Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Initialism of double-layer ejecta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: areology, astronomy, geography, geology, natural-sciences, planetology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A short, daily web-based guessing game or puzzle, especially one of many played one after another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, in-plural, informal, with-definite-article
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noun
a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: discoid lupus erythematosus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, lupus
History
Back-formation from Wordle (“web-based word game”), imitating the apparent suffix (taken from the surname of developer Josh Wardle).
