cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hangman's noose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hangman's nooses
Senses: synonyms: hangman's knot
glosses: A kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging.
Synonyms: word: Bridport dagger
word: collar
word: halter
word: hangman's knot
word: hangman's noose
word: hempen collar
word: hempen cravat
Hypernyms: word: noose
Related terms: word: die by hanging
word: gallows bird
word: hangworthy
word: kill by hanging
proselytism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proselytisms
Etymology: From proselyte + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of proselytizing.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:proselytism.
glosses: The state of being a proselyte.
Related terms: proselyte
proselytic
proselytisation
proselytization
proselytise
proselytize
proselytiser
proselytizer
criterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Forms: form: criteriums
Etymology: From French critérium (“competition”), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
Synonyms: crit
Coordinate terms: circuit race
criterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Etymology: From Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).
Senses: examples: text: There is no criterium of truth.
ref: 1867, George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:
glosses: Alternative form of criterion.
Jose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hoʊˈzeɪ/
ipa: /həʊˈzeɪ/
enpr: hō'zā
rhymes: -əʊzeɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
note: Indian English, Kerala
ipa: /ˈdʒəʊz/
note: Indian English, Kerala
ipa: /ˈdʒoːs/
rhymes: -əʊz
Forms: form: José
Etymology: From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.
Senses: examples: text: Some Rizaliana collectors deem the blue 1959 Jose Rizal Definitive to be the most attractive Rizal stamp.
ref: 2008, Lisa Mapua, Stamps of the Philippines: Historical and Topical Collections 1854–2004, →ISBN, page 125:
text: Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler.
ref: 2021 March 18, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, “Former Florida state senator charged in spoiler candidate scheme”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name, derived from the given name.
Derived terms: no way Jose
San Jose
Jose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hoʊˈzeɪ/
ipa: /həʊˈzeɪ/
enpr: hō'zā
rhymes: -əʊzeɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
note: Indian English, Kerala
ipa: /ˈdʒəʊz/
note: Indian English, Kerala
ipa: /ˈdʒoːs/
rhymes: -əʊz
Etymology: Originally as a diminutive form of Josephine, later also appearing as a given name.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
pulp fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The kind of shocking and sensational fiction found in a pulp magazine.
Derived terms: pulp-fictionish
pulpy
Related terms: penny dreadful
undergarments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undergarment
Marie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹiː/
other: /ˈmɑ.ɹi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: Maries
Etymology: The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary.
Senses: examples: text: We are going to call her Marie. For once we are in agreement about something, if for different reasons. I just happen to like the name, it's my second favourite girl's name after Swanhild, it has such a pretty sound. Rasmus, of course, likes it because it can be English and all things English he adores. 'The English can pronounce it,' he says, by which he means they pronounce it "Maar-rie", as in Marie Lloyd whom we've seen on the stage. 'The French can pronounce it too,' I said in my way, 'for what that's worth,' but he doesn't mind what I say at the moment.
ref: 1993, Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell). Asta's Book →ISBN, page 105
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Derived terms: Sault Ste. Marie
Val Marie
Ville-Marie
you're welcome
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: you’re welcome!
form: you are welcome
form: yw
Etymology: From 1907 (as reply to thank you).
Senses: glosses: Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.
glosses: Used (often preemptively) to imply that the speaker ought to be thanked.
examples: text: No, I didn’t cook, but you’re welcome to try out the new kitchen.
ref: 2016, Lynette Eason, Without Warning (Elite Guardians; 2), Revell, →ISBN:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you're, welcome.
Synonyms: sense: acknowledgment of thanks
word: de nada
word: don’t mention it
word: my pleasure
word: no problem
word: not at all
word: no worries
word: think nothing of it
word: you bet
word: anytime
word: don't mention it
word: forget it
word: it's a pleasure
word: it's nothing
word: no prob
word: no problemo
word: no probs
word: sure thing
word: you're welcome
word: yw
Derived terms: you're welcome a million
Related terms: word: thank you
bitte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bittes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bit.
belle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: bell
Forms: form: belles
Etymology: From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.
Senses: examples: text: In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.
glosses: An attractive woman.
glosses: A fellow gay man.
