"Huxley" meaning in English

See Huxley in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhʌksli/ Forms: Huxleys [plural]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) . The first element could also be husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|ang|Hucc}} Hucc, {{m|en|-s-}} -s-, {{m|ang|lēah||woodland clearing, glade}} lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), {{m|ang|husċ||insult, scorn, mockery}} husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Huxley (countable and uncountable, plural Huxleys)
  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ510614).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Cheshire, England, Places in England, Villages in Cheshire, England, Villages in England
    Sense id: en-Huxley-en-name-4~wd4Idr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 33 33 5 12 6
  2. (uncountable) A placename:
    A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Henry Huxley.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Places in Canada, Villages in Alberta, Villages in Canada
    Sense id: en-Huxley-en-name-q0joiu68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 33 33 5 12 6
  3. (uncountable) A placename:
    A city in Story County, Iowa, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Iowa, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Huxley-en-name-EYjg5T4w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 33 33 5 12 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 10 18 36 7 24 6
  4. (uncountable) A placename:
    A city in Shelby County, Texas, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Huxley-en-name-hb5t13Ah
  5. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Huxley-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 33 33 5 12 6
  6. A male given name transferred from the surname. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Huxley-en-name-Vj3AlNl-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Huxley meaning in English (8.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Hucc"
      },
      "expansion": "Hucc",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-s-"
      },
      "expansion": "-s-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lēah",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woodland clearing, glade"
      },
      "expansion": "lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "husċ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "insult, scorn, mockery"
      },
      "expansion": "husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Old English personal name Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) . The first element could also be husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Huxleys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Huxley (countable and uncountable, plural Huxleys)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Cheshire, England",
          "orig": "en:Places in Cheshire, England",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in England",
          "orig": "en:Places in England",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Cheshire, England",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Cheshire, England",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in England",
          "orig": "en:Villages in England",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 33 33 5 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ510614)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Huxley-en-name-4~wd4Idr",
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "Hargrave and Huxley",
          "Hargrave and Huxley#English"
        ],
        [
          "Cheshire West and Chester",
          "Cheshire West and Chester#English"
        ],
        [
          "Cheshire",
          "Cheshire#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "OS",
          "OS"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ510614)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Alberta",
          "orig": "en:Places in Alberta",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Canada",
          "orig": "en:Places in Canada",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Alberta",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Alberta",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Canada",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Canada",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 33 33 5 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Henry Huxley."
      ],
      "id": "en-Huxley-en-name-q0joiu68",
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "hamlet",
          "hamlet"
        ],
        [
          "Kneehill County",
          "Kneehill County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Alberta",
          "Alberta#English"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Henry Huxley."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Iowa, USA",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Iowa, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Cities in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Iowa, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Iowa, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 33 33 5 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 18 36 7 24 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -leigh",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A city in Story County, Iowa, United States."
      ],
      "id": "en-Huxley-en-name-EYjg5T4w",
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "Story County",
          "Story County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iowa",
          "Iowa#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A city in Story County, Iowa, United States."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Texas, USA",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Texas, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Cities in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Texas, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Texas, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A city in Shelby County, Texas, United States."
      ],
      "id": "en-Huxley-en-name-hb5t13Ah",
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "Shelby County",
          "Shelby County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Texas",
          "Texas#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A city in Shelby County, Texas, United States."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 33 33 5 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A habitational surname from Old English."
      ],
      "id": "en-Huxley-en-name-zLJicHqr",
      "links": [
        [
          "habitational",
          "habitational"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A habitational surname from Old English."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name transferred from the surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Huxley-en-name-Vj3AlNl-",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhʌksli/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Huxley"
  ],
  "word": "Huxley"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms suffixed with -leigh",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Hucc"
      },
      "expansion": "Hucc",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-s-"
      },
      "expansion": "-s-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lēah",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woodland clearing, glade"
      },
      "expansion": "lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "husċ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "insult, scorn, mockery"
      },
      "expansion": "husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Old English personal name Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) . The first element could also be husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Huxleys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Huxley (countable and uncountable, plural Huxleys)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Places in Cheshire, England",
        "en:Places in England",
        "en:Villages in Cheshire, England",
        "en:Villages in England"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ510614)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "Hargrave and Huxley",
          "Hargrave and Huxley#English"
        ],
        [
          "Cheshire West and Chester",
          "Cheshire West and Chester#English"
        ],
        [
          "Cheshire",
          "Cheshire#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "OS",
          "OS"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ510614)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Places in Alberta",
        "en:Places in Canada",
        "en:Villages in Alberta",
        "en:Villages in Canada"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Henry Huxley."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "hamlet",
          "hamlet"
        ],
        [
          "Kneehill County",
          "Kneehill County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Alberta",
          "Alberta#English"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Henry Huxley."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Cities in Iowa, USA",
        "en:Cities in the United States",
        "en:Places in Iowa, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A city in Story County, Iowa, United States."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "Story County",
          "Story County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iowa",
          "Iowa#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A city in Story County, Iowa, United States."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Cities in Texas, USA",
        "en:Cities in the United States",
        "en:Places in Texas, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placename:",
        "A city in Shelby County, Texas, United States."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "Shelby County",
          "Shelby County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Texas",
          "Texas#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A placename:",
        "A city in Shelby County, Texas, United States."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Old English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A habitational surname from Old English."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "habitational",
          "habitational"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A habitational surname from Old English."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name transferred from the surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhʌksli/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Huxley"
  ],
  "word": "Huxley"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.