Solarian

It will be proved that a Solarian, supposing him to have a stature equal to our own, would do as much work as seven of our cultivators; and yet the Solarians are the happiest of beings; their lot is the highest degree of happiness to which we can aspire until the epoch when there shall exist stars of a more exalted rank, that are not yet to be found in our young universe.

1851, Charles Fourier, The Passions of the Human Soul, page 225:

"There has been another dive since our meeting, Jacob, and on that dive, we are told, only the first and more prosaic species of Solarian was observed. Not the second variety which has caused Dr. Kepler so much concern." Jacob was still confused by the hurried explanations Kepler had given of the two types of Sun-creatures so far observed.

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the Sun.

The small ships of the Nigrians were beginning to take a terrific toll in the thin ranks of the Solarians. The coming of the Rocket Squad had been welcomed indeed!

Is it true that all Terrans, and other Solarians are frightfully rich, and go simply everywhere, and do as they please, and that almost nobody works?

1956 August, Charles Stearns, “The Golden Ones”, in Science Fiction Quarterly, volume 4, number 4, page 30:

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of any part of the solar system of the Sun.


robots

robots (nominative singular)
roboti (nominative plural)
robotu (accusative singular)
robotus (accusative plural)
robota (genitive singular)
robotu (genitive plural)
robotam (dative singular)
robotiem (dative plural)
robotu (instrumental singular)
robotiem (instrumental plural)
robotā (locative singular)
robotos (locative plural)
robot (singular vocative)
roboti (plural vocative)

From Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef http://ui.fpf.slu.cz/persons/Kelemen/articles/HorKelALIFEIXDef.pdf, and taken into other languages without change.

(science fiction) robot (intelligent machine designed to look like a human being)


casanova

casanova (nominative singular)
casanovie (nominative plural)
casanovy (genitive singular)
casanovów (genitive plural)
casanovie (dative singular)
casanovom (dative plural)
casanovę (accusative singular)
casanovów (accusative plural)
casanovą (instrumental singular)
casanovami (instrumental plural)
casanovie (locative singular)
casanovach (locative plural)
casanovo (singular vocative)
casanovie (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian casanova, named after Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova.

named-after

(slang) Casanova, Don Juan (man considered romantic and gallant)

(slang) Casanova, Don Juan (promiscuous, philandering man)


cryokinesis

(fantasy, science fiction) The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.


Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

en-proper noun

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (plural Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers (plural)

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In the yards of the houses, the pink flamingos were eclipsed by huge plastic Santa Clauses and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers, their red noses tinting the shadows on the snow rose red, and on the roof ridges of every other house, Santa Claus and his sleigh had landed weeks earlier.

1989, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Buffalo Afternoon, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 513:

The only buildings on the street across from the Yellow Panda were an abandoned warehouse and a lonely souvenir stand, also closed until tourist season, its carved Smokey the Bears and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers looking like lost Christmas decorations in the rain.

1997, Roger L[ichtenberg] Simon, The Lost Coast, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 194:

Window cling-ons are the same kind you see at Christmas time, with cute Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers and Frosty the Snow Mans on them.

2003, Tiffany Lambert, Restaurant Promotion and Publicity: For Just a Few Dollars a Day, Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., →ISBN, page 98:

Light posts, storefronts and other businesses were lined with garlands of silver, gold, green and red; as well as the occasional Santa Claus and more than a few Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers.

2008, William Pepper, In the St. Nick of Time, Carnival of Glee Creations, →ISBN, page 10:

These days, you see more of those giant inflatable Frosty the Snowmen and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers.

2014, Greg Laurie, Red: The Color of Christmas, 15 Favorite Christmas Messages, Allen David Books, →ISBN, page 307:

Good job you don’t have kids, mate. You’d go mad this time of year with all the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers going on.

2019, Alison Roberts, Single Dad in Her Stocking, Harlequin, →ISBN:

A legendary reindeer with a nose that glows red, the subject of a comic Christmas song; often added among Santa Claus's reindeer as the leading one.

ルドルフ赤鼻のトナカイ

ルドルフあかはなのトナカイ


earthling

VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?

1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 60, verso:

Alternative letter-case form of Earthling


wonderland

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Where other trav'lers, fraught with terror, roam, Lo! Bruce in Wonder-land is quite at home.

1790 J. Wolcot Compl. Epist. to Bruce 332, in Wks. (1812) II. 368

It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.

2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:

An imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels.

بلاد العجائب

Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels


Jedi Master

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The highest of orders in the Jedi Order of the Star Wars universe, similar to a bishop.

(humorous) Respectful term of address for an expert in a particular field.


aerokinesis

(fantasy, science fiction) A telekinetic ability to control the movement of air.


ผีเสื้อ

th-noun

ผีเสื้อ • (pǐi-sʉ̂ʉa)

/pʰiː˩˩˦.sɯa̯˥˩/

From ผี (pǐi, “spirit”) + เสื้อ (sʉ̂ʉa, “tutelar”).
As for the second sense, the insects got their name due to the old belief that they embody ancestral or tutelar spirits.
As for the third sense, the fish got their name probably due to their appearance or colours that look like butterflies.

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ตัว ตัว#Thai

(zoology) (classifier ตัว) butterfly: insect of the order Lepidoptera.

ตัว ตัว#Thai

โนรี โนรี#Thai

(zoology) (classifier ตัว) butterflyfish: fish of the family Chaetodontidae, except โนรี (noo-rii), Heniochus spp.


xenia

xenia (nominative singular)
xenie (nominative plural)
xenii (genitive singular)
xenii (genitive plural)
xenij (archaic genitive plural)
xenii (dative singular)
xeniom (dative plural)
xenię (accusative singular)
xenie (accusative plural)
xenią (instrumental singular)
xeniami (instrumental plural)
xenii (locative singular)
xeniach (locative plural)
xenio (singular vocative)
xenie (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā).

lbor

(poetry) Xenien (biting epigram in the form of a two-line poem)


repeater

(ufology) A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.

avvistatore

a person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena


Plutonian

en-adj

Plutonian (comparative more Plutonian, superlative most Plutonian)

more Plutonian (comparative)
most Plutonian (superlative)

The adjective is derived from Latin Plūtōnius (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Plūtōnius is from Ancient Greek Πλουτώνιος (Ploutṓnios, “of or relating to Pluto”), from Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonien (modern French plutonien). The noun is derived from the adjective.

plutonien

of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism — see also Plutonic

[…] he through the midſt unmarkt, / In ſhew Plebeian Angel militant / Of loweſt order, paſt; and from the dore / Of that Plutonian Hall, inviſible / Aſcended his high Throne, […]

1674, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 264:

["]Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore— / Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y., London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC, page 144:

You rise by candle-light or gaslight, swearing / There never was a climate made like ours; / If rashly you go out to take an airing, / The soot-flakes come in black Plutonian show'rs.

1882 December 30, “A London Fog”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume 83, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 301, column 1:

Cotopaxi is striking not only because it looks like a science fiction conception of another planet; it also is the least realistic among [Frederic Edwin] Church's paintings of the area. […] Below the fiery sun is a lake with a barren shore. As such, the sun hangs over a Plutonian landscape.

2008, Rodrigo Lazo, “The Ends of Enchantment: Douglass, Melville, and U.S. Expansionism in the Americas”, in Robert S[teven] Levine, Samuel Otter, editors, Frederick Douglass & Herman Melville: Essays in Relation, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, part I (Literary and Cultural Geographies), page 210:

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.

Plutoniin liittyvä

of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld


Plutonian

From Pluto (“dwarf planet in the Solar System”) + -n- + -ian (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘from, related to, or like’, or nouns meaning ‘one belonging to, relating to, or like’), probably influenced by Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (see etymology 1).

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Another and perhaps more Plutonian view of this would be that David's bondage to his mother and the codes of behaviour which she set for him had extended throughout his life, in both profes[s]ional and personal spheres; and that bondage now had an opportunity of loosening, with all the attendant consequences.

1985, Liz Greene, “Fate and Synchronicity”, in The Astrology of Fate, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 293:

The notion of toxicity is a useful one in our effort to understand the further implications of Pluto in the USA chart. [...] Factor in what we have learned about the second house and we get another meaning of waste, related but distinctly more Plutonian: debris that poses an elimination problem once its value has been used up.

2006 October 6, Jessica Murray, “Power Madness: Pluto and American Hegemony”, in Soul-sick Nation: An Astrologer’s View of America, Bloomington, Ind., Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 41:

(astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

Plutoon liittyvä

pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet


Plutonian

If you are a Plutonian and some of these traits emphatically do not fit you, just let them go and take what is helpful and descriptive of you personally. What will be given is a composite picture, based on working with a great many Plutonians over the years. Plutonians who are negatively inclined are often very guarded and rigid, afraid to let others get close. [...] There are Plutonians who operate predominantly on the positive level—healing, transforming, transmuting themselves and those around them.

1986, Donna Cunningham, “The Personality and Character of the Plutonian”, in Healing Pluto Problems, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 28:

(astrology) A person under the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

The Plutonians, who are almost extinct, once held a superscience that they have largely lost. Early Plutonian visits to Earth survived in folk memory as the devil, since Plutonians are gigantic, with horns, hooves, and tail.

1998, Everett F[ranklin] Bleiler, Richard Bleiler, “[Story Descriptions.] 1423. THE EARTHMAN’S BURDEN. Astounding Stories, June 1931, Ill. Paul.”, in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years: A Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines Amazing, Astounding, Wonder, and Others from 1926 through 1936, Kent, Oh., London: Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 409, column 1:

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the dwarf planet Pluto.


priča

prȋča (canonical feminine)
при̑ча (Cyrillic)
priča (nominative singular)
priče (nominative plural)
priče (genitive singular)
priča (genitive plural)
priči (dative singular)
pričama (dative plural)
priču (accusative singular)
priče (accusative plural)
pričo (singular vocative)
priče (plural vocative)
priči (locative singular)
pričama (locative plural)
pričom (instrumental singular)
pričama (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pritъča (“tale”), from *pritъknǫti sę (“to happen”).


dullsville

en-noun

dullsville (usually uncountable, plural dullsvilles)

From dull + -s- + -ville, evoking a fictional town.

With his monotonous routine, he lives in dullsville.

Before we began our weekend shapeup, the car looked like this: scratches and dents, broken trim, and a finish that was strictly dullsville.

A state or condition of boredom or disinterest.


polymorph

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(transitive, fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.


polymorph

en-verb

polymorph (third-person singular simple present polymorphs, present participle polymorphing, simple past and past participle polymorphed)

polymorphs (present singular third-person)
polymorphing (participle present)
polymorphed (participle past)
polymorphed (past)

I got hemmed in by the werewolf again and, in desperation, tried an experimental new wand on it; and polymorphed it into a black pudding.

1999, Robin Johnson, “My gnomish healer has been having a rough time of it”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):

(fiction, transitive, intransitive) To transform into something different by magic.


genki

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Borrowed from Japanese げんき (“energetic, peppy”).

bor+

(anime and manga) A playful, hyperactive girl.


genki

en-adj

genki (comparative more genki, superlative most genki)

more genki (comparative)
most genki (superlative)

Akira, the genki red head, is accosted by Kyouko, a predatory blond girl in her high school.

2009 July 7, Dave Baranyi, “Aoi Hana - Blue Flowers for a Blue Girl”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(anime and manga, typically of a girl) Playful and hyperactive.


scry

en-verb

scry (third-person singular simple present scries, present participle scrying, simple past and past participle scried)

scries (present singular third-person)
scrying (participle present)
scried (participle past)
scried (past)

From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier (“to cry out”). Influenced by Middle English descrien (“to descry”).

Scrying spells can simply toggle the state of hidden objects to the revealed state, […]

2014 April 22, Jeff Howard, Game Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 149:

[…] with the loss of Mekha, the shields and wardings on the temple had weakened. That meant Alonnen could now scry inside directly, albeit with a fuzzy view and no real hope of clear sound. On hearing that, Guardian-apprentice Pelai had suggested he could send in a whole series of clever, Mendhite-style scrying nodes.

2014 May 6, Jean Johnson, The Guild, Penguin, →ISBN, page 239:

[…] to get the kid's family back, they needed a plan. “You three keep an eye out. I'm going to scry inside that house.” “You sure that's a good idea?” Naleni asked. “If he's actually a string mage, no. He might sense [it].”

2020 January 26, Stephanie Flint, The Restless Sands of Neel, Infinitas Publishing, page 66:

He glanced at the silver bowl on the table near the window. She had explained its purpose, how it was used to scry what was and what might be. He feared her device more than his for what was more frightening than an uncertain future? Her gaze followed his. She squeezed his hand and looked deeply into his eyes.

2023 October 31, Garrett Boatman, The Clocks of Midnight, Crossroad Press:

(more broadly, fantasy, video games) To use magical means to see or look into (something that is happening outside one's sight, e.g. inside a building or far away, or in the distant past, or future, etc).


adrenochrome

en-noun

adrenochrome (countable and uncountable, plural adrenochromes)

“[…]He's one of these Satanism freaks. He offered me human blood—said it would make me higher than I'd ever been in my life,” he laughed. “I thought he was kidding, so I told him I'd just as soon have an ounce or so of pure adrenochrome—or maybe just a fresh adrenalin gland to chew on.”

1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, New York: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 132:

It also revives old slurs, but instead of openly accusing Jews of drinking the blood of gentile children, various euphemisms are employed: “Coastal elites,” “Hollywood,” and “George Soros” are now said to be harvesting a chemical called adrenochrome to prolong their life spans.

2020 September 30, Helen Lewis, “The Joke’s on Us”, in The Atlantic:

(fiction) A fictional drug obtained from human adrenal glands.


plot bunny

From the metaphorical image of the writer's brain producing ideas with the abundance and speed with which rabbits are fabled to breed.

"Alternatively," she [T.M. Taylor] says, "the plot bunnies may be going somewhere you don't want to go, like when the plot calls for the death of a favorite character"

2003, Jenna Glatzer, Outwitting Writer's Block: And Other Problems of the Pen, →ISBN, page 99:

(chiefly fandom slang) An idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.


Cthulhu

Invented in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story The Call of Cthulhu. Possibly based on chthonic (“dwelling under the earth”).

Then, bolder than the storied Cyclops, great Cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency.

1928, H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu:

A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.


pessimist

From French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ist.

I will not marry a pessimist, a born loser, a fellow who has no fight in him.

1940 September 29, “Letters Reveal Ordeals in France”, in The New York Times, page 12:

We are becoming as a nation, as a world, indeed, atom-conscious. Many of us are already afflicted with atomphobia, though so far it has manifested itself only in a mirage of autoaeromotive discs and a war of words between chronic optimists and empirical pessimists concerning civilization’s probable future.

1947 September 27, Richard R. Werry, “An American Beginning for International Education”, in School and Society, volume 66, number 1709, Lancaster, Pa.: The Society for the Advancement of Education, Inc., page 238:

Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

مُتَشَائِم

someone who habitually expects the worst outcome


monoceros

la-noun

monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension

monocerōs (canonical masculine)
monocerōtis (genitive)
monocerōs (nominative singular)
monocerōtēs (nominative plural)
monocerōtis (genitive singular)
monocerōtum (genitive plural)
monocerōtī (dative singular)
monocerōtibus (dative plural)
monocerōtem (accusative singular)
monocerōtēs (accusative plural)
monocerōte (ablative singular)
monocerōtibus (ablative plural)
monocerōs (singular vocative)
monocerōtēs (plural vocative)

→ English: monoceros

→ Spanish: monocerote (learned)

From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”)).


timestream

By killing his great-grandfather, the time traveller disrupted the timestream.

The slightest excess of effort might upset the balance at any point of the time stream, sending them backward into the past or forward into the future independently of my will.

[1931 December, Eric Temple Bell, “The Time Stream”, in Wonder Stories:

The timestream is littered with these blank areas.

Two different timestreams running parallel but at different speeds. Amy, you're in a faster timestream.

2011, Tom MacRae, “The Girl Who Waited”, in Nick Hurran, director, Doctor Who, season 6, episode 10, spoken by The Doctor (Matt Smith):

(science fiction, mythology) A metaphorical conception of time as a stream, or flowing body of water.


örkki

örkki (nominative singular)
örkit (nominative plural)
örkki (accusative nominative singular)
örkit (accusative nominative plural)
örkin (accusative genitive singular)
örkit (accusative genitive plural)
örkin (genitive singular)
örkkien (genitive plural)
örkkiä (partitive singular)
örkkejä (partitive plural)
örkissä (inessive singular)
örkeissä (inessive plural)
örkistä (elative singular)
örkeistä (elative plural)
örkkiin (illative singular)
örkkeihin (illative plural)
örkillä (adessive singular)
örkeillä (adessive plural)
örkiltä (ablative singular)
örkeiltä (ablative plural)
örkille (allative singular)
örkeille (allative plural)
örkkinä (essive singular)
örkkeinä (essive plural)
örkiksi (singular translative)
örkeiksi (plural translative)
örkittä (abessive singular)
örkeittä (abessive plural)
örkein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
örkkini (nominative singular)
örkkini (nominative plural)
örkkini (accusative nominative singular)
örkkini (accusative nominative plural)
örkkini (accusative genitive singular)
örkkini (accusative genitive plural)
örkkini (genitive singular)
örkkieni (genitive plural)
örkkiäni (partitive singular)
örkkejäni (partitive plural)
örkissäni (inessive singular)
örkeissäni (inessive plural)
örkistäni (elative singular)
örkeistäni (elative plural)
örkkiini (illative singular)
örkkeihini (illative plural)
örkilläni (adessive singular)
örkeilläni (adessive plural)
örkiltäni (ablative singular)
örkeiltäni (ablative plural)
örkilleni (allative singular)
örkeilleni (allative plural)
örkkinäni (essive singular)
örkkeinäni (essive plural)
örkikseni (singular translative)
örkeikseni (plural translative)
örkittäni (abessive singular)
örkeittäni (abessive plural)
örkkeineni (comitative plural)
örkkisi (nominative singular)
örkkisi (nominative plural)
örkkisi (accusative nominative singular)
örkkisi (accusative nominative plural)
örkkisi (accusative genitive singular)
örkkisi (accusative genitive plural)
örkkisi (genitive singular)
örkkiesi (genitive plural)
örkkiäsi (partitive singular)
örkkejäsi (partitive plural)
örkissäsi (inessive singular)
örkeissäsi (inessive plural)
örkistäsi (elative singular)
örkeistäsi (elative plural)
örkkiisi (illative singular)
örkkeihisi (illative plural)
örkilläsi (adessive singular)
örkeilläsi (adessive plural)
örkiltäsi (ablative singular)
örkeiltäsi (ablative plural)
örkillesi (allative singular)
örkeillesi (allative plural)
örkkinäsi (essive singular)
örkkeinäsi (essive plural)
örkiksesi (singular translative)
örkeiksesi (plural translative)
örkittäsi (abessive singular)
örkeittäsi (abessive plural)
örkkeinesi (comitative plural)
örkkimme (nominative singular)
örkkimme (nominative plural)
örkkimme (accusative nominative singular)
örkkimme (accusative nominative plural)
örkkimme (accusative genitive singular)
örkkimme (accusative genitive plural)
örkkimme (genitive singular)
örkkiemme (genitive plural)
örkkiämme (partitive singular)
örkkejämme (partitive plural)
örkissämme (inessive singular)
örkeissämme (inessive plural)
örkistämme (elative singular)
örkeistämme (elative plural)
örkkiimme (illative singular)
örkkeihimme (illative plural)
örkillämme (adessive singular)
örkeillämme (adessive plural)
örkiltämme (ablative singular)
örkeiltämme (ablative plural)
örkillemme (allative singular)
örkeillemme (allative plural)
örkkinämme (essive singular)
örkkeinämme (essive plural)
örkiksemme (singular translative)
örkeiksemme (plural translative)
örkittämme (abessive singular)
örkeittämme (abessive plural)
örkkeinemme (comitative plural)
örkkinne (nominative singular)
örkkinne (nominative plural)
örkkinne (accusative nominative singular)
örkkinne (accusative nominative plural)
örkkinne (accusative genitive singular)
örkkinne (accusative genitive plural)
örkkinne (genitive singular)
örkkienne (genitive plural)
örkkiänne (partitive singular)
örkkejänne (partitive plural)
örkissänne (inessive singular)
örkeissänne (inessive plural)
örkistänne (elative singular)
örkeistänne (elative plural)
örkkiinne (illative singular)
örkkeihinne (illative plural)
örkillänne (adessive singular)
örkeillänne (adessive plural)
örkiltänne (ablative singular)
örkeiltänne (ablative plural)
örkillenne (allative singular)
örkeillenne (allative plural)
örkkinänne (essive singular)
örkkeinänne (essive plural)
örkiksenne (singular translative)
örkeiksenne (plural translative)
örkittänne (abessive singular)
örkeittänne (abessive plural)
örkkeinenne (comitative plural)
örkkinsä (nominative singular)
örkkinsä (nominative plural)
örkkinsä (accusative nominative singular)
örkkinsä (accusative nominative plural)
örkkinsä (accusative genitive singular)
örkkinsä (accusative genitive plural)
örkkinsä (genitive singular)
örkkiensä (genitive plural)
örkkiään (partitive singular)
örkkiänsä (partitive singular)
örkkejään (partitive plural)
örkkejänsä (partitive plural)
örkissään (inessive singular)
örkissänsä (inessive singular)
örkeissään (inessive plural)
örkeissänsä (inessive plural)
örkistään (elative singular)
örkistänsä (elative singular)
örkeistään (elative plural)
örkeistänsä (elative plural)
örkkiinsä (illative singular)
örkkeihinsä (illative plural)
örkillään (adessive singular)
örkillänsä (adessive singular)
örkeillään (adessive plural)
örkeillänsä (adessive plural)
örkiltään (ablative singular)
örkiltänsä (ablative singular)
örkeiltään (ablative plural)
örkeiltänsä (ablative plural)
örkilleen (allative singular)
örkillensä (allative singular)
örkeilleen (allative plural)
örkeillensä (allative plural)
örkkinään (essive singular)
örkkinänsä (essive singular)
örkkeinään (essive plural)
örkkeinänsä (essive plural)
örkikseen (singular translative)
örkiksensä (singular translative)
örkeikseen (plural translative)
örkeiksensä (plural translative)
örkittään (abessive singular)
örkittänsä (abessive singular)
örkeittään (abessive plural)
örkeittänsä (abessive plural)
örkkeineen (comitative plural)
örkkeinensä (comitative plural)

Borrowed from English orc, with fronting to associate with ölistä, öristä. Coined by translator Kersti Juva in 1973.


terrene

en-adj

terrene (comparative more terrene, superlative most terrene)

more terrene (comparative)
most terrene (superlative)

From Middle English terrene, from Anglo-Norman terriene, feminine of terrien, from Latin terrēnus, from terra (“earth”).

(science fiction) Made of matter (as opposed to antimatter).


battle axe

Another battle-ax, in the same collection.

1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page x:

An ancient military weapon, an axe designed for combat, including (in heraldry) when borne on arms as a mark of prowess.


主人公

/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/


主人公

[shújíńꜜkòò]

From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).

この物語の主人公は蛙である。

Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.

The main character in this story is a frog.


Star Trek

We all went into the National Space Society reception, which they'd been looking forward to, since some of the cast of Star Trek had been invited.

1994, Dan Quayle, Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir, 1st edition, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 253:

A popular sci-fi media franchise set in the future, primarily focusing on the adventures of the personnel of a space navy of an interstellar political federation of which Earth is a charter member.


Star Trek

Star Trek (comparative more Star Trek, superlative most Star Trek)

more Star Trek (comparative)
most Star Trek (superlative)

Sounds very Star Trek, but Virtual Reality technology exists right now.

1992, Faith Popcorn, The Popcorn Report: Faith Popcorn on the Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →OL, page 110:

'This is very Star Trek,' Bryan pipes up as he examines the sketches of the space suits.

2002, Eddie Rowley, Westlife on Tour, Ebury, published 2011, →ISBN, →OL:

Older vampires learned how to dissemble and reassemble their bodies in a way that was very Star Trek.

2007 July 3, Michele Bardsley, Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire, Signet Eclipse, →ISBN, →OL, page 121:

Such portfolios lie on the so-called efficient frontier, which sounds very Star Trek, and is shown in Exhibit 12.2.

2008 August 4, David M. Darst, The Little Book that Saves Your Assets: What the Rich Continue to Do to Stay Wealthy in Up and Down Markets, Hoboken: Wiley, →ISBN, →OL, page 154:

The next century will be more Star Trek than anyone could have imagined. All the untapped channels and stations or frequencies (apps you can download) in the brain will become the new final frontier to explore.

2012 August 29, D. Crawford, Nirvana in the Garden of Eden: The Quantum Leap and Evolution of 2012, Bloomington: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OL, page 33:

Futuristic, particularly with respect to things similar in appearance or effect to technology in the Star Trek franchise.


宇宙人

ja-r

宇宙人(うちゅうじん) (uchūjin)

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (宇宙人):
* → Japanese: 宇宙人(うちゅうじん) (uchūjin)
* → Korean: 우주인(宇宙人) (uju'in)

/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/


宇宙人

ja-noun

宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん) • (uchūjin) ^(←うちうじん (utiuzin)?)

宇宙人 (canonical)
uchūjin (romanization)
utiuzin (romanization)
うちうじん (hiragana historical)

[ɯ̟t͡ɕɨːʑĩɴ]

宇宙 (uchū, “outer space”) + 人 (-jin, “person”)

suf

宇宙飛行士 宇宙飛行士#Japanese

Synonym of 宇宙飛行士 (uchū hikōshi, “astronaut”) (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)


archrival

The New York Yankees are playing their archrival the Boston Red Sox tonight.


undine

From German Undine, from New Latin undīna, from Latin unda (“wave”).


mech

en-noun

mech (countable and uncountable, plural mechs)

(science fiction) A large piloted combat robot.

But I reprogrammed the recognition codes, and they won't treat him as Roubor Transic, nor will they obey any order he gives them. He's Mr. X to the mechs, a casual human to be taken care of just as well as possible, but never, never released.

1999, Analog Science Fiction & Fact - Volume 119, page 55:

He particularly liked the box full of "companions," small, hand-held mechs with advanced AI functions, programmed as individual advice and information systems.

2001, Robert I. Katz, Edward Maret: A Novel of the Future, page 100:

She grew up in Lower Manhattan, suffering the impeccably programmed attentions of the nanny mechs that did the work her mother and father couldn't be bothered with.

2006, Lou Anders, Futureshocks, page 75:

After a round of hugs and kisses, they headed to the lounge where Genie met them at the door and escorted them to the new VIP section followed by a mech that took their drink orders.

2019, Ron S. Nolan, Met Chron New-Humans:


loyalist

Most estimates place one-third of Americans as loyalist, one-third on the fence, to be swayed by whomever was winning, and one-third rebel.

1999, Harry M. Ward, The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 35:

Cobble Hill’s “first hipster bar” sports a “funky living room-ish setting” with “interesting” artwork on the walls and a “low-key” vibe in the air; a “cool” back garden and occasional “dorktastic trivia” contests lead loyalists to label it “one of the best on Atlantic” Avenue.

2008, Curt Gathje, editor, New York City Nightlife 2008/09, New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, →ISBN, page 122:

In this sense, a new loyalist aesthetic can also be perceived in simplistic works such as anticommunist literature and melancholic works such as nostalgic fiction and prose.

2013, Shu-mei Shih, Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 101:

A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.


causality

causality (countable and uncountable, plural causalities)

[kʰɒːˈz̥æl.ɪ.tɪ]

From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal + -ity = cause + -ality.

The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

But how do transformations like the evolution of language take place? A scientist looks for a cause inside time; a mystic knows that causality is essentially a process that is outside time-space.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 94:

But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.

2011 February 1, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–103:

The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.


centauroid

(fantasy, science fiction) A creature resembling a centaur.


dwerg

head

dwerg (plural dwerge, diminutive dwergie)

From Dutch dwerg, from Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

(fiction, folklore, fantasy, mythology) dwarf (small folkloristic humanoid)


dwerg

nl-noun

dwerg m (plural dwergen, diminutive dwergje n, feminine dwergin)

dwergen (plural)
dwergje (diminutive neuter)
dwergin (feminine)

Afrikaans: dwerg

From Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch *dwerg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Compare West Frisian dwerch, German Zwerg, English dwarf, Danish dværg.


scientifiction

Blend of scientific + fiction. Coined by Hugo Gernsback in 1916.

I am supposed to report Münchhaussen's^([sic]) doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct.

1916 January, Hugo Gernsback, Electrical Experimenter, page 474:

1926, Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories, "A New Sort of Magazine"
There is the usual fiction magazine, the love story and the sex-appeal type of magazine, the adventure type, and so on, but a magazine of "Scientifiction" is a pioneer in its field in America. By "scientifiction" I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision.

Lewis's novels are the scientifiction of a philosopher.

1949, Chad Walsh, C. S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics:


Lovecraftian

en-adj

Lovecraftian (comparative more Lovecraftian, superlative most Lovecraftian)

more Lovecraftian (comparative)
most Lovecraftian (superlative)

From Lovecraft + -ian, in reference to H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), an American author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives.

The tip of the thing was equipped with long whiplike appendages that writhed around a loose, drooling, toothless mouth large enough to swallow a man whole...Perhaps this was the only thing that the escaping Lovecraftian entity had thus far been able to extrude between the opening Gates — this one finger.

1984, Dean R. Koontz, Darkfall, page 362:

Frighteningly monstrous and otherworldly, sometimes with terrifyingly unnatural anatomy.


cloaking device

en-noun

cloaking device (plural cloaking devices)

1968. Coined by D. C. Fontana in the script for the Star Trek episode The Enterprise Incident.

Spock: "I believe the Romulans have developed a cloaking device which renders our tracking sensors useless."

1968, The Enterprise Incident (Star Trek), season 3, episode 2, Dorothy Catherine Fontana (actor):

Captain Needa: "They can't have disappeared. No ship that small has a cloaking device."

1980, The Empire Strikes Back, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, and George Lucas (actors):

I put out my hand and touched the warm surface of the camouflaged Rolls-Royce. I was going to ask Mycroft if I could have the cloaking device fitted to my Speedster but I was too late; enthused by my interest he had trotted off to a large roll-top bureau and was beckoning me over excitedly.

(science fiction) A device which renders a person or thing invisible.


saurian

From Sauria (suborder of lizards) + -an (suffix forming adjectives), under influence from earlier French saurien.

compound

After dinner we all went on deck and watched the unfamiliar scenes of a Capronian night--that is, all but von Schoenvorts. There was less to see than to hear. From the great inland lake behind us came the hissing and the screaming of countless saurians. Above us we heard the flap of giant wings, while from the shore rose the multitudinous voices of a tropical jungle--of a warm, damp atmosphere such as must have enveloped the entire earth during the Palezoic and Mesozoic eras.

1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VI, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:

Good evening, fellow saurians, and welcome once again to the Tri-Sports Arena! I'm your host, Raz Charkov...

1986, Kevin Eastman & al., Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. I, No. 6, page 15

(popularly, especially science fiction) Any large reptilian animal, including crocodiles and reptilian aliens.


pyromancy

one type of which involves casting salt into a fire

thin smoke that rose straight up was a good omen

one type of which involves heating to produce cracks

this was done by heating pits carved into them

The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire.


волкулак

ru-noun+

волкула́к • (volkulák) m anim (genitive волкула́ка, nominative plural волкула́ки, genitive plural волкула́ков)

волкула́к (canonical)
volkulák (romanization)
волкула́ка (genitive)
волкула́ки (nominative plural)
волкула́ков (genitive plural)
волкула́к (nominative singular)
волкула́ки (nominative plural)
волкула́ка (genitive singular)
волкула́ков (genitive plural)
волкула́ку (dative singular)
волкула́кам (dative plural)
волкула́ка (accusative singular)
волкула́ков (accusative plural)
волкула́ком (instrumental singular)
волкула́ками (instrumental plural)
волкула́ке (prepositional singular)
волкула́ках (plural prepositional)

→ Yiddish: וואָלקעלאַק (volkelak)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ, from *vьlkъ (“wolf”) and *dolkъ (“skin”).


Brobdingnag

[…]if this treatise should happen to be translated into the language of Brobdingnag (which is the general name of that kingdom,) and transmitted thither, the king and his people would have reason to complain that I had done them an injury[…]

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):

A fictional country inhabited by giants, which appears in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.


fantasy land

en-noun

fantasy land (countable and uncountable, plural fantasy lands)

In the movie Back to School, an economics professor suggests building a factory in a place where no political corruption must be calculated into the costs; the protagonist replies "How about fantasy land?"

I’d toil away at my job, which I hated with a passion. But I’d dream, too. No, no, they couldn’t take away my dreams. In my fantasy world, I didn’t have it that bad. In fact, I had a pretty cool beach house and loads of money and good friends. Real life wasn’t that great, but living in fantasy land was terrific. But soon, fantasy land was bombed by reality and I found myself living in a painful world.

2009, Romy Miller, “Everything You Know Might Quite Possibly Be Wrong”, in How to Be Wanted: Use the Law of Attraction to Date the Man You Most Desire and Live the Life You Deserve, The Book Factory, →ISBN, page 38:

An ideal place that does not exist in reality.


caveman

From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.

CAVEMAN DIET
The creators of this nutrition plan believe that cavemen and cavewomen were lean and healthy because of the all-natural foods they ate.

2006, Harley Pasternak, The 5 Factor Diet, page 15:

And who could forget those ads that featured sophisticated cavemen who were insulted—in a parody on political correctness—by “insensitive” offenders who implied that some action was “so easy, a caveman could do it.”

2010, Terence A. Shimp, Advertising, Promotion, and Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications, 8th edition, Cengage Learning, page 154:

For, in essence, the caveman concept implies the abhorrent—undignified human bestiality and a disquieting association with apelike ancestors. Cavemen have represented Darwin′s repugnant evolutionary ideals and even suggest civilisation′s tenuousness.

2010, Allen A. Debus, Prehistoric Monsters: The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past That We Love to Fear, page 87:

An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.


cacodemon

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)).

uder

The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.


onocentaur

/ɒnəˈsɛntɔː/

Late Latin onocentaurus, from Ancient Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros, from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”)).

uder

ὀνοκένταυρος

A centaur with the body of an ass, instead of a prototypical horse.


mpreg

(fandom slang) Abbreviation of male pregnancy.


Gotham

Salmagundi (periodical)
Washington Irving

When originally used in England, the meaning of the place name Gotham was literally “homestead where goats are kept”, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + hām (“home”).
As nickname for New York City, first used 1807 by Washington Irving in his Salmagundi Papers.

Naturally sweetened desserts—delicious ones—have several hiding places in Gotham, and the Upper East Side's Candle Café is among the best.

2010, Jared Koch, Alex Van Buren, Clean Plates Manhattan 2011 […] , page 99:


yaoi

en-noun

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

From Japanese やおい (yaoi), a blend of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”) + 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”) + 意味(いみ)無(な)し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines.

ja-blend

(pornography, anime, manga) A form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship.

ইয়াওই

(anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more men.


yaoi

head

yaoi (definite accusative yaoiyi, plural yaoiler)

yaoiyi (accusative definite)
yaoiler (plural)
yaoi (nominative singular)
yaoiler (nominative plural)
yaoiyi (accusative definite singular)
yaoileri (accusative definite plural)
yaoiye (dative singular)
yaoilere (dative plural)
yaoide (locative singular)
yaoilerde (locative plural)
yaoiden (ablative singular)
yaoilerden (ablative plural)
yaoinin (genitive singular)
yaoilerin (genitive plural)
yaoim (first-person nominative singular)
yaoilerim (first-person nominative singular)
yaoin (nominative second-person singular)
yaoilerin (nominative second-person singular)
yaoisi (nominative singular third-person)
yaoileri (nominative singular third-person)
yaoimiz (first-person nominative plural)
yaoilerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
yaoiniz (nominative plural second-person)
yaoileriniz (nominative plural second-person)
yaoileri (nominative plural third-person)
yaoimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
yaoilerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
yaoini (accusative definite second-person singular)
yaoilerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
yaoisini (accusative definite singular third-person)
yaoilerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
yaoimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
yaoilerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
yaoinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
yaoilerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
yaoilerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
yaoime (dative first-person singular)
yaoilerime (dative first-person singular)
yaoine (dative second-person singular)
yaoilerine (dative second-person singular)
yaoisine (dative singular third-person)
yaoilerine (dative singular third-person)
yaoimize (dative first-person plural)
yaoilerimize (dative first-person plural)
yaoinize (dative plural second-person)
yaoilerinize (dative plural second-person)
yaoilerine (dative plural third-person)
yaoimde (first-person locative singular)
yaoilerimde (first-person locative singular)
yaoinde (locative second-person singular)
yaoilerinde (locative second-person singular)
yaoisinde (locative singular third-person)
yaoilerinde (locative singular third-person)
yaoimizde (first-person locative plural)
yaoilerimizde (first-person locative plural)
yaoinizde (locative plural second-person)
yaoilerinizde (locative plural second-person)
yaoilerinde (locative plural third-person)
yaoimden (ablative first-person singular)
yaoilerimden (ablative first-person singular)
yaoinden (ablative second-person singular)
yaoilerinden (ablative second-person singular)
yaoisinden (ablative singular third-person)
yaoilerinden (ablative singular third-person)
yaoimizden (ablative first-person plural)
yaoilerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
yaoinizden (ablative plural second-person)
yaoilerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
yaoilerinden (ablative plural third-person)
yaoimin (first-person genitive singular)
yaoilerimin (first-person genitive singular)
yaoinin (genitive second-person singular)
yaoilerinin (genitive second-person singular)
yaoisinin (genitive singular third-person)
yaoilerinin (genitive singular third-person)
yaoimizin (first-person genitive plural)
yaoilerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
yaoinizin (genitive plural second-person)
yaoilerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
yaoilerinin (genitive plural third-person)
yaoiyim (first-person singular)
yaoilerim (first-person singular)
yaoisin (second-person singular)
yaoilersin (second-person singular)
yaoi (singular third-person)
yaoidir (singular third-person)
yaoiler (singular third-person)
yaoilerdir (singular third-person)
yaoiyiz (first-person plural)
yaoileriz (first-person plural)
yaoisiniz (plural second-person)
yaoilersiniz (plural second-person)
yaoiler (plural third-person)
yaoilerdir (plural third-person)


div

az-noun

div (definite accusative divi, plural divlər)

divi (accusative definite)
divlər (plural)
div (nominative singular)
divlər (nominative plural)
divi (accusative definite singular)
divləri (accusative definite plural)
divə (dative singular)
divlərə (dative plural)
divdə (locative singular)
divlərdə (locative plural)
divdən (ablative singular)
divlərdən (ablative plural)
divin (definite genitive singular)
divlərin (definite genitive plural)
divim (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
divlərim (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
divin (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
divlərin (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
divi (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
divləri (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
divimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
divlərimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
diviniz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
divləriniz (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
divi (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divləri (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divləri (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
divimi (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
divlərimi (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
divini (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
divlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
divini (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
divlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
divimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
divlərimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
divinizi (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
divlərinizi (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
divini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərini (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
divimə (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
divlərimə (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
divinə (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
divlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
divinə (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
divlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
divimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
divlərimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
divinizə (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
divlərinizə (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
divinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərinə (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
divimdə (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
divlərimdə (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
divində (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
divlərində (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
divində (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
divlərində (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
divimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
divlərimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
divinizdə (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
divlərinizdə (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
divində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərində (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
divimdən (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
divlərimdən (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
divindən (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
divlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
divindən (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
divlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
divimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
divlərimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
divinizdən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
divlərinizdən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
divindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərindən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
divimin (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
divlərimin (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
divinin (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
divlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
divinin (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
divlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
divimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
divlərimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
divinizin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
divlərinizin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
divinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
divlərinin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


hocus-pocus

/ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-hocus-pocus.wav

Archbishop of Canterbury
Jesus
John Tillotson
Robert Ibbitson

The interjection and noun are derived from made-up pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (with a particular 17th-century conjurer adopting Hocus Pocus as his name) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.

nb...

That is, the Lord doth Avenge the Blood of the Innocent upon the Inhabitants of the Earth: This Book is Profitable to bee Read by All Judges of Assizes, before They Passe the Sentence of Condemnation against Poor People, who are Accused for Witchcraft; it is also Profitable for All Sorts of People to Read who Desire Knowledge.

dwelling in Simithfield neer Hosier Lane End

Containing Fifty-four Sermons and Discourses, on Several Occasions. Together with the Rule of Faith. Being All that were Published by His Grace Himself, and Now Collected into One Volume. To which is Added, an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters.

A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.


FTL

en-noun

FTL (countable and uncountable, plural FTLs)

They had been slowly trailing the freighter for over a week, waiting for the ship to drop out of FTL.

2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 19:

(science fiction) Initialism of faster-than-light.


cartoon character

cartoon character (plural cartoon characters)

Many early cartoon characters were animals.


fire and brimstone

Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh) and Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou), appearing in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

calque

גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ

πυρὸς καὶ θείου

And the third Angel followed them, ſaying with a lowd voice, If any man worship the beaſt and his image, and receiue his marke in his forehead, or in his hand, / The ſame ſhall drinke of the wine of the wrath of God, which is powred out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and hee ſhall be tormented with fire and brimſtone, in the preſence of the holy Angels, and in the preſence of the Lambe:

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 14:9–10:


henchman

From Middle English henxman (“page, attendant”), from Old English *hengstmann, *hengestmann (“groom”, literally “horseman”), from hengst, hengest (“stallion, horse, steed, gelding”) (from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“stallion”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”)) + mann (“man”). Cognate with archaic German Hengstmann (“a groom”), Icelandic hestamaður (“horseman, groom”).

cog

The glib sophistries of the special pleader and the verdant gullibility of the public; the ridiculous, now happily fast disappearing partisan bias of the voter and the venal instincts of the political henchman; the lack of proper moral stamina in much of our public press, and the tardiness of practical public appreciation where journals are true to the people's interests the fear of the vengeance;

1906, W. G. Joerns, “The Railroad Hold-up”, in Watson's Magazine, volume 5, page 397:

It is madness to commence war against the audacious despots under any leader like Lafayette, the traitor and venal henchman of despotism, against whom the cries of the patriots murdered on July 17 call to Heaven.

1916, The History of Nations - Volume 10, page 165:

the great task confronting humankind today in effecting government that is worth its powder and shot is not regularity of attendance at the polls so much as in the intelligent analysis of the true leader from the henchman seeking selfish profit from the filling of an office.

1935, William Dudley Pelley, Nations-in-law: an Unconventional Analysis Cleaning the Barnacles from the Ship of State:

In appreciation for his service of railroading Frank, the power-brokering Watson sent his venal henchman Dorsey to the U.S. Congress for two terms .

1998, Jay Robert Nash, Terrorism in the 20th Century, page 78:

The practice of doubling in this production further emphasizes the ascendancy of corporeal decay and violence in the tetralogy, for, in addition to Cade, Oliver Cotton also appears as the seductive cuckold-maker Suffolk and, in the final of the three installments of The Plantagenets, as Richard of Gloucester's venal and Machiavellian henchman, the Duke of Buckingham .

2005, Christian Riegel, Response to Death: The Literary Work of Mourning, page 53:

A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.

aanhanger

a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests


hellfire

en-noun

hellfire (countable and uncountable, plural hellfires)

/ˈhɛlˌfaɪəɹ/

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).


chronon

(physics) A hypothetical quantum or particle of time.


反重力

反重力 (canonical)
hanjūryoku (romanization)

From 反(はん, han) (anti-) + 重力 (じゅうりょく, jūryoku) (gravity)


agathodaemon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγαθοδαίμων (agathodaímōn).

bor

A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).


redshirt

/ˈɹɛd.ʃəː(ɹ)t/

Redshirt (college sports)
Star Trek: The Original Series
Starfleet
redshirt (stock character)

Calque of Italian camicia rossa, equivalent to red + shirt. In later senses with reference to the uniforms or outfits worn by such people. The fandom slang sense emerged from the tendency of red-uninformed Starfleet officers to die in episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Loyal regiments from Naples and other provinces of the mainland fought valiantly and were victorious un several skirmishes against the redshirts near Capua.

2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 196:

(now historical) A supporter of the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, especially a member of his thousand-man army which conquered Sicily.

(US, sports) A college athlete who spends a year not participating in official athletic activities, but does not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.

Sensing danger, Captain Kirk decided to beam down to the surface with Spock, McCoy, and a couple of redshirts.

I am not a goddamn redshirt! I have a purpose!

2017, 42m, in 12 Monkeys, season 3, episode 6:

(fiction, science fiction, fandom slang) An unimportant character introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril to the important characters; an expendable character.

(US, military) A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.

As armoured personnel carriers rumbled on to Bangkok's deserted streets, thousands of troops fanned out in a cordon across the city, surrounding the redshirts' fortified protest camp.

2010 May 19, Ben Doherty, “Thai soldiers arrest protest leaders in bloody 'final crackdown'”, in The Guardian:

Alternative form of Red Shirt (“member of the UDD”).


redshirt

en-verb

redshirt (third-person singular simple present redshirts, present participle redshirting, simple past and past participle redshirted)

redshirts (present singular third-person)
redshirting (participle present)
redshirted (participle past)
redshirted (past)

/ˈɹɛd.ʃəː(ɹ)t/

Being asked whether I was going to be redshirted had some status associated with it.

2004, George R. Mills -, A View from the Bench, →ISBN:

The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk.

(US, collegiate sports) To place an athlete in a status wherein the athlete will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities, but will not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.

Hillman, who had come to Indiana without a scholarship (he now had one) from a Los Angeles suburb, wanted to redshirt so that he would have two years of eligibility left after Alford graduated. Smith didn't want to redshirt, he wanted to play.

2012 -, John Feinstein, Season on the Brink, →ISBN, page 62:

(US, collegiate sports) To take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities.


お化け

From お (o-, general honorific prefix) + 化け (bake, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 化(ば)ける (bakeru, “to change oneself into”)).

pre

お化けが出る。

提灯お化け

chochinobake, a ghost that resembles a lantern; paper lantern ghost


MST

/ˌɛm ˌɛs ˈtiː/

From the sci-fi comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, commonly known as MST3K, which features an audience of fictional characters (a man stranded in space and his robot companions) riffing real B movies.

The commentary in the MSTs may have been nasty and uncalled for; but it was not plagiarism.

1999 March 10, Teddi Litman, “Re: THE ACID DESK: Vol 1, No 9 - Plagarism Proof”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

The only MSTs I've seen (on alt.drwho.creative) have been of perfectly good fan fiction, deliberately cut about to make it look silly (truncating a character's words in the middle to create an^([sic]) non-existent innuendo, for example) - and those were *with* the authors' permission.

2003 April 8, Igenlode W., “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Goodbye Catherine! Come back soon! We'll all miss your unique style of MSTs! I know i will!! ;_;

2003 June 18, Craig McMartin, “Re: Hasta!”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A parody fanfic created in this manner.


monda

mondák (plural)
monda (nominative singular)
mondák (nominative plural)
mondát (accusative singular)
mondákat (accusative plural)
mondának (dative singular)
mondáknak (dative plural)
mondával (instrumental singular)
mondákkal (instrumental plural)
mondáért (causal-final singular)
mondákért (causal-final plural)
mondává (singular translative)
mondákká (plural translative)
mondáig (singular terminative)
mondákig (plural terminative)
mondaként (essive-formal singular)
mondákként (essive-formal plural)
mondában (inessive singular)
mondákban (inessive plural)
mondán (singular superessive)
mondákon (plural superessive)
mondánál (adessive singular)
mondáknál (adessive plural)
mondába (illative singular)
mondákba (illative plural)
mondára (singular sublative)
mondákra (plural sublative)
mondához (allative singular)
mondákhoz (allative plural)
mondából (elative singular)
mondákból (elative plural)
mondáról (delative singular)
mondákról (delative plural)
mondától (ablative singular)
mondáktól (ablative plural)
mondáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
mondáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
mondáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
mondákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
mondám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
mondáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
mondád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
mondáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
mondája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
mondái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
mondánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
mondáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
mondátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
mondáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
mondájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
mondáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Back-formation from mendemonda (“hearsay, rumor, gossip”), itself a reduplication. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

hu-langref

legend, saga, myth (a story set in the historical past containing both plausible and mythical elements)


femme fatale

en-noun

femme fatale (plural femmes fatales or femme fatales)

femmes fatales (plural)
femme fatales (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale (literally “deadly woman”).

ubor

Cause everybody knows (She's a femme fatale) / The things she does to please (She's a femme fatale)

1967, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Femme Fatale”, in The Velvet Underground & Nico, performed by The Velvet Underground:

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.


femme fatale

→ Danish: femme fatale

→ English: femme fatale

→ Polish: femme fatale


femme fatale

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale.

(idiomatic, narratology) femme fatale (attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman)


alv

alven (definite singular)
alver (indefinite plural)
alvene (definite plural)

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.


alv

alven (definite singular)
alvar (indefinite plural)
alvane (definite plural)

Eg tenkte dat so mang ein Gong: "aa han, som var so sæl, at faa ein Alv med Laatt og Song, i Stova berr' eit Bil […]

I thought so many a time: "oh he, who was so blessed, to have an elf with mirth and song, in his house just for a while […]


alv

alv (indefinite nominative singular)
alvs (genitive indefinite singular)
alven (definite nominative singular)
alvens (definite genitive singular)
alver (indefinite nominative plural)
alvers (genitive indefinite plural)
alverna (definite nominative plural)
alvernas (definite genitive plural)

alf

officially obsolete since 1906, but still used for etymology 1

(mythology, fantasy) elf; a human-resembling, often magical, being


moe

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!

2015 December 9, Jankenpopp, “Top 15 kawaii and moe anime girls”, in My Anime List:

Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.

2023 September 5, Trent Murray, “10 Best Anime Like Bocchi The Rock”, in Dual Shockers, Carole and Tuesday:

(fandom slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.

萌

strong interest or attraction towards fictional character


moe

en-adj

moe (comparative more moe or moe-er, superlative most moe or moe-est)

more moe (comparative)
moe-er (comparative)
most moe (superlative)
moe-est (superlative)

(fandom slang) Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)


bajka

bajka (nominative singular)
bajky (nominative plural)
bajky (genitive singular)
bajek (genitive plural)
bajce (dative singular)
bajkám (dative plural)
bajku (accusative singular)
bajky (accusative plural)
bajko (singular vocative)
bajky (plural vocative)
bajce (locative singular)
bajkách (locative plural)
bajkou (instrumental singular)
bajkami (instrumental plural)

(by extension) fable, tall tale (a fanciful or exaggerated story)


bajka

pl-noun

bajka f (diminutive bajeczka, augmentative baja)

bajeczka (diminutive)
baja (augmentative)
bajka (nominative singular)
bajki (nominative plural)
bajki (genitive singular)
bajek (genitive plural)
bajce (dative singular)
bajkom (dative plural)
bajkę (accusative singular)
bajki (accusative plural)
bajką (instrumental singular)
bajkami (instrumental plural)
bajce (locative singular)
bajkach (locative plural)
bajko (singular vocative)
bajki (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajьka. By surface analysis, bajać + -ka.

fairy tale (a story containing imaginary events)


bajka

bȃjka (canonical feminine)
ба̑јка (Cyrillic)
bajka (nominative singular)
bajke (nominative plural)
bajke (genitive singular)
bȃjkī (genitive plural)
bȃjkā (genitive plural)
bajci (dative singular)
bajkama (dative plural)
bajku (accusative singular)
bajke (accusative plural)
bajko (singular vocative)
bajke (plural vocative)
bajci (locative singular)
bajkama (locative plural)
bajkom (instrumental singular)
bajkama (instrumental plural)


cloud-cuckoo-land

Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), from Aristophanes.

cal

Νεφελοκοκκυγία

That glabrous dome that lifts itself so grand, / There in the marish, is the omphalos, / The navel, umbo, middle, central boss / Of the unique, sole, true Cloud-Cuckoo Land.

1916, Aldous Huxley, “The Walk”, in The Burning Wheel:

An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.

imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people

Mrakoptakohrad (Aristophanes, transl. Jiří Žáček 1986)

Pilvikukkula (Aristophanes, transl. Kaarlo Hirvonen 1972)


dire wolf

(fantasy) Synonym of warg (“type of wolf”)


pooka

From Old Irish púca (“goblin, sprite”), perhaps from a (nearly) identical Old Irish form, ultimately from Old English pūca (“demon”). Doublet of bucca and puck.

The pooka had befriended the kindly old man.

This is certain; Moggy was by no means so great a fool as Betty in respect of hobgoblins, witches, banshees, pookas, and the world of spirits in general. She eat heartily, and slept soundly, and as yet had never seen the devil.

1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

The Pooka is an animal of which, partly from the darkness of the night, and partly from the darkness that he carries about with him, the precise outline, especially of the head and neck, can never be distinguished.

1833 July, “Laurie on Grand Juries”, in The Westminster Review - Volume 19, page 88:

P-O-O-K-A. Pooka. From old Celtic mythology, a fairy spirit in animal form, always very large. The pooka appears here and there, now and then, to this one and that one. A benign but mischievous creature. Very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?

A fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.


baj

baj (nominative singular)
baje (nominative plural)
baja (genitive singular)
bajów (genitive plural)
bajowi (dative singular)
bajom (dative plural)
baja (accusative singular)
bajów (accusative plural)
bajem (instrumental singular)
bajami (instrumental plural)
baju (locative singular)
bajach (locative plural)
baju (singular vocative)
baje (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajь. By surface analysis, deverbal from bajać.

surf

(literature) in-story storyteller or narrator in children's literature (a narrator of a children's fable within the fable itself)


dreamscape

He walked between his parents as though through a dreamscape towards the grand building.


Fantasyland

en-noun

Fantasyland (countable and uncountable, plural Fantasylands)

Perhaps capitalized under the influence of Walt Disney's Fantasyland theme park areas, which are noted for containing imagery relating to fairy tales.

If your dream depends a lot on luck, then you're in trouble. If it depends entirely on luck, you're living in Fantasyland. ... People who build their dream on reality take a very different approach to dreams than do people who live in Fantasyland.

2009, John C. Maxwell, Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions That Will Help You See It and Seize It, page 50:

Yes, I escaped into Fantasyland. However, I could just as easily have become a serial killer, a prostitute, a child beater, or a politician.

2007, Colleen Sell, A Cup of Comfort for Writers, page 28:

On a scale diagram, with the percentage of households on the vertical axis and the percentage of aggregate income on the horizontal axis, plot the Lorenz curve for Fantasyland.

2003, Richard G. Lipsey, Christopher Ragan, Economics, page 327:

A typical Fantasyland will display - often initially by means of a prefatory MAP - a selection, sometimes very full, from a more or less fixed list of landscape ingredients..."

1999, John Clute, John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, page 341:

Maybe this Fantasyland, as the egg woman called it, would counteract all the weirdness that had been accumulating since. ... Once this Fantasyland had kicked in, he would be on autopilot: all the necessary motivation would be provided for him.

1997, Jay Gummerman, Chez Chance, page 174:

Now leave Fantasyland and go back to the days of fur traders.

1986, Elma Schemenauer, Hello Edmonton, page 15:


manusia

id-noun

manusia (first-person possessive manusiaku, second-person possessive manusiamu, third-person possessive manusianya)

manusiaku (first-person possessive)
manusiamu (possessive second-person)
manusianya (possessive third-person)

From Malay manusia, from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyá, “human being”).

der

manusia serigala

manusia harimau

(fantasy, mythology, only in compounds) were- (indicates a person who changes shape into an animal)


mouro

pt-noun

mouro m (plural mouros, feminine moura, feminine plural mouras)

mouros (plural)
moura (feminine)
mouras (feminine plural)

Macanese: môro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). Doublet of Mauro and moro.

inh+

Moor (member of the Islamic peoples who invaded Iberia in the Middle Ages)


biokinesis

(parapsychology, science fiction) The ability, through the use of psychic power, to affect organic matter on a microscopic level, to manipulate the physiology (e.g. heart rate, breathing, nervous system or brainwaves) and voluntary motor functions of other people or living organisms, inducing processes such as accelerated healing, etc.


transdimensional

en-adj

transdimensional (comparative more transdimensional, superlative most transdimensional)

more transdimensional (comparative)
most transdimensional (superlative)

(science fiction) Relating to a dimension other than those of the normal three-dimensional world


con artist

He's the FBI agent antagonist in Catch Me If You Can (2002) opposite a buoyantly charming young Leonardo DiCaprio as con artist Frank Abagnale, but his character is more of a determined cat to Leo's mouse than a real foil; he's simply a prim Eisenhower-era man with a job to do.

2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:

Leavers will be attracted to that story because it spares them the discomfort of admitting that they voted for a con, and then made a prime minister of the con artist.

2021 February 23, Rafael Behr, “Brexit is a machine to generate perpetual grievance. It's doing its job perfectly”, in The Guardian:

A person who defrauds or swindles others after first gaining their trust; a scam operator.


mara

Maras have a white patch of fur on the rump that they flash when running, an adaptation they share with several species of deer and antelopes.

1999, Michael A. Mares, editor, Encyclopedia of Deserts, Mara, page 349:

Although only Dolichotis, the Patagonian mara, is strongly cursorial, all caviids have certain features typical of cursorial mammals[…].

2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, 5th edition, page 228:

Maras (Dolichotis patagonum) are cursorial and prefer open areas with low vegetation for breeding and more barren sites for construction of communal dens (Taber and Macdonald 1992; Baldi 2007).

2013, R. L. Honeycutt, “Chapter 3: Phylogenetics of Caviomorph Rodents and Genetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Sociality and Mating Systems in the Caviidae”, in José Roberto Moreira, Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz, Emilio A. Herrera, David W. Macdonald, editors, Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species, page 70:

Any caviid rodent of genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.


mara

mara (nominative singular)
mary (nominative plural)
mary (genitive singular)
mar (genitive plural)
marze (dative singular)
marom (dative plural)
marę (accusative singular)
mary (accusative plural)
marą (instrumental singular)
marami (instrumental plural)
marze (locative singular)
marach (locative plural)
maro (singular vocative)
mary (plural vocative)

→ Belarusian: ма́ра (mára)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara. Compare English mare, German Mahr.

(Slavic mythology) A creature believed to drain sleeping people of their blood or energy; wight, mare.


naga

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “serpent, snake”). Doublet of snake.

The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.

1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 257:

(Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.

ᬦᬵᬕ

a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake


nice guy

Plenty of men will treat women kindly, but Nice Guys like to think that behaving kindly earns them a gold star. It doesn't.

2016 March 12, Suzannah Weiss, “5 Signs Of Nice Guy Syndrome”, in Bustle:

(Internet slang, sarcastic, derogatory) A man who pretends to be kind and polite with the goal of attracting women, often becoming hostile and misogynistic when their advances are rebuffed; someone affected by nice guy syndrome.


homem

Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi

Indo-Portuguese: homm

Kabuverdianu: ómi

Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm

Kristang: omi

Macanese: home

Principense: omi

>? Saramaccan: ómi, wómi

Etymology tree
Latin homō
Old Galician-Portuguese ome
Portuguese homem
From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Latin hominem (“a human”), from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“an earthling”).

inh

homem-aranha
spiderman

homem-lobo
werewolf

(in compounds, fiction) a being who is half man and half creature, or a man with some characteristics of a creature


psychopath

/ˈsaɪkəˌpæθ/

From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

personality disorder
personality disorder

delusions of grandeur
delusion of grandeur

A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.

psikopat

person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy


gamine

en-adj

gamine (comparative more gamine, superlative most gamine)

more gamine (comparative)
most gamine (superlative)

In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine.

1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 54:

It’s a wildly dated-looking and derivative film, a quaint adventure in fantasised naughtiness, like Ozon’s teen prostitute fantasy Jeune et Jolie in 2013, which starred his lead actress here, Marine Vacth, in a similarly gamine role.

2017 May 25, Peter Bradshaw, “L'Amant Double review – camp-classic status beckons for François Ozon's softcore silliness”, in The Guardian:

(of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair.


down under

Refers to the fact that the Australian continent lies south of, colloquially thought of as 'below' or 'under', the equator.


gold digger

/ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡə(ɹ)/

Literal sense from 1830s; figurative sense (woman who seeks money in a relationship) from 1915.

If she sends her son for the money she is a gold digger, and if she sends her daughter, she is a gold digger teaching her daughter how to be a gold digger—two offenses for the price of one. Whether it is the misinterpretation of the hustle, recognizing the game, or asking for legitimate funds for child care, the black woman is often seen as a gold digger.

2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:

(figuratively, derogatory) A person (usually female) who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain wealth.

拜金女

person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money and/or material goods, power

pisau cukur

"razor blade", alluded by its purpose of shaving a man's facial hair


duende

Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).

der

(Iberian folklore) a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents

(by extension, fiction) any small fictional humanoid, especially a mischievous or evil one


duende

→ Cebuano: dewende

→ Chamorro: duendes

→ English: duende

→ Portuguese: duende

→ Russian: дуэ́нде (duénde)

desctree

→ Tagalog: duwende, dwende — nonstandard, duende, duwinde, ruwinri — dialectal, Rizal, rare
→ English: duwende

→ Ukrainian: дуе́нде (duénde)

Inherited from Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.

inh+

(by extension, fiction) goblin, leprechaun, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin


bardhë

sq-noun

bardhë f (plural bardha, definite bardha, definite plural bardhat)

bardha (plural)
bardha (definite)
bardhat (definite plural)

From Proto-Albanian *bardza, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórh₁ǵos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to shine, whiten”), whence also Lithuanian brėkšti (“to dawn”), Proto-Slavic *brězgъ (“dawn, daybreak”), Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright, shining”), Persian برازیدن (barâzidan, “to beautify”), Sanskrit भ्राजते (bhrājate, “he shines”). Possibly closely related to Illyrian Βάρδυλις (Bárdulis) and Messapic barzidihi, see the entries for more.

cog

(in the plural) Characters from folklore resembling girls living in forests, often mischievous when angry.


sìthiche

sìthiche (indefinite nominative singular)
sìthichean (indefinite nominative plural)
sìthiche (genitive indefinite singular)
shìthichean (genitive indefinite plural)
sìthiche (dative indefinite singular)
sìthichean (dative indefinite plural)
t-sìthiche (definite nominative singular)
an t-sìthiche (definite nominative singular)
sìthichean (definite nominative plural)
na sìthichean (definite nominative plural)
sìthiche (definite genitive singular)
an sìthiche (definite genitive singular)
sìthichean (definite genitive plural)
nan sìthichean (definite genitive plural)
t-sìthiche (dative definite singular)
an t-sìthiche (dative definite singular)
sìthichean (dative definite plural)
na sìthichean (dative definite plural)
shìthiche (definite singular vocative)
shìthichean (definite plural vocative)
sìthiche
shìthiche
after "an"
t-sìthiche


Zauber

de-noun

Zauber m (strong, genitive Zaubers, plural Zauber)

Zaubers (genitive)
Zauber (plural)
Zauber (nominative singular)
Zauber (definite nominative plural)
Zaubers (genitive singular)
Zauber (definite genitive plural)
Zauber (dative singular)
Zaubern (dative definite plural)
Zauber (accusative singular)
Zauber (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German zouber, from Old High German zoubar, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic”). Akin to Dutch tover, Old Norse taufr. More at English tiver.


zmeu

zmei (plural)
zmeu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
zmeul (accusative definite nominative singular)
zmei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zmeii (accusative definite nominative plural)
zmeu (indefinite singular)
zmeului (definite singular)
zmei (indefinite plural)
zmeilor (definite plural)
zmeule (singular vocative)
zmeilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic змиꙗ (zmija), from Proto-Slavic *zmьja (“snake”). Compare Serbo-Croatian zmija and zmaj.


vorpal

en-adj

vorpal (comparative more vorpal, superlative most vorpal)

more vorpal (comparative)
most vorpal (superlative)

Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword, likely modeled after warp and vortex.


girl next door

Coordinate term: boy next door

He didn't want to marry a girl next door; he hankered for the big city.

Playboy's motto is: the girl next door. They look for girls that are wholesome and fresh and young and naive. They look for all of that.

1983, Teresa Carpenter, Bob Fosse, Star 80, spoken by Dorothy Stratten:

The Nippy became a national icon, symbolic of the girl next door, always approachable and proper; […]

2014, Paul Chrystal, Tea: A Very British Beverage:

A regular, typical girl, as opposed to a superstar.


fifel

fīfel (canonical masculine neuter)
fīfel (nominative singular)
fīfelas (nominative plural)
fīfel (accusative singular)
fīfelas (accusative plural)
fīfeles (genitive singular)
fīfela (genitive plural)
fīfele (dative singular)
fīfelum (dative plural)
fīfel (nominative singular)
fīfel (nominative plural)
fīfel (accusative singular)
fīfel (accusative plural)
fīfeles (genitive singular)
fīfela (genitive plural)
fīfele (dative singular)
fīfelum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *fimbil, *fimbul, from Proto-Germanic *fimbulaz and Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz. Cognate with Old Norse fimbul- (“mighty, great”) and Old Norse fífl (“fool, idiot, buffoon”).


ecumenopolis

en-noun

ecumenopolis (plural ecumenopolises or ecumenopoleis or ecumenopoli)

ecumenopolises (plural)
ecumenopoleis (plural)
ecumenopoli (plural)

From ecumene (“inhabited world”) + -polis (“city”).
From use as a common noun of Ecumenopolis, applying the concept to diverse scenarios.

suffix

(chiefly science fiction) A city spanning an entire planet or large moon.


sorceress

From Middle English sorceresse, from Anglo-Norman sorceresse.

The strange-looking chamber, the red glare of the charcoal, her tall form, and long black hair loose, realised the wildest dream of one of the sorceresses of old, bending over herb and drug, to form their potent spells.

1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 328:

A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.


conte

Inherited from Latin computus, or deverbal from contar.


diegetic

/ˌdaɪəˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós).

lbor

(fiction) Existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.


sieppi

sieppi (nominative singular)
siepit (nominative plural)
sieppi (accusative nominative singular)
siepit (accusative nominative plural)
siepin (accusative genitive singular)
siepit (accusative genitive plural)
siepin (genitive singular)
sieppien (genitive plural)
sieppiä (partitive singular)
sieppejä (partitive plural)
siepissä (inessive singular)
siepeissä (inessive plural)
siepistä (elative singular)
siepeistä (elative plural)
sieppiin (illative singular)
sieppeihin (illative plural)
siepillä (adessive singular)
siepeillä (adessive plural)
siepiltä (ablative singular)
siepeiltä (ablative plural)
siepille (allative singular)
siepeille (allative plural)
sieppinä (essive singular)
sieppeinä (essive plural)
siepiksi (singular translative)
siepeiksi (plural translative)
siepittä (abessive singular)
siepeittä (abessive plural)
siepein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sieppini (nominative singular)
sieppini (nominative plural)
sieppini (accusative nominative singular)
sieppini (accusative nominative plural)
sieppini (accusative genitive singular)
sieppini (accusative genitive plural)
sieppini (genitive singular)
sieppieni (genitive plural)
sieppiäni (partitive singular)
sieppejäni (partitive plural)
siepissäni (inessive singular)
siepeissäni (inessive plural)
siepistäni (elative singular)
siepeistäni (elative plural)
sieppiini (illative singular)
sieppeihini (illative plural)
siepilläni (adessive singular)
siepeilläni (adessive plural)
siepiltäni (ablative singular)
siepeiltäni (ablative plural)
siepilleni (allative singular)
siepeilleni (allative plural)
sieppinäni (essive singular)
sieppeinäni (essive plural)
siepikseni (singular translative)
siepeikseni (plural translative)
siepittäni (abessive singular)
siepeittäni (abessive plural)
sieppeineni (comitative plural)
sieppisi (nominative singular)
sieppisi (nominative plural)
sieppisi (accusative nominative singular)
sieppisi (accusative nominative plural)
sieppisi (accusative genitive singular)
sieppisi (accusative genitive plural)
sieppisi (genitive singular)
sieppiesi (genitive plural)
sieppiäsi (partitive singular)
sieppejäsi (partitive plural)
siepissäsi (inessive singular)
siepeissäsi (inessive plural)
siepistäsi (elative singular)
siepeistäsi (elative plural)
sieppiisi (illative singular)
sieppeihisi (illative plural)
siepilläsi (adessive singular)
siepeilläsi (adessive plural)
siepiltäsi (ablative singular)
siepeiltäsi (ablative plural)
siepillesi (allative singular)
siepeillesi (allative plural)
sieppinäsi (essive singular)
sieppeinäsi (essive plural)
siepiksesi (singular translative)
siepeiksesi (plural translative)
siepittäsi (abessive singular)
siepeittäsi (abessive plural)
sieppeinesi (comitative plural)
sieppimme (nominative singular)
sieppimme (nominative plural)
sieppimme (accusative nominative singular)
sieppimme (accusative nominative plural)
sieppimme (accusative genitive singular)
sieppimme (accusative genitive plural)
sieppimme (genitive singular)
sieppiemme (genitive plural)
sieppiämme (partitive singular)
sieppejämme (partitive plural)
siepissämme (inessive singular)
siepeissämme (inessive plural)
siepistämme (elative singular)
siepeistämme (elative plural)
sieppiimme (illative singular)
sieppeihimme (illative plural)
siepillämme (adessive singular)
siepeillämme (adessive plural)
siepiltämme (ablative singular)
siepeiltämme (ablative plural)
siepillemme (allative singular)
siepeillemme (allative plural)
sieppinämme (essive singular)
sieppeinämme (essive plural)
siepiksemme (singular translative)
siepeiksemme (plural translative)
siepittämme (abessive singular)
siepeittämme (abessive plural)
sieppeinemme (comitative plural)
sieppinne (nominative singular)
sieppinne (nominative plural)
sieppinne (accusative nominative singular)
sieppinne (accusative nominative plural)
sieppinne (accusative genitive singular)
sieppinne (accusative genitive plural)
sieppinne (genitive singular)
sieppienne (genitive plural)
sieppiänne (partitive singular)
sieppejänne (partitive plural)
siepissänne (inessive singular)
siepeissänne (inessive plural)
siepistänne (elative singular)
siepeistänne (elative plural)
sieppiinne (illative singular)
sieppeihinne (illative plural)
siepillänne (adessive singular)
siepeillänne (adessive plural)
siepiltänne (ablative singular)
siepeiltänne (ablative plural)
siepillenne (allative singular)
siepeillenne (allative plural)
sieppinänne (essive singular)
sieppeinänne (essive plural)
siepiksenne (singular translative)
siepeiksenne (plural translative)
siepittänne (abessive singular)
siepeittänne (abessive plural)
sieppeinenne (comitative plural)
sieppinsä (nominative singular)
sieppinsä (nominative plural)
sieppinsä (accusative nominative singular)
sieppinsä (accusative nominative plural)
sieppinsä (accusative genitive singular)
sieppinsä (accusative genitive plural)
sieppinsä (genitive singular)
sieppiensä (genitive plural)
sieppiään (partitive singular)
sieppiänsä (partitive singular)
sieppejään (partitive plural)
sieppejänsä (partitive plural)
siepissään (inessive singular)
siepissänsä (inessive singular)
siepeissään (inessive plural)
siepeissänsä (inessive plural)
siepistään (elative singular)
siepistänsä (elative singular)
siepeistään (elative plural)
siepeistänsä (elative plural)
sieppiinsä (illative singular)
sieppeihinsä (illative plural)
siepillään (adessive singular)
siepillänsä (adessive singular)
siepeillään (adessive plural)
siepeillänsä (adessive plural)
siepiltään (ablative singular)
siepiltänsä (ablative singular)
siepeiltään (ablative plural)
siepeiltänsä (ablative plural)
siepilleen (allative singular)
siepillensä (allative singular)
siepeilleen (allative plural)
siepeillensä (allative plural)
sieppinään (essive singular)
sieppinänsä (essive singular)
sieppeinään (essive plural)
sieppeinänsä (essive plural)
siepikseen (singular translative)
siepiksensä (singular translative)
siepeikseen (plural translative)
siepeiksensä (plural translative)
siepittään (abessive singular)
siepittänsä (abessive singular)
siepeittään (abessive plural)
siepeittänsä (abessive plural)
sieppeineen (comitative plural)
sieppeinensä (comitative plural)


asema

Possibly from Fon azema (“vampire”), equivalent to ase + -man. Cf. Saramaccan azéma.

A vampire who has the appearance of an elderly person during the day and hides his or her skin at night when out for blood.


everyman

Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520).

In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.


Oceanian

From Oceania + -an.
(nation): This term is not used in the novel itself.

Although the proles are on the fringe both of Oceanian society and of the action, it is their values which provide the only warmth in the novel.

1993, Stephen Ingle, “Orwellian socialism today”, in George Orwell: A Political Life, Manchester, New York, N.Y.: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 117:

Orwell’s point was that the Oceanian government had effectively invented the idea of opposition in order to reinforce the status quo.

2009, Philip Bounds, Orwell and Marxism: The Political and Cultural Thinking of George Orwell, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, →ISBN:

The situation for Oceania, which appears as a significant space in the narrative, can be expressed as follows: Though the Party adopts a repressive dictatorship, it never accepts decentralized management so that Oceanian people do not feel colonial.

2018, Murat Kalelioğlu, “Semiotic Analysis”, in A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, section “Spatialization”, page 111:

(literary criticism) From or relating to the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).


Oceanian

In order to ensure that the Oceanians do get excited about Big Brother—displace, that is, eroticism from its natural object, another individual, to the State—the Party attempts in every way “to remove all pleasure from the sex act. . . . The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party. Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting operation, like having an enema” (p. 57).

1986, Bernard Oldsey, Joseph Browne, editors, Critical Essays on George Orwell, G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 74:

We might suppose that Orwell’s claims about the beliefs of Oceanians are simply implausible: after all, as the little thought experiment I started with demonstrates, we cannot just make ourselves believe on command.

2018, Iskra Fileva, “Bad Faith and Make-Believe”, in Ezio Di Nucci, Stefan Storrie, editors, 1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile? (Popular Culture and Philosophy; 116), Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN:

Accordingly, the Ministry behaves in favor of the Party by making necessary amendments and manipulations in mass media to earn the sympathy of Oceanians.

2018, Murat Kalelioğlu, “Semiotic Analysis”, in A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, section “George Orwell and “Nineteen Eighty-Four””, page 59:

(literary criticism) Someone from the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).