cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Saint
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪnt/
ipa: /sənt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: the Saint
Etymology: From saint.
Senses: glosses: A nickname, given to someone of very good character.
glosses: A nickname, given to someone of extreme religiosity.
Saint George's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of St. George's Day.
Sal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æl
Senses: examples: text: Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue.
ref: 1996, Television Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, volume XXVIII, number 3, page 4:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Salomon, Salvador, or Salvatore.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Sally.
Sal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æl
Senses: glosses: One of the ten islands of Cape Verde.
Sal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æl
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sal.
Salami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English sealh (“willow tree”).
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9892).
glosses: A town in the Shire of Wellington, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, named after Robert Sale.
glosses: A surname.
Salina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Etymology: From salina, saline.
Senses: glosses: An island off the coast of Sicily.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Apache County, Arizona.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Boulder County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Saline County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Onondaga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Sevier County, Utah.
Salina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: Salinas
Etymology: Uncertain, possibly a variant of, or a coinage inspired by, Selina. The place name seems an unlikely source.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Salina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: Salinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Salina.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sally
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæl.i/
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: Sallie
Etymology: A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary.
Senses: examples: text: She submitted―for what alternative did she have?―to being Sally in this family, but she always signed herself, Sarah.
ref: 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Bantam Books, published 1970, page 114:
text: Maybe her first name was Sally, but David thought he would have remembered a name like that; there were so few Sallys these days. Now the world belonged to Ambers, Ashleys, and Tiffanys.
ref: 2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset, Simon and Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A nickname for the Salvation Army.
Sally
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæl.i/
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: Sallie
Etymology: A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary.
Senses: topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of sally: the crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
Salvadorean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Salvador + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss the possibility of deporting suspected Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador in an upcoming meeting with Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele, according to State Department Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone.
ref: 2025 January 31, Stefano Pozzebon, “Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Salvadorian.
Salvadorean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Salvadoreans
Etymology: From Salvador + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: Given Bukele’s ample margins of popularity – 98% of Salvadoreans supported the president’s handling of the pandemic, according to a CID Gallup poll from March this year – the White House may prefer engaging with the young leader on the current crisis rather than unleashing a war of words.
ref: 2021 May 5, Stefano Pozzebon, “What to know about the political drama raising fears over El Salvador’s democracy”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Salvadorian.
Salvia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Salvias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Salvia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Samba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Same
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district capital of Manufahi District in East Timor
glosses: A town in Tanzania.
San
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æn
Forms: form: Saan
Etymology: As a synonym of Bushmen introduced into ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa) "foragers; people without wealth", via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s.
Senses: glosses: Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
Synonyms: Bushmen
San
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æn
Etymology: As a synonym of Bushmen introduced into ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa) "foragers; people without wealth", via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s.
Senses: glosses: Any of the languages spoken by these people.
San
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æn
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish San.
Senses: glosses: A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
Sande
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
glosses: A municipality of Vestfold, Norway.
Sande
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Bondo
glosses: A women's society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast, which initiates girls into adulthood through rituals including female genital mutilation.
Sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sandwiches
Etymology: The family name is from Old English Sandwīċ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258).
examples: text: The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomfrets, Coopers, and many other noble families.
ref: 1788 July 10, “Friday’s Post”, in The Ipswich Journal, number 3026, Ipswich, Suffolk, published 12 July 1788, page [2], column 1:
glosses: An English habitational surname originating from this town.
glosses: One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
A city in DeKalb County and Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.
Derived terms: Earldom of Sandwich
Earl of Sandwich
Port Sandwich
sandwich
Sandwich Island
Sandwich Islands
South Sandwich Islands
Sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sandwiches
Etymology: The family name is from Old English Sandwīċ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich.
