Susanna

Susanna (nominative singular)
Susannat (nominative plural)
Susanna (accusative nominative singular)
Susannat (accusative nominative plural)
Susannan (accusative genitive singular)
Susannat (accusative genitive plural)
Susannan (genitive singular)
Susannojen (genitive plural)
Susannain (genitive plural rare)
Susannaa (partitive singular)
Susannoja (partitive plural)
Susannassa (inessive singular)
Susannoissa (inessive plural)
Susannasta (elative singular)
Susannoista (elative plural)
Susannaan (illative singular)
Susannoihin (illative plural)
Susannalla (adessive singular)
Susannoilla (adessive plural)
Susannalta (ablative singular)
Susannoilta (ablative plural)
Susannalle (allative singular)
Susannoille (allative plural)
Susannana (essive singular)
Susannoina (essive plural)
Susannaksi (singular translative)
Susannoiksi (plural translative)
Susannatta (abessive singular)
Susannoitta (abessive plural)
Susannoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Susannani (nominative singular)
Susannani (nominative plural)
Susannani (accusative nominative singular)
Susannani (accusative nominative plural)
Susannani (accusative genitive singular)
Susannani (accusative genitive plural)
Susannani (genitive singular)
Susannojeni (genitive plural)
Susannaini (genitive plural rare)
Susannaani (partitive singular)
Susannojani (partitive plural)
Susannassani (inessive singular)
Susannoissani (inessive plural)
Susannastani (elative singular)
Susannoistani (elative plural)
Susannaani (illative singular)
Susannoihini (illative plural)
Susannallani (adessive singular)
Susannoillani (adessive plural)
Susannaltani (ablative singular)
Susannoiltani (ablative plural)
Susannalleni (allative singular)
Susannoilleni (allative plural)
Susannanani (essive singular)
Susannoinani (essive plural)
Susannakseni (singular translative)
Susannoikseni (plural translative)
Susannattani (abessive singular)
Susannoittani (abessive plural)
Susannoineni (comitative plural)
Susannasi (nominative singular)
Susannasi (nominative plural)
Susannasi (accusative nominative singular)
Susannasi (accusative nominative plural)
Susannasi (accusative genitive singular)
Susannasi (accusative genitive plural)
Susannasi (genitive singular)
Susannojesi (genitive plural)
Susannaisi (genitive plural rare)
Susannaasi (partitive singular)
Susannojasi (partitive plural)
Susannassasi (inessive singular)
Susannoissasi (inessive plural)
Susannastasi (elative singular)
Susannoistasi (elative plural)
Susannaasi (illative singular)
Susannoihisi (illative plural)
Susannallasi (adessive singular)
Susannoillasi (adessive plural)
Susannaltasi (ablative singular)
Susannoiltasi (ablative plural)
Susannallesi (allative singular)
Susannoillesi (allative plural)
Susannanasi (essive singular)
Susannoinasi (essive plural)
Susannaksesi (singular translative)
Susannoiksesi (plural translative)
Susannattasi (abessive singular)
Susannoittasi (abessive plural)
Susannoinesi (comitative plural)
Susannamme (nominative singular)
Susannamme (nominative plural)
Susannamme (accusative nominative singular)
Susannamme (accusative nominative plural)
Susannamme (accusative genitive singular)
Susannamme (accusative genitive plural)
Susannamme (genitive singular)
Susannojemme (genitive plural)
Susannaimme (genitive plural rare)
Susannaamme (partitive singular)
Susannojamme (partitive plural)
Susannassamme (inessive singular)
Susannoissamme (inessive plural)
Susannastamme (elative singular)
Susannoistamme (elative plural)
Susannaamme (illative singular)
Susannoihimme (illative plural)
Susannallamme (adessive singular)
Susannoillamme (adessive plural)
Susannaltamme (ablative singular)
Susannoiltamme (ablative plural)
Susannallemme (allative singular)
Susannoillemme (allative plural)
Susannanamme (essive singular)
Susannoinamme (essive plural)
Susannaksemme (singular translative)
Susannoiksemme (plural translative)
Susannattamme (abessive singular)
Susannoittamme (abessive plural)
Susannoinemme (comitative plural)
Susannanne (nominative singular)
Susannanne (nominative plural)
Susannanne (accusative nominative singular)
Susannanne (accusative nominative plural)
Susannanne (accusative genitive singular)
Susannanne (accusative genitive plural)
Susannanne (genitive singular)
Susannojenne (genitive plural)
Susannainne (genitive plural rare)
Susannaanne (partitive singular)
Susannojanne (partitive plural)
Susannassanne (inessive singular)
Susannoissanne (inessive plural)
Susannastanne (elative singular)
Susannoistanne (elative plural)
Susannaanne (illative singular)
Susannoihinne (illative plural)
Susannallanne (adessive singular)
Susannoillanne (adessive plural)
Susannaltanne (ablative singular)
Susannoiltanne (ablative plural)
Susannallenne (allative singular)
Susannoillenne (allative plural)
Susannananne (essive singular)
Susannoinanne (essive plural)
Susannaksenne (singular translative)
Susannoiksenne (plural translative)
Susannattanne (abessive singular)
Susannoittanne (abessive plural)
Susannoinenne (comitative plural)
Susannansa (nominative singular)
Susannansa (nominative plural)
Susannansa (accusative nominative singular)
Susannansa (accusative nominative plural)
Susannansa (accusative genitive singular)
Susannansa (accusative genitive plural)
Susannansa (genitive singular)
Susannojensa (genitive plural)
Susannainsa (genitive plural rare)
Susannaansa (partitive singular)
Susannojaan (partitive plural)
Susannojansa (partitive plural)
Susannassaan (inessive singular)
Susannassansa (inessive singular)
Susannoissaan (inessive plural)
Susannoissansa (inessive plural)
Susannastaan (elative singular)
Susannastansa (elative singular)
Susannoistaan (elative plural)
Susannoistansa (elative plural)
Susannaansa (illative singular)
Susannoihinsa (illative plural)
Susannallaan (adessive singular)
Susannallansa (adessive singular)
Susannoillaan (adessive plural)
Susannoillansa (adessive plural)
Susannaltaan (ablative singular)
Susannaltansa (ablative singular)
Susannoiltaan (ablative plural)
Susannoiltansa (ablative plural)
Susannalleen (allative singular)
Susannallensa (allative singular)
Susannoilleen (allative plural)
Susannoillensa (allative plural)
Susannanaan (essive singular)
Susannanansa (essive singular)
Susannoinaan (essive plural)
Susannoinansa (essive plural)
Susannakseen (singular translative)
Susannaksensa (singular translative)
Susannoikseen (plural translative)
Susannoiksensa (plural translative)
Susannattaan (abessive singular)
Susannattansa (abessive singular)
Susannoittaan (abessive plural)
Susannoittansa (abessive plural)
Susannoineen (comitative plural)
Susannoinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈs̠us̠ɑ̝nːɑ̝]

From Ancient Greek Σουσάννα (Sousánna), from Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā).

- - ia ne Caxitoistakymende henen cansans. Nin mös mutamat Waimot iotca hen oli parandanut pahoist Hengist ia Taudheist nimitten Maria ioca cutzuttin Magdalena iosta seitzemen Perkelet olit vloslectenet Ja Johanna Chusan Herodesen Foudhin Emende ia Susanna ia monda mwta iotca hende paluelit heiden Tauarastans.

Hänellä oli seurassaan kaksitoista opetuslastaan sekä muutamia naisia, jotka hän oli parantanut taudeista ja vapauttanut pahojen henkien vallasta. Näitä olivat Magdalan Maria, josta hän oli ajanut ulos seitsemän pahaa henkeä, Johanna, jonka aviomies Kuusas oli Herodeksen korkeita virkamiehiä, sekä Susanna. Lisäksi oli monia muita naisia, ja kaikki nämä avustivat heitä omilla varoillaan.

[A]nd the twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.


punctum

la-noun

pūnctum n (genitive pūnctī); second declension

pūnctum (canonical neuter)
pūnctī (genitive)
pūnctum (nominative singular)
pūncta (nominative plural)
pūnctī (genitive singular)
pūnctōrum (genitive plural)
pūnctō (dative singular)
pūnctīs (dative plural)
pūnctum (accusative singular)
pūncta (accusative plural)
pūnctō (ablative singular)
pūnctīs (ablative plural)
pūnctum (singular vocative)
pūncta (plural vocative)

Asturian: puntu

Catalan: punt

→ Danish: punktum

→ Dutch: punt

→ English: punctum

Friulian: pont

Galician: punto

→ German: Punkt, Punktum

→ Esperanto: punkto

→ Serbo-Croatian: punkt

→ Hungarian: pont

→ Romanian: pont

Irish: ponc

Italian: punto

→ English: punto

→ Ottoman Turkish: پونطو (punto)

Turkish: punto

→ Middle Low German: punct

→ Old Norse: punktr

Danish: punkt

Norwegian Bokmål: punkt

Swedish: punkt

→ Middle Welsh: pwnc

Welsh: pwnc

→ Norwegian Bokmål: punktum

Occitan: ponch

desctree

→ Old Czech: punkt (learned)
Czech: punkt

Old French: point

→ Middle English: point

→ Middle Welsh: pwynt

Welsh: pwynt

English: point, p'int
→ Cantonese: point
→ Indonesian: poin
→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)
→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)
→ Malay: poin

Middle French: poinct

French: point

→ Danish: point

→ Dutch: punt

→ Norwegian Bokmål: poeng

→ Polish: pointa

→ Swedish: poäng

→ Turkish: puan

→ Middle Irish: pointe

Irish: pointe

Norman: point

Portuguese: ponto

→ Polish: punkt (learned)

→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨθ

Middle Welsh: pwyth

Welsh: pwyth

→ Romanian: punct

→ Russian: пункт (punkt)

Sicilian: puntu

Spanish: punto

→ Tagalog: punto

Venetan: ponto

[ˈpʊŋkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

Neuter form of pūnctus, the perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture”).


romp

en-verb

romp (third-person singular simple present romps, present participle romping, simple past and past participle romped)

romps (present singular third-person)
romping (participle present)
romped (participle past)
romped (past)

This wasn't salacious, romping 'sex', tabloid style

1997, Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture:

Ladbrokes is offering 2-1 odds that contestants WILL romp in the ten-week show.

2006, Martin Conboy, quoting The Sun, Tabloid Britain: Constructing a Community Through Language, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 204:

One young lady who had just romped with an A-List Hollywood star, panicked during my strategic silence and threw in an entirely unexpected line about how he'd enjoyed throttling himself with his tie.

2010 May 13, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(slang, chiefly newspapers) To engage in playful or illicit sex.


prosody

en-noun

prosody (countable and uncountable, plural prosodies)

From Middle French prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

der

But the system of prosody in Samson plainly forbids extrametrical syllables in the midst of the line, and there is certainly no other example.

1894, Robert Bridges, Milton's Prosody, Oxford University Press, page 30:

(poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.


DM

en-noun

DM (countable and uncountable, plural DMs)


DM

en-verb

DM (third-person singular simple present DMs, present participle DMing, simple past and past participle DMed or DM'd)

DMs (present singular third-person)
DMing (participle present)
DMed (participle past)
DMed (past)
DM'd (participle past)
DM'd (past)

To Dungeon Master; to perform as a dungeon master; to run a tabletop role-playing game.


بيت

ar-noun

بَيْت • (bayt) m (plural أَبْيَات (ʔabyāt))

بَيْت (canonical)
bayt (romanization)
أَبْيَات (plural)
بَيْت (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْبَيْت (definite informal singular triptote)
بَيْت (construct informal singular triptote)
بَيْتٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْبَيْتُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
بَيْتُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
بَيْتًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الْبَيْتَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
بَيْتَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
بَيْتٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْبَيْتِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
بَيْتِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
بَيْتَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْبَيْتَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
بَيْتَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
بَيْتَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْبَيْتَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
بَيْتَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
بَيْتَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الْبَيْتَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
بَيْتَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
بَيْتَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْبَيْتَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
بَيْتَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
أَبْيَات (broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
الْأَبْيَات (broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
أَبْيَات (broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
أَبْيَاتٌ (broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
الْأَبْيَاتُ (broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
أَبْيَاتُ (broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
أَبْيَاتًا (accusative broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
الْأَبْيَاتَ (accusative broken-form definite plural triptote)
أَبْيَاتَ (accusative broken-form construct plural triptote)
أَبْيَاتٍ (broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
الْأَبْيَاتِ (broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
أَبْيَاتِ (broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)

→ Azerbaijani: beyt

→ Persian: بیت (beyt)

→ Urdu: بیت (bait)

→ Ottoman Turkish: بیت (beyt, beyit)

> Turkish: beyit (inherited)

→ Uyghur: بېيىت (bëyit)

→ Uzbek: bayt


siitä

sikiän (first-person indicative present singular)
en sikiä (first-person indicative negative present singular)
olen siinnyt (first-person indicative perfect singular)
en ole siinnyt (first-person indicative negative perfect singular)
sikiät (indicative present second-person singular)
et sikiä (indicative negative present second-person singular)
olet siinnyt (indicative perfect second-person singular)
et ole siinnyt (indicative negative perfect second-person singular)
sikiää (indicative present singular third-person)
ei sikiä (indicative negative present singular third-person)
on siinnyt (indicative perfect singular third-person)
ei ole siinnyt (indicative negative perfect singular third-person)
sikiämme (first-person indicative plural present)
emme sikiä (first-person indicative negative plural present)
olemme siinneet (first-person indicative perfect plural)
emme ole siinneet (first-person indicative negative perfect plural)
sikiätte (indicative plural present second-person)
ette sikiä (indicative negative plural present second-person)
olette siinneet (indicative perfect plural second-person)
ette ole siinneet (indicative negative perfect plural second-person)
sikiävät (indicative plural present third-person)
eivät sikiä (indicative negative plural present third-person)
ovat siinneet (indicative perfect plural third-person)
eivät ole siinneet (indicative negative perfect plural third-person)
siitään (indicative passive present)
ei siitä (indicative negative passive present)
on siitty (indicative passive perfect)
ei ole siitty (indicative negative passive perfect)
sikisin (first-person indicative past singular)
en siinnyt (first-person indicative negative past singular)
olin siinnyt (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
en ollut siinnyt (first-person indicative negative pluperfect singular)
sikisit (indicative past second-person singular)
et siinnyt (indicative negative past second-person singular)
olit siinnyt (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
et ollut siinnyt (indicative negative pluperfect second-person singular)
sikisi (indicative past singular third-person)
ei siinnyt (indicative negative past singular third-person)
oli siinnyt (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
ei ollut siinnyt (indicative negative pluperfect singular third-person)
sikisimme (first-person indicative past plural)
emme siinneet (first-person indicative negative past plural)
olimme siinneet (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
emme olleet siinneet (first-person indicative negative pluperfect plural)
sikisitte (indicative past plural second-person)
ette siinneet (indicative negative past plural second-person)
olitte siinneet (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
ette olleet siinneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural second-person)
sikisivät (indicative past plural third-person)
eivät siinneet (indicative negative past plural third-person)
olivat siinneet (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
eivät olleet siinneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural third-person)
siittiin (indicative passive past)
ei siitty (indicative negative passive past)
oli siitty (indicative passive pluperfect)
ei ollut siitty (indicative negative passive pluperfect)
sikiäisin (conditional first-person present singular)
en sikiäisi (conditional first-person negative present singular)
olisin siinnyt (conditional first-person perfect singular)
en olisi siinnyt (conditional first-person negative perfect singular)
sikiäisit (conditional present second-person singular)
et sikiäisi (conditional negative present second-person singular)
olisit siinnyt (conditional perfect second-person singular)
et olisi siinnyt (conditional negative perfect second-person singular)
sikiäisi (conditional present singular third-person)
ei sikiäisi (conditional negative present singular third-person)
olisi siinnyt (conditional perfect singular third-person)
ei olisi siinnyt (conditional negative perfect singular third-person)
sikiäisimme (conditional first-person plural present)
emme sikiäisi (conditional first-person negative plural present)
olisimme siinneet (conditional first-person perfect plural)
emme olisi siinneet (conditional first-person negative perfect plural)
sikiäisitte (conditional plural present second-person)
ette sikiäisi (conditional negative plural present second-person)
olisitte siinneet (conditional perfect plural second-person)
ette olisi siinneet (conditional negative perfect plural second-person)
sikiäisivät (conditional plural present third-person)
eivät sikiäisi (conditional negative plural present third-person)
olisivat siinneet (conditional perfect plural third-person)
eivät olisi siinneet (conditional negative perfect plural third-person)
siittäisiin (conditional passive present)
ei siittäisi (conditional negative passive present)
olisi siitty (conditional passive perfect)
ei olisi siitty (conditional negative passive perfect)
sikiä (imperative present second-person singular)
älä sikiä (imperative negative present second-person singular)
siitköön (imperative present singular third-person)
älköön siitkö (imperative negative present singular third-person)
olkoon siinnyt (imperative perfect singular third-person)
älköön olko siinnyt (imperative negative perfect singular third-person)
siitkäämme (first-person imperative plural present)
älkäämme siitkö (first-person imperative negative plural present)
siitkää (imperative plural present second-person)
älkää siitkö (imperative negative plural present second-person)
siitkööt (imperative plural present third-person)
älkööt siitkö (imperative negative plural present third-person)
olkoot siinneet (imperative perfect plural third-person)
älkööt olko siinneet (imperative negative perfect plural third-person)
siittäköön (imperative passive present)
älköön siittäkö (imperative negative passive present)
olkoon siitty (imperative passive perfect)
älköön olko siitty (imperative negative passive perfect)
siinnen (first-person potential present singular)
en siinne (first-person negative potential present singular)
lienen siinnyt (first-person perfect potential singular)
en liene siinnyt (first-person negative perfect potential singular)
siinnet (potential present second-person singular)
et siinne (negative potential present second-person singular)
lienet siinnyt (perfect potential second-person singular)
et liene siinnyt (negative perfect potential second-person singular)
siinnee (potential present singular third-person)
ei siinne (negative potential present singular third-person)
lienee siinnyt (perfect potential singular third-person)
ei liene siinnyt (negative perfect potential singular third-person)
siinnemme (first-person plural potential present)
emme siinne (first-person negative plural potential present)
lienemme siinneet (first-person perfect plural potential)
emme liene siinneet (first-person negative perfect plural potential)
siinnette (plural potential present second-person)
ette siinne (negative plural potential present second-person)
lienette siinneet (perfect plural potential second-person)
ette liene siinneet (negative perfect plural potential second-person)
siinnevät (plural potential present third-person)
eivät siinne (negative plural potential present third-person)
lienevät siinneet (perfect plural potential third-person)
eivät liene siinneet (negative perfect plural potential third-person)
siittäneen (passive potential present)
ei siittäne (negative passive potential present)
lienee siitty (passive perfect potential)
ei liene siitty (negative passive perfect potential)
siitä (infinitive infinitive-i)
sikiävä (active participle present)
siittävä (participle passive present)
siitäkseni (first-person possessive singular)
siitäksemme (first-person plural possessive)
siitäksesi (possessive second-person singular)
siitäksenne (plural possessive second-person)
siitäkseen (possessive third-person)
siitäksensä (possessive third-person)
siinnyt (infinitive-i-long past)
siitty (infinitive-i-long past)
siitessä (inessive second-person)
siittäessä (inessive second-person)
sikiämä (agent)
siitessäni (first-person possessive singular)
siitessämme (first-person plural possessive)
siitessäsi (possessive second-person singular)
siitessänne (plural possessive second-person)
siitessään (possessive third-person)
siitessänsä (possessive third-person)
sikiämätön (inessive negative second-person)
siiten (instructive second-person)
sikiämässä (inessive third-person)
sikiämästä (elative third-person)
sikiämään (illative third-person)
sikiämällä (adessive third-person)
sikiämättä (abessive third-person)
sikiämän (instructive third-person)
siittämän (instructive third-person)
sikiäminen (fourth-person noun-from-verb)
sikiämäisilläni (first-person possessive singular)
sikiämäisillämme (first-person plural possessive)
sikiämäisilläsi (possessive second-person singular)
sikiämäisillänne (plural possessive second-person)
sikiämäisillään (possessive third-person)
sikiämäisillänsä (possessive third-person)

From Proto-Finnic *sigit'äk (compare Estonian sigima).

...joka sikisi Pyhästä Hengestä...

...who was conceived by the Holy Spirit...

(intransitive, biblical, of a human being) to be conceived


Ephesians

(biblical) The tenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Ephesus which is attributed to Paul the Apostle.


Jude

en-proper noun

Jude (countable and uncountable, plural Judes)

Short form of Judas, used in an attempt to distinguish the Apostle Judas Thaddaeus from Judas Iscariot. From Old Testament Judah, Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá), said to mean “praised”.

(biblical) The second last book of the New Testament of the Bible.

(biblical) One of the Apostles, also called Thaddaeus.


Enos

From Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (enósh, “mortal man”).

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


bathos

en-noun

bathos (usually uncountable, plural bathoses)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). Employed ironically following Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, lampooning various errors in contemporary writers.

bathos

unintentional failure at artistic effect

(literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:

anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.

banality: unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic.

immaturity: lack of serious treatment of a topic.

While a plain and direct Road is pav'd to their ὐψος, or sublime; no Track has been yet chalk'd out to arrive at our βάθος, or profund.

(literature, the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.


iambic pentameter

iambic pentameter (countable and uncountable, plural iambic pentameters)

Yet he didn't recommend Wilson, even though she has undertaken to capture the poem's aural grandeur by rendering it as iambic pentameter. (Nothing signals canonical like employing Shakespeare's favourite meter.)

2023 October 21, Kate Maltby, “Brute force”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:

A poetic meter consisting of lines with five iambic feet each, meaning the even syllables are dominant.


series original

series original (plural series originals)

(narratology) The first published narrative in a series of works; a narrative from which later narratives are written after. It serves as the chronological core of the series.


John Q. Public

Even careful safety precautions in the factory do not make it a good place for John Q. Public to wander unattended.

(idiomatic) A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.

Jan Novák

a generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen


Joe Average

Joe Averages (plural)
average Joe (alternative)
regular Joe (alternative)

Write the instructions so that any Joe Average can understand them.

(idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).


tribune

From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”), from tribus (“tribe”).

der

tribune of the plebs
tribune of the plebs

(historical) An elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.


iwi

A form of Yoruba oral poetry, consisting of chanting and invocation performed by worshippers of the Egúngún


Tariq

Borrowed from Arabic طَارِق (ṭāriq, “messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star”), from طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to knock, to rap”)


hagiographer

/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/

/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/

Someone who writes the biography of a saint.

վարքագիր

someone who writes the biography of a saint


paperback

From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.


backstory

backstories (plural)
back-story (alternative)
back story (alternative)

From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.

prefix

What’s the backstory of our new colleague?

These backstories cast the characters' behavior in a new light: of course Gertrude would promptly marry the man who saved her from abuse; of course Ophelia would be desperate and indiscreet in seeking Hamlet's love.

2004 January 15, Kelly Kleiman, “Her side of the story [review of Ophelia by Bryony Lavery, performed by the Camenae Ensemble Theatre Company]”, in Chicago Reader, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Reader, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:

Inexplicably, and at great risk to the integrity of the movie, the filmmakers have burdened him with a psychological back story pulled out of a folder in some studio filing cabinet. Why does [Willy] Wonka spend his days confecting sweets?

2005 July 15, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “Looking for the candy, finding a back story [review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-08:

Agent Lyla: Enough back story! / Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Actually, that's not, uh … that's not really a back story, it's just expositional flashback. It doesn't, uh, have any childhood trauma, it's doesn't really inform who he is, it's not … it's just flashback. There's a difference. It's subtle, but there's a difference.

2013 March 1, Kaz [i.e., Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis], Kim Roberson, Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft, John Mathot, “Sidetracked”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire):

Prince Harry may yet turn out to be the crown’s best insurance policy. By marrying Meghan Markle, he is linking royalty with a 21st-century celebrity who has a backstory that many people in Britain can identify with.

2017 December 27, “Editorial: The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-29:

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.


flashback

→ German: Flashback

→ Spanish: flashback

→ Norwegian: flashback

→ Portuguese: flashback

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

salt enrere

a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative


flashback

Unadapted borrowing from English flashback.

ubor

(narratology) flashback (earlier event inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative)


episodic

en-adj

episodic (comparative more episodic, superlative most episodic)

more episodic (comparative)
most episodic (superlative)
episodick (alternative)

[ˌɛp.ɪˈsɑ.ɾɪk]

From episode + -ic. Compare French épisodique.

I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?

(literature) Consisting of a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes.


threequel

threequels (plural)
three-quel (alternative)

When last seen, the “Poseidon” had been blown into small pieces. With any luck, this means Mr. Allen can’t possibly make a threequel.

1979 May 25, Janet Maslin, “Inside a Floating Hulk”, in The New York Times:

On the contrary, last summer saw two jocular parodies of 1970’s blaxploitation films: the minor hit Undercover Brother and Beyonce Knowles’s portrayal of Foxxy Cleopatra, a character in the Austin Powers “threequel.”

1999 June 30, Katherine Anne Ackley, Perspectives on Contemporary Issues, Readings Across the Disciplines, Harcourt, fourth edition, Thomson Wadsworth (2006), page 267

This may be the year of the threequel, but not all the franchises will be successful, predicts Mr. Gray.

2007 January 5, Stephen Humphries, “At theaters in 2007, the year of the 'threequel'”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

THE biggest threequels to date have included some great films.
The third part of the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi (1983), then Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) were huge hits.

2007 April 16, Brian Mciver, “Return of the Threequel”, in The Daily Record:

(narratology) The chronologically third part of any series of works, especially a movie trilogy.


decima

Borrowed from Spanish décima, from Latin decima (“a tenth”). Doublet of decim, decime, and dime.

His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.

(poetry) A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.


copla

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cōpula. Compare the learned doublet cópula.


Titus

Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or "strong; of the giants".

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.


Philemon

en-proper noun

Philemon (countable and uncountable, plural Philemons)

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.


jamb

jambi (genitive)
jambi (partitive)
jamb (nominative singular)
jambid (nominative plural)
jamb (accusative nominative singular)
jambid (accusative nominative plural)
jambi (accusative genitive singular)
jambid (accusative genitive plural)
jambi (genitive singular)
jambide (genitive plural)
jambi (partitive singular)
jambe (partitive plural)
jambisid (partitive plural)
jambi (illative singular)
jambisse (illative singular)
jambidesse (illative plural)
jambesse (illative plural)
jambis (inessive singular)
jambides (inessive plural)
jambes (inessive plural)
jambist (elative singular)
jambidest (elative plural)
jambest (elative plural)
jambile (allative singular)
jambidele (allative plural)
jambele (allative plural)
jambil (adessive singular)
jambidel (adessive plural)
jambel (adessive plural)
jambilt (ablative singular)
jambidelt (ablative plural)
jambelt (ablative plural)
jambiks (singular translative)
jambideks (plural translative)
jambeks (plural translative)
jambini (singular terminative)
jambideni (plural terminative)
jambina (essive singular)
jambidena (essive plural)
jambita (abessive singular)
jambideta (abessive plural)
jambiga (comitative singular)
jambidega (comitative plural)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).


jamb

pl-noun

jamb m inan (related adjective jambiczny)

jambiczny (adjective)
jamb (nominative singular)
jamby (nominative plural)
jambu (genitive singular)
jambów (genitive plural)
jambowi (dative singular)
jambom (dative plural)
jamb (accusative singular)
jamby (accusative plural)
jambem (instrumental singular)
jambami (instrumental plural)
jambie (locative singular)
jambach (locative plural)
jambie (singular vocative)
jamby (plural vocative)

(poetry, prosody) iamb (metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable)


jamb

jamb (indefinite nominative singular)
jambs (genitive indefinite singular)
jamben (definite nominative singular)
jambens (definite genitive singular)
jamber (indefinite nominative plural)
jambers (genitive indefinite plural)
jamberna (definite nominative plural)
jambernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἲαμβος (ìambos).


அகரமுதலி

akaramutali (romanization)
அகரமுதலி (nominative singular)
அகரமுதலிகள் (nominative plural)
அகரமுதலியே (singular vocative)
அகரமுதலிகளே (plural vocative)
அகரமுதலியை (accusative singular)
அகரமுதலிகளை (accusative plural)
அகரமுதலிக்கு (dative singular)
அகரமுதலிகளுக்கு (dative plural)
அகரமுதலிக்காக (benefactive singular)
அகரமுதலிகளுக்காக (benefactive plural)
அகரமுதலியுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
அகரமுதலிகளுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
அகரமுதலியின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
அகரமுதலிகளின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
அகரமுதலியில் (locative locative-i singular)
அகரமுதலிகளில் (locative locative-i plural)
அகரமுதலியிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
அகரமுதலிகளிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
அகரமுதலியோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
அகரமுதலிகளோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
அகரமுதலியுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
அகரமுதலிகளுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
அகரமுதலியால் (instrumental singular)
அகரமுதலிகளால் (instrumental plural)
அகரமுதலியிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
அகரமுதலிகளிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

Ta-அகரமுதலி.ogg


Geschichte

de-noun

Geschichte f (genitive Geschichte, plural Geschichten, diminutive Geschichtchen n)

Geschichte (genitive)
Geschichten (plural)
Geschichtchen (diminutive neuter)
Geschichte (nominative singular)
Geschichten (definite nominative plural)
Geschichte (genitive singular)
Geschichten (definite genitive plural)
Geschichte (dative singular)
Geschichten (dative definite plural)
Geschichte (accusative singular)
Geschichten (accusative definite plural)

→ Luxembourgish: Geschicht

→ Silesian: gyszichta

From Middle High German geschicht(e) (“event, struggle, story, history”), from Old High German gisciht, from the verb Proto-Germanic *skehaną, whence German geschehen. Unrelated to Schicht. Cognate with Vilamovian gyśicht.

inh

Geschichte schreiben

in die Geschichte eingehen

Die Geschichte tut nichts, sie ‘besitzt keinen ungeheuren Reichtum’, sie ‘kämpft keine Kampfe’!Es ist vielmehr der Mensch, der wirkliche, lebendige Mensch, der das alles tut, besitzt und kämpft; es ist nicht etwa die ‘Geschichte’, die den Menschen zum Mittel braucht, um ihre - als ob sie eine aparte Person wäre - Zwecke durchzuarbeiten, sondern sie ist nichts als die Tätigkeit des seine Zwecke verfolgenden Menschen.

1962 [1845], Friedrich Engels, “Hinrichs Nr. II. Die ‘Kritik’ und ‘Feuerbach’. Verdammung der Philosophie”, in Die heilige Familie (Marx-Engels-Werke; 2), page 98; English translation from “Hinrichs No. 2. ‘Criticism’ and ‘Feuerbach’. Condemnation of Philosophy”, in Richard Dixon & Clemens Dutt, transl., The Holy Family (Marx/Engels Collected Works; 4), 1975, page 93:

History does nothing, it ‘possesses no immense wealth’, it ‘wages no battles’. It is man, real, living man who does all that, who possesses and fights; ‘history’ is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.

eine Geschichte schreiben

jemandem eine Geschichte erzählen


short story

A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.


envoy

From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).

(poetry) Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”)


Buffyverse

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS) is a televisual artifact that contains apocalyptic rhetoric in most episodes—apocalyptic in the sense that something is about to end in the Buffyverse, and rhetorical in the sense that something is going to change in the Buffyverse.

2009, Kylo-Patrick R. Hart, Annette Holba, Media and the Apocalypse, page 77:

2009, Kevin K. Durand, It's All about Power, in Kevin K. Durand (editor), Buffy Meets the Academy: Essays on the Episodes and Scripts as Text, Part I: Power and the Buffy Canon, page 46,
In the Buffyverse, we encounter a true representation of shared power, of partnered power. Further, the “bad guys” are not the only paradigms of patriarchy in the Buffyverse that are overcome.

We can hardly be surprised when Buffy and Satsu find what warmth they can, as Willow does with her demon lover, in an intercut sex scene of the kind which typically precedes an apocalypse in the Buffyverse (#15, p. 26). Scenes like this confirm Em McAvan's point that the Buffyverse associates bisexuality with kink (paragraph 15).

2010, Lewis Call, “Slaying the Heteronormative: Representations of Alternative Sexuality in Buffy Season Eight Comics”, in Erin B. Waggoner, editor, Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon: New Essays, page 115:

(fandom slang) The fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


lilliputian

lilliputians (plural)
Lilliputian (alternative)

From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

(genetics) A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.


孟子

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (孟子):
* → Japanese: 孟(もう)子(し) (Mōshi)
* → Korean: 맹자(孟子) (Maengja)
* → Vietnamese: Mạnh Tử (孟子)

→ Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠧᠩᠽᠢ (mēngzi)

Mongolian: ᠮᠧᠩᠽᠢ (mēngzi), Мэнз (Menz)

→ English: Mengzi

→ Latin: Mencius

→ English: Mencius

→ Chinese: 門修斯 (Ménxiūsī)

→ Manchu: ᠮᡝᠩᡯ (mengdz)

→ Tibetan: མེང་ཙི (meng tsi)

/mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/maːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/

/biɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/

/biɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

/mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/maːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/

/biɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/

/biɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

Four Books
w:Four Books and Five Classics

Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書／四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)


孟子

孟子 (canonical)
Mōshi (romanization)
Mausi (romanization)
まうし (hiragana historical)


macaronic

en-adj

macaronic (comparative more macaronic, superlative most macaronic)

more macaronic (comparative)
most macaronic (superlative)
maccaronic (alternative)
macaronick (alternative)

/ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/

From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”).

(literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.


macaronic

macaronics (plural)
maccaronic (alternative)
macaronick (alternative)

/ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/

(literature) A work of macaronic character.


titular

ca-verb

titular (first-person singular present titulo, first-person singular preterite titulí, past participle titulat)

titulo (first-person present singular)
titulí (first-person preterite singular)
titulat (participle past)
titular (infinitive)
titulant (gerund)
titulat (masculine participle past singular)
titulada (feminine participle past singular)
titulats (masculine participle past plural)
titulades (feminine participle past plural)
titulo (first-person indicative present singular)
titules (indicative present second-person singular)
titula (indicative present singular third-person)
titulem (first-person indicative plural present)
tituleu (indicative plural present second-person)
titulen (indicative plural present third-person)
titulava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
titulaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
titulava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
titulàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
titulàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
titulaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
titularé (first-person future indicative singular)
titularàs (future indicative second-person singular)
titularà (future indicative singular third-person)
titularem (first-person future indicative plural)
titulareu (future indicative plural second-person)
titularan (future indicative plural third-person)
titulí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
titulares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
titulà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
titulàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
titulàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
titularen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
titularia (conditional first-person indicative singular)
titularies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
titularia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
titularíem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
titularíeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
titularien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
tituli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
titulis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tituli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
titulem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tituleu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
titulin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
titulés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
titulessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
titulés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tituléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tituléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
titulessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
titula (imperative second-person)
tituli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
titulem (first-person imperative plural)
tituleu (imperative plural second-person)
titulin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no titulis (imperative negative second-person)
no tituli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no titulem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no tituleu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no titulin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(pronominal) to obtain a diploma, to graduate


کتاب

pa-noun

کِتَاب • (kitāb) f (plural کُتُب, Gurmukhi spelling ਕਿਤਾਬ)

کِتَاب (canonical)
kitāb (romanization)
کُتُب (plural)
ਕਿਤਾਬ (Gurmukhi)
کِتَاب (direct singular)
کِتَاباں (direct plural)
کِتَاب (oblique singular)
کِتَاباں (oblique plural)
کِتَابے (singular vocative)
کِتَابو (plural vocative)
کِتَابوں (ablative singular)
کِتَاباں (ablative plural)
کِتَابی (locative singular)
کِتَابِیں (locative plural)
کِتَابِیں (instrumental singular)
کِتَابے (instrumental plural)

Etymology tree
Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)bor.
Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb)bor.
Punjabi کِتَاب (kitāb)
Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). First attested as Old Punjabi ਕਤੇਬ (kateba).

etymon

کِتَاب


کتاب

ur-noun

کِتاب • (kitāb) f (Hindi spelling किताब)

کِتاب (canonical)
kitāb (romanization)
किताब (Hindi)
کِتَاب (direct singular)
کِتَابیں (direct plural)
کِتَاب (oblique singular)
کِتَابوں (oblique plural)
کِتَاب (singular vocative)
کِتَابو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)bor.
Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb)bor.
Urdu کِتَاب (kitāb)
Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), borrowed from the same term. Compare Punjabi کتاب (kitāb), Sindhi ڪِتابُ (kitābu).

etymon

کِتَاب


vampiro

es-noun

vampiro m (plural vampiros, feminine vampiresa, feminine plural vampiresas)

vampiros (plural)
vampiresa (feminine)
vampiresas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, from Hungarian vámpír, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.


ranger

/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

(literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.


cromulent

en-adj

cromulent (comparative more cromulent, superlative most cromulent)

more cromulent (comparative)
most cromulent (superlative)

A humorous, intentionally morphologically opaque neologism and nonce word coined by American television writer David X. Cohen (born 1966) for “Lisa the Iconoclast”, a 1996 episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons. The ending resembles corpulent, temulent and other Latinate adjectives (derived from -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”)).

coin

Mrs. Krabappel: "Embiggens"? I never heard that word before moving to Springfield.
Ms. Hoover: I don't know why; it's a perfectly cromulent word.
[…]
Principal Skinner: He's embiggened that role with his cromulent performance.

1996 February 18, David X. Cohen, “Lisa the Iconoclast”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 16, production code 3F13:

Nerdcore could rise up, it could get elevated.
Oh, and wouldn’t all of those tough rappers hate it
if the nerdcore rose up and got elevated.
We consider the possibleness of this not overstated.
And I know that "possibleness" is not a cromulent word;
every syllable injected is intended to be the one you heard
(an absurd juxtaposition of mission and goal).

2005 August 27, MC Frontalot (lyrics and music), “Nerdcore Rising”, in Nerdcore Rising:

He had a boundless passion for music and entertained many with his beautiful voice and perfectly cromulent sense of humor.

2006 April 10, “Obituaries and in memoriams: Benjamin Sidney Linton”, in The Charlotte Observer:

Of course, you may encounter a new program that doesn't work reliably with UNC paths, and this is a perfectly cromulent workaround.

2008, David A. Karp, “Users and Security”, in John Osborn, Laurel R. T. Ruma, editors, Windows Vista Annoyances (Tips, Secrets and Solutions), Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 505:

There are certainly other cromulent techniques which may perform well for certain models and assumptions.

2008, Alan M. Polansky, “Connections and Comparisons”, in Observed Confidence Levels: Theory and Application, Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, →ISBN, →OL, section 7.3 (Multiple Comparisons), page 216:

How well does this function work? For positive integers, it's perfectly cromulent: […]

2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Don Stewart, “Functional Programming”, in Mike Loukides, editor, Real World Haskell (Code You Can Believe In), Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 86:

(humorous) Acceptable, satisfactory, or valid.


전

—전 (canonical)
-jeon (romanization)
傳 (hanja)

홍길동전 (洪吉童傳)

the hanja entry at 傳 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전


Chronicles

(biblical) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.


Nehemiah

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).

der

Nehemiah stood firm by rejecting the imaginative and wicked spin the enemies put on reality and persisted in what God had called him to do. Then he prayed that, rather than his hands dropping from the work, God would strengthen them in...[…]

2014 June 1, James M. Hamilton, Jr., Exalting Jesus in Ezra-Nehemiah (Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary), B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC:

(biblical) A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.


Nehemiah

(biblical) Nehemiah, the sixteenth book of the Old Testament


Ecclesiastes

From Latin Ecclesiastes, from Ancient Greek Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastḗs) according to the Septuagint. The Greek word is a loan translation of Hebrew קֹהֶלֶת, from Hebrew קָהָל.

Ἐκκλησιαστής

bor

Hebrew קֹהֶלֶת

(biblical) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.


Ecclesiastes

(parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -ahteh

(biblical) Ecclesiastes (book of the Bible)


Song of Solomon

A calque of Latin Canticum Solomonis (“song of Solomon”), from its supposed authorship by the Israelite king Solomon.

der

(biblical) Synonym of Song of Songs, a canonical book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.


Isaiah

From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū)

(Abrahamism, biblical) A prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah.


Isaiah

(biblical) Isaiah, the twenty-third book of the Old Testament


gopher wood

From גפר, found in Genesis 6:14. Unrelated to the North American animal. Sometimes hypothesized to be ultimately cognate to English cypress, the wood itself being such or related to the tree.

Make thee an ark of gopher wood.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:14:

(biblical) The unidentified wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark.

gofero

the wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark - not yet identified

timber planks

terms used in other English versions of the Bible


בית הכרם

he-proper noun

בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם

בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם • (bet hakérem) m

בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם (canonical)
bet hakérem (romanization)

From בֵּית (“house of”) + הַכֶּרֶם (“the vineyard”), thus literally "the house of the vineyard".


אשה

he-noun

אִשֶּׁה • ('ishé) f (plural indefinite אִשִּׁים, singular construct אִשֵּׁה־, plural construct אִשֵּׁי־)

אִשֶּׁה (canonical)
'ishé (romanization)
אִשִּׁים (indefinite plural)
אִשֵּׁה־ (construct singular)
אִשֵּׁי־ (construct plural)

Related to אֵשׁ ('ésh, “fire”), which is from Proto-Semitic *ʾiš-.


אנוש

he-proper noun

אֱנוֹשׁ • (enósh) m

אֱנוֹשׁ (canonical)
enósh (romanization)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Max Wagner thinks it is an old borrowing from Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš) under Hebraization of the vocalism.

bor

Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš)


jästi

jästi (nominative singular)
jästit (nominative plural)
jästi (accusative nominative singular)
jästit (accusative nominative plural)
jästin (accusative genitive singular)
jästit (accusative genitive plural)
jästin (genitive singular)
jästien (genitive plural)
jästiä (partitive singular)
jästejä (partitive plural)
jästissä (inessive singular)
jästeissä (inessive plural)
jästistä (elative singular)
jästeistä (elative plural)
jästiin (illative singular)
jästeihin (illative plural)
jästillä (adessive singular)
jästeillä (adessive plural)
jästiltä (ablative singular)
jästeiltä (ablative plural)
jästille (allative singular)
jästeille (allative plural)
jästinä (essive singular)
jästeinä (essive plural)
jästiksi (singular translative)
jästeiksi (plural translative)
jästittä (abessive singular)
jästeittä (abessive plural)
jästein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
jästini (nominative singular)
jästini (nominative plural)
jästini (accusative nominative singular)
jästini (accusative nominative plural)
jästini (accusative genitive singular)
jästini (accusative genitive plural)
jästini (genitive singular)
jästieni (genitive plural)
jästiäni (partitive singular)
jästejäni (partitive plural)
jästissäni (inessive singular)
jästeissäni (inessive plural)
jästistäni (elative singular)
jästeistäni (elative plural)
jästiini (illative singular)
jästeihini (illative plural)
jästilläni (adessive singular)
jästeilläni (adessive plural)
jästiltäni (ablative singular)
jästeiltäni (ablative plural)
jästilleni (allative singular)
jästeilleni (allative plural)
jästinäni (essive singular)
jästeinäni (essive plural)
jästikseni (singular translative)
jästeikseni (plural translative)
jästittäni (abessive singular)
jästeittäni (abessive plural)
jästeineni (comitative plural)
jästisi (nominative singular)
jästisi (nominative plural)
jästisi (accusative nominative singular)
jästisi (accusative nominative plural)
jästisi (accusative genitive singular)
jästisi (accusative genitive plural)
jästisi (genitive singular)
jästiesi (genitive plural)
jästiäsi (partitive singular)
jästejäsi (partitive plural)
jästissäsi (inessive singular)
jästeissäsi (inessive plural)
jästistäsi (elative singular)
jästeistäsi (elative plural)
jästiisi (illative singular)
jästeihisi (illative plural)
jästilläsi (adessive singular)
jästeilläsi (adessive plural)
jästiltäsi (ablative singular)
jästeiltäsi (ablative plural)
jästillesi (allative singular)
jästeillesi (allative plural)
jästinäsi (essive singular)
jästeinäsi (essive plural)
jästiksesi (singular translative)
jästeiksesi (plural translative)
jästittäsi (abessive singular)
jästeittäsi (abessive plural)
jästeinesi (comitative plural)
jästimme (nominative singular)
jästimme (nominative plural)
jästimme (accusative nominative singular)
jästimme (accusative nominative plural)
jästimme (accusative genitive singular)
jästimme (accusative genitive plural)
jästimme (genitive singular)
jästiemme (genitive plural)
jästiämme (partitive singular)
jästejämme (partitive plural)
jästissämme (inessive singular)
jästeissämme (inessive plural)
jästistämme (elative singular)
jästeistämme (elative plural)
jästiimme (illative singular)
jästeihimme (illative plural)
jästillämme (adessive singular)
jästeillämme (adessive plural)
jästiltämme (ablative singular)
jästeiltämme (ablative plural)
jästillemme (allative singular)
jästeillemme (allative plural)
jästinämme (essive singular)
jästeinämme (essive plural)
jästiksemme (singular translative)
jästeiksemme (plural translative)
jästittämme (abessive singular)
jästeittämme (abessive plural)
jästeinemme (comitative plural)
jästinne (nominative singular)
jästinne (nominative plural)
jästinne (accusative nominative singular)
jästinne (accusative nominative plural)
jästinne (accusative genitive singular)
jästinne (accusative genitive plural)
jästinne (genitive singular)
jästienne (genitive plural)
jästiänne (partitive singular)
jästejänne (partitive plural)
jästissänne (inessive singular)
jästeissänne (inessive plural)
jästistänne (elative singular)
jästeistänne (elative plural)
jästiinne (illative singular)
jästeihinne (illative plural)
jästillänne (adessive singular)
jästeillänne (adessive plural)
jästiltänne (ablative singular)
jästeiltänne (ablative plural)
jästillenne (allative singular)
jästeillenne (allative plural)
jästinänne (essive singular)
jästeinänne (essive plural)
jästiksenne (singular translative)
jästeiksenne (plural translative)
jästittänne (abessive singular)
jästeittänne (abessive plural)
jästeinenne (comitative plural)
jästinsä (nominative singular)
jästinsä (nominative plural)
jästinsä (accusative nominative singular)
jästinsä (accusative nominative plural)
jästinsä (accusative genitive singular)
jästinsä (accusative genitive plural)
jästinsä (genitive singular)
jästiensä (genitive plural)
jästiään (partitive singular)
jästiänsä (partitive singular)
jästejään (partitive plural)
jästejänsä (partitive plural)
jästissään (inessive singular)
jästissänsä (inessive singular)
jästeissään (inessive plural)
jästeissänsä (inessive plural)
jästistään (elative singular)
jästistänsä (elative singular)
jästeistään (elative plural)
jästeistänsä (elative plural)
jästiinsä (illative singular)
jästeihinsä (illative plural)
jästillään (adessive singular)
jästillänsä (adessive singular)
jästeillään (adessive plural)
jästeillänsä (adessive plural)
jästiltään (ablative singular)
jästiltänsä (ablative singular)
jästeiltään (ablative plural)
jästeiltänsä (ablative plural)
jästilleen (allative singular)
jästillensä (allative singular)
jästeilleen (allative plural)
jästeillensä (allative plural)
jästinään (essive singular)
jästinänsä (essive singular)
jästeinään (essive plural)
jästeinänsä (essive plural)
jästikseen (singular translative)
jästiksensä (singular translative)
jästeikseen (plural translative)
jästeiksensä (plural translative)
jästittään (abessive singular)
jästittänsä (abessive singular)
jästeittään (abessive plural)
jästeittänsä (abessive plural)
jästeineen (comitative plural)
jästeinensä (comitative plural)

Back-formation of jästipää (“dumbhead”), coined by Jaana Kapari-Jatta, the translator of Harry Potter books into Finnish

muggle (non-magical person in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series)


quality magazine

en-noun

quality magazine (plural quality magazines)

Coordinate term: quality newspaper

A magazine designed to appeal to readers of superior education or culture.


peripeteia

peripeteia (countable and uncountable, plural peripeteias)

peripeteias (plural)
peripetia (alternative)
peripety (alternative)

/pɛɹɪpɪˈtɪə/

/pɛɹɪpɪˈtaɪə/

/pɛɹɪpɪˈtiə/

/pɛɹɪpɪˈteɪə/

From Late Latin peripetia, and its source Ancient Greek περιπέτεια (peripéteia), from περιπίπτω (peripíptō, “to change suddenly”), from περί (perí, “round, around, about”) + the stem of πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).

(drama) A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.

перипетия

a reversal of fortune; a sudden change in circumstances


periplus

periplus (plural peripluses or peripli or periploi)

peripluses (plural)
peripli (plural)
periploi (plural)
periplous (alternative)

/ˈpɛɹɪˌplʌs/

From Latin periplūs (“account of a voyage”) and Ancient Greek περίπλους (períplous, “voyage, naval manouver, account of a voyage”), from περί (perí, “peri-: around”) + πλοῦς (ploûs, “voyage”), from πλεῖν (pleîn, “to swim”). Cf. French périple, Spanish periplo, & Italian periplo.

der

Then follows a Periplus of the Euxine-Sea, which bears the name of Arrian, and was undoubtedly written by him in the time of Adrian, as the inſcription ſhews.

1738, Pierre Bayle, John Peter Bernard, Thomas Birch, John Lockman [et al.], “Hudson (Dr. John)”, in A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, volume VI, London: Printed by James Bettenham, for G. Strahan, J. Clarke [et al.], →OCLC, page 300, footnote B:

The Periplûs of the Erythrêan Sea is the title prefixed to a work which contains the beſt account of the commerce carried on from the Red Sea and the coaſt of Africa to the Eaſt Indies, during the time that Egypt was a province of the Roman Empire.

1800, William Vincent, The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, volume I, London: Printed by Andrew Strahan, Printers Street; for Thomas Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies […], →OCLC, page 3:

Another great source of geographical information both for the ancients themselves and, so far as they still exist, for us also, are the Peripli (περίπλοι), that is, descriptions of the coasts of certain seas, in which the towns, ports, and promontories are enumerated, and often with their distances from one another. These peripli were drawn up for the guidance of sailors who had occasion to visit these seas for commercial and other purposes.

1859, Leonhard Schmitz, “Period of Historical Geography, from about B.C. 450, the Age of Herodotus, down to B.C. 276, or the Time of Eratosthenes”, in A Manual of Ancient Geography … With a Map Showing the Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks under Xenophon, Philadelphia, Pa.: Blanchard and Lea, →OCLC, page 25:

[…] the map of the world Ptolemy followed in his geography, finding the longitude that passed through the Gates of Herakles and the island of Rhodes, and placing north and south of it the world as recorded on the periploi of the Phoenician merchants.

1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: Six Stories, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN:

A periplus of the Mediterranean: Greek sailing directions The following excerpt from one of the most complete periploi was attributed in the nineteenth century to the Greek merchant Scylax of Caryanda, known to have traded with settlements not only along the Red Sea but also on the shores of the Indian Ocean.

1978, “Periplus and Periegesis: Greek Maritime Writings”, in George Kish, editor, A Source Book in Geography (Source Books in the History of the Sciences), Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 24:

Listing cities along a coast, periploi gave details about sailing conditions, harbors, what the area imported or exported, what tariffs to expect, whether the people were friendly or not, and what noteworthy landmarks and marvels (mirabilia) one might expect to see. Hanno, whose periplus of Africa (circa 480 bce) was aborted when supplies ran out, described strange peoples and animals, including Trogodytes clad in animal skins and wild men, called "gorillas."

2016, Georgia Lynette Irby, “Greek and Roman Cartography”, in Georgia L. Irby, editor, A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome, volume II, Chichester, West Sussex, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 827:

(literature) An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks.


Emanuel

From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (imánu él, literally “God is with us”).

(biblical) Immanuel (figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah)


Emanuel

a male given name from Hebrew, a less common variant of Manuel, equivalent to English Immanuel


Emmanuel

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 1:23:

Immanuel (Biblical figure whose birth is foretold).

(Christianity) Immanuel (this figure, regarded by Christians as the Christ).

Cade. What is thy name? / Clerk. Emmanuel. / Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go hard with you.

Some call their sons Emmanuel : this is too bold. The name is proper to Christ, therefore not to be communicated to any creature.

1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:

A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.


ghostbuster

ghostbusters (plural)
ghost buster (alternative)
ghost-buster (alternative)

From ghost + buster, popularized by the 1984 film Ghostbusters.

Someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.


Bethany

Bethany (disambiguation)
Bethany#Bethany
en:Bethany

From Ancient Greek Βηθανία (Bēthanía), from Aramaic בית עניא (beth anya, “house of wretchedness”). This etymology is highly disputed; see Bethany.

(biblical) The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

(biblical) The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)

(biblical) Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.


rann

head

rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rainn)

rainn (genitive singular)
rainn (nominative plural)
rann (indefinite nominative singular)
rainn (indefinite nominative plural)
a rainn (indefinite singular vocative)
a ranna (indefinite plural vocative)
rainn (genitive indefinite singular)
rann (genitive indefinite plural)
rann (dative indefinite singular)
rainn (dative indefinite plural)
an rann (definite nominative singular)
na rainn (definite nominative plural)
an rainn (definite genitive singular)
na rann (definite genitive plural)
leis an rann (dative definite singular)
don rann (dative definite singular)
leis na rainn (dative definite plural)


rann

rann m (genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)

rainn (genitive singular)
rannan (plural)

às na ceithir ranna ruadha

from all corners of the earth, from all four corners of the world; from the four red parts


Stratfordian

From Stratford + -ian. In the Shakespeare-controversy sense, due to Shakespeare's birth in Stratford-upon-Avon.

A person who, in the matter over who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare, holds that it was William Shakespeare himself.


Stratfordian

Pertaining to the mainstream view that William Shakespeare is the author of the works attributed to him.


hòbbit

hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)


Micah

From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”).

Miga

Biblical character: minor prophet and author

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

(biblical) Any of several men in the Old Testament:

The minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah.

An Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18 and protagonist of the Micah’s idol narrative. Also called Michas.

Miga

Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18


Micah

(biblical) Micah, the thirty-third book of the Old Testament


sanjak

From Arabic سـجـع (sajʕ, “rhymed prose”). Doublet of sajak.

(literature) short essays with a certain form (such as poetry, pantun, gurindam).


realist

(art, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.


letrado

From Old Galician-Portuguese leterado, possibly with semantic influence from Spanish letrado.


sequela

sequelas (plural)
seqüela (alternative)
seqùela (alternative)

(narratology) sequel (a following release in a series of films, books etc.)


Horologium

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Horologium.wav

Christian Huygens
Horologium (constellation)
Horologium Oscillitorium
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
Solarium Augusti
Tower of the Winds

See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name.

bor

(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.


Ὡσηέ

Hōsēé (romanization)
ὁ Ὡσηέ (nominative singular)
τοῦ Ὡσηέ (genitive singular)
τῷ Ὡσηέ (dative singular)
τὸν Ὡσηέ (accusative singular)
Ὡσηέ (singular vocative)
Ὠσηέ (alternative)

Greek: Ωσηέ (Osié)

→ Latin: Hōsēās, Ōsēās, Ōsēe (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšéaʕ, “Hosea”).


Falstaff

From the name of a character invented by William Shakespeare for his Henry IV plays, and who also appeared in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

John Falstaff
The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare


munchkin

en:Munchkin (disambiguation)
munchkin
munchkin (cat)

Coined by American author L. Frank Baum in 1900 in his novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Perhaps reflective of German Mensch or munch + -kin. Compare Low German Menschken and Low German Minschken

coinage

It'll also have a keyboard configured for a munchkin (...)

2009 August 25, Jonathan Salem Baskin, “Will Nokia's Next Chapter Be Kitchen Blenders?”, in InformationWeek's Digital Life Weblog:

(informal) A person of very short stature.

(informal, slang) Synonym of donut hole (“ball-shaped pastry”) (genericization of the Dunkin' trademark "Munchkins")

donut hole

(informal) A pet name one uses for something adorable like a pet, child, or a romantic partner


Septuagint

en-proper noun

Septuagint (countable and uncountable, plural Septuagints)

Letter of Aristeas
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Septuagint
Twelve Tribes of Israel

From Late Latin Septuaginta, lit. "The Seventy", a clipping of earlier descriptional names such as septuaginta translatio (“translation by the seventy”) and septuaginta interpretes (“the 70 interpreters”), calques of Koine Greek names such as οἱ ἐβδομήκοντα ἑρμηνευταί (hoi ebdomḗkonta hermēneutaí, “the 70 interpreters”) and οἱ Ο′ (hoi O′, “the LXX”), deriving from the popular (but probably mistaken) belief that its translation of the Torah had been produced in 72 days by a team of 72 Jewish scholars from Jerusalem (6 from each tribe) summoned to Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy II.

2006, Katrin Hauspie, Theodoret and Messianic Verses in the Septuagint version of Ezekiel, Michael Anthony Knibb (editor), The Septuagint and Messianism, Leuven University Press, Peeters Publishers (Peeters Leuven), page 503,
Traces of messianism in the Septuagint have occupied scholars for years; the Book of Ezekiel too has challenged attention in this specific domain of research.

2009, Jan Joosten, The Prayer of Azariah (DanLXX 3): Sources and Origin, Johann Cook (editor), Septuagint and Reception, BRILL, page 5,
The Septuagint originated, for the most part, as a translation of a source text. As such it represents a link—and a very important one—in the reception history of the Hebrew-Aramaic scriptures. But the Septuagint very soon turned into a literary and religious reference in its own right. […] The Septuagint itself became the starting point for a new reception history.

Other important works appeared that continued the discussion about the position of the Septuagint within postclassical Greek.

2022, William A. Ross, Postclassical Greek and Septuagint Lexicography, SBL Press, page 42:

(biblical) An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

اَلتَّرْجَمَة اَلسَّبْعِينِيَة

an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Ancient Greek

七十人訳聖書

しちじゅうにんやくせいしょ, Shichijūnin'yaku Seisho; ななじゅうにんやくせいしょ, Nanajūnin'yaku Seisho


אדם

head

אדם • (adám)

arc-proper noun

אדם • (adám)

desctree

Classical Syriac: ܐܳܕܳܡ, ܐܖܡ
→ Malayalam: ആദാം (ādāṁ), ആദം (ādaṁ) — Islam


אדם

he-proper noun

אָדָם • (adám) m

/ʔɔːˈðɔːm/ [ʔɔːˈðɔːm]

/ʔɔˈðɔm/ [ʔɔːˈðɔːm]

Comparable to Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm, “man, earthling”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (ảdm, “man; red earth, red ochre”), Old South Arabian 𐩱𐩵𐩣 (ʾdm, “vassals, subjects”), Ge'ez ዶም (dom, “slave”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒄠𒈬 (a-da-am-mu /adamu/, “blood”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈠𒌈 (a-da-ma-tum /adamātu/, “dark red earth or dye”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈬 (a-da-mu /adamu/, “a red garment”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈬 (a-da-mu /adamu/, “an important or noble person”).
Further discussion
The meaning range points to these words are extensions from Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”), compare the Palestinian Aramaic forms of it אדם / אידם / ܐܕܡ (ʾəḏem, “blood”).
The semantic development could be any of the following:
# “blood” → “red earth”, “red ochre” → “earthling”;
# “blood” → “man”, as blood is a main ingredient of humans;
# “blood” → “red earth”, “red ochre” → “the dye to paint idols” → hence “an idol” → “an effigy, a likeness” → “a man”;
# “blood” → “blood sacrifice to appease an idol” → hence “an idol” → “an effigy, a likeness” → “a man”;
# “blood” → “red” → “to show red blood in the face, e.g. to blush” → “a human”.
Compare Arabic دُمْيَة (dumya, “statue, idol; effigy, likeness; doll, puppet”), دَمَّ (damma, “to bedaub”).

cog

a male given name, equivalent to English Adam


עפר

he-noun

עָפָר • (afár, ʿāp̄ār) m (no plural forms, singular construct עֲפַר־) [pattern: קָטָל]

עָפָר (canonical)
afár (romanization)
ʿāp̄ār (romanization)
עֲפַר־ (construct singular)
עָפָר (indefinite singular)
עֲפָרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עֲפָרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָעָפָר (definite singular)
עֲפָרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפָרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפַרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפַרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפַר־ (construct singular)
עֲפָרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עֲפָרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
עֲפָרִים (indefinite plural)
עפריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עֲפָרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עֲפָרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָעֲפָרִים (definite plural)
עֲפָרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עפרייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפָרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפָרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפָרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפָרֵי־ (construct plural)
עֲפָרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עֲפָרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Perhaps related to אֵפֶר ('éfer, ʾḗp̄er, “ash”). From Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (“dust”). Compare Aramaic עַפְרָא (ʿap̄rā, “dust”) (absolutive: עֲפָר (ʿăp̄ār)), Arabic غَبَرَة (ḡabara) / غُبَار (ḡubār, “dust”), (perhaps borrowed from Aramaic) عَفَر (ʕafar, “dust”), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎔𐎗 (ʿpr) and Akkadian 𒅖 (eperum, “dust; soil, earth”).


נשמה

he-noun

נְשָׁמָה • (neshamá) f (plural indefinite נְשָׁמוֹת, singular construct נִשְׁמַת־, plural construct נִשְׁמוֹת־)

נְשָׁמָה (canonical)
neshamá (romanization)
נְשָׁמוֹת (indefinite plural)
נִשְׁמַת־ (construct singular)
נִשְׁמוֹת־ (construct plural)
נְשָׁמָה (indefinite singular)
נִשְׁמָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נִשְׁמָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנְּשָׁמָה (definite singular)
נִשְׁמָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמַת־ (construct singular)
נִשְׁמָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נִשְׁמָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
נְשָׁמוֹת (indefinite plural)
נשמותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנְּשָׁמוֹת (definite plural)
נִשְׁמוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נשמותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמוֹת־ (construct plural)
נִשְׁמוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

desctree

Yiddish: נשמה (neshome), נעשאָמע (neshome) — Soviet phonetic spelling
→ Dutch: nesjomme

From the root נ־שׁ־ם , probably related to Arabic ن_س_م.


עדן

he-proper noun

עֵדֶן • (éden) m

Some propose a derivation from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “desert, steppe”), itself a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”). Alternately, a derivation from the same Proto-Semitic root as dialectical Arabic عَدَّان (ʕiddān or ʕaddān), having the meaning "biding place"/"place of remaining", "an abode".


עדן

he-proper noun

עַדֶּן • (áden) f

Aden (a port city and largest city in Yemen)


עדן

he-noun

עִדָּן • ('idán) m

עידן עידן#Hebrew


פישון

he-proper noun

פִּישׁוֹן • (pishón) m

פִּישׁוֹן (canonical)
pishón (romanization)

Supposedly from the root פ־ו־שׁ (p-v-sh) or פ־י־שׁ (p-y-sh), meaning "to spring about".

שֵׁם הָאֶחָד פִּישֹׁון הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָב׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0102#ב_יא|2:11]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;


חוילה

חֲוִילָה • (khavilá)

חֲוִילָה (canonical)
khavilá (romanization)

שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישֹׁון הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב׃

A land mentioned in the Book of Genesis.


גיחון

גִּיחוֹן • (gikhon) m

גִּיחוֹן (canonical)
gikhon (romanization)

(Abrahamism) Gihon (a river issuing out of the Garden of Eden)


כוש

כּוּשׁ • (kúsh)

English: Cush

Oromo: Kuush

Perhaps from Egyptian kꜣš (“Cush, Upper Nubia”).
k-A-S:N25

(biblical) Cush (the son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples)


אשור

אַשּׁוּר • (ashúr, ʾaššûr) m

אַשּׁוּר (canonical)
ashúr (romanization)
ʾaššûr (romanization)

The sense Assyria ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.

(biblical) Ashur (a grandson of Noah in Genesis). Also Ashshur, Assur.


נוח

head

נוח • (nwḥ) m


חוה

→ Ancient Greek: Εὔα (Eúa) (see there for further descendants)

→ Arabic: حواء (ḥawwāʔ) (see there for further descendants)

→ Classical Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ (ḥawwā)

→ Yiddish: חווה (khave)

From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַי (kháy, “alive”).

(Abrahamism, biblical) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife)


couplet

From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.

(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.

բեյթ

in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words


couplet

→ Dutch: couplet

→ English: couplet

→ German: Couplet

→ Spanish: cuplé

→ Russian: купле́т (kuplét)


spondaic

From Latin spondaicus, spondiacus, from Ancient Greek σπονδειακός (spondeiakós, “(music) used at a libation”).

der

(poetry) Having or relating to spondees.


Epcot

Acronym of Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow


wonderland

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wonderland.wav

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:

بلاد العجائب

Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels


Musa

a male given name, Musa, from Arabic, equivalent to English Moses


Musa

(Christianity, Judaism) Moses (Biblical character)


Jedi Master

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Jedi Master.wav

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.


Israël

Afrikaans: Israel

→ Indonesian: Israel

From Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)


Jeremiah

/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/

From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).

der

And Ieremiah lamented for Ioſiah, and all the ſinging men and the ſinging women ſpake of Ioſiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Iſrael; and beholde, they are written in the Lamentations.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 35:25, column 1:

(Abrahamism, biblical) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.


Ezekiel

From Koine Greek Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (Y'ḥezqēl, “God strengthens”).

The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

(biblical) A prophet mentioned in the Bible and in the Quran.


Hosea

From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”), from the masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).


Hosea

From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”).


Hosea

(biblical) Hosea (book of the Old Testament of the Bible)


Hosea

הוֹשֵׁע הושע#Hebrew

a male given name from Hebrew הוֹשֵׁע, equivalent to English Hosea

(biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Hosea


Amos

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

亞摩士書 /亚摩士书

Ā-mò̤-sê̤ṳ-cṳ̆

(biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos.


Amos

The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).


Amos

de-proper noun

Amos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amos')


Amos

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

lbor

Amos
A prophet, author of the book of Amos.


Amos

Possibly from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).


Amos

(biblical) Amos, the thirtieth book of the Old Testament


Amos

Possibly from Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).


Amos

Borrowed from Spanish Amós, from Latin Amos, from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).


Amos

עָמוֹס עמוס#Hebrew

a male given name from Hebrew עָמוֹס (“to carry a burden”), equivalent to English Amos

(biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Amos


Obadiah

/ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/

From Hebrew עובדיה (Ovadya, “servant of Yahweh”); comparable to Arabic عبد اللّٰه (ʕabd-allah, “servant of God”).

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

阿巴底亞書 /阿巴底亚书

Ŏ̤-bă-dī-ā-cṳ̆

The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.


Obadiah

(biblical) Obadiah, the thirty-first book of the Old Testament


Jonah

From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

(biblical) A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.


Nahum

Derived from Hebrew נַחוּם (nakhúm, “consolation”).

der+

(biblical) A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.

(biblical) The minor prophet who wrote that book.


Nahum

der

Hebrew נַחוּם


Nahum

Hebrew נַחוּם


Nahum

(biblical) Nahum, the thirty-fourth book of the Old Testament


Nahum

(biblical) Nahum, a Biblical character, to whom authorship of the eponymous book is traditionally attributed


Habakkuk

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).

Hab. (alternative)
Habacuc (alternative)

1988, Robert D. Haak, ""Poetry" in Habakkuk 1:1–2:4?". Journal of the American Oriental Society 108 (3): 437–444.
The present study concentrates on the various types of parallelism which may be observed within the prophetic text Habakkuk 1:1–2:4.

(biblical) A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.

Of Habakkuk's personal life nothing is known with certainty, though it has been inferred, from the fact that he is termed specifically 'the prophet,' that he held a recognized position as prophet[…], and belonged, consequently, to the tribe of Levi.

1906, S. R. Driver, The Minor Prophets: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, The Century Bible, page 49:

(biblical) A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.


Zephaniah

(biblical) Hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Zephaniah


Haggai

Hebrew חַגַּי

(biblical) Hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Haggai.


Haggai

Borrowed from Late Latin Haggai, from Biblical Hebrew חַגַּי (Haggay).

(biblical) Haggai, said to be author of the eponymous book


Zechariah

Book of Zechariah
Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)
Zechariah (priest)
Zechariah of Israel

/ˌzɛkəˈɹaɪə/

From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).

Zachariah (alternative)
Zacharias (alternative)
Zecharia (alternative)
Zakariah (alternative)

(biblical) A king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings.

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

(biblical) A Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.

Sagaria

(biblical) A Hebrew priest, the father of John the Baptist.


Malachi

→ Fijian: Malakai

→ English: Malakai (with Tongan Malakai)

→ Tongan: Malakai

→ English: Malakai (with Fijian Malakai)

From Latin Mālāchiās, from Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας (Malakhías), from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”), singular form of מַלְאָךְ (mal'akh, “angel; messenger; ambassadors”) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.


Malachi

(biblical) Malachi, the thirty-ninth book of the Old Testament


Malachi

(biblical) Malachi, a Biblical character, to whom authorship of the eponymous book is traditionally attributed


Jeanne

→ Belarusian: Жанна (Žanna)

→ English: Jeanne

→ Irish: Síne

→ Latvian: Žanna

→ Russian: Жанна (Žanna)

desctree

→ Scottish Gaelic: Sìne
→ English: Sheena

→ Ukrainian: Жанна (Žanna)

→ Welsh: Siân

From Middle French Jehanne, from Latin Iohanna. Equivalent to Jean (“John”) + -e (feminine ending).


Dina

(biblical) Dinah; a daughter of Jacob and Leah


xenia

From New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā, “hospitality”).

der

(classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.


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)


Dinah

From Hebrew דִּינָה (dīna, "judged, vindicated"); see דין.

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

A daughter of Jacob and Leah. (biblical character)


मान

mān (romanization)
مان (Urdu)
मान (direct singular)
मान (direct plural)
मान (oblique singular)
मानों (oblique plural)
मान (singular vocative)
मानो (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मान (māna), from मन् (man, “think, believe”).

(literature) a period of distress experienced by a heroine


parataxis

en-noun

parataxis (usually uncountable, plural parataxes)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράταξις (parátaxis, “placement side by side”), from παρα- (para-) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”); equivalent to para- + taxis.

lbor

(literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.


Verfremdungseffekt

Verfremdungseffekte (plural)
verfremdungseffekt (alternative)

Borrowed from German Verfremdungseffekt.

Brecht's famous ‘Verfremdungseffekte’^([sic]) or ‘alienation effect’, intended to counter the magical associations of stage illusion and the tendency for spellbound audiences to identify emotionally with characters on stage, both of which Brecht found abhorrent.

1997 May, Clive Barker, Simon Trussler, editors, New Theatre Quarterly, volume 13, number 50, page 114:

(theater, literature) Brecht's distancing effect.


Verfremdungseffekt

de-noun

Verfremdungseffekt m (strong, genitive Verfremdungseffektes or Verfremdungseffekts, plural Verfremdungseffekte)

Verfremdungseffektes (genitive)
Verfremdungseffekts (genitive)
Verfremdungseffekte (plural)
Verfremdungseffekt (nominative singular)
Verfremdungseffekte (definite nominative plural)
Verfremdungseffektes (genitive singular)
Verfremdungseffekts (genitive singular)
Verfremdungseffekte (definite genitive plural)
Verfremdungseffekt (dative singular)
Verfremdungseffekte (dative singular)
Verfremdungseffekten (dative definite plural)
Verfremdungseffekt (accusative singular)
Verfremdungseffekte (accusative definite plural)

Verfremdung (“alienation”) + -s- + Effekt (“effect”), coined by Bertolt Brecht in 1936.

af

Dass dieser berüchtigte Treffpunkt der Hexen […] zur Szenerie der christlichen Passionsgeschichte gemacht wird, sodass sich zwei mythische Welten überlagern, ist ein überraschender modernistischer Kunstgriff, ein Verfremdungseffekt, wie er im Buche steht.

2017, “Notizen des Übersetzers”, in Alexander Nitzberg, transl., Meister und Margarita, Galiani, →ISBN:


Akkub

(biblical) Any of several minor characters in the Hebrew Bible.

Acube

any of several minor characters in the Hebrew Bible


terza rima

en-noun

terza rima (usually uncountable, plural terze rime)

/ˌtɛːtsə ˈɹiːmə/

Borrowed from Italian terza rima (literally “third rhyme”).

bor

In attempting to make the ‘Divina Commedia’ better known to English readers, it might have been held only a fitting mark of deference to my original to reproduce it, if practicable, in the metre of the poet's own choice. But on the appearance of my ‘Inferno,’ its Terza Rima was denounced as the one ‘deleterious ingredient’ which corrupted the version throughout, […]

1865, Dante Alighieri, “preface”, in John Dayman, transl., The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Translated in Terza Rima by John Dayman, page viii:

(poetry) An arrangement of triplets, generally in iambic pentameter in English, with rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc.

тэрцы́на

arrangement of triplets rhyming aba bcb cdc


terza rima

(poetry) terza rima (arrangement of triplets rhyming aba bcb cdc)


patos

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

der

any feelings that are touched or excited through the use of pathos in music, literature, film, etc.


bookshop

bookshops (plural)
book shop (alternative)

bookstore

in the US, a bookshop mainly refers to a smaller type of shop


coucher

couchers (plural)
cochour (alternative)
cowchour (alternative)
cowchur (alternative)
cowcher (alternative)

English: coucher

Scots: coocher

From Anglo-Norman; equivalent to couche + -er.

(rare) One who lies in bed (either due to necessity or laziness).


paperboy

Our current paperboy does a nicely consistent job of throwing the paper onto the porch. Our old paperboy sometimes would fling it into the bushes!

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.


pocketbook

pocketbooks (plural)
pocket-book (alternative)
pocket book (alternative)

→ Gulf Arabic: بوك (būk, “wallet”)

→ Najdi Arabic: بوك (būk, “wallet”)

1610s, from pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.

The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.

The kit is produced in three parts including a pocket book designed to fit into a shirt pocket for everyday on-the-job use, a more detailed guide and a training CD. The kit includes a hazard reporting and feedback notebook and hazard management process prompt cards to remind workers of common hazards they may encounter in day-to-day operations.

c. 2005, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Risk Management Pocket Guide:

"I have now lost", he wrote in his pocketbook, "the last barrier between me and death..."

2011, Leslie Stephen, Swift, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 10:

Dave recorded the information in his pocketbook and looked Gibbs straight in the eye.

2015, Graham Ison, Whispering Grass, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(uncommon) A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).


lampshade

en-verb

lampshade (third-person singular simple present lampshades, present participle lampshading, simple past and past participle lampshaded)

lampshades (present singular third-person)
lampshading (participle present)
lampshaded (participle past)
lampshaded (past)

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From lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it.

Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.

2011 June 21, Corinne Gaston, “Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power”, in Daily Trojan:

Rewriting a whole character is one heck of a chore but the editor/writer must either bite the bullet or indulge in some clever trickery like lampshading.

2013, Heide Goody, Iain Grant, How to Write a Collaborative Novel, →ISBN:

Just as the push by writers in season 4 to make Homer stupider (a trend so established it was lampshaded in "The 138th Episode Spectacular") created some of the best episodes before eventually birthing an unlikable buffoon unaffectionately called "Jerkass Homer", so too is it less the episode itself as much as what it represented.

2019 April 30, Alex Leadbeater, “Did "Marge Be Not Proud" Start The Simpsons' Decline In Season 7?”, in Screen Rant:

(narratology, fandom slang) To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself.


Cthulhu

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

Ktulu (alternative)
Kutulu (alternative)

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.


Law

(Christianity, biblical) the commandments in the Books of Moses, sometimes seen as transcended by Christ


plot bunny

plot bunnies (plural)
plotbunny (alternative)

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.


sauter

sauters (plural)
psauter (alternative)
psautere (alternative)
psawter (alternative)
psawtere (alternative)
salter (alternative)
sautyer (alternative)
sawteer (alternative)
sawter (alternative)
psalteer (alternative)
psaltyre (alternative)
psaulter (alternative)
psaultier (alternative)
saulter (alternative)
sauteer (alternative)
sautier (alternative)
sautiere (alternative)
sautir (alternative)
sawghter (alternative)
sawtar (alternative)
sawtere (alternative)
sawtier (alternative)
sawtiere (alternative)
sawtire (alternative)
sawtur (alternative)
sawtyre (alternative)

English: psalter

Borrowed from Old French sautier, saltier, from Late Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion), replacing Old English psalter. Doublet of sauterie.

The Biblical book of Psalms; the section of the Bible containing psalms.


мрежа

ru-noun+

мре́жа • (mréža) f inan (genitive мре́жи, nominative plural мре́жи, genitive plural мреж or мре́жей)

мре́жа (canonical)
mréža (romanization)
мре́жи (genitive)
мре́жи (nominative plural)
мреж (genitive plural)
мре́жей (genitive plural)
мре́жа (nominative singular)
мре́жи (nominative plural)
мре́жи (genitive singular)
мре́ж (genitive plural)
мре́жей (genitive irregular plural)
мре́же (dative singular)
мре́жам (dative plural)
мре́жу (accusative singular)
мре́жи (accusative plural)
мре́жей (instrumental singular)
мре́жею (instrumental singular)
мре́жами (instrumental plural)
мре́же (prepositional singular)
мре́жах (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мрѣжа (mrěža), from Proto-Slavic *merža. Doublet of мерёжа (merjóža), the inherited East Slavic form.

bor+

(dated, regional or biblical) (fish) net


versification

en-noun

versification (countable and uncountable, plural versifications)

(poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.

ლექსთწყობა

(biblical) The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses


història

Borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).


大和言葉

大和言葉 (canonical)
Yamato-kotoba (romanization)

Originally a compound of 大和(やまと) (Yamato, “Japan”) + 言(こと)葉(ば) (kotoba, “word, language”).

ja-compound

Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka)