cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
psi
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: enpr: psī
enpr: sī
ipa: /psaɪ/
ipa: /saɪ/
homophone: xi
homophone: sigh
homophone: scye
homophone: sai
homophone: Si stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: xi
homophone: sigh
homophone: scye
homophone: sai
homophone: Si
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: P.S.I.
form: PSI
Etymology: Initialism of pounds per square inch.
Senses: examples: text: Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.
ref: 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, pages 36–37:
text: For M2, this is typically around 3250 MPa (471,000 psi) when tempered at 300°F (149°C).
ref: 2024 March 23, “Yield Strength of Steel: A Comprehensive Guide”, in Unionfab:
glosses: Pound per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)
Related terms: psia
good-for-nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: good for nothing
Senses: synonyms: word: for the birds
word: good-for-naught
word: good-for-nothing
word: not worth a damn
word: not worth a dime
word: not worth a plug nickel
word: not worth a brass farthing
word: not worth a cent
word: not worth a cress
word: not worth a curse
word: not worth a Continental
word: not worth a farthing
word: not worth a nickel
word: not worth a penny
word: not worth salt
word: not worth a whistle
word: of no value
word: otiose
word: valueless
word: null
word: worthless
word: worth nothing
word: wutless
glosses: Useless; worthless.
Derived terms: good-for-nothingness
good-for-nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good-for-nothings
Senses: examples: text: Americans might have taken some comfort from the fact that these critics also expressed similar misgivings about Rhodes Scholars coming from elsewhere. Isis, a student publication, lampooned Australians as good-for-nothings who badly needed education.
ref: 2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 23:
synonyms: word: absolute zero
word: cipher
word: ne'er-do-well
word: no-account
word: no-good
word: no-mark
word: nonentity
word: absolute zero
word: asswipe
word: badling
word: blatherskite
word: bugger
word: carrion
word: cipher
word: cockstain
word: crumb
word: custron
word: dandiprat
word: doink
word: fellow
word: fritlag
word: geek
word: good-for-naught
word: good-for-nothing
word: hoon
word: lidderon
word: losel
word: loser
word: louse
word: maggot
word: nonce
word: nowmun
word: ne'er-do-well
word: no-good
word: no-mark
word: nonentity
word: pelf
word: pig dog
word: pile of shit
word: pissant
word: punk
word: puny
word: quat
word: ramp
word: rinky-dink
word: roly-poly
word: scullion
word: slubberdegullion
word: sparrow-fart
word: streak of piss
word: toerag
word: truant
word: twerp
word: wankstain
word: waste of space
word: underperson
word: unworthy
glosses: A person of little worth or usefulness.
Derived terms: good-for-nothingness
saggar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæɡ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈsæɡ.ə/
rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)
homophone: sagger
Forms: form: saggars
form: sagger
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly a contracted form of safeguard.
Senses: glosses: A ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame.
glosses: Fireclay used to make ceramic casings.
Related terms: saggar maker
saggar maker's bottom knocker
saggar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæɡ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈsæɡ.ə/
rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)
homophone: sagger
Forms: form: saggars
form: saggaring
form: saggared
form: saggared
form: sagger
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly a contracted form of safeguard.
Senses: glosses: To place in a saggar.
nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nŭth'ĭng
ipa: /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
ipa: /nɒ-/
ipa: /-ŋk/
ipa: [ˈnʌʔn̩]
rhymes: -ʌθɪŋ
Forms: form: nothings
form: nuffin
form: nuffink
form: nuttin
form: nuttin'
form: nuthin
form: nuthin'
form: nuthing
form: nothin'
form: nothink
Etymology: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).
Senses: examples: text: - What happened to your face?
- It's nothing.
text: Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
ref: 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
text: Knuckles: The Egg Carrier is nothing compared to this!
ref: 2003, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Heroes, Sega, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, level/area: Final Fortress:
glosses: Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
glosses: A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
glosses: A nobody (insignificant person).
nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: nŭth'ĭng
ipa: /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
ipa: /nɒ-/
ipa: /-ŋk/
ipa: [ˈnʌʔn̩]
rhymes: -ʌθɪŋ
Forms: form: nuffin
form: nuffink
form: nuttin
form: nuttin'
form: nuthin
form: nuthin'
form: nuthing
form: nothin'
form: nothink
Etymology: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).
