nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unseaworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English seaworthy English unseaworthy From un- + seaworthy. 1. Unfit for a sea voyage.
Word: unworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unworthy, equivalent to un- + worthy. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɝði/ 1. Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless. Example: […]But alas the while! If Hercules and Lichas play at dice Which is the better man, the greater throw May turn by the fortune from the weaker hand: So is Alcides beaten by his page; And so may I, blind Fortune leading me, Miss that which one unworthier may attain, And die with grieving. Example: Another place where, from the aesthetic point of view, a long tunnel would have been a real blessing, is East London as viewed from the carriage window on the old Great Eastern line. Despite a vast change from crowded slums to tracts of wasteland, due to its grim wartime experience, this approach still provides a shabby and unworthy introduction to the great capital.
Word: unworthy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unworthy, equivalent to un- + worthy. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɝði/ 1. An inadequate person.
Word: callipygous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /kalɪˈpɪdʒəs/, /kalɪˈpʌɪɡəs/, /ˌkæl.ɪˈpɪ.d͡ʒəs/, /kæləˈpaɪɡəs/ 1. Synonym of callipygian. Example: One does not fall very desperately in love with a loud speaker, however pretty, however firmly plump (for Philip's tastes were rather old-fashioned), however attractively callipygous. Example: He enjoyed Nurse Sue Ann Duckett’s long white legs and supple, callipygous ass; he often neglected to remember that she was quite slim and fragile from the waist up and hurt her unintentionally in moments of passion when he hugged her too roughly.
Word: lifeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English līflēas (“lifeless”), equivalent to life + -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), German leblos (“lifeless”), Danish livløs (“lifeless”), Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfləs/ 1. inanimate; having no life 2. dead; having lost life Example: a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, And might, if my extreames had ful euents, Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death. 3. uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life 4. dull or lacking vitality Example: In a largely lifeless second half their only shot on target was a tame overhead effort from Paul Pogba, and Mourinho's already stretched squad saw Luke Shaw and Lukaku limp off late on, while Ashley Young picked up a fifth booking of the season which rules him out of Wednesday's league game at home to Arsenal.
Word: abruptly-pinnate Part of Speech: adj 1. pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex Labels: not-comparable
Word: glare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass. Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɚ/, /ɡlɛə/, /ɡleː/, /ɡleə/, /ɡliə/ 1. An intense, blinding light. Labels: uncountable Example: the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare 2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An angry or fierce stare. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. 4. A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A smooth, bright, glassy surface. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: a glare of ice 6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass. Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɚ/, /ɡlɛə/, /ɡleː/, /ɡleə/, /ɡliə/ 1. To stare angrily. Labels: intransitive Example: He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time. Example: eye that scorcheth all it glares upon 2. To shine brightly. Labels: intransitive Example: The sun glared down on the desert sand. Example: The cavern glares with new-admitted light. 3. To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid. Labels: intransitive Example: 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. 4. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. Labels: transitive Example: Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
Word: glare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass. Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɚ/, /ɡlɛə/, /ɡleː/, /ɡleə/, /ɡliə/ 1. smooth and bright or translucent; glary Labels: US Example: skating on glare ice
Word: paripinnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pari- + pinnate. 1. pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex Labels: not-comparable
Word: even-pinnate Part of Speech: adj 1. pinnate with an even number of leaflets at the apex Labels: not-comparable
Word: imparipinnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin impar (“unequal”) + English pinnate. 1. pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex Labels: not-comparable
Word: odd-pinnate Part of Speech: adj 1. pinnate with a single leaflets at the apex Labels: not-comparable
Word: hot dog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun senses 1 and 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/, /ˈhɑt.dɔɡ/, /-dɑɡ/, /ˈhɑt.dɑɡ/, /ˈhʌt.dɒɡ/ 1. A sausage, typically a frankfurter. Example: Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on. Example: Hot dogs and beans are a traditional favorite. 2. A food item (dish) consisting of a frankfurter or wiener and (usually) a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc. Example: He ordered a hot dog with everything on it. 3. A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing. 4. A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog. Labels: New-Zealand 5. Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle. Labels: US, informal 6. The penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: primarily verbal teasing from both male and female students, ranging from statements that the student had a "hot dog in her pants" and that she had "sex with hot dogs." to graffiti that "Jane is a hot dog bitch." Example: It started in the fall of 1990, early in seventh grade, when two boys told her, "I hear you have a hot dog in your pants." girls were now making hot dog remarks. the counselor maintained—incorrectly—that he was powerless to stop it 7. A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving movement of the hips. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: This gyrated gesture (“hot dog”) appears to suggest the movements of sexual intercourse to an onlooker, but for girls it's merely play. The movement is also, however, a way of learning to move one's hips in a way that will become useful, on and off the dance floor, in their embodied relations with others.
Word: hot dog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun senses 1 and 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/, /ˈhɑt.dɔɡ/, /-dɑɡ/, /ˈhɑt.dɑɡ/, /ˈhʌt.dɒɡ/ 1. To perform a dangerous or difficult act or stunt as a display of skill or daring, especially in surfing and other sports. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: hot dog Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun senses 1 and 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier. Pronunciation: /ˌhɒtˈdɒɡ/, /ˌhɑtˈdɔɡ/, /-ˈdɑɡ/, /ˌhɑtˈdɑɡ/ 1. An expression of delight or enthusiasm. Example: He patted his lap for her to sit on. Hot dog, I said to myself; settin' on his lap! Example: "Anybody with an alibi they can tell me?" I said. No one said anything "Hot dog!" I said. 2. An expression of disappointment.
Word: cop on Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɒp ɒn/ 1. Common sense. Labels: Ireland, idiomatic, informal Example: That eejit has no cop on. Example: While she is right that some cyclists do cycle in a dangerous manner, pedestrians need to have some "cop on" as well.
Word: cop on Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɒp ɒn/ 1. To stop behaving immaturely; behave, grow up. Labels: Ireland, idiomatic, informal Example: You'll get in trouble with the boss if you don't cop on. Example: Drink, drink and more drink. Ulster Bank, College Green, was filled with sore heads for the entire month of the world cup. I knew it was time to start copping on when my housemate, O'Dea, who was a much harder drinker than I ever was, said to me, 'Jaysus, I was fierce worried about you during the World Cup, you were on the lash every fuckin' night, fallin' home in some state.' 2. To come to understand; twig, cotton on. Labels: Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal
Word: GIGO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of garbage in, garbage out (“the integrity of the output is dependent on the integrity of the input”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: transceiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of transmitter + receiver. Pronunciation: /tɹænˈsiː.və/, /tɹænˈsi.vɚ/ 1. A combined radio transmitter and receiver. 2. A device that performs transmitting and receiving functions, especially if using common components.
Word: transcendental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin transcendentālis + English -al (suffix meaning of or relating to forming adjectives; and forming nouns, especially of verbal action). Transcendentālis is derived from Latin trānscendentem + ‑ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); and trānscendentem is the accusative singular form of trānscendēns (“exceeding, surpassing, transcending”), the present active participle of trānscendō (“to climb, cross, pass, or step over; to exceed, surpass, transcend”), from trāns- (prefix meaning ‘across; beyond; through’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to cross over; to overcome; to pass through”)) + scandō (“to ascend, climb; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to ascend; to jump up”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹæn(t)s(ɛ)nˈdɛntl̩/, /ˌtɹɑːn-/, [-zɛn-], /ˌtɹænˌ(t)sɛnˈdɛntl̩/, /-(t)s(ə)n-/ 1. A thing which is transcendental (all adjective senses). Example: The Learning of this People is very defective, conſiſting only in Morality, Hiſtory, Poetry, and Mathematicks, vvherein they muſt be allovved to excel. […] And as to Ideas, Entities, Abſtraction and Tranſcendentals, I could never drive the leaſt Conception into their Heads. Example: The transcendental is a key notion in [Martin] Heidegger's thought. […] [This collection of essays] makes a case for the continuing significance of the transcendental in philosophy more broadly. 2. A thing which is transcendental (all adjective senses). Labels: Christian, in-plural Example: In another sense, God is the creator of a world that might have some transcendental properties common to all things, for instance as expressed in the theory of determinateness. […] In deference to Christian usage we can say that the transcendentals constitute the Logos within which everything has its being and according to which everything is made. Example: The medieval doctrine of the transcendentals is closely connected with a metaphysical conception of reality, but is there a science of being in William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1347)? 3. A thing which is transcendental (all adjective senses). 4. Synonym of transcendentalist (“one who believes in transcendentalism; a philosopher who asserts that true knowledge is obtained by faculties of the mind that transcend sensory experience”). Labels: obsolete
Word: transcendental number Part of Speech: noun 1. any irrational number that is not an algebraic number
Word: irrational number Part of Speech: noun 1. Any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers. Example: The square root of a positive integer is an irrational number unless the positive integer is a perfect square, in which case the square root will also be a positive integer.