Senses: examples: text: I dined at the Cocoa Tree […] That reſpectable body, of which I have the honour of being a member, affords every evening a ſight truly English. Twenty or thirty, perhaps, of the firſt men in the kingdom, in point of faſhion and fortune, ſupping at little tables covered with a napkin, in the middle of a coffee-room, upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich, and drinking a glaſs of punch.
ref: 1762 November 24 (date written), Edward Gibbon, “Memoirs of My Life and Writings”, in John Lord Sheffield [i.e., John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield], editor, Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan, and T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell), […], published 1796, →OCLC, page 110:
text: Sir Ch[ristopher]. Not a morſel, Tom, if you would give me the univerſe. / Rack[et]. Pooh, man, only a Sandwich or ſo.
ref: 1771 (first performance), Samuel Foote, “Act I.”, in The Maid of Bath, a Comedy of Three Acts, […], London: […] George Allen, […], published [1775?], page 10:
text: A Receipt to thin the Houſe of Commons. Put Mr. Martin in the chair—let Mr. Alderman Watſon have the opening ſpeech—Mr. Hawkins Brown the anſwer—Mr. Drake the reply—Mr. Beaufoy the rejoinder—and forbid the eating of Sandwiches in the gallery. Probatum eſt!
ref: 1789 August 27, “Foreign Intelligence”, in The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, number 3369, Philadelphia, Pa., published 17 November 1789, page [2], column 2:
text: Anstruther is a mighty good ſort of a man—but every man is not born an orator; even Mrs. Anſtruther, who has an excellent underſtanding, is obliged to have recourſe to Sandwiches, to render the unavoidable attendance ſupportable.
ref: 1790 February 27, “Oratorios”, in The Times, number 1615, London, page [3], column 1:
text: While many a suitor, / And gay coadjutor / In the eating-and-drinking line, scorns to be neuter; / One, being perhaps just return’d with his tutor / From travel in England, is tempting his “future” / With a luxury neat as imported, “The Pewter,” / And charming the dear Violantes and Iñeses / With a three-corner’d Sandwich, and soupçon of “Guinness’s;” / While another, from Paris but newly come back, / Hints “the least taste in life” of the best cogniac.
ref: 1841 October, Thomas Ingoldsby [pseudonym; Richard Barham], “The Auto-da-fé. A Legend of Spain.”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume X, London: Richard Bentley, […], canto II, page 473:
text: FORSTER & DAVIS Will sell by public auction, at their Mart, THIS DAY, the 11th March, instant, at twelve o’clock, […] One egg whisk / Six Sandwich boxes assorted / Six gravy strainers […]
ref: 1843 March 11, The Port Phillip Gazette, volume V, number 433, Melbourne, Vic., page [3], column 5:
glosses: Obsolete form of sandwich.
Sandy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæn.di/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: Sandi
form: Sandie
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, or Santiago.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, or Cassandra.
Sandy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæn.di/
rhymes: -ændi
Etymology: * (Bedfordshire) Recorded as Sandeie in the Domesday Book, the town is named with Old English sand (“sand”) + īeġ (“island”). Doublet of Sanday.
* (Carmarthenshire) From Welsh sant + dŷ (“house of the saint”)
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649).
glosses: A settlement in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales, just west of Llanelli town (OS grid ref SN4900).
Sandy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæn.di/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: Sandies
Senses: glosses: A Scotsman.
glosses: A Sand Dancer.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft.
Sango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sangho
Etymology: Borrowed from Sango Sängö.
Senses: examples: text: Sango has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.
glosses: The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic.
Sapphire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I asked her once how a little girl who didn't have blue eyes ended up being called Sapphire. She pursed her lips for a few seconds, clearly wondering how she could get away with not telling me.
'My older brother is called Mistral,' she said in the end. 'My younger sister is Blaze. I'd say I was the lucky one.'
As I say, hippy parents.
ref: 2015, Sharon Bolton, Little Black Lies, Corgi Books, →ISBN, page 179:
glosses: A female given name from English from the precious stone.
Related terms: Sapphira
Sapphire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sapphires
Senses: examples: text: When black women speak up about indignities, they are Sapphires. When black women stand up for their rights, they are Sapphires.
ref: 2010, C. Henderson, Imagining the Black Female Body:
text: Described as feisty wenches, seductive Jezebels, or loud and angry Sapphires, Black women's public persona has long been dominated by these images.
ref: 2019, Marquita M. Gammage, Antwanisha Alameen-Shavers, Challenging Misrepresentations of Black Womanhood:
glosses: A stereotype of an aggressive and domineering black woman.
Sarge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sarges
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of sarge, sergeant.
Sat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sats
form: Sat.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Saturday.
Savanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
glosses: A city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi from Iowa.
Related terms: Savannah
Savannah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /səˈvænə/
Forms: form: Savanna
Etymology: The cities are named after the Savannah River, possibly derived from Shawnee or Algonquian.
Senses: glosses: A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A major city, the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A ghost town in Los Angeles County, California.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A city, the county seat of Andrew County, Missouri.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A ghost town in Butler County, Nebraska.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A village in Ashland County, Ohio.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A city, the county seat of Hardin County, Tennessee.
glosses: The name of a river and several cities in the United States:.
A census-designated place in Denton County, Texas.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the place name.
examples: text: "I kind of like Bianca. And Chelsea. And Courtney."
Elise gave it some thought. " Those are nice names." She nodded.
"What do you think about Savannah?" Audrey asked. " Then I could be Savannah from Savannah."
ref: 2004, Anne Frasier, Play dead, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name, from the word savannah.
Derived terms: Savannah sparrow
Related terms: Savanna
Savannah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səˈvænə/
Forms: form: Savannahs
Senses: glosses: A Savannah cat.
glosses: The Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis).
Scheme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /skiːm/
rhymes: -iːm
homophone: scheme
Senses: glosses: A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.
Derived terms: Schemer
Schwarz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwarz. Doublet of swart.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Related terms: Schwartz
Scone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sko͞on
ipa: /skuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Etymology: Possibly of Teutonic/West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī (“fine, beautiful”), the source of modern German schön. Or, alternatively from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“block, lump, hunk”); in either case, it would probably be related to English scone (“small biscuit”).
Senses: examples: text: ROSS: Will you to Scone?
MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], line 992:
glosses: A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
scoptophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scopophilia.
Scorpion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Scorpion
Etymology: From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Senses: examples: text: And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Ras Alhague is […] nearly due north of Lesath, in the tail of the Scorpion, at the distance of 51 degrees: […]
ref: 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The young navigator's guide to the sidereal and planetary parts of nautical astronomy, page 73:
text: Smiling proudly, he glanced outward at the country, which was still invisible except as a dark movement in the darkness; then upwards at the sky, where the stars of the sprawling Scorpion had begun to pale.
ref: 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 123:
glosses: The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
Scorpion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scorpions
Etymology: From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Senses: glosses: Someone with the Scorpio star sign.
Scorpion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.
Scorpius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɔːpɪəs/
ipa: /ˈskɔːɹpɪəs/
Forms: form: ♏︎
form: Scorpio
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scorpius (“scorpion”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the zodiac, roughly shaped like a scorpion. Its brightest star is the red giant Antares.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Scorpio
Synonyms: word: Scorpius
word: Scorpio
word: Scorpion
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Antares
word: Graffias
word: Dschubba
word: Sargas
word: Girtab
word: Shaula
word: Denebakrab
word: Jabbah
word: Al Nyiat
word: Alnyiat
word: Lesath
Derived terms: Scorpii
Scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Forms: form: the Scotch
head_nr: 2
Etymology: Contraction of Scottish.
The chess opening is supposedly after its having been played in a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.
Senses: examples: text: But Rob was just saying what a shame it was that folk should be shamed nowadays to speak Scotch – or they called it Scots if they did, the split-tongued sourocks!
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 156:
head_nr: 1
glosses: The Scots language.
head_nr: 1
glosses: The Scottish dialect of English.
examples: The Scotch are a hardy bunch.
head_nr: 2
glosses: The people of Scotland.
examples: Karpov played the Scotch against Anand.
topics: board-games
chess
games
head_nr: 2
glosses: The opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Scots
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Scottish
sense: people of Scotland
word: Scots
sense: people of Scotland
word: Scottish
sense: chess opening
english: not informal
translation: not informal
word: the Scotch Game
Scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Forms: form: Scotches
Etymology: Contraction of Scottish.
The chess opening is supposedly after its having been played in a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.
Senses: examples: text: Paul has drunk a lot of Scotch.
glosses: Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.
examples: text: My favorite Scotches are Glenlivet and Laphroaig.
glosses: Any variety of Scotch.
examples: text: Gimme a Scotch.
glosses: A glass of Scotch.
Synonyms: sense: whisky
word: malt
sense: whisky
word: malt whiskey
sense: whisky
word: malt whisky
sense: whisky
word: Scotch whisky
Derived terms: single malt scotch
Scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Etymology: Contraction of Scottish.
