cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wo͞ond
ipa: /wuːnd/
ipa: /wyːnd/
ipa: /wʉːnd/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʋuːnd/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʋuːɳɖ/
enpr: wound
ipa: /waʊnd/
rhymes: -uːnd
Forms: form: wounds
form: wounding
form: wounded
form: wounded
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: wound
form: wound
form: wounded
form: wound
form: woundest
form: wounded
form: woundedst
form: wounds
form: woundeth
form: wounded
form: wound
form: wounded
form: wound
form: wounded
form: wound
form: -
form: wounding
form: wounded
Etymology: Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.
Senses: examples: text: The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.
synonyms: word: damage
word: harm
word: abuse
word: annoy
word: bewound
word: damage
word: damnify
word: dere
word: do damage to
word: do for
word: do ill
word: do violence to
word: forwork
word: grieve
word: harm
word: harrow
word: hurt
word: injure
word: maul
word: misdo
word: put someone in hospital
word: scaith
word: scathe
word: vulnerate
word: wet
word: wound
word: ache
word: afflict
word: aggrieve
word: agonize
word: anguish
word: dere
word: excruciate
word: hurt
word: irritate
word: pang
word: pine
word: rack
word: throe
word: torment
word: torture
word: wring
glosses: To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
examples: text: The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.
text: I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.
ref: 1984 December 8, Michael Bronski, Andrea Loewenstein, “Family & Friends: Writers Talk Community”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 12:
synonyms: word: affront
word: hurt
word: abuse
word: affront
word: burn
word: carry
word: cut down
word: disrespect
word: dis
word: diss
word: give stick
word: heckle
word: hurt someone's feelings
word: insult
word: lapidate
word: qualifier
word: misbid
word: misrespect
word: misuse
word: offend
word: sledge
word: slight
word: sneap
word: wound
glosses: To hurt (a person's feelings).
wound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wo͞ond
ipa: /wuːnd/
ipa: /wyːnd/
ipa: /wʉːnd/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʋuːnd/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʋuːɳɖ/
enpr: wound
ipa: /waʊnd/
rhymes: -uːnd
ipa: /waʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
enpr: wo͞ond
ipa: /wuːnd/
ipa: /wyːnd/
ipa: /wʉːnd/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʋuːnd/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʋuːɳɖ/
enpr: wound
ipa: /waʊnd/
rhymes: -uːnd
Etymology: See wind (Etymology 2)
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
glosses: simple past and past participle of wind
Derived terms: drum-wound
flat-wound
round-wound
series-wound
wound rotor
wound-up
would
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /wəd/
note: weak form
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /(w)ʊ(l)d/
note: strong form
ipa: /wʊd/
ipa: /wuːld/
homophone: wood
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: woulds
form: wou'd
Etymology: From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will.
The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in should and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).
Senses: examples: text: When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.
ref: 1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible, page 88:
text: Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.
ref: 2010, Shushona Novos, The Personal Universal: A Guidebook for Spiritual Evolution, page 395:
glosses: Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
would
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /wəd/
note: weak form
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /(w)ʊ(l)d/
note: strong form
ipa: /wʊd/
ipa: /wuːld/
homophone: wood
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: wou'd
Etymology: From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will.
The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in should and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of I would, used to denote that the speaker finds another person sexually attractive.
Related terms: could
should
worthwhile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: UK, wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/
note: General American, Canada, wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˌwɝθˈwaɪl/
note: General Australian, wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˌwɜːθˈwɑel/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: more worthwhile
form: most worthwhile
form: worth while
form: worthwile
Etymology: From worth (adjective) + while (noun).
