cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tavla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tāvlä
enpr: tăvlä
ipa: /teɪvlɑː/
ipa: /tævlɑː/
Forms: form: tavlas
Etymology: From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula.
Senses: examples: 1978, Past the tavern and hear the joggle of tavlas — Lawrence Durrell, in a 1977 interview published in Listener, 1978, and reprinted in Lawrence Durrell: Conversations, 1998 (see p.174)
topics: backgammon
games
glosses: A version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.
ribald
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪb.əld/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/
ipa: /ˈɹɪb.əld/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/
Forms: form: ribalder
form: more ribald
form: ribaldest
form: most ribald
form: ribauld
Etymology: From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald.
Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap.
Senses: examples: text: [L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,—the filthy ribald rascal is a liar.
ref: 1693, “Chapter XXVII”, in Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, transl., Gargantua and Pantagruel, The Third Book, translation of Gargantua et Pantagruel by François Rabelais:
text: But when he died the "Reform Democracy" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.
ref: 1875 May 15, anonymous author, “Mr. Carl Schurz and the Democratic Party”, in Harper's Weekly:
text: [T]he curious crowd had collected in the street […], with here and there a scoffer uttering his incredulity and courage with scornful remarks or ribald cries.
ref: 1888, Ambrose Pierce, “A Fruitless Assignment”, in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, published 1893:
text: Anyway up against Reba McEntire, '60s-rock-bred big city escapee K.T. Oslin comes off both more ribald ("Younger Men") and prouder of the bras and bridges she used to burn ("'8s Ladies") in her best country hits.
ref: 1997, Chuck Eddy, The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music, page 22:
text: Baron Cohen turns his attentions back towards England, satirising the Establishment’s contempt for what Nobby himself proudly calls “scum” with ribald and corrosive glee.
ref: 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph, London:
text: The “South Park” social media account responded, “Wait, so we ARE relevant?” and added a ribald hashtag.
ref: 2025 August 7, Derrick Bryson Taylor, “‘South Park’ Finds New Relevance Skewering the Trump Era”, in The New York Times:
coordinate_terms: risqué#Adjective
racy#Adjective
cheeky#Adjective
glosses: Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
ribald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪb.əld/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/
ipa: /ˈɹɪb.əld/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/
Forms: form: ribalds
form: ribauld
Etymology: From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald.
Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap.
Senses: examples: text: After, he made an harlot, a ribald, come to him alone for to touch his members and his body, to move to lechery.
ref: 1483 [1900 edition], William Caxton (Trans.), Jacobus de Voragine, "Life of S. Paul the first Hermit", The Golden Legend
glosses: A person who is filthy or vulgar in nature.
Related terms: ribaldrous
ribaldry
recede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: recedes
form: receding
form: receded
form: receded
Etymology: From Middle French receder, from Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).
Senses: examples: text: Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore.
ref: 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center.
ref: 1725, Richard Bentley, The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism:
synonyms: recur
retrocede
glosses: To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
examples: to recede conquered territory
glosses: To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
glosses: To take back.
Derived terms: receding
Related terms: cede
recedence
recession
recess
recessive
RP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)piː/
Forms: form: RPs
Senses: examples: text: Goodbye RP / Let our words go free / Coo and howl / Lay flat your vowels
ref: 2008, “RIP RP”, in The Boy Bands Have Won, performed by Chumbawamba:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Received Pronunciation.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of rating pending.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of retinitis pigmentosa.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of roleplay.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of rotationplasty.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of radiation pressure.
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Initialism of reverse-phase.
examples: text: Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.
ref: 2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024:
glosses: Initialism of red pill.
RP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)piː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Rhineland-Palatinate, a federal state of Germany.
glosses: Initialism of Republic of Poland.
glosses: Initialism of Republic of the Philippines (former two-letter country code).
RP
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)piː/
Forms: form: RPs
form: RP's
form: RPing
form: RP'ing
form: RPed
form: RPed
form: RP'd
form: RP'd
form: RP'ed
form: RP'ed
Senses: examples: text: I hope you enjoyed this snapshot of why D&D is a great intro into RP'ing. Next week, get your katanas, miniguns, Bulldog-Step vans, and Earth Spirits out. We’re talking Shadowrun. See you then!
ref: 2015 March 23, Andrew Smith, “Start your R&R with some D&D”, in The Spokesman-Review:
glosses: To roleplay.
meditation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛdɪˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: meditations
Etymology: From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).
Senses: glosses: A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
examples: text: Free-associating on paper is valuable—letting loose, as I described in the last chapter, and writing whatever you feel like writing, any way you want. It’s valuable when you’re learning to write to help you deal with fear, and it continues to be a useful technique for starting a piece of writing or moving beyond a point where you’re stuck. It’s a good way to develop characters and story by drawing on unconscious associations, free-associating about something (a process that used to be called meditation before meditation came to mean emptying your mind). […] Writing to communicate is a different matter. Professional writers, without exception so far as I know, consider unstructured, unedited free association to be at best only the first stage of writing. Not even Jack Kerouac wrote that way, although he tried to make it look as if he did.
ref: 2007 [1995], Richard Rhodes, How to Write: Advice and Reflections, e-book edition, HarperCollins, pages 18-19:
glosses: Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
examples: text: Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery.
glosses: A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
glosses: A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
examples: text: deep meditation
text: in meditation
text: He was lost in careful meditation on how best to proceed when a sudden phone call forced him to decide.
synonyms: word: cogitation
word: contemplation
word: deliberation
word: mulling
word: musing
word: pondering
word: meditation
word: reflection
word: rethinking
word: reconsideration
word: rumination
word: thought
glosses: Careful and thorough thought.
Derived terms: beditation
mass meditation
meditational
nonmeditation
theta meditation
transcendental meditation
Related terms: meditate
meditative
meditationist
meditativeness
premeditation
mentation
meditate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/
Forms: form: meditates
form: meditating
form: meditated
form: meditated
Etymology: First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Senses: glosses: To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
glosses: To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
examples: text: […] yet I can by no means be persuaded that he could find leisure enough to write so many copies of it in his solitudes and sufferings, in the midst of treaties, in the hurry of removals, while he meditated his escape, and was strictly observ'd by his guards.
ref: 1761, John Toland, The Life Of Iohn^([sic]) Milton:
text: He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.
ref: 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin:
glosses: To consider; to reflect on.
Derived terms: meditater
meditatingly
meditatist
nonmeditating
remeditate
Related terms: meditative
meditation
meditator
meditate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/
Etymology: First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Senses: glosses: Meditated.
raw_tags: as a participle
weaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈwi.vɚ/
rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
homophone: weever
Forms: form: weavers
Etymology: From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).
Senses: examples: text: The Silks, varniſh'd Works, Ink, Paper, and in general every thing that comes, both from Nan-king and the other Cities of the Province, which carry on an aſtoniſhing Trade, is much more eſteem'd and dear, than what is brought from other Provinces. In the City Shang-hay only, and the Villages belonging to it, they reckon above 200,000 Weavers of Callico.
ref: 1738, J. B. Du Halde, “PROVINCE II. KYANG-NAN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, →OCLC, page 73:
glosses: A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
examples: text: To add a new weaver, simply soak a new one, slide one end under a rib (over the old weaver) and continue weaving with both of them until the old one runs out. […] If your weaver has dried, rewet it and weave several rows as in Diagram 26.
ref: 1988, Lyn Siler, The Basket Book: Over 30 Magnificent Baskets to Make and Enjoy:
coordinate_terms: spoke
stake
glosses: A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
glosses: A weaverbird.
glosses: An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
glosses: Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
glosses: Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
Derived terms: baya weaver
dwarf cobweb weaver spider
funnel weaver
golden silk orb-weaver
lentil-weaver
meshweb weaver
red-legged golden orb-weaver spider
sheet weaver
sociable weaver
southern masked weaver
sparrow-weaver
speckle-fronted weaver
village weaver
Weaver
weaver ant
yellow-mantled weaver
Related terms: weave
Webb
Webber
Webster
prank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prăngk
ipa: /pɹæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: pranks
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brAngh- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).
Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.
Senses: examples: text: play a prank
text: pull a prank on someone
text: He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.
text: His pranks have been too broad to bear with.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
text: The harpies […] played their accustomed pranks.
ref: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
glosses: A practical joke or mischievous trick.
examples: text: She played a cruel prank on him.
text: Lilius Geraldus ſaith,that Hercules after all his mad prankes vpon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of Hellebor,which an Anticyrian adminiſtred vnto him.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Simples purging melancholy downeward”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 4, member 2, subsection 2, page 311:
glosses: An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
Synonyms: word: caper
word: capriccio
word: curvet
word: gag
word: gambade
word: high jinks
word: lark
word: marlock
word: monkeyshine
word: practical joke
word: prank
word: prat
word: reak
word: rag
word: shenanigan
word: trick
word: windup
Hypernyms: word: joke
Hyponyms: word: 52-card pickup
word: apple-pie bed
word: April fool
word: black fax
word: butter-slide
word: Chinese finger trap
word: ding-dong ditch
word: invisible ink
word: joy buzzer
word: knock down ginger
word: nipple cripple
word: panty raid
word: prank call
word: purple nurple
word: titty twister
word: towel snap
word: trick-or-treat
word: wedgie
word: whoopee cushion
Derived terms: prank call
pranker
prankful
prankish
prankless
pranksome
prankster
pranky
Related terms: word: bazinga
word: gotcha
prank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: prăngk
ipa: /pɹæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: pranks
form: pranking
form: pranked
form: pranked
form: prankt
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brAngh- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).
Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.
Senses: examples: text: “If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”
ref: 2007 May 13, Karen Crouse, “Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp”, in New York Times:
glosses: To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
glosses: To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
To make a prank call to (someone).
examples: text: Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.
text: I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?
synonyms: missed call#Verb
glosses: To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.
examples: text: In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 36:
text: 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II
And there a Seaſon atween June and May,
Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,
A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay,
No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
text: Flora, wanton-eyed
For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:
ref: 1880, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2–3:
glosses: To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
examples: text: White houses prank where once were huts.
ref: 1867, Matthew Arnold, “Obermann Once More”, in New Poems:
glosses: To make an ostentatious show.
Related terms: sense: telephone senses
word: missed call
sense: telephone senses
word: call collect
sense: telephone senses
word: caller ID
sense: telephone senses
word: phreak
prankster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pranksters
Etymology: Derived from prank + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: A skilled prankster.
text: She became famous as a prankster.
text: He loves being a prankster and is often seen pulling off several pranks on his bullies.
glosses: One who performs pranks.
Synonyms: trickster
Related terms: prank
trickster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪkstɚ/
Forms: form: tricksters
Etymology: From trick + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: 1991, Alan R. Velie (compiler and editor), American Indian Literature: An Anthology, Revised edition, page 44,
The trickster is one of the oldest and most widespread of mythological and literary figures. […] As the name implies, the trickster is, on one level—probably the most important—an amoral practical joker who wanders about playing pranks on unsuspecting victims […] With all the fluctuations, certain things about the trickster are predictable: he is always a wanderer, always hungry, and usually oversexed.
Tricksters abound in folktales […] .
text: And let us begin with those sympathetic elements, the tricksters who obtain the lovers and the land, always at the expense of fools and knaves, sometimes at the expense of other tricksters.
ref: 2015, J. Douglas Canfield, Tricksters and Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy, page 31:
topics: human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
publishing
sciences
glosses: Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.
examples: text: A skilled trickster knows how to outsmart their enemies with ease.
glosses: One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
examples: text: Our fellow trickster will perform some impressive magic tricks tonight.
glosses: One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions).
glosses: An impish or playful person.
examples: text: That shady trickster faked being a psychic advisor to spread misinformation and gain profit.
glosses: A fraud or cheat (person who performs a trick or hoax full of falsehoods for the purpose of unlawful gain).
Synonyms: sense: one who plays tricks or pranks on others
word: prankster
sense: one who plays tricks or pranks on others
word: tricker
sense: one who plays tricks or pranks on others
word: trepan
sense: one who performs tricks
word: tricker
Related terms: confidence trickster
three-card trickster
trick
trickster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪkstɚ/
Forms: form: tricksters
form: trickstering
form: trickstered
form: trickstered
Etymology: From trick + -ster.
Senses: glosses: To engage in the antics of a trickster; to play tricks.
Related terms: gadfly
jester
jokester
practical joker
prankster
malaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: malarias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: ague
word: paludism
glosses: A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
examples: text: The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 149:
synonyms: miasma
glosses: Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
Derived terms: airport malaria
antimalaria
antimalarial
falciparum malaria
knowlesi malaria
malarial
malariametric
malaria mosquito
malaria net
malarigenous
malarin
malarioid
malariologist
malariology
malarious
nonmalaria
vivax malaria
Revised Romanization of Korean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The official South Korean romanization standard for Korean.
Nepali
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈpɔːli/
ipa: /nəˈpɑːli/
Etymology: From Nepal + -i.
Senses: synonyms: Nepalese
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepali people or the Nepali language.
Derived terms: Nepaliness
Nepali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈpɔːli/
ipa: /nəˈpɑːli/
Forms: form: Nepalis
Etymology: From Nepal + -i.
Senses: synonyms: Nepalese
glosses: a person from Nepal or of Nepali descent
Nepali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈpɔːli/
ipa: /nəˈpɑːli/
Etymology: From Nepal + -i.
Senses: synonyms: Nepalese
glosses: an Indo-Aryan language used primarily by the people of Nepal
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Nepali terms
eigenfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenfunctions
Etymology: From eigen- + function.
Senses: examples: text: For many quantum-mechanical problems it is important to investigate the change of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions with the continuous change of one or more parameters. The case in which one knows the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for two special values of the parameters, and is interested in the region in between is particularly interesting.
ref: 2000, John von Neumann, E. Wigner, “On the Behaviour of Eigenvalues in Adiabatic Processes”, in Hinne Hettema, transl., edited by Hinne Hettema, Quantum Chemistry: Classic Scientific Papers, World Scientific, published 1929, page 25:
text: Problems that require an investigation of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions arise in connection with numerous topics in mechanics, the theory of vibrations and stability, hydrodynamics, elasticity, acoustics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, etc.
ref: 2005, Leonid D. Akulenko, Sergei V. Nesterov, High-Precision Methods in Eigenvalue Problems and Their Applications, CRC Press (Chapman & Hall), page 1:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function ϕ such that, for a given linear operator D, Dϕ=λϕ for some scalar λ (called an eigenvalue).
Synonyms: proper function
eigenstate
Related terms: eigenbasis
eigenbrain
eigendecomposition
eigen decomposition
eigenface
eigenhead
eigenmode
eigenpair
eigenspace
eigenspinor
eigenstate
eigensystem
eigentheory
eigenvalue
eigenvector
hamiltonian
Afrikaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afrikaner
rhinoceros beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhinoceros beetles
Etymology: Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros.
Senses: glosses: Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.
Related terms: stag beetle
stag beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stag beetles
form: stag-beetle
Senses: glosses: Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag
glosses: Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag
especially, the largest beetle in the UK, of species Lucanus cervus.
inexpensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
ipa: /ˌɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
Forms: form: more inexpensive
form: most inexpensive
Etymology: From in- + expensive.
Senses: examples: text: Cameras for black and white recording are relatively inexpensive, but color cameras cost twice to four times as much.
ref: 1983 [1981], Peter Lenzendorf, The Video Camera Handbook, 2nd impression, Great Britain: David & Charles, translation of original by Niedernhausen: Falken-Verlag GmbH (in German), published 1984, unnumbered page:
text: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
ref: 2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017:
glosses: Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.
examples: text: The Swiss people are frugal and inexpensive in their own habits […]
ref: 1859, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Switzerland”, in Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume II, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company […], published 1872, page 273:
glosses: Not extravagant in expenditure.
Synonyms: word: affordable
english: ambiguous
translation: ambiguous
word: cheap
word: economical
word: of good value
Derived terms: inexpensively
inexpensiveness
royal jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: royal jellies
Senses: glosses: A substance secreted by honey bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees.
Related terms: honey
airport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə.pɔːt/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.pɔɹt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈa(r).po(r)ʈ/
rhymes: -ɔːt
Forms: form: airports
Etymology: From air + port.
Senses: examples: text: She met Sam and the others at the airport at 7:00 am.
text: In the Indianapolis airport, for example, travelers spend an average of 94 minutes in the terminal and presecurity areas before boarding their flights.
ref: 1999, Marc J. Dollinger, Entrepreneurship: strategies and resources:
text: Because of this, and contrary to popular belief, British airports primarily act as giant wealth extractors, transporting our richest citizens out of the country as often as possible to take their money overseas.
ref: 23 June 2018, “Heathrow expansion to mainly benefit wealthy frequent fliers, research finds”, in The Independent:
glosses: An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.
Coordinate terms: aerodrome
airbase
airfield
airstrip
landing field
landing strip
Derived terms: airportable
airport book
airporter
airport fiction
airportless
airportlike
airport lounge
airport malaria
airport novel
airport system
Airport Village
antiairport
heliport
how do I get to the airport
international airport
jetport
multiairport
nonairport
STOLport
vertiport
tendon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛn.dən/
Forms: form: tendons
Etymology: Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”). Compare Middle English thenoun.
Senses: examples: text: I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.
ref: 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 78:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: sinew
glosses: A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The hamstring of a quadruped.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
Derived terms: Achilles tendon
Achilles’ tendon
calcaneal tendon
endotendon
intertendon
intratendon
mesotendon
midtendon
musculotendon
neotendon
paratendon
peritendon
quadriceps tendon
subtendon
tendinopathy
tendonectomy
tendonitis
tendon of Achilles
tendony
Related terms: ligament
atomic mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomic masses
Senses: glosses: The mass of an atom.
glosses: atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element.
Derived terms: A
AMU
atomic mass number
atomic mass unit
average atomic mass
mass number
relative atomic mass
unified atomic mass unit
Related terms: atom
atomic
atomic number
atomic weight
mass
mass number
indignation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: indignations
Etymology: From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.
Senses: examples: text: He protested in indignation.
text: The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14, column 1:
glosses: An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
glosses: A self-righteous anger or disgust.
Related terms: deign
dignify
indign
indignant
undignified
digraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈdaɪɡɹæf/
Forms: form: digraphs
Etymology: Blend of directed + graph.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A directed graph.
Derived terms: acyclic digraph
Related terms: sense: Other terms of interest
word: adjacency matrix
sense: Other terms of interest
word: finite relation
sense: Other terms of interest
word: incidence matrix
digraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈdaɪɡɹæf/
Forms: form: digraphs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”), equivalent to di- + -graph.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
examples: text: As a special education teacher, I find that introducing one or two digraphs a week works well.
ref: 2022 July 11, Sarah Forst, “How to Teach Consonant Digraphs”, in The Designer Teacher:
text: A consonant digraph is a combination of two consonants that represent one sound.
ref: 2023 November 14, Bronwyn, “What Is a Digraph? Understanding This Phonics Building Block”, in TeachStarter:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: grapheme
glosses: A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
qualifier: divination of the Taixuanjing
glosses: a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
Derived terms: digraphia
digraphic
pseudodigraph
subdigraph
Related terms: trigraph
tetragraph
pentagraph
hexagraph
heptagraph
octagraph
monophthong
diphthong
triphthong
ligature
-graph
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek suffix -γράφος (-gráphos, “that writes, describes”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”), whence also -graphy.
Senses: examples: stenograph
glosses: that writes
glosses: that is written
qualifier: by analogy
glosses: that draws or shows
examples: photograph
glosses: that is drawn or shown
glosses: A group of letters of a specified number.
Synonyms: sense: that written
word: -gram
sense: that drawn or show
word: -gram
Derived terms: digraph
trigraph
tetragraph
pentagraph
monograph
photograph
paragraph
Related terms: -graphy
infix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɪks/
ipa: /ˈɪnfɪks/
rhymes: -ɪks
Forms: form: infixes
form: infixing
form: infixed
form: infixed
Etymology: Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).
Senses: examples: text: to infix a sting, spear, or dart
text: […] in her eye I find
A wonder, or a wondrous miracle,
The shadow of myself form’d in her eye:
Which being but the shadow of your son,
Becomes a sun and makes your son a shadow:
I do protest I never loved myself
Till now infixed I beheld myself
Drawn in the flattering table of her eye.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: The fatal Dart a ready Passage found,
And deep within his Heart infix’d the Wound:
text: Consider that innumerable race of insects, which either are bred on the body of each animal, or flying about infix their stings in him.
ref: 1779, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, part 10, page 100:
text: Gnawed within and scorched without, with the infixed, unrelenting fangs of some incurable idea; such an one, could he be found, would seem the very man to dart his iron and lift his lance against the most appalling of all brutes.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 41, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
glosses: To instill.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
infix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnfɪks/
Forms: form: infixes
Etymology: Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).
Senses: examples: text: I am not pleased with one or two of the noun cases (they are too similar to others) and I want to change the way that the Focus category (see Section 3.5 of the grammar) is manifested (using word-order instead of an infix or other phonological marker). All in all, the language is structured almost exactly as I wanted.
ref: 2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 6:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
examples: text: The infix position contains (pronominal) object markers, showing agreement with the object(s), which might be one or more noun phrases following the verb, or a foregoing or previously mentioned object marking.
ref: 2008, Derek Nurse, Tense and Aspect in Bantu, →ISBN:
text: […] but the second example contravenes all the rules, as the negative infix should NEVER precede any Set 2 affix present in the complex.
ref: 2008, George Hewitt, Are Verbs Always What They Seem to Be?:
text: […] at least in languages, like Swahili, which exhibit morphologically different tense/aspect infixes in affirmative and negative clauses[…]
ref: 2018, Gloria Cocchi, chapter 5, in Structuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond, →DOI:
text: The morpheme in question is the reflexive prefix ('infix' in the traditional Bantu terminology).
ref: 2023, Bostoen, de Schryver, Guérois & Pacchiarotti, editor, On reconstructing Proto-Bantu grammar, page 709:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: some authors when describing agglutinative languages; otherwise dated; some authors when describing agglutinative languages; otherwise dated
glosses: A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: Bantu linguistics
glosses: A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of interfix.
synonyms: word: interfix
Derived terms: infixal
infixation
infixion
infix notation
infix operator
Related terms: anastomosis
postfix
Pama-Nyungan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpamə-ˈnjʊŋən/
ipa: /ˌpʌməˈnjʊŋən/
ipa: /ˌpaməˈnjʊŋən/
Etymology: From pama (“man, person”) (in several northeast Australian Aboriginal languages) + nyungaa (“man, person”) (in several southwestern Australian Aboriginal languages) + -an. Apparently coined by American linguist Kenneth L. Hale (1934-2001), to show the vast geographical extent of the family.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A proposed language family encompassing most Australian Aboriginal languages, including Pitjantjatjara and Warlpiri, but excluding those spoken in the northwest.
wikipedia: Kenneth L. Hale
Derived terms: non-Pama-Nyungan
Pama-Maric
Pama-Nyunganist
Proto-Pama-Nyungan
velopharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
-ɪndʒəl
Forms: form: more velopharyngeal
form: most velopharyngeal
Etymology: From velo- + pharyngeal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.)
velopharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
-ɪndʒəl
Forms: form: velopharyngeals
Etymology: From velo- + pharyngeal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A sound articulated at the velopharynx.
Related terms: pharyngeal
conperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conpeople
form: conpersons
Etymology: From con + -person.
Senses: examples: text: A business human you can't trust is called a conman. Excuse me, a conperson. A lot of conpeople call themselves consultants.
ref: 2005, Dennis Fried, More Memoirs of a Papillon: Diary of a Mad Dog, page 39:
glosses: A conman or conwoman.
conperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conpeople
form: conpersons
Etymology: From con- (“constructed”) + person.
Senses: glosses: A fictional person, especially one supposed to inhabit a conworld and speak a conlang.
Related terms: conculture
conlang
conreligion
consociety
conworld
white trash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A shortening, first attested in 1850, of poor white trash, which black slaves in the Southern United States were said to call white individuals who worked in servile positions (for example, as butlers).
Senses: examples: text: This white trash can't pay for his own beer.
text: These lowlife characters are white trash.
text: Among these odd folk, who correspond exactly to the decadent element of “white trash” in the South, law and morals are non-existent; and their general mental status is probably below that of any other section of the native American people.
ref: 1919, H. P. Lovecraft, Beyond the Wall of Sleep:
text: “So, he is the father of Emmie Slattery’s baby,” thought Scarlett. “Oh, well. What else can you expect from a Yankee man and a white-trash girl?”
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part I, page 71:
text: When Linda was two and living in a San Pedro dive with her white-trash parents, he was twelve and gaining clandestine access to wealthy homes in Bronxville and Scarsdale, New York, exorcising his nocturnal heart by delivering himself to the quiet muse of other people's dwellings, sometimes stealing, sometimes not. . . .
ref: 1987 [1984], James Ellroy, Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 31:
text: Just some Portland white trash / You confronted your sorrow / Like there was no tomorrow / While the rest of the world only laughed
ref: 2017, “Tonya Harding”, performed by Sufjan Stevens:
glosses: A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.
Synonyms: whitey
Meronyms: whitey
Derived terms: white trashery
white-trashy
Whitetrashistan
Related terms: trailer trash
Iaponia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: becauſe theſe moſt worthy Chriſtiãs of Iaponia whereof this relatiõ doth entreate be of the ſame Chriſtian and Catholike Fayth and Religon^([sic]) that you be
ref: 1619, W. W. Gent, A Briefe Relation of the Persecution Lately Made Against the Catholike Crhstians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, volume 1, page 6:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Japonia.
lag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /læɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Etymology: Probably North Germanic origin.
Senses: examples: text: Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too lag to see him buried.
ref: 1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III:
glosses: Late.
examples: text: the lag end of my life
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: Last; long-delayed.
examples: text: We know your thoughts of us, that laymen are lag souls, and rubbish of remaining clay.
ref: 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal:
glosses: Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
lag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /læɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Forms: form: lags
form: lagging
form: lagged
form: lagged
Etymology: Probably North Germanic origin.
Senses: examples: text: Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did lag, / That lasie seemd in being ever last, / Or wearied with bearing of her bag / Of needments at his backe.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book), Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Lazy beast! / Why last art thou now? Thou hast never used / To lag thus hindmost
ref: 1616, George Chapman, The Odysseys of Homer:
text: 1717, The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands
While he, whose tardy feet had lagg'd behind, / Was doom'd the sad reward of death to find.
text: Brown skeletons of leaves that lag / My forest-brook along
ref: 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts:
text: Over the next fifty years, by most indicators dear to economists, the country remained the richest in the world. But by another set of numbers—longevity and income inequality—it began to lag behind Northern Europe and Japan.
ref: 2004 April 5, The New Yorker,:
glosses: To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
examples: text: Spun glass mattresses are used for lagging the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring.
ref: 1941 April, “British Locomotive Developments”, in Railway Magazine, page 173:
text: Outside seems old enough: / Red brick, lagged pipes, and someone walking by it / Out to the car park, free.
ref: c. 1974, Philip Larkin, The Building:
glosses: To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
examples: text: My phone is starting to lag.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
video-games
glosses: To respond slowly.
examples: text: She lags us if we poach.
ref: 1847, Thomas De Quincey, Secret Societies":
glosses: To transport as a punishment for crime.
examples: text: "We must get the old dear out," said Lord Roxton to Malone. "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't. What I mean, he's not responsible - he'll sock someone and be lagged for it."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: To arrest or apprehend.
examples: text: Interest in the scandal will never lag.
text: The weight would lagge thee that art wont to flye.
ref: 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age:
glosses: To slacken
Derived terms: lag behind
lagging
lagging jacket
lagging strand
lag off
Related terms: tardy
lagging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Forms: form: more lagging
form: most lagging
Etymology: from lag
Senses: glosses: falling behind, not keeping up the pace
examples: text: A leading wave is one which reaches its maximum value before another, which is thus a lagging wave
ref: 1944, David Hay Surgeoner, Radio for aeroplanes, page 34:
coordinate_terms: concurrent
leading
glosses: Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
Derived terms: lagging indicator
laggingly
unlagging
Related terms: jet-lagging
lagging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Forms: form: laggings
Etymology: from lag
Senses: glosses: The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
glosses: The material so used.
examples: text: "Whether you'll get a nine or a lagging depends on the answer you give me, Mrs. Inglethorne."
ref: 1926, Edgar Wallace, The Square Emerald:
glosses: A prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.
Derived terms: beggar's lagging
tramp's lagging