Opengloss Dictionary: 150,101 English Lexemes with Encyclopedic Context

150,101 English lexemes (words or multi-word expressions) are included in this synthetic encyclopedic dictionary and semantic knowledge graph. It integrates lexicographic definitions, encyclopedic context, etymological histories, and semantic relationships. The dataset was created by author mjbommar and was last updated on 2025-11-23.

Use Cases

• Train language models on structured definitions based on the integrated lexicographic definitions.
• Enhance semantic search systems using the described semantic relationships and encyclopedic context.
• Analyze word etymology and historical usage patterns based on the etymological histories.
• Generate educational or reference content leveraging the unified resource of definitions and context.

Strengths

• Contains 150,101 distinct English lexemes, providing broad vocabulary coverage.
• Integrates multiple knowledge types—definitions, context, etymology, and relationships—into a unified resource.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2025-11-23 21:51:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

huggingface

Collection Method

Synthetic generation; specific methodology not detailed.

Freshness

2025-11-23 21:51:00