yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
demotivational
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
Anglo-Norman motifder.
Middle French motifder.
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Late Latin moveō
Late Latin mōtus
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Late Latin -īvus
Late Latin mōtīvumder.
Middle English motif
English motive
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English motivation
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English motivational
English demotivational
From de- + motivational.
Inflected forms:
form: more demotivational
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most demotivational
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending or intended to demotivate.
pos: adj
examples: But could a demotivational process have begun in prelinguistic times and what we see today be a continuation of that?
Translations:
half-century
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: half-centuries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A period of fifty years, half of a century.
pos: noun
examples: The Dutch population has grown rapidly in the last half-century and its increase has been matched by an expansion of industry, with the result that the same period has seen the Netherlands develop from a mainly agricultural to an industrial country.
gloss: A score of 50 runs by a single batsman in one innings
pos: noun
examples: He brought up his half-century with a powerful drive past offspinner Dan Cullen, whose seven overs cost 0-52.
gloss: A score of 50 points in a single game.
pos: noun
examples: Selby's charge continued with a half-century in the 30th frame and a fluked red set him on the way to winning the 31st frame.
Related words: quarter-century
Translations:
presider
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From preside + -er.
Base: preside
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: presiders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who presides; a leader, an overseer, a president.
pos: noun
Translations:
couponing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From coupon + -ing.
Base: coupon
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: couponning
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The use or distribution of money-saving coupons.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Direct mail couponing delivers a redemption rate 3 times greater than that of newspapers, magazines or even preprinted inserts.
In addition, couponing is being used in industries not traditionally associated with the practice. Breweries, for example, are experimenting with it in the 14 states in which couponing for alcoholic beverages is legal.
2011?, Lisa DeGirolamo, How to Use Coupons to Save Big Money at the Grocery Store
Before I mastered the art of couponing I was spending $1200 a month at the grocery store to feed my family of four.
Translations:
gang-fuck
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From gang + fuck.
Compound parts: gang
fuck
Inflected forms:
form: gang-fucks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gang-fucking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gang-fucked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gang-fucked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To engage in group sex.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
vulgar
gloss: To take turns having sex with someone or something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
vulgar
examples: Then they rigged up a harness under his arms and hoisted him up off the floor to a beam and gang-fucked him—[…]
Related words: gang bang
group sex
orgy
Translations:
Jura-Triassic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Hunterian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Hunter + -ian.
Base: Hunter
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: more Hunterian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Hunterian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to William Hunter (1718–1783), anatomist.
pos: adj
examples: the Hunterian museum at the University of Glasgow
gloss: Of or pertaining to John Hunter (1728–1793), surgeon.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to William Wilson Hunter (1840–1900), historian and statistician.
pos: adj
Translations:
Indology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Indo- + -logy.
Base: Indo
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The academic study of the history, culture, and languages of India, the Indian subcontinent, and (often) of South Asia entirely.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The academic study of the history, culture, and languages of India, the Indian subcontinent, and (often) of South Asia entirely.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Related words: Indologian
Indological
Indologist
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 印度學 /印度学
roman: yìndùxué
lang: Czech
word: indologie
lang: Danish
word: indologi
lang: Finnish
word: indologia
lang: German
word: Indologie
lang: Hindi
word: भारतविद्या
roman: bhāratvidyā
lang: Italian
word: indologia
lang: Italian
word: indianistica
lang: Kazakh
word: үндітану
roman: ündıtanu
lang: Malay
word: kaji India
lang: Malay
word: indologi
lang: Tamil
word: இந்தியவியல்
roman: intiyaviyal
Indological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Indology + -ical.
Base: Indology
Affixes: -ical
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Indology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bodyfat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From body + fat.
Compound parts: body
fat
Inflected forms:
form: body fat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: BF
pos: noun
tags: alternative
initialism
Senses:
gloss: Fat stored in the form of adipose tissue.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: bodyfat distribution
bodyfat percentage
gloss: Body fat percentage.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: to have low bodyfat
Derived words: body fat redistribution syndrome
Translations:
horse-hung
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a large penis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: I was in a seated position, my ass resting on the stranger's fantastic endowment. My hands reached behind me for support, but the horse-hung mystery man had me, his arms clamped around my chest.
His young playmate had mentioned the Club had lost its only horse-hung top and the members were unhappy about that.
"This damned thing", as it turns out, is his cock, which he manhandles for additional emphasis, squeezes, twists, pets, prods, paws, with an accompanying little dance, complete with knee squats that finally, it would seem, provide his hard prick with a better-than-original alignment. As well, I might add, as making it all the more evident that the kid is not only cowboy-cute but cowboy-horse hung.
gloss: Large.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: The more muscle a man had the harder Drew's cock got, especially if he was black, especially if his skin was a dark as chocolate and his crotch bulged with a horse hung dick and nuts the size of billiard balls.
The marine sergeant drifted off for a moment, his legs relaxed while his fucking horse-hung dick began to soften enough for the sailor's stretched out lips to ease up somewhat.
With one hand, he positions the bulbous head of my horse-hung cock at his asshole and then resumes crawling his butt into me, letting his ass channel muscles grab my cock and pull it inside him.
Synonyms: macrophallic
Related words: hung like a horse
well hung
well-hung
Translations:
hardtail
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hard + tail.
Compound parts: hard
tail
Inflected forms:
form: hardtails
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: (A) jack (edible fish of the genus Caranx or Trachurus).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A bicycle or motorcycle without rear suspension.
pos: noun
gloss: A small scombrid, especially a little tunny or bonito.
pos: noun
tags: New-England
examples: But if fishing for striped bass is a piscatorial religion, then fishing for hardtails is its cultish counterpart.
Hardtail invasion all over the island: bonito, albies, Spanish/chub/Atlantic/frigate mackerel, even skipjack tuna.
gloss: A mule.
pos: noun
tags: US
dated
slang
uncountable
examples: He'll ride a horse now and then, but he prefers them long-eared hardtails.
Translations:
whataboutery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From what about + -ery.
Originally used in describing political discourse during the Northern Ireland troubles, it has also found use in discussions of the origins of other prolonged sectarian conflicts, such as the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Base: what about
Affixes: -ery
Inflected forms:
form: whatabouteries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Protesting at hypocrisy; responding to criticism by accusing one's opponent of similar or worse faults.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
informal
uncountable
examples: Criticism is stereotyped as 'civil servant bashing' or the weapon of whataboutery is unsheathed: official statements accelerate about inefficient private sector management.
As the noble Lord, Lord Tebbit, will know, we have in Northern Ireland what we have referred to over the years as "whataboutery". When one talks about the atrocities of the IRA, someone from the other side will say, "Ah, but what about?" I have lived with that for 30 years in Northern Ireland. There is a lot of "whataboutery".
The danger is that remembrance is used for self-righteousness, self-justification, point-scoring and what-about-ery.
In terms of dealing with the past, whataboutery is premised on the denial of the truths of the 'other' as a way to highlight the innocence and moral integrity of one's own experiences. Previous commentaries on prospects for truth recovery in Northern Ireland have noted the concern that a formal truth process could become a forum for the institutionalisation of whataboutery (McEvoy 2006).
We know a lot of people around us who would resort to whataboutery or hypocrisy when it is upon them to take a stand.
gloss: Protesting at inconsistency; refusing to act in one instance unless similar action is taken in other similar instances.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
informal
uncountable
examples: They are skilled in whataboutery: the art of avoiding the issue.
As Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson writes, "War in Libya is justifiable only if we are going to hold compliant dictators to the same standard we set for defiant ones." This line of argument has surfaced in nearly every debate about Western military intervention since the end of the Cold War. The British even have a term for it: whataboutery. If you are prepared to go to war to protect Libyan civilians from their government, then what about the persecuted in Bahrain?
And this also is when activists who advocate eco-friendly celebrations are countered with whataboutery on crackers:“What about animal slaughter done by other religion?” “What about industrial pollution?” “Don’t you pollute air by taking out your car?” “If you are talking against this you should also talk about that, otherwise you are biased,” etc. etc.
Related words: whataboutism
nothing-buttery
what-iffery
Translations:
Dard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the name in Dardic. The name's meaning and origin are unknown. Ancient Greek travelers mentioned a warrior group Δαδικοί (Dadikoí) or Δάρδαι (Dárdai) living in the area, Dadikai appears to be the Persian name derived from the Daradas given in the Puranic sources. Kalhana, in Rajatarangini, mentions the Darads as residing to the north of Kashmir. Also see Daradas and Sanskrit दरद (darada).
Inflected forms:
form: Dards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of an ethnic group mainly from northern Pakistan, Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan.
pos: noun
Translations:
Dayak
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Dayaks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Dayak
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Dyak
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Term referring to the indigenous ethnic groups of Borneo.
pos: noun
Translations:
privat-docent
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From German Privatdozent.
Inflected forms:
form: privat-docents
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: privat docent
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A lecturer who may teach without supervision by a professor
pos: noun
Translations:
unbias
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + bias.
Base: bias
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: unbiases
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: unbiasses
pos: verb
tags: present
rare
singular
third-person
form: unbiasing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: unbiassing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
rare
form: unbiased
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: unbiased
pos: verb
tags: past
form: unbiassed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
form: unbiassed
pos: verb
tags: past
rare
Senses:
gloss: To free (someone or something) from bias or prejudice.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: But before Things proceed to open Violence, the trueſt Service a private Man may hope to do his Country, is by unbiaſſing his Mind as much as poſſible, and then endeavoring to moderate between the Rival Powers, […]
Translations:
towny
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From town + -y (adjectival suffix).
Base: town
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: townier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: towniest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Characteristic of a town.
pos: adj
examples: The cousin might get the farm at Elias's death; but there was no telling. Elias didn't like him. He and his family were too towny for Elias. There was a danger that Elias might put the farm up for public auction, and live his latter days on the price.
Translations:
hajjah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hajjahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A female hajji.
pos: noun
Translations:
qalandar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar), possibly a re-borrowing through Arabic of original Persian کلندر (kalandar) "a rough, uncouth man" from Classical Persian کلند (kaland, kuland) "rough, unshaved, unsmoothed".
Inflected forms:
form: qalandars
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: calender
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.
pos: noun
Translations:
taqiyya
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Arabic تَقِيَّة (taqiyya).
Inflected forms:
form: taqiyah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: taqīyah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: takiyya
pos: noun
tags: alternative
uncommon
Senses:
gloss: Religious dissimulation while under threat or persecution.
pos: noun
tags: Shia
especially
uncountable
gloss: Alleged deception by Muslim extremists (or Muslims in general) to spread Islam.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
uncountable
Synonyms: crypto-Islam
Translations:
erodium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: erodiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
pos: noun
Translations:
jawar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi जवार (javār).
Inflected forms:
form: jawars
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jawari
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jooar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jowar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jowari
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: juari
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jowarry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jowaur
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jowarree
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: juarree
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
pos: noun
tags: India
uncountable
usually
examples: Sharankumar Limbale also recalls vividly […] how his grandmother collected remnants of undigested jowar grains from cow dung, washed and then dried them in the sun.
Translations:
pathy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the suffix -pathy.
Inflected forms:
form: pathies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A therapy
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: So, no doubt, it may be applied to hydropathy, and to every other sort of pathy, and the result will be that every sort of pathy cures not all persons, but many persons...
Translations:
drysuit
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From dry + suit.
Compound parts: dry
suit
Inflected forms:
form: drysuits
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An inflatable suit to provide thermal insulation to the wearer and keep them dry while immersed in water.
pos: noun
Translations:
hay-asthma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A severe form of hay fever in which asthma is one of the distressing symptoms of the later stage.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
brey
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: breys
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: breyed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: breyed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc.
pos: verb
tags: South-Africa
transitive
Translations:
DRY
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
Inflected forms:
form: DRYer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: DRYest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: DRYs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: DRYing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: DRYed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: DRYed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible.
pos: adj
gloss: To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.
pos: verb
Translations:
jizzy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From jizz + -y.
Base: jizz
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: more jizzy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most jizzy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Covered with ejaculate.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: I threw my jizzy sheets in the washing machine before my mum could find them.
gloss: Resembling or having the qualities of semen.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: No offense or anything, but this soup tastes a little jizzy. You'd better not have put any special ingredients in here.
Synonyms: spunky
Translations:
pole-smoker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From pole + smoker.
Compound parts: pole
smoker
Inflected forms:
form: pole-smokers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who performs fellatio.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
gloss: A gay man.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
offensive
slang
vulgar
examples: God once upon a time thought it was appropriate to have pole-smokers like me killed with rocks […]
Related words: smoke pole
Translations:
mandy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The drug MDMA.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
uncountable
Translations:
crowd-poisoning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: crowd-poisonings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
kayser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named after Heinrich Kayser.
Inflected forms:
form: kaysers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A unit of wavenumber in the CGS system of units, equivalent to the number of waves in one centimeter.
pos: noun
Translations:
langley
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named in 1947 after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906).
Inflected forms:
form: langleys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A unit of heat transmission in the CGS system of units. It is equivalent to 41,840 J/m² in SI units. Symbol: Ly.
pos: noun
Translations:
quarter-evil
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: symptomatic anthrax, blackleg
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The increased demand for this preparation within the last few weeks tends to show the intimate connection between the disease quarter-evil and rainfall.
Translations:
nasolacrimal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From naso- + lacrimal.
Base: lacrimal
Affixes: naso-
Inflected forms:
form: nasolachrymal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the nose and the lacrimal apparatus.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
relational
Translations:
money-guard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: money-guards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: money guard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who guards money for someone else, often to prevent it from being spent on unscheduled needs.
pos: noun
examples: Hamid himself also used a money-guard, storing $8 with his employer while waiting for an opportunity to send it down to the family home.
Translations:
L-driver
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: L-drivers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who is learning to drive.
pos: noun
Translations:
legendry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From legend + -ry.
Base: legend
Affixes: -ry
Inflected forms:
form: legendries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Legends in general; mythology.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: All the legendry, of course, white and Indian alike, died down during the nineteenth century, except for occasional atavistical flareups.
Translations:
debaser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From debase + -er.
Base: debase
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: debasers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, debases.
pos: noun
examples: […]a most jealous and barbarous governor, a debaser of the Roman empire, a corrupter of all that was good[…]
Translations:
trunkline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: transport
Etymology: From trunk + line.
Compound parts: trunk
line
Inflected forms:
form: trunklines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any road under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Transportation.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
honey-mouthed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From honey + mouthed.
Compound parts: honey
mouthed
Inflected forms:
form: more honey-mouthed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most honey-mouthed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: (in a positive sense) Having a sweet and smooth voice; eloquent.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: 1627, John Donne, Fifty Sermons, London: M.F., J. Marriot & R. Royston, 1649, Volume 2, Sermon 42, p. 386,
Truely, when I reade a Sermon of Chrysostome, or of Chrysologus, or of Ambrose, Men, who carry in the very signification of their Names, and in their Histories, the attributes of Hony mouthed, and Golden-mouthed Men, I finde my selfe oftentimes, more affected, with the very Citation, and Application of some sentence of Scripture, in the middest or end of one of their Sermons, then with any witty, or forcible passage of their owne.
[…] they had much profitable conversation, McCampbell quoting the doctrines of a rabbi called John Calvin, and our grandfather’s grandfather replying with Talmud and Torah till McCampbell would almost weep that such a honey-mouthed scholar should be destined to eternal damnation.
gloss: (in a negative sense) Indirect, delivering a message in a way that will make it seem more pleasant to the hearer(s); seductive, persuasive.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: Now to thintent thou mayest playnly beholde and Iudge rightly of these hony mouthed false feynyng flatterours and auncient enemyes of Christes religion the better and more readily […]
He must be told on’t, and he shall: the office
Becomes a woman best; I’ll take’t upon me:
If I prove honey-mouth’d let my tongue blister
And never to my red-look’d anger be
The trumpet any more.
1858, George Eliot, “Janet’s Repentance” in Scenes of Clerical Life, London: William Blackwood, Volume 2, Chapter 7, p. 151,
“ […] Tryan’s sermons […] [are] not at all what I expected—dull, stupid things—nothing of the roaring fire-and-brimstone sort that I expected.”
“Roaring? No; Tryan’s as soft as a sucking dove—one of your honey-mouthed hypocrites.”
Related words: honey-lipped
honey-tongued
mellifluous
silver-tongued
Translations:
well-doing
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The practice of doing good; virtuousness, good conduct.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: If we take not the law of weldoing from our selves: if impunity be justice in us: to how many kindes of treacherie are we daily to abandon our selves?
But I will not have your murderous propensities interfere with Emily's well-doing.
gloss: virtuous
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
fuckton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From fuck + ton (“large amount”).
Compound parts: fuck
ton
Inflected forms:
form: fucktons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fucktonne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fuck ton
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fuck tonne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fuck-ton
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A large amount.
pos: noun
tags: humorous
often
slang
vulgar
Translations:
cross-infection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross- + infection.
Base: infection
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
form: cross-infections
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: mutual infection between infected objects, animals, etc
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
bonus-point
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That secures a bonus point.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: England put themselves within sight of the World Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable bonus-point victory over Romania in Dunedin.
Translations:
open-side
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
Inflected forms:
form: open-sides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: the portion of the field which is larger as measured from a scrum or breakdown to the touchline
pos: noun
gloss: a position in the last row of forwards on that side, more fully open-side flanker, designated with number 7
pos: noun
gloss: a player in that position
pos: noun
examples: Up front, skipper and open-side Lewis Moody looked almost back to full fitness, while England's set-piece was barely troubled, albeit against a Romania side showing 11 changes from that beaten by Argentina earlier in the week.
Translations:
X-certificate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Strictly reserved for adult viewing; pornographic.
pos: adj
Translations:
close-range
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Capable of operating at a short distance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Knuckledusters are excellent close-range weapons.
gloss: Hit, shot, or taken from nearby the target.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He took a close-range picture of the wrestlers to try to capture the energy.
Raul Meireles volleyed over from 12 yards before Leon Britton blocked a close-range effort from Ramires as Chelsea started to press.
Synonyms: short-range
Antonyms: long-range
Related words: close range
Translations:
sharp-cornered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more sharp-cornered
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sharp-cornered
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Angular, having sharp corners.
pos: adj
Translations:
blackboy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From black + boy. For sense (plant of genus Xanthorrhoea): from a supposed resemblance of the plant to an Aboriginal boy holding an upright spear.
Compound parts: black
boy
Inflected forms:
form: blackboys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: black boy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An Aboriginal boy or servant.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
obsolete
offensive
possibly
examples: 1898, Guy Boothby, Billy Binks—Hero, republished in Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver, The Anthology of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction, page 118,
A moment later he beckoned the blackboy to his side, and when he arrived pointed to the ground. The boy gesticulated in answer, and then both pulled their horses to a standstill and waited for me to come up.
September 30th, 1905.—Examined some hills in the locality. A Chinaman and some blackboys are camped here with some cattle belonging to the Mount Diamond butcher.
His tracks joined a cattle pad, and the blackboys followed them at speed, two riding on each side of the path.
gloss: Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
informal
examples: As with many things, the pioneers followed the natives in the use of the Blackboy. They also found that the gum possessed some property that will cure dysentery and other internal complaints. The gum was also used for dyeing, tanning and varnishing.
1966 November 8, Parliament of Western Australia, Parliamentary Debates, page 2181,
The gum from the blackboy trees was used for the making of varnish and stain, […]
1977, Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Volumes 60-61, page 5,
As with any fire, blackboys and sedges were the first to grow, little else appearing before the first rains, which were followed by a flush of herbaceous shoots.
Translations:
prehab
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortening.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: prehabilitation
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
Translations:
re-formation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Originally a variant of reformation. In later use also independently from re- + formation, after re-form.
Base: formation
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: re-formations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reformation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A new formation (a subsequent coming together of the elements of a former grouping).
pos: noun
Translations:
dugway
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From dug + way.
Compound parts: dug
way
Inflected forms:
form: dugways
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
Dunker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).
Inflected forms:
form: Dunkers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Dunkard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Tunker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of the Church of the Brethren.
pos: noun
Derived words: Dunkerism
Translations:
dynam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: dynams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A foot-pound.
pos: noun
examples: And since the fall is 10 feet, the labouring force is 220000 dynams per minute.
Translations:
dagoba
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: Borrowed from Sinhalese දාගැබ (dāgæba).
Inflected forms:
form: dagobas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dagaba
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dagobah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of stupa, particularly the white stupas of Sri Lanka.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: There, the interviewer, a Tamil professor, asked him only one question: to describe the shape of a dagoba, a Buddhist temple
gloss: Synonym of chorten, a stupa in the usual Tibetan style, white and spindle-shaped.
pos: noun
Translations:
daphnia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: daphnias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A water flea of the genus Daphnia.
pos: noun
Translations:
septoplasty
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
Etymology: From septo- + -plasty.
Base: septo
Inflected forms:
form: septoplasties
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A corrective surgical procedure to straighten a deviated nasal septum.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A surgical procedure to harvest cartilage from the nasal septum to be used as grafting material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: rhinoseptoplasty
septoplastic
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: septoplastia
lang: German
word: Septumplastik
lang: Ukrainian
word: септопластика
roman: septoplastyka
agalloch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis (formerly Aquilaria agallocha).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
simethicone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An oral antifoaming agent, a mixture of polydimethylsiloxane and silica gel, used to treat stomach pain caused by excess gas.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
ban-the-bomber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ban the bomb (a slogan) + -er.
Base: ban the bomb
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: ban-the-bombers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
crankset
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From crank + set.
Base: crank
Inflected forms:
form: cranksets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion used to drive the chain, which in turn drives the rear wheel.
pos: noun
examples: Crucial to the crankset is the bottom bracket. Of all the bearings on a bike, the bottom bracket is the one that has to bear the heaviest load. Not only does the bottom bracket have to spin while you pedal, but it takes the force of all the twisting and turning that occurs during pedaling.
Their owners lounge at the outdoor tables, kibitzing about cranksets, aero bars, local races or, when they can help it, anything other than cycling.
Translations:
self-billing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + billing.
Base: billing
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A billing arrangement whereby the customer calculates costs and sends back an invoice to the supplier.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
bafta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Persian بافته (“woven, wrought”).
Inflected forms:
form: baftas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: baft
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: baftae
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: baftah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bufta
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied.
gloss: An imitation of this fabric.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
tent-maker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From tent + maker.
Compound parts: tent
maker
Inflected forms:
form: tent-makers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who makes tents.
pos: noun
examples: As far as Paul was concerned, the trade that met all these criteria was that of tent-maker (Acts 18: 3).
Translations:
tweetable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tweet + -able.
Base: tweet
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more tweetable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tweetable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of, or deserving of being tweeted (“sent as a message on the Twitter microblogging service”).
pos: adj
tags: Internet
neologism
Antonyms: untweetable
Translations:
dorso-ventrally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more dorso-ventrally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most dorso-ventrally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a dorso-ventral direction; from the back to the front.
pos: adv
examples: So it is that one of the characteristics that the sperm whale shares with all cetaceans is that it swims by flexing its tail flukes dorso-ventrally, a less efficient way of swimming than that of its distant piscine ancestors, but a mode of locomotion that derives directly from the galloping of its more recent terrestrial ones.
Translations:
hyperthreading
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From hyper- + threading, coined as a trademark (Hyper-Threading Technology) by Intel.
Base: threading
Affixes: hyper-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The scope of hyperthreading instructions is not covered in this book.
There are some cases where hyperthreading actually degrades CPU performance, especially when CPU utilization is high.
Translations:
extrabiblical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From extra- + biblical.
Base: biblical
Affixes: extra-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Outside the Bible.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The biblical "empire" of David and Solomon is not mentioned in any known extrabiblical texts, nor are any of its kings[…]
Translations:
nondual
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + dual.
Base: dual
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not dual; not pertaining to philosophical duality.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
dutchie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: lifestyle
smoking
Etymology: From Dutch + -ie. It is unclear whether the sense of a cannabis joint comes from an earlier meaning of cannabis blunt rolled using a Dutch Masters cigar or whether it instead derives from the song Pass the Dutchie, which is itself based on the song Pass the Kouchie (where kouchie in the title refers to koutchie (a pipe for smoking cannabis)).
Base: Dutch
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: dutchies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cannabis blunt rolled inside a Dutch Masters cigar.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A cannabis joint.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A fast food pastry, being a square doughnut with raisins and glaze.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
gloss: A large cooking pot; a Dutch pot; a Dutch oven.
pos: noun
tags: Jamaica
Translations:
maranta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: marantas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the family Marantaceae of plants
pos: noun
gloss: Any of the family Marantaceae of plants
pos: noun
gloss: Arrowroot starch, traditional and commonly made from Maranta arundinacea.
pos: noun
Translations:
supracondylar
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From supra- + condyle + -ar.
Base: condyle
Affixes: supra-
-ar
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Above a condyle.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Above a condyle.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
often
specifically
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: supracondíleo
T-unit
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Coined by Kellogg Hunt in 1965.
Inflected forms:
form: T-units
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split.
pos: noun
Translations:
Montanism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Montanus + -ism.
Base: Montanus
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The doctrines of a heretical sect of the second to fifth centuries in Asia Minor, who held millenarian beliefs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The disappearance of charismatic wandering Christian teachers or prophets and the assertion of the authority of bishops were probably sealed by the Catholic Church's confrontation in the later second century with a movement known as Montanism or ‘the New Prophecy’.
Translations:
pre-echo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
Etymology: From pre- + echo.
Base: echo
Affixes: pre-
Inflected forms:
form: pre-echos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pre-echoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An early sign or indication of something; a foreshadowing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: From the earliest days Christians had searched the Tanakh in their anxiety to find pre-echoes of their own passionate convictions about the God-Man Jesus Christ.
gloss: A digital audio compression artifact where a (typically percussive) sound is heard before it should occur.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
prestin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Coined in 2000 from the musical term presto (meaning fast) because of the speed of the protein.
Inflected forms:
form: prestins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A protein in the hairs of the inner ear
pos: noun
Translations:
VBAC
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Initialism of vaginal birth after cesarean.
Inflected forms:
form: VBACs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A vaginal birth undertaken with precautionary measures subsequent to a cesarean section birth.
pos: noun
examples: I was worried about having a VBAC because my mother nearly bled to death when she gave live birth to me after having had a cesarean.
"In contrast, women who live in El Centro (Imperial County) have vaginal births after cesareans, known as VBACs, at less than a tenth of the state rate and have some of the highest rates of cesareans in the state."
Translations:
mathcore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From math + -core, after math rock.
Base: math
Affixes: -core
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A rhythmically complex and dissonant style of metalcore music.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: While all that herky-jerky mathcore in your collection might not fit the bill, put some Portishead on your Pod and the attached OhMiBod will respond rhythmically in kind.
Translations:
breakcore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From break + -core.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, complex and intricate breakbeats, and a wide palette of samples from various sources, especially the "Amen break".
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The head-on collision between DJ Ricky Rabbit's fractured breakcore and MC Vulture Voltaire's fuming invective is a spectacle of almost physical impossibility, like trying to rap along to an earthquake while getting tased[…]
Where breakcore picks up on rave's daftness, dubstep fixates on its darkness, sometimes to a shlocky degree[…]
Translations:
freezy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From freeze + -y.
Base: freeze
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: freezier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more freezy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: freeziest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most freezy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Chilled to the point of freezing.
pos: adj
Translations:
redirector
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From redirect + -or.
Base: redirect
Affixes: -or
Inflected forms:
form: redirectors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, redirects.
pos: noun
Translations:
Turkishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Turkish + -ness.
Base: Turkish
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being Turkish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In written sources, the notion of ethnic Turkishness originated with European enthusiasts in the mid-nineteenth century.
Translations:
shelf-talker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: shelf-talkers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A printed card affixed to a supermarket or store shelf to draw customers' attention to a specific product.
pos: noun
Translations:
farmgate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From farm + gate.
Compound parts: farm
gate
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Describing the price of goods if they were purchased directly from a farm, without markup added by retailers; or this point in time, with regard to processes taking place earlier (such as fertilization) or later (such as packing and freezing).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It is important to note that the farmgate price can be quoted either in terms of seed cotton or lint.
From a farmgate price of nearly 150 pounds sterling in 1955-57, the Cocoa Board steadily reduced the price[…]
The model has to be shaken up, says Douglas Lamont, chief executive of Tony's Chocolonely, a sustainable chocolate brand that pays farmers a living income premium on top of the farmgate price.
Translations:
Luciferian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Lucifer + -ian.
Base: Lucifer
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: Luciferians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An adherent of Luciferianism.
pos: noun
examples: Satanism can be divided, roughly, into two branches: the Luciferians and the Palladists.
gloss: One of the followers of the fourth-century bishop Lucifer of Cagliari, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Of or relating to Lucifer; satanic; devilish.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
e-auction
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + auction.
Base: auction
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
form: e-auctions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An auction that takes place between remote bidders by means of a computer network.
pos: noun
Translations:
v-fib
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: v-fibs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: v-fibbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: v-fibbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: v-fibbed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: vfib
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: V-fib
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To undergo ventricular fibrillation.
pos: verb
Translations:
e-sales
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + sales.
Base: sales
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Sales activity carried out by means of computer networks.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
e-safety
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + safety.
Base: safety
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Safety when using the Internet.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: On one hand, many of the children in our study clearly saw e-safety as an important issue that they thought needed addressing in schools.
Translations: