yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
sated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English satet, satyt, saded. Equivalent to sate + -ed.
Base: sate
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more sated
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sated
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a state of complete and thorough satisfaction; having one’s appetite fully satisfied, by having enough of something.
pos: adj
examples: When she is sated with his body, she will find the error of her choice
gloss: Quelled of thirst or hunger.
pos: adj
Synonyms: satiate
satiated
satisfied
full
Derived words: oversated
satedness
unsated
Translations:
aromatherapy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From aroma + therapy.
Compound parts: aroma
therapy
Inflected forms:
form: aromatherapies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
pushy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin pulsō
Old French poulser
Middle French pousserbor.
Middle English pushen
English push
English -y
English pushy
From push + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: pushier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: pushiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
pos: adj
examples: Pushy parents 'ruin sports days'
Translations:
python
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.
Inflected forms:
form: pythons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
pos: noun
gloss: A penis.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
Derived words: drain the python
pig in the python
pythoness
pythonic
pythonlike
siphon the python
syphon the python
Translations:
manila
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Manila.
Inflected forms:
form: manilas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Made of manila paper or material like it.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a manila envelope
gloss: Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The yellow-brown color of manila.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: A kind of cheroot manufactured in Manila.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Derived words: manila envelope
manila folder
manila paper
nonmanila
Translations:
kir
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon.
Inflected forms:
form: kirs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
matron
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin mātrōna (“married woman”), from māter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona.
Inflected forms:
form: matrons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.
pos: noun
examples: grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
gloss: A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.
pos: noun
examples: But there’s no bottome, none / In my Voluptuouſneſſe : Your Wiues, your Daughters, / Your Matrons, and your Maides, could not fill vp / The Ceſterne of my Luſt, and my Deſire / All continent Impediments would ore-beare / That did oppoſe my will.
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…].
gloss: A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.
pos: noun
examples: the matron of a school or hospital
gloss: A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
pos: noun
examples: Roman matrons, sexually exhausted, were fond of trout caught in a little stream in the Vosges Mountains.
gloss: A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
pos: noun
gloss: A female prison officer.
pos: noun
tags: US
Related words: matrix
matrona
matroneum
Derived words: bridesmatron
jury of matrons
matronage
matronal
matronhood
matronism
matronize
matronlike
matronliness
matronly
matron of honor
matron of honour
matronship
ooh, matron
undermatron
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: матрона
roman: matrona
lang: Czech
word: matrona
lang: Dutch
word: matrone
lang: Finnish
word: emäntä
lang: Finnish
word: eukko
lang: French
word: matrone
lang: Latin
word: matrōna
lang: Norman
word: matronne
lang: Polish
word: matrona
lang: Romanian
word: matroană
lang: Russian
word: матро́на
roman: matróna
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: brèideach
lang: Spanish
word: matrona
lang: Czech
word: matrona
lang: Finnish
word: matroona
Eurosceptic
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Euro-
English sceptic
English Eurosceptic
From Euro- + sceptic.
Inflected forms:
form: Eurosceptics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Euro-sceptic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Euroskeptic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Euro-skeptic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: euroskeptic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eurosceptic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more Eurosceptic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Eurosceptic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Euro-sceptic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Euroskeptic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Euro-skeptic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: euroskeptic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: eurosceptic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who is sceptical of European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro, etc.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: For all the talk of increased numbers and new alliances though, there are question marks over whether the Euroskeptics are capable of forming a single coherent parliamentary force.
gloss: One who is skeptical of increasing the powers of the European Union
pos: noun
gloss: Of or pertaining to Eurosceptics or Euroscepticism
pos: adj
tags: UK
Derived words: Eurosceptical
Euroscepticism
Translations:
Euroscepticism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Euro-
English scepticism
English Euroscepticism
From Euro- + scepticism.
