cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
scabies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskeɪ.biz/
rhymes: -eɪbiz
rhymes: -eɪbiːz
Etymology: From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”, verb).
Senses: examples: text: Further, just as the discovery of the cause of scabies proved the absurdity of many of the old prescriptions for the prevention and treatment of that disease; so the discovery of the cause of splenic fever, and other such maladies, has given a new direction to prophylactic and curative measures against the worst scourges of humanity.
ref: 1889, T. H. Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: leprosy
coordinate_terms: word: mange
english: in animals
translation: in animals
glosses: An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
Related terms: scab
scabrous
scarlet fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarlet fevers
Etymology: (attraction to soldiers): In allusion to the red coats they used to wear.
Senses: examples: text: "I am sure," replied Mrs. Palmer, "if it were not wicked, I should be glad that you had the scarlet fever; I am so much happier since I knew you...
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 54:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: scarlatina
glosses: A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.
examples: text: Soldiers are notorious for hunting up these women, especially nurse-maids and those that in the execution of their duty walk in the Parks, when they may easily be accosted. Nurse-maids feel flattered by the attention that is lavished upon them, and are always ready to succumb to the “scarlet fever.” A red coat is all powerful with this class, who prefer a soldier to a servant, or any other description of man they come in contact with.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
text: According to Henry Mayhew, it was here that housemaids and nursemaids walking in the park to and from their place of work often first encountered “the all powerful red coat” and “succumbed to Scarlet Fever.” Soldiers were by no means unaware of the impact their dashing uniforms and well-groomed military air could have on young women, and deployed these features to their advantage.
ref: 2019, Hallie Rubenhold, The Five, page 79:
glosses: Romantic attraction to soldiers in preference to other people.
Derived terms: scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin
miniature scarlet fever
dropsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdrɒp.si/
ipa: /ˈdɹɑp.si/
Forms: form: dropsies
Etymology: From Middle English dropesie, idropesie, from Old French idropsie, ydropisie, from Latin hydrōps, from Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and hydrops.
Senses: examples: text: Caliban: The dropſie drowne this foole,[…]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: Your sacred Majesty, he has the dropsy;—
We shall find pints of hydatids in’s liver,
He has not half an inch of wholesome fat
Upon his carious ribs—
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
text: The disease under which Addison laboured appears to have been asthma. It became more violent after his retirement from office, and was now accompanied by dropsy.
ref: 1911, "Joseph Addison", Encyclopædia Britannica
text: Like someone moving back in space until the earth appears as a tiny mote of light, he managed to distance himself from the immediate discomfort of pipes with dropsy, defiant plumbing tools, and the overly familiar fiberglass, by musing aloud on the evolutionary history of humans that allowed the two of us to communicate verbally, creating a word picture of the problem and how to fix it.
ref: 2020, Pat Goodmann, Wolf Park Blog: Happy 90th Birthday Dr. Klinghammer:
glosses: Edema, swelling.
Synonyms: water sickness
Derived terms: dropsical
dropsically
dropsied
wind dropsy
rubella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːˈbɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Etymology: From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Senses: examples: text: At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.
ref: 2002 February 10, Sarah Lyall, “Britain Tries to Quell Fear Over Vaccine for Children”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2021:
text: They have congenital rubella syndrome, which they acquired during an outbreak of the rubella virus, or German measles.
ref: 2016 September 8, Jessica Ravitz, “Can forgotten rubella children of the ’60s hold clue for Zika babies?”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.
Synonyms: sense: mild disease
word: epidemic roseola
sense: mild disease
word: French measles
sense: mild disease
word: German measles
sense: mild disease
word: Liberty measles
sense: mild disease
word: three-day measles
sense: mild disease
word: 3-day measles
sense: mild disease
word: false measles
murk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝk/
ipa: /mɜːk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: murker
form: murkest
form: mirk
form: mark
Etymology: From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”). Cognate Danish mørk (“dark”), Norwegian mørk (“dark”), Swedish mörk (“dark”), Icelandic myrkur (“dark”), as also Albanian murg (“dark”), Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), Lithuanian márgas (“multicolored”), murzinas (“dirty, spoiled”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”).
Senses: examples: text: He cannot see through the mantle murk.
ref: 1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
glosses: Dark, murky.
Derived terms: murken
murk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝk/
ipa: /mɜːk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Etymology: From Middle English mirke, merke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“darkness, gloom”) and Old Norse myrkr (“darkness, gloom”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkwą, *mirkwiz (“darkness”), Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).
Senses: examples: text: […]in murk and occidental damp
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: O great star disappear’d—O the black murk that hides the star!
ref: 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
text: And yet, tiny sparks of hope gleam in this dim existence, like pearls in the murk.
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town:
synonyms: gloom
glosses: Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.
Derived terms: murketing
murklins
murkly
murksome
murky
murk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝk/
ipa: /mɜːk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: murks
form: murking
form: murked
form: murked
Etymology: From Middle English mirken, probably from Old Norse myrkja, myrkva (“to make dark, darken”), from Proto-Germanic *mirkwijaną, *mirkwajaną (“to make dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).
Senses: examples: text: Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...
ref: 1918, Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons:
glosses: To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
murk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝk/
ipa: /mɜːk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: murks
form: murking
form: murked
form: murked
form: merk
Etymology: Possibly an alteration of merc, from clipping of mercenary. First attested in the 1990s.
Senses: examples: text: That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.
ref: 2010, Dana Dane, Numbers, page 232:
text: that 1 fag in there got my pistol confiscated, I got plenty of other guns but I want to murk that cocksucker
ref: 2011 August 31, Justin Kemble, quotee, “Feds Consulted Urban Dictionary In Threat Case”, in The Smoking Gun:
text: In truth, there are Easter eggs planted in just about every frame of Ready Player One, which never misses an opportunity to insert a recognizable character (hey, is that Jason Voorhees getting merked during the film’s first-person shooter level?) or toss a sop to the faithful.
ref: 2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018:
glosses: To kill or eliminate.
examples: text: cause we be murkin from the boogie
And shittin on the crowds
'cause they jive fakin woody.
ref: 1991, Camp Lo, Coolie High:
text: He clowned Sticks, and Sticks murked him for no reason. And I don't know for sure, but I think he murked Trail.
ref: 2011, Treasure Hernandez, Baltimore Chronicles, volume 2:
text: Yas (Vivian Oparah): And where is this, uh, summit of doom taking place?
Dom (David Jonsson): Il Giardino. There. Used to be "our" place.
Yas: No. Absolutely not. Text her, you can't make it. We'll go to Laser Quest, merk some eight-year-olds.
ref: 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane:
glosses: To beat up; to injure.
examples: text: POV: You're about to get murked by two of Philly's finest on the court. | @myteamtoyota
ref: 2022 March 5, NBC Sports PhiladelphiaTwitter:
glosses: To eliminate; to defeat overwhelmingly.
Derived terms: murk out
suspense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈspɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: suspenses
form: suspence
Etymology: From Middle English suspense, suspence, from Anglo-Norman suspens (as in en suspens) and Old French suspens, from Latin suspēnsus.
Senses: examples: text: For thee the Fates, severely kind, ordain / A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain; / Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; / No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
ref: 1717, Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, lines 249–252; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 113:
glosses: The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
glosses: the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
examples: text: Ten days the prophet in suspense remain'd.
ref: 1636 (date written), John Denham, “The Destruction of Troy, an Essay upon the Second Book of Virgils Æneis”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1668, →OCLC:
text: I believe that, to the young, suspense is the most intolerable suffering. Active misery always brings with it its own power of endurance.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 265–266:
glosses: The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
topics: law
glosses: A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
examples: She sent us that assignment with a suspense of noon tomorrow.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A deadline.
Derived terms: in suspense
suspense account
suspenseful
suspense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈspɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: suspence
Etymology: From Middle English suspense, suspence, from Anglo-Norman suspens (as in en suspens) and Old French suspens, from Latin suspēnsus.
Senses: examples: text: [The great light of day] suspens in heav'n.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
examples: text: Expectation held his look suspense.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
tant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tants
Etymology: Clipping of tantalum capacitor.
Senses: examples: text: Note that like 'tants' these are polarized and must be connected to the circuit the right way round, the lead marked 'H' to the positive side of the circuit; failure to do so can lead to a small explosion!
ref: 2013, Michael J. Spinks, Microprocessor System Design: A Practical Introduction, page 32:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A tantalum capacitor.
Gordian knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔːdɪən ˈnɒt/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊɹdɪən ˈnɑt/
Forms: form: Gordian knots
Etymology: From the name of a legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium. It was prophesied that whoever loosed the knot would become ruler of all Asia. Alexander the Great solved the puzzle by slicing through the knot and took it as a sign of Zeus' favor. He then proceeded to conquer much of the known world.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium.
examples: text: List his discourse of war, and you shall hear
A fearful battle rend'red you in music;
Turn him to any cause of policy,
The Gordian knot of it he will unloose.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: The knot which you thought a Gordian one, will untie itself before you.
ref: 1785 August 19, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Peter Carr:
text: Mr. Tooke thought he had answered this question satisfactorily, and loosened the Gordian knot of grammarians[…]
ref: 1825, William Hazlitt, “The Late Mr. Horne Tooke”, in The Spirit of the Age […] , London: Printed for Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
text: The right hon. gentleman, who was doubtless aware of the popularity of the old English saying, "what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander," shrewdly judged that he could not go far wrong if he cut the Gordian knot in which the publican's disagreement was bound, by declaring his conviction that what was good for the Crown and Cushion, in the Strand, was likewise good for the Three Jolly Tinkers, in Brick Lane; and that, to put an end to the vexed question, the shortest way would be to tar them all with the same brush.
ref: 1881, James Greenwood, chapter 10, in Low-Life Deeps:
glosses: Any intricate and complex problem having a simple solution.
Derived terms: cut the Gordian knot
Related terms: Gordius
Gordium
wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wo͝olvz
ipa: /ˈwʊlvz/
enpr: wo͝ovz
ipa: /ˈwʊvz/
rhymes: -ʊlvz
rhymes: -ʊvz
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf
examples: text: Lŭpātus, a, um, Bridled with a ſharp bit, Sharp like a Wolves teeth.
ref: 1679, Elisha Coles, A Dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English; […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Richardson, for George Sawbridg, T. Basset, John Wright, Richard Chiswell:
text: Fab[le]. CLV. A Shepherd and a Wolves Whelp. A Shepherd took a Sucking Whelp of a Wolfe, and Train’d it up with his Dogs.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] CLV. A Shepherd and a Wolves Whelp.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 139:
text: […] for he remembred to have read, that if one of theſe Flowers gather’d in Auguſt, when the Sun is in Leo, and if after wrapp’d up in a Lawrel Leaf, with a Wolves Tooth, this little Pacquet be laid in a Church; […]
ref: 1711, [Laurent] B[ordelon], translated by [unknown], A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle; […], London: […] J. Morphew, […], page 44:
glosses: genitive of wolf
wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wo͝olvz
ipa: /ˈwʊlvz/
enpr: wo͝ovz
ipa: /ˈwʊvz/
rhymes: -ʊlvz
rhymes: -ʊvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wolve
deepest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːpɪst/
Senses: examples: text: Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.
ref: 2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:
glosses: superlative form of deep: most deep.
eldest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛldɪst/
Senses: examples: text: The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii:
glosses: superlative form of old: most old; greatest in age or seniority.
Synonyms: oldest
Derived terms: dwarf eldest daughter
eldest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛldɪst/
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: (of a player) Receiving cards from the dealer first, before any other players.
examples: text: Each player draws a card, and the lowest becomes eldest hand.
ref: 2003, The Card Game Set, Thunder Bay Press:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: (of a hand) Having higher, or superior cards.
eldest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛldɪst/
Forms: form: eldests
Senses: glosses: The eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.
effet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: effets
Senses: examples: text: He had been cutting grass in the churchyard, and an effet ran at him, and bit him on the thumb.
ref: 1858, John George Wood, The common objects of the country, page 51:
glosses: Alternative form of eft (“a newt”).
discouraged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒd/
ipa: /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/
Forms: form: more discouraged
form: most discouraged
Senses: glosses: Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
glosses: unrecommended; unprescribed.
Derived terms: discouragedly
undiscouraged
discouraged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒd/
ipa: /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discourage
rustle up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rustles up
form: rustling up
form: rustled up
form: rustled up
Senses: examples: text: I'll see if I can rustle up a meal before the guests start arriving in 30 minutes.
glosses: To forage for, or (figuratively) to quickly prepare, something.
back issue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back issues
Senses: glosses: An edition of a magazine, etc, that was published earlier than the current edition.
Synonyms: back number
rarefied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rarefied
form: most rarefied
form: rarified
Senses: examples: text: Philosophical debates can be quite rarefied.
text: The country gentry of old time lived in a rarefied social air: dotted apart on their stations up the mountain they looked down with imperfect discrimination on the belts of thicker life below.
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXXIV, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book IV:
text: Of course, Beaumont was the real boss; but he lived in the rarefied atmosphere of some Olympian height from which he could distinguish nothing smaller than an international crisis or a split in the Cabinet.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter II, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: I'm not taking the stand of any moralist. I have done the whole S&M route: the costumes and all, so I'm not talking from any rarified point — that's very important. That I have experienced it, that I have lived it.
ref: 1977 April 30, David Holland, John Rechy, “The Politics of 'The Sexual Outlaw'”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
text: One day, she had to present the children, dressing them formally and introducing them by their full titles, ahead of high tea with extended family. It had been a crash course into the rarefied world in which some Norland charges live.
ref: 2023 April 29, Lou Stoppard, “Inside the world of the elite nanny”, in FT Weekend:
glosses: Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
glosses: Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
examples: text: The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied.
glosses: Less dense than usual; thin.
raw_tags: of a gas etc.
rarefied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rarified
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rarefy
rationalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæʃ.ə.nə.laɪz/
ipa: /ˈɹæʃ.ə.nə.lɑɪz/
Forms: form: rationalises
form: rationalising
form: rationalised
form: rationalised
form: rationalize
Etymology: From French rationaliser. By surface analysis, rational + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The eastern bore became disused in 1972-73, when its rails were lifted as part of a British Rail scheme to rationalise trackwork in and around King's Cross.
ref: 2020 June 17, “Gasworks Tunnel”, in Rail, page 36:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize.
penance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛn.əns/
Forms: form: penances
Etymology: From Middle English penaunce, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”). Doublet of penitence.
Senses: examples: text: Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, / And penance more will do."
ref: 1797–1798 (date written), [Samuel Taylor Coleridge], “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere”, in Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, London: […] J[ohn] & A[rthur] Arch, […], published 1798, →OCLC:
glosses: A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
glosses: A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
glosses: Any instrument of self-punishment.
glosses: repentance
glosses: pain; sorrow; suffering
Synonyms: penitence
atonement
Coordinate terms: english: penance in Hinduism
translation: penance in Hinduism
word: prayaschitta
Derived terms: penanceless
unpenanced
penance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛn.əns/
Forms: form: penances
form: penancing
form: penanced
form: penanced
Etymology: From Middle English penaunce, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”). Doublet of penitence.
Senses: examples: text: She seem'd, at once, some penanced lady elf, / Some demon mistress, or the demon's self.
ref: 1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, part I, page 6:
glosses: To impose penance; to punish.
locusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of locust
locusts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of locust
broadest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɔːd.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈbɹɔd.ɪst/
Senses: glosses: superlative form of broad: most broad
lecherous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/
ipa: /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ɚ.əs/
Forms: form: more lecherous
form: most lecherous
Etymology: From Middle English lecherous, licherous, from Old French *lecherous (attested in Old French lecherousement (“lecherously”)), from Old French lecherie, licherie (“gluttony, sensuality, lewdness, lechery”), from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *lekkōn, *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), equivalent to lecher + -ous. More at lick.
Senses: examples: text: Adam was a perfectly satisfactory dinner companion, if not a bit damp and blandly lecherous (he revealed he had looked at my Instagram before we met and “really liked the photos of me in a bathing suit.”) And now, standing on the street corner, it was unclear how I was going to walk away from this without an awkward shutdown.
ref: 2016 March 21, Allison P. Davies, “What I Learned Tindering My Way Across Europe”, in Travel + Leisure, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018:
glosses: Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.
Derived terms: lecherously
lecherousness
unlecherous
deviant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiː.vi.ənt/
Forms: form: more deviant
form: most deviant
Etymology: From Middle English devyaunt (“deviating, different”), from Late Latin dēviāns, present participle of dēviō (“to stray, deviate or detour”). The noun is from the adjective, possibly attested in Middle English with the meaning “one who goes astray”.
* (DeviantArt member): So called because the website was originally for people who modified (deviated) computer applications.
Senses: examples: text: At the trial, the extent of his deviant behaviour became clear.
text: He’s like more successful but equally morally abhorrent right-wing undercover operative James O’Keefe’s non-union Mexican equivalent, a dunce whose one move involves incompetently attempting to frame figures of seemingly unimpeachable moral integrity, like Robert Mueller or good old Mayor Pete, as deviant sex criminals like Wohl’s God Donald Trump by unsuccessfully trying to get people to come forward with bogus sexual assault allegations.
ref: 2019 May 1, Nathan Rabin, “My World of Flops Get a Load of This Maroon Case File #121/My Year of Flops # 18 Jacob Wohl”, in Nathan Rabin's Happy Place:
glosses: Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
levitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/
Forms: form: levitates
form: levitating
form: levitated
form: levitated
Etymology: First attested in 1673; borrowed from New Latin levitātus, perfect passive participle of levitō (“to levitate; to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity”) (first attested c. 1670), modeled on gravitō (“to gravitate”) (← Latin gravis (“heavy”)), from levis (“light”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The magician levitated the woman.
glosses: To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
examples: text: The guru claimed that he could levitate.
glosses: To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
Derived terms: levitation
levitator
meanwhile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈmiːnhwaɪl/
Forms: form: meanwhiles
Etymology: From Middle English menewhile, equivalent to mean (“intermediate”) + while. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the mean while, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: In the meanwhile, the surveyors carried the line three miles, which was no contemptible day's work, considering how cruelly they were entangled with briers and gallbushes.
ref: Quoted in 2002, Stephen C. Ausband, Byrd's Line: A Natural History (page 37)
glosses: The time between two events.
Synonyms: between-time
meantime
interim
Derived terms: in the meanwhile
meanwhile use
meanwhile
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈmiːnhwaɪl/
Etymology: From Middle English menewhile, equivalent to mean (“intermediate”) + while. Adverb is by ellipsis from in the mean while, noun being conventionally written as one word after the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: There was a party going on downstairs. Meanwhile, I was reading a book.
text: Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
synonyms: in the meantime
meantime
meanwhilst
the while
glosses: During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
examples: text: We’re going on holiday next month; meanwhile, keep working on the project.
text: The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.
ref: 1955 March 1, Winston Churchill, “Defence”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), column 1905:
text: “[…] I’m not ignoring you, I’m very sorry, I’ll talk to you soon. Meanwhile, get your tickets.”
ref: 2004, David Osterczy, Interknot: Adventures in Internet Dating, →ISBN, page 134:
synonyms: meantime
until then
for now
glosses: During an intervening time; from now until a future time.
examples: text: Some songs on the album are beautiful. Meanwhile, others are quite forgettable.
text: When you are in the studio you don’t have anybody to feed off of, meanwhile when you are playing live you interact with people and you feel the energy in the room.
ref: 2013 March 29, Markos Papadatos, quoting Marina Diamandis, “Marina And The Diamonds on 'How to be a Heartbreaker'”, in Greek Reporter:
synonyms: at the same time
on the other hand
glosses: In contrast to aspects previously mentioned.
obviously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒ(b).vi.əs.li/
ipa: /ˈɒ(b).vɪəs.li/
ipa: /ˈɒ(b).vjəs.li/
ipa: /ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/
ipa: /ˈɔ(b).vi.ɘs.li/
ipa: /ˈɔv.jɘs.li/
Forms: form: more obviously
form: most obviously
Etymology: From obvious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset.
text: She'd obviously not gone to sleep yet: her eyes were bloodshot with sleepiness.
text: The plane has obviously been delayed.
text: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: “Temu is gone! What I saw today completely convinced me!” the user wrote. “Local sellers, despite obviously buying some items in advance in a bulk, don’t have all these items I was interested in.”
ref: 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
glosses: In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.
examples: text: You weren't to know, but I've spoken to, obviously, Jim about this, and ...
glosses: Used as a filler word, or to introduce information even when not obvious.
Synonyms: sense: in an obvious manner
word: apparently
word: clearly
word: evidently
word: manifestly
word: obvi
word: blatantly
word: eyely
word: glaringly
word: noticeably
word: obviously
word: openly
word: observably
word: overtly
word: plainly
word: visibly
Hyponyms: word: certainly
word: explicitly
Derived terms: obvi
obvs
Related terms: word: obvious
word: duh § Synonyms
horsemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔɹsmən/
ipa: /ˈhɔːsmən/
Senses: glosses: plural of horseman
newborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: new-born
Etymology: From new + born.
Senses: examples: text: newborn baby
text: newborn child
glosses: Recently born.
glosses: Born anew, reborn.
Derived terms: innocent as a newborn babe
newbie
newborn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newborns
form: newborn
form: new-born
Etymology: From new + born.
Senses: glosses: A recently born baby.
Synonyms: neonate
harmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑɹmd/
ipa: /hɑːmd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)md
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harm
Derived terms: unharmed
destroyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)
Forms: form: destroyers
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English destroyour, destroyere; By surface analysis, destroy + -er. Designating a warship, it is ellipsis of torpedo-boat destroyer, the longer term appearing at the end of the 19th century and the shorter form early in the 20th.
Senses: examples: text: But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.
ref: 1901, Sylvester D. Judd, The Relation of Sparrows to Agriculture, page 91:
text: These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.
ref: 1908 January 24, John Muir, “Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin:
glosses: That which destroys something.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.
topics: government
literature
media
military
nautical
politics
publishing
science-fiction
transport
war
glosses: A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.
A starship of comparable role.
Synonyms: sense: one who destroys
word: devastator
sense: one who destroys
word: decimator
Derived terms: command destroyer
commerce destroyer
destroyer escort
destroyer leader
destroyer minesweeper
flag destroyer
mealybug destroyer
self-destroyer
tank destroyer
demolish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈmɒl.ɪʃ/
Forms: form: demolishes
form: demolishing
form: demolished
form: demolished
Etymology: Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir (“to destroy”, “to tear down”), from Latin dēmōlior (“I tear down”). Displaced native Old English tōweorpan (literally “to throw apart”).
Senses: examples: text: They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.
text: The station did not have a long life, as it was demolished between 1884 and 1888 to make room for a new and larger station which forms part of the present Liverpool Exchange Station.
ref: 1957 August 24, “Notes and News: Tithebarn Street Station, Liverpool”, in Railway Magazine, page 590:
text: The force of the explosion demolished one pair of piers and two spans of the bridge crashed down into the river on top of the barges.
ref: 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:
text: At Hawick, nothing remains of the station, and the viaduct over the River Teviot is one of a number of bridges that were demolished or removed following closure.
ref: 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 53:
glosses: To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
examples: text: The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.'
'And very nice too,' said the tramp. 'Now as to breakfast?'
ref: 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope, page 68:
text: Andrew Johnson scored a hat-trick as Fulham demolished London rivals Queens Park Rangers to win their Premier League fixture of the season.
ref: 2011 October 2, Kevin Core, “Fulham 6 - 0 QPR”, in BBC Sport:
text: The table opposite me is occupied by a young couple with a table full of alcohol and snacks. In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager!
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
glosses: To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
examples: text: “Thanks, Raj.” Frank was too hungry to worry about Raj’s gob gloop on the bar, and happily demolished it in seconds.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To devour; to eat up
Derived terms: demo
demolishable
demolisher
demolishment
demolition
redemolish
undemolish
undemolished
demolished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demolish
manmade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of man-made.
gastroenterology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”) + Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, gastro- + enterology.
Senses: examples: text: One insurance company, UnitedHealthcare, has announced that starting in June, members with commercial plans seeking gastroenterology endoscopy services – including colonoscopies – will be required to have “prior authorizations” for those services.
ref: 2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of the digestive system, from the mouth to the anus; may also include the study of accessory organs: pancreas, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.
Derived terms: hepatogastroenterology
neurogastroenterology
Related terms: gastroenterologist
ignored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭgnôrdʹ
ipa: /ɪɡˈnɔɹd/
enpr: ĭgnôdʹ
ipa: /ɪɡˈnɔːd/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭgnōrdʹ
ipa: /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹd/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɪɡˈnoəd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ignore
reasonably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/
ipa: /ˈɹiːz.nə.bli/
Forms: form: more reasonably
form: most reasonably
Etymology: From reasonable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They were able handle their disagreements reasonably.
text: Nineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1949. Its nightmarish fictional world is now 37 years in the past, so one might reasonably conclude that Orwell was far too pessimistic, but his great book was less a prediction than a warning, and above all an analysis of the totalitarian mentality.
ref: 2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post:
glosses: In accordance with reason.
examples: text: The shoes were reasonably priced.
text: Fanny said she would drive to Center Campobello, but Dubin in his laryngitic voice told her he was reasonably sure he could make it to her after another week.
ref: 1979, Bernard Malamud, chapter 7, in Dubin’s Lives:
glosses: Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.
examples: text: That car goes reasonably fast.
glosses: Quite; fairly; satisfactorily.
hereupon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From here + upon. Spelled as two words before the 16th century.
Senses: glosses: Immediately afterwards; at this.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
transgressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transgress
fittest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fit: most fit
Derived terms: survival of the fittest
fittest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of fit
invested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvɛstɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of invest
Derived terms: noninvested
uninvested
seafood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːfuːd/
Forms: form: seafoods
Etymology: From sea + food.
Senses: examples: text: But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 127:
text: Write about radiation levels in seafood, “safe” pollution limits set by pollutors, government policy auctioned for campaign donations and Seaboard's ex juris police force, and you'll raise the temperature of public awareness, fractionally, towards its ignition point.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
synonyms: fruit of the sea
glosses: Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.
Derived terms: seafood boil
seafood fork
seafood queen
leden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ledden
Etymology: From Middle English leden, leoden, from Old English lēoden (“national or popular language”). More at leid and leed.
Senses: examples: text: he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Language; speech.
pared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛəd/
ipa: /pɛɹd/
ipa: /peːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /peəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /piəd/
ipa: /peɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
homophone: paired
homophone: peered (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: purred (fair–fur merger)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pare
goon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
ipa: /ˈɡuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
ipa: /ɡuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: goons
Etymology: Perhaps diminutive slang for flagon or from Aboriginal English goom.
Senses: examples: text: We drank goons of cheap wine.
ref: 2009, Stephen Cummings, Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music, page 11:
glosses: A wine flagon or cask.
examples: text: ‘On the night of our school graduation he stole a flagon of goon wine and disappeared into the woods. The police found him the next day asleep on the creek.[…]’
ref: 2010, Patrick Holland, The Mary Smokes Boys, page 128:
text: With these instructions, we take turns sipping the wine directly from the bottle on the beach. It′s not the classiest thing to do but the fact that it′s in a bottle already makes it classier than all the boxes of goon we′ve consumed this trip.
ref: 2010, Jason Leung, This All Encompassing Trip: Chasing Pearl Jam Around the World, page 384:
text: Red wine was consumed largely by posh folk, white wine meant goon, mention of a Jägerbomb would have sent its father ducking for cover, and ‘sex on the beach’ meant just that.
ref: 2011, E.C. McSween et al., Boganomics: The Science of Things Bogans Like, unnumbered page:
glosses: Cheap or inferior cask wine.
goon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
ipa: /ˈɡuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
ipa: /ˈɡəʊˌɒn/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊˌɑn/
rhymes: -əʊɒn
homophone: go on
ipa: /ɡuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
ipa: /ˈɡuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: go'on
form: go-on
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 呉音 (goon).
Senses: examples: text: The Buddhist term 権化 is read as gonge, using the kanji's goon readings.
glosses: A Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer, considered the first Sino-Japanese kanji reading type used in Japan.