The chess opening is supposedly after its having been played in a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.
Senses: examples: text: Behind all his assumed unsocialism there lay a true warm heart; nor could anything be kindlier than the welcome which, whenever they did come to him, any of his Scotch relatives received.
ref: 1801, William Hanna, Memoirs of the life and writings of Thomas Chalmers, page 422:
text: our landlord informed us, with a sort of apologetic tone, that there was a Scotch gentleman to dine with us.
ref: 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
glosses: Of or from Scotland; Scottish.
Synonyms: Scottish
Scots
Derived terms: Scotch attorney
Scotch Baptist
Scotch barley
Scotch blue
Scotch bonnet pepper
Scotch broom
Scotch broth
Scotch cap
Scotch coffee
Scotch collops
Scotch Corner
Scotch crest
Scotch derrick
Scotch dresser
Scotch egg
Scotch elm
Scotch fillet
Scotch fir
Scotch Gaelic
Scotch Game
Scotch-Irish
Scotch Irish
Scotchka
Scotch mist
Scotch plaid
Scotch Plains
Scotch sister
Scotch tape
Scotch terrier
Scotch thistle
Scotch whisky
Scotch whist
Scrabble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹæ.bəl/
rhymes: -æbəl
Etymology: A brand name, from the verb scrabble, James Brunot's rebranding (1948) of Alfred Butts's game Criss-Crosswords (1938).
Senses: examples: text: So that's what's in the forbidden room! Scrabble! I want to laugh, shriek with laughter, fall off my chair. This was once the game of old women, old men, in the summers or in retirement villas, to be played when there was nothing good on television. Or of adolescents, once, long long ago. […] Now of course it's something different. Now it's forbidden, for us.
ref: 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Birth Day”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, pages 148–149:
text: Start by asking students if they ever watch Wheel of Fortune, or play games like Hangman or Scrabble.® Ask whether they have ever noticed any patterns in the frequency with which letters appear.
ref: 2000, Eric T. Olson, Tammy Perry Olson, Real-Life Math: Statistics, Walch Publishing,, →ISBN, page 56:
text: At the tournament level I dabble / But my tiles show a meaningless babble / I filled up my ranks / With a few extra blanks / And got busted for cheating at Scrabble
ref: 2012 August 18, Bill Kurtis, “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio
glosses: A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.
Derived terms: Scrabbler
Scrabblist
Scrabbly
Scrooge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹuːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -uːdʒ
homophone: scrooge
Senses: glosses: The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge.
Synonyms: Ebenezer Scrooge
Derived terms: scrooge
Scroogelike
Scrooge McDuck
Scroogesque
Scroogey
Scroogian
Scroogean
Uncle Scrooge
Scunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scunners
Senses: glosses: The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
Scutum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687, from Latin scūtum (“shield”). The original name given was Scutum Sobiescianum (Sobieski's Shield) in commemoration of the victory of the Polish, Austrian, and German forces led by the Polish king Jan III Sobieski at the battle of Vienna.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.
Derived terms: Scuti
Sean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shôn
ipa: /ʃɔːn/
rhymes: -ɔːn
homophone: shorn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: Sian (female given name, cot–caught merger, father-bother merger)
Forms: form: Seans
form: Shaun
form: Shawn
form: Shohn
Etymology: Anglicised form of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).
Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Shaun, Shane, and Giovanni.
Senses: examples: text: They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.
ref: 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Harper Collins Publishers., →ISBN, page 203:
text: Jay-Z is doubling down on his denial that he ever raped a teenage girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying that newly revealed inconsistencies in her story prove that her account is not credible.
ref: 2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Irish.
Related terms: word: Evan
word: Ian
word: Ivan
word: Jon
word: Shane
word: Shaun
word: Shawn
sense: feminine equivalents of Sean
word: Chavonne
sense: feminine equivalents of Sean
word: Seana
sense: feminine equivalents of Sean
word: Shauna
sense: feminine equivalents of Sean
word: Shavonne
sense: feminine equivalents of Sean
word: Shawna
sense: feminine equivalents of Sean
word: Sheena
sense: feminine equivalents of Sean
word: Síne
word: Sian
See
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sees
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of see.
See
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sees
Senses: glosses: A surname.
An English surname.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from German.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Hokkien.
Sees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of See
Seine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
homophone: sen
ipa: /seɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: sain
homophone: sane
Forms: form: the Seine
Etymology: From French Seine.
Senses: glosses: A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
glosses: A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.
Derived terms: Seine-et-Marne
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Saint-Denis
Vigneux-sur-Seine
Related terms: sense: river tributaries
word: Aube
sense: river tributaries
word: Essonne
sense: river tributaries
word: Eure
sense: river tributaries
word: Loing
sense: river tributaries
word: Marne
sense: river tributaries
word: Oise
sense: river tributaries
word: Yonne
Sel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sels
Etymology: Clipping of Selena.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Selena.
Sela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Selah
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew סֶּלַע (Sela‛, “rock”); compare Arabic السَّلَع (as-salaʕ).
Senses: examples: text: Selah, the capital of Idumea, built on an elevated plain, was situated in a deep valley, the entrance to which is by a lengthened defile, in some places not more than eight feet wide, which, in some parts, rising from 400 to 700 feet, nearly meet over head, about ninety miles to the south-east of Jerusalem. Mount Hor, celebrated in Scripture, overlooks the ruins of this ancient capital. It was called by the name of Petra from its rocky position; and by one of the prophets it is denominated "the Rock": it is also said, that Amaziah slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called of it the name of Joktheel unto this day. (Jer. xlix. 16, 2 Kings xiv. 7)
ref: 1838, John R. Miles, Scripture Geography; Containing Illustrations of all the Places Mentioned in the Old and New Testament; with Accounts of their Past and Present Condition, their History, Population, Customs, Laws, Produce, and Manufactures, and the Leading Events Connecting Them with the Christian Religion: To which are Added, Chronological, Geographical, and other Tables, Illustrative of the History of the Countries and People Mentioned in the Body of the Work, Manchester: S. Johnson, 88, Market Street; sold by Simpkin and Marshall, London; Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; and Wm. Collins, Glasgow, →OCLC, page 268:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The capital of Edom, near Mount Hor; also known as Joktheel and Petra.
glosses: A village in modern-day Jordan near the location of historical Sela.
Sellotape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sellotapes
Etymology: Brand name, from cellophane tape. The first letter was changed to avoid infringing the then-extant trademark on cellophane.
Senses: synonyms: word: Scotch tape
word: sticky tape
glosses: A brand of adhesive tape (and similar products) similar to Scotch tape (US).
Derived terms: sellotape
Related terms: adhesive tape
Durex
Scotch tape
sticky tape
tape
Sellotape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Sellotapes
form: Sellotaping
form: Sellotaped
form: Sellotaped
Etymology: Brand name, from cellophane tape. The first letter was changed to avoid infringing the then-extant trademark on cellophane.
Senses: examples: text: On one car he Sellotaped the ticket over the windscreen wiper.
ref: 1983, Joel Richman, Traffic Wardens: An Ethnography of Street Administration, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 69:
text: He stood on his bed then Sellotaped the mermaid picture on to his wall so she would be the first thing he would see when he woke up.
ref: 2009, Janis Mackay, Magnus Fin and the Ocean Quest, Kelpies, published 2011, →ISBN:
text: She Sellotaped the stems back on but they just fell off again.
ref: 2013, Ella Griffin, A Little Bit of Summer, Orion Books, →ISBN:
text: ‘Didn’t they tell you about the pipe leakage problem there?’ ‘Yeah, I Sellotaped it.’ She stared at him. ‘You Sellotaped it?’ ‘Yeah, I just Sellotaped the shit out of it.’
ref: 2017, Debashish Irengbam, Charlie Next Door, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of sellotape.
Sem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Semitic.
Senate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Senates
Senses: glosses: Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
glosses: The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
glosses: The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
glosses: The United States Senate.
glosses: The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
glosses: The upper house of the Philippine Congress.
Derived terms: Senate bean soup
Related terms: House
House of Commons
House of Representatives
Lower House
National Assembly
Upper House
Senator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Senators
Senses: examples: text: The legislation, sponsored by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Lee, and Murphy, required the president to withdraw all forces from Yemen (except those participating in antiterrorism operations against AQAP) within 30 days of enactment.
ref: 2021, Kelly A. McHugh, “President vs. Congress: U.S. Intervention in the Yemeni Civil War”, in Ralph G. Carter, editor, Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From National Security to Human Security, 6th edition, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part II (Policymaking Actors and Influencers), page 135:
glosses: The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.
