yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
truffled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English truffle
English -ed
English truffled
From truffle + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Provided, cooked, or stuffed with truffles.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The steak was served in a truffled sauce.
Lisa, who was already irritated, played impatiently with the handles of the knives, and told her that the galantine was truffled, and that she could only include it in an “assortment” at three francs the pound.
A truffled partridge, or the homely Perdrix au choux, or the splendid Faisan à la Financière show that there are many more ways of treating a game bird than plain roasting him; […].
Translations:
brainpan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English brayn panne, from Old English bræġnpanne, corresponding to brain + pan.
Compound parts: brain
pan
Inflected forms:
form: brainpans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: brain-pan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: braynepan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The braincase; the skull.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
colloquial
examples: Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.
Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.
Fee, fi, fo, fum, / I smell the blood of a Christian man, / Be he dead, be he living, with my brand, / I’ll dash his brains from his brain-pan.
gloss: The brain or mind.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
colloquial
examples: ‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’
Synonyms: harnpan
skull
Translations:
preclearance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English clearance
English preclearance
From pre- + clearance.
Inflected forms:
form: preclearances
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A procedure to arrange for clearing customs or immigration in advance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The customs service announced new preclearance regulations last week.
gloss: Advance approval by a federal court or the Department of Justice for changes to voting regulations in certain states under the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: The great state of Alabama believes that preclearance is a relic of the past.
Translations:
Goan
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Goa
English -an
English Goan
From Goa + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Goans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Goan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Goan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A resident of the Indian state of Goa.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or pertaining to Goa or its people, culture, or languages.
pos: adj
Translations:
Maharashtrian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Maharashtra
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Maharashtrian
From Maharashtra + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: more Maharashtrian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Maharashtrian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Maharashtrians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Maharashtra, its people, culture or languages (i.e. Marathi people).
pos: adj
gloss: A native or resident of Maharashtra.
pos: noun
Translations:
hornist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English horn
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English hornist
From horn + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: hornists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who plays the horn (any of several kinds of musical instruments).
pos: noun
Translations:
boroughwide
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English borough
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English boroughwide
From borough + -wide.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Throughout a borough.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vallenato
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Spanish vallenato, from valle (“valley”) nato (“born”).
Inflected forms:
form: vallenatos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A popular style of folk music from Colombia.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A piece performed in this style.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 100% COLOMBIANO (Tonight) This showcase of upbeat Colombian music includes exuberant salsa from Orquesta Guayacán and Son de Cali, with accordion-pumped vallenatos from the duos of Jorge Celedón-Jimmy Zambrano and Herbert Vargas-Silvestre Dangond, and vallenato-rooted rock from Fonseca.
Translations:
puzzlingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English puzzling
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English puzzlingly
From puzzling + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more puzzlingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most puzzlingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a puzzling manner.
pos: adv
examples: Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre- half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.
Translations:
schoolwide
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English school
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English schoolwide
From school + -wide.
Inflected forms:
form: school-wide
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: school-wide
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: throughout a school.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: throughout a school.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: However, the claim is made that if a strong, supportive environment is established schoolwide, the staff associated with serving these students with special needs will be able to provide more effective services.
Translations:
woodlark
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From wood + lark.
Compound parts: wood
lark
Inflected forms:
form: woodlarks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lark, Lullula arborea, the only member of the genus Lullula, found in western Eurasia and northern Africa.
pos: noun
examples: At this moment the woodlark commenced his morning song with his clear ringing notes, which in the darkness of the night reminded us of the bright approaching dawn, and formed a cheerful contrast to the ghostly flight and unpleasant notes of the nocturnal birds.
Translations:
presentational
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English presentation
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 presentational
From presentation + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: presentationals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, or pertaining to, presentation(s).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A clause using existential "there" with a verb other than a form of "be", as in "There followed a brief silence".
pos: noun
Translations:
asteroseismology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astrophysics
Etymology: From aster- (“star”) + -o- + seismology (“study of Earth's vibrations (ie. earthquakes)”).
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “celestial body”) + σεισμός (seismós, “earthquake”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”)
Base: seismology
Affixes: aster-
-o-
Inflected forms:
form: astroseismology
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: asterseismology
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The study of oscillations in stars.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
revote
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English vote
English revote
From re- + vote.
Inflected forms:
form: revotes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: revotes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: revoting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: revoted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: revoted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An act of voting again
pos: noun
examples: […] the rigors of caucusing, which can require hours of votes and revotes.
gloss: To vote again.
pos: verb
Translations:
creamware
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama-der.
Proto-Celtic *krammender.
Gaulish *cramabor.?
Late Latin crāmum
Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma
blend
Old French cresmebor.
Middle English creme
English cream
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English creamware
From cream + -ware.
Inflected forms:
form: creamwares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the potters of Staffordshire, England
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Its worth was quickly recognized: in 1765, Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, ordered a creamware tea set.
Translations:
anticorruption
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English corruption
English anticorruption
From anti- + corruption.
Inflected forms:
form: more anticorruption
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anticorruption
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: anti-corruption
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Opposed to or combating corruption.
pos: adj
examples: The government recently started an anticorruption campaign.
In the fight against corruption, ADB staff members are supported by an elaborate anticorruption framework, consisting of policy, operational, and administrative provisions, which may sometimes be daunting to navigate. Inquiries to ADB's Office ...
gloss: Movement or actions opposing corruption.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The rhetoric of anti-corruption was one of the few possible discourses of social criticism.
Translations:
penumbral
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
law
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English penumbra
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 penumbral
From penumbra + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, or pertaining to, the penumbra.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Implied or logically following from something, but not directly stated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Relatedly, there are Fine's penumbral connections which reflect logical relations between indefinite sentences. He claims that, regarding a borderline red-pink blob, we are obliged to respect the truth of 'if the blob is to be red then it is not to be pink.'
This would be the most far-reaching penumbral interpretation of the right to security, and might be called the "capabilities-based" interpretation. We have a right to security, in this view, because we have a right to live the "fully human" life such security in part ensures.
gloss: Connected to a term, but not essential to its meaning.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The meaning of the term 'preventive or enforcement action' has prompted considerable discussion. Given the lack of practice under Art. 5, the depth and detail of this debate may be surprising. As will be shown, the core meaning of the term seems clear enough, and while there are some doubts about the penumbral meaning, the Organization's unwillingness or inability to apply Art. 5 means that this is unlikely to be particularly relevant.
One might argue that this gun culture is flatly irrelevant to the interpretation of the Second Amendment, at least to the degree that it is rooted in recreational pursuits like hunting that are penumbral to the self-defense right recognized in Heller.
Derived words: extrapenumbral
nonpenumbral
penumbrally
Translations:
Malayali
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Malayalam മലയാളി (malayāḷi).
Inflected forms:
form: more Malayali
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Malayali
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Malayalee
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Malayalis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Malayali
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Malayalee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Kerala or its people, or to those whose native language is Malayalam.
pos: adj
examples: I used to frequent a grubby takeout joint [...] where the Malayali cooks stubbornly made, in addition to chicken tikkas and garlic naans, their own region’s lacy, rice-flour bread.
gloss: A member of an ethnic group in south-west India, traditionally, residents of the state of Kerala who speak Malayalam.
pos: noun
Translations:
NHLer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English NHL
English -er
English NHLer
From NHL + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: NHLers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who plays ice hockey in the NHL.
pos: noun
Translations:
NFLer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English NFL
English -er
English NFLer
From NFL + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: NFLers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who plays in the NFL.
pos: noun
Translations:
fastpitch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
Etymology: From fast + pitch.
Compound parts: fast
pitch
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A variety of softball in which the ball may be pitched at faster speed.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Mumbaikar
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Marathi मुंबईकर (mumbaīkar).
Inflected forms:
form: Mumbaikars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person residing or born in the Indian city of Mumbai.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or pertaining to Mumbai or its people, culture, or languages.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vates
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin vātēs, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, possessed”); cognate with Proto-Celtic *wātis (“seer”) (Gaulish ουατεις, Old Irish fáith, Welsh gwawd) and Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“mad”) (Old English wōd (“mad, frenzied”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds, “possessed, mad”), Old High German wuot (“mad, madness”). More at wood (“crazy, mad, insane”) and wode.
Inflected forms:
form: vates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A poet or bard who is divinely inspired.
pos: noun
examples: [Percy Bysshe] Shelley, a true vates, was called upon by their divine influence to render some choice passages from this very Faust, which, from confessed inability, [Francis Leveson-]Gower had left unattempted in his precious version, and some which from other motives he had purposely reticensed.
The volume is haunted by the death of the vates (poet-prophet) Orpheus, who failed to revive Eurydice from death and was then torn apart by maenads.
Translations:
decapping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: decappings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The removal of a cap, especially the enzymatic removal of a cap from mRNA.
pos: noun
Translations:
degradative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more degradative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most degradative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation.
pos: adj
Translations:
densitometry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English density
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der.
Latin -metriader.
Old French -métrieder.
English -metry
English densitometry
From density + -o- + -metry.
Inflected forms:
form: densitometries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The measurement of optical density by use of a densitometer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The measurement of body density.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: densitometer
densitometric
densitometrist
densimetry
Derived words: cytodensitometry
hydrodensitometry
immunodensitometry
microdensitometry
osteodensitometry
photodensitometry
radiodensitometry
tomodensitometry
videodensitometry
Translations:
lang: Portuguese
word: densitometria
lang: Russian
word: денситометрия
roman: densitometrija
dihydrofolate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dihydrofolic acid
English -ate
English dihydrofolate
From dihydrofolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Inflected forms:
form: dihydrofolates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any salt or ester of dihydrofolic acid
pos: noun
Translations:
h-prothesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The prothesis of the sound /h/ to words beginning with a vowel, especially as found in Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh, and in dialects of English, especially those that pronounce h weakly.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
t-prothesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The prothesis of a t sound to words beginning with a vowel.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Replacement of an initial s sound with a t sound.
pos: noun
tags: Irish
uncountable
Translations:
siglos
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σίγλος (síglos), from Semitic. Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel), Akkadian 𒅆𒅗𒇻 (šiqlu).
Inflected forms:
form: sigloi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.
pos: noun
Translations:
arris
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: archaeology
architecture
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Old French areste, from Latin arista (“beard (of grain), fishbone”). Doublet of arista.
Inflected forms:
form: arrises
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces
pos: noun
gloss: A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces
pos: noun
gloss: A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone, such as an arrowhead or hand axe, as the result of the intersection of two or more flake removals.
pos: noun
Derived words: arris fillet
arris gutter
arris rail
arriswise
Translations:
dolostone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Blend of dolomite + stone.
Compound parts: dolomite
stone
Inflected forms:
form: dolostones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite.
pos: noun
Translations:
Mapuche
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Mapudungun Mapuce.
Inflected forms:
form: Mapuche
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of this people.
pos: noun
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to this people or their language.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bordelaise
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bordelaise (“from Bordeaux”), from the longer expression sauce bordelaise.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Served with Bordelaise sauce.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
postpositional
examples: lobster bordelaise
Translations:
barware
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bar
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English barware
From bar + -ware.
Inflected forms:
form: barwares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Drinking utensils that lack a stem, such as beer mugs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: For those to whom the great outdoors does not look so great at this time of the year there are accouterments for enjoying the comforts of home on the deck or patio, like a portable fireplace and sturdy barware to use in front of the crackling fire.
The speakeasy—a common feature of many Prohibition-era homes—was transformed into an open bar area with plenty of sturdy, party-ready Mexican recycled glass barware.
Translations:
airsoft
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From air + soft.
Compound parts: air
soft
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a type of air gun running compressed air or similar compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
dedicatee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dedicate
English -ee
English dedicatee
From dedicate + -ee.
Inflected forms:
form: dedicatees
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone to whom something is dedicated.
pos: noun
examples: In 1949, having fallen in with some petty criminals, he was arrested for harboring stolen goods and subsequently committed to the New York State Psychiatric Institute, where he met the future dedicatee of "Howl," Carl Solomon.
Once or twice a year, I travelled through France with the dedicatee of this book [Margaret Hambrick, the author's wife] at the speed of a nineteenth-century stagecoach. Cycling not only makes it possible to conduct exhaustive research into local produce, it also creates an enormous appetite for information. Certain configurations of field, road, weather and smell imprint themselves on the cycling brain with inexplicable clarity and return sometimes years later to pose their nebulous questions. A bicycle unrolls a 360-degree panorama […] This book is the result of fourteen thousand miles in the saddle and four years in the library. It describes the lives of the inhabitants of France – wherever possible, through their own eyes – and the exploration and colonization of their land by foreigners and natives, from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. It follows a roughly chronological route, from the end of the reign of Louis XIV to the outbreak of the First World War, with occasional detours through pre-Roman Gaul and present-day France.
Translations:
doty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dote
English -y
English doty
From dote + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: dotier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: dotiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: doaty
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: dotey
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
pos: adj
examples: An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.
gloss: Senile; in one's dotage
pos: adj
tags: US
dialectal
Related words: dotty
doty in the Dictionary of American Regional English
Derived words: dotiness
Translations:
generationally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English generation
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 generational
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English generationally
From generational + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: With regard to the generations
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Jansenist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Jansen
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English Jansenist
From Jansen + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: more Jansenist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Jansenist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Jansenists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Jansenism.
pos: adj
gloss: An advocate of Jansenism.
pos: noun
Translations:
interconnectivity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English connectivity
English interconnectivity
From inter- + connectivity.
Inflected forms:
form: interconnectivities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being interconnected
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: This network has great interconnectivity.
Translations:
hypercompetitive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English competitive
English hypercompetitive
From hyper- + competitive.
Inflected forms:
form: more hypercompetitive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hypercompetitive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely competitive.
pos: adj
examples: The parents at this school are hypercompetitive.
The two hypercompetitive men each had their lawyers bid on the property. Ultimately, Mr. Trump came out ahead, purchasing it for $41.35 million.
Translations:
highlife
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From high + life.
Compound parts: high
life
Inflected forms:
form: highlifes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Anwar took the broom away from the Congolese cleaner – whose name I did not know, whose name no one ever thought to ask – and made her dance with him, to some highlife he had going on the transistor radio he carried everywhere.
gloss: A work or performance in this style.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Then he left the stage and listened to us playing highlifes.
Several of the city's most prominent ensembles started to incorporate foreign rock 'n' roll numbers into their existing repertories of ballroom, calypsos, and highlifes.
Derived words: burger highlife
hiplife
Translations:
groundskeeping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From grounds + keeping.
Compound parts: grounds
keeping
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The court, which sits next to the groundskeeping building, has one hoop.
Translations:
endotoxemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: endotoxemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The presence of endotoxins in the bloodstream
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
exonic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English exon
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English exonic
From exon + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to an exon.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unironic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English ironic
English unironic
From un- + ironic.
Inflected forms:
form: un-ironic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not ironic; free of irony. Sincere or genuine.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Fenella remembered, that play with the unironic title of A Woman Killed with Kindness, had reflected a civilization a thousand times more complex.
Like some lost America, down to blue strata of cigarette smoke and the completely un-ironic deployment of the Frank Sinatra, […]
"M Squad," however, is both unironic and, thanks to Marvin's pent-up acting, bracingly modern.
Here’s a tip: If a group of people start using something as ironic hate speech, it will eventually be used for unironic hate speech. Don’t act surprised.
Translations:
unpoliced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English policed
English unpoliced
From un- + policed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not policed; not subject to effective regulation
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: ï¿½ The $50 billion also pales next to other sums that remain unaccounted for in the Bush era, from the $345 billion in lost tax revenue due to unpoliced offshore corporate tax havens to the far-from-transparent disposition of some $350 billion in Wall Street bailout money.
Translations:
extrasynaptic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros
Proto-Italic *eksteros
Latin exter
Latin extrā
English extra-
English synaptic
English extrasynaptic
From extra- + synaptic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Exterior to a synapse.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
roed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: Etymology tree
English roe
English -ed
English roed
From roe + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Filled with roe.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: roed fish
Translations:
anthracnose
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: anthracnoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
communitarian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From community + -arian, c. 1910.
Base: community
Affixes: -arian
Inflected forms:
form: more communitarian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most communitarian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: communitarians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Considering the community to be of central importance.
pos: adj
examples: Prior to the modern age, most human societies were communitarian.
Based on their remarks, he said, some of the smart-meter opponents are a blend of egalitarian and communitarian.
gloss: Of or pertaining to the philosophy of communitarianism.
pos: adj
examples: This book takes a communitarian approach to ethics.
gloss: An adherent of communitarianism.
pos: noun
examples: I'm a libertarian, but John here is a communitarian.
Two of the groups involved, he said, are simply characterized: individualists (most people would call them libertarians, who want the government to butt out) and communitarians, the two poles on the political spectrum. The two other groups, he said, are called hierarchists and egalitarians.
gloss: A member of a community.
pos: noun
Translations:
meningococcal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English meningococcus
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 meningococcal
From meningococcus + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or caused by meningococci.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The patient had a severe meningococcal infection.
Translations:
tastemaker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English taste
Proto-West Germanic *mak
Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
Proto-West Germanic *makōn?
Old English macian
Middle English maken
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
Middle English maker
English maker
English tastemaker
From taste + maker.
Inflected forms:
form: tastemakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A trendsetter with respect to taste.
pos: noun
examples: The tastemakers have just discovered his work.
SMILE WHEN YOU CALL AN ART worldling a "tastemaker." […] Where previous great tastemakers such as the Steins, the artist Marcel Duchamp and the dealer Alfred Stieglitz were dedicated amateurs, few in number, today there are swarms of them whose interests are professional or commercial.
[Paul] Graham became an essential tastemaker for startups and startup culture in Silicon Valley.
Translations:
speechmaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From speech + making.
Compound parts: speech
making
Inflected forms:
form: speechmakings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The delivery of speeches
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Conciliatory gestures and speechmaking have abounded from both sides in recent weeks.
Translations:
meningococcus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From meningo- + -coccus.
Base: meningo
Inflected forms:
form: meningococci
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A pathogenic bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis), common cause of cerebrospinal meningitis
pos: noun
Translations:
survivability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Italic *gʷīwō
Latin vīvō
Latin supervīvereder.
English survive
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English survivability
From survive + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: survivabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being survivable
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The accident was also one of several since Clapham [...] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability.
gloss: A measure of the extent to which something is survivable
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: nonsurvivability
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: sobrevivibilidad
lang: Spanish
word: supervivibilidad
lang: Spanish
word: pervivibilidad
psychodynamic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor.
French dynamiqueder.
English dynamic
English psychodynamic
From psycho- + dynamic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to psychodynamics, the dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behavior, or the study of this
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In the classic marshmallow studies, delaying gratification by waiting to eat the marshmallows is seen as a good result—indicating more willpower. This framing is expected given that the starting point of this research was the Freudian psychodynamic position, which contrasted hot animalistic drives with cool rational processes.
It then told me it was trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, which it said was an “effective way to challenge how you’re thinking about things.” Unlike psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapies, C.B.T. argues that our emotions and moods are influenced by our patterns of thinking; change those patterns, the theory goes, and you’ll start to feel better.
Translations:
pseudonymity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pseudonym
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English pseudonymity
From pseudonym + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: pseudonymities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being pseudonymous, of hiding one's true identity behind a pseudonym.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: To be sure the anticipatory proleptics of the "historical survey in future-form" associated with pseudonymity rests upon the literary fiction of the pre-historicality of the revelation of these secrets; but this fictionality is intended to emphasize precisely by means of its esoteric quality that God will allow the elect righteous (cf. I Enoch 1:1) and wise persons (cf. I Enoch 100:6, 104:12) of the present day to participate already in his revelation that has proceeded from the mouths of the righteous and wise ones of pre-history, through the "literary" medium of the book.
Look, Mark, your attempt at pseudonymity is transparent.
Translations:
overweighted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more overweighted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most overweighted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
Translations:
overdiagnosed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more overdiagnosed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most overdiagnosed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Diagnosed more often than it truly occurs.
pos: adj
tags: adjective
error-misspelling
participle
gloss: Diagnosed as a clinical case despite truly being a subclinical, asymptomatic case.
pos: adj
tags: adjective
error-misspelling
participle
Antonyms: underdiagnosed
Translations:
inter-Palestine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English Palestine
English inter-Palestine
From inter- + Palestine.
Inflected forms:
form: more inter-Palestine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inter-Palestine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Between the two geographical areas, or between the two political factions, of Palestine.
pos: adj
Translations:
intrapsychic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder.
Latin *interus
Latin intrābor.
English intra-
English psychic
English intrapsychic
From intra- + psychic.
Inflected forms:
form: more intrapsychic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most intrapsychic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Within the psyche or mind
pos: adj
Translations:
pussification
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pussy
English -ification
English pussification
From pussy + -ification.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of pussifying.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
vulgar
examples: Maybe more than anywhere, the pussification of the west is seen in our insanely sensitive society where even our humor is under a microscope.
Translations:
debatably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English debatable
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English debatably
From debatable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more debatably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most debatably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a way subject to challenge or worthy of debate.
pos: adv
Translations:
tizanidine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A particular drug used as a muscle relaxant.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
Translations:
atracurium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From atra- (of unknown origin) + -curium (“curare-like substance”).
Affixes: atra-
-curium
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A muscle relaxant administered intravenously in the form of its besylate C₆₅H₈₂N₂O₁₈S₂ especially in conjunction with general anesthesia to facilitate insertion of an endotracheal tube or to relax skeletal muscles during surgery or mechanical ventilation. It counteracts the action of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at neuromuscular junctions by binding to the same receptors it acts upon.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
baclofen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A particular drug used to control spasms. It is a derivative of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is primarily used to treat spasticity and is in the early stages of use for the treatment of alcoholism.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
Translations:
carisoprodol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A particular skeletal muscle relaxant.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
cyclobenzaprine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
dantrolene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Probably from (hy)dan(toin) + (ni)tro- + (methy)l(id)ene.
Base: hydantoin
Affixes: nitro-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A postsynaptic muscle relaxant that lessens excitation–contraction coupling in muscle cells.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
prehypertension
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-der.
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin tēnsiōder.
Middle French tensionbor.
English tension
English hypertension
English prehypertension
From pre- + hypertension.
Inflected forms:
form: pre-hypertension
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A blood pressure higher than normal but not high enough to be considered hypertension.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
geranyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English geranium
English -ol
English geraniol
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English geranyl
From geraniol + -yl.
Inflected forms:
form: geranyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A univalent radical derived from geraniol.
pos: noun
Translations:
geraniol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English geranium
English -ol
English geraniol
From geranium + -ol.
Inflected forms:
form: geraniols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A monoterpenoid alcohol found in the essential oils of rose, palmarosa and citronella
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
guanidinium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English guanidine
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Italic *-om
Latin -umder.
English -ium
English guanidinium
From guanidine + -ium.
Inflected forms:
form: guanidiniums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The cation derived from guanidine.
pos: noun
Translations:
minicar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Italian miniaturabor.
English miniature
English mini-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós
Proto-Celtic *karros
Gaulish *karrosbor.
Latin carrus
Anglo-Norman carrebor.
Middle English carre
English car
English minicar
From mini- + car.
Inflected forms:
form: minicars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A very small car; specifically, a car that is smaller than a subcompact
pos: noun
examples: The company also said it would add two more models to its Chevrolet lineup -- a minicar and a seven-passenger crossover -- in 2011.
Translations:
grotesquerie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: literature
media
publishing
Etymology: From French grotesquerie, from grotesque (“farcical, grotesque”) + -erie (“-ery”), from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave, grotto”) + -esco (“-esque, -ish”). Equivalent to grotesque + -erie.
Base: grotesque
Affixes: -erie
Inflected forms:
form: grotesqueries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: grotesquery
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An instance of grotesqueness, a grotesque thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Grotesque things collectively.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Grotesqueness, the quality of being grotesque or macabre.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
The tone is brittle and morbid, emphasizing the eerie grotesquerie of Albert Giraud's poems.
gloss: A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
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