yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
go-along
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: go-alongs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An ethnographic method involving meeting and walking with members of the community being studied.
pos: noun
gloss: A person duped into accompanying thieves during a robbery.
pos: noun
tags: UK
obsolete
examples: A boy called Hewitt, awaiting transportation on the Euryalus hulk in the mid-1830s, told an interviewer that the swell-mob would often call into lodging-houses in order to recruit "go-alongs" for thieving expeditions: "boys are delighted [they] think it an honour to go with a swell-mob".
Translations:
grass-comber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: grass-combers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A country fellow; a rustic.
pos: noun
examples: Passenger.—What o'clock is it?
Mr. Adams.—That's not proper language for a ship. It becomes only a quill-driver, a grass-comber, or a sugar-baker.
Translations:
gully-raker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: gully-rakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cattle thief.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
slang
Translations:
great-great-nephew
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From great- + great-nephew.
Base: great-nephew
Affixes: great-
Inflected forms:
form: great-great-nephews
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of great-grandnephew.
pos: noun
Translations:
inam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Inflected forms:
form: inams
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: enam
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: enaum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The grant or gift of lands bestowed by the British Raj on an inamdar.
pos: noun
tags: India
historical
Translations:
martech
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of marketing technology, modeled on fintech etc.
Inflected forms:
form: martechs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: MarTech
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Martech
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Marketing technology; technology (usually information technology) used for marketing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: This chapter draws on the expertise of martech heavyweights to provide a practical guide to assembling a marketing technology stack and planning a martech strategy.
gloss: A marketing company.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
Espanyol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Espanyols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of RCD Espanyol, a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona.
pos: noun
Translations:
anti-scarp
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From anti- + scarp.
Base: scarp
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
form: anti-scarps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: antiscarp
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An uphill-facing scarp
pos: noun
Translations:
Miami-Dade
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Miami + Dade. From the Florida city of Miami, and its metropolitan region, and the former name of the county, Dade County.
Compound parts: Miami
Dade
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the County of Miami-Dade
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
intermezzo-like
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From intermezzo + -like.
Base: intermezzo
Affixes: -like
Inflected forms:
form: more intermezzo-like
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most intermezzo-like
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of an intermezzo.
pos: adj
Translations:
songket
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Malay songket, from Musi songket.
Inflected forms:
form: songkets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of cloth made of silk or cotton interwoven with metallic threads which form intricate patterns and motifs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
Paman
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Pama + -an.
Base: Pama
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in the Cape York region of northern Queensland.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Empire-grown
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of timber and other produce, grown in the British Empire and imported into Britain.
pos: adj
tags: historical
not-comparable
examples: Decorations and appointments: Stainless steel is generally employed for all fittings, while compartments are decorated with polished veneers of Empire-grown timbers.
Translations:
weight-saving
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: weight saving
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: weightsaving
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An intentional reduction in the weight of an object.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Because of attention to weight-saving No 5751 weighed much the same as the shorter Maunsell coaches.
Translations:
jacko
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From (laughing) jackass + -o.
Base: laughing jackass
Affixes: -o
Inflected forms:
form: jackos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: laughing kookaburra
pos: noun
tags: Australia
informal
Translations:
Pama-Maric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to a group of Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal languages and/or dialects spoken over much of Queensland, including Kuuk-Thaayorre, Wik-Mungkan, and Guugu Yimidhirr.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
good-neighbourly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more good-neighbourly
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most good-neighbourly
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: good-neighborly
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In the manner of a good, courteous, friendly neighbour.
pos: adj
tags: UK
examples: Although railways are normally excluded by statute from seeking planning permission for most of their works, the Trust thought it good-neighbourly to advise the local Ryedale District Council of its intentions.
Translations:
underglow
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From under- + glow.
Base: glow
Affixes: under-
Inflected forms:
form: underglows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: underglowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: underglowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: underglowed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: underglows
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To beam or radiate too little light; to glow insufficiently.
pos: verb
gloss: A glow underneath.
pos: noun
Translations:
obby
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Clipping of obstacle course + -y.
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: obbies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: obbys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An obstacle course.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: This obby is going to be a dungeon-style theme. Players will have to run down long corridors, avoid traps, make death-defying leaps, and run along cobblestone mazes. […] TRUST ME, YOU SHOULD MAKE OBBYS MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE.
Obstacle games can have potential for massive visits if it is a great obby.
Obstacle courses are very popular on Roblox. These games are usually called “obby” by Roblox players. In an average obby, you might need to jump across tiny platforms. Or slide down a twisting slope. Or both at once! An obby usually starts out easy and gets tougher as it goes.
The saga continues for Liz as she faces one obby after another.
Roblox is an online community where people do things together in virtual worlds, and over the years, we began referring to these worlds as experiences, as they better represent the wide range of 3D immersive places – from obbys to virtual concerts – that people can enjoy together with their friends.
Many of them are just making simple obbys for fun – there are over 40 million games, which means a lot of people have only made one or two games!
Translations:
swan-necked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From swan neck + -ed.
Base: swan neck
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more swan-necked
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most swan-necked
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Shaped like a swan's neck.
pos: adj
examples: Recent acquisitions include LMS open No 7991, formerly on the Severn Valley Railway, several wagons and a swan-necked water column.
"This is a particularly good example of a timber railway station, with its Royal connection giving rise to some outstanding internal and external detailing. The swan-necked iron lamps, the porte-cochère and outstanding decoration in the Royal waiting room set the station apart."
Translations:
run-flat
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
Inflected forms:
form: run-flats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of a pneumatic tire, designed to resist the effects of deflation when punctured, and to allow the vehicle to continue to be driven (although usually at a reduced speed).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A pneumatic tire designed to resist the effects of deflation when punctured, and to allow the vehicle to continue to be driven (although usually at a reduced speed).
pos: noun
Translations:
Kayapo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Cayapo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An indigenous people of Brazil, inhabiting a vast area spreading across the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Chauchat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Named after Colonel Louis Chauchat, who led the development project.
Inflected forms:
form: Chauchats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The standard light machine gun of the French army during World War I.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
well-received
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Given a positive reception, favourably regarded, generally welcomed.
pos: adj
examples: Miranda recommended we send you our Inferno armor. It's been well-received by our squad leaders in the Verge and so I'm passing a suit along to you.
Network Rail's proposals to lengthen platforms and redouble one or both of Calton North and South Tunnels have been well-received.
Translations:
geri-psych
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Syllabic abbreviation of geriatric-psychiatric.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a geri-psych unit
Translations:
green-violet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: green-violets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the genera Hybanthus, Pombalia, or certain others of flowering plants.
pos: noun
Translations:
super-superlatively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From super-superlative + -ly.
Base: super-superlative
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: supersuperlatively
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In a super-superlative manner.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
barbella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Botanical Latin
Inflected forms:
form: barbellae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a short, stiff, straight leaf hair.
pos: noun
Translations:
programme-maker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
Inflected forms:
form: programme-makers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: program-maker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person responsible for the creation of television or radio programmes.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: But there are, of course, TV programme-makers who see beyond the easy opportunities to show conflict and false jeopardy.
Translations:
well-fitted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more well-fitted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most well-fitted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Very suitable; appropriate.
pos: adj
gloss: Adapting well to one's natural body shape and size. (of clothing, etc.)
pos: adj
gloss: Fully equipped or furnished.
pos: adj
Translations:
well-adapted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more well-adapted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most well-adapted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Skillfully adjusted or modified to be of most use in a particular environment, situation, etc.
pos: adj
Translations:
Oppenheimer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Oppenheim + -er.
Base: Oppenheim
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Oppenheimers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A denizen of Oppenheim.
pos: noun
Translations:
sweat-cloth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sweat-cloths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A canvas cloth placed under a horse’s saddle.
pos: noun
gloss: A gambling game played with three dice and a staking-layout drawn on a sweat-cloth, or the equipment for this game.
pos: noun
examples: A Nicholas Creerly, has, in a Bucks county (Penn.) paper, in the uſual way, warned the public not to truſt his wife on his account, charging her with having deſtroyed his property, &c. His wife, in reply to this notice, ſays: “That he need not have taken this pains, as no perſon where he is known, will truſt her to the amount of a ſingle cent on his account, and as for bed and board, he never had any for her—and aſks how ſhe could deſtroy his property, when he never had any, except three dice, a sweat-cloth, and a rum bottle.”
