nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ademption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin adēmptiō (“a taking away”), from adēmptus, perfect passive participle of adimō (“take away”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + emō (“buy; obtain, take”). 1. In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adenalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aden- + -algia. 1. Pain in a gland. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: adeniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adeno- (from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”)) + -form. 1. Shaped like a gland Example: adeniform carcinoma Example: adeniform structure
Word: adenography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + -graphy. 1. The division of anatomy describing the glands Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: adenoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Late 19th century borrowing from French adénoïde, from New Latin adenoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δενοειδής (ădenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn, “gland”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); equivalent to aden- + -oid. The noun is derived from ellipsis of tumeur adénoïde (“glandular tumor”). Pronunciation: /ˈad.ɪn.ɔɪd/, /ˈæd.əˌnɔɪd/, /ˈædˌnɔɪd/ 1. Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue. Labels: not-comparable, relational 2. Of or pertaining to the adenoids. Labels: not-comparable, relational 3. Relating to, affected with, or associated with abnormally enlarged adenoids. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: adenoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 19th century borrowing from French adénoïde, from New Latin adenoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δενοειδής (ădenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn, “gland”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); equivalent to aden- + -oid. The noun is derived from ellipsis of tumeur adénoïde (“glandular tumor”). Pronunciation: /ˈad.ɪn.ɔɪd/, /ˈæd.əˌnɔɪd/, /ˈædˌnɔɪd/ 1. an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children. 2. Such a mass when not abnormally enlarged, covered by ciliated epithelium and located in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula. Labels: plural-normally
Word: adenological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adenology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English adenological From adenology + -ical. 1. Pertaining to adenology (the study of glands).
Word: adenology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + -logy. 1. The part of physiology that deals with the glands. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: adenophyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adeno- + -phyllous. 1. Containing glands on the leaves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: addibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English addible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English addibility From addible + -ity. 1. Capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together. Labels: uncountable Example: 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, London: Thomas Basset, Book 2, Chapter 28 “Of Clear and Obscure, Distinct and Confused Ideas,” p. 168, […] we have no more a clear Idea of infinite Parts in Matter, then we have a clear Idea of an infinite Number, by being able still to add new Numbers to any assigned Number we have: endless Divisibility giving us no more a clear and distinct Idea of actually infinite Parts, than endless Addibility (if I may so speak) gives us a clear and distinct Idea of an actually infinite Number: Example: 1731, Edmund Law, Notes in his translation of An Essay on the Origin of Evil by William King, Cambridge: W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, Chapter 1, Section 3, p. 58, The generally receiv’d Notion of Eternity, as consisting in a continual addibility of successive Duration, is, I think, the very same thing as an infinite Series, and consequently liable to the same objections:
Word: addice Part of Speech: noun 1. An adze. Labels: archaic
Word: adderwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: adder + wort, as it was reputed to cure snakebite. 1. Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mammoth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obsolete Russian ма́мант (mámant), modern ма́монт (mámont), probably from a Uralic word, such as Proto-Mansi *mān-oŋt (“earth horn”). Possibly influenced by behemoth. Adjectival use was popularized in the early 1800s by references to the Cheshire Mammoth Cheese presented to American paleontologist and president Thomas Jefferson. Pronunciation: /ˈmæməθ/ 1. Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia. Example: Maimanto, as they say a sea elephant which is never seene, but accordinge to the Samuites he workes himselfe under grownde and so they finde his teeth or homes or bones in Pechore and Nova Zemla of which they […] Example: The Mammotovoy, which is dug out of the Earth in Siberia. 2. A mastodon. Labels: obsolete Example: Many of our readers will remember the skeleton of the American mammoth, now the Mastodonton, being exhibited in London by Mr. Rembrandt Peale. 3. Something very large of its kind. Labels: figuratively Example: The last load, as we Yankees say, was a "Mammoth": […] producing an aggregate of nearly twelve cords. Example: That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs. 4. A kind of large donkey. Example: Mammoths are taller than 54 inches. Each can carry up to 25% of its weight in combined tack, supplies, and rider.
