nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: decollate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dēcollātus, perfect passive participle of dēcollō (“to behead”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + collum (“neck”) + -ō. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɒleɪt/, /ˈdɛkəleɪt/ 1. To behead. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: decollate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1967; from de- + collate. Pronunciation: /diːkəˈleɪt/, /ˈdɛkəleɪt/ 1. To separate the copies of a multipart computer printout. Labels: transitive
Word: decollate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin dēcollātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkələt/ 1. Tapering to a blunt end. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chikan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 痴漢. 1. Any act of public molestation or offense, usually of a sexual nature, against unsuspecting victims. 2. A person, usually a man, who rubs against or gropes others, usually women, in crowds, often in trains, to attain sexual pleasure.
Word: chikan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi चिकन (cikan). 1. A form of Indian cotton embroidery that is associated with the Lucknow area. Labels: uncountable Example: A collection of Calcutta chikan-work. Sent by Patna Chikanwala and Sons of Taltala, Calcutta Example: For many reasons, certain chikan stitches are not stem stiches or satin stitches —not even the technique is commensurate. 2. An item (such as a sari, bedspread, cushion cover, etc) that is made with chikan embroidery. Labels: countable Example: More and more people in India and abroad are getting familiar with the exquisite embroidered chikans of Lucknow, embroidered by the delicate and clever fingers of about 4000 ladies in and around the old city. Example: Hetal's family sends her suitcasefuls of exquisite Lucknow chikans, all in white.
Word: decollator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decollate + -or. 1. a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper
Word: frotteurist Part of Speech: noun 1. A frotteur. Example: ... frotteurist is a helpless victim in the clutches of his obsession, but it's equally possible that he's simply a bored creep looking for a cheap thrill . Perhaps the fuguist is in psychological flight from a memory that cannot be borne[…] Example: ... frotteurist is one who becomes sexually aroused by bumping against others. It can be very difficult to detect if one has been victimized by a frotteurist because they tend to hangout in crowded places like subways or elevators[…]
Word: multipart Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English part English multipart From multi- + part. 1. having multiple parts Labels: not-comparable 2. of computer printout that is printed in multiple copies on paper having two or four continuous sheets rolled together with interleaving carbon paper; after printing it is separated on a decollator Labels: not-comparable
Word: as the actress said to the bishop Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the occupation of actress was commonly associated with prostitute. The phrase plays on the contrasting natures of an actress or prostitute on one hand and a presumably (although possibly not actually) chaste bishop on the other. 1. Used to highlight a sexual ambiguity in an innocent remark. Labels: UK, humorous Example: Heavens, that's a big one – as the actress said to the bishop. Example: The important thing was where you do it, not what you do (as the actress said to the bishop)
Word: double entendre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to Merriam-Webster and OED, from rare and obsolete French double entendre, which literally meant "double meaning" and was used in the senses of "double understanding" or "ambiguity", but acquired its current suggestive twist after being first used in English in 1673 by John Dryden. From French double (“double”) + entendre (“to understand, to mean”). The phrase has not been used in French for centuries and would be ungrammatical in modern French. The closest modern equivalents are double sens, which often has (but not always) the suggestiveness of the English expression, and sous-entendu which implies a subtext. Pronunciation: /dubl ɑ̃tɑ̃ːdɹ/, /dʌbəl ɒnˈtɒndɹə/, /dʌbəl ɑnˈtɑndrə/ 1. A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo. Labels: rhetoric Example: Avoid all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean and indelicate mind. Example: It is a momentous crusade without the cross; and an insidious one, for the calumnies and double entendre against the church are well wrapped up and keenly distributed.
Word: risqué Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French risqué (“risky”), an adjective use of the past participle of risquer (“to put at risk; to risk”), from risque (“risk”, noun) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Risque is derived from Old Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio), possibly a deverbal from resecare or from Vulgar Latin *resecum, both from Latin resecō (“to cut loose or off, etc.”), from re- (intensifying prefix) + secō (“to cut; to cut off”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut; to cut off, sever”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪskeɪ/, /ɹɪsˈkeɪ/, /ɹiː-/, /ɹəˈskeɪ/, /ɹɪ-/ 1. Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate. Example: [S]he was angry with herself; and, for that, sang the more loudly the most wicked and risqué of her slang songs, that gave the morals of a Messalina in the language of a fish-wife, and yet had an inalienable, mischievous, contagious, dauntless French grace in it withal. Example: Never blame society,—it buys books! Now if you could write a smart love-story, slightly risqué,—even a little more than risqué for that matter; that is the sort of thing that suits the present age.
Word: indelicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English delicate English indelicate From in- + delicate. 1. Improper or immodest. Example: As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, when "funk" and "funky" were used increasingly in the context of jazz music, the terms still were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company. 2. Coarse or tasteless. 3. Tactless or undiplomatic. Example: Schuetz acknowledges that he knew about the Dale Barbre murder investigation as it was reported in GCN. Yet the Barbre murder saga provided only the skeleton — if I may be forgiven the indelicate word choice — for the story they concoct.
Word: impropriety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety. Pronunciation: /ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/ 1. The condition of being improper. Labels: uncountable Example: If so many ladies of rank wrote books, there could be no impropriety in her following their example,... Example: To see the impropriety of this noninformative prior, note that the posterior results (2.19)–(2.22) can be justified by as [sic] combining the likelihood function with the following ‘prior density’: […] 2. An improper act. Labels: countable Example: Bayh and his supporters ended up maintaining that it was no longer sufficient that a nominee had not engaged in any impropriety; now there must be no "appearance" of impropriety. Thus opponents of a nominee could raise an "appearance" of impropriety by false charges and thereby defeat him. It was a vicious circle: the nominee would not be condemned for what he had done but for what he had been accused of having done by his detractors. 3. Improper language. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ankh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Egyptian anx-Z1 (ꜥnḫ, “life, to live, symbol for life”). Pronunciation: /æŋk/, /ɑ(ː)ŋk/ 1. A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ (“life”) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept. Example: On temple wall paintings, the ankh is often seen being carried by gods who hold it up to the nose of the pharaoh. This gesture symbolizes the offering of the "breath of life" or eternity. Sometimes the pharaoh is also depicted with a stream of water in the form of ankhs being poured over him during a purification ritual. Example: The ankh combines the male and female sexual symbols: a female oval surmounting a male cross. It was also called the Key of the Nile, and was said to represent the sacred marriage between the God and Goddess which took place each year at the source of the Nile before the river flooded. Egyptians regarded the ankh as a universal life charm. 2. A tau cross.
Word: ankhs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ankh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treacherous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French trecheros, tricheros (“deceitful”), equivalent to treacher + -ous. See treacher. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹəs/, /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹəs/ 1. Exhibiting treachery. Example: I see the wife misused by her husband, I see the treacherous seducer of young women, / I mark the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited love attempted to be hid […] 2. Deceitful; inclined to betray. 3. Unreliable; dangerous. Example: a treacherous mountain trail Example: Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.
Word: treachery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/, /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹi/ 1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song. 2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Treason. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An act or instance of treachery. Labels: countable Example: These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.
Word: luminosity distance Part of Speech: noun 1. An estimate of the distance of a body based on its luminosity and the inverse square law.
Word: rhododendron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The obsolete sense derives from Latin rhododendron (“oleander”), from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”). The modern sense comes through the intermediary of the genus name Rhododendron, not closely related taxonomically, but with similar flowers to those of oleander. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/ 1. Oleander (Nerium oleander). Labels: obsolete 2. Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron. Example: Rhododendrons and azaleas are plants of temperate regions, the grandest lilies are from temperate Japan, and a large proportion of our most showy flowering plants are natives of the Himalayas, of the Cape, of the United States, of Chili, or of China and Japan, all temperate regions. 3. Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron. Labels: UK
Word: passerine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjective sense 1 is borrowed from New Latin Passer (“bird genus”) (from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly (in the sense of spreading out wings)”)) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Adjective sense 2 is borrowed from New Latin passerinus (“bird species”) + English -ine. Passerinus is derived from Latin passerīnus (“of or fit for sparrows”), from passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The noun is borrowed from New Latin Passerinae (“former order of birds”), a calque of French passereaux, the plural of passereau (“sparrow; passerine (bird of the order Passeriformes)”), from Latin passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -eau (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns, specifically the names of young animals). Cognates * French passerin (“sparrowlike”) (obsolete), Provençal French passerine (“passerine whitethroat, a bird from order Passeriformes”) Pronunciation: /ˈpæsəɹaɪn/, /-ɹən/, /-ɹiːn/, /ˈpæsəˌɹaɪn/ 1. Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which are generally anisodactyl (“having three toes pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching”). Labels: not-comparable 2. Chiefly in the former names of some birds: approximately the size of a sparrow. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: passerine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adjective sense 1 is borrowed from New Latin Passer (“bird genus”) (from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly (in the sense of spreading out wings)”)) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Adjective sense 2 is borrowed from New Latin passerinus (“bird species”) + English -ine. Passerinus is derived from Latin passerīnus (“of or fit for sparrows”), from passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The noun is borrowed from New Latin Passerinae (“former order of birds”), a calque of French passereaux, the plural of passereau (“sparrow; passerine (bird of the order Passeriformes)”), from Latin passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -eau (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns, specifically the names of young animals). Cognates * French passerin (“sparrowlike”) (obsolete), Provençal French passerine (“passerine whitethroat, a bird from order Passeriformes”) Pronunciation: /ˈpæsəɹaɪn/, /-ɹən/, /-ɹiːn/, /ˈpæsəˌɹaɪn/ 1. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species. Example: If we examine the names of the Orders of Birds, we find that they are in Latin, […] We might venture to anglicize the terminations of the names which Cuvier gives to the divisions of these Orders: thus the Predators are the Diurnals and the Nocturnals; the Passerines are the Dentirostres, the Fissirostres, the Conirostres, the Tenuirostres, and the Syndactyls: the word lustre showing that the former termination is allowable.
Word: mayfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From May + fly. Compare Saterland Frisian Moaifljooge (“blowfly”). 1. Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults. Example: While some animals take months to reproduce, mayfly need just one perfect day. Example: [A] silver fish clooped a lazy arc downstream, not really caring that the mayfly were out of reach; […] 2. Characterized by a short duration; short-lived. Labels: attributive, figuratively Example: Dipping a French fry in her tomato ketchup, she admits that her name recognition could be higher. But it did spike a year ago during the mayfly premiership of Liz Truss.
Word: caddis fly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier caddis (“larva of the caddis fly”) + fly. 1. Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams.
Word: Kammer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor. Latin camerabor. Proto-West Germanic *kamarā Old High German kamara Middle High German kamerbor. German Kammerbor. English Kammer Borrowed from German Kammer. 1. A surname from German.
Word: stonefly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stone + fly. 1. Any of the freshwater aquatic insects in the order Plecoptera.
Word: common green lacewing Part of Speech: noun 1. a particular species of green insect in the order Neuroptera, Chrysoperla carnea 2. a member of the genus Chrysoperla in general (the common green lacewing genus)
Word: webinar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Web + seminar. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑː/, /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑɹ/, /ˈweb.əˌnɐː/, /ˈwɛb.əˌnaɹ/, /ˈweb.iˌnaːʳ/ 1. An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing. Example: I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources. Example: Web conferences or Webinars are a great way to learn about products or subjects of interest.
Word: waffling Part of Speech: noun 1. A repetitive speech or response to a question.
Word: waffling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of waffle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer.
Word: flesh fly Part of Speech: noun 1. any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion
Word: flower-fly Part of Speech: noun 1. the hover-fly
Word: Boglin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A marketing coinage, apparently combining goblin and bog. 1. Any of a family of grotesque rubbery hand puppets.
Word: hover-fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hoverfly; any insect, of the Syrphidae family, having wasp-like markings Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: lacewing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lace + wing. Possibly a calque of translingual Neuroptera. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪs.wɪŋ/ 1. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera. Example: We recently proposed a new genus of Thorny Lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae) from the Eocene amber of France. Example: The family Rachiberothidae has been of considerable controversy and has been considered at different times during its history as a subfamily of Berothidae (Tjeder, 1959), or even of Mantispidae (Willmann, 1990b, 1004b). The "thorny lacewings" generally resemble other berothids except in the raptorial forelegs, which are convergent with those of the mantispids. While thorny lacewings are today confined to sub-Saharan Africa (U. Aspock and Mansell, 1994; U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck, 1997), they were clearly distributed throughout the world in the Cretaceous and perhaps into the Tertiary as well, disappearing from other regions apparently during the Eocene-Oligocene transition. 2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).
Word: elapse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlæps/ 1. To pass or move by. Labels: intransitive Example: He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work. Example: Several days elapsed before they met again.
Word: elapsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of elapse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: elapsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of elapse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fruit fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue. 2. Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research. 3. A woman who enjoys the company of homosexual men. Labels: slang Example: Dan Valentine works as a bartender in a pissy and discreet Boston Village gay bar called "Bonaparte's". Clarisse is a chi-chi phruit phly who occasionally puts in time pushing real estate in fash Back Bay and the South End.
Word: JCR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of junior common room (in British universities). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JCR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Java Content Repository. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Obst Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Obst. 1. A surname from German.
Word: firewall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + wall. Compare West Frisian brânmuorre, Dutch brandmuur, German Brandmauer, Feuermauer, Swedish brandvägg, brandmur, Icelandic eldvegg. The verb sense for using maximum power or acceleration comes from the engine's firewall being the limit of forward movement of the throttle controls on many simpler vehicles; thus, to get the maximum engine output, one would push the throttle levers or pedal all the way to the firewall. The politics sense is a calque of German Brandmauer. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪə.wɔəl/, /ˈfaɪ.əˌwɔːl/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌwɔl/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌwɑl/ 1. A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle. 2. The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat. 3. A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon. 4. An ethical wall; an organizational or legal separation between two entities that might otherwise cause conflicts of interest. Example: The book explains this in Adam Hochberg's (@adamhochberg) chapter discussing the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism's concerns related to non-profit news organizations: donor transparency, editorial independence, the firewall between journalism and fundraising, and conflicts of interest. 5. An unwritten agreement among major political parties to refuse to govern or cooperate with national conservative and ultranationalist parties. Labels: Germany, especially Example: "Honest government must be preceded by honest negotiations," Mr Kickl said when Austria's president tasked him with beginning coalition talks after the centrist firewall failed. Example: Other firewalls have fallen around Europe, including in the Netherlands, Hungary and Italy. In Austria, the hard-right Freedom Party has been part of federal coalitions and appeared set to lead its next government, before negotiations with a center-right party collapsed this week.
Word: firewall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fire + wall. Compare West Frisian brânmuorre, Dutch brandmuur, German Brandmauer, Feuermauer, Swedish brandvägg, brandmur, Icelandic eldvegg. The verb sense for using maximum power or acceleration comes from the engine's firewall being the limit of forward movement of the throttle controls on many simpler vehicles; thus, to get the maximum engine output, one would push the throttle levers or pedal all the way to the firewall. The politics sense is a calque of German Brandmauer. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪə.wɔəl/, /ˈfaɪ.əˌwɔːl/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌwɔl/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌwɑl/ 1. To protect with a firewall. Labels: transitive 2. To block with a firewall. Labels: transitive 3. To use maximum engine power or acceleration. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: GPRS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of General Packet Radio Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: snakefly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snake + fly. 1. Any insect of the order Raphidioptera. Example: Although sexual behavior is not well studied in the order, observations exist for members of both snakefly families. Example: Adult snakeflies stalk their prey in a manner similar to snakes. When an insect comes within reach, the snakefly will strike, catching the victim with its jaws.
Word: scorpionfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scorpion + fly. 1. Any insect of the family Panorpidae, having a curved tail rather like a scorpion. 2. The insect order Mecoptera or superorder Mecopterida.
Word: water scorpion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any long-legged aquatic insect of the family Nepidae, commonly in temperate Europe of species Nepa cinerea.
Word: Hummel Part of Speech: noun 1. Hummel figurine
Word: backbiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bakbitere, bakbytere, bacbitere, equivalent to backbite + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.baɪt.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈbæk.baɪt.ɚ/, [ˈbæk.baɪɾ.ɚ] 1. A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing. Example: […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […] Example: She better not hear none of them old backbiters talking about her husband!
Word: soldier fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps. Example: Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory.
Word: sole proprietor Part of Speech: noun 1. The person who owns and controls a sole proprietorship.
Word: general partnership Part of Speech: noun 1. A business partnership in which each partner is liable for the firm's debts.
Word: housefly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”), Faroese húsfluga (“housefly”). 1. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings. 2. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings. Example: Of the three potential means (carriage on the body and legs, regurgitation and defecation) by which houseflies can transmit pathogens, one involves passage through the gut. During passage through the housefly, pathogens may replicate within the gut. Example: In the housefly, M. domestica, sex pheromone production is correlated with egg development.
Word: anatta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pali anattan, from Sanskrit अनात्मन् (anātman, “no soul”), from अन्- (an-, “non-, un-, a-”) + आत्मन् (ātman, “soul”). 1. The idea that there is no separate self or soul; egolessness. One of the three marks of existence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The texts indicate that when the Buddha's first disciples heard about anatta, their hearts were filled with joy and they immediately experienced Nirvana.
Word: anatta Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of annatto. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: philippic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin philippicus, from Ancient Greek φιλιππικός (philippikós), from Φίλιππος (Phílippos, “lover of horses”), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”). Pronunciation: /fɪˈlɪpɪk/ 1. Any of the discourses of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, defending the liberty of Athens. Example: […] the Bema, from whence Demosthenes thundered his philippics and fired the wavering patriotism of his countrymen. 2. Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation. Labels: broadly Example: Mrs. Ferrars looked exceedingly angry, and drawing herself up more stiffly than ever, pronounced in retort this bitter phillipic; “Miss Morton is Lord Morton’s daughter.” Example: "Sir Robert Akhurst is a good man, a very good man, notwithstanding his philippic; but he is an old one, which makes all the difference."
Word: elevate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French élevé. Pronunciation: /ˈɛləvət/ 1. Elevated, raised aloft. Labels: obsolete Example: 1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, Henry VII, year 6, The sayde crosse was .iii. tymes deuoutly eleuate, and at euery exaltacion, ye Moores beyng within the cytie, roared, howled and cryed, Example: Others apart sat on a Hill retir’d, In thoughts more elevate,
Word: extraction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹækʃən/ 1. The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. 3. A person's origin or ancestry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. ... 4. The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The removal of a tooth from its socket. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The extraction yield of a brewed coffee. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: extracting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of extract Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: displeasure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French desplaisir, equivalent to dis- + pleasure. See displease. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈplɛʒə/, /dɪsˈplɛʒɚ/ 1. A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans. 2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Hast thou delight to see a wretched man / Do outrage and displeasure to himself? 3. A state of disgrace or disfavour. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [King Lear] charged me, on pain of their perpetual displeasure, neither to speak of him [Edgar], entreat for him, nor any way sustain him. Example: [H]ee went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for ouermuch familiaritie with a kinswoman of his.
Word: displeasure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French desplaisir, equivalent to dis- + pleasure. See displease. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈplɛʒə/, /dɪsˈplɛʒɚ/ 1. To displease or offend. Labels: archaic
Word: motor mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of motormouth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wīten (“to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect”), Old English wītan (“to look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Connected to Old English wīte, see below. Pronunciation: /waɪt/ 1. To regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault. Example: [H]e gan fovvly vvyte / His vvicked fortune, that had turnd aſlope, / And curſed night, that reſt from him ſo goodly ſcope. 2. To censure (someone); to mulct; to reproach. Example: [U]niuſtly thou doeſt vvyte them all, / For that vvhich thou miſlikedſt in a fevv. 3. To guard (something); to keep; to observe, preserve, or protect.
Word: wite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wite (“guilt, blameworthiness, blame, wrongdoing, misdeed, offense, punishment, retribution, fine, bote, customary rent”), from Old English wīte (“punishment, pain, torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”). Pronunciation: /waɪt/ 1. Blame; responsibility; guilt. Example: Nor I will not suffer mine indignation so to witwanton with fair justice as persuade me to put the wite on Witchland. 2. Punishment; penalty; fine; bote; mulct.
Word: wite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English witen, from Old English wītan (“to see, accuse, go, depart”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”). Pronunciation: /waɪt/ 1. To go; go away; depart; perish; vanish. Labels: poetic
Word: codfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cod + fish. 1. A cod (any of various fish, especially the Atlantic cod). Labels: countable Example: Codfish include ten families with more than 200 species. Almost all live in cold salt water in the Northern Hemisphere. Cod were thought to have developed into their current forms about 120 million years ago in the Tethys Sea, a tropical sea that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all other oceans. Eventually the Tethys merged with a northern sea, and the cod became a fish of the North Atlantic. Later, when a land bridge between Asia and North America broke, cod found their way into the northern Pacific. In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the fins. 2. The flesh of a cod as food. Labels: uncountable
Word: tilapia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Tswana tlhapider. taxonomic name Tilapialbor. English tilapia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Tilapia, from Tswana tlhapi (“fish”). The drag race slang usage is a reference to the comment by Gia Gunn on entering Ru Paul's Drag Race (season 6) "Just landed like fresh tilapia". Pronunciation: /təˈlɑːpiə/, /tɪˈlɑːpiə/, /tɪˈlæpiə/ 1. Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide. Example: Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron On tilapia fishcakes and fried black swan. 2. A fishy (resembling a cisgender woman) drag queen; a drag queen who could pass for a woman, as opposed to one who is exaggeratedly feminine. Example: Vietnamese tilapia Plastique Tiara was at the forefront of one of Drag Race's most controversial eliminations earlier this year. Although the Texan performer and biological woman was leaving us gooped week-after-week with her runways, she was – spoiler alert! – eliminated in eighth place after lip-syncing against Miss Vanjie, despite having a better track record.
Word: neep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶπῠ (nâpŭ)der. Latin nāpusbor. Old English nǣp Middle English neep English neep From Middle English neep, from Old English nǣp (“turnip, rape”), borrowed from Latin nāpus. Compare Icelandic næpa (“turnip”). Cognate with English turnip. 1. The swede (rutabaga); turnip. Labels: Scotland Example: Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […]
Word: rearguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rear + guard. Attested in The Song of Roland c. 1150 (rereguarde). Doublet of retrogarde. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪəɹˌɡɑɹd/ 1. The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force. Labels: attributive, often 2. The defence, collectively the defenders. Labels: attributive, often Example: Mancini's side only showed enough ambition when it was too late and by then battle lines were drawn as James Collins and former City captain Richard Dunne fought a magnificent rearguard action at the heart of Villa's defence.
Word: Glasnevin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Irish Glas Naeidhe 1. A parish about two miles north of the City of Dublin, Ireland, known for its cemetery (Irish grid ref O 1437). 2. An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70, Saskatchewan, Canada. 3. A rural locality in North Canterbury, New Zealand.
Word: glagol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Church Slavonic глаголъ (glagolŭ). 1. Name of the letter g in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. Labels: alt-of, letter, name, uncountable
Word: dead ringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See ringer (“substitute”) and ring the changes 1. Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another. Labels: idiomatic Example: He is a dead ringer for his grandfather at that age. Example: Hey, er, anybody ever tell you you're a dead ringer for…
Word: bez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bezantler. Pronunciation: /bɛz/ 1. The second tine of an antler's beam.
Word: bez Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /biːz/ 1. first-person plural simple present of be Labels: dialectal, first-person, form-of, nonstandard, plural, present Example: We bez run to 'da good bad white man. He gonna fire 'da ova bad white man. If 'da bad white man cain't sayz be^([sic]) niggas bez stupid in 'da heaad, wif' low iq an' shit, 'dat mus' mean we bez humans. 2. third-person plural simple present of be Labels: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, plural, present, third-person Example: 'They bez goin' like der Tyfel,' Example: >>>>>>> "[…]They are not rotting someplace in hell, they bez right >>>>>>> here >>>>>>> whining wif us."
Word: ghostwrite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from ghostwriter. 1. To write under the name of another (especially literary works). Labels: intransitive Example: Mariana would rather not ghostwrite for a living because she finds it a thankless task. 2. To author a literary work or speech in the place of another. Labels: transitive Example: The president has someone to ghostwrite his addresses. Example: Before I read her book, I wondered if it had been ghostwritten, like many such books.
Word: novi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of novice. 1. A new pupil. Labels: slang Example: In part it is sensible, requiring a novi to know names of masters, whereabouts of rooms, colours of houses and so on.
Word: catarrh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English catarre, from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos), which is derived from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “to flow down”), which is composed of κατά (katá, “down”) and ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). Pronunciation: /kəˈtɑɹ/ 1. Inflammation of a mucous membrane. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach. Example: Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever […] 2. Inflammation of a mucous membrane. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He coughed violently and spat out the catarrh irritating his throat. 3. Inflammation of a mucous membrane. Labels: broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable
Word: eudicot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a back-formation from eudicots, short for eudicotyledons, from the New Latin coinage eudicotylēdōn, from the Ancient Greek components εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + δι- (di-, “two”) + κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn, “cup-shaped cavity”); equivalent to eu- (“true”) + dicot. Pronunciation: /ˈju.dɪ.kat/ 1. A member of the eudicots.
Word: flaughter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɔː.tə/, /ˈflɔtɚ/ 1. A flat spade used in peat cutting.
Word: phthisis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”), from φθίω (phthíō, “to waste away”). Pronunciation: /ˈ(f)θaɪsɪs/, /ˈtaɪsɪs/ 1. An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: For some months to my becoming acquainted with him, his physicians had declared him in a confirmed phthisis. It was his custom, indeed, to speak calmly of his approaching dissolution, as a matter neither to be avoided nor regretted. Example: Tired from his journey and his chronic lung weakness, which he had saved from turning to phthisis by winter sojourns in Egypt, he was yet goodhumoured enough when his deputy reported the arrival of a gang of Jews who wanted judgment on something or someone.
Word: acquis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from acquis communautaire: French acquis (“that has been acquired or obtained”) + communautaire (“of the community”). Pronunciation: /aˈkiː/, /ɑˈki/ 1. Ellipsis of acquis communautaire. Labels: uncountable Example: Despite the clarity with which this principle has been reiterated, most applicants believe that their own circumstances are unique and deserve an equality of respect, even when this might challenge a principle of at least part of the acquis. The UK, for example, believed that its wider trading links merited special consideration. The realisation that such consideration would not be forthcoming was particularly humiliating, given that the UK had been invited to participate in forming the acquis in 1955–57. Example: [T]he process of absorption of the EU Internal Market acquis by the new EU member states (Hungary and Estonia, e.g. completed their alignment wih the Internal Market acquis within three years) is not feasible for the Moldovan economy, at least in the following three to five years. 2. Ellipsis of acquis communautaire. Labels: uncountable Example: Acquis is a French term meaning "that which has been agreed". In the context of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) means that the negotiations should start from the point at which […] the COMESA, EAC and SADC trade negotiations have reached. Tariff negotiations and the exchange of tariff concessions would be among Member/Partner States of the Tripartite FTA that have no preferential arrangements in place between them. This will both preserve the acquis and build on it.
Word: neeps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neep Labels: form-of, plural 2. mashed swede (called "turnip" in Scotland), especially when served with tatties (potatoes) and haggis. Labels: Scotland
Word: haggis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English hagis (“haggis”), from hag, haggen (“to chop, cut, hack; to cut into”) (from Old Norse hǫggva (“to hew”)), or from hakken (“to chop, hack; to dice, mince”) (from Old English hēawan (“to chop, hew; to dice, mince”)), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew; to beat, strike; to forge”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡɪs/, /ˈhaɡɪs/ 1. A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: HAGGESS, haggas, or haggis, ſort d'appret fait avec des herbes, du larde caupé menu, des épices, des œufs, & du fromage, le tout mis enſemble & bouilli dans une panſe de brebis. Example: I congratulate the Caledonians on the acquiſition of this new Saint, but wonder if the German crows were ſo civil to refrain from ſo ſavoury a Scotch haggiſs.
Word: haggis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdʒis/, /ˈhɑd͡ʒis/ 1. plural of haggi (“one who has participated in a hajj”) (alternative spelling of hajjis). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gfx Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of graphics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, plural, plural-only
Word: luncheon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier lunching, of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from an earlier *lumpchin, *lumpchen, a diminutive of lump (“chunk, parcel of food, lunch”), thus related to lunch. It is unclear which came first: whether lunch is a shortening of luncheon, or whether luncheon is an augmentation of lunch. Possibly also influenced by nuncheon (“light snack taken in the afternoon”). Noun sense 2 (“sausage”) is likely a ellipsis of luncheon sausage or luncheon meat. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌn.tʃən/ 1. A formal meal served in the middle of the day. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most people thought the food at the luncheon was mediocre. Example: Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet. 2. A large, cheap, processed sausage served in thin slices. Labels: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Example: Filled Roll (x2) 1x luncheon, tomato, lettuce, and mayonnaise / 1x cheese and onion Example: Ian bought the luncheon since it was on special. 3. Any midday meal; lunch. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: "Have you had luncheon?" 4. A lump of food. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
Word: luncheon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier lunching, of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from an earlier *lumpchin, *lumpchen, a diminutive of lump (“chunk, parcel of food, lunch”), thus related to lunch. It is unclear which came first: whether lunch is a shortening of luncheon, or whether luncheon is an augmentation of lunch. Possibly also influenced by nuncheon (“light snack taken in the afternoon”). Noun sense 2 (“sausage”) is likely a ellipsis of luncheon sausage or luncheon meat. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌn.tʃən/ 1. To eat luncheon. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: In the meantime, while ladies are luncheoning on chicken pie, or coursing in whirling britskas, performing all the singular ceremonies of a London morning in the heart of the season[…] 2. To serve luncheon to. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Towns welcomed us in our hundreds; M.P.’s luncheoned us, manufacturers turned out their warehouses, decorated them and feasted us; private families tea’d us on their lawns, but we were so true to our art that we always returned to—“papers!” Example: This gentleman was presented by Colonel C. E. S. Wood, and was entertained here—wined, dined, tead, breakfasted, coffeed and luncheoned—and we bought his pictures.
Word: cichlid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Cichlidae. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪklɪd/ 1. Any of many tropical fish, of the family Cichlidae, popular as aquarium fish. Example: There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras [sic], Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.
Word: rear-guard Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to, a rearguard. 2. Of, or relating to, resistance in politics, etc.
Word: expenditure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“to weigh, to pay out”), + -ure (“process or result”). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/, /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/, /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/, /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/, /ɪkˈspendɪt͡ʃə/ 1. Act of expending or paying out. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 2. The amount expended; expense; outlay. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.
Word: sweet gum Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood. 2. Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.