nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: check in Part of Speech: verb 1. To announce or record one's own arrival at a hotel, airport etc. Example: We got to the hotel last night and checked in at the front desk. 2. To verify a person's information and record their arrival, such as at a hotel, airport, etc. Example: The clerk checked us in at the front desk. 3. To contact another person in order to keep the other person informed of one's situation. Example: Kelly has to check in with her parole officer today. Example: During the 2 minutes of music, students first PAUSE to check in with how they are feeling. 4. To return (a book to a library, source code to a repository, etc.). Labels: transitive 5. To visit in order to see how someone is doing. Example: I just wanted to check in after your accident. How are you recovering? Example: The sequel checks in with the unmoored but largely lovable characters from the first movie as they face middle age. 6. To enter solitary confinement at one's own request for protection from other prisoners. Labels: intransitive, slang 7. To send somebody to solitary confinement; to make somebody be admitted to solitary confinement. Labels: slang, transitive 8. To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system. 9. to tap on, to touch in, to tap in (to use a smartcard to start a public transport journey) Labels: Netherlands, intransitive Example: So how exactly does checking in work? When boarding the bus, tram, metro or train, hold the OV-chipkaart (or your debit card, smartphone, or wearable if using OVPay) in front of the screen of a post or gate. It will indicate with a green light and a beep that the anonymous OV-chipkaart has been read. Example: You can check in and check out with a contactless debit card or credit card. Registering in advance is not necessary.
Word: checkoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from check off. 1. The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Frye can help Seattles defense recognize formations, checkoffs and tendencies. 2. The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: checkroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From check + room. 1. A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored. Labels: US
Word: cheekiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cheeky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cheekiness From cheeky + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːkinəs/ 1. the state of being cheeky Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cheerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheer + -er. 1. A person who, or a thing that cheers. 2. A glass of spirit with warm water. Labels: Northern-England
Word: cheeriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cheery Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cheeriness From cheery + -ness. 1. the state of being cheery Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cheerlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cheerless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cheerlessness From cheerless + -ness. 1. the state or characteristic of being cheerless Labels: uncountable
Word: cheesiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cheesy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cheesiness From cheesy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːz.i.nəs/ 1. The quality, condition, or state of being cheesy. Labels: uncountable Example: The bold, straightforward cheesiness of a good mac’n’cheese, the simple, eat-with-your-hands casualness of burgers and fried chicken are still part of our gastronomic makeup, even when we are sitting down to an elegant multicourse dégustation.
Word: chewiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chewy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English chewiness From chewy + -ness. 1. the state of being chewy Labels: uncountable
Word: childishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English childishnes, childisnes, equivalent to childish + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪld.ɪʃ.nəs/, /ˈt͡ʃaːld.ɪʃ.nəs/, /ˈt͡ʃaːld.ɪʃ.nɪs/ 1. The state or characteristic of being childish. Labels: uncountable 2. Childish behaviour. Labels: countable Example: Exorcism, unction, the sign of the cross, holy water, infant-communion, and many other childishnesses, were also called "Apostolic institutions" — not at first, but long after they were invented, to conceal their real origin […]
Word: childlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English childless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English childlessness From childless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫdləs.nəs/ 1. The state of being childless. Labels: uncountable
Word: bulgur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barġul), پرغول (parġul). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈbʊlɡə(ɹ)/ 1. Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Before man baked bread, he made bulgur by parboiling wheat and spreading it out in the sun to dry. […] Every household in the Near East prepared a year's store of bulgur in the fall after the wheat harvest.
Word: chivalrousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chivalrous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English chivalrousness From chivalrous + -ness. 1. The state of being chivalrous. Labels: uncountable
Word: chillness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chill Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English chillness From chill + -ness. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪlnəs/ 1. the state of being chilly Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: choosiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English choosy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English choosiness From choosy + -ness. 1. the state of being choosy Labels: uncountable
Word: choppiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English choppy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English choppiness From choppy + -ness. 1. the state of being choppy Labels: uncountable
Word: chubbiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chubby Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English chubbiness From chubby + -ness. 1. the state or quality of being chubby Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chumminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chummy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English chumminess From chummy + -ness. 1. The state of being chummy. Labels: uncountable
Word: churlishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *churlischnesse, *cherlischnesse, from Old English ċeorlisċnes, equivalent to churlish + -ness. 1. the state of being churlish Labels: uncountable
Word: chunkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chunky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English chunkiness From chunky + -ness. 1. the state of being chunky Labels: uncountable
Word: clamminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clammy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English clamminess From clammy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈklæminəs/ 1. The state of being clammy. Labels: uncountable Example: Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly. Example: In that a Snayl or Dodman, vvhich is not only not vvarm, but to our feeling, very cold, is fain to brood its as cold svveatty eggs, neſted upon a cold vvet earth, beſpievving them about vvith the fuzze of a cold clammy froth, in coldish [d]raughty vveather, and all making vvay to a kind and timely hatching of them: […] I dare undertake to light ſooner of that vvarmth and reek and air, that vvill hatch an hens egge, than that cold and devv and clammineſs, that goes to the hatching of a ſnails.
Word: clannishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clannish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English clannishness From clannish + -ness. 1. the state of being clannish Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: classiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English classy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English classiness From classy + -ness. 1. the state of being classy Labels: uncountable
Word: clear-headedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clear-headed Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English clear-headedness From clear-headed + -ness. 1. the state of being clear-headed Labels: uncountable
Word: clear-headed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of clearheaded. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: My friends that are engaged with public questions, do not restrict your zeal, and do not be warped nor bent by any sinister influence; but let the mind and will of Christ be in you—let the Spirit of God dwell with you. You will be clearer-headed, more content, sweeter-hearted, and more influential for good.
Word: clearheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clear + headed. 1. Having the ability to think clearly and act appropriately 2. Lacking delusions, having an accurate, unclouded perception. Example: The acting is purposefully playful and bad, the sets are pseudo-gothic designs sketched on white walls sheets. And although the video is clear-headed about its amateur status and production values, its intent is deadly serious.
Word: cliquishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cliquish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cliquishness From cliquish + -ness. 1. the state of being cliquish Labels: uncountable
Word: clownishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clownish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English clownishness From clownish + -ness. 1. the state of being clownish Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cohesiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cohesive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cohesiveness From cohesive + -ness. 1. The state of being cohesive; cohesion. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Slangs are used consciously, or they quite naturally establish and reinforce social identity or cohesiveness within a group or with a trend or fashion in society.
Word: cold-bloodedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cold-blooded Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cold-bloodedness From cold-blooded + -ness. 1. The state of being cold-blooded. Labels: uncountable
Word: cold-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cold-hearted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cold-heartedness From cold-hearted + -ness. 1. The state of being cold-hearted. Labels: uncountable
Word: colorblindness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of color blindness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: colorlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English colorless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English colorlessness From colorless + -ness. 1. US standard spelling of colourlessness. Labels: US, alt-of, standard, uncountable
Word: colorfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English colorful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English colorfulness From colorful + -ness. 1. The state of being colorful. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The perceived intensity of a specific color. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: combativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English combative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English combativeness From combative + -ness. 1. The state of being combative. Labels: uncountable
Word: comfortableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English comfortable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English comfortableness From comfortable + -ness. 1. Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I was only alive to the condensed confidential comfortableness of sharing a pipe and a blanket with a real friend. Example: At that moment his sneakers feel horribly, horribly overcomfortable. Maybe you’ve experienced this sensation. You’re riding on a commuter train, and all around you people are in business suits. In this context, your casual clothes feel ridiculously soft and easy. You might as well be wearing pajamas. The comfortableness hangs on you like a cloying hug.
Word: unbeatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + beat + -able. Beatable is a back-formation. 1. That cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome Labels: not-comparable Example: Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production. Example: Lauren James was exceptional out wide, Millie Bright unbeatable in defence and Lucy Bronze tireless in dealing with Spain forward Salma Paralluelo.
Word: unbeatable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + beat + -able. Beatable is a back-formation. 1. Someone or something that cannot be beaten.
