Italian to English Dictionary (Dizionario Italiano-Inglese)

Academic genealogy

The lineage of academic researchers and scholars, typically traced through doctoral advisors and their supervisees, analogous to a family tree.

Arbitrary Government

A political system or exercise of power founded on the unchecked personal will, caprice, or discretion of the ruler or ruling body rather than on fixed, established laws.

Bag of cats

A situation, group, or collection of things that is wildly chaotic, unpredictable, and extremely difficult to control.

Begat

To procreate or to cause to exist; used especially in a biblical context.

Brank

An iron instrument of punishment formerly used to gag scolds; a scold's bridle.

Chanticleer

A name for a rooster, especially in fairy tales, fables, and traditional literature.

Chilblain

An inflammation of the small blood vessels in the skin that occurs in response to cold air, causing painful itching, red patches, and swelling.

Construction Grammar

A linguistic framework that treats all units of language—ranging from morphemes and words to complex idioms and syntactic patterns—as learned pairings of form and conventionalized meaning.

Crack-of-doom

The end of the world; the Last Judgment or the Day of Judgment.

Deathday

The anniversary of a person's death.

Erythristic jaguar

A rare morph of the jaguar characterized by a genetic mutation causing the coat to exhibit a reddish or cinnamon hue instead of the usual tawny coloration, while still retaining faint rosettes.

Gallinaceous

Relating to or resembling gallinaceous birds, such as chickens, turkeys, grouse, and pheasants.