Senses: examples: text: Nothing too much out of the ordinary.
text: The answer was an impatient one—but, nothing daunted, he continued.
ref: 1855, The Ladies' Repository, volume 15, page 544:
text: The Motion from London to Syria is as much as nothing; and nothing altereth the relation which is between them.
ref: 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems:
glosses: Not at all; in no way.
nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nŭth'ĭng
ipa: /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
ipa: /nɒ-/
ipa: /-ŋk/
ipa: [ˈnʌʔn̩]
rhymes: -ʌθɪŋ
Forms: form: nuffin
form: nuffink
form: nuttin
form: nuttin'
form: nuthin
form: nuthin'
form: nuthing
form: nothin'
form: nothink
Etymology: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).
Senses: examples: text: Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play.
glosses: Completely unimportant.
examples: text: The cricketer played a nothing shot.
glosses: Lacking effort or commitment.
berry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛɹ.i/
enpr: bĕr'i
rhymes: -ɛɹi
homophone: bury
homophone: Berry
homophone: Barry
homophone: beary stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: berries
form: berrying
form: berried
form: berried
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *bazją
Proto-West Germanic *baʀi
Old English berġe
Middle English berye
English berry
From Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäie, West Flemish beier, German Beere, Icelandic ber, Danish bær.
The slang sense "police car" may come from the lights on the vehicles' roofs.
Senses: examples: text: On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.
text: Partly because I always itched and prickled in a berry patch I may have been disinclined to nibble as I worked; but largely I think it was because I berried under a master strategist and I wanted to see how well we could coordinate our efforts...
ref: 1988, Early American Life, page 35:
glosses: To pick berries.
glosses: To bear or produce berries.
Derived terms: berrying
berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛɹ.i/
enpr: bĕr'i
rhymes: -ɛɹi
homophone: bury
homophone: Berry
homophone: Barry
homophone: beary stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: berries
form: berye
form: berie
Etymology: From Middle English berȝe, berghe, from Old English beorġe, dative form of beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain, hill”). More at barrow.
Senses: glosses: A mound; a barrow.
Synonyms: word: berry
Hypernyms: word: fruit
Hyponyms: word: Juneberry
word: bilberry
word: blackberry
word: blackcap raspberry
word: blackcurrant
word: blueberry
word: bog bilberry
word: cloudberry
word: cowberry
word: cranberry
word: crowberry
word: currant
word: elderberry
word: hackberry
word: highbush blueberry
word: juniper berry
word: loganberry
word: lowbush blueberry
word: mountain bearberry
word: northern bilberry
word: raspberry
word: red currant
word: serviceberry
word: tayberry
word: whitebark raspberry
word: white currant
word: wolfberry
Related terms: word: :Category:Berries
berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛɹ.i/
enpr: bĕr'i
rhymes: -ɛɹi
homophone: bury
homophone: Berry
homophone: Barry
homophone: beary stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: berries
Etymology: From Middle English bery (“a burrow”). More at burrow.
Senses: glosses: A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
glosses: An excavation; a military mine.
Synonyms: word: berry
Hypernyms: word: fruit
Hyponyms: word: Juneberry
word: bilberry
word: blackberry
word: blackcap raspberry
word: blackcurrant
word: blueberry
word: bog bilberry
word: cloudberry
word: cowberry
word: cranberry
word: crowberry
word: currant
word: elderberry
word: hackberry
word: highbush blueberry
word: juniper berry
word: loganberry
word: lowbush blueberry
word: mountain bearberry
word: northern bilberry
word: raspberry
word: red currant
word: serviceberry
word: tayberry
word: whitebark raspberry
word: white currant
word: wolfberry
Related terms: word: :Category:Berries
berry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛɹ.i/
enpr: bĕr'i
rhymes: -ɛɹi
homophone: bury
homophone: Berry
homophone: Barry
homophone: beary stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: berries
form: berrying
form: berried
form: berried
Etymology: From Middle English beryen, berien, from Old English *berian (found only in past participle ġebered (“crushed, kneaded, harassed, oppressed, vexed”)), from Proto-West Germanic *barjan, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (“to beat, hit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to rip, cut, split, grate”).
Cognate with Scots berry, barry (“to thresh, thrash”), German beren (“to beat, knead”), Icelandic berja (“to beat”), Latin feriō (“strike, hit”, verb).
Senses: glosses: To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
glosses: To thresh (grain).
Tanach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tanach
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tanakh.
nihil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪ.hɪl/
ipa: /ˈniː(h)ɪl/
ipa: /ˈnaɪ(h)ɪl/
ipa: /-əl/
rhymes: -aɪəl
Forms: form: nihils
Etymology: From Latin nihil, nil.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A nihil dicit.
examples: text: I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth:
They have dissolved into nihil.
ref: 1996, David Tibet, “The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)” (lyrics)
text: All tales about the beginning are apt to eliminate the nothing and make being overall. […] Without Nihil the whirlpool of the beginning settles down and becomes a stagnant puddle of pure being. Nihil disappears.
ref: 2008, Arvydas Šliogeris, Names of Nihil, page 13:
text: That is, in the sovereign act of creation, whereby YHWH orders chaos, YHWH provisionally defeated the power of the Nihil but did not destroy or eliminate the threat of chaos.
ref: 2009, Walter Brueggemann, An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible, page 143:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: nothingness, nonbeing
Derived terms: nihilhood
Related terms: nihilism
nihil obstat
Qur'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɑːn/
ipa: /kəˈɹɑn/
ipa: /kəˈɹæn/
ipa: /koʊˈɹæn/
ipa: /kɔˈɹɑn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: the Qur'an
form: Qur'ans
form: Quran
form: Koran
form: Alcoran
form: Alkoran
form: Coran
form: Qoran
form: Qor'an
form: Qorân
form: Qur'ân
form: Qur'ān
form: Qurʾān
form: Ḳurʾān
form: Qurʔān
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān), definite form of قُرْآن (qurʔān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like the Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).
Senses: examples: text: In the summer of 2002, responding to the 9/11 atrocity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a selection of verses from the Qur'an a mandatory text for new students.
ref: 2011 July 1, Malise Ruthven, The Guardian:
text: Classical Arabic – the language of the Qur’an – will make you understood everywhere, but colloquial Arabic may be more useful, because once the locals start conversing with each other, you’ll lose the plot.
ref: 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
Derived terms: Ahle Quran
Quranism
Quranist
Quraniyoon
Quranite
Quranize
Quranologist
Qur'anically
Quran Belt
Quran thumping
Qur'an
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɑːn/
ipa: /kəˈɹɑn/
ipa: /kəˈɹæn/
ipa: /koʊˈɹæn/
ipa: /kɔˈɹɑn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: Qur'ans
form: Quran
form: Koran
form: Alcoran
form: Alkoran
form: Coran
form: Qoran
form: Qor'an
form: Qorân
form: Qur'ân
form: Qur'ān
form: Qurʾān
form: Ḳurʾān
form: Qurʔān
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān), definite form of قُرْآن (qurʔān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like the Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).
Senses: glosses: A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.
Related terms: sharia law
one hundred and one
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwʌn ˌhʌndɹəd n̩ ˈwʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: 101
form: a hundred and one
Etymology: From one + hundred + and + one.
Senses: examples: text: As a result, we talked – about a hundred and one things.
ref: 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page v. 46:
text: The company has one hundred and one reasons for keeping Negroes out. The union, too, has one hundred and one reasons.
ref: 1979, Charles Denby, Joel Denby, Indignant Heart: A Black Worker’s Journal, →ISBN, page 141:
text: [T]o offset the massive cost of learning 101 ways to embellish spatchcock, perhaps the readers may need 101 ways to cook two-minute noodles.
ref: 1996, Samela Harris, “Introduction”, in On a Shoestring: Recipes from the House of the Raising Sons, Kent Town, Adelaide, S.A.: Wakefield Press, →ISBN, page vii:
synonyms: one thousand and one
glosses: A great many; numerous.
nemo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In New York City alone, there are nearly three dozen of these "nemo" points from which speeches, music, and entertainment are broadcast regularly.
ref: 1929, Popular Science, volume 115, number 4, page 153:
text: All "nemo" broadcasting, except entirely musical, would be abandoned. Stations would not risk broadcasting anything arising outside the studio, as there would be no editorial or censorship power.
ref: 1935, Alison Reppy, Air Law Review, volume 6, page 86:
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Acronym of not emanating from main office, i.e. broadcast from some remote location instead.
not even one
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: Not even one digit on the lottery ticket matched!
text: And guess how many digits matched? Not even one!
synonyms: not one#Determiner
no#Determiner
zero#Determiner
antonyms: some#Determiner
any#Determiner
coordinate_terms: one#Determiner
a few#Determiner
several#Determiner
many#Determiner
a lot of
countless#Determiner
any and all#Determiner
every single#Determiner
glosses: None at all.
Related terms: not a one
not even once
not even
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Not even I knew that.
text: You didn't even look at me.
glosses: Introduces or constitutes a more emphatic negation or exclusion than "not".
not even
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: I heard they wanted to cancel the show tonight. – Not even!
glosses: Used to express strong disappointment or disapproval.
at least
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: at the least
form: at the very least
Etymology: From Middle English at leste, from Old English æt lǣstan.
Senses: examples: text: I couldn't count them all, but I think there must have been at least 500 people in attendance.
glosses: At a minimum or lower limit.
examples: text: You could even be discovered, become a movie star, or at least see one.
ref: 1997 May 14, Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential, spoken by Sid Hudgens (Danny DeVito), Regency Enterprises; distributed by Warner Bros.:
glosses: In any event; anyway.
Synonyms: easily
easy
leastwise
≥
toilet paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet papers
form: toilet-paper
Senses: glosses: Paper, usually on a roll, to clean oneself after defecation, or to pat oneself dry after urination.
Synonyms: word: TP
word: toilet roll
word: toilet tissue
word: bathroom tissue
word: bog paper
word: bog roll
word: lavvy paper
word: loo roll
word: loo paper
word: bumf
word: poo tickets
toilet paper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: toilet papers
form: toilet papering
form: toilet papered
form: toilet papered
form: toilet-paper
Senses: synonyms: word: TP
glosses: To cover a house, tree or other structure with strips of toilet paper, typically as a prank or celebratory gesture.
toilet roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet rolls
Senses: glosses: A roll of toilet paper.
vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: vents
Etymology: Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.
Senses: examples: text: the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould
text: According to geologists who work in the area, the vents at Castello Aragonese have been spewing carbon dioxide for at least several hundred years, maybe longer.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
examples: text: Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
text: There, at one Paſſage, oft you might ſurvey / A Lye and Truth contending for the vvay; / And long 'tvvas doubtful, both ſo cloſely pent, / VVhich firſt ſhould iſſue thro the narrovv Vent: […]
ref: 1715, [Alexander] Pope, The Temple of Fame: A Vision, London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 41:
glosses: A small aperture.
glosses: An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
glosses: A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
glosses: The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
glosses: A slit in the seam of a garment.
synonyms: touch hole
glosses: The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
glosses: In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
glosses: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
examples: text: without the vent of words
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, 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: Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
Derived terms: air admittance vent
air vent
fissure vent
give vent to
hydrothermal vent
O'Shea's vent barnacle
pie vent
ridge vent
vent pecking
vent-piece
vent stack
vent window
Related terms: seal
vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: vents
Etymology: Clipping of ventriloquism
Senses: glosses: Ventriloquism.
Derived terms: vent puppet
vent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: vents
form: venting
form: vented
form: vented
Etymology: From French vente, from Latin vendere (“to sell”).
Senses: examples: text: Therefore did those nations […]vent such spice.
ref: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
glosses: To sell; to vend.
vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: vents
Etymology: From Spanish venta (“a poor inn, sale, market”).
Senses: glosses: A baiting place; an inn.
vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: vents
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: examples: text: I have adjusted the vent settings.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
vent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: vents
form: venting
form: vented
form: vented
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
Derived terms: alt: n.
word: venting
word: vented
Related terms: vent one's gall
vent one's spleen
video game console
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video game consoles
form: video-game console
form: videogame console
form: video games console
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: game console
games console
gaming console
glosses: A dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games, especially in accompaniment with a television.
actress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.tɹɪs/
rhymes: -æktɹɪs
Forms: form: actresses
form: actoress
Etymology: From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice.
Senses: examples: text: A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand
ref: 1972, Neil Young, “A Man Needs a Maid”, in Harvest:
text: "I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."
ref: 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 88:
text: Court documents appear to show that Ian Edmondson, a senior News of the World journalist, had authorised Mr Mulcaire to hack phones belonging to Sienna Miller, an actress.
ref: 2011 January 27, “Not going quietly”, in The Economist:
glosses: A female who performs on the stage or in films.
examples: text: My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress, advanced the period of my labour.
ref: 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 290:
glosses: A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
Synonyms: word: actorine
word: actrice
Derived terms: actressy
adult actress
as the actress said to the bishop
as the bishop said to the actress
said the actress to the bishop
said the bishop to the actress
blacktress
character actress
live actress
mattress actress
play-actress
supporting actress
voice actress
Related terms: actrix
blacksmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæk.smɪθ/
Forms: form: blacksmiths
Etymology: From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).
Senses: examples: text: The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases.
ref: 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
text: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Hambleden:
synonyms: word: burn-the-wind
word: ironsmith
hypernyms: smith
metalsmith
smithy
coordinate_terms: goldsmith
whitesmith
silversmith
platinumsmith
farrier
forge
glosses: A person who forges iron.
synonyms: farrier
glosses: A person who shoes horses.
glosses: A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
Related terms: gunsmith
blacksmith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæk.smɪθ/
Forms: form: blacksmiths
form: blacksmithing
form: blacksmithed
form: blacksmithed
Etymology: From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).
Senses: glosses: To work as a blacksmith.
whitesmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitesmiths
Etymology: From white + smith.
Senses: glosses: A person who forges things out of tin or pewter; a tinsmith.
glosses: A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.
Synonyms: sense: worker in tin
word: brightsmith
sense: worker in tin
word: tinsmith
Hypernyms: smith
metalsmith
businesswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: businesswomen
Etymology: From business + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman involved in business.
Hypernyms: businessperson
puer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpju.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈpjuː.ə/
ipa: /ˈpjʊə/
rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Etymology: Perhaps from French puer.
Senses: examples: text: A solution called the ‘pure’ or the 'pewer' (having never seen the word written.., we must spell it as pronounced) is prepared in a large vessel, and into this the skins are immersed.
ref: 1842, The Penny Magazine, May 212/1:
text: […] The bacteria of fresh dog-dung were not found to possess a satisfactory puering effect, but those from dung with had been fermented a month (as in practice) have a result nearly equal to actual puer.
ref: 1903, Henry Richardson Proctor, The principles of leather manufacture, page 174:
text: […] it was about 50 years before the use of puer was discontinued, at least in Europe.
ref: 2009, Tony Covington, Tanning Chemistry: The Science of Leather, page 166:
glosses: Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
puer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpju.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈpjuː.ə/
ipa: /ˈpjʊə/
rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈpʊəɹ/
ipa: /ˈpu.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈpju.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈpjuː.ə/
ipa: /ˈpjʊə/
rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 普洱 (pǔ'ěr), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pu'er.
tomorrow night
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: During the night of the day after the present day.
tomorrow night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomorrow nights
Senses: glosses: The night of the day after the present day.
Related terms: last night
snowflake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: snōʹflāk
ipa: /ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk/
ipa: /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/
Forms: form: snowflakes
form: snowflaking
form: snowflaked
form: snowflaked
form: snow flake
form: snow-flake
form: ❄
Etymology: From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.
Senses: examples: text: Like a seagull swooping, the white figure of a victim snowflaked against the cliff and then plummeted down.
ref: 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 143:
glosses: To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.
fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæn/
text: Audio (Southern England)
ipa: /faːn/
ipa: [fɛən]
ipa: [feən]
ipa: [fɛːn]
rhymes: -æn
homophone: faan
homophone: fanne
Forms: form: fan
Etymology: From Cantonese 分. Doublet of fen and hoon.
Senses: examples: text: 1 chek (foot) = 14⅝ English inches divided into 10 tsün (inches) and each tsün into ten fan or tenths.
ref: 1939, chapter XI, in Colonial Reports - Annual Issues, page 37:
glosses: A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.
Synonyms: word: admirer
word: aficionado
word: buff
word: connoisseur
word: enthusiast
word: devotee
word: maniac
word: fan
word: fanatic
word: fancier
word: fancy
word: fiend
word: freak
word: geek
word: junkie
word: partisan
word: rooter
word: zealot
Hypernyms: word: follower
word: person
Hyponyms: word: fan of fiction
word: sports fan
word: fanboy
word: fangirl
word: fantard
word: Beatlemaniac
word: Belieber
word: dittohead
word: Juggalo
word: Juggalette
word: Mameluke
word: Mansonite
word: megafan
word: Numanoid
word: otaku
word: stan
word: superfan
word: trash
word: trufan
word: uberfan
Related terms: sense: other terms containing "fan" but etymologically unrelated
word: fan-ch'ieh
sense: other terms containing "fan" but etymologically unrelated
word: fan-tan
sense: other terms containing "fan" but etymologically unrelated
word: T'u-lu-fan
word: groupie
word: Beatlemania
word: addict
fail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fāl
ipa: /feɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: fails
form: faile
form: fayle
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English failen, borrowed from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”).
Compare Alemannic German fääle (“to lack”), Cimbrian béelan, véelan (“to fail”), veln (“to be absent, missing”), Dutch falen, feilen (“to fail, miss”), German fallieren, fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fallera (“to fail, break, malfunction”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”).
Senses: glosses: A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
glosses: A failing grade in an academic examination.
glosses: A failure (something incapable of success).
examples: text: The project was full of fail.
glosses: Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
Derived terms: epic fail
fail dyke
fail-secure
fail-soft
failtastic
fail whale
foster fail
made of fail
without fail
fail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fāl
ipa: /feɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: more fail
form: most fail
form: faile
form: fayle
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English failen, borrowed from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”).
Compare Alemannic German fääle (“to lack”), Cimbrian béelan, véelan (“to fail”), veln (“to be absent, missing”), Dutch falen, feilen (“to fail, miss”), German fallieren, fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fallera (“to fail, break, malfunction”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”).
Senses: glosses: Unsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way.
fail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fāl
ipa: /feɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: fails
form: feal
Etymology: Unknown. Compare Scottish Gaelic fàl (“hedge”), Scots faill (“turf”). Attested from the 16th century.
Senses: glosses: A piece of turf cut from grassland.
Derived terms: fail and divot
field trip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field trips
form: fieldtrip
Senses: examples: text: As I wrote we have a field trip scheduled (starting in about 1 hour to be exact since it's now 6 AM). We will take 72 of the second years to the coal mines, asbestos factory, steel mills in Enugu then up to Nnsuka.
ref: 2013, Eileen M. Jones, Letters From Nigeria: Experiences of a Peace Corps Volunteer, page 94:
glosses: A trip, usually in a group and especially by students, to a place of special interest for education, research or exploration; a trip into the field.
Related terms: field day
fieldwork
phrase book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phrase books
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phrasebook.
terp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝp/
ipa: /tɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: terps
form: 'terp
Etymology: Clipping of interpreter.
Senses: examples: text: I don't think it's at all appropriate to hire a terp to review your correspondences, reports, grammar, tone, style, etc. It is completely YOUR responsibility to perform effective written communication tasks.
ref: 1994 September 15, Tom Lyczko, “Comments on ASL Interpreter Position Description”, in DEAF-L mailing list, message-ID <Pine.3.89.9409151534.A19989-0100000@gamera.syr.edu>:
text: But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan interpreters working with U.S. soldiers — called terps by troops in the field — can earn more than an Afghan army officer.
ref: 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: We don't understand what he's saying, of course, but he looks like he knows what he's saying. There's a certain something that emanates from a confused patient that this fellow doesn't have. I sure wish I had more 'terps. Well, we're not going to CT him right away.
ref: 2013, Marc Dauphin, Combat Doctor: Life and Death Stories from Kandahar's Military Hospital, Toronto: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 197:
qualifier: military or Deaf slang
glosses: An interpreter (person who translates).
examples: text: So, I'm writing a Z-Machine terp. It is not done. It's getting there. Now, I have some ideas of things I would like this terp to do, but I thought it might be a nice idea to find out if there are any features that other people on this newsgroup would like in a Z-Machine terp.
ref: 2001 July 23, Fillmore, “Z-Machine terp”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet), message-ID <6j177.12538$Iz3.3461071@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>:
text: As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.
ref: 2009 September 15, Dannii, “IF System Idea”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet), message-ID <15cd3135-0302-421e-be03-d40a5dbb1645@m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com>:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).
terp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝp/
ipa: /tɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: terps
Etymology: Clipping of terpene.
Senses: glosses: Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.
terp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝp/
ipa: /tɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: terps
form: terping
form: terped
form: terped
Etymology: Clipping of terpene.
Senses: glosses: To add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).
terp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝp/
ipa: /tɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: terps
Etymology: Clipping of Terpsichore, the goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus in Greek mythology.
Senses: examples: text: In the terp section, Barbara Perry, last here in a straight role in Swan Song, scores smartly as a dancer, and lanky Jack Williams holds down the other lead stepping slot with his intricate tap routines. Dancing is overall excellent, but as noted above, there is too much of it.
ref: 1946 December 14, “Broadway Openings: If the Shoe Fits”, in The Billboard, volume 58, number 50, page 48:
glosses: Dance.
Derived terms: terpery
terp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝp/
ipa: /tɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: terps
form: terping
form: terped
form: terped
Etymology: Clipping of Terpsichore, the goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus in Greek mythology.
Senses: examples: text: Longhair terping got another boost around these parts Tuesday (3) when the Jooss Ballet returned to the New York City Center for a three-week stint. Heavy balletomane audience was on hand, generous in its applause welcoming back this unique troupe after a five-year wartime absence.
ref: 1946 December 14, Frank Gill, “Jooss Ballet Juice In Return to B'way”, in The Billboard, volume 58, number 50, page 48:
glosses: To dance.
terp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝp/
ipa: /tɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: terps
form: terpen
Etymology: From Dutch terp (“terp”).
Senses: examples: text: Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.
ref: 1898, The Outlook, volume 60, page 281:
glosses: An artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain, created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding.
how are you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /haʊ ˈɑː juː/
ipa: /haʊ ˈɑɹ ju/
ipa: /hæɔ ˈaː jʉː/
ipa: /hæɔ ˈaː jə/
Forms: form: how're you
form: HRU
Senses: examples: text: I'm very well, thank you. How are you? (formal)
I'm fine, thank you. /
 Fine, thanks. (informal) /
 Fine, and you? (informal)
glosses: An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. In form a question, and thus followed by a question mark. Typical responses include
examples: text: 1967 July 20: Questions. Oral Answers. — Free Travel for Old Age Pensioners. Dáil Éireann debates
Mr. Dunne: "A small point", says the Minister for Justice.
Mr. Ryan: Justice, how are you! He would not recognise it in this world or the next.
text: 'Christmas how are you!' exclaimed Jim O'Hanlon ruefully. 'We will remember this one for quite a while anyway.' He was grateful that at least no one was injured in the incident.
ref: 2013 December 31, “'Christmas how are you! We'll remember this one for a while'"”, in Gorey Guardian:
glosses: (Following a noun phrase; stress on are) An expression of derision, that the preceding referent is unworthy of the name. In form of an exclamation, and thus often followed by an exclamation mark.
Synonyms: sense: informal greeting
english: more formal
translation: more formal
word: how do you do?
sense: informal greeting
english: about same formality
translation: about same formality
word: how are you doing?
sense: informal greeting
word: how's it going?
sense: informal greeting
word: how's things?
sense: informal greeting
word: how's tricks?
sense: informal greeting
english: more informal
translation: more informal
word: what's up?
sense: informal greeting
word: how's it hanging?
sense: expression of derision
word: my foot!
sense: expression of derision
word: my eye!
sense: expression of derision
word: my arse!
sense: expression of derision
word: my ass!
sense: expression of derision
word: indeed!
word: alright me babber
word: alright me lover
word: ay up me duck
word: hiya doin'
word: how are things
word: how are you
word: how are you diddling
word: how are you doing
word: how are you getting along
word: how are you going
word: how bist
word: how do you do
word: how farest thou
word: how goes it
word: how goes the battle
word: how goes the war
word: how're you
word: how's every little thing
word: how's everything
word: how's it going
word: how's it hanging
word: how's life
word: how's things
word: how's tricks
word: what cheer
word: what gives
word: what's cooking
word: what's doing
word: what's good
word: what's going on
word: what's happening
word: what's in the bag
word: what's new
word: what's up
word: you alright
Related terms: word: alright
word: howdy
word: hello
word: goodbye
nasheed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈʃiːd/
ipa: /nəˈʃid/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: nasheeds
form: anasheed
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَشِيد (našīd, “song, hymn”).
Senses: glosses: An Islamic musical composition, typically performed a cappella, focusing on religious, spiritual, or moral messages.
fishbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃˌbeɪt/
rhymes: -ɪʃbeɪt
Forms: form: fishbaits
Etymology: From fish + bait.
Senses: glosses: bait for fishing
common year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common years
Senses: antonyms: leap year
glosses: A year that is not a leap year; a 365-day year.
exponentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕk-spō-nĕn-shē-ā'-shən
ipa: /ˌɛk.spoʊˌnɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: exponentiations
Etymology: Ultimately from exponent + -i- + -ation. Perhaps from exponential + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: In 5⁴ the base is 5 and the power is 4, so there are 4 identical factors of 5, and exponentiation gives 625 as the result.
text: "The remarkable fact about the system is that it achieves such a high level of security with only six exponentiations," Boneh said, referring to the calculations used to raise numbers to a power. Other systems do exponentiation once, suggesting that this system may be about six times slower because exponentiation is the most time-consuming step in encrypting the data.
ref: 1998 August 25, Peter Wayner, “IBM Says Encryption System Prevents Hacker Attack”, in The New York Times:
topics: arithmetic
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
examples: text: "The remarkable fact about the system is that it achieves such a high level of security with only six exponentiations," Boneh said, referring to the calculations used to raise numbers to a power. Other systems do exponentiation once, suggesting that this system may be about six times slower because exponentiation is the most time-consuming step in encrypting the data.
ref: 1998 August 25, Peter Wayner, “IBM Says Encryption System Prevents Hacker Attack”, in The New York Times:
topics: arithmetic
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.
Coordinate terms: succession
addition
multiplication
tetration
pentation
hexation
Derived terms: exponentiate
superexponentiation
songster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒŋstɚ/
Forms: form: songsters
Etymology: From Middle English songster, sangester, sangstere, from Old English sangestre (“a female singer; songstress”), equivalent to song + -ster. Cognate with Scots sangstar (“singer; songster”). Compare also West Frisian sjongster (“singer; female singer; vocalist”).
Senses: glosses: A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male singer.
examples: text: A member of a Salvation Army family, she had been a songster accompanying the band around the streets of Chelmsford where she lived with her parents.
ref: 2012, Kevin Turton, Northamptonshire Murders, page 13:
text: On a later occasion he returned to the theme of keeping the individuality of Salvation Army music, and resisting the temptation for songster brigades to imitate chapel and mission choirs.
ref: 2011, Gordon Cox, The Musical Salvationist, page 173:
glosses: An adult chorister in the Salvation Army.
examples: text: The woodcock, the snipe, and other nocturnal birds were all gone to rest; but the merry songsters of the wood now filled the air with their jubilee; the nutcracker began his monotonous clattering, the chaffinches and the wrens sang high in the sky, the blackcock scolded and blustered loudly, the thrush sang his mocking songs and libellous ditties about everybody, but became occasionally a little sentimental and warbled gently and bashfully some tender stanzas.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89:
glosses: A male songbird.
glosses: One who writes songs.
examples: text: Because the Jew was often compelled to sing and dance to a fixed Mah Yafit melody at the wild orgies of the paritzim (wealthy Polish landowners), many deliberately discontinued singing Mah Yafit, thus causing the text to be removed from numerous Siddurim and songsters in the early 1900s.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 234:
glosses: A book of songs; songbook.
Derived terms: songstress
songstress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪs/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡstɹɪs
Forms: form: songstresses
Etymology: From songster + -ess. Compare West Frisian sjongeres (“songstress”), Dutch zangeres (“songstress”).
Senses: examples: text: The songstress paused, and was answered by one or two deep and hollow groans, that seemed to proceed from the very agony of the mortal strife.
ref: 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: At every pause in the music she gracefully waved her flower-basket round, inviting the loiterers to buy; and many a sesterce was showered into the basket, either in compliment to the music or in compassion to the songstress—for she was blind.
ref: 1834, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter II, in The Last Days of Pompeii. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […]; successor to Henry Colburn, →OCLC:
text: Were I to reproduce the nine other paragraphs, it would be a very curious, instructive, and tedious specimen of literature; and, who knows? I might corrupt some immaculate soul, inspire some actor or actress, singer or songstress, with an itch for public self-laudation, a foible from which they are all at present so free. Witness the Era, the Hornet, and Figaro.
ref: 1877, Charles Reade, A Woman-Hater:
text: Sally Yeh is the winsome and amiable character known as Stool, who’s living next door to the ambitious and tetchy songstress Shu-Shu, who’s both commanding and funny as portrayed by Sylvia Chang.
ref: 2025 June 19, Glenn Kenny, “‘Shanghai Blues’ Review: Slapstick Fun in a 1984 Tsui Hark Picture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A female singer.
glosses: A female songbird.
Synonyms: sense: female singer
word: cantrix
sense: female singer
word: chanteuse
sense: female singer
word: chantress
sense: female singer
word: singeress
Related terms: songster