Word: compactness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English compact Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English compactness From compact + -ness. 1. The state of being compact. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Barnes box is a Westinghouse installation and the control console is very similar in style and compactness to the same firm's equipment at St. Pancras.
Word: competitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English competitive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English competitiveness From competitive + -ness. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/ 1. The state of being competitive. Labels: uncountable Example: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N. Y., has joined a small but growing [movement] back to the practice of awarding letter grades after a year's experiment with a nonletter system that was seen as a way of reducing the competitiveness and authoritarian quality of [letter] grading.
Word: comprehensiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English comprehensive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English comprehensiveness From comprehensive + -ness. Pronunciation: /kɑmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs/, /kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs/ 1. The state of being comprehensive. Labels: uncountable Example: He was bent on prosecuting without delay his schemes of conquest in other quarters — schemes of a grandeur and a comprehensiveness unknown to any previous monarch. Example: But granting that our ignorance of the extent of Nature's powers may in some respects be incurable, still the question concerning the truth of our knowledge bears with far heavier stress upon its validity, than upon its adequacy or comprehensiveness.
Word: compulsiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English compulsive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English compulsiveness From compulsive + -ness. 1. the state of being compulsive Labels: uncountable
Word: concaveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English concave Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English concaveness From concave + -ness. 1. the state of being concave; concavity Labels: uncountable
Word: conclusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conclusive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English conclusiveness From conclusive + -ness. 1. the state of being conclusive Labels: uncountable
Word: concreteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English concrete Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English concreteness From concrete + -ness. 1. The state of being concrete. Labels: uncountable Example: Just as [absolute perfection in some respects, relative perfection in all others] is the whole positive content of perfection, so CW, or the conception of the Creator-and-the-Whole-of-what-he-has-created as constituting one life, the super-whole which in its everlasting essence is uncreated (and does not necessitate just the parts which the whole has) but in its de facto concreteness is created – this panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations. 2. The result of being concrete. Labels: countable
Word: conscientiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conscientious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English conscientiousness From conscientious + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being conscientious. Labels: uncountable Example: It is a terrible thing a Man should be put to Death for a Crime he is not Guilty of; yet so oddly Circumstances may meet in the infinite variety of Accidents, that it is possible it should come to pass, all the Wisdom that Judges, and Conscientiousness that Juries may be possess'd of, notwithstanding. Example: We come now to the greatest and noblest of the Moral Powers of Man; to that power which makes him quite a different order of being from any other that we know of, and which is the glory and crown of his existence:—his Conscientiousness.
Word: Fromase Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French fromage (“cheese”) + -ase, coined as a trademark. 1. A protease produced by the soil fungus Rhizomucor miehei, used as a vegetarian alternative to chymosin in the manufacture of some cheeses.
Word: semagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semantic and -gram. 1. A semantic symbol (picture or glyph) associated with a concept. 2. Synonym of determinative (“sign used to mark semantic categories in logographic script”).
Word: constraints Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹeɪnts/ 1. plural of constraint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Floyd Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicisation of the Welsh name Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”). Pronunciation: /flɔɪd/ 1. A surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “In light of the current state of our country, I struggled to find the right words of wisdom for you today,” Obama says in her lengthiest public remarks to date about the protests taking place in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Example: Couple this with the apparent nationwide divide over issues ranging from George Floyd’s death to wearing coronavirus masks, and you’ve got the ideal environment for the wokefish to thrive. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lloyd, today particularly common among African Americans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After years of thinking it over, Floyd Corkins finally had a plan. 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: medicine ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to its therapeutic use. 1. A large, heavy sphere of leather, plastic or rubber etc. filled with sand or similar, and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation.
Word: medicine show Part of Speech: noun 1. A traveling presentation which sells miracle cures and other products between various entertainment acts.
Word: chymosin Part of Speech: noun 1. The proteolytic enzyme rennin Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rennin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rennet Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English rennin From rennet + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.nɪn/ 1. A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: corn-factor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + factor. 1. A trader in grains. Labels: UK Example: For years and years it had gone off in splendid style as long as any one could remember; ever since Kate and Julia, after the death of their brother Pat, had left the house in Stoney Batter and taken Mary Jane, their only niece, to live with them in the dark gaunt house on Usher's Island, the upper part of which they had rented from Mr Fulham, the corn-factor on the ground floor. Example: "My name is Henchard; ha'n't you replied to an advertisement for a corn-factor's manager that I put into the paper - ha'n't you come here to see me about it?"
Word: Sakha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian саха́ (saxá), from Yakut саха (saqa), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“edge; collar”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːkə/, /səˈxɑː/ 1. A person of Sakha ethnicity. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A formerly seminomadic Siberian people. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. A North Siberian Turkic language. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Sakha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Саха́ (Saxá), from Yakut Саха (Saqa), from Proto-Turkic *jaka (“edge; collar”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːkə/, /səˈxɑː/ 1. A geographical region of North Asia which is inhabited dominantly by the Sakha people. 2. A republic and federal subject of Russia; in full, Sakha Republic. Official name: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Word: Yakut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saqa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”). Pronunciation: /jəˈkuːt/, /jəˈkʊt/ 1. One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.
Word: Yakut Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saqa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”). Pronunciation: /jəˈkuːt/, /jəˈkʊt/ 1. The language of these people.
Word: Yakutia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Якутия (Jakutija). Pronunciation: /jəˈkuːtɪə/, /jəˈkuːʃ(i)ə/ 1. A republic and federal subject of eastern Russia. Official name: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Capital and largest city: Yakutsk.
Word: Sakha Republic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Partial calque of Russian Респу́блика Саха́ (Respúblika Saxá): респу́блика (respúblika) → republic; transliteration of Russian Саха́ (Saxá) → Sakha. 1. A republic and federal subject of eastern Russia. Official name: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Capital and largest city: Yakutsk.
Word: statoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English -oid English statoid From state + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtɔɪd/ 1. Any major administrative division of a state
Word: reawaken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English awaken English reawaken From re- + awaken. 1. To wake after an extended period of sleep. Labels: intransitive 2. To reactivate or reanimate. Labels: transitive Example: Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.
Word: chessman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chess + -man. 1. Synonym of chess piece. Example: Curious to tell, this imperial negro, Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looked like a chess-man beside him.
Word: chess piece Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: pawn
Word: chested Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chest + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛst.ɪd/, /ˈt͡ʃɛstɪd/, /ˈt͡ʃɛstəd/, /ˈtʃestəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of chest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chest + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛst.ɪd/, /ˈt͡ʃɛstɪd/, /ˈt͡ʃɛstəd/, /ˈtʃestəd/ 1. Having a chest (with a specified quality). Labels: in-compounds, usually Example: Jenny was the most flat-chested of her friends. Example: Spare, like Henry the Fifth, almost to the manly defect of leanness, his proportions were slight to those which gave such portly majesty to the vast-chested Edward, but they evinced the promise of almost equal strength […]
Word: chestful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chest + -ful. 1. As much as a chest will hold Example: and so we sent the boat, and took him off by night, him and the rest of them and a whole chestful of money Example: 1973 Alden Hatch - The Lodges of Massachusetts When Cabot Lodge came home from the war with a chestful of medals . . .
Word: chewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chew Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English chewer From chew + -er. 1. One who chews. Example: Has been a tobacco chewer thirty-eight years, and a portion of the time to great excess. Example: Gum-chewer syndrome: self-inflicted sublingual and self-inflicted buccal trauma.
Word: chickenhearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of chicken-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chicken-livered Part of Speech: adj 1. cowardly
Word: chicness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chic Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English chicness From chic + -ness. 1. The state of being chic. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: contagiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: contagious + -ness 1. The state or condition of being contagious. Labels: uncountable Example: While people had no knowledge of modern germ theory in the year 1000, they were well aware of the contagiousness of diseases.
Word: contemptuousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contemptuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English contemptuousness From contemptuous + -ness. 1. The state of being contemptuous Labels: uncountable
Word: contentedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contented Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English contentedness From contented + -ness. 1. The state of being contented Labels: uncountable
Word: contentiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English contentiousness From contentious + -ness. 1. The state of being contentious. Labels: uncountable
Word: nem con Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin nemine contradicente. 1. Abbreviation of nemine contradicente (“with nobody contradicting, without dissent”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: So I then moved that we supported the TUC call for a general strike and this was also carried nem con.
Word: contrariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contrary Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English contrariness From contrary + -ness. 1. The state of being contrary Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cooperativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cooperative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cooperativeness From cooperative + -ness. 1. The state of being cooperative Labels: uncountable
Word: copiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English copyousnesse, equivalent to copious + -ness. 1. The state of being copious. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: until hell freezes over Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. forever; without success, no matter how long one perseveres. Labels: idiomatic Example: He can continue to be hard on himself until hell freezes over, because he's so self-centeredly pessimistic that there's nothing I can ever do to lighten him up. Example: They can be bellyaching to me about their life's problems until hell freezes over, but it doesn't mean that they'll ever get my sympathy.
Word: corniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English corny Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English corniness From corny + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being corny. Labels: uncountable Example: Brian’s off-screen persona is much more charismatic than what we see on television. Though he is prone to bouts of toe-curling corniness.
Word: laissez aller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French Pronunciation: /ˌlɛseɪzˈɑleɪ/ 1. Unrestrained freedom. Labels: uncountable
Word: courageousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English courageous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English courageousness From courageous + -ness. 1. the state of being courageous Labels: uncountable
Word: coziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cozy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English coziness From cozy + -ness. 1. US standard spelling of cosiness. Labels: US, alt-of, standard, uncountable, usually
Word: crabbiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crabby Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crabbiness From crabby + -ness. 1. The state of being crabby; sour or bad-tempered. Labels: uncountable Example: Crab apples [...] when you bite into one, it reveals a fairly sour taste. Cook them and they lose that crabbiness, becoming as sweet as any standard apple.
Word: cragginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English craggy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cragginess From craggy + -ness. 1. The state of being craggy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]
Word: crankiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cranky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crankiness From cranky + -ness. 1. The state of being cranky. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: crassness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crass Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crassness From crass + -ness. 1. The state of being crass. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cravenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English craven Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cravenness From craven + -ness. 1. The state of being craven. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Still, Ailes had been observing politicians for decades, and in his long career he had witnessed just about every type and style and oddity and confection and cravenness and mania.
Word: creakiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English creaky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English creakiness From creaky + -ness. 1. The state of being creaky Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: creaky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English creak Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English creaky From creak + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːki/ 1. Tending to creak. 2. Worn down by overuse; decrepit. 3. arthritic or rheumatic. 4. Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds. Example: creaky tone Example: creaky voice
Word: creaminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English creamy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English creaminess From creamy + -ness. 1. The state of being creamy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: creativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English creative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English creativeness From creative + -ness. Pronunciation: /kɹiˈeɪtɪvnəs/, /-ɾəv-/ 1. The state of being creative; creativity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: credulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English credulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English credulousness From credulous + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələsnəs/, /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒʊləsnəs/ 1. The characteristic or state of being credulous; credulity Labels: uncountable Example: Credulousness is always more harshly judged than incredulousness, though they are both merely different aspects of the same fundamental failing, namely, lack of true scepticism.
Word: creepiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen English creep Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English creepy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English creepiness From creepy + -ness. 1. The state of being creepy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: crispiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crispy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crispiness From crispy + -ness. 1. The state of being crispy Labels: uncountable
Word: crispness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crisp Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crispness From crisp + -ness. 1. The state of being crisp. 2. An instance of being crisp.
Word: crookedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crooked Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crookedness From crooked + -ness. 1. The state of being crooked Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The river was full of logs—long, slender, barkless pine logs—and we leaned on the rails of the bridge, and watched the men put them together into rafts. These rafts were of a shape and construction to suit the crookedness and extreme narrowness of the Neckar. Example: But are sailors […] without vices? No; but less often than with landsmen do their vices, so called, partake of crookedness of heart, seeming less to proceed from viciousness than exuberance of vitality after long constraint; frank manifestations in accordance with natural law.