Derived terms: aquabelle
belle dame sans merci
belledom
bellehood
cagebelle
croshabell
southern belle
volleybelle
Related terms: bad belle
belle assemblée
Belle Creek
belle dame
belle laide
belle passion
belles-lettres
Southern belle
pigsty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪɡstaɪ/
Forms: form: pigsties
Etymology: From pig + sty.
Senses: examples: text: The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.
synonyms: hogpen
hogsty
pigpen
sty
coordinate_terms: word: hoghouse
english: sometimes synonymous
translation: sometimes synonymous
glosses: An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
examples: text: This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it?
synonyms: pigpen
glosses: A dirty or very untidy place.
macaroni
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑk.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
enpr: măk'ə-rōʹnē
ipa: /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: more macaroni
form: most macaroni
form: maccaroni
form: maccheroni
form: mac
Etymology: From Italian maccaroni, plural of maccarone, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni, fool”), of uncertain origin. Variously derived from late Byzantine Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”), from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed, favored by the gods”), and from maccare (“to bruise, to crush”), archaic variant of ammaccare, from Latin maccāre (“to bruise, to crush”). Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”). As a fop, apparently from the British Macaroni Club rather than from Italian use of maccarone for fools and bumpkins. As a former form of currency, used to calque Spanish macuquino, 18th-century colonial Spanish slang for a similarly clipped coin.
Senses: glosses: Chic, fashionable, stylish; in the manner of a macaroni.
macaroni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑk.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
enpr: măk'ə-rōʹnē
ipa: /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
ipa: /mak.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
rhymes: -əʊni
ipa: /mɑk.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
enpr: măk'ə-rōʹnē
ipa: /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: macaronis
form: maccaroni
form: maccheroni
form: mac
Etymology: From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
Senses: examples: text: Macaroni. It comes from Italy. It is a biscuit made of almonds, eggs, flower, and sugar.
ref: 1777, Charlotte Mason, The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table: being a complete system of cookery, containing one hundred and fifty select bills of fare, properly disposed for family dinners ... with upwards of fifty bills of fare for suppers ... and several desserts: including likewise, the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds ...^(http://books.google.com/books?id=14IEAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22paste%22+Italy+(%22macaroni%22+OR+%22maccheroni%22+OR+%22spaghetti%22)&source=gbs_navlinks_s) (cooking), page 300:
glosses: A macaroon.
W⁵
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: WWWWW
punningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more punningly
form: most punningly
Etymology: From punning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Even though some names or words polysemically carry sexual meanings, this does not automatically mean that every usage of them in literary texts, even those of a pornographic nature, has a sexual meaning, either explicitly or punningly.
ref: 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 113:
text: The film is an anthology of three whimsical short stories set in France in the mid-20th Century. The conceit is that they were all published in an English-language magazine which is edited in the punningly-named fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, but which is attached to an American newspaper based in Kansas.
ref: 2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC:
glosses: In a punning manner; so as to form a pun.
TFN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TFNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tax file number.
TFN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Baird said the TFN has a strong, productive relationship with the City of Delta and have worked collaboratively on many projects with much success.
ref: 2021 August 8, “Delta, TFN unveil new interpretive sign”, in Delta Optimist:
glosses: Initialism of Tsawwassen First Nation.
ABN
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of airborne.
ABN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ABNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian business number, a unique identifier used for tax purposes.
glosses: Initialism of assumed business name.
PNR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PNRs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of passenger name record: the complete details of a passenger's booking, including itinerary, contact details, and special requests; or the unique alphanumeric identifier for each booking.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: navigation
glosses: Initialism of point of no return.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of National Revolutionary Police Force.
Synonyms: sense: point of no return
word: PSR
PNR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Philippine National Railways (“the main rail operator in the Philippines, particularly around Luzon”).
Coordinate terms: sense: other Philippine railway systems
word: LRT
sense: other Philippine railway systems
word: MRT
quad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɑd/
ipa: /kwɒd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Etymology: Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple.
The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
Senses: examples: text: Printing Plant Machinery, Type, Material, Fittings, Stock-in-Trade, Paper, &c., including QUAD-CROWN CYLINDER MACHINE, With Flyers, Riders, &c., by Miller & Richard.
ref: 1896, Sunderland. Re Mawson, Phillips & Co., Ld., in Liquidation:
text: Around the corner waits a Quad Damage rune, which you can activate before returning to the Teleporter and heading for the Gold Key.
ref: 1998, Kip Ward, Mike van Mantgem, Axel Floyd, Quake for Nintendo 64 (Prima’s Unauthorized Game Secrets), page 23:
text: With Mali-400 MP4 GPU, 2GB of RAM and a quad-core Cortex-A9 processor, this tablet is more than capable to handle even the latest graphics intense games
ref: 2014, Brian Johnson, 21 Best Tablets for You This Holiday Season of 2014, page 44:
text: SeaStar Solutions, which makes systems for twin- and triple-outboard powered boats, now offers its Optimus electronic power steering (EPS) for single- and quad-powered boats.
ref: 2015 May, Chris Woodward, “Yamaha 190 FSH”, in Sport Fishing, volume 30, page 85:
glosses: Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity.
qualifier: paper
glosses: Quadrille, marked with squares.
Derived terms: quad paper
quad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɑd/
ipa: /kwɒd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Forms: form: quads
form: quadding
form: quadded
form: quadded
Etymology: Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple.
The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
Senses: topics: letterpress-typography
media
publishing
typography
glosses: To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
topics: media
publishing
typography
qualifier: phototypesetting and digital typesetting
glosses: To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
examples: text: Can you "quad" the cable?
ref: 1901, Report of the Industrial Commission on Transportation, page 232:
text: The star quadding of the wires ensures a reduction in the diameters of cables and their weight […]
ref: 1961, Telecommunications, page 690:
text: The conductors in quadded cables are tinned and may also be enameled.
ref: 1965, Telephone Cable Splicing: Cable Terminations and Cable Repairs, United States. Department of the Army, page 906:
glosses: To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
examples: text: visibility was perfect and mud was plentiful for our quadding adventure.
ref: 2006 April 27, Christopher Thrall, “There’s a mud-eating grin to be seen after every quadding adventure”, in Vue Weekly, Edmonton, page 31:
glosses: To ride a quad bike.
Derived terms: quad out
Related terms: quadr-
quadri-
quadru-
quin
nebulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛbjʊləs/
Forms: form: more nebulous
form: most nebulous
Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”).
Cognates
*Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”)
*German Nebel
**Old High German nebul (“cloud, fog”)
*Old English nifol, neowol (“dark, gloomy, obscure, precipitous, prone”)
by surface analysis, nebula + -ous. More at neveling, nuel.
Senses: glosses: In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
examples: text: The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
ref: 1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:
text: The mothers in NaturalMoms discussed nebulous fears about potential harms from vaccines and their distrust of the medical professionals who promoted a universal immunization schedule.
ref: 2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “8. Mothers and Gardasil”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: Vague or ill-defined.
glosses: Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Synonyms: word: cloudish
word: cloudlike
word: cloudly
word: cloudy
word: foggy
word: foglike
word: fumid
word: hazed
word: hazy
word: infumated
topics: zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: mistlike
word: misty
word: nebulose
word: nebulous
word: roky
word: smokelike
word: smoky
word: turbid
word: vaporous
Hypernyms: word: gaseous
Derived terms: nebulously
nebulousness
unnebulous
Related terms: word: nebula
word: nebular
word: nebulosity
word: inenubilable
word: insubstantial
word: obscure
word: cloud
beat around the bush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats around the bush
form: beating around the bush
form: beaten around the bush
form: beaten around the bush
form: beat about the bush
Etymology: From the older form beat about the bush, replacing the preposition.
Senses: glosses: To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
examples: text: Just stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is!
text: "Look here," said Smith, menacingly, "if you think I cheated you, you might as well say so right out. I don't like beating around the bush."
ref: 1870, Horatio Alger, Rufus and Rose:
synonyms: go around the houses
prevaricate
pussyfoot
ramble
tergiversate
waffle
antonyms: cut to the chase
get on with
get to the point
glosses: To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
Coordinate terms: circumlocute
hem and haw
Related terms: beat the bushes
long-winded
beat about the bush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats about the bush
form: beating about the bush
form: beat about the bush
form: beaten about the bush
Etymology: From medieval English hunting practices. Some men would whack bushes with sticks to scare birds out so that others could hunt them. Beating the bush directly could be dangerous.
Senses: examples: text: There is no use beating about the bush with a man like you. I know that. You are direct, and so am I. You know my position well enough to be assured that I am empowered to treat with you.
ref: 1910 November, Jack London, Theft: A Play in Four Acts, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, Act II, page 107:
text: "Meanwhile, we are sitting here starving. Let's not beat about the bush - we are absolutely living hand to mouth now on TfL.
ref: 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:
glosses: Alternative form of beat around the bush.
recanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recant
recanting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recantings
Senses: examples: text: Its victim focus and child centeredness, in the program's opinion, accounted for the significant numbers of client disclosures and four offender confessions and very few victim recantings.
ref: 1989, John T. Pardeck, Child Abuse and Neglect: Theory, Research, and Practice, page 170:
glosses: The act of one who recants; a retraction.
recanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recant
-plex
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-plɛks/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -plex (“-fold”).
Senses: glosses: Comprising a number of parts, as in duplex.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: ten to the power of the number, as in googolplex.
Related terms: -fold
multiplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.
Senses: glosses: Comprising several interleaved parts.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having petals lying in folds over each other.
examples: text: Supporting an additive model, simplex families […] have less impairment than multiplex families (those with two or more individuals affected) in language processing.
ref: 2009, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, page 951:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having multiple members with a particular condition.
multiplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplexes
Etymology: From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.
Senses: glosses: A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
glosses: A cineplex.
topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
glosses: A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
multiplex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: multiplexes
form: multiplexing
form: multiplexed
form: multiplexed
Etymology: From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.
Senses: glosses: To interleave several activities.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To combine several signals into one.
glosses: To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.
topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: To make a multiplex throw.
Derived terms: arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
demultiplex
mononeuritis multiplex
multiplexability
multiplexable
multiplexation
multiplexer
multiplexity
multiplexor
nonmultiplex
remultiplex
Related terms: complex
duplex
hexaplex
monoplex
octuplex
pentaplex
plex
quadruplex
simplex
triplex
uniplex
multiplexer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplexers
form: multiplexor
Etymology: From multiplex + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device that interleaves several activities; a switching device.
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal.
multiplexor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplexors
form: multiplexer
Etymology: From multiplex + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multiplexer.
Derived terms: demultiplexor
Marvin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.vɪn/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪn
Forms: form: Mervin
form: Mervine
form: Mirfin
Etymology: From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mer (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).
Senses: examples: text: "Thank you the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation," said Marvin and trudged desolately up the gleaming curved corridor that stretched out before them. "Let's build robots with Genuine People personalities, they said. So they tried out with me. I'm a personality prototype. You can tell can't you?"
ref: 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Chapter 11:
glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
glosses: A surname from Welsh.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Union County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A small town in Grant County, South Dakota.
Related terms: Hank Marvin
John Thomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John Thomases
Etymology: * 17th century. From the forenames John and Thomas.
* (penis): Compare dick, peter, willy and johnson.
Senses: examples: text: 'John Thomas! John Thomas!' and she quickly kissed the soft penis, that was beginning to stir again.
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
glosses: The penis.
examples: text: We are disposed to think servants an ill-used class. Not only the parlor, not only querulous masters and mistresses, but the press, is against them, and finds its account in ringing the changes on flunkeys, menials, servant-girls, and John Thomases, confident in a sure topic, and safe from reprisal.
ref: 1869, The Home Monthly, page 383:
glosses: A flunkey; a male servant.
John Bull
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by Dr. John Arbuthnot.
Senses: examples: text: How much longer are we English to assist foreign nations in misunderstanding us, by holding up that ridiculous lay-figure of our race known by the style and title of John Bull?
ref: 1862 December 27, Charles Dickens, “One Grand Tour Deserves Another”, in All the Year Round, page 378:
coordinate_terms: Johnny Canuck
Uncle Sam
glosses: A personification of England.
examples: text: In spite of these promptings to reflection, ignorance of his neighbours is the character of the typical John Bull. His is a domineering nature, steady in fight, imperious to command, but neither curious nor quick about the life of others.
ref: 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Foreigner At Home”, in Memories and Portraits, New York: Charles Scribner, page 3:
text: Thatched cottages, manors, old mills, venerable churches and wooded lanes personify a John Bull fancy, neatly tucked into gentle hill folds.
ref: 2005, David W. Moore, The Other British Isles, →ISBN, page 183:
text: Next door to all that noble intention stood a bluff old John Bull of a hotel, Warners, now a pub and backpackers, and next to that, until 1993, a cinema, the last of several that had sprung up around the Square as temples of modernity.
ref: 2015, Fiona Farrell, The Villa at the Edge of the Empire, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Something or someone that is stereotypically English.
John Dory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John Dories
Etymology: Unknown, many theories exist. See the Wikipedia article on John Dory for more.
Senses: glosses: An edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.
wikipedia: John Dory
Synonyms: St Pierre
Peter's fish
St. Peter's fish
Johnny Reb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Johnny Rebs
form: Johnnie Reb
Etymology: From the sense of Johnny as a placeholder name for any man and reb, US slang for a Confederate citizen or soldier.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, particularly a Confederate soldier.
synonyms: word: Confederate
extra: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, particularly a Confederate soldier
Related terms: Billy Yank
Tommy Atkins
Johnny Reb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Johnnie Reb
Etymology: From the sense of Johnny as a placeholder name for any man and reb, US slang for a Confederate citizen or soldier.
Senses: examples: text: When Lincoln heard the news about the fall,
All the folks thought he'd throw a great vict'ry ball,
But he asked the band to play the song "Dixie"
For you, Johnny Reb, and all that you believe.
ref: 1959, Johnny Horton, Johnny Reb:
glosses: Synonym of Confederate States of America.
synonyms: word: Confederate States of America
qasida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaˈsiːdə/
ipa: /kəˈsidə/
Forms: form: qasidas
form: qaṣīda
Etymology: From Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).
Senses: examples: text: He was delighted to hear some music and listened with emotion to the wild qasidas that the old man sang – songs of the Arab canon full of the wild heart-sickness of the desert.
ref: 1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar:
text: The qasida is a formal multithematic ode addressed to a member of the elite in praise.
ref: 2000, María Rosa Menocal, Raymond P. Scheindlin, The Literature of Al-Andalus:
glosses: An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
glosses: An Urdu panegyric poem
exonerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
Forms: form: exonerates
form: exonerating
form: exonerated
form: exonerated
Etymology: From Middle English exoneraten (attested in past participle exonerated), from Latin exonerātus, past perfect participle of exonerō (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exonerō is from ex- (“out, from”) + onerō (“to burden, lade; to load”) further from onus (oner-) (“a burden, load”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os (“burden, load”), from *h₃enh₂- (“to charge, onerate”). Compare French exonérer.
Senses: glosses: To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
examples: text: I would examine the Caſpian Sea, and ſee where and how it exonerates it ſelfe, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxares, Oxus, and thoſe great rivers; at the mouth of Oby, or where?
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section ii, member 3, page 231:
glosses: Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
synonyms: absolve
glosses: To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
synonyms: word: acquit
word: exculpate
word: acquit
word: absolve
word: disculpate
word: exculpate
word: exonerate
word: pardon
word: remit
word: vindicate
glosses: To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
Derived terms: word: exonerable
word: exonerated
word: exonerative
word: exoneree
Related terms: exoneration
exonerator
exonerate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
Forms: form: more exonerate
form: most exonerate
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exonerātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.
qiviut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪv.i.ət/
Etymology: From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ (qifioq, qifiot, “underwool”).
Senses: examples: text: She wants me to stay here and learn how to weave baskets and carve ivory and spin qiviut and die of boredom!
ref: 1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
becue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: becues
form: becuing
form: becued
form: becued
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To make fast a rope to an anchor, used when anchored over a rocky bottom, so as to allow the anchor to be hoisted from its flukes to escape an entrapment on the bottom.
before the mast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having living quarters in the forecastle of a vessel
examples: text: Before making lieutenant, he sailed before the mast for five years
text: [...] but under certain circumstances (night watches on a whaling ground) the command of the ship’s deck is also his; therefore the grand political maxim of the sea demands, that he should nominally live apart from the men before the mast, and be in some way distinguished as their professional superior; [...]
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 33”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Describing seamen rather than officers
spit roast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spit roasts
form: spitroast
Senses: examples: text: We're having a hog spit roast at the weekend.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The technique of roasting an animal over a fire, where the cook pokes a rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.
glosses: A sexual practice wherein two people penetrate a single sexual partner at the same time, one orally and the other vaginally or anally.
Related terms: rotisserie
spit roast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spit roasts
form: spit roasting
form: spit roasted
form: spit roasted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spit-roast.
belaying pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belaying pins
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of the short lengths of wood, iron or brass set up in convenient places on a ship to secure running rigging.
bell buoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: bellboy
Forms: form: bell buoys
Senses: glosses: A buoy on which is mounted a bell with four clappers, hung inside an iron cage, which is rung by the motion of the waves
meta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: [ˈmɛɾ.ə]
ipa: /ˈmet.ə/
ipa: [ˈmeɾ.ə]
ipa: /mɪˈta/
ipa: /məˈtæ/
ipa: /mɪˈtæ/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: [ˈmɛɾ.ə]
ipa: /ˈmet.ə/
ipa: [ˈmeɾ.ə]
Forms: form: met-
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Behind.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Later or subsequent.
topics: architecture
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Situated between two segments.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to metabolism.
Related terms: english: early, first
translation: early, first
word: protero-
meta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: [ˈmɛɾ.ə]
ipa: /ˈmet.ə/
ipa: [ˈmeɾ.ə]
ipa: /mɪˈta/
ipa: /məˈtæ/
ipa: /mɪˈtæ/
Forms: form: met-
Etymology: Back-formation from metaphysics.
Senses: glosses: Transcending, encompassing.
glosses: Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
glosses: Having analogies with metaphysics.
Related terms: epi-
meta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: [ˈmɛɾ.ə]
ipa: /ˈmet.ə/
ipa: [ˈmeɾ.ə]
ipa: /mɪˈta/
ipa: /məˈtæ/
ipa: /mɪˈtæ/
Forms: form: met-
Etymology: Back-formation from metamorphism.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Modified by metamorphosis; analogies and derivatives of metamorphism.
meta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛt.ə/
ipa: [ˈmɛɾ.ə]
ipa: /ˈmet.ə/
ipa: [ˈmeɾ.ə]
ipa: /mɪˈta/
ipa: /məˈtæ/
ipa: /mɪˈtæ/
Forms: form: met-
Etymology: Back-formation from metastasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Consequent on.
bell rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell ropes
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.
glosses: A long length of rope attached by splicing to a church's bell, by which it is struck, and with a sally for holding it.
glosses: A rope used to ring a bell serving as an old-fashioned doorbell.
glosses: A lovelock.
bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛlz/
rhymes: -ɛlz
Senses: glosses: plural of bell
Derived terms: Bowbells
coral bells
early bells
hell's bells
Maroon Bells
peal of bells
ring of bells
rosybells
sea bells
bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛlz/
rhymes: -ɛlz
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
examples: text: And to him, long bell-bottoms were “arrogant.” So, whenever he was home before I left for school, he would make me stand on the top step of the six steps to the bedroom level of our house and he would inspect my bells.
ref: 2020, Erica Heller, One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us:
glosses: Ellipsis of bell-bottoms.
bells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛlz/
rhymes: -ɛlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bell
filling station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filling stations
Senses: examples: text: Here and there, under the porches of ruined filling stations, in the gaping doorways of office buildings, lie heaps of human bones.
ref: 1948 August, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC:
synonyms: petrol station
petrol filling station
gas station
glosses: A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.
Synonyms: word: filling station
word: fuel provider
word: fuel station
word: fuel supplier
word: fueling station
word: fuelling station
word: garage
word: gas bar
word: gas station
word: gasoline stand
word: gasoline station
word: motor station
word: petrol filling station
word: petrol pump
word: petrol garage
word: petrol station
word: service station
word: servo
word: vehicle station
Hyponyms: word: service area
word: truck stop
word: truckstop
yiff
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: yĭf
ipa: /jɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Etymology: Yiff was part of a range of onomatopoeic words from a pseudolanguage called Foxish used by the furry role-playing community, ostensibly created by a user named LittleFox or Foxen around 1990. Other terms used by this community included yip, yerf, yaff, yarf, growf, and growlf. Yiff originally meant yes or an exuberant hello. According to LittleFox, the sexual connotations of yiff were influenced by yipp (derived from yip), which originally held these sexual connotations. By 1992, yiff had been assigned a meaning of a sexual proposition, and in modern use within the furry subculture, yiff exclusively refers either to sex between anthropomorphic animals, or pornographic depictions thereof.
Senses: glosses: Onomatopeia representing the bark of a fox (especially while mating).
glosses: Used to express happiness or to state that something is sexually appealing.
yiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: yĭf
ipa: /jɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: yiffs
Etymology: Yiff was part of a range of onomatopoeic words from a pseudolanguage called Foxish used by the furry role-playing community, ostensibly created by a user named LittleFox or Foxen around 1990. Other terms used by this community included yip, yerf, yaff, yarf, growf, and growlf. Yiff originally meant yes or an exuberant hello. According to LittleFox, the sexual connotations of yiff were influenced by yipp (derived from yip), which originally held these sexual connotations. By 1992, yiff had been assigned a meaning of a sexual proposition, and in modern use within the furry subculture, yiff exclusively refers either to sex between anthropomorphic animals, or pornographic depictions thereof.
Senses: glosses: The bark of a fox.
examples: text: FurryMuck yiffs are like real-life yiffs - there is a time and place for everything.
ref: 1996 July 14, j.serdy, “RFC: A Beginner's Guide to TinySex on the FurryMuck”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
glosses: Sexual intercourse, especially between furries (fictional anthropomorphic animal characters or members of the community surrounding their celebration).
examples: text: Do you draw yiff?
glosses: Pornography of or involving furries.
yiff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: yĭf
ipa: /jɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: yiffs
form: yiffing
form: yiffed
form: yiffed
Etymology: Yiff was part of a range of onomatopoeic words from a pseudolanguage called Foxish used by the furry role-playing community, ostensibly created by a user named LittleFox or Foxen around 1990. Other terms used by this community included yip, yerf, yaff, yarf, growf, and growlf. Yiff originally meant yes or an exuberant hello. According to LittleFox, the sexual connotations of yiff were influenced by yipp (derived from yip), which originally held these sexual connotations. By 1992, yiff had been assigned a meaning of a sexual proposition, and in modern use within the furry subculture, yiff exclusively refers either to sex between anthropomorphic animals, or pornographic depictions thereof.
Senses: glosses: To bark as or similar to a fox.
examples: text: Monsters snicker at me, succubi refuse to be seen with me, my dog tries to yiff my leg, shopkeepers say ‘No shirt, no shoes, no service’.
ref: 1997 October 17, StarChaser, “What to genocide”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet), message-ID <3448af39.75668367@169.132.11.13>:
text: And even if foxes are allowed to yiff more than once, I’d still have to wait for the vixen to come into heat.
ref: 1997 September 22, Locandez, “Hypothetical Question #3: acting natural”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet), message-ID <na.dab87347cd.a40040lyndale@argonet.co.uk>:
text: Well, i’ve witnessed male foxes queueing up to yiff one of my local vixens… repeatedly!
ref: 1997 September 23, MegaDog the Nettweiler, “Hypothetical Question #3: acting natural”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet), message-ID <1d3DsMAQZ$J0Ew2R@canismajor.demon.co.uk>:
glosses: Of animals, especially foxes, to mate
examples: text: I mean, the urge to yiff is a pretty weird thing to admit to. Not something you can just drop into conversation. But look at them, hundreds of them, all gathered together in a Vegas hotel, exchanging information and experiences, the knowledge of their rare urges ever growing.
ref: 2012, Joanne Reay, Romeo Spikes:
text: We can tell them how we never stop yiffing and we met at a Starbucks while wearing our suits.
ref: 2017, Joe Strike, Furry Nation: The True Story of America's Most Misunderstood Subculture, →ISBN:
glosses: Of furries, To have sexual intercourse.
glosses: To propose cybersex to someone.
Derived terms: yiffer
yiffy
yiffpile
yiffsuit
yiffable
yiffless
yiffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yiffers
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A long pole, used in scaffolding, that is made of fir.
yiffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yiffers
Etymology: From yiff + -er.
