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:


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)


polymorph

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


polymorph

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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


feyness

en-noun

feyness (countable and uncountable, plural feynesses)

(Shetland, folklore, countable) A ghost resembling a living person, seeing which is an omen of that person's death.


genki

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

bor+

(anime and manga) A playful, hyperactive girl.


genki

en-adj

genki (comparative more genki, superlative most genki)

more genki (comparative)
most genki (superlative)

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

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

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


adrenochrome

en-noun

adrenochrome (countable and uncountable, plural adrenochromes)

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

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

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

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

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


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


versification

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.


lana

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

inh+

(folklore) oil that supposedly grants the ungo the abilities of flight, shapeshifting, etc.


timestream

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

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

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

The timestream is littered with these blank areas.

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

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

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


erlking

Partial calque of German Erlkönig (literally “alder-king”), a mistranslation of Danish ellerkonge (“king of the elves”).

pcal

This line, and indeed the whole passage (lines 653-664), allude to the well-known poem by Goethe about the erlking, hoary enchanter of the elf-haunted alderwood, who falls in love with the delicate little boy of a belated traveler.

1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN:

So easy for one young son to be swallowed up in a world teeming with Erlkings, real and imagined.

2010, Rachel Billington, The Missing Boy, Hachette, →ISBN:

He was in the forest looking to see the trees / But none were there / He found a girl / She found the erlking

2012, ミラクルミュージカル (lyrics and music), “Murders”, in Hawaii: Part II:

By now, he seems less a cartoon character than some contemporary Erlking, the malicious spirit made famous by Goethe (and Schubert) but found originally in a Danish ballad.

2018 October 22, Carol Rumens, “Poem of the week: Three Poetesses by Kristín Ómarsdóttir”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(European folklore) In German literature and modern folklore, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.


apostrophic

All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”; […]

2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “The Tractable Apostrophe”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 38:

(orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').

apostrófico

pertaining to the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ')


rei

reia (definite singular)
reier (indefinite plural)
reiene (definite plural)

From Old Norse reið, Proto-Germanic *raidō. Doublet of raide.


hringur

head

hringur m (genitive singular hrings, nominative plural hringir or hringar)

hrings (genitive singular)
hringir (nominative plural)
hringar (nominative plural)
hringur (indefinite nominative singular)
hringurinn (definite nominative singular)
hringar (indefinite nominative plural)
hringarnir (definite nominative plural)
hring (accusative indefinite singular)
hringinn (accusative definite singular)
hringa (accusative indefinite plural)
hringana (accusative definite plural)
hring (dative indefinite singular)
hringnum (dative definite singular)
hringum (dative indefinite plural)
hringunum (dative definite plural)
hrings (genitive indefinite singular)
hringsins (definite genitive singular)
hringa (genitive indefinite plural)
hringanna (definite genitive plural)
hringur (indefinite nominative singular)
hringurinn (definite nominative singular)
hringir (indefinite nominative plural)
hringirnir (definite nominative plural)
hring (accusative indefinite singular)
hringinn (accusative definite singular)
hringi (accusative indefinite plural)
hringina (accusative definite plural)
hring (dative indefinite singular)
hringnum (dative definite singular)
hringjum (dative indefinite plural)
hringjunum (dative definite plural)
hrings (genitive indefinite singular)
hringsins (definite genitive singular)
hringja (genitive indefinite plural)
hringjanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.


terrene

en-adj

terrene (comparative more terrene, superlative most terrene)

more terrene (comparative)
most terrene (superlative)

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

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


kocka

kockák (plural)
kocka (nominative singular)
kockák (nominative plural)
kockát (accusative singular)
kockákat (accusative plural)
kockának (dative singular)
kockáknak (dative plural)
kockával (instrumental singular)
kockákkal (instrumental plural)
kockáért (causal-final singular)
kockákért (causal-final plural)
kockává (singular translative)
kockákká (plural translative)
kockáig (singular terminative)
kockákig (plural terminative)
kockaként (essive-formal singular)
kockákként (essive-formal plural)
kockában (inessive singular)
kockákban (inessive plural)
kockán (singular superessive)
kockákon (plural superessive)
kockánál (adessive singular)
kockáknál (adessive plural)
kockába (illative singular)
kockákba (illative plural)
kockára (singular sublative)
kockákra (plural sublative)
kockához (allative singular)
kockákhoz (allative plural)
kockából (elative singular)
kockákból (elative plural)
kockáról (delative singular)
kockákról (delative plural)
kockától (ablative singular)
kockáktól (ablative plural)
kockáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
kockáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
kockáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
kockákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
kockám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kockáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kockád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kockáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kockája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kockái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kockánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kockáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kockátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kockáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kockájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kockáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Borrowed from a West Slavic language, probably from Czech or Slovak. Compare Czech kostka, Slovak kocka.

Számos mozifilmhős a képregények kockáin született meg először.

2004, “A képregény rejtelmes útja”, in Új Szó, volume 57, number 300:

Many movie heroes were originally born in the panels of a comic book.

(comics) panel (an individual drawing in a comic strip or comic book)


ének

énekek (plural)
ének (nominative singular)
énekek (nominative plural)
éneket (accusative singular)
énekeket (accusative plural)
éneknek (dative singular)
énekeknek (dative plural)
énekkel (instrumental singular)
énekekkel (instrumental plural)
énekért (causal-final singular)
énekekért (causal-final plural)
énekké (singular translative)
énekekké (plural translative)
énekig (singular terminative)
énekekig (plural terminative)
énekként (essive-formal singular)
énekekként (essive-formal plural)
énekben (inessive singular)
énekekben (inessive plural)
éneken (singular superessive)
énekeken (plural superessive)
éneknél (adessive singular)
énekeknél (adessive plural)
énekbe (illative singular)
énekekbe (illative plural)
énekre (singular sublative)
énekekre (plural sublative)
énekhez (allative singular)
énekekhez (allative plural)
énekből (elative singular)
énekekből (elative plural)
énekről (delative singular)
énekekről (delative plural)
énektől (ablative singular)
énekektől (ablative plural)
éneké (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
énekeké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
énekéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
énekekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
énekem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
énekeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
éneked (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
énekeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
éneke (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
énekei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
énekünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
énekeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
éneketek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
énekeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
énekük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
énekeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *äne. Cognates include Estonian hääl, Finnish ääni.

Holonyms: vers, költemény, eposz

Meronyms: versszak, sor


muta

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) + -a.

(poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet


storyline

From story + line. The climate science usage is defined in the IPCC WG III AR5 report (2014).

That film had a wonderful storyline, but the poor acting let it down.


confessionalism

en-noun

confessionalism (countable and uncountable, plural confessionalisms)

Confessionalism (poetry)
Confessionalism (religion)

Her rendition of "Dry Land" from her first album, Back to the Night, was a poetic fusion of music and lyrics that achieved an intimate tone too often sacrificed to confessionalism by other singers.

1977 April 23, Steve Blevins, “Armatrading: "Sit Back And See"”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

(poetry) A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.


mech

mech (countable and uncountable, plural mechs)

(science fiction) A large piloted combat robot.

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

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

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

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

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

2006, Lou Anders, Futureshocks, page 75:

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

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


xa

From and older *jãa, from Latin Diāna. Cognate with Asturian xana, Old French gene, Romanian zână.

un térmeno medio entre os trasnos e as almas en pena; pero que participaban un pouco máis desta última condición, sólo que eran moi pacífecas, pois nunca se soubo que se metesen con nadie non metendose primeiro con elas. A estas pantasmas chamabanlle xás; abundaban como as moscas no mes da Agosto, e eran pola súa bondá, pouco temidas dos labregos.

1886, M. Nunez González, O muíño dos tíos Mariquiñas:

... a middle term in between elves and banshees, but a little closer to the latter ones and more peaceful, since they never messed with nobody if not disturbed first. These ghosts were called xas; they abounded as flies in August, and, because of they good temper, they were little feared by the peasants.


subtitle

(authorship) A heading below or after a title.


centauroid

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


Zaum

From Russian за́умь (záumʹ, literally “nonsense”).

bor

(literature) Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.


dwerg

head

dwerg (plural dwerge, diminutive dwergie)

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

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


dwerg

nl-noun

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

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

Afrikaans: dwerg

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


cloaking device

en-noun

cloaking device (plural cloaking devices)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


backfill

backfill (countable and uncountable, plural backfills)

(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.


saurian

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

compound

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

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

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

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

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


Gotham

Salmagundi (periodical)
Washington Irving

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


див

div (romanization)
див (indefinite singular)
ди́вове (indefinite plural)
ди́вът (definite singular subjective)
ди́вовете (definite plural subjective)
ди́ва (definite objective singular)
ди́вовете (definite objective plural)
ди́ва (count-form plural)
ди́ве (singular vocative)
ди́вове (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div, “demon; giant”), of Iranian origin. Compare Serbo-Croatian ди̏в (“giant”). First attested in the 15 century.

bor+

(dialectal, folklore) Alternative form of дев (dev, “demihuman”) (folklore personage with extraordinary capabilities, attested in tales and legends)


див

ru-noun+

див • (div) m anim (genitive ди́ва, nominative plural ди́вы, genitive plural ди́вов)

div (romanization)
ди́ва (genitive)
ди́вы (nominative plural)
ди́вов (genitive plural)
ди́в (nominative singular)
ди́вы (nominative plural)
ди́ва (genitive singular)
ди́вов (genitive plural)
ди́ву (dative singular)
ди́вам (dative plural)
ди́ва (accusative singular)
ди́вов (accusative plural)
ди́вом (instrumental singular)
ди́вами (instrumental plural)
ди́ве (prepositional singular)
ди́вах (plural prepositional)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (“evil spirit”)

inh+

(mythology, folklore) demon, harbinger of misfortune


yaoi

en-noun

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

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

ja-blend

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

ইয়াওই

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


yaoi

head

yaoi (definite accusative yaoiyi, plural yaoiler)

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


FTL

en-noun

FTL (countable and uncountable, plural FTLs)

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

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

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


logline

First attested in 1613 as logge-line. A compound of log + line.

Coordinate term: elevator pitch

Screenwriting Tip #12: If you don't know your own logline, you probably don't know what your script is about. Some writers will tell you they don't have a logline. Their screenplay is “too complex” or “too character-driven,” […]

2013, Xander Bennett, Screenwriting Tips, You Hack, page 16:

The first step in outlining is to make sure that your logline, that one-or-two- sentence summary of your movie you first created in chapter 2 (“Jump-starting the Screenplay”), is the best that it can be in capturing what your movie is about now.

2013, Linda Venis, Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program, Penguin, →ISBN:

(authorship) A very short summary of a script or screenplay.


герой

be-noun

геро́й • (hjerój) m pers (genitive геро́я, nominative plural геро́і, genitive plural геро́яў, feminine гераі́ня)

геро́й (canonical)
hjerój (romanization)
геро́я (genitive)
геро́і (nominative plural)
геро́яў (genitive plural)
гераі́ня (feminine)
геро́й (nominative singular)
геро́і (nominative plural)
геро́я (genitive singular)
геро́яў (genitive plural)
геро́ю (dative singular)
геро́ям (dative plural)
геро́я (accusative singular)
геро́яў (accusative plural)
геро́ем (instrumental singular)
геро́ямі (instrumental plural)
геро́ю (locative singular)
геро́ях (locative plural)
геро́і (count-form plural)


герой

bg-noun

геро́й • (gerój) m (feminine герои́ня, relational adjective геро́йски or герои́чески)

геро́й (canonical)
gerój (romanization)
герои́ня (feminine)
геро́йски (adjective relational)
герои́чески (adjective relational)
геро́й (indefinite singular)
геро́и (indefinite plural)
геро́ят (definite singular subjective)
геро́ите (definite plural subjective)
геро́я (definite objective singular)
геро́ите (definite objective plural)
геро́ю (singular vocative)
геро́йо (singular vocative)
геро́и (plural vocative)

bg-ndecl

геро́й<(h)/voc:+:геро́йо>

гла́вен геро́й

(literature) male character, male being involved in the action of a story


герой

ru-noun+

герои́ческий

геро́й • (gerój) m anim (genitive геро́я, nominative plural геро́и, genitive plural геро́ев, feminine герои́ня, relational adjective геро́йский or герои́ческий)

геро́й (canonical)
gerój (romanization)
геро́я (genitive)
геро́и (nominative plural)
геро́ев (genitive plural)
герои́ня (feminine)
геро́йский (adjective relational)
герои́ческий (adjective relational)
геро́й (nominative singular)
геро́и (nominative plural)
геро́я (genitive singular)
геро́ев (genitive plural)
геро́ю (dative singular)
геро́ям (dative plural)
геро́я (accusative singular)
геро́ев (accusative plural)
геро́ем (instrumental singular)
геро́ями (instrumental plural)
геро́е (prepositional singular)
геро́ях (plural prepositional)
геро́й (dated nominative singular)
геро́и (dated nominative plural)
геро́я (dated genitive singular)
геро́евъ (dated genitive plural)
геро́ю (dated dative singular)
геро́ямъ (dated dative plural)
геро́я (accusative dated singular)
геро́евъ (accusative dated plural)
геро́емъ (dated instrumental singular)
геро́ями (dated instrumental plural)
геро́ѣ (dated prepositional singular)
геро́яхъ (dated plural prepositional)

Borrowed from French héros, from Latin hērōs, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”). Influenced by the displaced earlier иро́й (irój), directly from the Greek. Cognate with English hero.

der

гла́вный геро́й

Нача́ть-то рома́н он на́чал, довё́л до полови́ны, и пото́м вдруг оказа́лось, что ему́ со свои́ми геро́ями абсолю́тно не́чего де́лать, что э́то не геро́и, а миражи́, кото́рых сам а́втор да́же не по́мнит и не зна́ет.

1911, Дмитрий Философов [Dmitry Filosofov], Пирог без начинки; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):

Načátʹ-to román on náčal, dovjól do polovíny, i potóm vdrug okazálosʹ, što jemú so svoími gerójami absoljútno néčevo délatʹ, što éto ne gerói, a miraží, kotóryx sam ávtor dáže ne pómnit i ne znájet.


герой

uk-noun

геро́й • (herój) m pers (genitive геро́я, nominative plural геро́ї, genitive plural геро́їв, feminine герої́ня)

геро́й (canonical)
herój (romanization)
геро́я (genitive)
геро́ї (nominative plural)
геро́їв (genitive plural)
герої́ня (feminine)
геро́й (nominative singular)
геро́ї (nominative plural)
геро́я (genitive singular)
геро́їв (genitive plural)
геро́ю (dative singular)
геро́єві (dative singular)
геро́ям (dative plural)
геро́я (accusative singular)
геро́їв (accusative plural)
геро́єм (instrumental singular)
геро́ями (instrumental plural)
геро́ю (locative singular)
геро́єві (locative singular)
геро́ї (locative singular)
геро́ях (locative plural)
геро́ю (singular vocative)
геро́ї (plural vocative)

геро́ям сла́ва

glory to the heroes, a Ukrainian patriotic salute

головни́й геро́й


fabula

Borrowed from Latin fābula. Doublet of favola, fiaba, and fola.


brevis

la-noun

brevis f (genitive brevis); third declension

brevis (genitive)
brevis (nominative singular)
brevēs (nominative plural)
brevis (genitive singular)
brevium (genitive plural)
brevī (dative singular)
brevibus (dative plural)
brevem (accusative singular)
brevēs (accusative plural)
brevīs (accusative plural)
breve (ablative singular)
brevibus (ablative plural)
brevis (singular vocative)
brevēs (plural vocative)

English: breve

Italian: breve


breu

Inherited from Latin brevem. Compare Occitan brèu.


introversion

en-noun

introversion (usually uncountable, plural introversions)

/ɪntɹəʊˈvɜːʃən/

/ɪntɹəˈvəɹʒən/

/ɪntɹəˈvəɹʃən/

/ɪntɹoʊˈvəɹʃən/

From New Latin intrōversio, from intrōvertere (“to turn within”), from Classical Latin intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Equivalent to introvert + -sion.

Such introversion is merely a matter of form.

1896, Richard Green Moulton, The Literary Study of the Bible, page 50:

(poetry and literature) Arrangement of two similar words, lines, etc. to form the middle part of a structure.


Eridanus

la-proper noun

Ēridanus m sg (genitive Ēridanī); second declension

Ēridanus (canonical masculine singular)
Ēridanī (genitive)
Ēridanus (nominative singular)
Ēridanī (genitive singular)
Ēridanō (dative singular)
Ēridanum (accusative singular)
Ēridanō (ablative singular)
Ēridane (singular vocative)
Ēridanī (locative singular)

?Dutch: Eridanus

English: Eridanus

?Finnish: Eridanus

?French: Éridan

?Galician: Eridano

?German: Eridanus

Italian: Eridano

?Japanese: エリダヌス座 (Eridanusu-za)

?Polish: Erydan

?Russian: Эридан (Eridan)

?Spanish: Eridanus

?Turkish: Eridanus

[eːˈrɪd̪änʊs̠]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠρῐδᾰνός (Ēridanós).

(Greek mythology and poetry) Synonym of Padus (“the River Po”)


反重力

反重力 (canonical)
hanjūryoku (romanization)

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


redshirt

/ˈɹɛd.ʃəː(ɹ)t/

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

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

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

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

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

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


poulter's measure

en-noun

poulter's measure (plural poulter's measures)

Coined by George Gascoigne in 1576, because it was said that poulters gave 12 eggs for the first dozen and 14 if you bought a second dozen.

Good ladies, ye that have your pleasure in exile
Step in your foot, come take a place and mourn with me awhile.
And such as by their lords do set but little price,
Let them sit still, it skills them not what chance come on the dice.

1547, Earl Surrey, Complaint on the absence of her lover being at sea.:

(poetry) A metre with alternate lines of 12 and 14 syllables.


kapre

Borrowed from Spanish cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), originally referring to the East African slaves brought by the Portuguese and sold in Manila as "Cafres".

(folklore) ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees


baj

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajь, analyzable as a deverbal from bajać.

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


Augustan

From the Latin Augustānus, from Augustus, a Roman emperor who ruled a period of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana or Pax Augusta.

(literature) Pertaining to the Roman poetic literature during this time.

Jonathan Swift was an Augustan writer.

(literature) Pertaining to the period of English literature during the first half of the 18th century, known for satire and political themes.

augustuslainen

relating to the era in English literature


nuk

(comics) The sound of a pacifier being suckled on.


testo

From Early New Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus (“woven”), perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”).

(literature, linguistics, by extension) work

(music, literature) lyrics (the words of a song or poem)


mouro

pt-noun

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

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

mouro encantado
mouro encantado#Portuguese

(Iberian folklore) Synonym of mouro encantado


biokinesis

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


transdimensional

en-adj

transdimensional (comparative more transdimensional, superlative most transdimensional)

more transdimensional (comparative)
most transdimensional (superlative)

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


pada

id-noun

pada (first-person possessive padaku, second-person possessive padamu, third-person possessive padanya)

padaku (first-person possessive)
padamu (possessive second-person)
padanya (possessive third-person)

(literature) pada: The basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting of one line of verse in Sanskrit, typically as part of a four-line stanza.


kenning

A learned borrowing from Old Norse kenning, from kenna (“to know; to perceive”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”); see further at etymology 1. Compare can, keen, ken.

der

[A]s we are all aware, the Skalds used all sorts of kennings from Jewels, Gold, Silver, &c., to betoken Women, &c. Gold is called "The Sea's Blink (Blik)", and so on, and a female is "Gold's Mistress", "The Goddess of the Golden Jewel", and so forth.

1867–1868, George Stephens, “Bracteates”, in The Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, Now First Collected and Deciphered, volume II, London: John Russell Smith; Copenhagen: Michaelsen and Tillge; printed by H. H. Thiele, →OCLC, pages 509–510:

I venture to say that a close study of the style of Piers Plowman would thoroughly dispose of alliteration as chief factor in the kenning-process.

1887 January, Francis B. Gummere, “Wilhelm Bode: Die Kenningar in der angelsächsen Dichtung. Mit Ausblicken auf andere Litteraturen. Darmstadt und Leipzig, 1886. [Strasburg Dissertation].”, in A. Marshall Elliott, editor, Modern Language Notes, volume II, number 1, Baltimore, Md.: [Johns Hopkins Press], →ISSN, →OCLC, column 36:

If we now move to the second helmingr, Kock tries to unscramble the two kenningar[…], but this is over-zealous, since there are ample parallels for such braiding of kenning elements. Finnbogi interprets the kenning 'ǫrbeiðanda bǫðvar jǫkla' contextually, to mean 'the one who provoked the warrior into drawing his sword' (Orkneyinga saga, 202).

2006, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium: Brepols, →OCLC, page 149:

The original also makes frequent use of the circumlocutory type of poetic expression known as the kenning, which consists (in its simplest form) of a base-word (always a noun, sometimes the second of the two elements in a compound word) accompanied by a determinant (either a noun in the genitive or, in the case of a compound-word kenning, the first of the compound's two elements).

2007, Andrew Wawn with Graham Johnson and John Walter, editors, Constructing Nations, Reconstructing Myth: Essays in Honour of T. A. Shippey (Making in the Middle Ages; 9), Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN, page 172:

(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.

kenning

metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry


kenning

kenning (indefinite nominative singular)
kenningen (definite nominative singular)
kenninger (indefinite nominative plural)
kenningerne (definite nominative plural)
kennings (genitive indefinite singular)
kenningens (definite genitive singular)
kenningers (genitive indefinite plural)
kenningernes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Old Norse kenning, from the verb kenna (“to know”).


kenning

head

kenning f (genitive singular kenningar, nominative plural kenningar)

kenningar (genitive singular)
kenningar (nominative plural)
kenning (indefinite nominative singular)
kenningin (definite nominative singular)
kenningar (indefinite nominative plural)
kenningarnar (definite nominative plural)
kenningu (accusative indefinite singular)
kenninguna (accusative definite singular)
kenningar (accusative indefinite plural)
kenningarnar (accusative definite plural)
kenningu (dative indefinite singular)
kenningunni (dative definite singular)
kenningum (dative indefinite plural)
kenningunum (dative definite plural)
kenningar (genitive indefinite singular)
kenningarinnar (definite genitive singular)
kenninga (genitive indefinite plural)
kenninganna (definite genitive plural)

(poetry) kenning (circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry)


kenning

kenning (nominative singular)
kenningi (nominative plural)
kenningu (genitive singular)
kenningów (genitive plural)
kenningowi (dative singular)
kenningom (dative plural)
kenning (accusative singular)
kenningi (accusative plural)
kenningiem (instrumental singular)
kenningami (instrumental plural)
kenningu (locative singular)
kenningach (locative plural)
kenningu (singular vocative)
kenningi (plural vocative)

(poetry) kenning (metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way)


mara

Borrowed from Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære. Doublet of mare. See nightmare.

The corpus of related texts tells us that within rural society it was not improbable for your neighbour's envy of your fine cattle to take the form of a mara.

1996, Catharina Raudvere, “Now you see her, now you don't: some notes on the conception of female shape-shifters in Scandinavian traditions”, in Sandra Billington, Miranda Green, editors, The Concept of the Goddess, pages 41–55:

(European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

խիպիլիկ

(folklore) a nightmare; spectre or wraith-like creature


mara

mara (nominative singular)
marat (nominative plural)
mara (accusative nominative singular)
marat (accusative nominative plural)
maran (accusative genitive singular)
marat (accusative genitive plural)
maran (genitive singular)
marojen (genitive plural)
marain (genitive plural rare)
maraa (partitive singular)
maroja (partitive plural)
marassa (inessive singular)
maroissa (inessive plural)
marasta (elative singular)
maroista (elative plural)
maraan (illative singular)
maroihin (illative plural)
maralla (adessive singular)
maroilla (adessive plural)
maralta (ablative singular)
maroilta (ablative plural)
maralle (allative singular)
maroille (allative plural)
marana (essive singular)
maroina (essive plural)
maraksi (singular translative)
maroiksi (plural translative)
maratta (abessive singular)
maroitta (abessive plural)
maroin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
marani (nominative singular)
marani (nominative plural)
marani (accusative nominative singular)
marani (accusative nominative plural)
marani (accusative genitive singular)
marani (accusative genitive plural)
marani (genitive singular)
marojeni (genitive plural)
maraini (genitive plural rare)
maraani (partitive singular)
marojani (partitive plural)
marassani (inessive singular)
maroissani (inessive plural)
marastani (elative singular)
maroistani (elative plural)
maraani (illative singular)
maroihini (illative plural)
marallani (adessive singular)
maroillani (adessive plural)
maraltani (ablative singular)
maroiltani (ablative plural)
maralleni (allative singular)
maroilleni (allative plural)
maranani (essive singular)
maroinani (essive plural)
marakseni (singular translative)
maroikseni (plural translative)
marattani (abessive singular)
maroittani (abessive plural)
maroineni (comitative plural)
marasi (nominative singular)
marasi (nominative plural)
marasi (accusative nominative singular)
marasi (accusative nominative plural)
marasi (accusative genitive singular)
marasi (accusative genitive plural)
marasi (genitive singular)
marojesi (genitive plural)
maraisi (genitive plural rare)
maraasi (partitive singular)
marojasi (partitive plural)
marassasi (inessive singular)
maroissasi (inessive plural)
marastasi (elative singular)
maroistasi (elative plural)
maraasi (illative singular)
maroihisi (illative plural)
marallasi (adessive singular)
maroillasi (adessive plural)
maraltasi (ablative singular)
maroiltasi (ablative plural)
marallesi (allative singular)
maroillesi (allative plural)
maranasi (essive singular)
maroinasi (essive plural)
maraksesi (singular translative)
maroiksesi (plural translative)
marattasi (abessive singular)
maroittasi (abessive plural)
maroinesi (comitative plural)
maramme (nominative singular)
maramme (nominative plural)
maramme (accusative nominative singular)
maramme (accusative nominative plural)
maramme (accusative genitive singular)
maramme (accusative genitive plural)
maramme (genitive singular)
marojemme (genitive plural)
maraimme (genitive plural rare)
maraamme (partitive singular)
marojamme (partitive plural)
marassamme (inessive singular)
maroissamme (inessive plural)
marastamme (elative singular)
maroistamme (elative plural)
maraamme (illative singular)
maroihimme (illative plural)
marallamme (adessive singular)
maroillamme (adessive plural)
maraltamme (ablative singular)
maroiltamme (ablative plural)
marallemme (allative singular)
maroillemme (allative plural)
maranamme (essive singular)
maroinamme (essive plural)
maraksemme (singular translative)
maroiksemme (plural translative)
marattamme (abessive singular)
maroittamme (abessive plural)
maroinemme (comitative plural)
maranne (nominative singular)
maranne (nominative plural)
maranne (accusative nominative singular)
maranne (accusative nominative plural)
maranne (accusative genitive singular)
maranne (accusative genitive plural)
maranne (genitive singular)
marojenne (genitive plural)
marainne (genitive plural rare)
maraanne (partitive singular)
marojanne (partitive plural)
marassanne (inessive singular)
maroissanne (inessive plural)
marastanne (elative singular)
maroistanne (elative plural)
maraanne (illative singular)
maroihinne (illative plural)
marallanne (adessive singular)
maroillanne (adessive plural)
maraltanne (ablative singular)
maroiltanne (ablative plural)
marallenne (allative singular)
maroillenne (allative plural)
marananne (essive singular)
maroinanne (essive plural)
maraksenne (singular translative)
maroiksenne (plural translative)
marattanne (abessive singular)
maroittanne (abessive plural)
maroinenne (comitative plural)
maransa (nominative singular)
maransa (nominative plural)
maransa (accusative nominative singular)
maransa (accusative nominative plural)
maransa (accusative genitive singular)
maransa (accusative genitive plural)
maransa (genitive singular)
marojensa (genitive plural)
marainsa (genitive plural rare)
maraansa (partitive singular)
marojaan (partitive plural)
marojansa (partitive plural)
marassaan (inessive singular)
marassansa (inessive singular)
maroissaan (inessive plural)
maroissansa (inessive plural)
marastaan (elative singular)
marastansa (elative singular)
maroistaan (elative plural)
maroistansa (elative plural)
maraansa (illative singular)
maroihinsa (illative plural)
marallaan (adessive singular)
marallansa (adessive singular)
maroillaan (adessive plural)
maroillansa (adessive plural)
maraltaan (ablative singular)
maraltansa (ablative singular)
maroiltaan (ablative plural)
maroiltansa (ablative plural)
maralleen (allative singular)
marallensa (allative singular)
maroilleen (allative plural)
maroillensa (allative plural)
maranaan (essive singular)
maranansa (essive singular)
maroinaan (essive plural)
maroinansa (essive plural)
marakseen (singular translative)
maraksensa (singular translative)
maroikseen (plural translative)
maroiksensa (plural translative)
marattaan (abessive singular)
marattansa (abessive singular)
maroittaan (abessive plural)
maroittansa (abessive plural)
maroineen (comitative plural)
maroinensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed into Western Finnish dialects from Swedish mara, which is a demon that sits on the chest of a sleeping person and causes bad dreams. This demon is known by similar names among Germanic peoples and lives in English nightmare, in Swedish mardröm (“nightmare”) and in German Nachtmahr (“nightmare”), among others.

(folklore) nightmare, mara (demon that causes bad dreams)


homem

Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi

Indo-Portuguese: homm

Kabuverdianu: ómi

Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm

Kristang: omi

Macanese: home

Principense: omi

>? Saramaccan: ómi, wómi

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

inh

homem-aranha
spiderman

homem-lobo
werewolf

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


вид

bg-noun

вид • (vid) m (relational adjective ви́дов)

vid (romanization)
ви́дов (adjective relational)
вид (indefinite singular)
ви́дове (indefinite plural)
видъ́т (definite singular subjective)
ви́довете (definite plural subjective)
вида́ (definite objective singular)
ви́довете (definite objective plural)
ви́да (count-form plural)

From sense 1 as a calque of Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “species”), a cognate with the Bulgarian word, or respectively Latin speciēs (“appearance”).


dipody

From di- + -pody, from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “two”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).


duende

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

der

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

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


duende

→ Cebuano: dewende

→ Chamorro: duendes

→ English: duende

→ Portuguese: duende

→ Russian: дуэ́нде (duénde)

→ Tagalog: duwende
→ English: duwende

→ Ukrainian: дуе́нде (duénde)

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

inh+

El duende de la Navidad vive en las ramas del manzano, pasa el tiempo subiendo y bajando, atareado con unir la luz del sol a la tierra y otras tareas similares. Cada año, en el invierno, se asoma a las ramas y mira a las estrellas y ve caer la […]

(Can we date this quote?), Raquel Cachafeiro Gil, El Duende de la Navidad, →ISBN, page 4:

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


peon

peon (nominative singular)
peony (nominative plural)
peonu (genitive singular)
peonów (genitive plural)
peonowi (dative singular)
peonom (dative plural)
peon (accusative singular)
peony (accusative plural)
peonem (instrumental singular)
peonami (instrumental plural)
peonie (locative singular)
peonach (locative plural)
peonie (singular vocative)
peony (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παιών (paiṓn).

lbor

(poetry) paeon (foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable)


Zukunftsroman

de-noun

Zukunftsroman m (strong, genitive Zukunftsromans, plural Zukunftsromane)

Zukunftsromans (genitive)
Zukunftsromane (plural)

From Zukunft + -s- + Roman, literally “future novel”.


ecumenopolis

en-noun

ecumenopolis (plural ecumenopolises or ecumenopoleis or ecumenopoli)

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

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

suffix

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


diegetic

/ˌdaɪəˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós).

lbor

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


henki

henki (nominative singular)
henget (nominative plural)
hengen (genitive singular)
henkiin (genitive plural)
henkilöin (genitive plural)
henkiä (partitive singular)
henkijä (partitive plural)
henkilöjä (partitive plural)
henkee (illative singular)
henkii (illative plural)
henkilöihe (illative plural)
hengees (inessive singular)
hengiis (inessive plural)
henkilöis (inessive plural)
hengest (elative singular)
hengist (elative plural)
henkilöist (elative plural)
hengelle (allative singular)
hengille (allative plural)
henkilöille (allative plural)
hengeel (adessive singular)
hengiil (adessive plural)
henkilöil (adessive plural)
hengelt (ablative singular)
hengilt (ablative plural)
henkilöilt (ablative plural)
hengeks (singular translative)
hengiks (plural translative)
henkilöiks (plural translative)
henkennä (essive singular)
henkeen (essive singular)
henkinnä (essive plural)
henkilöinnä (essive plural)
henkiin (essive plural)
henkilöin (essive plural)
henkent (exessive singular)
henkint (exessive plural)
henkilöint (exessive plural)

From Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognates include Finnish henki and Estonian hing.

Siunatut metsät, siunatut puut ja joet, siunatut elokkaat, hyvät ja pahat henget, kuun palvomiin, ƶertvoin toomiin töön alus

1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 104:

Holy forests, holy trees and rivers, holy animals, good and bad spirits, the worship of the moon, the offering before the beginning of a job


papu

(folklore) a fantastic creature used to scare children


duple

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Latin duplus (“twofold, double”). Attested since the 16th century. Doublet of double and doppio.

McGonagall is earnestly trying to gather the resources of a metrical tradition, not subvert it, but the mismatch of duple and triple measure in the first line alone means that, while it’s made of recognisable metrical feet, the line doesn’t feel like it belongs to any specific metrical pattern (iambic, dactylic, anapestic etc) or mode (pastoral, elegy or ballad).

2015, Ben Lerner, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 38, number 12:


hyperbaton

hyperbaton (nominative singular)
hyperbatonit (nominative plural)
hyperbaton (accusative nominative singular)
hyperbatonit (accusative nominative plural)
hyperbatonin (accusative genitive singular)
hyperbatonit (accusative genitive plural)
hyperbatonin (genitive singular)
hyperbatonien (genitive plural)
hyperbatonia (partitive singular)
hyperbatoneja (partitive plural)
hyperbatonissa (inessive singular)
hyperbatoneissa (inessive plural)
hyperbatonista (elative singular)
hyperbatoneista (elative plural)
hyperbatoniin (illative singular)
hyperbatoneihin (illative plural)
hyperbatonilla (adessive singular)
hyperbatoneilla (adessive plural)
hyperbatonilta (ablative singular)
hyperbatoneilta (ablative plural)
hyperbatonille (allative singular)
hyperbatoneille (allative plural)
hyperbatonina (essive singular)
hyperbatoneina (essive plural)
hyperbatoniksi (singular translative)
hyperbatoneiksi (plural translative)
hyperbatonitta (abessive singular)
hyperbatoneitta (abessive plural)
hyperbatonein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
hyperbatonini (nominative singular)
hyperbatonini (nominative plural)
hyperbatonini (accusative nominative singular)
hyperbatonini (accusative nominative plural)
hyperbatonini (accusative genitive singular)
hyperbatonini (accusative genitive plural)
hyperbatonini (genitive singular)
hyperbatonieni (genitive plural)
hyperbatoniani (partitive singular)
hyperbatonejani (partitive plural)
hyperbatonissani (inessive singular)
hyperbatoneissani (inessive plural)
hyperbatonistani (elative singular)
hyperbatoneistani (elative plural)
hyperbatoniini (illative singular)
hyperbatoneihini (illative plural)
hyperbatonillani (adessive singular)
hyperbatoneillani (adessive plural)
hyperbatoniltani (ablative singular)
hyperbatoneiltani (ablative plural)
hyperbatonilleni (allative singular)
hyperbatoneilleni (allative plural)
hyperbatoninani (essive singular)
hyperbatoneinani (essive plural)
hyperbatonikseni (singular translative)
hyperbatoneikseni (plural translative)
hyperbatonittani (abessive singular)
hyperbatoneittani (abessive plural)
hyperbatoneineni (comitative plural)
hyperbatonisi (nominative singular)
hyperbatonisi (nominative plural)
hyperbatonisi (accusative nominative singular)
hyperbatonisi (accusative nominative plural)
hyperbatonisi (accusative genitive singular)
hyperbatonisi (accusative genitive plural)
hyperbatonisi (genitive singular)
hyperbatoniesi (genitive plural)
hyperbatoniasi (partitive singular)
hyperbatonejasi (partitive plural)
hyperbatonissasi (inessive singular)
hyperbatoneissasi (inessive plural)
hyperbatonistasi (elative singular)
hyperbatoneistasi (elative plural)
hyperbatoniisi (illative singular)
hyperbatoneihisi (illative plural)
hyperbatonillasi (adessive singular)
hyperbatoneillasi (adessive plural)
hyperbatoniltasi (ablative singular)
hyperbatoneiltasi (ablative plural)
hyperbatonillesi (allative singular)
hyperbatoneillesi (allative plural)
hyperbatoninasi (essive singular)
hyperbatoneinasi (essive plural)
hyperbatoniksesi (singular translative)
hyperbatoneiksesi (plural translative)
hyperbatonittasi (abessive singular)
hyperbatoneittasi (abessive plural)
hyperbatoneinesi (comitative plural)
hyperbatonimme (nominative singular)
hyperbatonimme (nominative plural)
hyperbatonimme (accusative nominative singular)
hyperbatonimme (accusative nominative plural)
hyperbatonimme (accusative genitive singular)
hyperbatonimme (accusative genitive plural)
hyperbatonimme (genitive singular)
hyperbatoniemme (genitive plural)
hyperbatoniamme (partitive singular)
hyperbatonejamme (partitive plural)
hyperbatonissamme (inessive singular)
hyperbatoneissamme (inessive plural)
hyperbatonistamme (elative singular)
hyperbatoneistamme (elative plural)
hyperbatoniimme (illative singular)
hyperbatoneihimme (illative plural)
hyperbatonillamme (adessive singular)
hyperbatoneillamme (adessive plural)
hyperbatoniltamme (ablative singular)
hyperbatoneiltamme (ablative plural)
hyperbatonillemme (allative singular)
hyperbatoneillemme (allative plural)
hyperbatoninamme (essive singular)
hyperbatoneinamme (essive plural)
hyperbatoniksemme (singular translative)
hyperbatoneiksemme (plural translative)
hyperbatonittamme (abessive singular)
hyperbatoneittamme (abessive plural)
hyperbatoneinemme (comitative plural)
hyperbatoninne (nominative singular)
hyperbatoninne (nominative plural)
hyperbatoninne (accusative nominative singular)
hyperbatoninne (accusative nominative plural)
hyperbatoninne (accusative genitive singular)
hyperbatoninne (accusative genitive plural)
hyperbatoninne (genitive singular)
hyperbatonienne (genitive plural)
hyperbatonianne (partitive singular)
hyperbatonejanne (partitive plural)
hyperbatonissanne (inessive singular)
hyperbatoneissanne (inessive plural)
hyperbatonistanne (elative singular)
hyperbatoneistanne (elative plural)
hyperbatoniinne (illative singular)
hyperbatoneihinne (illative plural)
hyperbatonillanne (adessive singular)
hyperbatoneillanne (adessive plural)
hyperbatoniltanne (ablative singular)
hyperbatoneiltanne (ablative plural)
hyperbatonillenne (allative singular)
hyperbatoneillenne (allative plural)
hyperbatoninanne (essive singular)
hyperbatoneinanne (essive plural)
hyperbatoniksenne (singular translative)
hyperbatoneiksenne (plural translative)
hyperbatonittanne (abessive singular)
hyperbatoneittanne (abessive plural)
hyperbatoneinenne (comitative plural)
hyperbatoninsa (nominative singular)
hyperbatoninsa (nominative plural)
hyperbatoninsa (accusative nominative singular)
hyperbatoninsa (accusative nominative plural)
hyperbatoninsa (accusative genitive singular)
hyperbatoninsa (accusative genitive plural)
hyperbatoninsa (genitive singular)
hyperbatoniensa (genitive plural)
hyperbatoniaan (partitive singular)
hyperbatoniansa (partitive singular)
hyperbatonejaan (partitive plural)
hyperbatonejansa (partitive plural)
hyperbatonissaan (inessive singular)
hyperbatonissansa (inessive singular)
hyperbatoneissaan (inessive plural)
hyperbatoneissansa (inessive plural)
hyperbatonistaan (elative singular)
hyperbatonistansa (elative singular)
hyperbatoneistaan (elative plural)
hyperbatoneistansa (elative plural)
hyperbatoniinsa (illative singular)
hyperbatoneihinsa (illative plural)
hyperbatonillaan (adessive singular)
hyperbatonillansa (adessive singular)
hyperbatoneillaan (adessive plural)
hyperbatoneillansa (adessive plural)
hyperbatoniltaan (ablative singular)
hyperbatoniltansa (ablative singular)
hyperbatoneiltaan (ablative plural)
hyperbatoneiltansa (ablative plural)
hyperbatonilleen (allative singular)
hyperbatonillensa (allative singular)
hyperbatoneilleen (allative plural)
hyperbatoneillensa (allative plural)
hyperbatoninaan (essive singular)
hyperbatoninansa (essive singular)
hyperbatoneinaan (essive plural)
hyperbatoneinansa (essive plural)
hyperbatonikseen (singular translative)
hyperbatoniksensa (singular translative)
hyperbatoneikseen (plural translative)
hyperbatoneiksensa (plural translative)
hyperbatonittaan (abessive singular)
hyperbatonittansa (abessive singular)
hyperbatoneittaan (abessive plural)
hyperbatoneittansa (abessive plural)
hyperbatoneineen (comitative plural)
hyperbatoneinensa (comitative plural)

Internationalism (compare English hyperbaton), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν (huperbatón).


multidimensional

(science fiction, New Age religion) a being that exists in more than one dimension


Tarzan

Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction.
Means "white skin" in the apes' fictional language; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).

(fiction) A heroic fictional character, raised in the jungle by apes.


cauchemar

(folklore) A demon or witch in French folklore that drains a sleeping person's energy by night.


reiður

head

reiður (comparative reiðari, superlative reiðastur)

reiðari (comparative)
reiðastur (superlative)
reiður (masculine nominative singular)
reið (feminine nominative singular)
reitt (neuter nominative singular)
reiðan (accusative masculine singular)
reiða (accusative feminine singular)
reitt (accusative neuter singular)
reiðum (dative masculine singular)
reiðari (dative feminine singular)
reiðum (dative neuter singular)
reiðs (genitive masculine singular)
reiðar (feminine genitive singular)
reiðs (genitive neuter singular)
reiðir (masculine nominative plural)
reiðar (feminine nominative plural)
reið (neuter nominative plural)
reiðar (accusative masculine plural)
reiðar (accusative feminine plural)
reið (accusative neuter plural)
reiðum (dative plural)
reiða (genitive plural)
reiði (masculine nominative singular)
reiða (feminine nominative singular)
reiða (neuter nominative singular)
reiða (accusative masculine singular)
reiðu (accusative feminine singular)
reiða (accusative neuter singular)
reiða (dative masculine singular)
reiðu (dative feminine singular)
reiða (dative neuter singular)
reiða (genitive masculine singular)
reiðu (feminine genitive singular)
reiða (genitive neuter singular)
reiðu (nominative plural)
reiðu (accusative plural)
reiðu (dative plural)
reiðu (genitive plural)

From Old Norse reiðr, from older vreiðr.


flitter

Then all three went out to the flitter. A tiny speedster, really; a torpedo bearing stubby wings and the ludicrous tail-surfaces, the multifarious driving-, braking-, side-, top-, and under-jets so characteristic of the tricky, cranky, but ultra-maneuverable breed.

1941 July, Edward Elmer Smith, “The Vortex Blaster”, in Comet Stories, volume 1, number 5, page 10:

Small flitters were powered and made ready, and everything that carried manual controls was inspected and cleared for action.

1944 March, George Oliver Smith, “Circle of Confusion”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 33, number 1, page 54:

The small flitters carried by the Queen for exploration work held with comfort a two-man crew—with crowding, three.

1955, Alice Mary Norton (as Andrew North), Sargasso of Space, page 53:

The flitter tumbled from the shimmering throat of the wormhole transit route from Port Sol to Earthport.

1994, Stephen Baxter, Ring, →ISBN, page 43:

(science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.


miscellanea

miscellanea (nominative plural)
miscellaneów (genitive plural)
miscellaneom (dative plural)
miscellanea (accusative plural)
miscellaneami (instrumental plural)
miscellaneach (locative plural)
miscellanea (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin mīscellānea.

lbor

(literature) varia, miscellany (collection of diverse texts, thoughts, or notes collected in a publication)


kavya

(poetry) A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD.


stallo

stalloen (definite singular)
stalloer (indefinite plural)
stalloene (definite plural)

From Northern Sami stállu, from Proto-Samic *(s)tālō.

(folklore) a stallo (A humanoid malignant being known from Sami folklore.)


stallo

stalloen (definite singular)
stalloar (indefinite plural)
stalloane (definite plural)


improvisatore

en-noun

improvisatore (plural improvisatores or improvisatori)

improvisatores (plural)
improvisatori (plural)

There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine.

1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death:

(poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.


synth

(science fiction) A synthetic humanoid, an android, a robot, a clone


gruk

→ English: grook

Contraction of grin (“laugh”) and suk (“sigh”) (from sukke, a side form of suge (“to suck”)).


nanite

I had the nanites install the brackets, then climbed up there with the panels, placed them on the brackets, and had the nanites secure them.

2017, Stephanie C. Fox, New World Order Underwater, page 76:

Disperse into a cloud of nanites.

2021 August 11, Thomas Happ, Axiom Verge 2, Nintendo Switch, description for Tilhar


derb

de-adj

derb (strong nominative masculine singular derber, comparative derber, superlative am derbsten)

derber (masculine nominative singular strong)
derber (comparative)
am derbsten (superlative)
derb (masculine predicative singular)
derb (feminine predicative singular)
derb (neuter predicative singular)
derb (plural predicative)
derber (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
derbe (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
derbes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
derbe (nominative plural strong without-article)
derben (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
derber (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
derben (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
derber (genitive plural strong without-article)
derbem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
derber (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
derbem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
derben (dative plural strong without-article)
derben (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
derbe (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
derbes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
derbe (accusative plural strong without-article)
der derbe (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die derbe (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das derbe (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die derben (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des derben (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der derben (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des derben (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der derben (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem derben (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der derben (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem derben (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den derben (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den derben (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die derbe (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das derbe (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die derben (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein derber (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine derbe (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein derbes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
derben (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine derben (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines derben (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer derben (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines derben (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
derben (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner derben (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem derben (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer derben (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem derben (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
derben (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen derben (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen derben (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine derbe (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein derbes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
derben (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine derben (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
derber (comparative masculine predicative singular)
derber (comparative feminine predicative singular)
derber (comparative neuter predicative singular)
derber (comparative plural predicative)
derberer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
derbere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
derberes (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
derbere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
derberen (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
derberer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
derberen (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
derberer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
derberem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
derberer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
derberem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
derberen (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
derberen (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
derbere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
derberes (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
derbere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der derbere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die derbere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das derbere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die derberen (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des derberen (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der derberen (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des derberen (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der derberen (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem derberen (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der derberen (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem derberen (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den derberen (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den derberen (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die derbere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das derbere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die derberen (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein derberer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine derbere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein derberes (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
derberen (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine derberen (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines derberen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer derberen (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines derberen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
derberen (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner derberen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem derberen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer derberen (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem derberen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
derberen (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen derberen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen derberen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine derbere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein derberes (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
derberen (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine derberen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am derbsten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am derbsten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am derbsten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am derbsten (plural predicative superlative)
derbster (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
derbste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
derbstes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
derbste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
derbsten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
derbster (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
derbsten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
derbster (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
derbstem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
derbster (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
derbstem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
derbsten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
derbsten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
derbste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
derbstes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
derbste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der derbste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die derbste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das derbste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die derbsten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des derbsten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der derbsten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des derbsten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der derbsten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem derbsten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der derbsten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem derbsten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den derbsten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den derbsten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die derbste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das derbste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die derbsten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein derbster (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine derbste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein derbstes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
derbsten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine derbsten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines derbsten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer derbsten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines derbsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
derbsten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner derbsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem derbsten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer derbsten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem derbsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
derbsten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen derbsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen derbsten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine derbste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein derbstes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
derbsten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine derbsten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

From a Low German merger of two unrelated adjectives: (1.) Old Saxon therbi (“unleavened”), from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz;
and (2.) Old Saxon derbi (“coarse, warlike”). Both regularly collapsed in Middle Low German derve (“firm, bold”). Older High German had only the former of the two adjectives and lacked the other: Middle High German derp (“unleavened”), from Old High German derb (“unleavened”). The modern word is formally High German, but its semantic development has been determined by the Middle Low German one. (The original sense “unleavened” is last met with in the 18th century.)

(lexicography, literature, sociography) pertaining to a manner of intercourse that is wittingly aggressive, purposefully unrefined – cocky, cheeky, flippant, brazen


redcap

From red + cap.
In sense of "porter", 1890s US; compare contemporary Japanese 赤帽 (akabou), Chinese 小紅帽／小红帽 (Xiǎo Hóng Mào). On Labor Day, 1890, John Williams, an African-American railway porter, tied a red ribbon to his black uniform cap to stand out from the crowd at Grand Central Terminal. The strategy was so successful that it was soon adopted by others in the profession, leading to the synecdochic use of redcap as a term for all railway porters.

1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle,
And beside him Old Redcap sly; —
"Now, tell me, thou sprite, who are meikle of might,
The death that I must die?"

"What's a Brownie?" you say. Oh, it's a kind of a sort of a Bogle, but it isn't so cruel as a Redcap! What! you don't know what's a Bogle or a Redcap!

1890, Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales:

[…] the goblin had aroused the mercenary's ire. This seemed to bring out a formidable and hitherto unrecognized talent in the taciturn young man.
"Why cam' ye by my door?" The redcap brandished his pikestaff menacingly.
Redcap - A malevolent goblin easily distinguishable by their namesake red cap, fiery red eyes, claws and iron boots. They often appear as little old men, but can run very fast despite the boots. They reside in castles and watchtowers along the English-Scottish border, but will move their residence to avoid detection. They have sharp eagle’s talons which they use for weapons, but can easily be repelled simply by reading holy verse. http://www.vf11.com/legendsofvalhal/legendsofvalhal-post-814.html

2002, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Ill-Made Mute: The Bitterbynde:

After boggarts, they studied Red Caps, nasty little goblinlike creatures that lurked where there had been bloodshed […]

1999 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter; 3), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

(British, folklore) A type of evil goblin or imp.


mác

vi-noun

(classifier cái, cây) mác • (𢨃, 鏌, 鉳, 博)

cái (classifier)
cây (classifier)
𢨃 (CJK)
鏌 (CJK)
鉳 (CJK)
博 (CJK)

(calligraphy) a stroke that falls downwards towards the right (㇏)


apologetic apostrophe

en-noun

apologetic apostrophe (plural apologetic apostrophes)

While not all agreements were carried out as planned, what this attempt at consistency achieved in Smith's case was to give his poetry the appearance of a distinctive literary language, related to English, but having its own identity and forms, and without the distraction for the reader of the apologetic apostrophes.

2009, Margery Palmer McCulloch, Scottish Modernism and Its Contexts 1918-1959:

(sociolinguistics, orthography) An apostrophe added to a Scots word in order to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.


Kleinbuchstabe

de-noun

Kleinbuchstabe m (mixed, genitive Kleinbuchstabens or Kleinbuchstaben, plural Kleinbuchstaben)

Kleinbuchstabens (genitive)
Kleinbuchstaben (genitive)
Kleinbuchstaben (plural)
Kleinbuchstabe (nominative singular)
Kleinbuchstaben (definite nominative plural)
Kleinbuchstabens (genitive singular)
Kleinbuchstaben (genitive singular)
Kleinbuchstaben (definite genitive plural)
Kleinbuchstabe (dative singular)
Kleinbuchstaben (dative definite plural)
Kleinbuchstabe (accusative singular)
Kleinbuchstaben (accusative definite plural)

Compound klein (“small”) + Buchstabe (“letter”), from Old High German klein (“small, sharp-witted, fine”) and Old High German buohstab (“letter, writing”).

der

(orthography, typography) minuscule letter, lowercase letter


No, the slightest imbalance there would have alarms flashing all over the room. Probably it was the fact that he knew the threedee was a little out of whack.

1969, Dave Van Arnam, Starmind, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, page 14:

(science fiction) A system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video.

A man Ellaby's own size was sitting there, viewing a 3D. When he heard Ellaby at the door he got up.

1955 January, Martin Lesser, “The Dictator”, in Imagination, volume 6, number 1, page 85:

(science fiction) A three-dimensional video.


Baldrs draumar

(Nordic literature, rare) Baldrs draumar (eleventh book of the Poetic Edda)


Hávamál

(Nordic literature) Hávamál (second book of the Poetic Edda)


рука

uk-noun

рука́ • (ruká) f inan (genitive руки́, nominative plural ру́ки, genitive plural рук, diminutive руча́ or ру́чка)

рука́ (canonical)
ruká (romanization)
руки́ (genitive)
ру́ки (nominative plural)
рук (genitive plural)
руча́ (diminutive)
ру́чка (diminutive)
рука́ (nominative singular)
ру́ки (nominative plural)
руки́ (genitive singular)
рук (genitive plural)
руці́ (dative singular)
рука́м (dative plural)
ру́ку (accusative singular)
ру́ки (accusative plural)
руко́ю (instrumental singular)
рука́ми (instrumental plural)
руці́ (locative singular)
рука́х (locative plural)
ру́ко (singular vocative)
ру́ки (plural vocative)

From Old Ukrainian рѫка (ruka), from Old East Slavic рѫка (rǫka), from Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.


stumm

de-adj

stumm (strong nominative masculine singular stummer, comparative stummer, superlative am stummsten)

stummer (masculine nominative singular strong)
stummer (comparative)
am stummsten (superlative)
stumm (masculine predicative singular)
stumm (feminine predicative singular)
stumm (neuter predicative singular)
stumm (plural predicative)
stummer (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
stumme (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
stummes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
stumme (nominative plural strong without-article)
stummen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
stummer (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
stummen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
stummer (genitive plural strong without-article)
stummem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
stummer (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
stummem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
stummen (dative plural strong without-article)
stummen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
stumme (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
stummes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
stumme (accusative plural strong without-article)
der stumme (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die stumme (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das stumme (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die stummen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des stummen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der stummen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des stummen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der stummen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem stummen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der stummen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem stummen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den stummen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den stummen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die stumme (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das stumme (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die stummen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein stummer (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine stumme (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein stummes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
stummen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine stummen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines stummen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer stummen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines stummen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
stummen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner stummen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem stummen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer stummen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem stummen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
stummen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen stummen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen stummen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine stumme (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein stummes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
stummen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine stummen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
stummer (comparative masculine predicative singular)
stummer (comparative feminine predicative singular)
stummer (comparative neuter predicative singular)
stummer (comparative plural predicative)
stummerer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
stummere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
stummeres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
stummere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
stummeren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
stummerer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
stummeren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
stummerer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
stummerem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
stummerer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
stummerem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
stummeren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
stummeren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
stummere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
stummeres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
stummere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der stummere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die stummere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das stummere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die stummeren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des stummeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der stummeren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des stummeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der stummeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem stummeren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der stummeren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem stummeren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den stummeren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den stummeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die stummere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das stummere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die stummeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein stummerer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine stummere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein stummeres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
stummeren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine stummeren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines stummeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer stummeren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines stummeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
stummeren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner stummeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem stummeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer stummeren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem stummeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
stummeren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen stummeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen stummeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine stummere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein stummeres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
stummeren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine stummeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am stummsten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am stummsten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am stummsten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am stummsten (plural predicative superlative)
stummster (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
stummste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
stummstes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
stummste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
stummsten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
stummster (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
stummsten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
stummster (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
stummstem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
stummster (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
stummstem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
stummsten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
stummsten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
stummste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
stummstes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
stummste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der stummste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die stummste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das stummste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die stummsten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des stummsten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der stummsten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des stummsten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der stummsten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem stummsten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der stummsten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem stummsten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den stummsten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den stummsten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die stummste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das stummste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die stummsten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein stummster (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine stummste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein stummstes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
stummsten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine stummsten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines stummsten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer stummsten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines stummsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
stummsten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner stummsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem stummsten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer stummsten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem stummsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
stummsten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen stummsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen stummsten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine stummste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein stummstes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
stummsten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine stummsten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

From Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-West Germanic *stumm. Cognate with Dutch stom.

Das h im englischen Wort „honour“ ist stumm.

The h in the English word “honour” is silent.

Das h im deutschen Wort „leihen“ ist stumm.

The h in the German word “leihen” (to borrow) is silent.

(phonetics, orthography) mute; silent (unpronounced)


ice bucket

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

(science fiction, slang, humorous) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.


rå

råa (definite singular)
råer (indefinite plural)
råene (definite plural)


Völuspá

(Norse literature) Völuspá (first book of the Poetic Edda)


стиль

uk-noun

стиль • (stylʹ) m inan (genitive сти́ля, nominative plural сти́лі, genitive plural сти́лів)

stylʹ (romanization)
сти́ля (genitive)
сти́лі (nominative plural)
сти́лів (genitive plural)
стиль (nominative singular)
сти́лі (nominative plural)
сти́ля (genitive singular)
сти́лів (genitive plural)
сти́леві (dative singular)
сти́лю (dative singular)
сти́лям (dative plural)
стиль (accusative singular)
сти́лі (accusative plural)
сти́лем (instrumental singular)
сти́лями (instrumental plural)
сти́лю (locative singular)
сти́лі (locative singular)
сти́лях (locative plural)
сти́лю (singular vocative)
сти́лі (plural vocative)

(historical, writing) stylus, style (ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on wax-covered tablets)


slipstream

en-noun

slipstream (countable and uncountable, plural slipstreams)

Compound of slip + stream. Fiction sense coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling in 1989.

coin

Coordinate term: New Weird

Slipstream is not simply a mixture of fantasy and realism, but something which lies between or even beyond the two.

2000, Damien Broderick, quoting Justina Robson and Rozanne Rabinowitz, Transrealist Fiction: Writing in the Slipstream of Science, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 88:

(uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.


sombra

From Old Galician-Portuguese soonbra, perhaps from Latin sub (“under”) + umbra (“shadow”).