yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
march-ward
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: march-wards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A warden of the marchland (border area between England and Wales, or England and Scotland)
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
counter-paly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: French contre-palé, equivalent to counter- + paly.
Base: paly
Affixes: counter-
Inflected forms:
form: counterpaly
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colours used alternately or counterchanged.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
flower-fence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: So named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies.
Inflected forms:
form: flower-fences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tropical leguminous bush (Caesalpinia pulcherrima, syn. Poinciana pulcherrima) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.
pos: noun
examples: Barbadoes flower-fence. Parkinsonia and Poinciana.
Translations:
Q-car
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Q-cars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A high-performance car with an unassuming exterior.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
gloss: An unmarked police car.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
dated
informal
Translations:
court-leet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Inflected forms:
form: court-leets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: courts-leet
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
examples: This oath must be taken by all persons in any office, trust, or employment; and may be tendered by two justices of the peace to any person, whom they shall suspect of disaffection. And the oath of allegiance may be tendered to all persons above the age of twelve years, whether natives, denizens, or aliens, either in the court-leet of the manor, or in the sheriff's tourn, which is the court-leet of the county.
Translations:
sheep-headed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more sheep-headed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sheep-headed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: silly; simple-minded; stupid
pos: adj
gloss: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: having the head of a sheep.
pos: adj
Related words: sheepshead
Translations:
he-cat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From he- + cat.
Base: cat
Affixes: he-
Inflected forms:
form: he-cats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A male cat; a tomcat.
pos: noun
Antonyms: she-cat
Translations:
free-fire
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: On 1 August 1793, the Convention had permitted its commanders there to introduce free-fire zones in troubled areas.
New Jersey, more readily associated with chemical plants than big game, describes the free-fire zone as a necessary measure to control a burgeoning bruin population in America's most densely populated state.
Translations:
she-cat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From she- + cat.
Base: cat
Affixes: she-
Inflected forms:
form: she-cats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An (adult) female cat.
pos: noun
Antonyms: he-cat
male cat
tom
tomcat
tom-cat
Translations:
dog-brier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: dog-briers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dog briar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dog brier
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A dog rose (Rosa canina).
pos: noun
examples: The hazel-boughs took me too hard in the face, and the tall dog-briers got hold of me, and the ache of my back was like crimping a fish
Translations:
nicey-nicey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more nicey-nicey
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nicey-nicey
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: nicey-nice
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: nicey nicey
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: nicy-nicy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Nice, especially in an impotent or insincere fashion.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: Things have not always been so nicey-nicey in the Pleiades. They blew up a planet; they had some negative energy, and they said, "We're never going to experience that negativity again. We are going to banish it!"
Choosing to be ignorant is choosing to be nicey-nicey. The opposite of a nicey-nicey is a bitch, who does bite (take hold of an issue), rip (attack a problem without delay), and snarl (use threatening language).
One answer seemed to be the idea of having a nicey-nicey penis, which would never do anyone any harm. But the nicey-nicey penis seemed too sweet, too totally determined by being the very opposite of the bad penis, like two ends of a line.
Translations:
gadi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गद्दी (gaddī).
Inflected forms:
form: gadis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gaddi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: guddee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: guddy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cushioned throne used by Indian princes.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: The office or position of a monarch; throne.
pos: noun
tags: India
figuratively
examples: I have thought we were friends and should still love to think so. However what has happened since August 9 last makes me wonder whether you still regard me as a friend. I have perhaps not come in such close touch with any other occupant of your gadi as with you.
Translations:
scissors-tailed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
chank
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).
Inflected forms:
form: chanks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chanquo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: chonk
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: chunk
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: chanks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chanking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chanked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chanked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: To eat noisily; to champ or chomp.
pos: verb
tags: US
Translations:
anti-vaxxer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From anti-vax + -er or anti- + vax + -er. Equivalent to anti- + vaxxer.
Affixes: anti-vax
-er
Inflected forms:
form: anti-vaxxers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: anti-vaxer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: antivaxer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: antivaxxer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who opposes vaccination, as for its purported dangerous effects.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Janice D'Arcy reports at the Washington Post on the latest measles outbreak traced back to anti-vaccination fanatics, but this time, instead of an outbreak being traced back to a Whole Foods or a nursery school---the usual places where the kids of yuppie anti-vaxxers have a chance to expose and be exposed---the trail for this one leads back to the Super Bowl.
Like everyone else (other than anti-vaxxers, I guess), I was delighted to see the good news about the Pfizer vaccine hopefully being rolled out before Christmas.
She acknowledged the existence of a “cohort of anti-vaxers”, as well as “valid” scepticism among other parts of society given the speed at which the vaccine has been developed. But the bigger issue, she said, will be how they manage a drip feed in supply.
Translations:
cacoon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cacoons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A beanlike seed of a tropical vine (Entada rheedei), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.
pos: noun
Translations:
geomantic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin geōmanticus. By surface analysis, geo- + -mantic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to geomancy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: And though he was almost persuaded that Aladdin must have died miserably in the subterranean abode where he had left him, yet he had the curiosity to inform himself about his end with certainty; and as he was a great geomancer, he took out of a cupboard a square, covered box, which he used in his geomantic observations.
A long table was covered with scrolls, skulls, crucibles, crystals, star-charts, geomantic figures, and other appurtenances of a magician's calling.
Translations:
gliosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From glia + -osis.
Base: glia
Affixes: -osis
Inflected forms:
form: glioses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A proliferation of astrocytes in damaged areas of the central nervous system. This proliferation usually leads to the formation of a glial scar.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Material for the second MS library (herein MS2) came from a pool of tissues from two patients, one with acute, active lesions and widespread inflammatory involvement in the white matter, and the other with chronic, "silent" lesions, with gliosis, but without evidence of a lymphocytic infiltrate.
Translations:
podesta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Italian podesta, from Latin potestas (“power; powerful one”). Doublet of poustie. See potent.
Inflected forms:
form: podestas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A chief magistrate of various Italian republics and city-states in the Middle Ages.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Secular palaces, such as that of the Tolomei, were rented for municipal use, and officials such as the Podestà were found lodgings in others.
gloss: A municipal administrator during the Italian Fascist regime (1927–43).
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: M.B. herself is tormented by anxiety […] for her husband, who, as Podestà of this town, is likely soon to get into trouble.
Derived words: podestaressa
Translations:
hammerstone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From hammer + stone.
Compound parts: hammer
stone
Inflected forms:
form: hammerstones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of stone used to hit or strike in a similar way to a modern-day hammer.
pos: noun
examples: Striking a hand-held isotropic block or cobble (a core) with a hammerstone initiates a cone-shaped crack at roughly 60° from the axis of force, exemplified by the hole in a plate glass window made by a pellet gun (18, 19 ).
On the other hand, in the same crannog, a hammerstone broken in two was found, each half in a different place, as were two parts of a figurine at Dumbuck.
Translations:
hemal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: American standard spelling of haemal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This specimen is identified as a fossil snake on the basis of its highly kinetic skull with anteriorly free ending maxillae and dentaries, slender and elongate tooth-bearing palatines and pterygoids, single mental foramen in the dentary, high number of presacral vertebrae, and the presence of hypapophyses or hemal ridges throughout the trunk, distally bifurcated lymphapophyses in the cloacal and proximal tail region, and paired hemapophyses on the tail vertebrae.
Translations:
holin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: holins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a diverse group of small proteins produced by dsDNA bacteriophages in order to trigger and control the degradation of the host's cell wall at the end of the lytic cycle.
pos: noun
examples: All known pneumococcal phages contain a cell wall lytic system consisting of a holin that permeabilizes the cell membrane, and either an N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase (amidase) or a lysozyme, capable of digesting the pneumococcal cell wall (8 ).
Translations:
neutronic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From neutron + -ic.
Base: neutron
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to neutrons or to neutronics
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
trough-shell
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: trough-shells
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any bivalve mollusc of the genus Mactra.
pos: noun
Translations:
swaggy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From swag + -y.
Base: swag
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: swaggier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: swaggiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Inclined to swag; saggy.
pos: adj
examples: swaggy and prominent belly
There was leather everywhere—the soft stuff that would make good gloves—and gilt everything, and the crystal chandeliers were even bigger than in the front of the house, the rugs even fancier, and the drapes even swaggier.
Translations:
coursey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: Compare Old French corsie, coursie (“passageway to the stern”). See course (noun).
Inflected forms:
form: courseys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
pos: noun
examples: […] the epibatæ, or fighting men, fought from gangways or courseys running the whole length of the vessel, and probably extending above the heads of the rowers […]
On the 'coursey,' as it was called, the soldiers stood, and the mariners passed to and fro.
Translations:
scintigraphic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From scintigraphy + -ic.
Base: scintigraphy
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to scintigraphy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
skeuomorphic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From skeuomorph + -ic.
Base: skeuomorph
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more skeuomorphic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most skeuomorphic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: skiamorphic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
pos: adj
examples: And just as “expectancy” caused the transfer of thong-work from the flint axe, where it was functional, to the bronze celt, where it was skeuomorphic, it carried the chevrons and cruciforms of basketry to the decoration of earthen vessels.
“[…]Forms of vessels so derived may be said to have an adventitious origin, yet they are essentially copies, although not so by design” (p. 445). In other words, such pottery is primitively skeuomorphic.
[Scott Forstall] was blamed not only for the map debacle, but for filling iPad and iPhone screens with winsome symbols of traditional objects relating to the different functions on those devices, like the “wooden” shelves containing digital books and magazines. I, for one, would be delighted never to see those tacky symbols again, or to hear the word “skeumorphic,” as that style of digital interface design is called.
It is a welcome move in what had become an increasingly noisy world of user-interface design over the past five years, as Steve Jobs's love of skeuomorphic design led to a digital world of everything trying to look like what it was in the real world.
As for the computer screen that is nowadays ever before us, I can recall perfectly the primitive holotype with its horse-trough depth and greenish luminescence; surely its lineal descendants’ capacity to display almost infinite imagery has resulted in this unintended consequence: a leeching of aesthetic interest or engagement; the duff skeuomorphic icons denoting folders and programs have encroached, rendering all local space planar.
Translations:
skeuomorphism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκεῦος (skeûos, “implement”) + -morphism, or skeuomorph + -ism.
Affixes: -morphism
Inflected forms:
form: skeuomorphisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: skiamorphism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The incorporation of obsolete or skeuomorphic elements into a design, for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Skeuomorphism is not a thing of the past nor is it limited to traditional crafts. It is found today in countless articles being made from plastic for the first time.
gloss: A user interface style characterized by ornate use of photorealistic textures, shadows, and often glossy highlights, mimicking a three-dimensional render.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: glassmorphism
neumorphism
Translations:
close-packing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: close-packings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ordered arrangement of objects such as to create the greatest density (e.g. of atoms in a crystal).
pos: noun
Translations:
megacorp
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From mega- + corp.
Base: corp
Affixes: mega-
Inflected forms:
form: megacorps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A very large corporation; megacorporation.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: In the period following World War II, the diversification strategy became a more common one for megacorps, the technique being refined so that expansion was no longer limited to industries with a similar technology.
The gel is a genetically-engineered bioplasm created by the Sirta Foundation, a medical technology megacorp based on Earth. Technically, medi-gel violates Council laws against genetic engineering, but so far, it has proved far too useful to ban.
If he were alive to study these changes, I think he would have focused his attention on how these changes affect the investment behavior of megacorps, for it is through investment that megacorps are able to grow over time.
Translations:
leatherhead
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: firefighting
government
Etymology: From leather + head.
Compound parts: leather
head
Inflected forms:
form: leatherheads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The friarbird.
pos: noun
examples: The piping-crows, the laughing-jackasses, the odd leatherheads, and the coach-wheel birds, all gave us their old music, and brought back pleasant memories of travel.
gloss: A city watchman who wore a leather helmet.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
slang
gloss: A firefighter.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
murza
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Russian мурза, related to mirza.
Inflected forms:
form: murzas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, up to the 19th century, especially one of the second class.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
catch-basin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: catch-basins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: catchbasin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: catch basin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matter that would not pass readily through the sewer.
pos: noun
examples: There has been expended, during the year, in the three districts, for repairs of sewers and catch basins, for altering man holes and catch basin covers to suit changes of grade of the streets[…]
Translations:
redleg
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From red + leg.
Compound parts: red
leg
Inflected forms:
form: redlegs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: red-leg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: red leg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A bird, the redshank.
pos: noun
gloss: A bird, the turnstone.
pos: noun
gloss: A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of a class of impoverished white people, originally from Ireland, Scotland and the west of England, now living on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands.
pos: noun
tags: Caribbean
derogatory
Translations:
terma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Tibetan གཏེར་མ (gter ma, “hidden treasure”).
Inflected forms:
form: termas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Hidden teachings in various Buddhist traditions.
pos: noun
Translations:
double-tonguing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: double-tonguings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: double tonguing
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The rapid repetition of notes in cornet or trumpet playing, achieved by fast tongue movement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cross-garnet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cross-garnets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal, giving it the form of an ankh or T cross.
pos: noun
Translations:
tilt-yard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: tilt-yards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tiltyard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A yard used for jousts.
pos: noun
examples: the tilt-yard of Templestowe
Translations:
racket-tail
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: racket-tails
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rackettail
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: racquet-tail
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
pos: noun
gloss: Prioniturus spp., parrots with similar tails.
pos: noun
Translations:
tiffany
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From an Anglo-Norman common name for the festival of the Epiphany. See Tiffany.
Inflected forms:
form: tiffanies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of gauze, or very thin silk.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] the smoak of sulphur will not black paper, and is commonly used by Women to whiten Tiffanies […]
Reduce all to a very fine Powder, searsing the same through a Tiffany Searse, as you should the former.
1792, Hannah Cowley, A Day in Turkey; or, the Russian Slaves, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Act III, Scene 1, p. 34,
[…] he made me throw away my peasant weeds, and gave me all these fine cloaths. See this tiffany, all spotted with silver; look at this beautiful turban—He gave it me all!
When, however, the matin loving lark, or ruſſet pinions, floating amid the tiffany clouds, that variegated, in fleecy undulation, the grey-inveſted heavens, hailed with his ſoul-reviving note, the radient countenance of returning morn; […]
Frost is another foe. Cordons might be protected by hoops covered with tiffany, Russian canvas, mats, or netting; bushes by nets, mats, etc.
A joy it was to see such a shifting maze of velvets, furs, curious needleworks and cloth of tissue, tiffanies, laces, ruffs, goodly chains and carcanets of gold: such glitter of jewels and weapons: such nodding of the plumes the Demons wore in their hair, half veiling the horns that grew upon their heads.
Translations:
gemmed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From gem + -ed.
Base: gem
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more gemmed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gemmed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Adorned with, or as with, gems.
pos: adj
examples: After dark it was a beautiful sight to look down on our rudders, from which rushed eddying streams of phosphoric light gemmed with whirling sparks of fire. It resembled (more nearly than anything else to which I can compare it) one of the large irregular nebulous star-clusters seen through a good telescope, with the additional attraction of ever-changing form and dancing motion.
The linkage of northern and southern Christian concerns is evident in the oldest surviving great golden and gemmed altar frontal with historiated narratives in Sant'Ambrogio in Milan, commissioned between 824 and 859 in an area fairly recently absorbed into Carolingian control
Translations:
biphobic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bi + -phobic.
Base: bi
Affixes: -phobic
Inflected forms:
form: more biphobic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most biphobic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting or characteristic of biphobia.
pos: adj
examples: If counselors are homophobic or biphobic, they should refer clients facing those issues to a counselor who could be objective.
One such article appeared in the April 3rd issue of the New York Times: "AIDS Specter for Women: The Bisexual Man," a nasty, biphobic piece of journalism.
Translations:
transphobe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From trans- + -phobe.
Inflected forms:
form: transphobes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who fears, hates or is prejudiced against transgender or transsexual people.
pos: noun
examples: The object of scorn in the films are not transpersons, but the bigoted transphobes who are made to look like fools.
Antonyms: transphile
Translations:
square-eyed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more square-eyed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most square-eyed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having square eyes; having watched too much television, etc.
pos: adj
examples: If it's footy you want, you can go square-eyed watching the games and all the accompanying glitz and glamour.
Translations:
double-bank
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: double-banks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: double-banking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: double-banked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: double-banked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: doublebank
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: double bank
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: doublebank
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: double bank
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
pos: verb
gloss: To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).
pos: verb
gloss: To ride (a horse, or bicycle) with two people on saddle
pos: verb
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
examples: `We must double-bank my horse,' whispers Jim, `for a mile or two, till we're clear of the place; we didn't want to bring a lot of horses about.'
On this occasion we double-banked over on horseback without much difficulty; but very often the Hooker River is quite impassable with horses
gloss: To double up, to have two people doing something usually done just by one.
pos: verb
gloss: double-banked
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: double-banked
double-banking
Translations:
double-banked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having two rowers at each oar, or two tiers of oars one above the other, as in ancient galleys.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It is often the case that when a boat is stove, its crew, being picked up by another boat, help to work that second boat; and the chase is thus continued with what is called double-banked oars.
Translations:
autoscaling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From auto- + scaling.
Base: scaling
Affixes: auto-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: automatic scaling
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The autoscaling feature changes the x and y axis of your graph to fit the available data.
Translations:
Uralian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Ural + -ian.
Base: Ural
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: more Uralian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Uralian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the Ural Mountains; Uralic.
pos: adj
Translations:
ironside
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ironside.
Inflected forms:
form: ironsides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who is very strong and courageous.
pos: noun
examples: In his principles he was an ironside of the Cromwellian type.
Translations:
long-jumper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: long-jumpers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: long jumper
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An athlete who competes in the long jump.
pos: noun
Translations:
motor-van
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: motor-vans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A motor-driver van.
pos: noun
examples: He bought a closed-in motor-van and fitted it out and went with it to a different part of the island each day, while Gwen minded the shop.
gloss: A motorhome.
pos: noun
Translations:
inground
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Inside the ground.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We snuck to the side of the house, and through a giant trellis we could see the glorious sparkling water in a half inground, half aboveground pool, complete with a beach ball and other floaty things.
Translations:
he-ass
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English hee assis pl; equivalent to he- + ass.
Base: ass
Affixes: he-
Inflected forms:
form: he-asses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A male ass, male donkey.
pos: noun
Translations:
un-Einsteinian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + Einsteinian.
Base: Einsteinian
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: more un-Einsteinian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most un-Einsteinian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not in accordance with the theories of physics as laid out by Albert Einstein.
pos: adj
examples: Note that to put it this way is precisely not to argue that Cubist space was "based on" Riemann's; that would amount to suggesting, in a perfectly un-Einsteinian fashion, that Cubism accepted Riemannian space as its apriori and then went on to represent it illusionistically.
The particles may not be un-Einsteinian, but they remain weirdly fascinating all the same.
gloss: Unlike Albert Einstein; unintelligent.
pos: adj
tags: rare
examples: As I prepared to put into action my un-Einsteinian plot, I grabbed the string to untie my drawers and yank them down.
Translations:
Judeo-Islamo-Christian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Judeo-
Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor.
English Islam
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English Islamo-
English Christian
English Judeo-Islamo-Christian
From Judeo- + Islamo- + Christian.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Receiving a Merina blessing is not just the receipt of supernatural benediction, as it is in the Judeo-Islamo-Christian tradition, it is something which materially transforms inwardly, as though it were a kind of internal coral.
Because the Middle East is the cradle of the Judeo-Islamo-Christian paradigm, the sectarian milieu, as John Wansbrough put it in a fundamental book on the semantic structure of religions,24 has remained relevant worldwide.
Whereas the Classical West was Judeo-Islamo-Christian and Greco-Arab, we have been led to believe that it was only Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian.
Translations:
neo-Darwinism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Darwinism.
Base: Darwinism
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Now his ideas have been neatly combined with those of Gregor Mendel, and the overall narrative – known as ‘neo-Darwinism’—seems complete.
Translations:
Taylorism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Taylor + -ism.
Base: Taylor
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: Taylorisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Reformed school of theology developed by Nathaniel William Taylor.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Rev. Edward Beecher, a strenous advocate of Taylorism, has been equally explicit on this point.
In the first half of the 19th century, under the lead of Nathaniel W. Taylor (q.v.) , the Divinity School of Yale became nationally prominent for "Taylorism" or New Haven Theology.
Taylorism presented two practical difficulties for person who adopted this theology.
gloss: Scientific management; a theory of management of the early 20th century that analyzed workflows in order to improve efficiency, originally developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: One of the ideological supporting pillars of systems thinking in the 1920s had been Lenin's analysis of Taylorism.
The separation of planning and control from work execution is constitutive for Taylorism.
Taylorism proved to be more persistent than many had expected.
According to Braverman's thesis, Taylorism, or scientific management, has been the key feature in the devaluation and dequalification of work.
gloss: One of the witty, epigrammatic remarks on international relations for which the historian Alan John Percivale Taylor was well-known.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: The brisk and lively narrative is spiced with Taylorisms: ' Hitler lost , as someone has to do in war, and has therefore been written off as a psychopath'.
It is full of what friends of mine at Oxford used to call 'Taylorisms', and as research students there we used to collect them — from his 'except the Italians ' in The Struggle for Mastery to his famous claim at the end of The Origins of the Second World War that Hitler 'became involved in war through launching on 29 August a diplomatic manoeuvre which he ought to have launched on 28 August'.
What makes Ponsonby significant is that he was one of A.J.P. Taylor's ' troublemakers' whom Taylor credits with all change and advance in history. While some would say that this is a typically large and perverse Taylorism, it is not without an element of truth when applied to the role played by Ponsonby and his fellow troublemakers in the search for a new international order.
A.J.P. Taylor, The Second World War (Hamish Hamilton 1975), like Jacobsen's book, consists of pictorial history; liberally sprinkled with taylorisms, and not inclined to overstress resistance.
Related words: Taylorian
Taylorist
Translations:
aitu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from a Polynesian language, from Proto-Polynesian *qaitu.
Inflected forms:
form: aitus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aitu
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A ghost or spirit, often malevolent, in Polynesian mythology.
pos: noun
Translations:
bespin
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From be- + spin. Cognate with German bespinnen (“to spin over”).
Base: spin
Affixes: be-
Inflected forms:
form: bespins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bespinning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bespun
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bespun
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Here we still have much of the same authority of great texts bespun and sometimes swamped with glosses and notes, of lecturing that approximates dictation, and grammar which still remains, though dictionaries have come.
Translations:
tim-whiskey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tim + whiskey, from whisk + -ey.
Base: whisk
Affixes: -ey
Inflected forms:
form: tim-whiskeys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tim-whiskies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tim whiskey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tim-whisky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tim whisky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of whiskey, a kind of light carriage drawn by one horse.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: 1778, George Colman, Prologue to The Suicide, in Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, London: T. Cadel, 1787, Volume 3, p. 225,
With Two Act Pieces what machines agree?
Buggies, Tim-whiskies, or squeez’d Vis a-vis,
Where two sit face to face, and knee to knee.
It was a two-wheeled vehicle, which claimed none of the modern appellations of tilbury, tandem, dennet, or the like; but aspired only to the humble name of that almost forgotten accommodation, a whiskey; or, according to some authorities, a tim-whiskey.
1837, Robert Southey, The Doctor, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, Volume 4, Interchapter 14, p. 43,
It is not like the difference between a Baptist and an Anabaptist, which Sir John Danvers said, is much the same as that between a Whiskey and a Tim-Whiskey, that is to say no difference at all.
Translations:
over-old
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Old English ofereald, corresponding to over- + old. Cognate with Dutch overoud, German überalt.
Base: old
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: more over-old
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most over-old
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Too old.
pos: adj
examples: And one Attalus in Seneca saith, the remembrance of our last friends is as pleasing to us, as bitternesse in wine that is over old[…].
My body over-old for deeds begrudged such government.
Translations:
suboxone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: A marketing name, perhaps a blend of Subutex + naloxone.
Compound parts: Subutex
naloxone
Inflected forms:
form: Suboxone
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A combination drug of buprenorphine and naloxone, used to treat opiate addictions.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Not far behind OxyContin is Suboxone, the brand name for a drug whose primary ingredient is buprenorphine, a semisynthetic opioid.
I have 8 milligram Suboxone for maintenance in case I go through withdrawals.
Translations:
tweep
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Inflected forms:
form: tweeps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tweeps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tweeping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tweeped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tweeped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A chirp or beep.
pos: noun
examples: The readers are Star Trek cast members, and the sound is enhanced with authentic, Enterprise-sounding beeps and tweeps.
Many of the neighboring birds had already begun their preliminary chirps, sending out those quirky little twits and tweeps that announce their presence […]
gloss: To chirp or beep.
pos: verb
examples: A bird tweeped and twittered on a thistle by the side of the trail.
No ubiquitous telephones, no fax machines or computers burping and tweeping and chirping their electronic chirps.
Translations:
fleur-de-lysed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From fleur-de-lys + -ed.
Base: fleur-de-lys
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more fleur-de-lysed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fleur-de-lysed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: fleur-de-lised
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: fleur-de-lisée
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Decorated with fleur-de-lys.
pos: adj
Translations:
over-insolently
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From over-insolent + -ly.
Base: over-insolent
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more over-insolently
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most over-insolently
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an excessively insolent way; too rudely.
pos: adv
examples: Charilus the Lacedemonian, to one Helot who behaved himself over insolently and audaciously towards him: By the Gods (saith he) If I were not now angry, I would presently make thee die.
Translations:
murr
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
Etymology: Imitative.
Inflected forms:
form: murrs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: murring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: murred
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: murred
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To purr.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
especially
onomatopoeic
slang
examples: The cat murred and purred and tried to lick his face and David was filled with such happiness. All the doubts and misgivings of the past few hours fled and all that he knew was that Kate, his love and his life, was back with him.
She murred in satisfaction.
gloss: Having sexual appeal, sexy.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: Nice picture. I love the details on everything, and the shading is wonderful. He's very murr.
Yew rox0rs....p.b. and Jay are murr. DO P.B.!
Lukos
"Darkan" […] wrote in message […]
> A little fanart of Jay from Daria McGrain's 'Genus Male' comic. I like P.B.
> better tho, and will draw him soon.
Great pics, very murr :)
Translations:
govi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Haitian Creole [Term?], from Fon [Term?].
Inflected forms:
form: govis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: govi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sacred urn or pitcher in Haitian voodoo, used to hold the spirit of an ancestor.
pos: noun
examples: In due course of time, the parent in the govi becomes grandparent and the grandparent becomes ancestor.
So these govi used to sit on your father's family altar, but now they are on yours?
The importance and significance of the govi can hardly be overstressed because it enables as well as brings to light the Voduists' reverence for their ancestors, a ubiquitous and fundamental feature of African religion in general.
Translations:
Romney
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).
Inflected forms:
form: Romneys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Rumney
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.
pos: noun
Translations:
mesotrophic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
geography
natural-sciences
Etymology: From meso- + -trophic.
Base: meso
Inflected forms:
form: more mesotrophic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mesotrophic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: providing intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor eutrophic (too high), nor oligotrophic (too low level).
pos: adj
gloss: describing organisms that inhabit such water
pos: adj
Related words: mesotroph
mesotrophy
Derived words: oligomesotrophic
Translations:
slackline
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
forestry
hobbies
lifestyle
mining
sports
Etymology: From slack + line. The verb is a back-formation from slacklining.
Compound parts: slack
line
Inflected forms:
form: slacklines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slacklines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slacklining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slacklined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slacklined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points of suspension.
pos: noun
gloss: To engage in the sport of slacklining.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
Translations:
half-hourly
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From half-hour + -ly.
Base: half-hour
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a half-hourly train service
A new half-hourly service between Stratford [Greater London] and Meridian Water was introduced on 9 September by Greater Anglia.
gloss: At intervals of a half-hour, every 30 minutes.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Take this medicine half-hourly.
Synonyms: semihourly
Translations:
white-label
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: white-labels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: white-labeling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: white-labelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: white-labeled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: white-labeled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: white-labelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: white-labelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: Describing a non-branded product manufactured by one company and sold by another, especially by a supermarket as a basic or economic alternative to a branded product.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To sell (another manufacturer's product) in this manner.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
biddi-biddi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Irregular formation from Māori piri-piri.
Inflected forms:
form: biddy-biddy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: biddy-bid
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bidibid
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The burr of the piri-piri plant.
pos: noun
tags: New-Zealand
examples: Two days ago in the Duke, and still the hooks in that conversation stick in her throat like a half-swallowed bidibid.
Translations:
polytech
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortening.
Inflected forms:
form: polytechs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A polytechnic.
pos: noun
tags: New-Zealand
Translations:
msec
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Translingual m- (“milli-”) + English sec (“second”). First attested in 1935.
Inflected forms:
form: msec
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: msecs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: msec.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A millisecond, ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a second.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: According to P. Hoffmann [1920] an afferent volley, electrically excited or elicited by a tendon tap, depresses for 30–100 msec. the motor discharge to an extensor muscle aroused by voluntary effort.
The integration time was roughly 40 msec.
The time required for a solution change varied between 50 msec and ~ 1 sec, possibly reflecting the varied extent of -shape formation of the excised patch.
Translations:
mulcher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From mulch + -er.
Base: mulch
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: mulchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mulching mower.
pos: noun
examples: There were no gender-assigned tasks in my family: we had to go out and help my father put leaves and twigs in the mulcher or lay insulation in the attic."
Translations:
overgeneralization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From over- + generalization.
Base: generalization
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: overgeneralizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of overgeneralizing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: "George Orwell put the easy use of words like 'unique' under the headings of 'pretentious diction' and overgeneralization.
Fortunately for all of us, the rhetoric of both cultural pessimism and postmodernism contains more than its fair share of exaggeration and overgeneralization.
gloss: An instance of overgeneralizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: It's an overgeneralization to say that everywhere you look is the hand of man in the presettlement era," says Thomas Swetnam, a fire ecologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Translations:
IOP
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: IOPs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Independent Olympic Participant
pos: noun
Translations: