cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Mac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæk/
homophone: mack
homophone: Mack
Forms: form: Macs
Etymology: Informal diminutive of Macintosh, later adopted by Apple as a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: Although our Macs served us well, in those early, dark years Macintosh users were effectively excommunicated by the computer establishment.
ref: 1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, number 37, page 46:
text: Built by Matthew Weed, a blind political science and history major, and Victor Grigorieff, a computer science and psychology major, the system is based on a Macintosh IIfx, although it can run on earlier models, since each Mac program has a similar interface.
ref: 1991, “Breaking Communications Barriers”, in Compute!, volume 13, number 9, pages 28–31:
text: Apple, IBM, and Motorola have teamed up to produce this 32-bit chip that will be used in future Apple Macintoshes and IBM PCs. PowerPC systems will run Mac or Unix programs, and possibly Windows software in the future.
ref: 1993, “The New Microprocessors Powerchips”, in Popular Science, volume 243, number 1, page 58:
text: If you invest the time to learn one Windows or Mac program, you'll automatically have mastered the basic skills to use hundreds of others.
ref: 1993, “The Newest Appliance”, in U.S. News & World Report, volume 115, number 21, page 90:
text: As this shift accelerates, finding software that works with a particular operating system will be less of a concern. People will be able to base decisions about which OS to use strictly on merit, and on personal preference. For me, if the choice is between struggling to configure every feature and being able to boot up and get to work, at long last I choose the Mac.
ref: 2007, “Uninspiring Vista”, in Technology Review, volume 110, number 1, pages 72–4:
text: Oddly, the big difference didn't come in our user ratings, where we expected the famously friendly Mac interface to shine.
Apple's popular commercials have painted the picture in stark terms: There are two types of people, Mac people and PC people.
ref: 2008, Glenn Derene, “Mac VS. PC”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 185, number 5, page 86:
glosses: A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Inc.).
Coordinate terms: PC
personal computer
home computer
desktop computer
personal workstation
graphic workstation
graphics workstation
Derived terms: Macified
Mac-ified
Mac-like
Maclike
Macolyte
Macquarium
Mac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæk/
homophone: mack
homophone: Mack
Etymology: A shortening.
Senses: glosses: McMaster University
Mac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæk/
homophone: mack
homophone: Mack
Senses: synonyms: Macs
glosses: McDonald's
Mace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /meɪs/
Forms: form: Maces
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett.
* As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze.
* Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius.
* Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray)
glosses: A male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace
glosses: A surname.
An English surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Norman.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States.
Macintosh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macintoshes
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche, meaning "son of the thane (Old Irish toísech (“leader”))". The brand is named after McIntosh, an apple cultivar, in turn also from the Scottish Gaelic name.
Senses: related: word: MacIntosh
word: Mackintosh
word: McIntosh
glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Macintosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macintoshes
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche, meaning "son of the thane (Old Irish toísech (“leader”))". The brand is named after McIntosh, an apple cultivar, in turn also from the Scottish Gaelic name.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A brand of personal computer manufactured by Apple Inc.
Derived terms: Hackintosh
Jackintosh
Mac
Machead
Related terms: eMac
iMac
MacBook
Macron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæˈkɹɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology: Borrowed from French Macron.
Senses: examples: text: Uncertain how to address a French preoccupation with security and immigration, and facing a generational fracture over identity politics, the left’s disarray has allowed Mr. Macron to tilt rightward for votes.
ref: 2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021:
glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Macronism
Macronist
Macronmania
Macronomania
Macronomics
Madame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madames
form: Mesdames
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of madame.
examples: text: The Queen welcomed President and Madame De Gaulle.
text: Soong Mei-ling is often known as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.
glosses: A title equivalent to Mrs. or Ms., used for French-speaking women and (by custom) certain other individuals. It is abbreviated as Mme.
Madeira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə
Etymology: From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.
Senses: hypernyms: Macaronesia
glosses: An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
glosses: The largest island in the Madeira Archipelago; in full, Madeira Island.
glosses: The largest tributary of the Amazon, running 900 miles from Pando Department, Bolivia through the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil to its mouth east of Manaus; in full, Madeira River.
glosses: A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cincinnati named after landowner John Madeira.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Erica platycodon ssp. maderincola
word: Madeira besom heath
taxonomic: Sylvia atricapilla ssp. heineken
word: Madeira blackcap
taxonomic: Vaccinium padifolium
word: Madeira blueberry
taxonomic: Gonepteryx maderensis
word: Madeira brimstone
taxonomic: Genista tenera
word: Madeira broom
taxonomic: Gymnura hirundo
word: Madeira butterfly ray
word: Madeira cake
taxonomic: Solanum pseudocapsicum
word: Madeira cherry
taxonomic: Diphasiastrum madeirense
word: Madeira clubmoss
taxonomic: Rhyparobia maderae
word: Madeira cockroach
taxonomic: Sambucus lanceolata
word: Madeira elder
taxonomic: Regulus madeirensis
word: Madeira firecrest
taxonomic: Digitalis sceptrum
word: Madeira foxglove
taxonomic: Fumaria muralis
word: Madeira fume
taxonomic: Teucrium betonicum
word: Madeira germander
taxonomic: Daucus decipiens
word: Madeira giant black parsley
taxonomic: Mauligobius maderensis
word: Madeira goby
taxonomic: Pericallis aurita
word: Madeira groundsel
alt: †Halosaurus ovenii
word: Madeira halosaur
taxonomic: Erica maderensis
word: Madeira heath
taxonomic: Arachniodes webbiana
word: Madeira holly fern
taxonomic: Ilex canariensis ssp. azevinho
word: Madeira holly
taxonomic: Geranium palmatum
word: Madeira island geranium
taxonomic: Teira dugesii
word: Madeira lizard
taxonomic: Persea indica
word: Madeira mahogany
taxonomic: Sibthorpia peregrina
word: Madeira moneywort
word: Madeiran
taxonomic: Dactylorhiza foliosa
word: Madeira orchid
taxonomic: Pyrrhura amazonum
word: Madeira parakeet
taxonomic: Hydrobates castro
word: Madeira petrel
taxonomic: Calliptamus madeirae
word: Madeira pincer grasshopper
taxonomic: Pipistrellus maderensis
word: Madeira pipistrelle
taxonomic: Pittosporum coriaceum
word: Madeira pittosporum
taxonomic: Asplenium lolegnamense
word: Madeira rustyback fern
taxonomic: Saxifraga maderensis
word: Madeira saxifrage
taxonomic: Scorpaena maderensis
word: Madeira scorpionfish
taxonomic: Maytenus umbellata
word: Madeira shrubby bittersweet
taxonomic: Raja maderensis
word: Madeira skate
taxonomic: Rumex maderensis
word: Madeira sorrel
taxonomic: Anredera cordifolia
word: Madeira vine
taxonomic: Juglans regia
word: Madeira walnut
taxonomic: Echium candicans
word: pride of Madeira
Madeira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə
Forms: form: Madeiras
form: madeira
Etymology: From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.
Senses: examples: text: Add to this, Madeira which had twice ripened beneath eastern suns—once in the grape, and once in the wood; and Port whose filmy robe of cobweb had, as old Adrian boasted, outlasted many a silken dress.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 280:
glosses: A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
Coordinate terms: Marsala
marsala
Porto
port
porto
sherry
Madeleine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Madeleine. Doublet of Magdalene.
Senses: examples: text: "We've been making up the most glamorous names for you, Marguerite and Marlene and Madeleine―"
"And Melanie and Marianne and Marietta," put in Jane.
ref: 1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: A female given name from French, variant of Madeline.
Related terms: Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Magenta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.
glosses: A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France, named after the Battle of Magenta.
glosses: A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Magi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪd͡ʒaɪ/
ipa: /ˈmeɪˌd͡ʒaɪ/
ipa: /ˈmæ-/
rhymes: -eɪdʒaɪ
Etymology: From magi (plural of magus (“magician; (derogatory) conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster; Zoroastrian priest”)), from Middle English mages, magi or Magi, magy or Magy (“men possessing occult knowledge; astrologers, philosophers, sorcerers”), from Latin magī, from magus (“magician; (derogatory) conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster; Zoroastrian priest”) + -ī (suffix forming nominative or vocative masculine plurals). Magus is derived from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), Μάγος (Mágos, “magician; (derogatory) conjurer, sorcerer; Zoroastrian priest”) (plural μᾰ́γοι (mắgoi), Μᾰ́γοι (Mắgoi)), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬨𐬊𐬕𐬎 (moġu), Old Median and Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /⁠maγu-⁠/, title of a person?)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able, have power; power; sorcerer”).
Senses: examples: text: A rich Tabernacle where is kept the head of Saint Euſtorgio, and the Tomb of the three Magi, with this inſcription. Sepulchrum Trium Magorum, where lay the Bodies of thoſe Magi, which were brought hither by Saint Euſtorgio, in Anno 330. when he came laſt out of the Eaſt, but many yeers after, this City being deſtroyed by Fedrick Barbaroſſa, in Anno 1163.
ref: 1660, Edmund Warcupp, transl., Italy, in its Original Glory, Ruine and Revival, London, →OCLC, page 70:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: Three Kings
Three Wise Men
Wise Men
glosses: Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Three Kings
Three Sisters
glosses: The three bright stars (Alnitak (ζ Ori), Alnilam (ε Ori), and Mintaka (δ Ori)) that form Orion's Belt in the Orion constellation.
Derived terms: Magian
Magism
Magnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μαγνησία (Magnēsía).
Senses: glosses: A region that is home to the city of Volos, located in the southwestern tip of Thessaly in north central Greece.
Derived terms: Magnesian
Related terms: magnesia
Magnus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɡnəs/
rhymes: -æɡnəs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin magnus (“great”), taken from the title of Carolus Magnus "Charlemagne" by an eleventh century king of Norway, and brought to Scotland in medieval times.
Senses: examples: text: Magnus Carlsen versus the young guns at Wijk starts on Saturday, when the opening round (of 13) of the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee gets under way at the windswept Dutch village.
ref: 2023 January 13, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Carlsen takes on young guns at Wijk as world champion eyes record”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023:
glosses: A male given name from Latin of mostly Scottish and Scandinavian usage.
glosses: A surname.
Mai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Chinese surname with several origins:
* from Mandarin 麥 /麦 (“wheat”),
* from Mandarin and Cantonese 買 /买 (maai⁵, “buy”)
* Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi).
* Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma)
* Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei)
As a German surname, variant of May.
Senses: glosses: A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
glosses: A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.
Maidenhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪdənhɛd/
Forms: form: Maydenhead
Senses: examples: text: A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture […]
ref: 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction:
glosses: A town in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8881).
Derived terms: Windsor and Maidenhead
Main
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Moenis.
Senses: glosses: A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.
Derived terms: Frankfort-on-Main
Frankfurt am Main
Gemünden am Main
Main
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an Mhaing, possibly from Old Irish mang (“fawn”), which is said to be related to Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”); also compare Proto-Germanic *maguz.
Senses: glosses: A river in Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh.
Main
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a Scottish surname, reduced from the North Germanic name Magnus. Also from the adjective main.
* As a Scottish, English, French and Norman surname, from personal names derived from Proto-West Germanic *magan (“to be able”), similar to Mein.
* As a Scottish, English and Norman surname, from the French province of Maine. Compare Mansell.
* As a Scottish, English, and Norman surname, from the Anglo-Norman adjective maine (“great, large”), from Old French magne.
* As a Scottish, English, Norman and French surname, from the noun main (“hand”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Main
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From main.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Main Street, a street named "Main Street".
Derived terms: SoMa
South Main
Main
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mains
Etymology: From main.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Main Street (“main street”), a central street of a community.
Related terms: main
Maire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicisation of Irish Máire (“Mary”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Maire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maires
Etymology: Borrowed from French Maire.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Mais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname (Durham), variant of Mayes.
* As a German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German meiz (“cleared land”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Maj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ædʒ
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of majesty.
glosses: Abbreviation of major Alternative form of Maj..
Derived terms: sense: Majesty
word: Her Maj
sense: Majesty
word: His Maj
sense: Majesty
word: Your Maj
Majesty
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/
ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.sti/
ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/
Forms: form: Majesties
Etymology: From an alternative capitalization of English majesty, from Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”).
Senses: examples: His/Her/Your Majesty
glosses: a term of address for royalty and imperiality
Related terms: majestic
Her Majesty
His Majesty
Your Majesty
Mal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A short form of given names such as Mallory, Malcolm etc.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A Mon-Khmer language of Laos and Thailand.
Malaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈleɪ.ə/
Etymology: From Malay + -ia, Latinization of Malay. Compare English Malaysia.
Senses: glosses: A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia.
glosses: A group of former British colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1826 to 1957, excepting the period of Japanese occupation during World War II; in full, British Malaya.
glosses: A former colony and later a former independent country in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1948 to 1963; independent from 1957 and merged in 1963 with the territories of East Malaysia, forming modern Malaysia; in full, Federation of Malaya.
Derived terms: British Malaya
Federation of Malaya
Malayan
Malayan Union
Malaysia
States of Malaya
Male
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a Welsh surname, from the personal name Mael, from Middle Welsh mael (“prince”).
* As an English surname of Norman origin, contaminated from many Old French sources, such as mail (“hammer”), maille (“chainmail”), maille (“denier”), or esmal (“enamel”). Compare Mailer.
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English male (“bag, pouch”).
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the source of male (“male, male adult”).
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) (compare Millman) or from Old Norse melr (“sandhill”). Compare Meil.
* As a Slovene surname, from the adjective mal (“small, little”), from Proto-Slavic *malъ. Compare Mal, Mahle.
* As a Norwegian surname, from a farm in Romsdal derived from Old Norse mǫl (“layer of pebbles”). Also Americanized from Mæle, Mæhle, itself related to the Norse word melr.
Compare Mele.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Male
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Maale.
Male
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Maale.
Male
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Madang language of Papua New Guinea.
Malin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmælɪn/
rhymes: -ælɪn
Forms: form: Mallin
Etymology: The surname is from a Middle English diminutive of the given name Mary.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as a matronymic.
glosses: A sea area, off the north coast of Ireland, centred on Malin Head.
glosses: A city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
Related terms: Malin Bridge
Mallet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -æleɪ
Forms: form: Mallets
Etymology: Derived from the name of the inventor, Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet.
Senses: examples: text: Its 50 H-7 2-8-8-2's (30 of which found their way onto the Union Pacific roster in 1945) were simple mainly because a tunnel in the Alleghenies would not accommodate the low-pressure cylinders of any Mallet larger than a 2-6-6-2.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 60, referring to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway:
text: Primarily a coal-hauling road from the mines of the Appalachian coalfield over the mountains to the Atlantic coast, the Norfolk & Western had long maintained that nothing could equal its superbly efficient articulated Mallet locomotives for the haulage of immense weights over mountain grades, and it continued to build steam locomotives in its shops at Roanoke until 1953.
ref: 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419:
glosses: A type of articulated locomotive having two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck.
Mallet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -æleɪ
Etymology: Cryptographic scenarios use archetypal characters with standard names chosen to remember their role: Mallet was derived from "malicious" and "man-in-the-middle attack", as well as the tool mallet.
Senses: examples: text: Even if Alice and Bob's public keys are stored on a datavase, this attack will work. Mallet can intercept Alice's database inquiry, and substitute his own public key for Alice's. He can do the same to Bob.
ref: 1994, Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, →ISBN, page 44:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Mallory
glosses: The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
Related terms: Curry Mallet
Shepton Mallet
Maltese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑlˈtiz/
ipa: /mɒlˈtiːz/
ipa: /mɔːlˈtiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Malta + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.
Derived terms: Maltese Archipelago
Maltese cat
Maltese cross
Maltese dog
Malteseness
Maltese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑlˈtiz/
ipa: /mɒlˈtiːz/
ipa: /mɔːlˈtiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Maltese
form: Malteses
Etymology: From Malta + -ese.
Senses: qualifier: plural "Maltese"
glosses: An inhabitant or a resident of Malta.
qualifier: plural "Malteses"
glosses: A small breed of dog with a long silky coat.
Derived terms: Maltese English
Maltese starthistle
Maltese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑlˈtiz/
ipa: /mɒlˈtiːz/
ipa: /mɔːlˈtiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Malta + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The Semitic language of Malta.
Mamba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a dialect of the Zimba language spoken in the Congo
Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: man
Etymology: From man.
Senses: glosses: The genus Homo.
examples: text: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
glosses: Humankind in general.
Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Mann
Etymology: From Old Irish Mana, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”).
Senses: examples: text: And therefore the Bishop and clergy of Man were totally powerless to resist the alteration of doctrinal articles and rites of worship which Earls Edward and Henry, between 1521 and 1594, following the edicts of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth, introduced into the Isle of Man.
ref: 1860, William Mackenzie, editor, Legislation by Three of the Thirteen Stanleys, Kings of Man. […], Douglas, Isle of Man: […] [T]he Manx Society, page 191:
glosses: The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Man.
form: MAN
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada.
Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Mans
Etymology: From Cantonese 文 (man⁴).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Mans
Etymology: From Cantonese 萬／万 (maan⁶) or 文 (man⁴).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Man.
Etymology: Clipping of Manchester.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Manchester: a city in England (especially in football).
Derived terms: Man City
Man Utd
Mandarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/
ipa: /mæn.dəˈɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈmæn.d(ə).ɹɪn/
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 官話／官话 (Guānhuà, “spoken language of the mandarins”). An extension of mandarin (“bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire”) to the language used by the imperial court and sometimes by imperial officials elsewhere. As such, it was adopted as a synonym for Modern Standard Chinese in the 20th century. The term became ambiguous, however, as its use was extended to the various Northern dialects of Chinese.
Senses: examples: text: [...]and though the ſame word hath one ſignification in the Mandorines Language, and a contrary in Japan and other places, yet knowing one Speech and their Character, you may Travel not only through the Empire of China, but the adjacent Kingdoms.
ref: [1669, John Nievhoff, “Athanasius Kircher Description of China”, in John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 106:
text: Far fewer people understood Mandarin in Hotan than anywhere else I'd been in Xinjiang. It made getting around difficult, as not only did the taxi drivers fail to understand what I was saying, but they couldn't read an address either. Most ignored or didn't know the Chinese names given to the streets anyway.
ref: 2014, David Eimer, The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, page 75:
text: Owner David Yeh says his Little-One bar -- a homophone to Lithuania's Mandarin name "Litaowan" -- started getting more attention last year after Vilnius became the first EU government to donate vaccines.
ref: 2022 March 9, “'Lithuania mania' sweeps Taiwan as China spat sizzles”, in France 24, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022:
glosses: Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.
examples: text: "Two, three, four, five, south! Six, seven, eight, nine, north!" Strange as it may sound, this is the way the people on the Chinese mainland complain about the lack of clothes, food and other necessities.
Absent from the phrases are "one" and "ten"—"i" and "shih" in Chinese Mandarin. The words for "clothes" and "food" sound alike. Also missing are "east" and "west." Their Chinese equivalents when put together as "tung-hsi," stand for "things," "objects" or "matters."
ref: 1978 January 8, L. Chen, “What they say of Peiping rule”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIX, number 2, Taipei, page 3:
glosses: A branch of the Chinese languages, consisting of many dialects; Guanhua or Beifanghua.
Synonyms: Beifanghua
Guanhua
Guoyu
Huayu
Mandarin Chinese
Putonghua
Standard Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Standard Spoken Chinese
Derived terms: Standard Mandarin
Standarin
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mandarin terms
Hanyu
Zhongwen
Mane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Manet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Édouard Manet, French painter.
Related terms: Monet
Manga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
Mango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Mango Island.
glosses: Ellipsis of Mango Township.
Mango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mango ma21 ŋo21.
Senses: glosses: a language spoken in China
Mango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mango Mango.
Senses: glosses: a language spoken in Chad
Manhattan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mænˈhæt.ən/
ipa: [mænˈhætn̩]
ipa: [mænˈhæʔn̩]
enpr: mənhătən
ipa: /mənˈhæt.ən/
ipa: [mn̩ˈhætn̩]
ipa: [mn̩ˈhæʔɪ̃n̩]
ipa: [mn̩ˈhæʔn̩]
Forms: form: Manhattans
form: manhattan
Etymology: From the earlier form Manna-hata recorded by Dutch travelers and settlers, from its name in Unami, the local Algonquian language. That name is usually taken to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) and another element.
Based on a report by Anthony Heckewelder that the name Manhattan derives from the wooded area whose trees were suitable for making bows, Goddard explains the early forms Manna-hatta(n) and Mannahachtink as spellings of manaháhtaan "place for gathering the wood to make bows" and a related locative form manaháhteenk. compound of Munsee manah- (gather) + -aht (bow) + -aan (place).
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made from whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.
Derived terms: Vanhattan
Mann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æn
Etymology: As a German surname, from the root of man.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A surname from Punjabi.
glosses: Isle of Man
glosses: A river in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia, which joins the Clarence River.
Derived terms: Gell-Mann Amnesia
Gell-Mann Amnesia effect
Mann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æn
Forms: form: Manns
form: Man
Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese মান (man, “Burmese”).
Senses: glosses: Descendants of Burmese people who settled in Northeast India.
Mano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Mann language
Manu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man.
Senses: examples: text: Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he "offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests" to the gods (X, 63, 7).
ref: 1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, page 138:
glosses: A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood.
glosses: The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Manu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation of Emmanuel.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Manual
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Spanish: a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erroneous.
Related terms: Emmanuel
Manuel
Mar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: Mar.
word: MAR
word: Jan
word: Feb
word: Apr
word: May
word: Jun
word: Jul
word: Aug
word: Sep
word: Oct
word: Nov
word: Dec
glosses: Abbreviation of March.
Mar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Màrr, probably based on a Brythonic personal name Marsos.
Senses: glosses: An earldom in the Scottish peerage.
Mar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mars
form: Mor
form: Mart
Etymology: From Classical Syriac ܡܪܝ (mār(ī)), the first-person singular possessive form of ܡܪܐ (mārā, “lord, master”).
Senses: glosses: A title of respect in Syriac, given to all saints and also used before the Christian names of bishops.
Related terms: Maran
maranatha
Mar-a-Lago
Mar.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: Jan.
word: Feb.
word: Apr.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Aug.
word: Sep.
word: Oct.
word: Nov.
word: Dec.
qualifier: month
glosses: Abbreviation of March.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
related: word: Mat.
word: Luk.
word: Joh.
glosses: Abbreviation of Mark.
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
qualifier: title
glosses: Abbreviation of Master.
Mar.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of maritime.
Marathon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹəθən/
ipa: /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/
ipa: /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/
ipa: /ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
ipa: /ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.
Senses: glosses: A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, northern Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A town in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Buena Vista County, Iowa.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Cortland County, New York.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas.
glosses: A place name elsewhere in the world:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Marathon County
Marathonian
Related terms: marathon
Marathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹəθən/
ipa: /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/
ipa: /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/
ipa: /ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
ipa: /ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
Forms: form: Marathons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Snickers (“chocolate bar brand”).
Marc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Mark
mark
Forms: form: Marcs
Etymology: Borrowed from French Marc, from Latin Marcus.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.
Marcel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹˈsɛl/
ipa: /mɑːˈsɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology: Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus. Doublet of Marcellus.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French.
glosses: A village in North Goa district, Goa, India.
Mare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Mary, Maria, Marianne, or other female names beginning with Mar-, from Hebrew.
Margarita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Margaritas
Etymology: Borrowed from the Latin and Spanish Margarita (“Margaret”).
Senses: examples: text: “I didn’t think you loved me so much as this, my Margarita!” he said, in a broken voice. She did not answer, but she clung to him as a child clings to its mother, and the end was, they remained in town together. It seemed as though Fate interposed to prevent the two Margaritas meeting again.
ref: 1874 December 26, Florence Marryat, “Fighting the Air”, in The Penny Despatch […], New Series, volume II, number 30, →OCLC, chapter XVI (Laurence Fane Is Ruined), page 474, column 1:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Margarita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Margaritas
Etymology: From Spanish margarita.
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, hope you don’t get this coz you’re off somewhere cool, sipping Margarita and getting over yourself.
ref: 2008, Rodge Glass, “A Postcard with a Picture of Three Bare Tanned Backsides Baking Under a Foreign Sun on One Side, and Some Very Small, Very Neat Handwriting on the Other”, in Hope for Newborns, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 207:
text: You: Gray hair, 50-ish, dark red button-up shirt, black pants, sipping Margarita alone at table.
ref: 2009 April 10, “A Shot in the Dark”, in Louis Black, editor, The Austin Chronicle, volume 28, number 32, Austin, Tex.: The Austin Chronicle Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 119, column 1:
text: Sipping salty Margaritas I’d finally started to feel as if we’d lived through something terrible and world-altering but ridden it out, survived.
ref: 2019, B[everley] E. Jones, “Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona”, in Wilderness, London: Constable, published 2020, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of margarita.
Marge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹd͡ʒ/
ipa: /mɑːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: Marj
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Marjorie or Margaret.
Mari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Akkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠 (ma-riᵏⁱ), from Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria. Also see Nûr-Mêr.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.
Mari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːɹi
Etymology: Borrowed from Western Mari мари (mari, “Mari language term for the Mari”).
Senses: glosses: A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.
Synonyms: sense: people
word: Cheremis
sense: people
word: Cheremiss
Mari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑːɹi
Etymology: Borrowed from Western Mari мари (mari, “Mari language term for the Mari”).
Senses: glosses: A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
glosses: Meadow Mari; Eastern Mari.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Cheremis
Meronyms: sense: Uralic language spoken by the Mari
word: Meadow Mari
sense: Uralic language spoken by the Mari
word: Eastern Mari
sense: Uralic language spoken by the Mari
word: Hill Mari
sense: Uralic language spoken by the Mari
word: Western Mari
Mari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑːɹi
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Hop
Mari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑːɹi
ipa: /ˈmɑɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɑːɹi/
rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Senses: examples: text: Our colleague, Mari Takahashi Parker (1993), compared schools in the United States and in Japan. She found that in the United States, principals tended to feel the weight of just about everything on their shoulders.
ref: 2010 March 9, Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal, Reframing the Path to School Leadership: A Guide for Teachers and Principals, Corwin Press, →ISBN:
text: He hopped across and went to lift Mari, but she shook her head and jumped over [by] herself.
ref: 2018, Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons, HMH Books For Young Readers, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Marina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹiːnə/
homophone: marina
Etymology: Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marīna, probably a feminine form of Marīnus, from marīnus (“of the sea”), or a variant of Marīa.
Senses: examples: text: My gentle babe Marina - whom, / for she was born at sea, I have nam'd so -
ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
examples: Marina Ovsyannikova, b. 1978
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina).
glosses: A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
examples: text: As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate.
ref: 2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
glosses: A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States.
Marine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.
Marine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marines
Senses: glosses: A member of a marine corps.
Mariner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mariners
form: Marner
Senses: examples: text: Jones became a Mariner as the result of a pre-season trade.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the team the Seattle Mariners.
Mariner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marner
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /maːk/
ipa: /mɑː(ɹ)k/
ipa: /mɑɹk/
homophone: mark
homophone: marque
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: Marks
Etymology: From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.
Senses: examples: text: "And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to you?" "My mother's motives always were impenetrable to me. I was her only child, she wanted a simple life. So she gave me a simple name to go along with it. --- It wasn't a popular name until the nineteenth century. People were put off by King Mark in the Tristram and Iseult."
ref: 1988, Ann Oakley, Men's Room, pages 25–26:
text: One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.
ref: 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN:
synonyms: Marc
Marco
Marcos
Marko
Markos
Marq
Marque
Marcus
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.
ref: , Acts 15: 37-39
glosses: Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: Mar.
related: word: Matthew
word: Luke
word: John
glosses: The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).
Derived terms: Markan
Mark Tapleyism
Related terms: word: Marky
sense: Latinate form
word: Marcus
sense: related male names
word: Marcel
sense: related male names
word: Martin
sense: female given name
word: Marcia
word: Markisha
Mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maːk/
ipa: /mɑː(ɹ)k/
ipa: /mɑɹk/
homophone: mark
homophone: marque
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: Mark.
Etymology: From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Markarian.
Synonyms: Mkr
MKR
Mrk
MRK
Mkn
MKN
Marmite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
Forms: form: marmite
Etymology: From French marmite (“cooking pot”). The common-noun sense derives from an advertising campaign (1996 and onwards) featuring the slogan love it or hate it.
Senses: examples: text: Peyró has the grace to acknowledge that Marmite isn’t really a sauce before dismissing it as “filth”, and moving on to mint sauce.
ref: 2020 April 9, Sam Jones, “Spanish writer spills beans on UK's saucy secrets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A brand of sticky, dark brown, strongly flavored spread based on a yeast extract (a by-product of beer brewing), eaten on toast, in sandwiches, in savory dishes, etc.
Derived terms: Marmitegate
Marmitey
Marmite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
Forms: form: Marmites
form: marmite
Etymology: From French marmite (“cooking pot”). The common-noun sense derives from an advertising campaign (1996 and onwards) featuring the slogan love it or hate it.
Senses: examples: text: A pink gin is prepared by swirling a few drops of bitters round the glass and throwing any excess away. It's the Marmite of the drinking world.
ref: 2000 May 30, Mike Page, “Re: Milk bar [WAS: Re: Great googly-moogly]”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
text: Ah, anchovies - the marmite of the marine world. Personally, I love them, at least on pizzas.
ref: 2001 March 6, Mark Blunden, “Re:Another Recipe Request”, in alt.babylon5.uk (Usenet):
text: I have a feeling that this pie is the Marmite of the school pie world. You either loved it or you hated it.
ref: 2008, Becky Thorn, “Pies”, in School Dinners: Recipes and Reminiscences of the Good, the Bad and the Spotted Dick, Anova Books, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Catamarans are the Marmite of powerboating – you either love them or you hate them.
ref: 2008, Tim Bartlett, Simon Collis, Tony Jones, “Design and Construction”, in Complete Powerboating Manual, New Holland Publishers, →ISBN, page 164:
text: A LOT of people could ask me that question. It’s a Marmite thing, you either love him or hate him,” admits Consett actor Chris Coxon who is one of the first people on the planet to attempt to become a real-life version of cult animated character Spongebob Squarepants^([sic])
ref: 2009 April 16, “Bobby dazzler”, in The Northern Echo:
text: “I’ve always been quite a Marmite personality,” she says, comparing herself to the divisive umami toast spread.
ref: 2022 June 2, Anna Peele, quoting Olivia Attwood, “Inside ‘Love Island,’ From the Tragic Suicide Deaths to New Mental Health Protocols”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: Something which people either love or hate.
Marmite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
Forms: form: more Marmite
form: most Marmite
form: marmite
Etymology: From French marmite (“cooking pot”). The common-noun sense derives from an advertising campaign (1996 and onwards) featuring the slogan love it or hate it.
Senses: examples: text: But that 10% gap between fans and detractors leaves room for an interesting concept: is there something more Marmite than Marmite?
ref: 2019 October 25, “What’s more Marmite than Marmite?”, in YouGov:
text: 'Hangry', fittingly, is very Marmite. For some it is newfangled and unpalatable, but for others it is an essential description of everyday life.
ref: 2022 October 13, Susie Dent, Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: London is perhaps the ultimate Marmite city. One second you're head over heels in love with it; the next you're searching 'Manchester' on Rightmove. But what are the most Marmite things IN London? These six things, we reckon.
ref: 2023 October 11, Will Noble, “Are These The 6 Most Marmite Things In London?”, in Londonist:
glosses: Divisive, such that one either loves or hates it; polarizing.