Word: mammoth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From obsolete Russian ма́мант (mámant), modern ма́монт (mámont), probably from a Uralic word, such as Proto-Mansi *mān-oŋt (“earth horn”). Possibly influenced by behemoth. Adjectival use was popularized in the early 1800s by references to the Cheshire Mammoth Cheese presented to American paleontologist and president Thomas Jefferson. Pronunciation: /ˈmæməθ/ 1. Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic. Example: I recieved [sic] from the persons to whom the inclosed is directed, a present of a quarter of a Mammoth-veal which at 115. days old weighed 438. lb. Example: A baker in this city offers Mammoth bread for sale. We suppose that his gigantic loaves were baked at a Salt Lick, and perhaps […]
Word: apolaustic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπολαυστικός (apolaustikós, “enjoyable”). Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈlɔːstɪk/ 1. Dedicated to enjoyment. Labels: formal Example: When Trinity put him up in college—within four years he became a Fellow—there was no ‘Alan St. Aubyn’ apolausticity for him at all.
Word: recidivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French récidiviste, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ist. By surface analysis, recidive + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɪdɪvɪst/, /ɹɪˈsɪdəvɪst/ 1. One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits. Example: This specimen was of English parentage, was a professional burglar, a confirmed recidivist, and—since he habitually carried firearms—a potential homicide. Example: Persistent recidivists are "accidentally" left on the next habitable world. This practice of abandoning criminals on other people's planets is a point of friction between the quarians and the systems they pass through. Captains rarely have another choice; with space and resources at a premium, supporting a non-productive prison population is not an option.
Word: recidivist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French récidiviste, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ist. By surface analysis, recidive + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɪdɪvɪst/, /ɹɪˈsɪdəvɪst/ 1. Tending to fall back into prior habits, especially criminal habits. Example: To return to Macbeth, I should like to note another psychological intuition of [William] Shakespeare’s, which is that women commit fewer crimes than men; but when they commit them they are more cruel and more obstinately recidivist than men. Lady Macbeth, for example, is more inhumanly ferocious than her husband. Example: Court programs, a comparatively recent innovation in the rehabilitation of drunkenness offenders, originally stemmed from the interest of individual judges and magistrates concerned about the treadmill of waste among recidivist alcoholics.
Word: aspirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrātus. Pronunciation: /ˈæs.pəɹ.ət/, /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹət/, /ˈæs.pə.ɹɪt/ 1. The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant. 2. A sound produced by such a puff of air. Example: We now come to the so-called aspirate [h], which must be also classified as a fricative consonant. 3. A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Example: a. 1742, Richard Bentley, letter to Dr. Mead But we must correct then twenty authors who have it in the compound ἀπηθεῖν and ἀπήθημα ; and not (as the aspirate would require it) ἀφηθεῖν and αφήθημα 4. A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
Word: aspirate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrātus. Pronunciation: /ˈæs.pəɹ.eɪt/, /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹeɪt/, /ˈæs.pə.ɹeɪt/ 1. To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction. Labels: transitive Example: Scrape cells using a cell scraper and aspirate the resulting slurry into a 2.0-mL Eppendorf tube. 2. To inhale something other than air into one's lungs. Labels: transitive 3. To suffocate, having inhaled something other than air. Labels: intransitive Example: The autopsy found that the casualty had aspirated in her sleep. 4. To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English. Labels: ambitransitive Example: There is no doubt that the uncertainty about the letter H, which much defaces English in some classes of the community, is due entirely to Norman influence, for Frenchmen could not aspirate. Three words—hour, honor, heir, with compounds of them such as hourly, honourable, heirship, and the like, are quite enough to puzzle people who find H sometimes sounded, sometimes not.
Word: aspirate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrātus. Pronunciation: /ˈæs.pəɹ.ət/, /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹət/, /ˈæs.pə.ɹɪt/ 1. Synonym of aspirated. Example: […]and there was in Late Middle Bengali a tendency to drop aspiration of non-initial aspirate stops.
Word: GATT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (superseded by the World Trade Organisation (WTO)). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: According to a WTO panel, China’s additional duties were “inconsistent” with provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994. ¶ The panel also recommended that “China bring its WTO inconsistent measure into conformity with its obligations” under GATT.
Word: Odin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs. Doublet of Woden and Wotan. Related to English wode. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.dɪn/, /ˈoʊ.dɪn/ 1. A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica. Labels: Norse 2. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.
Word: allright Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of all right. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: That was allright, that still left 20¢ for the shoepolish, and he wasnt going to eat in the messhall anyway, and reading the comic book kept him from feeling embarrassed like he always did in the PX restaurant, and he still had the 20¢ for shoepolish. […] “I’m allright,” Pete said strangledly.
Word: upto Part of Speech: prep 1. Misspelling of up to. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: definately Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of definitely. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 2. Misspelling of defiantly. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: buisness Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of business. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: befor Part of Speech: prep 1. Misspelling of before. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: definate Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of definite. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pronounciation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1. Misspelling of pronunciation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 2. Obsolete form of pronunciation. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And nowe as touchying the ſeconde poynte whiche is to be bꝛefe and ſodayne without any maner of harſheneſſe in theyꝛ ꝓnoũciation / what conſonantes ſo euer they wꝛite in any woꝛde foꝛ the kepying of trewe oꝛthographie […]
Word: downto Part of Speech: prep 1. Misspelling of down to. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: none the less Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of nonetheless. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: For beauty and picturesqueness and sheer thrill these discoveries remain unmatched by those of any subsequent year. None the less, no one, not even Mr. Evans himself, ever expected that so much was to follow. Example: I none the less hold that [John Maynard Keynes'] insights were several orders more profound and realistic than those of his recent critics. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see none, the, less. Labels: not-comparable Example: These tales are written in an English dialect—none the less a dialect for that it lacks uniformity in the misplacement of aspirates, and lacks, too, strange words misunderstanded of the reader. Example: One likes him none the less—rather, one likes him the more; since its faults are due to his very virtues.
Word: addenda Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈdɛn.də/ 1. plural of addendum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -in' Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: G‐dropped pronunciation of -ing with /n/ instead of /ŋ/. It is inherited from Middle English -ynge, -inge, -yng, -ing, from two sources: * the Old English present participle suffix -ende; * the Old English verbal noun suffix -ung/-ing. The two Old English suffixes became confused in Middle English; although the exact mechanism of this confusion is disputed, -in' is probably derived from -ung/-ing with loss of /ɡ/ under low stress rather than from -ende. 1. Pronunciation spelling of -ing. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, morpheme, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
Word: wretched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wrecched (“(adjective) characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; (noun) miserable person”) [and other forms], from wrecche (“characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; base, contemptible, vile; reprehensible, wicked; miserly, stingy; of little importance, paltry, worthless”) (from Late Old English wrecc, from Old English wreċċa (“an exile, outcast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to follow, track; to hunt”)) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as wretch (“(obsolete) wretched”, adjective) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪd/, /ˈɹɛt͡ʃəd/ 1. Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable. Example: I felt wretched after my wife died. Example: Oh (men forlorne) how wretched is our ſtate, / Whome heaven and earth oppreſſe with heapes of hate! 2. Of an inferior or unworthy nature or social status; contemptible, lowly. Example: The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags. Example: I had been here ſooner, but that, vvretched man that I am! I ſlept in the Arbour that ſtands on the Hillſide; nay, I had notvvithſtanding that, been here much ſooner, but that in my ſleep I loſt my Evidence, and came vvithout it to the brovv of the Hill; and then feeling for it, and finding it not, I vvas forced vvith ſorrovv of heart, to go back to the place vvhere I ſlept my ſleep, vvhere I found it, and novv I am come. 3. Of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature; miserable, paltry, worthless. Example: I just lack the fine motor skill. Same reason I'm a grown man who doesn't know how to use a screwdriver without looking like a retard. Oh, I'm wretched. Example: All those wretched quarrels, in his humble opinion, stirring up bad blood – bump of combativeness or gland of some kind, erroneously supposed to be about a punctilio of honour and a flag, – were very largely a question of the money question which was at the back of everything, greed and jealousy, people never knowing when to stop. 4. Of a person, etc.: behaving in a manner causing contempt; base, despicable, wicked. Example: But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […] Example: A Heretic may see the truth and seek redemption. He may be forgiven his past and will be absolved in death. A Traitor can never be forgiven. A Traitor will never find peace in this world or the next. There is nothing as wretched or as hated in all the world as a Traitor. 5. Of weather: causing much discomfort; very unpleasant; miserable. 6. Used to express annoyance towards or dislike of someone or something: bloody, damned. Labels: informal Example: Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!
