cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of navigation or navigate.
Senses: examples: text: Standing and moving to under one of the lights by the nav station I could see a dark blue-red mark across the right side of my rib cage. Prodding gently I realised I had just cracked or broken one or more ribs.
ref: 2013, Crispin Latymer, Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, page 48:
topics: government
military
politics
transport
war
glosses: Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.
Derived terms: autonav
pro nav
sat nav
nav
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: navs
form: navving
form: navved
form: navved
Etymology: Clipping of navigation or navigate.
Senses: glosses: to navigate
dek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛk
Forms: form: deks
form: deck
Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of deck, to distinguish the word as not belonging in the story.
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: The subhead of a news story.
dek
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology: From the prefix dec-.
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number occurring after nine and before el in a duodecimal system. Written ↊, decimal value 10.
Related terms: roneat dek
office hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To request a brochure, please call during office hours.
text: He cut his Psychology once or twice, nor could he succeed, during office hours, in keeping his mind on office-routine.
ref: 1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Again in the Country”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 274:
glosses: The times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks.
examples: text: If you need help with the homework, the professor will be holding office hours on Thursday from 7–9pm.
glosses: A pre-arranged time when a person whose occupation frequently takes them away from their office during working hours is available in their office to answer questions or provide assistance without the requirement for an appointment.
Related terms: bankers' hours
business hours
officialdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-fĭʹ-shəl-dəm
ipa: /əˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm/
rhymes: -ɪʃəldəm
Forms: form: officialdoms
Etymology: From official + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: [Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty.
ref: 1960 October 6, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 153:
text: An enormous amount of off-book money sloshes around Chinese business and officialdom, and some of it runs into handbags.
ref: 2013, James Palmer, ‘Kept women’, Aeon:
glosses: The people elected to government or employed in the civil service.
examples: text: This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire.
ref: 2013, Christian Ortner, Hermann Hinterstoisser; , The Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War. Uniforms & Equipment - from 1914 to 1918:
glosses: The state of being official
officiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/
Forms: form: officiates
form: officiating
form: officiated
form: officiated
Etymology: Circa 17th century, from Latin officiātus, perfect passive participle of officiō (“conduct or perform religious services”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”).
Senses: examples: text: She officiated as registrar at the wedding.
text: She officiated the wedding as registrar.
glosses: To perform the functions of some office.
examples: text: This is the second time he has officiated at a cup-final.
text: He's never officiated a cup-final before.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To serve as umpire or referee.
Derived terms: nonofficiating
officiation
officiator
self-officiated
unofficiating
officiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/
Forms: form: officiates
Etymology: Circa 17th century, from Latin officiātus, perfect passive participle of officiō (“conduct or perform religious services”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”).
Senses: glosses: A person appointed to office
officious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪʃəs
Forms: form: more officious
form: most officious
Etymology: 15th century, from Middle English offycyous, from Latin officiōsus (“kindly”), from officium (“service”).
Senses: examples: text: Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention!
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 206:
text: ‘It is essential that the nation become accustomed to managing its own affairs, so that it will emerge from this state of infancy in which an anxious and officious government attempts to keep the people’.
ref: 1998 [1807 December], Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, letter to Karl August von Hardenberg, in History of Political Thought, volume 19, Exeter: Imprint Academic, page 249:
glosses: Obliging, attentive, eager to please.
examples: text: The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:
glosses: Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
Derived terms: inofficious
officious intermeddler
officiously
officiousness
overofficious
superofficious
ultraofficious
unofficious
off-peak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Phone calls on weekdays between 18:00 and 08:00 the following day are charged at an off-peak tariff, lower than peak, but higher than weekend.
text: At the time of writing some of the As are still running, and they are my favourite Underground cars. They are roomy and airy; the seats are transverse benches that you can stretch out and sleep on in the off-peak.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 78:
text: What about overcrowding?
Passengers are being asked to allow longer than normal for travel on some routes, due to reduced capacity on trains.
If you can, you should travel at off-peak times. Employers are being asked to agree alternative or flexible working hours to support this.
ref: 2020 May 20, “Social distancing: Questions and answers”, in RAIL, page 9:
text: As with other tourist lines, actual peak demand is from mid-morning to late afternoon - 'off peak' in conventional fares jargon. This can (and does) result in overcrowding at off-peak times and near empty trains at 'peak' hours. National one-size-fits-all simply does not apply on the S&C.
ref: 2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 42:
glosses: During a period of less use or demand than the maximum (peak), generally overnight.
Synonyms: english: period
translation: period
word: base
Related terms: base fare
off-piste
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From off- + piste.
Senses: examples: text: Please stay away from the off-piste slopes.
glosses: Not specially prepared or designated for skiing, hence viewed as more exciting but also more dangerous.
raw_tags: of snow or ski-runs
examples: text: His ideas are totally off-piste.
glosses: Deviating from what is seen as correct, usual or conventional.
Derived terms: off-pister
off-piste
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From off- + piste.
Senses: examples: text: We are skiing off-piste this morning.
text: Some ski instructors are allowed to take groups off-piste too, so long as they don't travel across glaciers, but the tour hosts and reps who commonly show skiers around pisted runs within large resorts are definitely not allowed to go off-piste […]
ref: 2014, Alun Richardson, Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing, page 126:
glosses: In off-piste locations.
offprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offprints
Etymology: From off + print.
Senses: examples: text: I got a lot of requests for offprints of my paper on cold fusion.
glosses: A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication.
offprint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: offprints
form: offprinting
form: offprinted
form: offprinted
Etymology: From off + print.
Senses: examples: text: Articles from some magazines are offprinted from other magazines.
glosses: To reprint as an excerpt.
off-putting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more off-putting
form: most off-putting
form: offputting
Etymology: From put off, equivalent to off- + putting.
Senses: examples: text: His habit of picking his nose is quite off-putting.
glosses: Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off.
Derived terms: off-puttingly
expurgate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/
Forms: form: expurgates
form: expurgating
form: expurgated
form: expurgated
Etymology: From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”).
Senses: examples: text: The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
text: Yossarian was busy expurgating all but romance words from the letters when the chaplain sat down in a chair between the beds and asked him how he was feeling.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Texan”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
examples: text: The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.
synonyms: winnow
glosses: To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
Derived terms: expurgator
expurgatory
Related terms: bowdlerise
off-season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off-seasons
form: offseason
Etymology: From off- + season.
Senses: examples: text: Seaside resorts in the off-season are really depressing.
synonyms: low season
white week
glosses: The part of the year when business is most slack and there are fewest clients or visitors.
examples: text: Alternating off-season and precontest cycles in bodybuilding over a period of years will result in the relatively quick development of a championship physique.
ref: 1983, Joe Weider, The Weider System of Bodybuilding, page 4:
text: That’s why virtually nothing should be off the table this offseason, including the idea of improving at quarterback.
ref: 2023 April 5, Jeff Howe, “In Belichick’s pursuit of glory, nothing is off the table, even idea of trading Mac Jones”, in The Athletic:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A period of time when regular competitions are not being held, or when an athlete is not participating in competitions.
Related terms: in season
out of season
off-season
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: offseason
Etymology: From off- + season.
Senses: examples: text: Why don't we go to the Cape this weekend, and walk on the beach. I don't think I can stand to stay in this apartment one day longer. And it's not too expensive off season.
ref: 1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8:
glosses: During the off-season.
offstage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: off-stage
Etymology: From off + stage.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.
glosses: Of or relating to the private life of a celebrity.
offstage
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: off-stage
Etymology: From off + stage.
Senses: glosses: Taking place offstage (as above).
offstage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: offstages
form: offstaging
form: offstaged
form: offstaged
form: off-stage
Etymology: From off + stage.
Senses: examples: text: A boy has just murdered another one year older than himself, but Morgan offstages the event as a nuntius would the horrors of Greek tragedy.
ref: 2009, Rodney Edgecombe, Aspects of Form and Genre in the Poetry of Edwin Morgan, page 94:
glosses: To relegate (part of a play) to the offstage area, rather than showing it to the audience.
ogle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ōʹgəl
enpr: ŏgʹəl
ipa: /ˈəʊɡl̩/
ipa: /ˈɒɡl̩/
ipa: /ˈoʊɡl̩/
ipa: /ˈɑɡl̩/
rhymes: -əʊɡəl
rhymes: -ɒɡəl
Forms: form: ogles
form: ogling
form: ogled
form: ogled
form: oggle
form: augle
Etymology: 17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). In both cases equivalent to English eye + -le.
Senses: examples: text: And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
synonyms: leer
glosses: To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
Derived terms: ogglesome
ogle-in
ogler
oglesome
unogled
ogle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ōʹgəl
enpr: ŏgʹəl
ipa: /ˈəʊɡl̩/
ipa: /ˈɒɡl̩/
ipa: /ˈoʊɡl̩/
ipa: /ˈɑɡl̩/
rhymes: -əʊɡəl
rhymes: -ɒɡəl
Forms: form: ogles
form: oggle
form: augle
Etymology: 17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). In both cases equivalent to English eye + -le.
Senses: glosses: An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
examples: text: Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
ref: 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137:
text: Slick, she bamboozles the ogles / of old Lilly Law.
ref: 2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An eye.
Derived terms: ogle fake
ogle fake riah
ogle fakes
ogle-in
ogle riah fake
Related terms: leer
ghosting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊstɪŋ
Forms: form: ghostings
Etymology: From ghost + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
topics: broadcasting
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
television
glosses: The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ghost imaging.
glosses: A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
examples: text: Examine your matrix map, and make sure that no three keystrokes form a rectangle with a fourth keystroke that will cause you problems. This prevents both ghosting and blocking.
ref: 2011, John St. Clair, Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine, page 218:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
examples: text: Stories of ghosting often deal with broken-off romances, but it's worth mentioning that friend ghosting is real, and sometimes necessary.
glosses: A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
glosses: The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
glosses: The act or habit of exhaling vape smoke slowly, to prevent others from noticing.
Related terms: breadcrumbing
cushioning
orbiting
zombieing
ghosting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊstɪŋ
Etymology: From ghost + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ghost
ogee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈd͡ʒiː/
ipa: /ˈoʊd͡ʒiː/
ipa: /əʊˈd͡ʒiː/
ipa: /ˈəʊd͡ʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: O.G.
Forms: form: ogees
Etymology: From Middle English *ogeve, egeve, egeove, from Old French œgive, ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis (“a support, prop”), Latin augeō (“to increase, strengthen”), Spanish auge (“highest point of power or fortune, apogee”). Doublet of ogive.
Senses: examples: text: At the centre of this façade of one story is a porch of two stories with a tall attic and a gable of ogee outline flanked by finials.
ref: 1905, Charles Herbert Moore, “Chapter 13”, in Character of Renaissance Architecture:
text: There is no pronounced ogee arch anywhere, though there is a suspicion of one where the open trefoils of the gables rest upon the containing arches. The tracery too of all the circles is geometrical, i.e., composed of simple curves; there is no flowing or ogee tracery with compound curves.
ref: 1910, Francis Bond, “Chapter 3”, in Wood Carvings in English Churches:
text: In front of the leading splasher the frame was given what is called an ogee bend outwards, [...].
ref: 1959 June, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Cardeans" of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 309:
topics: architecture
synonyms: cyma
glosses: A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
topics: architecture
synonyms: ogive
glosses: A pointed arch made from two ogees.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An inflection point.
qualifier: aesthetic facial surgery
glosses: The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
qualifier: distillation
glosses: The bubble-shaped chamber of a pot still that connects the swan neck to the pot and allows distillate to expand, condense, and fall back into the pot.
Derived terms: ogee arch
ogee clock
ogeed
ogee washer
Related terms: line of beauty
armoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːmˈwɑː/
ipa: /ɑɹmˈwɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: armoires
form: armoir
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Middle French armoire. Doublet of ambry, armarium, and almirah.
