yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
sadiki
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Arabic صَدِيقِي (ṣadīqī, “my friend”).
Inflected forms:
form: sadiqi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sidiki
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sidiqi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: homebrew alcohol; moonshine
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Galahad
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French Galahad, of obscure origin and meaning. Suggestions include Old Welsh, or biblical Gilead.
Inflected forms:
form: Galahads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A man considered to be pure, noble, or chivalrous.
pos: noun
Translations:
Empress
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From empress. The village was named in 1913 for Queen Victoria, who was Empress of India.
Inflected forms:
form: Empresses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The title of an empress.
pos: noun
examples: The opening through which French taste jumped was Peter the Great’s “window on Europe,” the new Russian capital he built on the Neva River in 1703 to give Russians greater proximity to European culture, and to showcase Russia’s wealth and burgeoning cultural institutions. It took the better part of a century and Empress Catherine the Great -- wife of Peter’s grandson -- to make it happen.
Japan’s Empress Michiko, left, being welcomed by Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India, in New Delhi. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are in India on a state visit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
Japan's strict succession rules dictate that only men can inherit the throne, with a government advisory panel backing the tradition in a July vote despite public opinion in favour of allowing Empresses.
Translations:
dack
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From daks, Australian slang for trousers or underwear.
Inflected forms:
form: dacks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dacking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dacked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dacked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
informal
gloss: To cause political embarrassment in order to gain advantage over an opponent.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
examples: We have it because way back in 1918, Billy Hughes — the Labor defector and leader of the Nationalist Party, from whose remains Robert Menzies was ultimately to build the Liberal Party — introduced preferential voting specifically in order to dack the Labor party.
Translations:
neo-ultramontanism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + ultramontanism.
Base: ultramontanism
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The belief of certain Catholics, primarily during the period immediately prior to Vatican I, that papal infallibility was not restricted to a small number of papal statements but applied ipso facto (by virtue of being said by the Pope) to all papal teachings and statements.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
vineland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From vine + land.
Compound parts: vine
land
Inflected forms:
form: vinelands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: land where vines are grown
pos: noun
Translations:
worktime
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From work + time.
Compound parts: work
time
Inflected forms:
form: worktimes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: work time
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The period, or daily hours, during which somebody works.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
abbot-bishop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: abbot-bishops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An abbot who is also a bishop.
pos: noun
Translations:
rajma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi राजमा (rājmā), from Punjabi ਰਾਜਮਾਂਹ (rājmā̃h, “kidney bean”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An Indian dish of red kidney beans in a thick gravy with spices.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Hupa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Yurok name of the valley in which they reside (Hoopa Valley).
Inflected forms:
form: Hupas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Hupa
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a tribe residing in the Hoopa Valley.
pos: noun
Translations:
X-craft
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From X-class submarine + -craft.
Base: X-class submarine
Affixes: -craft
Inflected forms:
form: X-craft
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: X-class submarine
pos: noun
Translations:
X-inactivation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lyonization.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
T-bird
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: T-birds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Ford Thunderbird.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: And she'll have fun, fun, fun
'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away
Translations:
pseudo-archaic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pseudo- + archaic.
Base: archaic
Affixes: pseudo-
Inflected forms:
form: pseudarchaic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pseudoarchaic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Seemingly, but not actually, archaic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: To dramatize Norse myths, he created a pseudo-archaic form of German, whose cadences dictated the stately melodic lines, which in turn flowed together into endless scenes.
If you look the word up in the dictionary, you will find it is a “pseudo-archaic spelling of fair”. So the fayre is a pseudo event.
In the pun-riddled libretto by Ernst von Wolzogen (a satirist and cabaret figure), all this is expressed in a mixture of Bavarian dialect (poorly rendered by this American cast) and that easily lampooned hodgepodge of alliteration and pseudo-archaic German of Wagner’s own librettos.
Translations:
Hop-tu-naa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Halloween
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
semi-decidability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From semi- + decidability.
Base: decidability
Affixes: semi-
Inflected forms:
form: semidecidability
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The property of being semi-decidable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Detroiter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Detroit + -er.
Base: Detroit
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Detroiters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Detroit.
pos: noun
examples: If you're a Detroiter who needs a police officer, it will take 58 minutes to get help -- more than five times what it takes elsewhere in the United States.
Suddenly, the hardscrabble, gritty Detroiters are in need of a savior – someone to rescue us from all this grittiness and strife, because that’s what we’ve been waiting for all this time, right?
Translations:
Mx
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Coined based on Mr and Ms, with x chosen as a "wildcard" character. First proposed jokingly in print in 1977.
Inflected forms:
form: Mx.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.
pos: noun
examples: Mx. Mirage. I am a radically queer trannyboi with a big mouth.
It has been proposed that in addition to the honorific Mr. for male and Ms. for female, that the honorific Mx. be used for intersexuals […]
One of the most well-known gender nonconforming cabaret artists (who now works primarily in full length cabaret shows) is Mx Justin Vivian Bond.
“I think the thing that was most surprising was how supportive and gung-ho a lot older alums were,” said Mx. LoSchiavo, who graduated this year (and would have been admitted under the new policy, having identified as a female at the time of application).
In the new Notice, the Court is asking people to state their name, title (sometimes called "salutation"), and pronouns to be used in the proceeding, and for lawyers to provide this information for their clients. For example: "My name is Ms. Jane Lee, spelled L-E-E. I use she/her pronouns. I am the lawyer for Mx. Joe Carter who uses they/them pronouns." ("Mx." is pronounced like the word "mix" and is a gender-neutral title/salutation.)
Translations:
nasolabial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From naso- + labial.
Base: labial
Affixes: naso-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the nose and lips.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Nervii
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: One of the most powerful Belgic tribes, living in northern Gaul at the time of its conquest by Ancient Rome.
pos: noun
tags: historical
plural
plural-only
Translations:
Belgae
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Belgae, an Iron-Age European group of tribes located between the rivers Seine and Rhine.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A group of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel and the west bank of the Rhine, from at least the 3rd century BC.
pos: noun
tags: historical
plural
plural-only
Translations:
never-was
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: never-weres
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: neverwas
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: never was
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who has never achieved success or popularity.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
informal
examples: They're saying Sonny Hayes isn't a has-been. He's a never-was.
Translations:
Mazak
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Zamak, influenced by the initials of the manufacturer, Morris Ashby.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of Zamak alloy using a different kind of zinc.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Mattole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A group of Native Americans in California, whose traditional lands were along the Mattole and Bear Rivers near Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Okanagan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more Okanagan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Okanagan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Okanagans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the Syilx people.
pos: adj
gloss: A member of the Syilx people.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Trot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping.
Inflected forms:
form: Trots
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trot
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Trotskyite.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: Loyal to a tee, he is still at a loss to understand the failure of the Frank Dobson candidacy in the London mayoral contest, and abandoned constituency meetings after a couple of events because they were "too dominated by Trots".
We believed that the Trots represented a mad, extreme form of Labour that was never going to do anything for anybody, yet we felt strongly that nothing would be achieved by jumping ship and defecting to the SDP.
Translations:
mill-wand
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: mill-wands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rod by which a millstone was trundled from the quarry to the mill.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
all-seater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: all-seaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sport stadium in which every spectator has a seat.
pos: noun
Translations:
ecojustice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From eco- + justice.
Base: justice
Affixes: eco-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of justice that considers the rights of organisms and the natural environment in addition to those of human beings.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
T-group
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: T may stand for training in National Training Laboratories (US) or Tavistock ("Tavistock Group") (UK), early post-1945 developers and popularizers of the technique.
Inflected forms:
form: T-groups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An encounter group or similar group therapy method.
pos: noun
Translations:
torquey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From torque + -y.
Base: torque
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: torquier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: torquiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Producing a large amount of torque.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Translations:
looky-loo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Reduplication from look or a compound of look + lew.
Compound parts: look
lew
Inflected forms:
form: looky-loos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lookie-lou
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lookie-loo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who looks or stares; a gawker; a nosy or overly inquisitive person.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: After the accident, I had to shoo away a bunch of looky-loos.
I looked away and cursed under my breath, waving angrily at some looky-loos who are slowing down and craning their necks to see their quota of other people's misery for the day.
Victor: "Yeah. So what. I'm just another looky-loo."
gloss: A look at something; a glance; an opportunity to look around.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: I brought the inspector in for a looky-loo.
As I walked by, I couldn't help but take a looky-loo.
gloss: A person who comes into a store and looks around but doesn't buy anything.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: I was busy all day, but barely made any commissions because I spent all my time with a couple looky-loos.
This place isn't for looky loos. If you're not buying, get out!
Translations:
loid
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Short for celluloid.
Inflected forms:
form: loids
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: loids
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: loiding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: loided
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: loided
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A tool made from a piece of celluloid, used for bypassing locks.
pos: noun
gloss: To force (a door) open by slipping a credit card or similar thin object between the door and the frame.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A deadbolt can't be loided because it doesn't have a curved, self-latching bolt.
The loiding of windows is accomplished by inserting a thin stiff object between the meeting rails or stiles to move the latch to the open position, or by inserting a thin stiff wire through openings between the stile or rail and the frame […]
Translations:
Palmyrene
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin Palmȳrēnus, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνός (Palmurēnós). By surface analysis, Palmyra + -ene.
Inflected forms:
form: Palmirene
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Palmyrenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Palmirene
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The contrast between the deterrent lion with open mouth and luxurious mane and the peaceful antelope is striking, so more since the antelope is represented in profile while the lion, on the contrary, fully obeys the artistic law of frontality which is one of the most characteristic features of Palmyrene art.² Only early examples of Palmyrene sculpture from the first century B.C. and the beginning of the first century A.D. still show representations of human beings in profile.
From Rome came the legend of the twins Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf, illustrated on a battered relief found in the Palmyrene temple of Bel;
This cave housed an extended Palmyrene family, as indicated by the script used in some of the inscriptions and by some of the names of the interned.
gloss: Relating to the Palmyrene dialect or script
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The reverse presents to our view a ſtrange fort of inſtrument, or machine, which perhaps may be imagined to repreſent a key, beſides ſome traces of characters in a great measure defaced, and, if I am not vaſtly miſtaken, four intire Palmyrene letters.
The names of the deities retain their Palmyrene form in both the Palmyrene and Greek versions.
An isolated ostracon has turned up in Germany,² but otherwise there is nothing comparable to the geographic spread of the Nabataean and, above all, the Palmyrene inscriptions, the latter spanning from South Shields (in northern England) to Soqotra.
gloss: A native or inhabitant of ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: The importance of the Palmyrenes was as merchants, and it is as merchants that they become known to us in our earliest Roman reference.
For in the course of the campaign the Roman provincial capital of Bostra fell to the Palmyrenes – whether by accident or design - along with a Roman force.
There is no surviving contemporary account of the war between the Palmyrenes and the Emperor Aurelian.
Translations:
Saurashtra
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Saurashtra ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ (saurāṣṭra), from Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra, “from Saurashtra”).
Inflected forms:
form: Saurashtras
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Saurashtra
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Sourashtra
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of a community of Indian people who had their original homes in Gujarat.
pos: noun
Translations:
yokan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese 羊羹(ようかん) (yōkan).
Inflected forms:
form: yokan
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: yōkan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: youkan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar, usually sold in block form and eaten in slices.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Looking into the cake bowl which she had brought I saw that it contained some green ‘yokan’ made from bean jelly. I think that if^([sic – meaning of]) all cakes, yokan are my favourite. […] These yokan were particularly pleasant to look at, for their green-tinged lustre made them look as though they were precious stones, or as though they had been fashioned from alabaster.
There are hundreds of distinct variations within the main types of wagashi: namagashi, monaka, yokan, manju, and higashi. […] Yokan gets its firm texture from kanten, a seaweed-derived gelatin, and is likely to have fruit and azuki within.
“Homemade yokan. You must be quite special to this girl,” he teased. “She's just one of many,” I laughed. Matsu picked up one of the rectangular red bean cakes and put it entirely into his mouth.
Bill Yosses, the pastry chef, is now making yokan “pops” ($5) in several flavors at his Palais restaurant on the Upper East Side; Dylan Lauren also sells them at Dylan’s Candy Bar near Union Square. She said she liked the way the pops made yokan fun.
Translations:
Panenka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: Named after Antonín Panenka, a Czech football player who scored a softly-struck chipped penalty kick down the middle of the goal to win the penalty shootout in the UEFA Euro 1976 Final
Inflected forms:
form: Panenkas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: panenka
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: panenka kick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A softly-struck chipped penalty kick into the middle of the goal.
pos: noun
examples: Amazingly, in the most important football competition in the world, he had scored a penalty kick in the most risky and theatrical way possible, with what is called a panenka, after Antonín Panenka, a Czech footballer who in 1976 scored a vital penalty kick by chipping the ball over the goalkeeper into the center of the net.
Up stepped Pirlo, who coolly took a Panenka as Hart dived to his right.
Best used for penalties that are scored in a tidy, unfussy manner – no impudent Panenkas or short runups welcome here, thanks.
He chipped a Panenka that was so bad it barely had enough power to bounce off the chest of Lukasz Fabianski.
Translations:
candy-coat
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: candy-coats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: candy-coating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: candy-coated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: candy-coated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To sugarcoat.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
Translations:
chio
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hokkien 𪁎 /𲍸 (chhio, “(of a male animal) sexually excited; to be in heat; to be receptive to mating”).
Inflected forms:
form: more chio
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most chio
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Cute, pretty.
pos: adj
tags: Singapore
examples: If he wanted to see any chio girls he usually had to take the bus to the Bedok town center.
Translations:
skip-stop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: skip-stops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A train, bus or elevator that does not make all of the designated stops along its route.
pos: noun
Translations:
Chiweenie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of Chihuahua + wiener dog.
Compound parts: Chihuahua
wiener dog
Inflected forms:
form: Chiweenies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dog that is a crossbreed of a Chihuahua and a dachshund.
pos: noun
Translations:
unduplicated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + duplicated.
Base: duplicated
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not duplicated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
zooey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From zoo + -ey.
Base: zoo
Affixes: -ey
Inflected forms:
form: zooier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: zooiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of a zoo.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: a zooey smell
gloss: Crowded with people.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: […] restaurants that squeeze in as many tables as possible against the walls of the old town; it gets zooey, with tourists trying to get past the fuming waiters trying to deliver food to their waiting diners.
Translations:
cisticola
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cisticolas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One of several small passerine birds in the genus Cisticola.
pos: noun
Translations:
degloving
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: deglovings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instance of skin being degloved.
pos: noun
gloss: A mock punishment for disrespecting the sport of gloving; having one's LED gloves taken away, effectively banning them from participating in the activity.
pos: noun
tags: humorous
Translations:
dermo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: perkinsosis
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
desmo
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortening.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: desmodromic
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: a desmo valve
Translations:
dexamphetamine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dex- + amphetamine.
Base: amphetamine
Affixes: dex-
Inflected forms:
form: dexamfetamine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of dextroamphetamine.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Methamphetamine is more potent than dexamphetamine which is in turn more potent than its racemate amphetamine.
Translations:
digitalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From digital + -ism.
Base: digital
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A medical condition caused by digitalis poisoning.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The condition of living in a digital culture, with computer technology.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Cubano
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spanish cubano (“Cuban”).
Inflected forms:
form: Cubanos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of sandwich with pork, ham, and cheese.
pos: noun
gloss: A Cuban cigar
pos: noun
Translations:
sushi-meshi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Japanese 鮨飯
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A preparation of white short-grained Japanese rice mixed with a dressing of rice vinegar, sugar, salt, and occasionally kombu and sake, used as a filling for sushi.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
sushi-go-round
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of sushi + merry-go-round.
Compound parts: sushi
merry-go-round
Inflected forms:
form: sushi-go-rounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of sushi train.
pos: noun
Translations:
nicator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: nicators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several passerine birds in the genus Nicator.
pos: noun
examples: West African nicators (amapopo) are closely associated with chimpanzees, which are said to be found where this bird sings beautifully.
The nicators, which resemble a cross between a greenbul and a bushshrike, comprise just three species, all found in Africa.
With relatively large, hooked bills, the nicators feed on a variety of invertebrates and small vertebrates.
Translations:
urticarial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From urticaria + -al.
Base: urticaria
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to urticaria.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vesicoureteral
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From vesico- + ureteral.
Base: ureteral
Affixes: vesico-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the bladder and ureters.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
kamani
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Hawaiian [Term?]
Inflected forms:
form: kamanis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tree of the species Calophyllum inophyllum.
pos: noun
Translations:
Jeju
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 제주(濟州) (Jeju). Doublet of Cheju.
Inflected forms:
form: Cheju
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An ethnic group native to the island.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
e-court
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + court.
Base: court
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
form: e-courts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A courtroom equipped with telecommunications apparatus for the purposes of e-justice.
pos: noun
Translations:
karnal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: karnals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large, straight brass ceremonial trumpet played in parts of Northern India and Nepal.
pos: noun
Translations:
e-justice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + justice.
Base: justice
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: telejustice
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
J-curve
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the shape, which resembles the letter J.
Inflected forms:
form: J-curves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Exponential growth, or a graph detailing it.
pos: noun
Translations:
S-curve
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the shape, which resembles a vertically compressed letter S.
Inflected forms:
form: S-curves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Logistic growth, or a graph detailing it.
pos: noun
gloss: Reverse curve
pos: noun
examples: The current S-curve includes much gentler bends starting around Randolph Street and ending just before Monroe Street.
The so-called “S-curve” on I-25 is a notoriously dangerous stretch of freeway just south of the Big-I.
Related words: J-curve
Translations:
no-brow
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of no + lowbrow. Popularized by writer John Seabrook in Nobrow: the culture of marketing, the marketing of culture (2000).
Compound parts: no
lowbrow
Inflected forms:
form: more no-brow
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most no-brow
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: nobrow
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Completely devoid of cultural or educational value.
pos: adj
examples: From no-brow beginnings, when BSG [Battlestar Galactica] still had to prove it had outwitted the shonky source material, the show gained cult respect and a few more viewers by the second year.
During the 2000s, belles-lettres accounted for less than 3 percent of all literature sold in the United States, and popular literature made gains in prestige and legitimacy, spawning a no-brow culture.
The tremendous concern and fascination with South Park's “no-brow” humor (Wild 1998: 32) has largely deflected attention away from an equally interesting and significant factor in the show's history and status as a cultural artifact.
gloss: Located outside the traditional taste hierarchy, blending highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow.
pos: adj
examples: The Simpsons is pure Nobrow, able to slide as effortlessly as Bob himself from slide-whistling slapstick to talk of Susan Sontag, and ultimately oblivious to any prejudicial classifications. It's not such much that lowbrow bludgeoned highbrow to death with a dozen rakes; it's that both of them have been subsumed into the one-stop-shopping megamall of pop.
Translations:
nonconsent
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + consent.
Base: consent
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: non-consent
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A lack of consent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Essentially we are looking at what the victim may have said or done to clearly communicate her nonconsent to the sexual act to the offender. This is important because if the victim consented to the act, then no criminal offense was committed.
Translations:
Covenanter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From covenant + -er, referring to the covenant sworn by Israel in the Old Testament.
Base: covenant
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Covenanters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Scottish Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland during the 17th century.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Antonyms: noncovenanter
Translations:
witbier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Dutch witbier.
Inflected forms:
form: witbiers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A top-fermented barley/wheat beer brewed mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
self-documenting
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
switchfoot
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
surfing
Etymology: From switch + foot.
Compound parts: switch
foot
Inflected forms:
form: switchfoots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Riding with one's wrong foot forward, i.e. opposite to one's usual natural/goofy preference.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Riding with one's wrong foot forward, i.e. opposite to one's usual natural/goofy preference.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A surfer who can surf with either foot forward.
pos: noun
Translations:
cordon-bleu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cordon-bleus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cordon bleu
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cordonbleu
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of two species of passerine birds in the genus Uraeginthus.
pos: noun
Translations:
casteist
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From caste + -ist.
Base: caste
Affixes: -ist
Inflected forms:
form: casteists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more casteist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most casteist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: One who discriminates against people based on their caste.
pos: noun
examples: If Indians endorse literature that endorses caste, all it means is that such admirers are also unabashed casteists or apologists for caste.
gloss: Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to casteism.
pos: adj
examples: The casteist slur of 'chamar' was hurled at a worker in a private housing colony and he was prevented from walking before certain residents because of the casteist fear of pollution.
Shining Jewel of Truth made an impassioned speech to his crowd and cameras about collective responsibility, and how these consequences demonstrated that the actions of the state are neither racist nor casteist. See, he said, the high are punished as surely as the low.
"No, no, no. I don't even want you to touch this project because you're ill-fated. You, you're ill-fated," she told me, recollecting the incident and noting how instead of communicating in English, he had used a Hindi word, which is a widely recognized casteist slur in India: manhoos.
Of course, Dahal was rebuking his political rivals and not directly discriminating against Dalits. Yet, a top leader’s use of derogatory casteist slurs was deeply offensive. These terms have long been commonly used to dominate, humiliate, ridicule, exclude and demean Dalits in everyday life.
Translations:
murphy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).
Inflected forms:
form: murphies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An Irish or white potato.
pos: noun
examples: "[…
To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]
Translations:
cut-and-try
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Done by trial and error, without precise calculation in advance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
criolla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A genre of Cuban music.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
shortline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From short + line.
Compound parts: short
line
Inflected forms:
form: shortlines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: short line
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
mock-heroic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: literature
media
publishing
Etymology: From mock + heroic.
Compound parts: mock
heroic
Inflected forms:
form: more mock-heroic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mock-heroic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: mock-heroics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.
pos: adj
gloss: A work in the mockheroic style.
pos: noun
Translations:
theyself
Part of speech: pron
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Themselves.
pos: pron
examples: Just because they is gay, that don't mean they don't suppose to stand up for they self.
Translations:
goosie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From goose + -ie.
Base: goose
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: goosies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: goose
pos: noun
tags: childish
endearing
Translations:
repulsor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: From repulse + -or.
Base: repulse
Affixes: -or
Inflected forms:
form: repulsors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device used to deflect or repel other objects, or for flight stability.
pos: noun
Translations:
kumkum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi कुमकुम (kumkum) from Sanskrit कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma).
Inflected forms:
form: kumkuma
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: kunku
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: kungumam
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A red powder, made from saffron or turmeric, used ceremonially by Hindu women to make various markings on the body, especially the tilak.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: A maid passed her the gold thali with a lamp and kumkum and turmeric powder in it.
Saubhagya Devi sent Alak Kishori to fetch kumkum.
Translations:
broseph
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: First appears c. the 2000s. A blend of bro + Joseph.
Compound parts: bro
Joseph
Inflected forms:
form: brosephs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: brosef
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: brosif
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A comrade or friend.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: "Come on, broseph," he calls back to Lucas, grinning wildly. "Let's spy on them!"
Anybody who walks into your room knows immediately that you get blasted, broseph, and that most of your pride, social standing and self worth are derived from your ability to drink litres upon litres of spiced rum.
“That I am, broseph. That I am.”
Translations:
scatter-gun
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: scatter-guns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of shotgun.
pos: noun
Translations:
jery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: jeries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several species of bird, endemic to Madagascar, in the genera Neomixis and Hartertula.
pos: noun
Translations:
fong
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A kick.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
slang
examples: 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Scribner-Simon & Schuster, New York: 1996, p 147.
'Get away from my door or I'll come out and give every one o' ye a good fong in the hole of yeer arse.'
Translations:
sci-fier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sci-fi + -er.
Base: sci-fi
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: sci-fiers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A science-fictioner.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
Translations:
thru-hike
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From thru + hike.
Compound parts: thru
hike
Inflected forms:
form: thru-hikes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thru-hikes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: thru-hiking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: thru-hiked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: thru-hiked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek
pos: noun
examples: … but you can expect a thru-hike of the Florida Trail to take up to three months …
I shaved my head for the start of our thru-hike, …
… to our 2,658-mile thru-hike, …
gloss: to walk a long-distance trail end to end, in one unbroken trek
pos: verb
examples: I've always wanted to thru-hike…
Translations:
racebook
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From race + book.
Compound parts: race
book
Inflected forms:
form: racebooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A booklet serving the same purpose as a race card.
pos: noun
Translations:
soring
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sore + -ing.
Base: sore
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The practice of making it painful for a horse's feet to touch the ground, resulting in the horse picking its feet up quickly, with the goal of accentuating its gait.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
babywearing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From baby + wearing.
Compound parts: baby
wearing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The act of wearing a child, carrying them close to the body.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: If you want real freedom to nurse anywhere, consider babywearing, or carrying your child in a sling or carrier. Slings keep your hands free while holding your baby right where you want her.
Translations:
hudud
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Arabic حُدُود (ḥudūd, “boundaries, penalties”).
Inflected forms:
form: hadd
pos: noun
tags: singular
form: hadood
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hadud
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hudood
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-normally
Translations:
chole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi छोले (chole, “chickpeas”).
Inflected forms:
form: cholay
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Chickpeas, or a curry consisting mainly of chickpeas.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
goosh
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Imitative? The sense "gush" (at least) is related to gush. The sense "smush" may be related to smoosh.
Inflected forms:
form: gooshes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gooshing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gooshed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gooshed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To move in a messy, liquid manner.
pos: verb
tags: informal
examples: The ground gooshed in places, soggy from the winter rains.
In a way, it's rather useful to have your body remind you on a regular basis that there's healthy red stuff gooshing around inside you, just below the surface […]
I waded out, my hair streaming water down my back, my toes gooshing deliciously in the mud.
gloss: To gush.
pos: verb
tags: informal
examples: More fluid gooshed forth, arching beautifully and descending to strike Prior's arm. It was hot and gooey and repulsive.
In layman's terms, your husband/boyfriend/donor spooges into a jar and then the contents of that jar are gooshed up your puss with a turkey baster. SCIENCE!
As the coffee gooshes into a cup, I imagine that dysfunctional family dynamic.
gloss: To smush, to smash.
pos: verb
tags: informal
examples: Calvin: Here's a bug plodding resolutely across the dirt. […] If he's mocking me, I'm gonna goosh him.
It was like walking on gooshed together marshmallows: a bit sticky, but doable. Have you ever gooshed marshmallows? It's kind of messy, but lots of fun. You take a few of those large marshmallows in your fingers and pull them apart and stuff them together over and over until they become one big sticky blob.
Risu looked for the bees but they were nowhere to be found—not even a gooshed one, and surely she must've gooshed at least a few during her frantic swatting. Pesky things. A movement to the left attracted her eye.
gloss: That which is gushy; cloying sentimentality
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: What girls are saying is: "Don't treat me like that, treat me like this." Which Nancy Sinatra initially did with "These Boots Are Made For Walking"! […] And it's not the same as "Take another piece of my heart, now," and "Baby love, baby love" — all that kind of goosh.
And, hey, if they're evil in one life, they might be good in another (if there's any truth at all in that goosh about "I have stood at your side, LTT, in a gazillion battles and faced you in as many" that various and sundry have spewed at Rand.
Translations:
liopleurodon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From the genus name (from Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos) + pleuro- + -odon).
Affixes: pleuro-
-odon
Inflected forms:
form: liopleurodons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the genus †Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
pos: noun
Translations:
chillwave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From chill + -wave. Coined tongue-in-cheek on the blog Hipster Runoff in 2009.
Base: chill
Affixes: -wave
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A genre of music of the late 2000s, characterized by effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: As music created and shaped by the lens of blogs, music forums, and other forms of online comment, chillwave was subject to a backlash almost as soon as it had been labeled and defined.
Translations:
chroot
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From the name of the Unix command, short for “change root”.
Inflected forms:
form: chroots
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chrooting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chrooted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chrooted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To change the apparent root directory for a running process, affecting whether or not it can access certain files etc.
pos: verb
tags: Unix
examples: Running a server in a chrooted environment greatly enhances overall system security on a Unix system.
Translations:
put-together
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From put together.
Inflected forms:
form: more put-together
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most put-together
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: put together
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: puttogether
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: put together
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: puttogether
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: That has been put together; assembled, makeshift.
pos: adj
gloss: Something that has been put together; the whole assembled group of something, an improvised grouping or composite.
pos: noun
examples: I kept thinkin' that this here woman knew a sight more about raisin' cattle that the entire put together of our county.
‘Wouldn't want to compromise your cred, I'm weeks overdue at the colorist, this whole puttogether here ran me under a hundred bucks at Filene's Basement—’
Translations:
creped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Wrinkled; having crinkly wrinkles.
pos: adj
Translations:
splittingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From splitting + -ly.
Base: splitting
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more splittingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most splittingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in a splitting way, very severely
pos: adv
Translations:
side-splittingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From side-splitting + -ly.
Base: side-splitting
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more side-splittingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most side-splittingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in a side-splitting way, extremely funnily
pos: adv
Translations:
ear-splittingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ear-splitting + -ly.
Base: ear-splitting
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more ear-splittingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most ear-splittingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in an ear-splitting way; extremely loudly.
pos: adv
Translations:
medkit
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
video-games
Etymology: From med + kit.
Compound parts: med
kit
Inflected forms:
form: medkits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: medikit
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small bag or case containing medical supplies.
pos: noun
tags: usually
Translations: