cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overwound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊnd
Forms: form: more overwound
form: most overwound
Etymology: From over- + wound.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone else Christian had had anything to do with, ever since the bad night outside Alexandria, had seemed to be overwound, jumpy, bitter, hysterical, overtired...
ref: 1949, Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions:
text: He has left his class, at least in spirit, by being in certain ways unusual; and he is still unusual in another class, too tense and overwound.
ref: 1957, Richard Hoggart, The Uses Of Literacy:
text: Eric's boss had accused him more than once of being a worrier, but Eric hadn't felt this overwound since his previous employer's stock underwent a dot-bomb implosion.
ref: 2004, Emma Holly, Strange Attractions, →ISBN, page 23:
text: He [Cheney] could only exist with a chief executive self-absorbed in his resentments, narrow in experience and intellectual scope, and who does not hold his vice president accountable; an incompetent national security advisor, overwound in her eagerness to please; and a secretary of state who never presses his advantages but accepts his internal defeats, playing the good soldier.
ref: 2004 October 6, Sidney Blumenthal, “The master of Washington vs. the fox”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2008:
glosses: Nervous, tense, jumpy.
mango juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mango juices
Senses: glosses: Juice produced from mangoes.
run circles round
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs circles round
form: running circles round
form: ran circles round
form: run circles round
Senses: glosses: alternative form of run circles around
Jewfro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuː.fɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒu.fɹoʊ/
rhymes: -uːfɹəʊ
Forms: form: Jewfros
Etymology: Blend of Jew + afro.
Senses: examples: text: He raked his fingers through his hair, which had become a Jewfro in the Florida humidity.
ref: 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 160:
glosses: A curly, bushy hairstyle worn by some Ashkenazi Jews.
mitose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mitoses
form: mitosing
form: mitosed
form: mitosed
Etymology: Back-formation from mitosis.
Senses: glosses: To undergo mitosis.
circle-strafes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of circle-strafe
circle-strafing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of circle-strafe
circle-strafed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of circle-strafe
quartersaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quartersaw
nonapplicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-applicable
Etymology: From non- + applicable.
Senses: glosses: Not applicable; inapplicable.
nonwidowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + widowed.
Senses: glosses: Not widowed.
nondivorced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + divorced.
Senses: glosses: Not divorced.
nondivorce
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + divorce.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or affected by divorce.
nonsingle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + single.
Senses: glosses: Not single.
nonmarrieds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmarried
nonsuburban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + suburban.
Senses: glosses: Not suburban.
quarter saw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quarter saws
form: quarter sawing
form: quarter sawed
form: quarter sawed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quartersaw.
quarter-saw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quarter-saws
form: quarter-sawing
form: quarter-sawed
form: quarter-sawed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quartersaw.
quarter saws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter saw
quarter sawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quarter saw
quarter sawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quarter saw
quarter-saws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter-saw
quarter-sawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quarter-saw
open valleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open valley
I see, said the blind man
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: USA, about 1860. This form of word play is known as a Wellerism.
Senses: glosses: Expressing confusion.
glosses: Expressing understanding after an initial period of confusion.
nigromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi/
Forms: form: nigromancies
form: igramansie
form: igramansy
form: igrimansie
form: nagramisse
form: negromancie
form: negromancy
form: nicromansie
form: nicromancy
form: nigomancy
form: nigramansy
form: nigromansie
form: nycromancie
form: nycromancy
form: nygramyce
form: nygramyssy
form: nygromansie
Etymology: From Middle English nigromauncy, from Old French nigromancie, nigremance, from Late Latin nigromantia, a blend of niger (“black”) and necromantīa (“necromancy”). Compare black art.
Senses: examples: text: But ah! celestial enchantress! the negromancy of thy tyrannical charms hath fettered my faculties with adamantine chains […].
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: "I hope thou wilt bring with thee Rebecca, even the scholar of the wise Miriam, whose cures the Gentiles slandered as if they had been wrought by nigromancy."
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: Whoever can deal with these mortal spirits and command them to do his business is proficient in the second species of nigromancy.
ref: 1999, Paracelsus, “Astronomia Magna”, in Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, transl., Essential Readings, North Atlantic Books, page 126:
glosses: Necromancy; magic involving death.
druggily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more druggily
form: most druggily
Etymology: From druggy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a druggy manner.
druggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of druggy: more druggy
druggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of druggy: most druggy
drugginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From druggy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being druggy.
scalar curl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scalar curls
Etymology: From scalar + curl.
Senses: examples: text: Since the curl of the vector field #92;vec#123;F#125;#61;(xy,xy,0) is the vector field #92;vec#123;#92;nabla#125;#92;times#92;vec#123;F#125;#61;(0,0,y-x), the scalar curl of the vector field #92;vec#123;G#125;#61;(xy,xy) is the scalar field y-x#92;#59;.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The coefficient of k in the three-dimensional curl of a two-dimensional vector field.
scalabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scalability
leaf curl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of several plant diseases, caused by diverse fungi or viruses, characterized by curling of leaves.
Derived terms: peach leaf curl
nonbiochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + biochemical.
Senses: glosses: Not biochemical.
nonbiochemist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbiochemists
Etymology: From non- + biochemist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a biochemist.
nonbiochemists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbiochemist
Jewspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jew + -speak.
Senses: glosses: The language used by Jews, usually Hebrew and Yiddish.
caporegime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑːpəʊɹəˈdʒiːmeɪ/
Forms: form: caporegimes
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian.
Senses: examples: text: And so usually a trusted caporegime would be sent out to rent a secret apartment and fill it with mattresses. That apartment would be used as a sally port into the city when an offensive was mounted.
ref: 1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather, page 104:
glosses: A high-ranking member of a crime family in the Mafia who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has significant social status and influence in the organization.
Synonyms: capo
caporegimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caporegime
sing-songy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sing-songy
form: most sing-songy
Etymology: From sing-song + -y.
Senses: examples: text: They sounded, Ms. Gilchrist explained, more sing-songy because they were sung in a wavering voice.
ref: 1996, John M Coggeshall, Carolina Piedmont country:
text: The group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had a sincere sing-songy style in the 1990s. Just as interesting is the current attempt by artists like Ja Rule and Nelly...
ref: 2005, John L Jackson, Real Black: adventures in racial sincerity:
text: "Hello, Mrs. Peck," Mama called out, in her sing-songy way, like she always did.
ref: 2008, C C Payne, Something to Sing About:
glosses: Singsong.
oralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oralists
Etymology: From oral + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of oralism.
oralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oralist
facesitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facesitters
Etymology: From face + sitter.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in facesitting.
Related terms: face-sit
oralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oralisms
Etymology: From oral + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A philosophy of education for the deaf, opposed to manualism, that uses spoken language consisting of lipreading, speech, the process of watching mouth movements, and mastering breathing techniques.
facesitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facesitter
strigine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: strĭʹjīn
ipa: /ˈstɹɪd͡ʒaɪn/
Etymology: From Latin strig- (“screech-owl”), + English -ine.
Senses: examples: text: He thought of the pellets he found by day, the tight packages of bone, fur and excrement that, like crushed auto carcases in a wrecker's yard, were all that remained of voles or mice swallowed whole by their strigine predators. Did those small creatures scuffling over leaves and roots hear the owls calling, and tremble in fear?
ref: 2014, James Robertson, 365: Stories:
glosses: Of or pertaining to owls.
antipest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pest.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
qualifier: public health
glosses: Serving to counter or eliminate pests.
antisink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sink.
Senses: qualifier: motor vehicles
glosses: Aiding suspension by preventing the chassis of the vehicle from sinking.
antifoul
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + foul.
Senses: glosses: Antifouling.
antifoul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: antifouls
form: antifouling
form: antifouled
form: antifouled
Etymology: From anti- + foul.
Senses: glosses: To apply antifouling paint to (a boat)
Assyriological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Assyriological
form: most Assyriological
Etymology: From Assyriology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Assyriology.
attentisme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French attentisme.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A policy of waiting; a waiting game.
angioleiomyoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angioleiomyomas
form: angioleiomyomata
Etymology: From angio- + leio- + myoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A vascular leiomyoma of the skin, thought to arise from vascular smooth muscle, and generally acquired.
angioleiomyomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angioleiomyoma
angioleiomyomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angioleiomyoma
bondmaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bondmaids
Etymology: From bond + maid.
Senses: glosses: A female bondservant.
Synonyms: bondmaiden
petro-dictator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petro-dictators
Etymology: Probably back-formed from petro-dictatorship.
Senses: examples: text: […] ignore the warnings while America's career politicians coddled and sun-bathed with their corrupt corporate campaign donors and the petro-dictators and monarchs[…]
ref: 2005, Peter De Krassel, Custom Maid Spin for New World Disorder:
text: By any reasonable standard it is a far better deal to send money to America's farmers than to various petro-dictators.
ref: 2008, Gal Luft, Breaking Oil's Monopoly in the Transportation Sector:
text: The U.S., the U.K. and others could point usefully to their own sometimes ruinous experiences with various African petro-dictators and diamond despots, in that not-so-distant past before we discovered our new-found attention to African democracy.
ref: 2009, Ernest J. Wilson, China's Influence In Africa:
glosses: The dictator of a country whose economy is primarily dependent upon the export of petroleum.
bondmaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bondmaid
bondmaiden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bondmaidens
Etymology: From bond + maiden.
Senses: glosses: A bondmaid.
bondmaidens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bondmaiden
pickily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pickily
form: most pickily
Etymology: From picky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a picky way; pedantically.
consociational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more consociational
form: most consociational
Etymology: From consociation + -al.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Having major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, with none of the divisions large enough to form a majority group, yet nonetheless stable due to consultation among the elites of each of its major social groups.
raw_tags: of a state
Derived terms: consociationalism
consociationally
petro-dictatorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petro-dictatorships
Etymology: From petro- + dictatorship.
Senses: examples: text: The development of energy resources in an otherwise underdeveloped economy […] is often accompanied by the rise of corrupt, authoritarian regimes (Witness the petro-dictatorships of Nigeria, Libya[…])
ref: 1997, Peter Rutland, Lost Opportunities: Energy and Politics in Russia:
text: Internationally, what is already the world's most indebted nation is overextended on the military front, highly dependent on OPEC oil and increasingly beholden to sovereign wealth funds run by petro-dictatorships or authoritarian regimes
ref: 2009, Thomas J. Courchene, The Obama Opportunity: Agent of Change in a Time of Crisis:
glosses: A dictatorship funded by petroleum exports.
Derived terms: petro-dictator
Divya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dhivya
Etymology: From Sanskrit दिव्या (divyā́), feminine of दिव्य (divyá, “divine,charming, heavenly”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit.
screw pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screw pines
Etymology: From screw + pine: the fruit resembles a pine cone, though the plants are not closely related; and the clustered leaves are thought to resemble a screw.
Senses: glosses: An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis.
glosses: The tree Pandanus spindalis.
glosses: Any species in the genus Pandanus
Synonyms: pandan
pandanus
acclivated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acclivated
form: most acclivated
Senses: examples: text: […] for, where where the ground is wet, and the ridges acclivated, the horses are yoked in a line […]
ref: 1832, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, volume 1, page 238:
text: […] the E.T.A. hilltop overlooking on one side, east, historic Commonwealth Avenue's acclivated migration out of the squalor of lower Brighton […]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 241:
glosses: Upward-sloping.
borated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From borate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: An advantage of this borated oil is that it always retains a slight stickiness, and so gives a good joint when wrapped around wires, etc.
ref: 1898, “Selected Formulae”, in Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898:
text: […] little need be done for them except to wash them with a little boric acid solution (one teaspoonful of boric acid to a glass of water) occasionally, and now and then to rub in a little petrolatum, plain or borated.
ref: 1929, William J. Robinson, Woman:
text: In the deuterium experiment, the hydrogen target was replaced with deuterium, and borated polyethylene shielding was installed around the target […].
ref: 2025 December 15, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 290, number 5499, →DOI, pages 2117–2119:
glosses: Having been treated with borate
cotinga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotingas
Etymology: From New Latin cotinga, from Old Tupi cutinga.
Senses: examples: text: Flocks of aquatic birds were to be seen on every side, the most numerous being the pelican, and a bird of the cotinga species, about the size of an English throstle, the plumage of which, being jet black and flamingo red, had a beautiful effect in the sunshine, as they flew or settled in thousands on the canes.
ref: 1857, John Benwell, An Englishman's Travels in America:
text: Sheer color alone is powerful enough, but when heightened by contrast, it becomes still more effective, and I seemed to have secured, with two barrels, a cotinga and its shadow.
ref: 1921, William Beebe, Edge of the Jungle:
glosses: Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae.
Derived terms: cotingid
cotingine
cotingas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotinga
ans.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ans
form: A.
form: A
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of answer.
accepted pairing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accepted pairings
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: A technique in which two or more competing products are compared in such a manner that certain good qualities are connected, while one product is made to appear more beneficial or desirable than its competitors.
body English
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First attested 1908.
Senses: examples: text: A mountain rider will as he loses momentum will turn out a bit, reducing the angle of attack. He will continue carving switchbacks, using body english jumping from one side of his sled to the other, as he continues climbing higher and higher.
ref: 2002 April 29, mixgreg, “Mountain Sledding”, in rec.sport.snowmobiles (Usenet):
glosses: A body motion made to coax an object already propelled to go in a desired direction.
correctio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correction.
Senses: examples: text: This syntactic correctio (self-correction) is not so emphatic as to constitute full ambiguity.
ref: 1998, Alastair Fowler, editor, Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets, Second Edition), →ISBN, page 17:
synonyms: epanorthosis
metanoia
glosses: The amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.
disavail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪsəˈveɪɫ]
Forms: form: disavails
form: disavailing
form: disavailed
form: disavailed
Etymology: From dis- + avail.
Senses: glosses: To disadvantage or harm.
examples: text: I disavailed myself of his services.
text: She disavailed him of that opinion.
glosses: To loose or stop using something.
mailpack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mailpacks
Etymology: From mail + pack.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A collection of published, printed materials, and sometimes other objects, placed in a container (typically an envelope) and sent through the mail to a specific person or postal address.
OCMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of original currency and amount, describing payments between banks, in messages using the SWIFT standard.
osseoaponeurotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the Latin osseus (“bone”), and Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) plus νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon”), literally translated as "the end of the muscle where it becomes tendon".
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.
rexine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: from Rexine, a trademark name.
Senses: hypernyms: pseudoleather
coordinate_terms: see pseudoleather § Hyponyms
glosses: A type of leather imitation, as used for things like book covers and upholstery.
rip box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rip boxes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A high end computer used for "ripping" (decoding) DVDs and converting them into various formats, using ripping and encoding software.
wordflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wordflows
Etymology: From word + flow.
Senses: glosses: A flow of words.
sheepish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiːpɪʃ/
Forms: form: more sheepish
form: most sheepish
Etymology: From Middle English schepische, shepisse, shepisshe; equivalent to sheep + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: “King Ty? Your sister is back.” “I don't want to talk to her unless she's here to apologize. Does she look sheepish?” “I guess I've seen a sheep in a cage before, so, yeah, kind of.”
ref: 2025 May 11, Monica Padrick, “Don Tyxote” (15:04 from the start), in Krapopolis, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Tyrannis (Richard Ayoade):
glosses: Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
examples: text: a sheepish girl
text: a sheepish grin
glosses: Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.
Derived terms: sheepishly
sheepishness
Jacot tool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jacot tools
Senses: glosses: A special-purpose lathe used by watchmakers to burnish and adjust the size of cone pivots.
opp.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of opp (“opposite”).
opp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of opuses.
hyp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyp.
achronological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + chronological.
Senses: examples: text: Another reason was the apparently inspired pairing of screenwriter Dennis Potter and director Nicolas Roeg, two dark poets of psychic subtexts and achronological memory flashes.
ref: 1988 October 14, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Muddled Americans”, in Chicago Reader:
text: The Time Traveler's Wife tracks the achronological course of their lifelong love affair.
ref: 2003 September 26, Martha Bayne, “Things Are Going Very Well for Audrey Niffenegger”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
glosses: Not chronological; proceeding through time in a nonlinear fashion
Derived terms: achronologically
afikomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afikomens
form: afikoman
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen), from Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן ('afikomán).
Senses: examples: text: The Passover Seders that Jews celebrated on the weekend would have been incomplete without the afikomen.
ref: 2008 April 22, Clyde Haberman, “The Unsavory Is No Rarity at City Hall”, in New York Times:
glosses: The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
afterfest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From after- + fest.
Senses: examples: text: Jazz Festival week is a busy one for Alexander: her gigs include a Friday afterfest set at Rosa's with her own band, a Sunday afterfest set at HotHouse with Thompson's Africa Brass, and a Tuesday duet at the Cultural Center with pianist Jeremy Khan.
ref: 2004 September 3, David Whiteis, “Dee Alexander”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Occurring subsequent to a festival.
aggrievedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aggrievedly
form: most aggrievedly
Etymology: From aggrieved + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "And what's the matter this time?" he demanded aggrievedly.
ref: 1916, Clair W. Hayes, The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign:
text: "Lady, you're carrying off the bouquet," he said, aggrievedly.
ref: 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa:
text: The big homecoming game, however, was canceled when the, uh, president got shot, as was the date itself when I didn't behave aggrievedly enough.
ref: 1999 July 2, Richard Meltzer, “Vinyl Reckoning”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
agitational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agitational
form: most agitational
Etymology: From agitation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Its enrolled membership was under 10,000, and its activities were non-political (since it refrained from nominating its own tickets) but entirely agitational and propagandist.
ref: 1922, Selig Perlman, A History of Trade Unionism in the United States:
text: Despite his continued commitment to social issues, Weber claims, "I've never been involved in didactic art, agitational art.
ref: 1998 December 18, Jeff Huebner, “Moving Pictures”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Relating to, or having the character of, political agitation
Derived terms: agitationally
agitpop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈædʒɪtpɒp/
ipa: /ˈæd͡ʒətˌpɑp/
Etymology: Blend of agitprop + pop
Senses: examples: text: His keenest outrage is reserved for the Bush administration, which he tears into like a good punker should, but Gabel's lyrics and delivery have a subtlety and wit that more didactic agitpop singers lack. "
ref: 2006 April 28, Miles Raymer, “Against Me!”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Pop music of an agitational character
alderpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alderperson
alderperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: uk
ipa: /ˈɔːldəˌpəːsn/
note: uk
ipa: /ˈɒldəˌpəːsn/
note: us
ipa: /ˈɔldərˌpərs(ə)n/
note: us
ipa: /ˈɑldərˌpərs(ə)n/
Forms: form: alderpersons
form: alderpeople
Etymology: Blend of alderman + -person.
Senses: examples: text: That is the problem with Dorothy's Third Ward, all these years she has been alderperson she has not made any deals to better that pigsty.
ref: 1992 February 14, Maryanne Burgess, “Re: Respect”, in Chicago Reader:
text: With Daley's iron grip and his loyal band of alderpeople, he will continue to ride roughshod over what appears to be a very complacent Chicago populace.
ref: 2007 August 24, Mike Koskiewicz, “On Taxes and TIF Spending”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: An alderman of any gender (gender-neutral); a member of a city council.
Synonyms: english: traditional term
translation: traditional term
word: alderman
word: councilperson
word: selectperson
Coordinate terms: mayor
Related terms: representative
alienations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alienation
Jew-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Jew + -free.
Senses: glosses: free of Jews; without any Jews
accordioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of accordion
accordioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of accordion
accordioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having formed, been crumpled into the form of, an accordion-like shape.
JAV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Acronym of Japanese adult video.
Related terms: word: AV
antecessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antecessors
form: antecessour
Etymology: From Latin antecessor. Doublet of ancestor.
Senses: examples: text: 1671, Joseph Glanvill, A Præfatory Answer to Mr. Henry Stubbe, London: J. Collins, p. 57,
[…] the Waldenses[,] Antecessors of the Protestants
text: Yet who says, I have faith in the existence of George II., as his present Majesty’s antecessor and grandfather?
ref: 1810, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Notes on a Barrister’s Hints on Evangelical Preaching”, in Henry Nelson Coleridge, editor, The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: W. Pickering, published 1839, page 343:
text: This, then, is their horrid counsel and device—that each one of their gods should kill his antecessor.
ref: 1890, Grant Allen, chapter 23, in The Great Taboo, London: Chatto & Windus, page 209:
text: The Book of Change in the general form it is known today [sic] is approximately three thousand years old. It is the third in a series of such texts, its antecessors supposed by some scholars to have been composed six and twelve hundred years earlier.
ref: 1994, Thomas Cleary, The Human Element: A Course in Resourceful Thinking, Boston: Shambhala, Introduction, pp. 14-15:
synonyms: precursor
predecessor
antonyms: successor
glosses: A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
examples: text: […] some, hath iudged wrongfully
As in reproche, of our country
Deniyng playne, moste noble Brute
Our antecessor our stocke and our frute.
ref: 1547, Arthur Kelton, A chronycle with a genealogie declaryng that the Brittons and Welshemen are linealiye dyscended from Brute, London: Richard Grafton:
text: […] promises made to Abraham, and to other antecessors of the Iewes,
ref: 1614, Thomas Wilson, A Commentarie upon the Most Divine Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes, London, Chapter 11, Dialogue 13, p. 926:
text: At his mother’s knee he had heard of the exploits of her family, which boasted among its antecessors a surgeon on Nelson’s ship at Trafalgar.
ref: 1992, Lynne Bowen, chapter 1, in Muddling Through: The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists, Vancouver: Douglas & MacIntyre, page 5:
synonyms: ancestor
antonyms: descendant
glosses: A person from whom one is descended.
antecessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antecessor
antielitist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antielitist
form: most antielitist
Etymology: From anti- + elitist.
Senses: examples: text: Basically, our politics will be populist, antielitist, antibureaucratic.
ref: 1993 January 29, Michael Miner, “Voice Transplant at the Sun-Times/Crime of a Genration”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Opposed to elitism
antielitist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antielitists
Etymology: From anti- + elitist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: One who opposes elitism.
antidocumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidocumentaries
Etymology: From anti- + documentary.
Senses: examples: text: Written by Sam Shepard and director-cinematographer Robert Frank, this 1968 antidocumentary emphasizes the relationship between Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Peter's brother Julius[…].
ref: 1999 March 12, Lisa Alspector, “Me and My Brother”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A documentary made in opposition to the normal standards of a documentary
anticontra
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + contra.
Senses: examples: text: In the Senate, Alan J. Dixon, new to the anticontra team, is part of a movement gathering signatures on a letter asking President Reagan to overturn the embargo if peace breaks out.
ref: 1988 May 6, S.L. Wisenberg, “Crime Story”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Several weeks later Meyer, Kelly, and five others associated with the Pledge of Resistance, a national anticontra group, walked into the courtrooms of 11 judges at the Dirksen Federal Building, presented an "open letter" to the judges, and declared that an "emergency situation" had developed.
ref: 1995 December 15, Robert McClory, “War on War”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposed to the Nicaraguan Contras, right-wing paramilitaries fighting the Sandinista regime.
amoung
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: He looked round amoung the slaves again, and inquired for Harry.
ref: 1838, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4:
text: There was a slight shuffling movement amoung the men crowded about.
ref: 1924, Samuel Derieux, “The Trial in Tom Belchers' Store”, in O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919:
text: An assessment of the motivation and energy levels found amoung UK managers, based on a survey of over 1,500.
ref: 2004, Chartered Management Institute, “Published reports”, in The Business Energy Survey (2004):
text: Shops, cafes and bars that trade on Hackney's streets are required by law to have a licence. This includes tables and chairs and fruit and veg stalls, amoung others.
ref: 2011, Hackney.gov.uk, “Markets”, in Shop front traders, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2012:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of among.
apneic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /æpˈniːɪk/
Forms: form: more apneic
form: most apneic
Etymology: From apnea + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Rarely (in cases which trouble us all) our new tools find themselves applied to bodies which in any prior human era would have become apneic in seconds, pulseless in minutes, rigid in hours, and putrid in days[…].
ref: 1994 March 11, Donna Bergen, “On Brain Death”, in Chicago Reader:
text: In three animals, apneic episodes in the second minute of hypoxia necessitated termination of the hypoxic challenge.
ref: 2000 September 15, Chris T. Bond et al., “Respiration and Parturition Affected by Conditional Overexpression of the Ca2 -Activated K Channel Subunit, SK3”, in Science, volume 289, number 5486, →DOI, pages 1942–1946:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
Derived terms: nonapneic
aquitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of acquitted.
areawide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From area + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: It seemed the problem I was experiencing was areawide, and Ameritech was working to correct it.
ref: 2000 December 22, Rose Spinelli, “Dial "A" For Aggravation”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Extending over the entire area
archconservatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arch- + conservatism.
Senses: examples: text: And since Brenton seems to want these characters to reflect life under Margaret Thatcher's archconservatism, his political analysis ends up as broad and oversimplified as the emotional palette he uses.
ref: 1994 January 21, Justin Hayford, “Greenland”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Hard-line conservatism
Related terms: archconservative
antirape
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + rape.
Senses: examples: text: But as it is, Koch wants this antirape comedy to be trendy, tough, and hilarious too, and considering the material, that not only won't wash, it's just a tad obscene.
ref: 1988 June 10, Lawrence Bommer, “Teeth”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposed to rape
affrontery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From affront + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: With an affrontery that did not falter, and knew not how to blush, he detailed his own participation in the acts for which he was prosecuting me as a participator.
ref: 1868, Stephen Meany, Speeches from the Dock, Part I:
text: This Englishman should neither out-do him in generosity nor affrontery.
ref: 1909, John R. Musick,, Sustained honor:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of effrontery.
examples: text: Skyboxes are a grotesque affrontery to authentic fandom[…].
ref: 1996 January 12, Tom Frank, “Capital Lies”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: An affront
amala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba àmàlà.
Senses: examples: text: The amala, or fermented yam, is an acquired taste, arriving in a grayish steamed mound, wrapped in plastic; it's neither sweet nor sour.
ref: 2002 September 20, Steve Dolinsky, “All Over the Map”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A thick paste made from yam or cassava flour, eaten chiefly in Yoruba cuisine.
cunctative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cunctative
form: most cunctative
Etymology: From Latin cunctari (“to delay”), + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: He knows that when properly developed his country will be one of the richest in the world, yet even when he is filled with such ideas he is just as cunctative as he has ever been.
ref: 1911, Edwin Dingle, Across China on Foot:
glosses: Inclined to delay
8514/A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 8514
form: 8514/Adapter
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 8514/Adapter, a video interface card and 4:3 display standard for computers, made obsolete in 1990 by the XGA video standard.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: MDA
word: HGC
word: CGA
word: DSCGA
word: EGA
word: SEGA
word: MCGA
word: QVGA
word: VGA
word: SVGA
word: EVGA
word: UVGA
word: QXGA
word: XGA
word: UXGA (4:3)
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: WQVGA
word: WVGA
word: WSVGA
word: WUVGA
word: WQXGA
word: WXGA
word: WUXGA (16:9)
8514/Adapter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of 8514/A.
alternarock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nəˌɹɒk/
ipa: /ɔːlˈtɜː(ɹ).nəˌɹɒk/
ipa: /ɔlˈtɝ.nəˌɹɑk/
ipa: /ɑlˈtɝ.nəˌɹɑk/
Etymology: Blend of alternative + rock
Senses: examples: text: While the album admirably breaks the downward stylistic spiral that marked the latter band's career, it's so crammed with alternarock stars it sounds more like a tribute to Watt than a solo debut.
ref: 1995 May 5, Peter Margasak, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Alternative rock music.
Related terms: alternapop
approacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: approachers
Etymology: From approach + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The monkeys’ calls warn other animals of approachers.
text: 1589, Paul Ive (translator), Instructions for the Warres by Raimond Beccarie de Pavie, Seigneur de Fourquevaux, London: Thomas Man and Toby Cooke, Chapter 5, p. 38,
[…] houses or other thing standing néere vnto a towne, or fort, are meanes to surprise and approach vnto it, and the approacher not be discouered, or impeached by the defenders.
text: Thou gavest thine ears like tapsters that bid welcome
To knaves and all approachers:
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: Stop, Headstrong Muse! And e’er we Higher go,
Look down, with Caution, on the Depth below;
Prospects, so vast, the Rash Approacher fright,
And, dazling, wound the uncollected Sight:
ref: 1718, Aaron Hill, The Northern-Star, London: E. Berington and J. Morphew, page 13:
text: her vigilant ear picked up approachers in the corridor
ref: 1971, Ian Wallace, The Purloined Prince, New York: McCall, act 3, page 125:
glosses: Someone or something that approaches.
examples: text: Extensive upgrades to the Arecibo antenna will be completed this spring, providing dozens of Toutatis-quality detections per year, spacecraft-quality images of the closest approachers, and hundred-pixel images of dozens of main-belt asteroids ( 9 ).
ref: 1997 December 19, Erik Asphaug, “PLANETARY SCIENCE: Enhanced: New Views of Asteroids”, in Science, volume 278, number 5346, →DOI, pages 2070–2071:
text: We have some close approachers," he says, "but not one that would have an impact trajectory."
ref: 2005 June 3, Ted McClelland, “Something Big Is Out There”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: earth approacher
glosses: An asteroid on a near-Earth trajectory.
approachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of approacher
amphibrachic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin amphibrachicus. By surface analysis, amphibrach + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Father Humphrey says, "Anapaestic and amphibrachic verse, being similar in measure and movement, are pleasing to the ear, and well adapted to cheerful and humourous^([sic]) compositions; and sometimes to elegiac compositions, and subjects important and solemn."
ref: 1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, 6th edition:
text: […]she will grow up to have long hair, a knack for the violin, an anonymous male admirer who writes her love poetry in amphibrachic tetrameter, and a son who dies in battle[…].
ref: 1988 December 23, Albert Williams, “Melissa, While She Sleeps”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
Derived terms: amphibrachically
dammas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damma
antiglobalism
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + globalism.
Senses: examples: text: They make a subset of an expanding global D.I.Y. movement, itself a huge tent of philosophies and manifestoes including but not confined to anticonsumerism, antiglobalism, environmentalism and all-purpose iconoclasm.
ref: 2007 September 6, Penelope Green, “Romancing the Flat Pack: Ikea, Repurposed”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposed to globalization and cosmopolitanism.
angell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angells
Senses: examples: text: Yea, suppoise he did all the werkis of man and angell.
ref: 1528, John Frith, “Places”, in The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6):
text: At the hearing of this voice, the horsse whereon Dunstane rode fell downe and died, being not able to abide the presence of the angell that thus spake to Dunstane.
ref: a. 1580, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8):
glosses: Obsolete spelling of angel.
antiart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiart
form: most antiart
Etymology: From anti- + art.
Senses: examples: text: Some saw them, and other Rauschenberg works, as neo-Dada, antiart gestures, for example.
ref: 1992 March 27, Fred Camper, “The Unordered Universe”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposed to art, or to the concept of fine art
antiart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + art.
Senses: examples: text: The weakness exists within culture itself, in the form of certain desires, dreams, and deliriums called up by "entertainment," mass culture, by certain types of antiart.
ref: 1989 June 16, Gary Kamiya, “Reading: Children of the Void”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Art created in opposition to the concept of art
Related terms: antiartist
antiartistic
antiauthoritarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From antiauthoritarian + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Celebrating the ordinary, he shows a healthy antiauthoritarianism.
ref: 2001 January 26, Fred Camper, “Musicians at Play”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposition to authority; the quality of being antiauthoritarian
antibureaucratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antibureaucratic
form: most antibureaucratic
Etymology: From anti- + bureaucratic.
Senses: examples: text: I am a seriously antibureaucratic person.
ref: 1992 March 13, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposed to bureaucracy
anticasino
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + casino.
Senses: examples: text: "This is a street fight," he proclaimed to an anticasino group near Baltimore as he distributed "casiNO" buttons."
ref: 1997 April 11, Robert McClory, “No Dice”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposed to casinos, or to the siting or licensing of a particular casino.
apotemnophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined in a paper in 1977 by J. Money et al. in the Journal of Sex Research,http://www.jstor.org/pss/3811894, from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τέμνω (témnō, “cut”) + -philia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
antonyms: apotemnophobia
coordinate_terms: acrotomophilia
glosses: A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for amputation of a specific limb.
examples: text: This paper seeks to present information on apotemnophilia. It points out the need of a man to have a healthy leg amputated, despite the fact that he cannot find a surgeon who will do so.
ref: 1983, W. Everaerd, “A case of apotemnophilia: a handicap as sexual preference”, in American Journal of Psychotherapy, volume 7, number 2, page 285:
text: In most cases of apotemnophilia the desire to be an amputee is linked to a form of sexual arousal, but Mr Smith said there was no suggestion that any of his patients were motivated by sexual urges.
ref: 2000 February 1, Gerard Seenan, “Healthy limbs cut off at patients' request”, in The Guardian:
text: News of the Weird has reported several times on people with apotemnophilia, or body integrity identity disorder--the consuming desire to have one or more healthy limbs removed.
ref: 2007 February 23, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A compulsion to become, or appear to be, an amputee.
Derived terms: apotemnophilic
antitranssexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitranssexual
form: most antitranssexual
form: anti-transsexual
Etymology: From anti- + transsexual.
Senses: examples: text: "The idea that I am part of an antigay, antitranssexual conservative conspiracy is laughable," says Bailey. "
ref: 2003 December 12, Dennis Rodkin, “Sex and Transsexuals”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Prejudiced against transsexual people.
Related terms: antitrans
antiwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiwomen
form: most antiwomen
Etymology: From anti- + women.
Senses: examples: text: Val Glaser, the board member behind the 10-3 vote (with three abstentions) to quash the poster, told Windy City Times: "Playboy is antiwomen and thus antilesbian.
ref: 1991 October 25, Michael Miner, “Burn This Poster?/Local News”, in Chicago Reader:
text: 13 years have passed from when we first started this labeling exercise and clearly, by anybody's definition, the music today is more violent, more hateful, more antiwomen than before — and these are top Billboard chart records.
ref: 2000, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Labels and Lyrics: Do Parental Advisory Labels Inform Consumers and Parents? : Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, June 16, 1998, page 50:
text: The show did not adequately condemn such violence and it carried a commercial that was also antiwomen. The women's community was upset about this show and the commercial.
ref: 2010, Mark Brady, The Wisdom of Listening, page 242:
glosses: Prejudiced against women; misogynistic.
Synonyms: antiwoman
antifemale