What is a race-course but a convention of gambling hells out of doors, where, in a wider net, more of the weak and the vain are caught at the faro-bank or sweat-cloth, or induced in the excitement to bet on the horses?
Synonyms: chuck-a-luck
birdcage
Related words: crown and anchor
Translations:
weighing-in
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: weighing-ins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of undergoing a weigh-in, as before a boxing match or after a horserace.
pos: noun
Translations:
man-flu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A spelling variant of man flu
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
double-jabbed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: double jabbed
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a person, having received both doses (jabs) of a COVID vaccine.
pos: adj
tags: UK
US
neologism
not-comparable
examples: Double-jabbed adults will no longer be forced to isolate at home after coming into contact with someone with Covid, Boris Johnson has declared.
The requirement for double-jabbed people to isolate after contact with a positive case is due to end on 16 August, four weeks after the majority of England's Covid rules are set to end, to allow more people to be vaccinated.
Self-isolation will also be removed for arrivals from Amber list countries from July 19, if they have been double jabbed within a UK vaccine programme.
It comes just days before Freedom Day, with ministers urging everyone to get double jabbed.
Graham McLeod, from Bolton, who has been staying on on France's Atlantic coast, said he would also have to isolate despite being double-jabbed.
Starting yesterday, primary schools can arrange extra­curricular activities for pupils double-jabbed for more than two weeks after classes or during the other half of a school day.
Translations:
sketty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sket + -y.
Base: sket
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: skettier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: skettiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or resembling a sket.
pos: adj
tags: Multicultural-London-English
derogatory
Translations:
Kadazan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Kadazans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Kadazan
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group in Sabah, Malaysia, with some similarities to the Dusuns.
pos: noun
Translations:
Heineken
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from German Heineken.
Inflected forms:
form: Heinekens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Anything that reaches parts that other things cannot (after a slogan for the Heineken brand of beer).
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Some prominent advocates have therefore suggested that PFI is the 'Heineken' of privatisation, reaching hitherto untouched parts of the government machine (Kerr 1998: 18).
For me REBT is the Heineken of therapies, reaching humorous parts of myself that other therapies cannot reach.
Translations:
Budweiser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Budweis + -er.
Base: Budweis
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Budweisers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A denizen of Budweis (Budovicium), Bohemia.
pos: noun
examples: [...] the inhabitants of Budweis identified primarily as Budweisers and loyal subjects of the Habsburg Empire.
Translations:
kingston
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: kingstons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: monkfish, angel shark (Squatina squatina)
pos: noun
Translations:
sawzall
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A genericization of the trademark Sawzall.
Inflected forms:
form: sawzalls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of reciprocating saw, a tool similiar to a thick, long-bladed electric jigsaw used to saw through most things, favored for demolition.
pos: noun
Translations:
addiction-like
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From addiction + -like.
Base: addiction
Affixes: -like
Inflected forms:
form: more addiction-like
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most addiction-like
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling an addiction.
pos: adj
Translations:
kirkland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From kirk + land.
Compound parts: kirk
land
Inflected forms:
form: kirklands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Land owned by the church.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
especially
plural
Translations:
cuckoo-roller
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cuckoo-rollers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bird, of the species Leptosomus discolor of the order Leptosomiformes, native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
pos: noun
Translations:
track-circuiting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From track circuit + -ing.
Base: track circuit
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The provision of track circuits.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Other signalling modernisation works cover the provision of track circuiting and colour-light signalling in a large number of localities, where the existing signalling systems are inadequate to deal efficiently with the higher speeds and frequency of the future services.
[...] full track-circuiting throughout the area is to be carried over the Royal Albert Bridge so that the employment of single-line tokens over this single-line section can be abandoned.
Translations:
fully-fitted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
form: fully fitted
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Usually of a freight train, having all brakes connected to the brake pipe running throughout the train, thus being under the control of the train driver.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: They will be called upon to deal with freight trains of up to 900 tons over gradients considerably steeper than those of the Central Section—for example, the frequent stretches of 1 in 100 between Victoria and the Medway towns—and their running to fast schedules will include the haulage of the "Night Ferry", which may load up to as much as 700 tons, and fully-fitted trains of 30 or more heavy Continental train ferry wagons.
Antonyms: unfitted
Translations:
kojic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Only used in kojic acid
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Active compounds included 2-hydroxy-derivatives of benzoic acid and benzaldehyde, 3-hydroxygamma-pyrones (kojic and meconic acids, but not chelidonic acid), […]
It was postulated that both kojic and comenic acids could form tautomer forms [...] which was not possible for maltol.
This conclusion is confirmed by the conversion of both kojic and comenic acids (XVIII) into the same methyldihydroxypyridine (XIX).
[…] arbutin is believed to be less potent than kojic and azelaic acid.
Translations:
doggystyle
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
Inflected forms:
form: doggystyles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: doggystyling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: doggystyled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: doggystyled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To have doggy style sex with (as the active or insertive partner).
pos: verb
tags: mainly
slang
transitive
Translations:
taker-backer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: taker-backers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who takes something back, especially one unfairly demanding the return of a gift previously given.
pos: noun
tags: humorous
Translations:
T-beam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
construction
engineering
manufacturing
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: T-beams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
pos: noun
examples: The T-beam is designed to economize in this respect by concentrating the concrete, where it is most effective, near the compressive side of the beam.
Similar to doubly reinforced sections, the T-beam detailed in Figure 3.7(6)(a) may be ‘decomposed’ into a web-beam and a flange-beam […]
Translations:
G-form
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From German Grundstamm.
Inflected forms:
form: G-forms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The base form of a verb (as opposed to its extended verb forms), particularly in the Semitic languages
pos: noun
examples: Form I is the base, or ground, form of the verb and will be referred to henceforth as the "G-form," the Semitic designation, from Grundstamm (“base stem”)
Koranic Arabic verbs don't occur only with -a-a- vowels — like kataba ‘he wrote’ — in the Pf-stems of their active G-forms: some transitive action verbs like šariba ‘drink’ and several stative and psychological verbs like ḥasiba ‘suppose’ have i as their second stem vowel, [...]
Translations:
blubber-lip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: blubber-lips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thick or swollen lip.
pos: noun
examples: This fellow from Aberdeen hither did skip, / With a waxy face, and a blubber lip, […]
Translations:
hi-yah
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Accompanying an attacking move in (parodies of) Eastern martial arts such as karate.
pos: intj
tags: humorous
often
examples: She leaped down beside him and took a karate stance. “Hi-yah!” she shouted. She kicked as high as she could, first with one foot, then with the other.
I double over and hear a karate ninja sound. “Hi Yah!” A sharp chop to my neck brings me down to the floor. What just happened?
Translations:
blubber-lipped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more blubber-lipped
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most blubber-lipped
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a thick or swollen lip.
pos: adj
Translations:
double-jab
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: double-jabs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: double-jabbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: double-jabbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: double-jabbed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To administer two injections to someone over a course of time.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
bed-and-breakfasting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The use of bed-and-breakfast deals.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In the case of equities and unit trusts, etc, this can be done by bed and breakfasting (selling one afternoon and buying back first thing the following morning), but care needs to be taken especially in the present volatile state of the stock market.
Translations:
moonlight-and-magnolia
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to romanticized historical portrayals of the American South, often depicting slavery in a positive light.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Here the myth of a moonlight-and-magnolia South founders on dry empirical realities.
The romantic South of myth and legend, the “moonlight and magnolia” South with which plantation epics captured the national imagination in the era of the Lost Cause, has acquired a nightmarish quality; […]
If a white employer could take so much interest in the child of a black employee, in whom he had no property interest, that would illustrate—as did Hentz's other fiction—the moonlight and magnolia world of Southerners' concern for their slaves.
Translations:
ozzie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From a pronunciation of hospital with h-dropping, + -ie.
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: ozzies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hospital.
pos: noun
tags: Northern
UK
slang
examples: I became most distressed when talking to a man from Liverpool who said he was going up the ozzie? I thought he was planning to examine an Australian, but it turned out he was going to the hospital.
What a way to start the new century – in the ozzie or a police cell.
Translations:
goose-flesher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From goose flesh + -er.
Base: goose flesh
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: goose-fleshers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A frightening or thrilling work of fiction.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: […]the best thing to do is to curl up with a good goose-flesher and try to forget, and fortunately I had packed among my effects one called Murder at Greystone Grange.
Translations:
half-pass
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
Inflected forms:
form: half-passes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: half-passes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: half-passing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: half-passed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: half-passed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: In dressage, a movement in which the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time
pos: noun
gloss: To perform a half-pass
pos: verb
Translations:
hand-sling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: hand-slings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: handsling
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hand sling
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: in the madison, the act of propelling one's teammate into the race by linking hands
pos: noun
Translations:
aurelian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From aurelia + -an.
Base: aurelia
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: more aurelian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most aurelian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to or resembling an aurelia; gold-coloured, golden.
pos: adj
examples: Reverts his face, and pausing flings / Soft showers of roses from aurelian wings.
Translations:
kallah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: kallahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A meeting of yeshiva students for discussion and studying.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
Translations:
pea-combed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a pea comb.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
cuh
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of cousin. Compare English cuz.
Inflected forms:
form: cuhs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A term of address.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
all-woman
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Consisting only of women.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an all-woman rowing team
gloss: (Of a woman) Having a voluptuous figure, especially naturally.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
Translations:
weak-eyed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more weak-eyed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most weak-eyed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having poor eyesight.
pos: adj
examples: I foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a rapacious and pitiless folly.
Translations:
weak-chinned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more weak-chinned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most weak-chinned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking a prominent or imposing chin.
pos: adj
Translations:
got-up
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From get up (“to dress [extravagantly]”).
Inflected forms:
form: more got-up
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most got-up
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of clothing, styled extravagantly.
pos: adj
examples: His starched collars and got-up shirt-fronts were achievements of character.
Translations:
Asmat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Asmats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Asmat
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of an ethnic group of New Guinea, residing in the Papua province of Indonesia.
pos: noun
Translations:
literal-minded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more literal-minded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most literal-minded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to take things literally, without understanding subtext, etc.
pos: adj
examples: When spiritual knowledge is lost, then literal-minded fools go around slaying relatives or cutting out hearts and lifting them up to the sun.
Translations:
liwan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic ليوان.
Inflected forms:
form: liwans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes, often open to the outside.
pos: noun
Translations:
wax-candle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English wax-candul, waxe candel, wax candill, from Old English weaxcandel, equivalent to wax + candle.
Base: wax
Inflected forms:
form: wax-candles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wax candle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A candle made of wax.
pos: noun
examples: To determine to what the ordinary variations in the quantity of light emitted by a common wax-candle might amount , I took such a candle , and , lighting it and placed it before the photometer, […]
The artist said: "Well! you'll go out and buy for me five francs' worth of wax-candles while I go and see the cooper."
There was a delicate scent of dried rose-leaves; the light by which the minister was reading was a wax-candle in a white earthenware candle-stick, […]
No wax-candle can shine like two childish eyes!
Translations:
e-diesel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + diesel.
Base: diesel
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic diesel fuel for use in automobiles.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Hurri
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The ancient Hurrian people.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
sulphur-free
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sulphur + -free.
Base: sulphur
Affixes: -free
Inflected forms:
form: sulfur-free
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not containing any sulphur.
pos: adj
tags: UK
not-comparable
examples: Bateman added: "In addition, HVO is sulphur-free, so it is less corrosive in our engines. [...]."
Translations:
trans-affirmative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From trans- + affirmative.
Base: affirmative
Affixes: trans-
Inflected forms:
form: more trans-affirmative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most trans-affirmative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Affirming the validity of transgender identity; affirming that trans identity is not wrong or bad.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: trans-affirmative clinical care
Translations:
shelter-in-place
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of the danger rather than evacuating and seeking refuge elsewhere.
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
Translations:
self-deliver
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + deliver.
Base: deliver
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
form: self-delivers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: self-delivering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: self-delivered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: self-delivered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To provide what is needed oneself, e.g. by on-site manufacture from raw materials.
pos: verb
examples: Senior Project Manager Mark Clapp says: "There is so much space here that we can self-deliver all the final materials we need for the tunnels and viaduct. All the raw materials are brought in via the M25 slip road, so we are pretty much self-contained."
Translations:
cross-tunnel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross- + tunnel.
Base: tunnel
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
form: cross-tunnels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tunnel linking two parallel main tunnels.
pos: noun
examples: Despite launching more than a month earlier than Cecilia, Florence is actually due to re-emerge an estimated six weeks later. This is because all of the cross-tunnels to link the main bores will be mined from Florence 's side.
Translations:
high-density
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: higher-density
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: highest-density
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That has a higher than normal density.
pos: adj
examples: MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days.
Translations:
coal-rolling
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: coal rolling
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: coal rolling
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The activity of the verb to roll coal.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Engaging in the action of the verb to roll coal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
coal-rolled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more coal-rolled
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most coal-rolled
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been enveloped in a cloud of soot from the exhaust of a coal roller, who rolled coal, who engaged in coal-rolling.
pos: adj
Translations:
superfortress
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From super- + fortress.
Base: fortress
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
form: superfortresses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A massive and heavily protected fortress.
pos: noun
gloss: A bomber aeroplane that is larger than and superior to by being technically advanced compared to the Boeing B-17 "flying fortress", specifically the Boeing B-29 long-range heavy bomber aeroplane that was developed during the early 1940s.
pos: noun
examples: These women flew fighter planes and B-29 superfortresses as test pilots as well as ferry pilots.
Translations:
eclectica
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Eclectic items considered as a whole.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: "It's a Mecca of eclectica. One of Melrose Avenue's oldest."
Translations:
ever-varying
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Always varying.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
ever-moving
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Always moving.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Oglala
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Ogalala
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people, living mainly on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
cold-eyed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more cold-eyed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cold-eyed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
pos: adj
examples: Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.
Translations:
aerotropolis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of aero- + metropolis.
Compound parts: aero-
metropolis
Inflected forms:
form: aerotropolises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aerotropoli
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A city that has grown up around a pre-existing airport.
pos: noun
Translations:
Efik
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Efiks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Efik
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of an ethnic group located primarily in southeastern Nigeria.
pos: noun
examples: The Efik people of Calabar, along with several other ethnic groups in the Cross River region, believed that twins were an evil omen.
Translations:
Egba
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A subgroup of the Yoruba people.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Elberta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Elbertas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large, sweet variety of peach.
pos: noun
Translations:
half-rate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: At half the usual rate; half-price.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Half-rate tickets are available for children and there are substantial reductions for families travelling together.
Translations:
well-served
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Inflected forms:
form: more well-served
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most well-served
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Accommodated well; amply provided with something; having in abundance.
pos: adj
examples: The guests were well-served with food.
gloss: (of a gun, artillery, etc.) Operated well.
pos: adj
Translations:
pumpy
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: more pumpy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pumpy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pumpies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Intense on the forearms.
pos: adj
examples: a pumpy climb
gloss: A pump action shotgun.
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
examples: Hold tight, Asznee (my brudda) / He's got the pumpy (big ting) / Hold tight, my man (my guy) / He's got the frisbee (shew)
Translations:
rough-dressed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of building stone, not smooth, uncut.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Beyond the junction for the Meltham branch the Penistone line comes to Lockwood Viaduct, which carries the track 122 ft. above the River Holme. [...] The first stone was laid on April 20, 1846, and 30,000 cu. yds. of rough-dressed stone went into its construction.
Translations:
ligma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the phonetic similarity to lick my (balls). Modelled after Hellenic terms such as sigma, omega, tagma, etc. as an intentional misdirection.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A notional disease mentioned to trick the interlocutor into inquiring as to its nature, whereupon the speaker responds by saying ligma balls (lick my balls) as a prank.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
humorous
uncountable
examples: "Hey, have you heard of ligma?" "What's ligma?" "Ligma balls!"
If you've been online for the past 24 hours, you may have heard of a mysterious illness called "Ligma". The internet is going crazy after an internet personality, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins supposedly died from the new disease.
Recent reports said that Youtube^([sic]) and Fortnite content creator Fe4rLess died of a medical condition called Ligma.
Later on, Heafy did issue an apology towards Machine Gun Kelly following these comments. "I’d like to publicly apologize for my tasteless comments about MGK," he said. "I just found out he's been afflicted by the Ligma variant. It’s really getting real out there. Thoughts and prayers homie."
Pranksters fooled some media members into thinking they'd been laid off by Elon Musk soon after his Twitter takeover. In reality, they were making reference to a common internet joke involving testicles. […] one of the pranksters had told reporters their name was "Rahul Ligma."
Translations:
lumpkin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: After Tony Lumpkin, an ignorant young man in Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1771; first performed 1773).
Inflected forms:
form: lumpkins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A clumsy, heavy, stupid, silly or blundering person.
pos: noun
Translations:
ofo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Igbo ọ̀fọ.
Inflected forms:
form: ofos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An Igbo staff of authority.
pos: noun
Translations:
hog-tub
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hog-tubs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hogtub
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hog tub
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A trough or vat from which pigs or other domestic animals drink; and also a place where slaughtered pigs are soaked in boiling water so that their bristles can be scraped off, sometimes also filled with refuse or used for an other purpose.
pos: noun
Translations:
geo-military
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: geomilitary
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Concerning the military in the context of geography; pertaining to the military when applied across borders.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
gate-to-wire
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: From start to finish. (Usually used to describe a horse that wins a race by leading throughout, or its victory.)
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: Authentic led the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Classic at every point of call en route to a gate-to-wire victory.
Translations:
COVID-positive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Infected with the COVID-19 virus.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A COVID-positive Indonesian man has disguised himself as his wife so that he could board a domestic flight, an official in Jakarta said.
Translations:
Italo-Hellenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Italo- + Hellenic.
Base: Hellenic
Affixes: Italo-
Inflected forms:
form: more Italo-Hellenic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Italo-Hellenic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to both Italy and ancient Greece.
pos: adj
examples: The idea of a new Italo-Hellenic empire was not new, but Caesar was the first to grasp it, and systematically to carry it out.
Translations:
spin-doctored
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From spin doctor.
Inflected forms:
form: more spin-doctored
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most spin-doctored
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Manipulated to appear in a more favorable light.
pos: adj
examples: In this spin-doctored version of events, the prime minister was returning from a royal banquet at Windsor Castle, when he received an unexpected call to say his culture secretary was resigning.
Translations:
technos
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From technology, by analogy with telos. The actual etymon of technology is τέχνη (tékhnē).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The technological means.
pos: noun
examples: But confusion persists because of the more contentious issue between the technos and the telos of music and art making in general, the instruments versus the purposes to which they are put, the means and the ends.
the collapsing of bios and technos into each other is not only politically naive, producing a completely reified grand narrative of technology as the true agent and telos of natural and (in)human history
In Lewis' view, such societies are cut off from an appreciation of the past, committed to the utopian ideal of unlimited progress, self-satisfied, concerned with technos rather than telos, and skeptical about reason.
Translations:
two-pronged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From two + pronged.
Base: two
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having two prongs or similar parts; bifurcated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Baganda
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The Ganda people of Uganda.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
bakula
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bakulas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The tree Mimusops elengi.
pos: noun
tags: India
Translations:
Bangash
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Bungish
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Bangakh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A tribe of ethnic Pashtuns whose traditional homeland stretches from Kohat to Tall and Spīn Ghar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, as well as smaller parts of Paktia, Afghanistan.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Barotse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The Lozi ethnic group of southern Africa.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Bhutia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A community of Sikkimese people living in the state of Sikkim in northeastern India, who speak Drenjongke or Sikkimese.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
brahmachari
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: brahmacharis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A man who practises brahmacharya.
pos: noun
Translations:
Itsekiri
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Itsekiri Ìtsẹ̀kírì.
Inflected forms:
form: Itsekiris
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the multi-ethnical cultural group of people living mostly in Delta State, Nigeria.
pos: noun
Translations:
EBT
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Template:init of
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: on EBT
Whenever we went shopping, she’d have to go figure out how much money she had left on our EBT card, receding to a corner to call customer service, because she inevitably lost the last receipt.
Some 35 states, all five US territories and four tribes have told the US Department of Agriculture that they will participate in Summer EBT this year, covering about 70% of the children eligible for the program.
Translations: