हाइकु

hi-noun

हाइकु • (hāiku) m (Urdu spelling ہائیکو)

hāiku (romanization)
ہائیکو (Urdu)
हाइकु (direct singular)
हाइकु (direct plural)
हाइकु (oblique singular)
हाइकुओं (oblique plural)
हाइकु (singular vocative)
हाइकुओ (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku).

(poetry) haiku (a Japanese form of poetry consisting of 5-7-5 syllables in three lines)


हाइकु

ne-noun

हाइकु • (hāiku)


trollhare

trollhare (indefinite nominative singular)
trollharen (definite nominative singular)
trollharar (indefinite nominative plural)
trollhararna (definite nominative plural)
trollhares (genitive indefinite singular)
trollharens (definite genitive singular)
trollharars (genitive indefinite plural)
trollhararnas (definite genitive plural)


σπονδεῖος

spondeîos (romanization)
σπονδείᾱ (feminine)
σπονδεῖον (neuter)
σπονδεῖος (masculine nominative singular)
σπονδείᾱ (feminine nominative singular)
σπονδεῖον (neuter nominative singular)
σπονδείω (dual masculine nominative)
σπονδείᾱ (dual feminine nominative)
σπονδείω (dual neuter nominative)
σπονδεῖοι (masculine nominative plural)
σπονδεῖαι (feminine nominative plural)
σπονδεῖᾰ (neuter nominative plural)
σπονδείου (genitive masculine singular)
σπονδείᾱς (feminine genitive singular)
σπονδείου (genitive neuter singular)
σπονδείοιν (dual genitive masculine)
σπονδείαιν (dual feminine genitive)
σπονδείοιν (dual genitive neuter)
σπονδείων (genitive masculine plural)
σπονδείων (feminine genitive plural)
σπονδείων (genitive neuter plural)
σπονδείῳ (dative masculine singular)
σπονδείᾳ (dative feminine singular)
σπονδείῳ (dative neuter singular)
σπονδείοιν (dative dual masculine)
σπονδείαιν (dative dual feminine)
σπονδείοιν (dative dual neuter)
σπονδείοις (dative masculine plural)
σπονδείαις (dative feminine plural)
σπονδείοις (dative neuter plural)
σπονδεῖον (accusative masculine singular)
σπονδείᾱν (accusative feminine singular)
σπονδεῖον (accusative neuter singular)
σπονδείω (accusative dual masculine)
σπονδείᾱ (accusative dual feminine)
σπονδείω (accusative dual neuter)
σπονδείους (accusative masculine plural)
σπονδείᾱς (accusative feminine plural)
σπονδεῖᾰ (accusative neuter plural)
σπονδεῖε (masculine singular vocative)
σπονδείᾱ (feminine singular vocative)
σπονδεῖον (neuter singular vocative)
σπονδείω (dual masculine vocative)
σπονδείᾱ (dual feminine vocative)
σπονδείω (dual neuter vocative)
σπονδεῖοι (masculine plural vocative)
σπονδεῖαι (feminine plural vocative)
σπονδεῖᾰ (neuter plural vocative)
σπονδείως (adverbial feminine masculine neuter)
σπονδειότερος (comparative feminine masculine neuter)
σπονδειότᾰτος (feminine masculine neuter superlative)

Greek: σπονδείος (spondeíos)

→ Ido: spondeo

→ Latin: spondēus (see there for further descendants)

→ Russian: спонде́й (spondéj)

(nominalized, masculine, poetry) spondee (metrical foot consisting of two heavy syllables)


prakṛti

desctree

> Javanese: ꦥꦏꦼꦂꦠꦶ (pakerti) (inherited)
→ Indonesian: pekerti

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti, “nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition”).


हाइकुकार

hi-noun

हाइकुकार • (hāikukār) m

hāikukār (romanization)
हाइकुकार (direct singular)
हाइकुकार (direct plural)
हाइकुकार (oblique singular)
हाइकुकारों (oblique plural)
हाइकुकार (singular vocative)
हाइकुकारो (plural vocative)

/ɦɑː.ɪ.kʊ.kɑːɾ/

[ɦäː.ɪ.kʊ.käːɾ]


隠蓑

隠蓑 (canonical)
隠蓑 (canonical)
kakuremino (romanization)

(folklore) a straw-rain coat said to grant invisibility, often the treasure of an 鬼 (oni) or 天狗 (tengu)


Oldspeak

From old + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Standard English
Standard English#English


koddaflaska

koddaflaska (indefinite nominative singular)
koddaflaskan (definite nominative singular)
koddaflaskor (indefinite nominative plural)
koddaflaskorna (definite nominative plural)
koddaflaskas (genitive indefinite singular)
koddaflaskans (definite genitive singular)
koddaflaskors (genitive indefinite plural)
koddaflaskornas (definite genitive plural)

From kodd + flaska. The intermediate -a- is probably of dialectal origin. Literally, “testicle bottle”.

(glassblowing, historical, folklore) A bottle designed to look like a penis; may be used in a ritual after ploughing of a field.


Selenian

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the Moon.


finnball

finnballen (definite singular)
finnballar (indefinite plural)
finnballane (definite plural)

From finn + ball, referring to Sami shamans.
(hairball): Attested as finbal by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.

(folklore) a magic hairball, which can be found in cow stomach

(folklore) magic force in form of a ball, e.g. a disease sent through air by a wizard, similar to gandfluge, Swedish villappaskott and Komi-Zyrian шева (ševa).


Perditean

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Perdita.


Rosalindian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Rosalind.


Julietian

(literature) Of or relating to the character Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.


Cressidian

(literature) Of or relating to the Chaucerian and Shakespearean character Cressida.


Biancan

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Bianca.


Desdemonan

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Desdemona.


Sycoraxian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Sycorax.


Margaretian

/ˌmɑːrɡəˈrɛtiən/

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Margaret.


Calibanian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Caliban.


Stephanonian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Stephano.


Ferdinandian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Ferdinand.


Prosperonian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Prospero.


Setebosian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Setebos.


Mabian

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Queen Mab.


Batakagan

(folklore) a personified meteor; a teacher of two brothers; the intermediary between Lumawig and the two brothers


Agew

(folklore) a personified meteor, the most important one and treated with respect


steamfunk

Blend of steampunk + funk. Popularized by the 2013 short story anthology Steamfunk! co-edited by Milton Davis and Balogun Ojetade.

By reimagining the past, Nisi Shawl’s steamfunk novel “Everfair” soars towards a feminist, afrofuturist vision of liberational technology.

2016 November 19, Ida Yoshinaga, Lynette James, “Labors of Hope and Liberation: Nisi Shawl’s Steamfunk Novel “Everfair””, in Los Angeles Review of Books:

(science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction that combines elements of steampunk with a focus on Black culture and Afrofuturism.


چلیپا

head

چلیپا • (čalipâ)

fa-noun

چلیپا • (čalipâ)

[t͡ʃʰä.liː.pʰɑ́ː]

[t͡ʃʰä.liː.pʰɑ́ː]

[t͡ʃʰä.liː.pʰɑ́ː]

[t͡ʃʰä.li.pʰɔ́ː]

[t͡ʃʰæ.liː.pʰɒ́ː]

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܠܝܒܐ (ṣəlīḇā) or some other Aramaic form, perhaps via Sogdian ܨܠܝܒܐ (clybʾ, “Cross, crucifix”). Aramaic /ṣ/ is often borrowed as /č/ in Middle Iranian. Doublet of صلیب (salib).

bor

(calligraphy) Chalipa (calligraphic panel)

something cruciform or crooked:
Chalipa (calligraphic panel)


hackware

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(computing, chiefly science fiction) Software used for hacking (circumventing security measures).


clurichaun

The residents of a house would leave offerings for the clurichaun, who sing in Gaelic with enchantingly beautiful voices. Related to leprechauns, clurichauns are house faeries who specialize in caring for and protecting wine and beer cellars.

2012, Sirona Knight, Wiccan Spell A Night, Kensington Publishing, unnumbered page:

2016, Keith B. Darrell, Flashbacks: Fangs & Fur, Book 1, Amber Book Company, unnumbered page,
"Clurichauns are Dark Fae cousins of leprechauns," Aurae explained. "Unlike their Seelie Court cousins, the clurichauns drink to excess and are seldom sober. But despite always being drunk, the clurichauns are impeccably groomed and well-dressed... although they can be a bit surly."

(Irish folklore) A mischievous, potentially malicious fairy, akin to the leprechaun, that greatly loves drinking and tends to haunt breweries, pubs and wine cellars.


For example, the first stroke in 飞.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 斜 (“slant”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the first stroke in 奊.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 折 (“bent”) + 撇 (“left-falling”).


ꦲꦶꦏꦪꦠ꧀

hikayat (romanization)
ikayat (romanization)

Borrowed from Malay hikayat, from Classical Persian حکایت (hikāyat), from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya, “story”).

(literature) old Malay literary works in prose form


puppygirl

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(Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who has a dog's ears, tail, or other canine characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.


iyashikei

Borrowed from Japanese 癒(いや)し系(けい) (iyashikei).

(Japanese fiction) A genre of slice of life fiction, portraying characters living out peaceful lives in calming environments, intended to have a healing effect on the audience.


aṣṭi

Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टि (aṣṭi, “sixteen; reaching”).


vita bort

head

vita bort (present viter bort, preterite vitte bort, supine vitte bort, imperative vita bort)

viter bort (present)
vitte bort (preterite)
vitte bort (supine)
vita bort (imperative)

(folklore) to eliminate physical danger by using magic, e.g. scare away a wolf by saying a spell


klumsa

klumsar (present)
klumsa (past)
klumsa (participle past)
klumsast (infinitive passive)
klumsande (participle present)
klumsa (imperative)
klums (imperative)

(folklore) to hex animals (usually cattle or bears)

(folklore) to hex somebody to be mute or lame


xenoarcheological

en-adj

xenoarcheological (comparative more xenoarcheological, superlative most xenoarcheological)

more xenoarcheological (comparative)
most xenoarcheological (superlative)

Penetrating scans have revealed large numbers of hollow, unpowered objects with dimensions of 3.14 by 12.56 by 28.26 meters circulating in the equatorial cloud bands. These objects appear to have "sails" or "wings" attached, allowing them to be borne aloft by Anjea's winds. While they are too deep to be reached for study, popular conjecture in xenoarcheological circles holds that they are "coffins" of an ancient race who laid their dead to rest in the gas giant.

2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2: Normandy Crash Site (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Anjea:

(science fiction) Of or pertaining to xenoarchaeology.


gambozino

caça aos gambozinos
caça aos gambozinos#Portuguese

(folklore) an imaginary animal, mostly used in the expression caça aos gambozinos


ахэгао

ru-noun

ахэга́о • (axɛgáo) n inan (indeclinable)

ахэга́о (canonical)
axɛgáo (romanization)

From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”).

(chiefly Japanese fiction) ahegao (an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm)


ghost bullet

People believe that a beast shoots "ghost bullets" when they ford a stream in Sihch'uan at any time except the winter months .

1968, Wolfram Eberhard, The Local Cultures of South and East China, page 195:

The leaves were used in the removal of ghost bullets " (supernatural objects that were shot into people by ghosts).

Pushing Teddy off, ignoring the part of him that mourned the loss—not the time, dumbass, not the time, ghosts were kind of a big fucking deal—he scrambled to his knees and looked at where the ghost had tried to put a ghost bullet in his brain.

"Somebody shot the doctor," the big police sergeant said. "It wasn't a ghost bullet; it was lead.

It was a ward against ghosts, but he was pretty sure it wasn't going to stop a ghost bullet.

2017, Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors, page 105:

He ain't shootin' ghost bullets, neither. Here's his slug.

2020, Kenneth Robeson, The Squeaking Goblin, page 66:

(folklore or fantasy) A supernatural bullet that wounds or kills a person, especially one that is shot by a supernatural assailant.


Sith

In him [Garry Cook] was distilled the very essence of the modern football executive – the Nike heritage, the mad expansionism, the sense that a major part of Manchester City's future lay in energy drink retail, and of course the laserlike focus on "the product" that resulted in him occasionally saying Manchester United when he meant Manchester City. He was the Premier League's most bungling Sith.

2011 September 8, Marina Hyde, “Manchester City's Garry Cook – a man for football's crazy times”, in The Guardian:

PAQ is a refreshing example of what “millennial snowflakes” are capable of. At the age of 20, these guys are conscious of their position of influence and they want to use it to enact positive change. “We’re the four musketeers,” says Elias. “The Avengers,” chimes in Shaq. “I would say we’re Jedis,” says Dex. “But I wear black so I can be a sith.”

2018 April 29, Juliana Piskorz, “‘We’re Top Gear for clothes’: the guys behind PAQ”, in The Guardian:

[Sean] Longstaff. [Dan] Burn. Joelinton. Miguel Almirón. Matt Ritchie. This is not, if we’re brutally honest, the stuff of evil empires. This is not a team the Siths would ever have put out, unless the Siths were trying to make a late burst for the Championship playoffs.

2023 February 26, Jonathan Liew, “Newcastle not yet an evil-empire side but cup final feels like a springboard”, in The Guardian:

(science fiction) One of a fictional order of creatures from the Star Wars universe who represent the antithesis and ancient enemies of the Jedi.