cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
evening primrose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evening primroses
Senses: glosses: Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oenothera or Camissonia, in the family Onagraceae,
glosses: Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oenothera or Camissonia, in the family Onagraceae,
especially the common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis.
examples: text: The evening primrose plant family (Onagraceae) offers an ideal system to test predictions relating to the role of sexual recombination and segregation on diversification (Fig. 1). In many evening primrose species […].
ref: 2011 June 7, Marc T. J. Johnson, Richard G. FitzJohn, Stacey D. Smith, Mark D. Rausher, Sarah P. Otto, “LOSS OF SEXUAL RECOMBINATION AND SEGREGATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DIVERSIFICATION IN EVENING PRIMROSES”, in Evolution, volume 65, number 11:
text: Specifically, we ask whether sexual evening primrose plant lineages (Onagraceae) have faster rates of adaptive molecular evolution and altered gene expression of a class I chitinase, a gene implicated in defence against pathogens, than functionally asexual evening primrose lineages.
ref: 2012, E. I. HERSCH‐GREEN, H. MYBURG, M. T. J. JOHNSON, “Adaptive molecular evolution of a defence gene in sexual but not functionally asexual evening primroses”, in Journal of Evolutionary Biology, volume 25, number 8:
text: The Myrtaceae is a dicot family in the class Rosidae which also includes the rose and mallow families and falls into the order Myrtales along with the families Lathraceae, Punicaceae (pomegranates) and Onagraceae (evening primroses)
ref: 2012, SK Mitra, TKS Irenaeus, MR Gurung…, “Taxonomy and importance of Myrtaceae”, in Symposium on Guava, actahort.org:
glosses: Any plant of family Onagraceae, the evening primrose family.
Derived terms: word: bigfruit evening primrose
taxonomic: Oenothera biennis
word: common evening primrose
word: evening primrose oil
word: Missouri evening primrose
freesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹi.ʒə/
rhymes: -iːʒə
Forms: form: freesias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any flowering plant of the genus Freesia, native to South Africa.
equitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/
Forms: form: more equitable
form: most equitable
form: æquitable
Etymology: From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).
Senses: glosses: Marked by or having equity.
examples: text: I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.
ref: 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 33:
text: Security can be obtained but by defined rights, and these can be ensured only by equitable laws.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 254:
synonyms: word: disinterested
word: unbiased
word: candid
word: cold
word: clinical
word: detached
word: egal
word: equal
word: equitable
word: evenhanded
word: fairhanded
word: fair-minded
word: disinterested
word: dispassionate
word: impartial
word: imprejudicate
word: indifferent
word: indistinguishing
word: neuter
word: neutral
word: nonaligned
word: nonpartial
word: nonpartisan
word: nonpersonal
word: objective
word: unbiased
word: unbigoted
word: uninterested
word: unpartial
word: unpartisan
word: unprejudiced
word: unprepossessed
glosses: Fair, just, or impartial.
topics: law
coordinate_terms: legal
glosses: Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law; relating to equity or courts of equity.
Derived terms: equitableness
equitable tolling
equitably
inequitable
unequitable
Related terms: equity
equitabilis
ubergeek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ubergeeks
form: übergeek
Etymology: From uber- + geek.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A highly proficient geek.
Synonyms: supergeek
uberdork
Coordinate terms: power user
badonkadonk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈdɔŋ.kəˌdɔŋk/
Forms: form: badonkadonks
Senses: examples: text: Badonkadonk (n): term used to describe a very nice buttocks. Her badonkadonk looks so good in those jeans.
ref: 2004, Xin-An Lu; David W. Graf, Jr., A Concise Collection of College Students' Slang, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 6:
text: You know you’re pear-shaped if:
(1) Your badonkadonk is bigger than your boobs,
(2) You think of leggings as the eighth deadly sin, and
(3) If you were a country, “Bootylicious” would be your national anthem.
ref: 2006, Danica Lo, How Not to Look Fat, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 45:
text: “[…] beeyotch, and get your badonkadonk into my car.”
ref: 2007, Suzanne Brockmann, Force of Nature, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 144:
text: How J-Lo [Jennifer Lopez] squeezed her badonkadonk into this Zum Zum [trendy fabric] wonder is damn impressive. [bracketed notes added by Robert de Beaugrande]
ref: a. 2008, “Carpet Burn” (username), on movies.com, quoted in Robert de Beaugrande, “How ‘systemic’ is a large corpus of English”, in Andrea Gerbig and Oliver Mason (editors), Language, People, Numbers: Corpus Linguistics and Society, Rodopi (2008), page 47
glosses: Alternative form of badunkadunk.
gumba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumbas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goombah.
gumba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumbas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goombay.
geranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒəˈɹeɪni.əm/
rhymes: -eɪniəm
Forms: form: geraniums
form: gerania
Etymology: From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (gerắnĭon), from γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Senses: synonyms: cranesbill
true geranium
hardy geranium
qualifier: strictly
glosses: Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae.
synonyms: pelargonium
glosses: Any flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, of family Geraniaceae.
glosses: A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .
Derived terms: taxonomic: Pelargonium odoratissimum
word: apple geranium
taxonomic: Geranium carolinianum
word: Carolina geranium
taxonomic: Pelargonium grossularioides
word: coconut geranium
taxonomic: Cacyreus marshalli
word: geranium bronze
word: geraniumlike
word: geranium oil
taxonomic: Pelargonium × hortorum
word: horseshoe geranium
word: Indian geranium
word: ivy geranium
taxonomic: Pelargonium crispum
word: lemon geranium
alt: Pelargonium × domesticum
word: Martha Washington geranium
word: mint geranium
taxonomic: Pelargonium × fragrans
word: nutmeg geranium
taxonomic: Pelargonium tomentosum
word: peppermint geranium
alt: Pelargonium × domesticum
word: regal geranium
taxonomic: Heuchera spp.
word: rock geranium
taxonomic: Pelargonium spp.
word: rose geranium
taxonomic: Pelargonium inquinans
word: scarlet geranium
taxonomic: Saxifraga stolonifera
word: strawberry geranium
taxonomic: Geranium maculatum
word: wild geranium
taxonomic: Pelargonium × hortorum
word: zonal geranium
Related terms: geraniol
alfilaria
storksbill
Geranium
Pelargonium
geranium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒəˈɹeɪni.əm/
rhymes: -eɪniəm
Forms: form: more geranium
form: most geranium
Etymology: From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (gerắnĭon), from γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans).
rhyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːn/
ipa: /ɹaɪn/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: rhynes
form: rhine
form: rine
form: reen
form: rean
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rhine.
Related terms: yeo
rhyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːn/
ipa: /ɹaɪn/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -aɪn
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /ɹiːn/
ipa: /ɹaɪn/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -aɪn
Senses: glosses: A kind of Russian hemp.
heartsease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heartseases
Etymology: From heart + -s- + ease: an infusion made from the plant is traditionally believed to cure lovesickness.
Senses: synonyms: Johnny-jump-up
pansy
wild pansy
glosses: A common European wild flower, Viola tricolor; the wild pansy.
outwith
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈwɪð/
ipa: /aʊtˈwɪθ/
rhymes: -ɪð
rhymes: -ɪθ
Etymology: From Middle English outwith, outewith, a transposed variant of Middle English withoute (“without”). Cognate to Scots ootwi. By surface analysis, out + with.
Senses: examples: text: All at once he’d wanted to buy a place there, but it had been too isolated for his wife – and outwith their means anyway.
ref: 1990, Ian Rankin, Dead Souls: An Inspector Rebus Novel, page 159:
text: 2004, Official Journal of the European Union, 24.7.2004, C190/10, reporting on a judgment of the European Court of Justice.
Finally, the Court failed to examine, and thus to show, in what way such differentiated treatment is objectively justified. The fact that it is the result of circumstances outwith the control of the Communities does not constitute such justification […] .
text: It is not acceptable to have EU-US deals on extradition, information collection and exchange, and border controls which are cooked up in secret and outwith the democratic control of the European and national parliaments.
ref: 2009, Sarah Ludford MEP, Letters, The Guardian, 17 Jun 09
text: Although Burton’s work lies outwith the scope of the current book, Cockburn’s response reveals a great deal about how Hume and his works were received in Scotland in the half century after his death […].
ref: 2010, Mark Towsey, Reading the Scottish Enlightenment, Leiden: Brill, page 263:
text: These spent convictions for most purposes only fall outwith the scope of the exception of section 4(3)(b) if they are not included in a higher level disclosure sent in connection with the profession, office, type of employment, occupation, decision or proposed decision to which the exception would otherwise apply.
ref: 2018, The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018
text: To others, it is an escape, a chance to think of ways of life outwith those we experience now […].
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page xix:
text: Trams are one of the easiest ways to get to and from the airport with fast and frequent services to Edinburgh city centre. Trams depart every 7 minutes, between 7am and 7pm, and every 15 minutes outwith these hours, with an end-to-end journey of just 30 minutes.
ref: 2023, Website of Edinburgh Airport, version dated 2023, accessed 12.04.2023
glosses: Outside; beyond; outside of.
outwith
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈwɪð/
ipa: /aʊtˈwɪθ/
rhymes: -ɪð
rhymes: -ɪθ
Etymology: From Middle English outwith, outewith, a transposed variant of Middle English withoute (“without”). Cognate to Scots ootwi. By surface analysis, out + with.
Senses: glosses: Outside, outwardly; outwards.
postwhore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postwhores
Etymology: From post + whore.
Senses: glosses: A message board user who regularly posts comments usually seen as useless, like "me too", the purpose being to accumulate large numbers of posts in a short amount of time, either for bragging rights or to take advantage of certain board features that reward high post counts.
hollyhock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑlihɑk/
ipa: /ˈhɒlihɒk/
Forms: form: hollyhocks
Etymology: From Middle English holihocke, holyhokke, holihoc, from holi (“holy”) + hocke, hokke, hoc (“mallow”) (from Old English hoc (“marsh mallow”). The modern hollyhock was probably unknown in England until the 15th century, so usage before then no doubt referred to some other mallow.
Apparently so called for being brought from the Holy Land; compare an old name for it in Medieval Latin cauli Sancti Cuthberti (“St. Cuthbert's cole”).
Senses: examples: text: No cottage in Coughton boasted taller hollyhocks, nor finer Michaelmas daisies in the autumn than Dame Magdalen’s almshouses; […]
ref: 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter X, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 227–228:
glosses: Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
wikipedia: St. Cuthbert
Derived terms: taxonomic: Alcea ficifolia
word: Antwerp hollyhock
taxonomic: Malva preissiana
word: Australian hollyhock
taxonomic: Alcea setosa
word: bristly hollyhock
taxonomic: Alcea rosea
word: common hollyhock
taxonomic: Malva multiflora
word: Cretan-hollyhock
word: hollyhocked
word: Hollyhock leaf curl virus
taxonomic: Pelargonium cotyledonis
word: hollyhock-leaf pelargonium
taxonomic: Malva alcea
word: hollyhock mallow
taxonomic: Hibiscus splendens
word: hollyhock-tree
word: Hollyhock yellow vein alphasatellite
word: Hollyhock yellow vein mosaic virus
word: long-sepal wild hollyhock (Iliamna longisepala
taxonomic: Iliamna rivularis
word: mountain hollyhock
taxonomic: Hibiscus moscheutos
word: sea hollyhock
taxonomic: Iliamna rivularis
word: streambank wild hollyhock
english: Callirhoe, Sidalcea, Sphaeralcea spp., Iliamna bakeri, Iliamna rivularis
translation: Callirhoe, Sidalcea, Sphaeralcea spp., Iliamna bakeri, Iliamna rivularis
word: wild hollyhock
hyacinth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/
Forms: form: hyacinths
Etymology: From Middle English jacinth, partly from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, and partly from Old English iacinþ, from Medieval Latin jacinthus, both from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Re-Latinized in the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: On life's long round by chance I found / A dell impearled with dew, / Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, / Lent to the earth heaven's native hue / Of holy blue.
ref: 1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Love in Exile. Song X.] ‘On Life’s Long Round’.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 177:
glosses: Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
glosses: A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Galtonia candicans
word: Cape hyacinth
taxonomic: Hyacinthus orientalis
word: common hyacinth
english: Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.
translation: Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.
taxonomic: Muscari spp.
word: grape hyacinth
taxonomic: Lablab purpureus
word: hyacinth bean
word: hyacinthine
word: hyacinthlike
word: hyacinth macaw
taxonomic: Scilla peruviana
word: hyacinth of Peru
word: hyacinth orchid
taxonomic: Scilla liliohyacinthus
word: lily hyacinth
alt: Viorna baldwinii
word: pine hyacinth
english: Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.
translation: Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.
taxonomic: Muscari spp.
word: starch hyacinth
word: star hyacinth
taxonomic: Galtonia candicans
word: summer hyacinth
taxonomic: Muscari comosum
word: tassel hyacinth
taxonomic: Pontederia spp.
word: water hyacinth
word: wild hyacinth
taxonomic: Hyacinthoides nonscripta
word: wood hyacinth
lady's slipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lady's slippers
form: lady slipper
Senses: synonyms: slipper orchid
lady's slipper orchid
glosses: Any orchid of the subfamily Cypripedioideae, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches which trap insects to improve pollination rates.
synonyms: slipper orchid
glosses: The type species of this subfamily, Cypripedium calceolus.
Derived terms: Kentucky lady's slipper
Southern lady's slipper
yellow lady's slipper
particle accelerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particle accelerators
Senses: glosses: A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.
Synonyms: atom smasher
larkspur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larkspurs
Etymology: From lark + spur, so named for the spur's shape, which resembles the hind toe of a lark.
Senses: glosses: A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida
Derived terms: taxonomic: Delphinium elatum
word: bee larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium grandiflorum vars.
word: bouquet larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium cultorum
word: candle larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium nudicaule
word: canyon larkspur
taxonomic: Consolida ajacis
alt: syn. Delphinium ajacis
word: common larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium × occidentale
word: duncecap larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium tricorne
word: dwarf larkspur
taxonomic: Consolida orientalis
alt: syn. Delphinium hispanicum
word: eastern larkspur
taxonomic: Consolida regalis
alt: syn. Delphinium consolida
word: field larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium geyeri
word: foothills larkspur
taxonomic: Consolida regalis
alt: syn. Delphinium consolida
word: forking larkspur
taxonomic: Viola pedatifida
word: larkspur violet
taxonomic: Delphinium menziesii
word: Menzies larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium hutchinsoniae
word: Monterey larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium glaucum
word: mountain larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium polycladon
word: mountain marsh larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium brunonianum
word: musk larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium nuttallianum
word: Nuttal's larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium nudicaule
word: orange larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium elatum
word: Pacific giant larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium parryi
word: Parry's larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium gracilentum
word: pine forest larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium geyeri
word: plains larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium virescens
word: prairie larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium nudicaule
word: red larkspur
taxonomic: Consolida ajacis
alt: syn. Delphinium ajacis
word: rocket larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium tricorne
word: rock larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium cardinale
word: scarlet larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium grandiflorum
word: Siberian larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium glaucum
word: Sierra larkspur
taxonomic: Delphinium exaltatum
word: tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi,
lily of the valley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lilies of the valley
form: lily-of-the-valley
Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים (šôšannat hāʿămāqîm), a reference to Song of Solomon 2:1.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, what a perfect thought. Lilies-of-the-valley, and white pansies, double white violets and white velvet ribbon… From an unknown friend. … From one who understands. … For a Little Girl.
ref: 1920, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Revelations”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 271:
glosses: A flowering plant, Convallaria majalis, with richly fragrant pendant bells.
examples: text: The aroma given off by flowers has an aphrodisiac effect, especially on women. This is so particularly in the case of lilies of the valley, gardenia, frangipani, and henna.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 98:
glosses: A flower of this plant.
lily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪli/
rhymes: -ɪli
Etymology: From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
Senses: examples: text: "Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand.
ref: 1994, Colleen Faulkner, Captive:
glosses: White (as a racial epithet).
lobelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /loʊˈbiːliə/
rhymes: -iːliə
Forms: form: lobelias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Lobelia.
Senses: glosses: A member of the genus Lobelia, flowering plants in the Lobelioideae subfamily of family Campanulaceae, containing many species, some of which are garden plants.
Derived terms: great blue lobelia
lobelin
strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: strĭp
ipa: /stɹɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: strips
Etymology: From Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English strīepan (“plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *strēpōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter(h₁)- (“to be stiff; be rigid; exert”). Probably related to German Strafe (“deprivation, fine, punishment”).
Senses: examples: text: She stood up on the table and did a strip.
glosses: The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
examples: text: strip poker; strip Scrabble
text: We're going to play Strip Monopoly.
ref: 1980, Victor Miller, Friday the 13th (film)
text: 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?
What was going to happen to this cheeky boy, suddenly deprived of his fun-loving mother, and left with his cold father who barely touched him at her funeral? For a long time – a Nazi uniform here, a game of strip billiards there – it looked like the answer was: nothing good.
glosses: Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
raw_tags: of games
Derived terms: strip poker
hovercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/
ipa: /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹæft/
ipa: /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹɑːft/
ipa: /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹæft/
ipa: /ˈhʌvɚ.kɹæft/
ipa: /ˈhɑvɚ.kɹæft/
Forms: form: hovercrafts
form: hovercraft
Etymology: From hover + -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and marine-engineering company.
Senses: examples: text: The snapshot shows the whale parallel above the water almost as if it’s competing in belly-flop contest, doing a midair plank or floating across the bay like a hovercraft.
ref: 2022 July 24, Morgan Krakow, “It began as a typical ferry ride in Kachemak Bay. Then a minke whale went airborne.”, in Anchorage Daily News:
topics: transport
vehicles
synonyms: ACV
air-cushion vehicle
hypernyms: GEM
ground-effect machine
<
craft#Noun
vehicle#Noun
machine#Noun
coordinate_terms: ionocraft
qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
risible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪzɪbəl/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪzɪbəl/
Forms: form: more risible
form: most risible
Etymology: From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).
Senses: examples: text: the risible muscles
text: A joke merely affected her with silent convulsive twitchings, as though the risible faculties struggled somewhere within her but could not bring the laugh to birth.
ref: 1912, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 20, in Hocken and Hunken:
glosses: Of or pertaining to laughter
examples: text: "[…] I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion, something jealously.
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 277:
text: Do you find it risible when I say the name, 'Biggus Dickus'?
ref: 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Pontius Pilate (Michael Palin):
text: Whelan called the offer "risible", describing it as a "land grab for all the terms and conditions we have negotiating over the years". He demanded a no-strings pay offer that recognises the "significant cost of living increases" since the last pay rise in 2019.
ref: 2024 May 1, Mel Holley, “Network News: New action from ASLEF to hit Bank Holiday services”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 14:
glosses: Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant
examples: text: We are got indeed into a merry world, Laughing is our main buſiniſs; as if becauſe it has bin made part of the Definition of man, that he his Riſible, his man-hood conſiſted in nothing elſe.
ref: 1674, Anonymous [Richard Allestree?], “Of Scoffing and Deriſion”, in The Government of the Tongue, At the Theater in Oxford, page 119:
text: She was half risible, half concerned.
ref: 1897, Thomas Hardy, chapter 8, in The Well-Beloved:
glosses: Easily laughing; prone to laughter
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: sense: provoking laughter
word: funny
sense: provoking laughter
word: laughable
sense: provoking laughter
word: ludicrous
Related terms: deridable
derisible
dilemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dī-lĕmʹə or dĭ-lĕmʹə
ipa: /daɪˈlɛmə/
ipa: /dɪˈlɛmə/
ipa: /dɑeˈlemə/
ipa: /dɪˈlemə/
ipa: /daɪˈlemə/
ipa: /dəˈlemə/
rhymes: -ɛmə
Forms: form: dilemmas
form: dilemmata
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
First attested 1523, from Late Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma, “ambiguous proposition”), from δι- (di-, “having two of”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, proposition”).
Senses: examples: text: A strong dilemma in a desperate case! / To act with infamy, or quit the place.
ref: 1731, Jonathan Swift, An Epistle to Mr. Gay:
glosses: A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
synonyms: word: bind
word: fix
word: pickle
word: problem
word: quandary
word: ass in a sling
word: bind
word: bucket of syrup
word: calvary
word: cross
word: cross to bear
word: difficulty
word: dilemma
word: dire straits
word: doghouse
word: fix
word: hole
word: jam
word: kettle of fish
word: ordeal
word: pickle
word: pinch
word: plight
word: predicament
word: quandary
word: quagmire
word: situation
word: spot
word: spot of bother
word: sticky situation
word: sticky wicket
word: tight spot
word: trouble
glosses: Any difficult circumstance or problem.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
glosses: Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
Synonyms: word: Catch-22
word: dilemma
word: Morton's fork
word: no-win situation
word: quandary
word: Sophie's choice
Hypernyms: word: difficult situation
word: option
Hyponyms: word: double bind
Coordinate terms: word: trilemma
word: tetralemma
word: polylemma
Derived terms: agency dilemma
dilemmalike
dilemmanade
dilemmatic
dilemmaticity
dilemmic
Euthyphro dilemma
false dilemma
Faustian dilemma
Goldman's dilemma
gunfighter's dilemma
Heinz dilemma
innovator's dilemma
on the horns of a dilemma
table-maker's dilemma
Related terms: word: lemma
word: trilemma
word: tetralemma
word: pentalemma
word: polylemma
word: between a rock and a hard place
word: between the devil and the deep blue sea
word: between Scylla and Charybdis
word: Buridan's ass
word: no-win situation
word: catch-22
word: damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
word: doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
word: predicament
word: conundrum
word: have the wolf by the ear
word: Hobson's choice
word: lose-lose
word: spanner
word: in a dilemma
almond tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almond trees
Senses: glosses: A tree that bears almonds (Prunus amygdalus).
glosses: An Indian almond tree (Terminalia catappa).
ananas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ənāʹnəs
enpr: ənäʹnəs
ipa: /əˈneɪnəs/
ipa: /əˈnɑːnəs/
Forms: form: ananases
form: ananasses
form: anana
Etymology: From Italian ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”).
Senses: examples: text: Witness, thou best Anana, thou the Pride / Of vegetable Life […].
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
text: The Apple Tree delights evry Eye, while the Anana gives no Notice of its future excellence.
ref: 1789 December 30, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
glosses: Pineapple.
glosses: Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible fruit.
aortae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aorta
arc-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin arcus (“bow, arc”), as they represent an angle or arc. Compare etymology of arch.
Senses: examples: arc-sine (British), arcsine (US)
arctan
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Used to form the names of inverse trigonometric functions, and the symbols for these functions.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of ar- used to form the names of inverse hyperbolic functions, and the symbols for these functions.
Synonyms: a-
-1
Related terms: english: encompassing a wide assortment
translation: encompassing a wide assortment
word: arch-
sucker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌk.ə/
ipa: /ˈsʌk.ɚ/
rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)
homophone: succor
Forms: form: suckers
form: suckering
form: suckered
form: suckered
Etymology: From Middle English souker, sokere, sukkere, soukere, equivalent to suck (verb) + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Suuger, West Frisian sûker (“sucker”), Dutch zuiger (“sucker”), German Sauger (“dummy; vacuum”).
Senses: examples: text: to sucker maize
text: It is as important to sucker tobacco carefully and as often as the situation demands it as it is to search for and remove the green-horn worm.
ref: 1881, F. R. Diffenderffer, “Tobacco Culture”, in Agriculture of Pennsylvania, volume 5, page 91:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
examples: text: I have let my vines sucker more than I ought this year, perhaps, but I want to start them out in better shape by encouraging a large growth of wood.
ref: 1880, Samuel Thorton Kemeys Prime, The Model Farms and Their Methods, page 423:
text: We prefer to plant in rows instead of hills because the plants sucker so badly here, and because, with our scanty rainfall, it is better to have the plants isolated than bunched.
ref: 1892, Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, “Tests of vegetables in the experiment station garden”, in Bulletin, number 57, page 45:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To produce suckers; to throw up additional stems or shoots.
examples: text: I am now the octopus, mucus, held together by soft moist membrane, suckering everywhere.
ref: 1961, Olympia, numbers 1-4, page 83:
text: He paused at the octopus tank. Clyde, our resident giant Pacific octopus, was suckering his way across the front panel.
ref: 2017, Elizabeth Hand, Bradford Morrow, Other Aliens:
text: I hold the octopus around the middle, suckering and so heavy, trying to crawl down my belly and legs to get away. I run to shore, trying to keep the tentacles off me, but it's too big and strong.
ref: 2018, TW Neal, Freckled: A Memoir of Growing up Wild in Hawaii:
glosses: To move or attach oneself by means of suckers.
examples: text: The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
text: I asked him to tell me specifically just what his gripe might be, but he told me never mind what the details are; that he had put his faith in you on my recommendation but that you had suckered him and he refused to tell me anything about how you suckered him.
ref: 1963, Sewell Thomas, Yaquí Gold, page 170:
glosses: To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
examples: text: As the escort carriers chug away south, their single 5-inch rear guns are now cleared to open fire as the range closes. Disappointed gunners on other weapons are informed, "Just wait a little longer, boys; we're suckering them into 40-mm range."
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 24:22 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
glosses: To lure someone.
raw_tags: with into
sucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌk.ə/
ipa: /ˈsʌk.ɚ/
rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)
homophone: succor
Forms: form: suckers
Etymology: Possibly from German Sache (“thing”).
Senses: examples: text: She's in love with a boy from the rodeo who pulls the rope on the chute when they let those suckers go.
ref: 1975, Frank Zappa, San Ber'dino:
text: 1984, Runaway (film): scene in a helicopter, around 5 min 20 sec
RAMSAY: Dave, can you land this sucker?
text: The back plating looks vulnerable, light that sucker up!
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Marcus Stacker (Pete Stacker), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:
text: See if you can get that sucker working again.
glosses: Any thing or object.
examples: text: You got to hit that sucker and hit him over and over. You got to hope he runs out ...
ref: 2009, Stephen Hunter, The Day Before Midnight: A Novel, Bantam, →ISBN, page 232:
text: Maybe you hit that sucker and we'll get some DNA ...
ref: 2016, John Sandford, Extreme Prey, Prey, →ISBN, page 244:
glosses: A person.
Synonyms: sense: thing or object
word: thing
sense: thing or object
word: object
ILO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: UN
glosses: Initialism of International Labour Organization, a specialised agency of the United Nations to deal with labour issues.
clicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪkə/
ipa: /ˈklɪkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: clickers
Etymology: From click + -er.
Senses: examples: text: We have a clicker for the TV, one for the VCR, one for the DVD player and another one that does it all.
glosses: The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.
glosses: An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
glosses: A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.
glosses: A machine that cuts materials using a steel rule die. The name comes from the sound (click) when the material is cut. May be hand, pneumatic, or hydraulic powered.
glosses: A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.
glosses: A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
glosses: Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
examples: text: Let Clickers bark on the whole Day
ref: 1709, Thomas d'Urfey, “The Character of a Seat's-man”:
glosses: Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: One who has charge of the work of a companionship.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.
topics: video-games
glosses: Ellipsis of clicker game.
Derived terms: autoclicker
ball clicker
clicker counter
clicker game
clickership
cow-clicker
slam-clicker
Maricopa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maricopas
form: Maricopa
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish, of uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: In the valley of the Gila and on its tributaries from the northeast are the Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagos.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: A member of a Native American people belonging to the Yuman linguistic stock, a part of the Hokan family. They originate in the Colorado River area, but following an exodus in the 1700s or 1800s, they live amongst the Pima in the vicinity of the Gila and Salt Rivers.
Maricopa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish, of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
glosses: A city in Kern County, California.
Derived terms: Maricopa County
fomenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: fomenting a revolution
glosses: present participle and gerund of foment
biophysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + physics.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:biophysics.
glosses: The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.
Hypernyms: physics
Hyponyms: quantum biophysics
Derived terms: photobiophysics
radiobiophysics
Related terms: biophysical
biophysicist
upper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭʹ-pər
ipa: /ˈʌpə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈʌpɚ/
rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: uppermore
form: uppermost
Etymology: Equivalent to up + -er.
Senses: glosses: At a higher level, rank or position.
glosses: Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Younger, more recent.
raw_tags: of strata or geological time periods
topics: education
glosses: Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
Derived terms: member of upper house
stiff upper lip
upper airway
Upper Alle
Upper Arley
upper arm
upper atmosphere
Upper Austria
Upper Ballinderry
Upper Batley
Upper Beeding
Upper Bentley
Upper Boat
upper body
upper bound
upper boundary
Upper Broughton
upper camel case
upper case
upper chamber
Upper Chichester
upper class
upper concave envelope
Upper Corris
upper crust
upper-cruster
upper cut
upper deck
upper decker
Upper Deerfield
Upper Denton
upper-division
Upper Egypt
Upper Egyptian
upper esophageal sphincter
Upper Freehold
upper garment
Upper Halliford
upper hand
Upper Heyford
Upper Hill
Upper Holloway
upper house
Upper Hunter
Upper Hutt
upper jaw
upper joint
Upper Lachlan
Upper Largo
upper leaf zone
upper limit
upper lip
upper mantle
Upper Marlboro
upper memory area
upper middle class
Upper Midwest
uppermost
Upper Mount Bethel
Upper Norwood
Upper Parkstone
Upper Peninsula
Upper Pittsgrove
Upper Poppleton
Upper Providence
upper quartile
upper reaches
upper respiratory tract
Upper Sandusky
Upper Saucon
upper school
upper semicontinuous
upper semi-continuous
upper set
upper side
upper sixth
Upper Slaughter
Upper Sorbian
Upper Southampton
upper storey
upper story
upper surgery
Upper Sydenham
Upper Tean
upper ten
upper ten thousand
Upper Uwchlan
Upper Volta
La-La Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: lalaland
form: la-la land
form: la-la-land
form: Lalaland
form: Lala land
Etymology: From la (“syllable used in singing”) + land.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, don't mind him: he's usually up in La-La Land, with all his silly ideas and whatnot.
text: Don't worry, boss: the guards are in La-La Land. They won't be up for many hours.
glosses: The fictional place where wandering, sleeping, or dreaming minds are metaphorically said to end up.
Hypernyms: land
Related terms: dreamworld
dreamland
fantasy land
head in the clouds
neverland
never-never land
La-La Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: lalaland
form: la-la land
form: la-la-land
form: Lalaland
form: Lala land
Etymology: Blend of LA (initialism for Los Angeles) and La La Land (metaphorical dreamland).
Senses: examples: text: ... back to her new home in Calabassas, near Los Angeles. Her years in Phoenix, where she started her own zoo, ended in divorce, "and now I'm back in La La Land," […]
ref: 1958, TV Guide, volume 35, numbers 36–39:
glosses: Los Angeles, California (or Hollywood).
glosses: British Columbia.
tectonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĕk-tŏn'ĭks
rhymes: -ɒnɪks
Etymology: Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
topics: architecture
glosses: The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction.
Derived terms: morphotectonics
plate tectonics
salt tectonics
Related terms: architectonics
tectonic
Iron Age
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/
Forms: form: the Iron Age
Etymology: From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.
Senses: examples: text: He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 1, member 3:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
glosses: An age characterized by the use of iron.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC)
Coordinate terms: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
word: Stone Age
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
word: Bronze Age
topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Golden Age
topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Silver Age
topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Bronze Age
topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Heroic Age
schlemiel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃləˈmiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: schlemiels
form: schlemihl
form: shlemiel
form: shlemihl
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil).
Senses: examples: text: On Jewish Heritage Day, there was ample time to debate whether the Mets are schlemiels or schlimazels with the home team down 8-1 after five. Fans were given shirts that read “Let’s Go Mets” in Hebrew, but “Oy vey!” was more appropriate.
ref: 2004 August 30, Michael Morrissey, “METS GET SLAMMED AGAIN – VENTURA GRANNY KEYS DODGER ROUT”, in New York Post:
text: In that series, creator/writer/star Dildarian played the titular Tim, a 20-something laconic schlemiel living in New York with his girlfriend, Amy — a “Curb Your Enthusiasm”-type existence peppered with awkward situations.
ref: 2021 September 29, Michael Starr, “Steve Dildarian returns with wry ‘Ten Year Old Tom’ on HBO Max”, in New York Post:
glosses: A loser or a fool.
glosses: A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.
Related terms: schlimazel
schmuck
schmendrick
methane rain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rain, in the form of liquid methane rather than water, that falls on Saturn's moon Titan and creates equivalent geographical features (rivers, lakes etc.) as does normal rain.
Jurassic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: jo͝o-răs'ĭk
ipa: /d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/
rhymes: -æsɪk
Etymology: Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland.
Senses: examples: text: His father squinted at the skeleton. “What is it, Jurassic?” “Jeez. No. Cretaceous.” “Cretaceous? What's the difference between Cretaceous and Jurassic?” “Only about a hundred million years,” Tim said. “Cretaceous is older?” “No, Dad, Jurassic is older.”
ref: 1990, Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, Alfred A. Knopf, page 94:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.
examples: text: The Jurassic, the Spanish and the Italian federations and sections of the International Working Men's Association, as also the French, the German and the American anarchist groups, were for the next years the chief centres of anarchist thought and propaganda.
ref: 1910, Peter Kropotkin, “Anarchism”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe.
examples: text: Those fears and excuses seem positively Jurassic more than eighty years later.
ref: 2009 March, Byron Rempel, “Women's Ski Jumping Takes Aim at the Winter Olympics”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 21, number 1, page 17:
text: For every three shops or restaurants that looked as if they might have had a poster of Che Guevara somewhere on the premises, there was one stubborn Jurassic retailer offering knit suits for older women or an Italian restaurant that offered all-you-can-eat garlic bread and didn't call itself a trattoria.
ref: 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 93:
text: Well, thirty compared to twenty-five seemed Jurassic to me back then.
ref: 2017, Giuliana Prada, Hiding Boys in Bathrooms: A Decade of Dating Debacles:
glosses: Very old-fashioned and outdated.
Jurassic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jo͝o-răs'ĭk
ipa: /d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/
rhymes: -æsɪk
Etymology: Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland.
Senses: examples: text: [p 108] Like the Forest Marble Beds in the Middle Jurassic, the Purbeck Beds of the Upper Jurassic are deltaic or estuarine in origin, so as well as mammals they contain small, presumably freshwater, crocodiles and the first indisputable lizards.
[p 109] This is less surprising if it is recalled that in the Upper Jurassic, Europe and North America were joined to form Laurasia and the Atlantic Ocean still had to be formed …
ref: D. M. Kermack, K. A. Kermack, The Evolution of Mammalian Characters
text: Fossils are particularly well described from the Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and have been found in the USA, England, Russia, Lebanon and Germany. Sites such as Lyme Regis in Dorset have particularly yielded number of Jurassic “squid” ink sacs and nodules (Doguzhaeva et al. 2004).
ref: 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:
topics: biology
geography
geology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.
Hypernyms: sense: geological period
word: Phanerozoic - eon
sense: geological period
english: era
translation: era
word: Mesozoic
Hyponyms: sense: geological period
word: Lower Jurassic
sense: geological period
word: Middle Jurassic
sense: geological period
english: epoch
translation: epoch
word: Upper Jurassic
sense: geological period
word: series
Coordinate terms: sense: geological period
english: preceding
translation: preceding
word: Triassic
sense: geological period
english: period
translation: period
word: Cretaceous
sense: geological period
word: system
plush
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /plʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Forms: form: plusher
form: plushest
Etymology: From French peluche (“fluff, plush”). The fact that historically (in past centuries) plush upholstery was so expensive as to be socially exclusive undoubtedly connects the senses of "luxurious" and "soft".
Senses: glosses: Very extravagant.
examples: text: They lived in a plush apartment complex.
coordinate_terms: posh
glosses: Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.
examples: text: This plush toy is so cute and soft — I want it!
glosses: Having a soft, fluffy exterior (of a man-made object, especially stuffed animals or upholstery).
Derived terms: plush animal
plush toy