Senses: examples: "I am not at all a Yiffer or a beastiality freak and I generally look down upon those who are only in it for the sex." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.horror.werewolves/msg/d60c50e2089d6499
glosses: One who yiffs.
yiffiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of yiffy: most yiffy
yiffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: yĭfʹē
ipa: /ˈjɪfi/
rhymes: -ɪfi
Forms: form: yiffier
form: yiffiest
Etymology: From yiff + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It's just a list of furs who enjoy more adult, ie.^([sic]) yiffy, subject matter.
ref: 1999 March 22, Kelin, “Yiffy furs”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025:
glosses: Of or pertaining to yiff (sexual intercourse among furries).
examples: text: Hello world, I'm a big-breasted vixen
Come on, get yiffy!
A whole lot of spooge is what we'll be seein'
We'll make you yiffy!
ref: 1999 June 2, Andrew J. 'Neuracnu Coyote' Chinnici, “"Come On, Get Yiffy!"”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Sexually aroused.
Synonyms: sense: sexually aroused
word: sexy
sense: sexually aroused
word: horny
Derived terms: yiffiness
yiffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: "never do I ever equate yiffing between furries, whether they be between anthro to anthro, anthro to non-anthro or non-anthro to non-anthro species, where both partners are sentient, to be compared to bestiaitly or zoophilia." — https://web.archive.org/web/20080905010013/http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.lifestyle.furry/msg/3181e696d0ede98f
"Some furs are only able to get here at certain times of the week, and they may read your question about yiffing before seeing this message." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.lifestyle.furry/msg/d39dda448a8a5b77
glosses: present participle and gerund of yiff
yiffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: "Spam filtered AND slammed. Vixens yiffed." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.usenet/msg/7665be77a0de8553
ref: quotations "HE YIFFED ME IN THE MURR HOLE!!!!" — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.lifestyle.furry/msg/745a4023c3632640
glosses: simple past and past participle of yiff
yiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yiff
yiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yiff
simplified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpləfaɪd/
Forms: form: more simplified
form: most simplified
Senses: examples: text: With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise.
ref: 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 56:
glosses: Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.
examples: text: The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.
coordinate_terms: traditional
glosses: Relating to simplified Chinese.
Derived terms: Simplified Chinese
simplified expression
simplified sewerage
simplified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpləfaɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of simplify
simplified
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpləfaɪd/
Senses: coordinate_terms: traditional
glosses: Ellipsis of simplified Chinese.
gaslight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæslaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡæsˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: gaslights
form: gas light
form: gas-light
Etymology: From gas (“flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel”) + light.
Senses: examples: text: He was renovated and refreshed, his soul was strengthened, and his countenance waxed cheerful, and he began to feel like himself again, under the brown canopy of metropolitan smoke, and among the cabs and gaslights.
ref: [1871], J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Captain Lake Looks in at Nightfall”, in Wylder’s Hand: […] (Select Library of Fiction; 178), new edition, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 118:
text: Open the windows once in awhile^([sic]) and give the air a chance to circulate in and out. In the evening, do not forget that the lamps and gaslights are using up a goodly supply of oxygen also—so freshen things up a little, once in awhile.
ref: 1904, Yogi Ramacharaka [pseudonym; William Walker Atkinson], “Fresh Air”, in Hatha Yoga: Or The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-being […], Chicago, Ill.: Yogi Publication Society […], →OCLC, page 222:
synonyms: word: gas lamp
glosses: A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas (or town gas).
examples: text: A year since I strained my eyes very severely, and have never dared to use them much since by gaslight.
ref: 1887, Horatio Alger, Jr., “An Unexpected Engagement”, in Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy (The Alger Series for Boys), New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt, →OCLC, page 86:
text: Then as the darkness descended, they began to shine with the mellow radiance of gaslight.
ref: 1953 April, Henry Maxwell, “Abandoned Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 270:
glosses: The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
Hypernyms: lamp
light
Derived terms: gaslight romance
Related terms: word: gaslighter
word: gas lighter
word: gas-lighter
word: gaslighting
word: gas lighting
word: gas-lighting
word: gaslit
word: gas mantle