Inflected forms:
form: Euro-scepticism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Euro-skepticism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Euroskepticism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Opposition to or scepticism of increasing European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Opposition to or scepticism of the increasing powers of the European Union.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Related words: Eurorealism
Eurosceptic
Eurosceptical
Translations:
Eurostar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Commercial name, from Euro- + star.
Base: star
Affixes: Euro-
Inflected forms:
form: Eurostars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A train on these services.
pos: noun
gloss: A British Rail Class 373 (now largely superseded by Class 374) on any service.
pos: noun
examples: Now that the Mallard upgrade to GNER's Mark 4 coaches is complete the entire fleet is now available for service and the Eurostars are no longer required to maintain the timetable.
Translations:
dyed-in-the-wool
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the past participle of dye in the wool. The expression comes from the fact that fabric can be dyed in a number of ways. The woven fabric may be dyed after it is complete, or the threads may be dyed before they are woven. When a color is "dyed in the wool," the wool itself is dyed before being spun into threads, so the colour is least likely to fade or change. (Dyes: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases. Icon Group International. 2008, p. 344.).
Inflected forms:
form: more dyed-in-the-wool
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dyed-in-the-wool
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the fibres dyed before they are formed into cloth.
pos: adj
examples: […] some Druggets with Thread, that are dyed in the Piece; the others are dyed in the Wool, i. e. the Wool of which they are made, is dyed of several Colours, before it is carded, spun, and weaved.
That cloth will keep its colour best that is dyed in the wool; and the vessel will longest retain the scent of that liquor with which it is first seasoned.
gloss: Firmly established in one's beliefs or habits; having a specified characteristic, identity, etc. deeply ingrained in one's nature.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
examples: Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers.
John Major was described by his opponents as a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative.
We all know a process, sir, by which the whole Essex Junto could, in one hour, be all washed white from their ancient federalism, and come out, every one of them, an original democrat, dyed in the wool!
He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system, dyed in the wool, or rather, born in the purple; since his sire, a Revolutionary colonel, and formerly collector of the port, had created an office for him, and appointed him to fill it, at a period of the early ages which few living men can now remember.
Although appreciating the rapidity and frequency of the Southern electric services I was now to use on short journeys, I became more than ever convinced that electric traction offers very little of interest to the dyed-in-the-wool railwayist.
For all he says he isn’t, he’s a bit of an ultramontane, in practice though not in theory, and we can’t have that in the Church of England, we must stay dyed-in-the-wool Anglican.
Our president is no lover of Jews and more than likely a dyed-in-the-wool anti-Semite […]
Again, to go back to the history of British Railways, there were moves to introduce electrification more widely when the West Coast Main Line was sparked up in the 1960s, but this was rejected by dyed-in-the-wool old regional railway managers who did not like the hassle of putting up the wires.
Translations:
GOTO
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From go to, a keyword for this purpose in many programming languages.
Inflected forms:
form: GOTOs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: GOTOs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: GOTOing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: GOTOed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: GOTOed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution.
pos: noun
examples: The setjmp/longjmp facility in C is essentially a GOTO.
gloss: To reach (a point in a program) by means of a GOTO instruction.
pos: verb
examples: If we were GOTOed from 310 we GOTO 320.
You can create loops by telling the computer to GOTO an earlier line.
Cross reference programs show program structure by displaying line numbers that are GOTOed or GOSUBed to from other lines in the program, and listing the line numbers in which different variables appear.
There is no way of falling into or GOTOing a procedure. The procedure can only be invoked by name as a subroutine.
She and her hosts could not understand one another until Hopper remembered some COBOL commands. "MOVE," she said, pointing to herself. "GOTO Osaka Hotel." The Japanese immediately understood and delivered her to her lodging.
Next - goto the next entity defined in the module
Translations:
pharyngitis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: pharyngitides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Inflammation of the pharynx.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
piracy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
nautical
ornithology
transport
Etymology: From Medieval Latin pīrātia, from Classical Latin pīrāta + ia, or Ancient Greek πειρατεία (peirateía).
The sense of “unauthorized duplication” developed in England between 1660 and 1710. The English Crown granted strict monopolies over book printing to specific guilds, such as the Stationers’ Company. Printing a book without permission was framed as an unlawful attack on the Crown’s authority and revenues. By labeling rogue printers as “pirates”, authorized booksellers equated them with sea robbers operating outside the bounds of civilized society. By the passage of the Statute of Anne in 1710, this usage was deeply entrenched in public consciousness as the definitive descriptor for the unauthorized duplication of books, and was later applied seamlessly to new media as they emerged.
Inflected forms:
form: piracies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pyracy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: How should the international community respond to Somali piracy?
gloss: A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Some video game consoles use specially designed cartridges to make software piracy more difficult.
gloss: The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Kleptoparasitism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: pirate
pirate radio
Derived words: antipiracy
anti-piracy
biopiracy
counterpiracy
cyberpiracy
e-piracy
porch piracy
Translations:
pylorus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Latin pylōrus, from Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, “gatekeeper”).
Inflected forms:
form: pylori
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pyloruses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
pos: noun
gloss: A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.
pos: noun
Derived words: pyloralgia
pyloric
pyloro-
Translations:
morn
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”).
See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरी॑चि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.
Inflected forms:
form: morns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Morning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
poetic
uncountable
examples: But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight
Praise the Lord, His mercy is more. Stronger than darkness, new ev'ry morn. Our sins, they are many; His mercy is more.
Translations:
amortize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computer
computing
engineering
finance
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
property
real-estate
science
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English amortisen, from Old French amortir (via the stem amortiss-), from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”).
Inflected forms:
form: amortizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: amortizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: amortized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: amortized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: amortise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: To alienate (property) in mortmain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: extraordinary borrowing had been so extensive, Joly de Fleury reckoned, that even if it were amortized over the following decade, the state would still be running an annual deficit of over 50 million livres.
gloss: To make a large cost or other quantity more manageable by dividing it into smaller parts (such as over a long time or across many transactions).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: The magnitude of the frequency adjustment is a compromise between time accuracy, which would favor a large frequency offset so as to amortize the time error over the smallest possible interval
gloss: To make a large cost or other quantity more manageable by dividing it into smaller parts (such as over a long time or across many transactions).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
Antonyms: accrue
Derived words: amortizable
amortizement
nonamortized
unamortized
Translations:
pneumonia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
Inflected forms:
form: pneumonias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pneumoniæ
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pneumoniae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.
Translations:
osmolarity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Blend of osmotic + molar + -ity.
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: osmolarities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The osmotic concentration of a solution, normally expressed as osmoles of solute per litre of solution.
pos: noun
Translations:
mammography
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From mammo- + -graphy.
Base: mammo
Inflected forms:
form: mammographies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
pos: noun
examples: The introduction of mammography to detect breast cancer early in its course sharply increased its incidence.
Translations:
tumour
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
oncology
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.
Inflected forms:
form: tumours
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
pos: noun
Translations:
caboose
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
rail-transport
railways
sports
transport
Etymology: From Dutch kabuis, kombuis (“galley, kitchen”) or German Low German Kabüüs (“galley”), from Middle Dutch cabûse and Middle Low German kabûs, kabûse respectively.
Cognate with German Kabüse, Kombüse, Danish kabys, Swedish kabyss, French combuse (< Middle Dutch kabuys). Probably related to English boose (“a stall or shed”).
Inflected forms:
form: cabooses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cabeese
pos: noun
tags: humorous
nonstandard
plural
form: caboosen
pos: noun
tags: humorous
nonstandard
plural
form: camboose
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cambouse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: On the second day out, while sailing moderately on our course in the Gulf Stream, a sudden squall of wind struck the ship from the SW. and knocked her completely on her beam-ends, stove one of our boats, entirely destroyed two others, and threw down the cambouse.
This stove is to be made in the form of a Franklin, but is to be furnished with an oven, and other means of cooking; its appearance is therefore more like that of the old fashioned caboose, than of a Franklin stove.
A tremendous billow, fringed with foam, swept over our deck, carrying the cook's caboose, cooking utensils and stove right overboard into the sea.
The kitchens were kept separate because cooking was done in a caboose, a wooden box filled with sand and heated by a wood fire.
gloss: The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: The buttocks.
pos: noun
tags: childish
euphemistic
slang
examples: That's a pretty big caboose for a baby.
gloss: The person or team in last place.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time.
pos: noun
tags: in-compounds
informal
often
examples: Jimmy was seven and had just finished first grade, so that made Nancy our caboose baby — our bonus child — our swan song.
"Caboose" children, the late-born last offspring in the family, didn't suffer from this as much.
After looking back on her own experience, she thought of some ways parents could help ease the transition for their caboose kid.
Translations:
spermatogenesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: From spermato- + -genesis.
Base: spermato
Inflected forms:
form: spermatogeneses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of sperm production in the testes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The development of the male elements of a plant, such as antherozoids and pollen grains.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: aspermatogenesis
spermatogenetic
Translations:
utilise
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”). Attested c. 1810.
Inflected forms:
form: utilises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: utilising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: utilised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: utilised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: utilize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To make use of; to use.
pos: verb
tags: UK
examples: The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.
gloss: To make useful; to find a practical use for.
pos: verb
tags: UK
gloss: To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
pos: verb
tags: UK
examples: Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
gloss: To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended
pos: verb
tags: UK
Synonyms: employ
exploit
use
Derived words: utilisation
utilisable
utiliser
Translations:
lowdown
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information.
Compound parts: low
down
Inflected forms:
form: low-down
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: low down
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more lowdown
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most lowdown
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: low-down
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: low down
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: more lowdown
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most lowdown
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: low-down
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: low down
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: inside information, the story or truth.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: All the reporters hoped to be the first to get the lowdown on the celebrity's marriage plans.
here's the lowdown
to give somebody the lowdown
Lawyer Jeff, he knows the low-down / It’s mighty bad to visit home
gloss: A lowlife, a despicable person.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Unfair; scoundrelly; shameful.
pos: adj
examples: lowdown tactics
gloss: seedy, sketchy, disreputable
pos: adj
examples: So there I was, in the front row of course (it was my reportorial duty), with a bunch of gay men and straight women. And we're all involved in a lowdown — but eminently "Safe" — celebration of the erotic possibilities of the male body.
Some kinda way, he talked Aunt Fanny into running off with him that night. When they got as far as Kansas City, he was through with her. They stayed in some lowdown kinda hotel in the colored section there', and after that they were headed God knows where.
gloss: down low; purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.
pos: adj
gloss: Unfairly; dishonourably; in a deceitful or mean manner.
pos: adv
examples: “I say, that’s playing it a bit low down,” I protested.
Translations:
phantasmagoria
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French phantasmagorie, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “ghost”) + possibly either ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly, gathering”) + the suffix -ia or ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak publicly”).
Affixes: -ia
Inflected forms:
form: phantasmagorias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: phantasmagory
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fantasmagoria
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theater entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and color.
pos: noun
gloss: A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.
pos: noun
examples: this mental phantasmagoria
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust. There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.
What’s happening at the Post now — I’m surprised more people haven’t drawn the comparison — is sort of comparable to the phantasmagoria of rake stomps which took place at The New Republic after Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes purchased it in 2012.
Derived words: phantasmagorial
phantasmagorian
phantasmagoric
phantasmagorical
phantasmagorically
phantasmagorist
Translations:
phantasmagoric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From phantasmagoria + -ic.
Base: phantasmagoria
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more phantasmagoric
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most phantasmagoric
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
pos: adj
examples: As early as 1965, however, Tom Wolfe sensed the importance of "electrographic architecture," the phantasmagoric billboards along 79.
gloss: Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.
pos: adj
Synonyms: phantasmagorial
phantasmagorian
phantasmagorical
Derived words: phantasmagorically
Translations:
flummoxed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English flummox
English -ed
English flummoxed
From flummox + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more flummoxed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flummoxed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Confused, perplexed or flustered.
pos: adj
examples: He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.
‘Itʼs amazing, these bosses call all the shots but are flummoxed by the smallest technological advances.’
“What would you have done?” he demanded more than once of Ms. Le Pen, without ever getting a direct response. She did not seem to have one and looked flummoxed.
Translations:
bamboozle
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner.
Inflected forms:
form: bamboozles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bamboozling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bamboozled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bamboozled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bambooze
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: “Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
gloss: To confuse, frustrate or perplex.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.
"Although Morphy misplays the opening, it does not take him long to bamboozle his opponent."
Clarke's defence, bolstered by the return of Grant Hanley, was bamboozled by a flurry of Faroese raids, at least one of which should have delivered a goal.
Derived words: bamboozl(e)able
bamboozlement
bamboozler
bambosh
bamfoozle
debamboozle
Translations:
perky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English perk
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English perky
From perk + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: perkier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: perkiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.
pos: adj
examples: She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.
gloss: Standing upright; firm.
pos: adj
examples: The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.
perky breasts
gloss: Early-ripening.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
Related words: perk
perk up
Derived words: parky
perkily
perkiness
perkyish
unperky
Translations:
crawdad
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of US and British dialectal crawdab (“crayfish”).
Inflected forms:
form: crawdads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of crayfish.
pos: noun
Translations:
piccalilli
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: First attested in the from 1845. Unknown. Presumably variant of pickle, which itself is from Middle English pekille (“spicy sauce served with meat or fish”) or pikel, from Middle Dutch pekel (“brine”); perhaps influenced by dialectal variants.
Alternatively, may be related to paco lilla (“ginger-spiced pickle”), in 18th century British cookbook The Art of Cookery (1747–1843; e.g., 1805 edition) by Hannah Glasse (1708–1770), also referred to as “Indian pickles”, which suggests an Indo-Aryan source; compare mulligatawny, of Tamil origin, which also features turmeric prominently, and curry, of Tamil or Middle English origin (or blend). No relation to Piccadilly.
Inflected forms:
form: piccalillis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: picalilli
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A yellow pickle relish made from cauliflower, vegetable marrow, and other vegetables, pickled with vinegar, salt, sugar, and spiced with mustard, turmeric, and other spices.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: There are, however, exceptions. Piccalilli – aka “mustard with other stuff”, aka “that noble Anglo-Indian spiritual creation” – is great with ham, he conceeds^([sic]).
gloss: A pickle, typically on a base of chopped green (unripe) tomatoes, but sometimes finely-chopped pickles, and possibly including other vegetables.
pos: noun
tags: US
Related words: curry
mulligatawny
pickle
Translations:
swizzle
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Unknown etymology, 1813. Original sense “alcoholic drink”, possibly a variant of switchel (“a drink of molasses and water, often mixed with rum”), attested 1790, itself of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by swirl or fizz.
In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859.
Inflected forms:
form: swizzles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swizzling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: swizzled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: swizzled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To stir or mix.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: She swizzled the milk into her coffee.
gloss: To turn around.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: Mr Penguin and Colin swizzled around on the spot. Someone was standing in the hidden entrance, silhouetted against a harsh electric light.
"Why does it have two gears?" I exclaimed as I swizzled around, looking for a brake on the mini vehicle.
gloss: To drink; to swill.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: I checked it all over after Mona got in, while you were swizzling beer in that saloon.
gloss: To permute bits, or elements of a vector.
pos: verb
gloss: To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To change a class's dispatch table in order to resolve messages from an existing selector to a new implementation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If you or a loved one want to implement method swizzling, you may want to consider using a fairly well-tested wrapper package, such as JRSwizzle. Apple may reject applications that appear to use method swizzling in a dangerous way.
Antonyms: unswizzle
Derived words: swizzler
Translations:
frumpy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y.
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: frumpier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: frumpiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
pos: adj
examples: She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.
Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”
gloss: Bad-tempered.
pos: adj
tags: dated
Related words: frump
frumpily
frumpiness
Derived words: unfrumpy
Translations:
hypophysis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti
Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis)
Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)lbor.
English hypophysis
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis, literally “attachment underneath”). By surface analysis, hypo- + -physis.
Inflected forms:
form: hypophyses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The pituitary gland.
pos: noun
examples: CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND]
gloss: The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.
pos: noun
examples: All the cells of the suspensor, except one, are eventually crushed and obliterated by the growing embryo; this fortunate cell known as the hypophysis is the one in immediate contact with the embryo and plays an important role in the formation of the root apex.
Derived words: adenohypophysis
antehypophysis
hypophyseal
hypophysectomy
hypophysial
hypophysitis
neurohypophysis
posthypophysis
Translations:
hypothalamus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der.
English hypo-
English thalamus
English hypothalamus
From hypo- + thalamus.
Inflected forms:
form: hypothalami
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hypothalamuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.
pos: noun
examples: To avoid catastrophe, the brain has its trusty control centre, the hypothalamus, which tells the body to cool itself by sweating or to warm itself by shivering.
Translations:
pituitary
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin pītuīta
Latin pītuītāriuslbor.
English pituitary
Learned borrowing from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). First attested in the 1610s. First attested as a noun by 1899. The term was adopted as the name for the gland, because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose.
Inflected forms:
form: pituitaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Mucous.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: The pituitary gland; sometimes including together with the pituitary stalk.
pos: noun
gloss: An extract from the pituitary gland.
pos: noun
Derived words: adenopituitary
anterior pituitary
apituitarism
dyspituitarism
extrapituitary
hypopituitary
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical
intrapituitary
neuropituitary
nonpituitary
panhyperpituitarism
pituicyte
pituitary body
pituitaryless
pituitary gland
hyperpituitarism
hypopituitarism
hypothalamopituitary
juxtapituitary
Translations:
potty
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *puttaz
Old English pott
Proto-Germanic *puttaz
Frankish *pottder.
Vulgar Latin pottum
Old French potbor.
Middle English pot
English pot
English -y
English potty
From pot (“chamberpot”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: potties
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: potties
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pottying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pottied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pottied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: pottier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: pottiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A chamber pot.
pos: noun
gloss: A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
pos: noun
examples: If you just let him know you want him to go on the potty, or anything, he's miles away.
Mothers very often make the baby and themselves unhappy by setting the child on the potty every hour.
gloss: Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
pos: noun
tags: childish
humorous
gloss: Synonym of go potty.
pos: verb
tags: childish
intransitive
examples: If anybody needs to potty, do it now before we go.
gloss: Insane.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty.
It’s all very well for the Warden to talk about an open mind, but we shall all feel perfectly ghastly wondering what other people are thinking about us, and whether our own conversation doesn’t sound a little potty. It’s the pottiness, you know, that’s so awful.
gloss: Easy to pot the ball on.
pos: adj
examples: The Eastbourne Green is by no means a " potty " one, and happily belies its appearance.
"A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.
Derived words: big boy potty
big girl potty
big kid potty
birth-to-potty
birth-to-potty diaper
birth-to-potty nappy
go potty
go to the potty
on the potty
Pittsburgh potty
pity potty
porta-potty
port-o-potty
potty accident
potty animal
potty break
potty chair
potty champ
potty champion
potty chart
potty dance
potty emergency
potty failure
potty humor
potty language
potty learning
potty license
potty monster
potty mouth
potty-mouthed
potty pants
potty parity
potty princess
potty rebel
potty seat
potty stool
potty talk
potty time
potty-train
potty train
potty trained
potty-trained
potty training
potty untraining
squatty potty
training potty
unpotty training
use the potty
pottily
pottiness
Translations:
toper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu)bor.
English tope
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English toper
From tope + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: topers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard.
pos: noun
tags: literary
examples: A Toper this! He plied his glass / More strictly than he said the Mass, […]
The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.
[…] Mrs. Irons rebelled in her bed, and refused peremptorily to get up again, to furnish the musical topers with rum and lemons, […]
“Well, if you ask me, Barney is a combination of eight ball, mick, and shonicker,” said McArdle, one of the corner topers.
George Relph plays the part of the Vicar of the Parish, a railway enthusiast, who becomes amateur engine driver, with Sir Godfrey Tearle (the Bishop) as his fireman, while Stanley Holloway is the genial toper who provides the cash to buy the line.
Translations:
goa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown, possibly from Tibetan dgoba.
Inflected forms:
form: goas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Tibetan gazelle of species Procapra picticaudata, an antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.
pos: noun
Translations:
fingerbang
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From finger + bang.
Compound parts: finger
bang
Inflected forms:
form: fingerbangs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fingerbanging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fingerbanged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fingerbanged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: finger bang
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: finger-bang
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: fingerbangs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: finger bang
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: finger-bang
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To use one or more fingers to stimulate another individual's vulva, vagina, or anus for sexual pleasure.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
vulgar
examples: I would tell her "Your roommate's really pretty," before moving on to long monologues about ex-girlfriends, every cheerleader I ever fucked, a cousin I fingerbanged at a party in Virginia Beach[…]
gloss: The use of one or more fingers to stimulate another person's vulva, vagina, or anus for sexual pleasure.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
Translations:
rajah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy.
Inflected forms:
form: rajahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: raja
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.
pos: noun
Related words: maharaja
raj
rajbari
Rajput
Derived words: rajahdom
rajahship
Translations:
discomfort
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter, equivalent to dis- + comfort.
Base: comfort
Affixes: dis-
Inflected forms:
form: discomforts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: discomforts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: discomforting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: discomforted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: discomforted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Mental or bodily distress.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] although overcrowding on the trains running via London Bridge has occasioned considerable discomfort to regular travellers, it was noticed that the alternative route was not extensively patronised, and that the trains were seldom more than half-filled.
The Western operating authorities are wisely concentrating their main line diesel power at individual sheds, beginning with Laira, so that engine-crews do not have the rather demoralising experience of switching about constantly between the comfort and ease of diesel handling and the relative discomfort and hard work of the steam footplate, as on other Regions.
gloss: Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.
gloss: To cause annoyance or distress to.
pos: verb
gloss: To discourage; to deject.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: His funeral shall not be in our camp,
 Lest it discomfort us.
Related words: discomfit
Derived words: motion discomfort
discomforter
Translations:
gigantism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French gigantisme, from Latin gigans (“giant”).
Inflected forms:
form: gigantisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before the bone growth plates close, resulting in excessive long bone growth, accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He [...] may have had a condition called gigantism that explained his notable height.
Synonyms: giantism
macrosomia
Related words: acromegaly
Derived words: acromegalogigantism
hemigigantism
local gigantism
Translations:
rani
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindustani رانی (rānī) / रानी (rānī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen, princess”). Doublet of Regina.
Inflected forms:
form: ranis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ranee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The wife of a rajah.
pos: noun
gloss: A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.
pos: noun
Related words: maharani
Translations:
giantism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From giant + -ism, coined in the mid 17th century. In the medical or biological sense of gigantism from the 1880s.
Base: giant
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: giantisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of gigantism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
macrosomia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: macrosomias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state (of a foetus or neonate) of being abnormally large
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations: