possessed.
wikipedia: Robinson Crusoe
Synonyms: calm
calm as a cucumber
collected
composed
cool
in control
level-headed
rational
self-possessed
Related terms: cool, calm and collected
self-possessed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-possessed
form: most self-possessed
Etymology: From self- + possessed.
Senses: glosses: In full control of one's faculties, and having a firm belief in one's abilities; confident, assured and poised.
intoxicating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intoxicating
form: most intoxicating
Senses: glosses: Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
raw_tags: of a substance
glosses: Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant.
Derived terms: intoxicatingly
nonintoxicating
unintoxicating
intoxicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intoxicate
pricker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪkə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: prickers
Etymology: From prick + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who pricks.
examples: text: The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that.
ref: 1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 112:
glosses: A tool for pricking.
glosses: A prickle or thorn.
glosses: Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
examples: text: The prickers, who rode foremost, […] halted.
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
glosses: One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
glosses: A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
Related terms: prick
prickle
prickly
glacial acetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Acetic acid that is at least 99.8% pure and tends to crystallize on cold days.
crystalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪstəlaɪz/
Forms: form: crystalizes
form: crystalizing
form: crystalized
form: crystalized
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crystallize.
glacial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡleɪ.sɪəl/
ipa: /ˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/
rhymes: -eɪʃəl
Forms: form: glacials
Etymology: From French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”). The sense "slow" refers to the speed of actual glaciers, typically around 1 meter per day.
Senses: synonyms: ice age
coordinate_terms: interglacial
glosses: A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).
mispronounciation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of mispronunciation.
mispronunciation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪspɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
enpr: mĭsprə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən
ipa: /mɪspɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
enpr: mĭsprə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: mispronunciations
Etymology: From mis- + pronunciation.
Senses: examples: text: She found the constant mispronunciation of her name very annoying.
glosses: The act of mispronouncing.
examples: text: His speech was full of mispronunciations.
glosses: A mispronounced word or phrase.
Related terms: mispronounce
pronounce
pronunciation
mispronounce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mispronounces
form: mispronouncing
form: mispronounced
form: mispronounced
Etymology: From mis- + pronounce.
Senses: glosses: To pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly.
Derived terms: mispronouncer
fumaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fumaric acids
Etymology: From Fumaria.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis
Synonyms: trans-butenedioic acid
E297 when used as an acidity regulator
maleic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin malum (“apple”). Related to malic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, cis-butenedioic acid; HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of fumaric acid; it is found in unripe fruit, and is used industrially in the production of polyester resins
Synonyms: cis-butenedioic acid
pyromalic acid
Derived terms: paramaleic acid
Related terms: maleate
maleic anhydride
maleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maleates
Etymology: From maleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of maleic acid.
Derived terms: diethylmaleate
diethyl maleate
dimaleate
monomaleate
fumarate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fumarates
Etymology: From fumaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.
Derived terms: calcium fumarate
fumarase
hemifumarate
monofumarate
monomethylfumarate
potassium fumarate
sesquifumarate
unsaturated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + saturated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.
raw_tags: of a solution
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic compound having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
glosses: Not chromatically pure; diluted.
raw_tags: of a colour
Related terms: unsaturated fatty acid
unsaturated fat
unsaturated fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsaturated fats
Senses: glosses: A fat or oil, from either animal or vegetable sources, containing a high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids; will typically be liquid at room temperature; a diet high in unsaturated rather than saturated fats is thought to contribute to lower levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Related terms: polyunsaturated fat
saturated fat
trans fat
trans fatty acid
saturated fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saturated fats
form: sat. fat
form: sat fat
Senses: glosses: A fat or oil, from either animal or vegetable sources, containing a high proportion of saturated fatty acids; will typically be solid at room temperature; a diet high in saturated rather than unsaturated fats is thought to contribute to higher levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Related terms: polyunsaturated fat
trans fat
trans fatty acid
unsaturated fat
polyunsaturated fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyunsaturated fats
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fat or oil, almost exclusively from vegetable sources, containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Related terms: saturated fat
trans fat
trans fatty acid
unsaturated fat
saturated fatty acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saturated fatty acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
antonyms: unsaturated fatty acid
glosses: A fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds.
Related terms: saturated fat
polyunsaturated fatty acid
unsaturated fatty acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsaturated fatty acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
antonyms: saturated fatty acid
glosses: A fatty acid, such as oleic acid, that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond.
Related terms: unsaturated fat
saturated fatty acid
polyunsaturated fatty acid
polyunsaturated fatty acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyunsaturated fatty acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds
Related terms: polyunsaturated fat
saturated fatty acid
unsaturated fatty acid