Senses: examples: text: Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile.
glosses: Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Synonyms: worth it
Related terms: worth one’s while
worst
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɜːst/
ipa: /wɔːst/
ipa: /wɜɹst/
ipa: /wɜ(r)sʈ/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /wə(r)sʈ/
note: backing after W
ipa: /(w)ɵ(r)sʈ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
Senses: examples: text: I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.
glosses: superlative form of bad: most bad
Most inferior; doing the least good.
raw_tags: for non-slang definitions
examples: text: That's the worst news I've had all day.
glosses: superlative form of bad: most bad
Most unfavorable.
raw_tags: for non-slang definitions
examples: text: The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.
glosses: superlative form of bad: most bad
Most harmful or severe.
raw_tags: for non-slang definitions
examples: text: None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.
glosses: superlative form of bad: most bad
Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
raw_tags: for non-slang definitions
Synonyms: sense: most bad
word: baddest
sense: most bad
word: pessimal
Derived terms: at the worst
at worst
bad comes to worst
be one's own worst enemy
doctors make the worst patients
do one's worst
fear the worst
get the worst of it
in the worst way
least worst
the cobbler always wears the worst shoes
the cobbler's children are the worst shod
the shoemaker always wears the worst shoes
worse comes to worst
worst-case
worst-case scenario
worst case scenario
worst comes to worst
worst enemy
worst for wear
worst-kept secret
Worst Korea
worstness
worst of both worlds
worst off
worst timeline
Related terms: worse
worst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɜːst/
ipa: /wɔːst/
ipa: /wɜɹst/
ipa: /wɜ(r)sʈ/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /wə(r)sʈ/
note: backing after W
ipa: /(w)ɵ(r)sʈ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
Senses: examples: text: My sore leg hurts worst when it's cold and rainy.
text: This is the worst-written essay I've ever seen.
text: She's the worst-informed of the lot.
glosses: superlative form of badly: most badly; least well.
worst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɜːst/
ipa: /wɔːst/
ipa: /wɜɹst/
ipa: /wɜ(r)sʈ/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /wə(r)sʈ/
note: backing after W
ipa: /(w)ɵ(r)sʈ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Forms: form: worsts
Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
Senses: examples: text: The humorist helps people to explore and confront their worsts
ref: 1991, Don C. Dinkmeyer, Jr., The Encouragement Book: Becoming a Positive Person, page 201:
glosses: Something or someone that is the worst.
Derived terms: hope for the best, prepare for the worst
worst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɜːst/
ipa: /wɔːst/
ipa: /wɜɹst/
ipa: /wɜ(r)sʈ/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /wə(r)sʈ/
note: backing after W
ipa: /(w)ɵ(r)sʈ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Forms: form: worsts
form: worsting
form: worsted
form: worsted
Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
Senses: glosses: To make worse.
examples: text: Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting.
ref: 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
glosses: To grow worse; to deteriorate.
examples: text: The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
text: Her joy and pride in the honour paid to her darling son Adam was beginning to be worsted in the conflict with the jealousy and fretfulness which had revived when Adam came to tell her that Captain Donnithorne desired him to join the dancers in the hall.
ref: 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Dance”, in Adam Bede […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book third, pages 205–206:
text: Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such an unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.
ref: 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:
text: The higher classes see the unions, the strikes, the May Day Celebrations, and feel the calamity that is threatening them, and their terror passes into an instinct of self-defense and hatred. They know that if for one instant they are worsted in the struggle with their oppressed slaves, they will perish, because the slaves are exasperated and their exasperation is growing more intense with every day of oppression.
ref: 1894, Leo Tolstoï [i.e., Leo Tolstoy], “Contradiction between Our Life and our Christian Conscience”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Kingdom of God is within You: or, Christianity Not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life-conception. […], London: Walter Scott, […], →OCLC, page 120:
glosses: To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
stone fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone fruits
form: stone fruit
form: stonefruit
Senses: synonyms: drupe
hyponyms: almond
apricot
cherry
nectarine
peach
plum
date
mango
olive
coffee
pistachio
jujube
glosses: Any fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed.
glosses: Any plant in the genus Prunus.
Hypernyms: fruit
Related terms: clingstone
freestone
fruit tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹu(ː)t tɹiː/
Forms: form: fruit trees
form: fruit-tree
Senses: examples: text: The countryside of eastern Bohemia is cultivated intensely. Fruit trees grow thickly alongside the roads instead of the hawthorn hedges common in England.
ref: 1947 January and February, Gerald Druce (Jun.), “A Journey on the "Slovak Arrow"”, in Railway Magazine, page 17:
glosses: A tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis.
Hypernyms: tree
Related terms: food tree
edible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪbəl/
ipa: [ˈɛdɪbɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈɛdəbəl/
ipa: [ˈɛdəbɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈedɪbəl/
ipa: [ˈedɪbɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɛdɪbəl
rhymes: -ɛdəbəl
Etymology: From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”).
Senses: examples: text: edible fruit
glosses: Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
examples: text: Although stale, the bread was edible.
text: However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible than its model, the Monarch, but initially less edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments.
ref: 1957, Jane Van Zandt Brower, “Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies”, in Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer, editors, Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries, published 1996, page 81:
text: Recently germinated seeds are often even more nutritious from the point of view of humans because the stored chemicals are often transformed into more edible and palatable substances.
ref: 2006, Ernest Small, Culinary Herbs, page 17:
text: This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view.
ref: 2009, Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen, Figs, page 4:
glosses: Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish.
examples: text: Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants. Although edible, these gardens are equally valued for their aesthetic qualities. It is women who collect from edible gardens, […]
ref: 2020, Valentina Peveri, The Edible Gardens of Ethiopia, page 7:
text: To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.
ref: 2021, Rose Ray, Caro Langton, Into Green: Everyday Ways to Find and Lose Yourself in Nature, page 62:
glosses: In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.
Synonyms: word: comestible
word: eatable
word: eatworthy
word: consumable
word: edible
word: esculent
word: nibbleable
word: stomachable
word: palatable
Hypernyms: word: ingestible
Coordinate terms: drinkable
potable
delectable
Derived terms: edibility
edible amaranth
edible bird's nest
edible crab
edible dormouse
edible frog
edibleness
edible snail
inedible
non-edible
nonedible
unedible
Related terms: word: food
edible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪbəl/
ipa: [ˈɛdɪbɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈɛdəbəl/
ipa: [ˈɛdəbɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈedɪbəl/
ipa: [ˈedɪbɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɛdɪbəl
rhymes: -ɛdəbəl
Forms: form: edibles
Etymology: From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”).
Senses: glosses: Anything edible.
glosses: Anything edible.
In particular, an edible mushroom.
synonyms: esculent
glosses: A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter or other marijuana.
Synonyms: food
Derived terms: medible
throne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [θɹəʊn]
ipa: [θɹoʊn]
note: th-stopping
ipa: [tɹoʊn]
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: thrown
Forms: form: thrones
form: throning
form: throned
form: throned
Etymology: From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
Senses: glosses: To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
examples: text: True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
glosses: To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
Related terms: ophan
women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪm.ɪn/
rhymes: -ɪmɪn
ipa: /ˈwɪm.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈwɪm.ən/
ipa: /ˈwʊm.ən/
rhymes: -ɪmɪn
ipa: /ˈwʊm.ɘn/
ipa: /ˈwɘm.ɘn/
rhymes: -ʊmən
note: Indic
ipa: /wɪˈmɛn/
note: Indic
ipa: /wʊˈmɛn/
homophone: woman stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.
Senses: examples: text: Three women went for a walk.
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:women.
text: Since the outbreak of war women have been recruited for many grades of railway work. The number of women clerks has been increased greatly, and women are performing invaluable work as porters, motor drivers, carriage cleaners, and telephone operators, as well as in a variety of other capacities.
ref: 1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:
glosses: plural of woman
Derived terms: Dead Women Crossing
Related terms: ladyfolk
womenfolk
women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪm.ɪn/
rhymes: -ɪmɪn
ipa: /ˈwɪm.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈwɪm.ən/
ipa: /ˈwʊm.ən/
rhymes: -ɪmɪn
ipa: /ˈwʊm.ɘn/
ipa: /ˈwɘm.ɘn/
rhymes: -ʊmən
note: Indic
ipa: /wɪˈmɛn/
note: Indic
ipa: /wʊˈmɛn/
homophone: woman stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of woman.
throne room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: throne rooms
Senses: examples: text: “Wild-eyed and disheveled, King Hrethel roamed every night through his throne room, which was empty and still.”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43:
glosses: A room with a throne, particularly
examples: text: The economy of space is a marvel; the studio may seem cluttered, a kind of Middle-earthian junkyard ringed by the stalks of lighting rigs, but one glance into the monitor and there is Théoden’s massive throne room, carved straight out of the pages of Tolkien’s vast antiquity.
ref: 2005, Andrew O’Hehir, “The Fellowship of the Ring”, in Peter Jackson: From Gore to Mordor, Plexus, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: A room with a throne, particularly
A room used for formal public audiences by a monarch.
glosses: A room with a throne, particularly
A bathroom: a room with a toilet, especially one in one's home.
Synonyms: sense: lavatory
word: bathroom
laugh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laːf/
ipa: /lɑːf/
ipa: /laf/
enpr: lăf
ipa: /læf/
rhymes: -ɑːf
rhymes: -æf
rhymes: -æθ
Forms: form: laughs
form: laff
form: laughe
form: larf
Etymology: From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Cognates
Germanic: (with j-present) Scots lauch, Icelandic hlæja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish le; (without) Low German lachen, Dutch lachen, German lachen.
Indo-European: Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ) ‘to cluck, cackle’, Ancient Greek κλώζω (klṓzō), κλώσσω (klṓssō) ‘to cackle, clack’, Welsh cloch ‘bell’, possibly Latin glōcīre ‘to cluck’.
Senses: examples: text: And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
ref: 1803, Oliver Goldsmith, The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of His Life, page 45:
text: That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh.
ref: 1869, F. W. Robertson, Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics, page 87:
text: His deep laughs boomed through the room.
glosses: An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
examples: text: “And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?” ¶ It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars. ¶ “That’s a laugh,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.”
ref: 1921, Ring Lardner, The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 73:
text: Life's a piece of shit / When you look at it / Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
ref: 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:
text: Your new hat's an absolute laugh, dude.
glosses: Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
examples: text: a good laugh
text: 2010, The Times, March 14, 2010, Tamzin Outhwaite, the unlikely musical star
Outhwaite is a good laugh, yes, she knows how to smile: but deep down, she really is strong and stern.
glosses: A fun person.
Synonyms: sense: expression of mirth
word: cackle
sense: expression of mirth
word: chortle
sense: expression of mirth
word: chuckle
sense: expression of mirth
word: giggle
sense: expression of mirth
word: guffaw
sense: expression of mirth
word: snicker
sense: expression of mirth
word: snigger
sense: expression of mirth
word: titter
sense: expression of mirth
word: cachinnation
sense: something that provokes mirth or scorn
word: joke
sense: something that provokes mirth or scorn
word: laughing stock
Derived terms: barrel of laughs
belly laugh
bellylaugh
bundle of laughs
evil laugh
for a laugh
get the last laugh
good for a laugh
have a laugh
have the last laugh
have the laugh on one's side
Homeric laugh
horselaugh
laughability
laughaholic
laugh a minute
laughathon
laugh die me
laughee
laughfest
laughful
laughless
laughlike
laugh line
laughline
laugh machine
laughometer
laugh one's ass off
laugh riot
laughsmith
laughsome
laugh test
laugh track
laughworthy
laughy
liquid laugh
prelaugh
snaughle
that's a laugh
underlaugh
twig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪɡ/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: twigs
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom (compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”)), from *dwóh₁. More at two.
Senses: examples: text: They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.
text: A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
glosses: A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
examples: text: You need to find a source of motivation and play off of that. Whether it be the jock in high school that always called you fat, or the guy who picked on you and called you a twig.
ref: 2007 February 24, Matt Weik, CSCS, “Successful Tips and Tricks For Contest Prep!”, in Bodybuilding.com:
text: Schwarzenegger was long past his professional bodybuilding days when he and Carrere shot the tango scene, but he wasn’t a twig.
ref: 2022 July 19, Jason Rossi, “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Most Dangerous Mistake on ‘True Lies’: ‘It Would Have Put Us Back 30 Days in the Production’”, in Showbiz CheatSheet:
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Somebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed.
Synonyms: tillow
Derived terms: a twig in a bundle cannot be broken
a twig in a bundle is unbreakable
battle-twig
hop the twig
in prime twig
lime-twig
Macaya green twig anole
off one's twig
one cannot break a twig in a bundle
one can't break a twig in a bundle
twig and berries
twiglet
twig rune
twig snake
twig wilter
you cannot break a twig in a bundle
you can't break a twig in a bundle
Related terms: twigloo
twig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪɡ/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: twigs
form: twigging
form: twigged
form: twigged
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom (compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”)), from *dwóh₁. More at two.
Senses: glosses: To beat with twigs.
twig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪɡ/
ipa: [tʰw̥ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: twigs
form: twigging
form: twigged
form: twigged
Etymology: Compare tweak.
Senses: examples: text: Frank shall twig your Nose from your Face
ref: 1755, John Shebbeare, Lydia: Or, Filial Piety:
glosses: To pull
glosses: To twitch
glosses: To tweak
kindle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪn.dəl/
rhymes: -ɪndəl
Forms: form: kindles
Etymology: From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion.
Senses: examples: text: A kindle of kittens.
glosses: A group of kittens.
Hypernyms: clowder
glaring
kindle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪn.dəl/
rhymes: -ɪndəl
Forms: form: kindles
form: kindling
form: kindled
form: kindled
Etymology: From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion.
Senses: examples: text: ORLANDO Are you native of this place?
ROSALIND As the cony that you see
dwell where she is kindled.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], lines 344-46:
text: The poor beast had but lately kindled.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
text: If she kindled and lost just a few kits and is not bony over her back and hind end, you can rebreed immediately. If she kindled a large litter (more than, say, eight kits), you may wish to wait a week or two before rebreeding so that she can ...
ref: 2014, Karen Patry, The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 146:
glosses: To bring forth young; to give birth.
raw_tags: of a rabbit or hare
Synonyms: word: alight
word: conflagrate
word: fire
word: fire up
word: ignite
word: inflame
word: kindle
word: light
word: light up
word: set ablaze
word: set afire
word: set aflame
word: set alight
word: set fire
word: set on fire
word: torch
Hypernyms: word: begin
word: create
Related terms: word: stoke
word: burn
word: combust
kindle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪn.dəl/
rhymes: -ɪndəl
Forms: form: in kindle
Etymology: From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion.
Senses: glosses: pregnant
raw_tags: of an animal
king
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭng
ipa: /kɪŋ/
text: Audio — the king
note: US, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
ipa: [kʰiŋ]
note: without NG-coalescence
ipa: [kʰɪŋɡ]
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: kings
form: kyng
form: kynge
form: kinge
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsæsɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsɑːsɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɒsɪdʒ
rhymes: -ɔsɪdʒ
rhymes: -ɑsɪdʒ
Forms: form: sausages
Etymology: From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.
Senses: glosses: A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.
glosses: A sausage-shaped thing.
glosses: A penis.
examples: text: my little sausage
text: “Algernon, you silly sausage. Now you want to marry me? Don't you remember we were already engaged to be married, and then I broke it off with you?”
ref: 2019, Paullina Simons, Inexpressible Island (End of Forever):
text: There are loads of mazes, it's all really good fun and utterly addictive — so you should certainly consider adding this little sausage to your collection.
ref: 1991, Rich Pelley, "Tilt" (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 62, page 52)
glosses: A term of endearment.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A saucisse.
glosses: A dachshund; sausage dog.
examples: text: I got fired and I'm back on the sausage again.
glosses: Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).
Hypernyms: food
foodstuff
Hyponyms: andouille
baloney
banger
Belgium sausage
black pudding
blood pudding
blood sausage
boerewors
bologna
boudin
bratwurst
Braunschweiger
chipolata
chorizo
cocktail frank
cocktail frankfurt
cocktail sav
cocktail savaloy
cocktail wiener
Cumberland sausage
farmer's sausage
frank
frankfurt
frankfurter
garlic sausage
hot dog sausage
kielbasa
knackwurst
knockwurst
kubasa
lamb sausage
linguica
liver sausage
liverwurst
merguez
mortadella
pepperoni
Polish sausage
polony
Portuguese sausage
salami
sav
saveloy
smokie
snag
Vienna sausage
white pudding
wiener
wienerwurst
wors
wurst
Coordinate terms: allantois
haggis
kishka
kishke
pudding
toad-in-the-hole
Derived terms: blue sausage fruit
Bologna sausage
breakfast sausage
Chinese sausage
cocktail sausage
country sausage
democracy sausage
dry sausage
farmer sausage
farmers sausage
Gaia Sausage
Glamorgan sausage
hide the sausage
how the sausage gets made
how the sausage is made
Italian sausage
kilted sausage
like throwing a sausage down a hallway
Lincolnshire sausage
Lorne sausage
love sausage
luncheon sausage
Morteau sausage
not a sausage
party sausage roll
sausage balloon
sausage bassoon
sausage board
sausage bread
sausage casing
sausaged
sausage dog
sausage factory
sausage fest
sausage gravy
sausage jockey
sausage kerb
sausage-like
sausage making
sausage-making
sausage meat
sausage party
sausage poisoning
sausage rider
sausage roll
sausage sizzle
sausage tree
sausage wallet
silly sausage
Spanish sausage
square sausage
string-of-sausage lichen
summer sausage
Korean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹi.ən/
ipa: /kəˈɹiːən/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Corean
Etymology: From Korea + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The show’s stage design features bojagi, traditional Korean patchwork. The audience members are also presented with Korean traditional dance, including buchaechum, or “fan dance,” performed by a group of female dancers using fans painted in different colors.
ref: 2013 July 18, Claire Lee, “Popular TV drama revisited onstage”, in The Korea Herald:
glosses: Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.
glosses: Of or relating to the Korean language.
Derived terms: Korean barbecue
Korean BBQ
Korean chestnut
Korean crevice salamander
Korean dogwood
Korean pear
Korean pine
Korean sauce
Korean Sign Language
Korean wave
Sino-Korean
Korean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹi.ən/
ipa: /kəˈɹiːən/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Corean
Etymology: From Korea + -an.
Senses: glosses: Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
Korean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹi.ən/
ipa: /kəˈɹiːən/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Koreans
form: Corean
Etymology: From Korea + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The legacy of the Korean independence movement remains today: nearly two million ethnic Koreans live in China, half of them in the Yenpien Korean Autonomous District in southeast Manchuria.
ref: 1995, K. Connie Kang, Home Was the Land of Morning Calm, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 32:
text: All Koreans to become one or even two years younger under int'l system
ref: 2023 June 26, Jun Ji-hye, “Korea's age system to change from Wednesday”, in The Korea Times, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2024:
glosses: A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.
Related terms: Proto-Koreanic
Old Korean
Middle Korean
Early Modern Korean
Modern Korean
Wiktionary’s coverage of Korean terms
colloquial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/
ipa: /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/
Forms: form: most colloquial
Etymology: 1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.
Senses: examples: text: You're using too many colloquial words in this cover letter: I suggest changing "I picked up loads of cool skills" to "I acquired many positive abilities"
text: The colloquial, and at times sarcastic, tone of her books makes her popular with teenagers.
text: If you know what it means to be a “fidlet” going for a “jolly” in your “doo”, then you are part of an exclusive club that speaks colloquial Antarctic English.
ref: 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
glosses: Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
Synonyms: casual
colloq.
coll.
Derived terms: colloquialese
colloquialisation
colloquialise
colloquialism
colloquialist
colloquiality
colloquialize
colloquially
colloquialness
semicolloquial
uncolloquial
Related terms: colloquium
colloquy
argot
slang
vernacular
colloquial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/
ipa: /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/
Forms: form: colloquials
Etymology: 1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.
Senses: glosses: A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism.
Related terms: colloquialism
Hawaiian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈwaɪ.ən/
rhymes: -aɪən
Forms: form: more Hawaiian
form: most Hawaiian
form: Hawaiʻian
form: Hawai'ian
form: Hawaian
form: Hawaiiian
Etymology: From Hawaii + -an.
Senses: glosses: Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Hawaiian race, culture, or language.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the culture of the US state of Hawaii.
glosses: Of or pertaining to a resident of the US state of Hawaii.
Derived terms: Hawaiian blue eyes
Hawaiian coot
Hawaiian crow
Hawaiian duck
Hawaiian gold coral
Hawaiian guitar
Hawaiian Kingdom
Hawaiian peridot
Hawaiian seahorse
Hawaiian shirt
Hawaiian sling
Hawaiian steak
Native Hawaiian
Neo-Hawaiian
Hawaiian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈwaɪ.ən/
rhymes: -aɪən
Forms: form: Hawaiians
form: Hawaiʻian
form: Hawai'ian
form: Hawaian
form: Hawaiiian
Etymology: From Hawaii + -an.
Senses: examples: text: He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.
ref: 2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
glosses: A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.
examples: text: "A plain tomato cheese, two Hawaiians and a Coke," I told Greg, finally earning me a brief smile. […] Darrell paused to tear off a bite of ham and pineapple.
ref: 2009, David Grace, Fever Dreams:
text: Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.
ref: 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 117:
glosses: A pizza topped with ham and pineapple.
Hypernyms: American
Hawaiian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈwaɪ.ən/
rhymes: -aɪən
Forms: form: Hawaiʻian
form: Hawai'ian
form: Hawaian
form: Hawaiiian
Etymology: From Hawaii + -an.
Senses: glosses: The Hawaiian language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Hawaiian terms
cast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: käst
ipa: /kɑːst/
enpr: kăst
ipa: /kast/
enpr: kăst
ipa: /kæst/
note: New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
enpr: /kɛəst/
homophone: caste
homophone: (in some non-rhotic accents) karst
rhymes: -ɑːst
rhymes: -æst
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *kas-
Proto-Germanic *kastōną
Old Norse kastabor.
Middle English casten
English cast
From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin.
Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp.
The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.
Senses: glosses: Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.
see
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: sē
ipa: /ˈsiː/
ipa: /ˈsi/
homophone: C
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: Seay
homophone: si
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn, German sehen (“to see”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål se (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), and more distantly with Latin sīgnum (“sign, token”), Albanian shih (“look at, see”) imperative of shoh (“to see”).
Senses: examples: text: See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
synonyms: look
well
so
glosses: Introducing an explanation
Related terms: look
sight
watch
see
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sē
ipa: /ˈsiː/
ipa: /ˈsi/
homophone: C
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: Seay
homophone: si
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: sees
Etymology: From Middle English se, see, from Old French sie (“seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”), referring to the bishop's throne or chair (compare seat of power) in the cathedral; related to the Latin verb sedēre (“to sit”). Doublet of sedes.
Senses: glosses: A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
glosses: The office of a bishop or archbishop.
examples: text: Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 478:
glosses: A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
Derived terms: Holy See
Related terms: sense: terms related to see (noun)
word: seat
sense: terms related to see (noun)
word: sedentary
sense: terms related to see (noun)
word: sit
word: cathedra
word: cathedral
word: chair
word: throne
see
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sē
ipa: /ˈsiː/
ipa: /ˈsi/
homophone: C
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: Seay
homophone: si
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: sees
Senses: examples: text: see, ar, eye, ee, ess, cries
ref: 1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, in The Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spelling Reform Association, volume I, number 10, London, page 147:
text: They were still shocked if you said “eff you see kay” out loud, though it didn’t stop any of them from doing it.
ref: 1984, Eva Holmquist, No Certain Time, Libra Publishers, →ISBN, page 17:
text: eff you see kay why oh you.
ref: 1996, Sycamore Review, volume 8, page 116:
text: I hear you. But hear me out, all right? Because I mean what I’m about to say. Eff-you-see-kay-why-oh-you. Fuck you.
ref: 2009, Eric Barnes, Shimmer, Denver, Colo.: Unbridled Books, →ISBN, page 91:
text: Her mother said, “Maybe you can have ‘Muck Donnas’, or we could have fish and chips.” Krissy shook her head, “Nah. We no have fwishenchit. We have Kay Eff See nuggers?”
ref: 2020, Paul Richardson, Taylah’s Got Talent, →ISBN:
text: Same old answer: the eff-you-see-kay-you-pee.
ref: 2023, Callum McSorley, chapter 15, in Squeaky Clean, Pushkin Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin-script letter C/c.
Derived terms: seetee
midnight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/
ipa: [ˈmɪd̚naɪt]
ipa: [ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt]
ipa: [ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt]
ipa: [ˈmɪd̚ˌnɐɪt]
ipa: [ˈmɪ̞d̚nəjt]
ipa: [ˈmɪ̝d̚(ˌ)nɑɪt]
rhymes: -ɪdnʌɪt
rhymes: -ɪdnaɪt
Forms: form: midnights
Etymology: From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).
Senses: examples: text: Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.
text: And vpon the first day of the weeke, when the disciples came together to breake bread, Paul preached vnto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his speach vntill midnight.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 20:7:
antonyms: noon
midday
glosses: The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
examples: text: She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! / She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood! / They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years, / Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, / Cold, on the stroke of midnight, / The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
ref: 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 2, stanza IV, pages 50–51:
text: The police report said that officers, who told CNN they are not currently pursuing criminal charges, arrived to the scene just after midnight and found Gillum and a second person, Aldo Mejias, in the hotel room.
ref: 2020 March 13, Oliver Darcy, “Andrew Gillum apologizes after being found ‘inebriated’ in hotel room where police say man was treated for ‘possible drug overdose’”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
topics: dice
games
glosses: Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).
synonyms: word: boxcars
extra: a pair of sixes
Synonyms: word: 00:00
word: 12 o'clock
word: 12 midnight
word: 12 a.m.
word: 24:00
word: dead of night
word: midnight
word: noon
word: noon of night
Hypernyms: word: nighttime
Meronyms: word: midnight feast
word: midnight mass
word: midnight snack
Derived terms: burn the midnight oil
midnight appointment
midnight blue
midnight cactus
midnight chow
midnight feast
midnight horror
midnight in a coal mine
midnight in Tokyo
midnightish
midnightly
midnight mass
midnight movie
midnight oil
midnight regulation
midnight run
midnight snack
midnight sun
postmidnight
post-midnight
premidnight
Related terms: word: early morning
word: dawn
word: first light
word: postdawn
word: morning
word: afternoon
word: evening
word: dusk
word: night
midnight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/
ipa: [ˈmɪd̚naɪt]
ipa: [ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt]
ipa: [ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt]
ipa: [ˈmɪd̚ˌnɐɪt]
ipa: [ˈmɪ̞d̚nəjt]
ipa: [ˈmɪ̝d̚(ˌ)nɑɪt]
rhymes: -ɪdnʌɪt
rhymes: -ɪdnaɪt
Etymology: From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).
Senses: examples: text: Free and falling, his midnight hair flowed out all around us like a silk canopy.
ref: 2013, Sharon Ricklin, Ravenswynd Legends, page 143:
glosses: Utterly dark or black.