Senior
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sinyard
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Senior-Løken syndrome
Sens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, previously in Burgundy.
Sep.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: Jan.
word: Feb.
word: Mar.
word: Apr.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Aug.
word: Oct.
word: Nov.
word: Dec.
glosses: Abbreviation of September.
Sept.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Note: In April, “no opinion” was provided as an option. It was not provided in Feb. or Sept. Totals may not equal 100% because of rounding.
ref: 2025 September 19, Patrick Svitek, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, “Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2025:
glosses: Abbreviation of September.
glosses: Abbreviation of Septuagint.
Septic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Septics
Etymology: Short form of Australian rhyming slang septic tank (“Yank”).
Senses: examples: text: Not only didn′t he want to tour he didn′t even want “Septics” (“Septic Tanks,″ meaning Yanks) to buy his records.
ref: 1992 February, “The Brit Pack”, in Spin, page 41:
glosses: Alternative form of septic; an American.
Related terms: Seppo
septic
Serene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Prince according to the former token, / Which faire Serene to him delivered had, […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:
glosses: A female given name from English. A rare variant of Serena.
Serenity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English in general use since the 1990s.
Serpentine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Serpentine
Senses: glosses: A lake in Hyde Park, London.
Serpentine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska.
glosses: A river in Australia.
glosses: A river in Canada.
glosses: A minor river in Tasman district and the city of Nelson, New Zealand.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia.
Derived terms: Serpentine-Jarrahdale
Service
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.
Derived terms: Serviceton
Set
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: set
Forms: form: Seth
form: Sutekh
Etymology: Borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲏⲧ (sēt), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: Bab
Baba
glosses: An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
Derived terms: Set animal
Sextant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The constellation Sextans.
Sh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sh. Abbreviation of Shri.
Shah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shahs
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Persian شاه (“shah, king”), a Persian surname which is widespread in Iran and in the subcontinent.
* Borrowed from Gujarati સાહ (sāh, “merchant”), an occupational surname from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “merchant; jeweller; money-lender”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Shah-Waardenburg syndrome
Waardenburg-Shah syndrome
Shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shakers
Etymology: From shake + -er, from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
Senses: synonyms: Shaking Quaker
glosses: One of a Christian Protestant religious sect who do not marry.
Derived terms: Shaker Heights
Shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shake + -er, from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a distinctive style of furniture developed by the Shakers, characterised by functionality and minimalist designs.
Derived terms: Shaker cabinet
Shaker kitchen
Shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Shanghai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/
enpr: shǎngʹhīʹ
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Shanghais
form: Shang-hai
form: Shanghae
form: Shang-hae
form: Shanhae
form: Chang-hai
Etymology: c. 1840, likely from an English-derived romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of Chinese 上海 (Shànghǎi), reinforced by Wade–Giles, Postal Romanization, and Hanyu Pinyin.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city.
Sharia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈɹiː.ə/
ipa: /ʃəˈɹi.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shari'a.
Shaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɔː
Forms: form: Shaws
Etymology: From shaw.
Senses: glosses: An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
glosses: A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A village in Shaw cum Donnington parish and Newbury parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS red ref SU4868).
glosses: A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A town in Shaw and Crompton parish, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD9308).
glosses: A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Oxenhope parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0234).
glosses: A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8865).
glosses: A placename
A place in England, United Kingdom:
A suburb and ward in west Swindon, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1185).
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A small city in Bolivar County and Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
Derived terms: Shaw alphabet
Shaw and Crompton
Shawbridge
Shaw Bridge
Shaw Cross
Shaw cum Donnington
Shaw Mayer's astrapia
Shaw's agave
Shawswick
Shay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Shea, from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Seamus.
Shay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shays
Etymology: Variant of Shea, from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A geared steam locomotive, patented by Ephraim Shay.
Sheila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shelagh
form: Sheelagh
form: Sheilagh
form: Sheela
form: Sile
Etymology: Anglicized spelling of Síle, the Irish form of Cecilia. Doublet of Cecilia.
Senses: examples: text: Were English girls not good enough for him that he must needs come up and take away Sheila Mackenzie, and keep her there in the South.
ref: 1874, William Black, A Princess of Thule, Adamant Media Corporation, →ISBN, page 295:
text: What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, / And Sheila like a field of corn,
ref: 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91:
text: He shortened her name to Sheila which, in spite of its primness, she seemed to love. - - - For Susheela - Sheila, as she was now known - this creeping daylight signalled the start, not the end of sleep.
ref: 2008, Helen Walsh, Once Upon a Time in England, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Sheila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shelagh
form: Sheelagh
form: Sheilagh
form: Sheela
form: Sile
Etymology: From Hindi शीला (śīlā), from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “character, good conduct”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sheela.
Shell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: shell
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Shell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: shell
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Michelle.
Sherry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sherrys
form: Cheri
form: Sheri
form: Sherri
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.
glosses: A surname.
Shin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic abhainn Sin.
Senses: glosses: A river in Scotland, in the Highlands
Derived terms: Invershin
Shylock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃaɪlɑk/
ipa: /ˈʃaɪlɒk/
Etymology: Possibly derived from Hebrew שלח (Šélaḥ, the grandson of Shem), or Old Saxon [Term?] (“white-haired”), referring to goldsmiths and scriveners. It may also be derived from Michael Lok and an archaic meaning of shy (“untrustworthy”).
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Derived terms: Shylockian
Shylockism
Shylock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃaɪlɑk/
ipa: /ˈʃaɪlɒk/
Forms: form: Shylocks
Etymology: Possibly derived from Hebrew שלח (Šélaḥ, the grandson of Shem), or Old Saxon [Term?] (“white-haired”), referring to goldsmiths and scriveners. It may also be derived from Michael Lok and an archaic meaning of shy (“untrustworthy”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of shylock.
Si
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Sy
homophone: Cy
homophone: Si
Forms: form: Sy
Etymology: From clipping of various words beginning with the syllable /saɪ/.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Silas.
Si
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Sy
homophone: Cy
homophone: Si
ipa: /sɪ/
ipa: /sə/
ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Sy
homophone: Cy
homophone: Si
Forms: form: Su
form: Ssu
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泗 (Sì) and Mandarin 肆 (Sì).
Senses: glosses: A river in Shandong, China.
examples: text: Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders.
ref: [2018 December 26, Mandy Zuo, “Christmas linked to China’s past humiliation by foreign invaders in speech to primary schoolchildren”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2024, China/People & Culture:
text: Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.
ref: 2022 July 4, Sophie Yu, Stella Qiu, Ryan Woo, “Eastern China cities tighten COVID curbs as new clusters emerge”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2022, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals:
text: Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.
ref: 2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2022, The Coronavirus Pandemic:
glosses: A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
glosses: Various prefectures of imperial China.
Synonyms: sense: county
word: Sixian
sense: county
word: Ssu-hsien
topics: prefectures
word: Sizhou
topics: prefectures
word: Ssu-chou
Si
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Sy
homophone: Cy
homophone: Si
ipa: /sɪ/
ipa: /sə/
enpr: sē
ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Sy
homophone: Cy
homophone: Si
ipa: /sɪ/
ipa: /sə/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Xi.
Sia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Egyptian sjꜣ (“Sia, perception”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ancient Egyptian god, the personification of perception.
Sia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cheah
form: Chia
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Siā).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hokkien
Sia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Sibyl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.bəl/
Forms: form: Sybil
form: Sybill
form: Cybil
form: Cybill
Etymology: Latin Sibylla, Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla, “sibyl”), name of ancient Greek prophetesses.
Senses: examples: text: Be she as foul as Florentius' love, / As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd / As Socrates' Xanthippe, or worse, / She moves me not.
ref: , Scene II
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of sibyl.
Sicilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈsɪlɪən/
ipa: /sɪˈsɪljən/
homophone: caecilian
Etymology: From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Sorry, I’m Italian, and let’s say I see that Sicilian policemen arrest less people in Sicily. This could be for two reasons, one is that everybody else overarrests, or the Sicilian policemen underarrest. And can you tell those two things apart?
ref: 2020 June 12, Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales, “Should we defund the police?”, in Capitalisn't:
glosses: Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy.
Derived terms: anti-Sicilian
Sicilian American
Sicilian code
Sicilian Italian