Word: social conservative Part of Speech: noun 1. One who favors a specific set of social policies, generally including opposition to birth control, abortion rights, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and sexual permissiveness, often based on a particular reading of Christian values. Labels: Canada, US
Word: Conservative party Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Conservative Party. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fiscal conservative Part of Speech: noun 1. One who favors a balanced budget, preferring spending cuts or tax increases to borrowing, and wants to decrease government size, and promote a free market.
Word: red state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the color red representing the Republican Party of the United States, and being a state (“subnational division, province”) that votes Republican. 1. A state of the United States voting Republican in a given election, tending to vote Republican in general, or having a typically conservative mindset. Labels: US
Word: blue state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of blue + state. From the color blue representing the Democratic Party of the United States, and being a state (“subnational division, province”) that votes Democratic. 1. A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: swing state Part of Speech: noun 1. A state which may vote Democratic or Republican, in a given election or generally. Labels: US
Word: purple state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of purple + state, modeled on blue state and red state. From purple being a blend of blue and red colors, where the color representing the Democratic Party of the United States is blue and that representing the Republican Party of the United States is red. 1. A swing state. Labels: US Example: “I have loved this purple state that I’ve grown up in,” said Mallerie Stromswold, a former Republican lawmaker who left the Legislature earlier this year after she clashed with party leaders over a series of proposed transgender bills and closed-door meetings, she said, devolved into yelling and name-calling.
Word: superceed Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of supersede. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: sexton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.stən/ 1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer. Example: The whole village poured out to gaze on these Asiatic princes, for such the old sexton, who had in his youth been at Moscow and Constantinople, said they were. Example: on that same night, Mr Haredale, having strongly bound his prisoner, with the assistance of the sexton, and forced him to mount his horse, conducted him to Chigwell 2. A sexton beetle.
Word: bookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bookmaker + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊki/, /ˈbɵkɪj/, /ˈbʉke/, /-kɪ/, /-ki/ 1. A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar. Labels: informal Example: ‘You won’t believe it,’ he [Fitz McGee] said. ‘Those dummies won’t let me scratch! The horse is gonna be odds‐on and I’ve got a chunk bet on him out of town. Never get the bookie call it off this late.’
Word: bookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊki/, /ˈbɵkɪj/, /ˈbʉke/, /-kɪ/, /-ki/ 1. Diminutive of book. Labels: diminutive, form-of, rare Example: […] although I had not felt the power of the truth on my own heart, yet I took particular care to read all the little bookies before I put them into the hands of the children. Example: When, under the old regime, after the sermon was over “little bookies” were handed round, with this title—“The Communion Office, according to the use of the Church of Scotland,” was this nothing more than a handing about of lies in right hands, because the English Office was not bound up with them?
Word: cookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊki/, /ˈkuːki/, /ˈkʉke/, /-kɪ/, /-ki/ 1. A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US 2. A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it. Labels: Commonwealth, UK 3. A bun. Labels: Scotland 4. An HTTP cookie. Labels: Internet 5. A magic cookie. 6. An attractive young woman. Labels: dated, slang 7. The vulva. Labels: euphemistic, slang, vulgar Example: a little girl was eating a cookie and spitting. “Do you have hair on your cookie?” “Don't be silly. I'm only eleven.” Example: Her legs hung over the edge and the large towel covered just enough of her lap to hide her 'cookie'. 8. The anus of a man. Labels: slang, vulgar 9. A piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie. Labels: slang 10. One's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents. Labels: in-plural, informal Example: I lost my cookies after that roller coaster ride. Example: I feel sick, like I'm about to toss my cookies. 11. Clipping of fortune cookie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal 12. A doughnut; a peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle. Labels: Northern-US
Word: cookie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊki/, /ˈkuːki/, /ˈkʉke/, /-kɪ/, /-ki/ 1. To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: We have already discussed the benefits — even the necessity — of cookieing visitors so that we can track their return visits to our Website. Example: At Oracle, they cookie you before and after you register.
Word: cookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cook + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊki/, /ˈkuːki/, /ˈkʉke/, /-kɪ/, /-ki/ 1. Affectionate name for a cook. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: More than a little apprehensive myself, I went out to the kitchen. Cookie, deep in a murder story, rocked peacefully beside the glowing range. Example: "You must show cookie here how grateful you are for all the trouble she's taken." The boy didn't move. "Go on, get on with it," the Trunchbull said. "Cut a slice and taste it. We haven't got all day."
Word: cookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of cucoloris. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊki/, /ˈkuːki/, /ˈkʉke/, /-kɪ/, /-ki/ 1. A cucoloris. Labels: slang
Word: magic cookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magic + cookie. First attested in c. 1979. 1. A token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs, used to identify a particular event or transaction; the data is typically not meaningful to the recipient program and not usually interpreted until the recipient passes the data back to the sender or another program at a later time.
Word: HTTP cookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From HTTP + magic cookie. 1. A packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwise stateless HTTP transactions, for example, to identify the user. Labels: Internet
Word: Wookiee Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʊki/ 1. A member of a fictional race of tall, hairy bipeds in the universe of the Star Wars motion pictures. Example: What's this guy tryinna [sic] disappear behind you, a Wookie? [sic] Example: I backed it out to the dirt road, and the door to the double-wide opened and a big guy, more Wookiee than human being, filled the doorway.
Word: gyratory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪ.təɹ.i/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹə.təɹ.i/ 1. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around. Example: In the late eighties and early nineties several new types of movable spans were advocated , including the pull-back draw, the jackknife span, the bob-tail swing, the horizontal-folding draw, the shearpole draw, the gyratory lift, the transbordeur, the double-cantilever swing, several types of bascule, and the vertical lift.
Word: gyratory Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪ.təɹ.i/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹə.təɹ.i/ 1. A large traffic roundabout with non-standard lane markings or priorities, or with buildings on the central island. Labels: UK
Word: hyperkeratosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English keratosis English hyperkeratosis From hyper- + keratosis. 1. Excess keratin formation on the skin surface, as can be seen in a number of dermatologic conditions.
Word: parakeratosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English keratosis English parakeratosis From para- + keratosis. 1. Retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum layer of skin.
Word: acanthosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acanth- + -osis (“diseased condition”). Pronunciation: /æˌkænˈθoʊ.sɪs/ 1. A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.
Word: spongiosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spongio- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English spongiosis From spongio- + -osis. 1. Intercellular edema of the epidermis. Labels: uncountable
Word: retractable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English retract Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English retractable From retract + -able. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈtɹæk.tɪ.bəl/, /ɹəˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/ 1. Capable of being retracted; retractile. Labels: not-comparable Example: Retractable steps and handrails are provided on each side of the cars. The steps, which are under the control of the guard, are operated by hand levers in the entrance vestibule. Example: Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock.
Word: retractable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English retract Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English retractable From retract + -able. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈtɹæk.tɪ.bəl/, /ɹəˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/ 1. A retractable pen. Example: Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]
Word: nitty-gritty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain origin; said to have been first used by black jazz musicians from the United States, the word is perhaps a reduplication of gritty (“resembling grit”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-) with alteration of the first syllable. An urban legend links the origin of the word to the debris remaining in the holds of slave ships after the slaves had been disembarked, but there is no evidence for this. The word is not attested early enough to have been associated with slavery. Pronunciation: /ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/, /ˈnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/, [-ɾi-] 1. The core or essence of something; the gist. Labels: also, attributive, colloquial, uncountable Example: He gave a short summary without getting into the nitty-gritty of the problem.
Word: nitty-gritty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Of uncertain origin; said to have been first used by black jazz musicians from the United States, the word is perhaps a reduplication of gritty (“resembling grit”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-) with alteration of the first syllable. An urban legend links the origin of the word to the debris remaining in the holds of slave ships after the slaves had been disembarked, but there is no evidence for this. The word is not attested early enough to have been associated with slavery. Pronunciation: /ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/, /ˈnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/, [-ɾi-] 1. Dealing with something in great depth. Labels: colloquial Example: 1976, United States. National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, Arthritis - Out of the Maze We deal with them at a very, very nitty gritty level, and we deal with the results of years and years of problems that they've had in the past.
Word: popular music Part of Speech: noun 1. Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in contrast to classical music and folk music. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Synonym of pop music. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ejective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English eject Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ejective From eject + -ive. Pronunciation: /iˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/ 1. Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ejective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eject Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ejective From eject + -ive. Pronunciation: /iˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/ 1. A nonpulmonic consonant formed by squeezing air trapped between the glottis and an articulator further forward, and releasing it suddenly.
Word: seducer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seduce + -er. 1. Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman. Example: But Ted Farrell couldn't stop; that armful of active girl was too much for the wise precautions of a seducer. He kept panting, "Don't be a nark, Cora," while struggling to hold her down. Example: Knox takes us through the lives of memorable seducers and their critics, in sometimes academic and sometimes rococo prose dappled with doges, coups de foudre, rakes, bawds, coquettes, coxcombs and procuresses — with guest appearances by members of the Frankfurt School sunning themselves in La Jolla.
Word: legion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish. Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to an allusive phrase in Mark 5:9, "My name is Legion, for we are many". Pronunciation: /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/, /ˈli.d͡ʒən/ 1. Numerous; vast; very great in number. Labels: not-comparable Example: Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion. Example: dissatisfied customers and their legion complaints
Word: legion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish. Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to an allusive phrase in Mark 5:9, "My name is Legion, for we are many". Pronunciation: /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/, /ˈli.d͡ʒən/ 1. The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops. Labels: Ancient-Rome 2. A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery, including historical units such as the British Legion, and present-day units such as the Spanish Legion and the French Foreign Legion. 3. A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia. Example: Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers. 4. A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion. 5. A large number of people; a multitude. Example: Their complicated affairs are managed by a legion of accountants. Example: With all due respect to Aaron, every era seems to have had its legion of wrongdoers and shortcutters who used whatever science was available to get an edge. 6. A great number. Labels: often, plural Example: where one Sin has entered, Legions will force their Way through the fame Breach. Example: Afternoon TV mainstays like Leila Benitez and Bobby Ledesma of Darigold Jamboree gradually gave way to teenage loveteams Vi and Bot and Guy and Pip who had legions of fans watching their shows and movies and listening to their records. 7. A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class. Labels: dated
Word: legion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish. Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to an allusive phrase in Mark 5:9, "My name is Legion, for we are many". Pronunciation: /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/, /ˈli.d͡ʒən/ 1. To form into legions. Labels: transitive
Word: chav Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably of Angloromani origin. Compare Romani chavi (“male child”) or ćhavo, shavo (“female child”), chal (“boy”), chavvy (“mate, friend”), compare Swedish tjej; possibly cognate with Portuguese chavalo, Spanish chaval, German Chabo, Russian чувак (čuvak), Hungarian csávó. See also charva. Derivations from council-housed and violent, Cheltenham average (and similar) are folk-etymological backronyms. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæv/ 1. A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, offensive Example: Lyrical staff / Never could they ever take me for a chav / Scholar in the English, scholar in the Math / Dizzee ain't no riff raff Example: His book concerns ‘chavs’, a supposed underclass of ill-educated, fast-breeding, violent and amoral poor people currently plaguing Britain.
Word: dadgum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Mostly a spoonerism of goddamn. Pronunciation: /ˈdædˈɡʌm/ 1. Euphemistic form of goddamned. Labels: US, euphemistic, form-of Example: We wore the dadgummest colors you ever seen in your life. Example: God bless the Army and God bless our liberty / And dadgum the rest of it all
Word: dadgum Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Mostly a spoonerism of goddamn. Pronunciation: /ˈdædˈɡʌm/ 1. Euphemistic form of goddamned. Labels: US, euphemistic, form-of Example: It's just too dadgum hot to run in the park.
Word: dadgum Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Mostly a spoonerism of goddamn. Pronunciation: /ˈdædˈɡʌm/ 1. Euphemistic form of goddammit. Labels: US, euphemistic, form-of
Word: procreate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/ 1. To beget or conceive (offsprings). Labels: transitive 2. To originate, create or produce. Labels: transitive 3. To reproduce. Labels: intransitive
Word: procreate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/ 1. Procreated, begotten. Labels: obsolete Example: And furthermore, since many inconveniences have fallen, as well within this realm as in others, by reason of marrying within degrees of marriage prohibited by God's laws, that is to say, the son to marry the mother, or the stepmother, the brother the sister, the father his son's daughter, or his daughter's daughter, or the son to marry the daughter of his father procreate and born by his stepmother, or the son to marry his aunt, being his father's or mother's sister, or to marry his uncle's wife, or the father to marry his son's wife, or the brother to marry his brother's wife, or any man to marry his wife's daughter, or his wife's son's daughter, or his wife's daughter's daughter, or his wife's sister; […] Example: Some of these Kings, dying without procreate Heires.
Word: procreate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/ 1. The produce of money, interest. Labels: obsolete Example: If the Paiment be half Yearly or Quarterly […] let the Log. of the Yearly Procreat be multiplied accordingly, by ¹⁄₃ or ¹⁄₂.
Word: mobisode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mobile + episode. 1. An episode of a television drama series condensed and broadcast to cellular phones. 2. An episode of content (fiction or non-fiction) that has been created to be viewed with a cellular phone, or over the Internet; usually between thirty seconds and five minutes in length. Labels: Internet
Word: diacritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *krinyétider. Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós) Ancient Greek δῐᾰκρῐτῐκός (dĭăkrĭtĭkós)lbor. English diacritic Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρῑ́νω (diakrī́nō, “to distinguish, separate”), from δια- (dia-, “between”) + κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “I separate, distinguish”). Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/, [ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪɾɪk], /ˌdɑɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/, [ˌdɑɪəˈkɹɪɾɪk] 1. Distinguishing. 2. Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diacritic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *krinyétider. Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós) Ancient Greek δῐᾰκρῐτῐκός (dĭăkrĭtĭkós)lbor. English diacritic Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρῑ́νω (diakrī́nō, “to distinguish, separate”), from δια- (dia-, “between”) + κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “I separate, distinguish”). Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/, [ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪɾɪk], /ˌdɑɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/, [ˌdɑɪəˈkɹɪɾɪk] 1. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning. 2. A letter added to another letter serving a similar indicative function. Example: A notable feature in N is the frequent oa spellings […] The a is here a diacritic which is meant to distinguish /ɔ̄/ from /ō/ on the model of the distinction ea /ǣ/—e /ē/ in the AB texts.
Word: unleavened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Vulgar Latin *levāmender. Old French levainbor. Middle English levayn English leaven English leavened English unleavened From un- + leavened (adjective). Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɛvn̩d/, /ˌʌnˈlɛvənd/ 1. Without any yeast or other raising agent. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: They were eating unleavened bread.
Word: diacritical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *krinyétider. Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós) Ancient Greek δῐᾰκρῐτῐκός (dĭăkrĭtĭkós)lbor. English diacritic English -al English diacritical From diacritic + -al. 1. Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction. 2. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic. Example: The reduplicated forms and the fineness of the diacritical strokes, render his book troublesome to the reader Example: California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).
Word: diacritical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *krinyétider. Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós) Ancient Greek δῐᾰκρῐτῐκός (dĭăkrĭtĭkós)lbor. English diacritic English -al English diacritical From diacritic + -al. 1. Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent). Example: This is often the case when diacriticals are written at the end of the word - the last character ends, but there is still some ink in the original writing order that should have been used up in the course of processing the various t's, i's, and apostrophes in the body of the word.
Word: addable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English add Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English addable From add + -able. 1. Alternative spelling of addible. Labels: alt-of, alternative