Senses: examples: text: The furnishing of this Blue Room was solid and Victorian, it having been the GHQ of my Uncle Tom's late father, who liked things substantial. There was a four-poster bed, a chunky dressing-table, a massive writing table, divers chairs, pictures on the walls of fellows in cocked hats bending over females in muslin and ringlets and over at the far side a cupboard or armoire in which you could have hidden a dozen corpses.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: Downing the drink in a single gulp, I move over to the Anatolian white-oak armoire where I keep a brand-new nail gun I bought last week at a hardware store near my office in Wall Street.
ref: 1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 244:
text: She got up without lighting the lamp, felt around in the armoire for an archaic revolver that no one had fired since the War of a Thousand Days, and located in the darkness not only the place where the door was but also the exact height of the lock.
ref: 2002, Edith Grossman, transl., chapter 1, in Living to Tell the Tale, translation of original by Gabriel García Márquez:
text: In 2003, at Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, an 1810s mahogany armoire inlaid with ribbons and vines brought $140,000 (the presale estimate was $30,000 to $50,000).
ref: 2010 December 9, Eve M. Kahn, “Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2020:
glosses: A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe, originally used for storing weapons.
Derived terms: jewellery armoire
ey up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ ʌp/
Forms: form: ey up !
form: ayup
form: ay up
form: eh up
form: eyup
form: hey up
Etymology: Possibly from Old Norse; compare Swedish se upp (“watch out”).
Senses: examples: text: Ey up lad, haa's it diddlin?
glosses: Hello.
glosses: How are you?
examples: text: Ey up, ther's somedy comin daan t'rooad, Aw'll talk to thee later.
glosses: Look at that!, take notice of that!
glosses: Don't do that; a warning.
glosses: What is that?
glosses: Expressing Joy. "Eyup! Am ryte chuffed at yer' football teams' victory!"
baignoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛnˈwɑː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: baignoires
form: baignoir
Etymology: Borrowed from French baignoire (“bathtub”).
Senses: examples: text: Then enter Durien the sculptor, who had been presented with a baignoire at the Odéon to see "La Dame aux Camélias," and he invited Trilby and another lady to dine with him "au cabaret" and share his box.
ref: 1894, George Du Maurier, Trilby:
glosses: A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
foutre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foutres
form: foutring
form: foutred
form: foutred
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of footer (“meddle or waste time”).
couloir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kulˈwɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑɹ
Forms: form: couloirs
Etymology: Borrowed from French couloir (literally “corridor”).
Senses: examples: text: Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.
ref: 1978, Yvon Chouinard, Climbing Ice, page 145:
text: Looking up the face I could see directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs, an almost direct 9000 feet to the summit.
ref: 1987, Roger Marshall, AdventureSport: Everest and Me: Backpacker, page 42:
text: Ascend a long, easy snow couloir back left to the crest of Cassin Ridge at 17700 feet, where there is a campsite.
ref: 1998, R. J. Secor, Denali Climbing Guide, page 99:
text: 2002, American Alpine Club Safety Committee, Alpine Club of Canada Safety Committee, Accidents in North American Mountaineering, Issue 55, page 58,
When they approached the couloir shortly before 0300, the snow was firm enough for them to use crampons.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A steep gorge along a mountainside.
examples: text: It was a hole, in the fence, a large irregular hole, caused by numberless winds, numberless rains, or by a boar, or by a bull, flying, pursuing, a wild boar, a wild bull, blind with fear, blind with rage, or who knows perhaps with carnal desire, crashing at this point, through the fence, weakened by numberless winds, numberless rains. Through this hole I passed, without hurt, or damage to my pretty uniform, and found myself looking about me, for I had not yet recovered my aplomb, in the couloir.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A corridor or passage.
devoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈvwɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: devoirs
Etymology: From Middle English devoir, borrowed from Middle French devoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe; ought, must”).
Senses: examples: text: […] he imprint not so much in his schollers mind […] where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 149:
text: I should have long ere this paid my devoirs to the inhabitants of Raymond Castle.
ref: 1787, “A female” [pseudonym; Winifred Marshall Gales], The History of Lady Emma Melcombe, and Her Family. By a Female. In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, →OCLC, page 155:
text: [M]y eyes were oft times [on the] charmante maitresse de la maison, who glided among her guests in her flowing Spanish mantilla, and train of the clearest blonde, doing her devoirs with winning kindness, and showing how much benevolence of manner adds to beauty.
ref: 1836 July, “London Fashionable Chit-Chat”, in The Lady's Magazine and Museum of the Belles-lettres, Fine Arts, Music, Drama, Fashions, &c. (Improved Series. Enlarged.), volume IX, London: Dobbs & Co., Hemlock Court, Carey Street, Lincolns Inn (Formerly at 112, Fetter Lane), →OCLC, page 73:
text: A young man who arrives at Florence late in the evening, and, instead of going prosaically to bed, or hanging over the travellers' book at his hotel, walks forth without loss of time to pay his devoirs to the Beautiful, is a young man after my own heart!
ref: 1873 March, H[enry] James Jr., “The Madonna of the Future”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume XXXI, number CLXXXV, Boston, Mass.: James R. Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co., page 277:
text: Then quoth the portress to the mistress of the house, "O my lady, arise and go to thy place that I in turn may do my devoir."
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Benares [false, actually Stoke Newington, London]: Kamashastra Society, →OCLC:
text: That is the little bit of essential information which enables us to complete our devoir – without it we are just ordinary people, dispossessed, taken unawares: the original sin!
ref: 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, or Ruling Passions (The Avignon Quintet; 4), London; Boston, Mass.: Faber & Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-13111-2; republished in The Avignon Quintet, London: Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 978-0-571-22555-2, page 1057
glosses: Duty, business; something that one must do.
devoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devoir.
eh up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ey up.
polysynthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏlēsĭnthĕt'ĭk
ipa: /ˌpɒlisɪnˈθɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more polysynthetic
form: most polysynthetic
Etymology: From poly- + synthetic.
Senses: examples: text: "No doubt, sir," Summerlee answered. "Like all such tribes, I shall expect to find them of polysynthetic speech and of Mongolian type." "Polysynthetic certainly," said Challenger, indulgently.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
raw_tags: of languages
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having layers of twin crystals
Derived terms: polysynthetically
polysynthetic twinning
Related terms: oligosynthetic
polysynthesis
polysynthesism
synthetic
agglutinative
analytic
fusional
incorporating
inflected
isolating
demander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demanders
form: demaunder
Etymology: From demand + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who demands.
Derived terms: demandress
pyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pylls
Senses: examples: text: His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet,[…]. When his head is growne out to the full bigneſſe, then he rubbeth of that pyll, and that is called fraying of his head. And afterwards he Burniſheth the ſame, and then his head is ſaid to be full ſommed.
ref: 1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “Of the Termes of Venery”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot, published 1611, →OCLC, page 244:
glosses: Obsolete form of peel.
oil field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil fields
form: oilfield
Senses: examples: text: Too many puppies are being shot in the dark
Too many puppies are trained not to bark
At the sight of blood that must be spilled so that we may maintain our oil fields
ref: 1990, “Too Many Puppies”, performed by Primus:
glosses: An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.
Derived terms: oilfielder
Related terms: gas field
oil painting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil paintings
Senses: glosses: A painting done with oil paints.
glosses: The art of painting with oil paints.
examples: text: "Very lovely!" he said, staring her straight in the face.
"You needn't try and be funny!" she said. "If you mean me, I'm no oil-painting, and I know it!"
ref: 1920, Henry St. John Cooper, “Sunny Ducrow”, in Putnam's, page 117:
text: Wayne Swan: All I can say is that she's a much more attractive person than the Prime Minister.
George Brandis: You're not exactly an oil painting yourself, Wayne.
ref: 2007 "Virginia Trioli talks to George Brandis and Wayne Swan" Lateline ABC (Australia) 14 September 2007
glosses: A physically attractive person.
raw_tags: in the negative
oil paint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil paints
Senses: coordinate_terms: tempera
glosses: A paint in which the colours or pigments are suspended in an oil-based carrier such as linseed oil which hardens on exposure to the air.
oil stove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil stoves
Senses: glosses: A stove for heating or cooking, powered by paraffin or kerosene.
oil well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil wells
Senses: glosses: A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped.
Joint Academic Network
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Joint Academic Network
Senses: glosses: A British, private, government-funded computer network dedicated to education and research. Abbreviation: JANET.
Janet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/
rhymes: -ænɪt
ipa: /d͡ʒæˈnɛt/
Forms: form: Janets
Etymology: From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Senses: examples: text: Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet,
And there ye'll see ye'r bonny fell, my jo Janet.
ref: 1733, Allan Ramsay, “My Jo Janet”, in The Tea-Table Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scots Songs:
text: Alice decided to have lots and lots of children and all of them with lovely names like Amanda-Jane and Arabella and Dominic and Ganymede.
"But too many children will be expensive," Flora said. "I'm having two and mine aren't called such silly names as yours. Mine are called Andrew and Janet."
"All right," Alice said, who was by nature accommodating. "Those are nice names, Flora."
ref: 1990, Barbara Trapido, Temples of Delight, page 50:
text: When stay-at-home orders kept Jeff and Janet Ralli from looking at a home in the neighborhood they had their eye on in Ocean County, New Jersey, they forged ahead online.
ref: 2020 June 26, Anna Bahney, “These people bought homes without ever stepping inside”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A highly classified fleet of passenger aircraft used to transport the military and contractors.
oil refinery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil refineries
Senses: glosses: An industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products
scot-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌskɒtˈfɹi/
ipa: /ˌskɑtˈfɹi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: scotfree
form: scott free
form: scotchfree
form: skot fre
form: shot-free
Etymology: From Middle English scotfre, from Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), equivalent to scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free.
Senses: examples: text: to get off scot-free
text: [T]he Papiſts, profeſſed Enemies of our Church and Religion, eſcaping in the mean vvhile Scot-free, ſeldome or never medled vvithal in any of their Sermons.
ref: a. 1664 (date delivered), Robert Sanderson, “The Preface to the Reader”, in XXXIV Sermons. […], 5th edition, London: […] [A. Clark] for A. Seil, and are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, […], published 1671, →OCLC:
text: Correct me if I am missuggesting; you stated that there were 28,000 actual serious crimes committed in 1965 —I believe it was that year — and only 1,000 convictions , which means that the chances are, roughly, 28 to 1 of getting off scot free — that one can commit an act of violence, a serious crime, and have a good chance of getting off.
ref: 1967, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia, Anticrime Legislation, page 38:
text: Opioids have killed 600,000 Americans. The Sacklers just got off scot-free [title]
ref: 2021 September 5, Chris McGreal, “Opioids have killed 600,000 Americans. The Sacklers just got off scot-free”, in The Guardian:
text: He added: “It’s been a long journey, and it’s really, really nice to able^([sic]) to turn and look at my clients, and say ‘he can’t get off scot-free for this. He can’t. You had a defendant who went into that courtroom and said, ‘I think I should have to pay them a dollar.’ And this jury said no.”
ref: 2022 August 4, Elizabeth Williamson, quoting Mark Bankston, “Jurors Award Sandy Hook Parents $4 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Without consequences or penalties, free without payment.
scot-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌskɒtˈfɹi/
ipa: /ˌskɑtˈfɹi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: more scot-free
form: most scot-free
form: scotfree
form: scott free
form: scotchfree
form: skot fre
form: shot-free
Etymology: From Middle English scotfre, from Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), equivalent to scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free.
Senses: glosses: Free of scot, free of tax.
Related terms: beat the rap
Old Nick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally 17th century. Apparently a special use of the forename Nick, perhaps in jocular or contrastive reference to Saint Nicholas. Alternatively, it may be derived from nicker, or some other derivative of Old English nicor (“water demon”).
Senses: examples: text: He sat down in the middle of the floor, took his chalk out and marked a large ring around him, and round about this he wrote the Lord's Prayer, and then he did not feel afraid even if Old Nick himself should come.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158:
synonyms: word: Old Harry
word: Old Scratch
word: Old Serpent
word: Aduwallah
word: Adversary
word: Al-Shaytaan
word: Antichrist
word: archfiend
word: Ash-Shaytan
word: Azazel
word: Beast
word: Beelzebub
word: bogey
word: cosmocrat
word: deceiver
word: deuce
word: Devil
word: diablo
word: Diabolus
word: dickens
word: Dragon
word: Enemy
word: Evil One
word: Father of Lies
word: Gog
word: Iblis
word: Jack Ketch
word: leviathan
word: lord of the flies
word: Lucifer
word: Mephistopheles
word: Old Gentleman
word: Old Hairy
word: Old Harry
word: Old Nick
word: Old One
word: Old Scratch
word: Old Serpent
word: Prince of Darkness
word: Prince of Demons
word: Prince of Evil
word: Sam Scratch
word: Satan
word: Serpent
word: shaitan
word: Son of the Dawn
glosses: The Devil; Satan.
old age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ōld āj
Etymology: From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old + age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).
Senses: examples: text: People often become hard of hearing in old age.
text: A ripe old age.
synonyms: golden years
;
codgerhood
eld
;
glosses: The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
glosses: A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.
Synonyms: word: age
word: chair days
word: codgerhood
word: eld
word: elderliness
word: fogeydom
word: geezerdom
word: golden years
word: old age
word: oldhood
word: senescence
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: senectitude
word: twilight years
word: sunset years
word: vetustity
Hypernyms: word: adulthood
word: oldness
Hyponyms: word: eldership
word: seniority
word: third age
word: dotage
word: second childhood
word: senility
Derived terms: old age home
old age pension
Related terms: word: midlife
word: elderly
word: old man
word: old woman
old age pension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old age pensions
form: old-age pension
Senses: glosses: A pension paid to people by the state, when they reach a predefined age, to compensate for loss of earnings
Related terms: alt: OAP
word: old-age pensioner
old-fashioned
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊldˈfæʃənd/
ipa: /əʊldˈfæʃənd/
Forms: form: old-fashioneds
form: old fashioned
Etymology: From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails.
Senses: examples: text: Old John was mixing Old Fashioneds and every now and then he would turn and stare at the record case with an expression of great loathing.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 43:
text: Bond took a shower and changed and walked down the road and had two Bourbon old-fashioneds and the Chicken Dinner at $2.80 in the air-conditioned eating house on the corner that was as typical of ‘the American way of life’ as the motel.
ref: 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 15, in Diamonds Are Forever:
text: At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds.
ref: 1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes, page 286:
glosses: A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind.
glosses: A type of doughnut with a cakelike consistency and a rough surface, usually made with cultured buttermilk and chemical leaven and fried at a lower temperature.
old-world
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to the ancient world or former times
Related terms: Old World
Old World
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Old World
Senses: antonyms: New World
glosses: The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia.
examples: text: Over the mind of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the first time,—countries where have transpired thrilling events recorded in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps!
ref: 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:
text: When our Founding Fathers broke with the old world, America indeed was an experiment, and history has shown that such experiments were tried on few occasions but previously failed.
ref: 2021-2022 Winter, James R. Poplar III, “America: The Great Experiment in Human Governance”, in SAR Magazine, volume 116, number 3, Louisville, KY: Sons of the American Revolution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 1:
glosses: The known world before the discovery of the Americas.
Derived terms: Old World monkey
Old World mouse
Old World oriole
Old World porcupine
Old World quail
Old World rat
Old World ROM
Old World screwworm
Old World sparrow
Old World vulture
Related terms: word: old-world
precursor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prĭ-kûr′sər
enpr: prē′kûr′sər
ipa: /pɹɪˈkɜː.sə/
ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌkɜː.sə/
ipa: /pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɹiˌkɜɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /pɹəˈkøː.sɐ/
ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌkøː.sɐ/
ipa: /pɹɪˈkʌɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɹiˌkʌɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /pɾɪˈkəːʳ.səʳ/
ipa: /ˈpɾiːˌkəːʳ.səʳ/
rhymes: -ɜːsə
rhymes: -iːkɜːsə
Forms: form: precursors
form: præcursor
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English precursour, from Middle French precurseur or its etymon Latin praecursor (“forerunner”). By surface analysis, precurse + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
ref: 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
glosses: That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
Synonyms: word: antecedent
word: beforemath
word: foremath
word: precedent
word: precursor
word: progenitor
Hyponyms: word: front matter
word: predecessor
Derived terms: bioprecursor
cardioprecursor
myoprecursor
nanoprecursor
neuroprecursor
nonprecursor
oligoprecursor
osteoprecursor
precursor enzyme
precursorial
precursorship
precursor tip
precursory
Related terms: cursor
precursor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: prĭ-kûr′sər
enpr: prē′kûr′sər
ipa: /pɹɪˈkɜː.sə/
ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌkɜː.sə/
ipa: /pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɹiˌkɜɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /pɹəˈkøː.sɐ/
ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌkøː.sɐ/
ipa: /pɹɪˈkʌɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɹiˌkʌɹ.səɹ/
ipa: /pɾɪˈkəːʳ.səʳ/
ipa: /ˈpɾiːˌkəːʳ.səʳ/
rhymes: -ɜːsə
rhymes: -iːkɜːsə
Etymology: From pre- + cursor.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
antonyms: postcursor
glosses: Caused by the following symbol.
raw_tags: of intersymbol interference
Related terms: ISI
precurses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precurse
Olympic Games
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Olympic Games
Etymology: From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques.
Senses: examples: text: The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC.
text: In the times of the Olimpike games, with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poets and musitians to present his verses, with tents and pavillions gilt and most suinptuously tapistried.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual.
ref: 1840, John Dunlop, The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated, London: Houlston and Stoneman, page 103:
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus.
examples: text: Every athlete's dream is to compete at the Olympic Games.
text: Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a boost yesterday when its most famous former resident, the American president, Barack Obama, ended months of speculation by announcing that he would fly to Copenhagen before Friday's vote, in order to lobby on the city's behalf.
ref: 2009 September 28, Owen Gibson, The Guardian:
glosses: An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year.
Synonyms: word: Games
word: Games of the Olympiad
word: Olympics
Derived terms: Paralympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
Related terms: Olympia
Olympiad
Olympian
Olympic
Olympic Summer Games
Olympic Winter Games
Games
Winter Games
Summer Games
olive oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olive oils
Etymology: From olive + oil. Compare earlier oil of olives.
Senses: synonyms: sweet oil
oil of olives
glosses: A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.
Derived terms: extra-virgin olive oil
olive oiliness
olive-oily
virgin olive oil
Related terms: old-oil
forerunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forerunners
Etymology: From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- + runner and/or forerun + -er.
Senses: glosses: A runner at the front or ahead.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
examples: text: How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […].
ref: 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
text: Acute infections of the female urethra, which are the forerunners of chronic infections, may be initiated by a number of conditions: Traumatism due to difficult labor, presence of foreign bodies such as calculi, […]
ref: 1951 January, Gordon W. Reynolds, “The Female Urethra and Chronic Urethritis”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 1, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 33:
text: On December 22, 1974, a swarm of earthquakes, the largest event being of magnitude 4.8, occurred 70 km northeast of Haicheng. All these phenomena were considered the forerunners of the major event. Thus, in January 1975, another SSB conference offered a short-term prediction that an earthquake of magnitude 5.5–6 would occur in the Yingkou-Luda-Tantung area in the first six months of 1975 (HESD, 1977).
ref: 1985, Shiu-hung Luk, “Management of Earthquake Hazard: The Program of Earthquake Forecsting in China, 1966–1976”, in China Geographer Number 12: Environment, published 2018, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
glosses: A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
examples: text: Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
text: The cathedral is part of the Episcopal Church, the American branch of Anglicanism. Considered the "church of the establishment" for much of American history -- 11 US presidents have been Episcopalian -- the church of late has been known as a forerunner of progressive theology.
ref: 2019 August 16, Daniel Burke, “How Pete Buttigieg found God”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021:
text: The result is essentially a hybrid species similar in appearance to its extinct forerunner. […] The debate over whether the wolves are a carbon copy of their extinct forerunners misses the point, Shapiro said, adding that the team had been successful in resurrecting the “functional essence” of the dire wolf.
ref: 2025 April 7, Katie Hunt, “Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2025:
glosses: A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
Derived terms: forerunnership