Word: algebraic number Part of Speech: noun 1. A complex number (more generally, an element of a number field) that is a root of a polynomial whose coefficients are integers; equivalently, a complex number (or element of a number field) that is a root of a monic polynomial whose coefficients are rational numbers. Example: The golden ratio (φ) is an algebraic number since it is a solution of the quadratic equation x²-x-1=0, whose coefficients are integers. Example: The square root of a rational number, √, is an algebraic number since it is a solution of the quadratic equation nx²-m=0, whose coefficients are integers.
Word: instrumental version Part of Speech: noun 1. A remixed song which lacks the vocal tracks.
Word: piquer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pique + -er. 1. One who piques. Example: You are what I may call a piquer of curiosity. Example: The name above the door is F. Dula. Under the circumstances, an interest piquer.
Word: Amanda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved". Taken into regular use as an English given name from 18th-century literature. Doublet of Aimee. Pronunciation: /əˈmændə/, [əˈmɛəndə] 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: O there is a sweet era in the life of man, when ( the brain being tender and fibrillous, and more like pap than anything else ) - a story read of two fond lovers, separated from each other by cruel parents, and by still more cruel destiny - Amandus - He Amanda - She - each ignorant of the other's course. Example: Sue always thought of her offspring as Amanda. Allowing her to name the child had been one of the last indulgences that Brian had seen fit to bestow. Even then he had not the generosity to conceal his displeasure at her choice. Pretentious. Snobbish. Affected. The baby had been 'Mandy' from the day of her birth and, once Brian had really got the hang of high-rise/comprehensive linguistic mores, 'Mand'. 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States:
Word: crayon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin crēta French craie Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Frankishinflu. Old French -on Middle French -on French -on French crayonbor. English crayon Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/, [ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃], /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/, /ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/, /ˈkɹɛj.ən/ 1. A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing. 2. A colored pencil, a colouring pencil Labels: obsolete Example: Let no day pass over you […] without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. 3. A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines. Labels: dated Example: But on the wall hung two fine crayons, representing Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette — pictures which she recognized as having hung in the corridor of the Tuileries — and in front of them were burning two candles on a species of rude altar. 4. A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. Labels: dated
Word: crayon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin crēta French craie Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Frankishinflu. Old French -on Middle French -on French -on French crayonbor. English crayon Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/, [ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃], /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/, /ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/, /ˈkɹɛj.ən/ 1. To draw with a crayon. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: coagulopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coagulate Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English coagulopathy From coagulate + -pathy. 1. a disease which limits the coagulability of the blood Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the condition of having a defect in the blood clotting mechanism (regardless of cause, including disease or drugs). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: femicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fem- + -icide, ultimately derived from Latin fēmina (“woman”), after the model of homicide, genocide, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛ.məˌsaɪd/, /ˈfɛ.mɪˌsaɪd/ 1. The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (law) specifically because of their sex or gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the most pernicious nuisances of London is the insistence of voluptuaries, who, relying on the respectability of their rank, and the weight of their purse, endevour in open day to seduce young women who attract their attention in the public streets!... This species of delinquency may be denominated femicide; for the monster who betrays a credulous virgin, and consigns her to infamy, is in reality a most relentless murderer! Example: But when Mexican feminists hit the streets on Valentine’s Day to denounce their country’s worsening femicide crisis, she saw a chance to ensure her mother’s life and death were remembered. 2. A person who commits such an act. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: handled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhændl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of handle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: handled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhændl̩d/ 1. Having a handle or handles, often of a specified number or kind. Labels: not-comparable Example: a two-handled drinking cup Example: A rake is a long-handled toothed gardening tool.
Word: fulfillment Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of fulfilment. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable Example: “Temu’s pricing for U.S. consumers remains unchanged as the platform transitions to a local fulfillment model,” the company said in a statement. “All sales in the U.S. are now handled by locally based sellers, with orders fulfilled from within the country.”
Word: Joe Sixpack Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the notion of an average person as a churlish one who sits around idly drinking a six-pack of beer. 1. The average person. Labels: slang Example: Near-synonyms: Joe Average, average Joe, John Q. Public 2. Somebody without particular expertise or interest in computers or the Internet; a nontechie. Labels: Internet
Word: missed approach Part of Speech: noun 1. A go-around from an instrument approach performed, for whatever reason, at a time when the aircraft is at or above the applicable decision height or minimum descent altitude.
Word: parosmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- (prefix meaning ‘abnormal’) + -osmia (suffix denoting diseases connected to smelling). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɒz.mɪ.ə/, /-ˈɹɒs-/, /pəˈɹɑz.mi.ə/, /-ˈɹɑs-/ 1. A distorted sense of smell, often resulting in the apparent detection of non-existent smells which are mostly unpleasant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Parosmis, from παρα, "male [Latin: ‘badly; wrongly’]," and ὄζω, "oleo, olfacio;" analogously with paracusis and paropsis, and hence preferred to parosmia. The common term among nosologists is anosmia, but this only includes one species of the genus, namely, privation or destitution of smell; which, in fact, is the only one that has hitherto been introduced into nosological systems. Example: The smell, too, is often perverted—Parosmia. The author was formerly acquainted with a lady, who scented her snuff with the tincture of assafœtida.
Word: thwack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is probably: * partly onomatopoeic, from the sound of something being beaten (compare whack); and * partly derived from Late Middle English twakken, twake (“to hit (someone) with something; to pat; to stroke”), probably from Middle English thakken, thakke (“to dab; to pat; to stroke”) [and other forms] (whence thack (obsolete except Britain, dialectal)), from Old English þaccian (“to beat; to pat; to touch softly, stroke; to strike gently, clap, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to pat; to tap; to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to grasp with the hand; to touch”). Doublet of tangent. The noun and interjection are derived from the verb. Cognates * Latin tangō (“touch”) * Old Dutch þakolōn (“to stroke”) * Old Norse þykkr (“a blow, thump, thwack”) (Icelandic þjaka, þjökka (“to beat, thump, thwack”); Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”)) Pronunciation: /θwæk/ 1. An act of hitting hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; a whack; also, a powerful stroke involved in such hitting; a blow, a strike. Example: Him Ralph encountred, and straight grew / A fierce Dispute betwixt them two: / Th'one arm'd with Metall, t'other with Wood; / This fit for bruise, and that for Blood. / With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, / Hard Crab-tree and old Iron rang; / While none that saw them could divine / To which side Conquest would encline: […] Example: Noble Captain, Lend a reaſonable Thvvack, for the Love of God, vvith that Cane of yours, over theſe poor Shoulders. 2. A dull or heavy slapping sound. Example: I had scrambled out of the coach, and was instinctively settling my cravat, when somebody brushed roughly by me, and I heard a smart thwack upon the coachman’s ear. […] And then came a second thwack, aimed at the driver's other ear, but which missed it, and hit him on the nose, causing a terrible effusion of blood. Example: "It's a comfort they're most on'em females," he pursued, sounding a thwack on his knee as he settled himself agreeably in his seat.
Word: thwack Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The verb is probably: * partly onomatopoeic, from the sound of something being beaten (compare whack); and * partly derived from Late Middle English twakken, twake (“to hit (someone) with something; to pat; to stroke”), probably from Middle English thakken, thakke (“to dab; to pat; to stroke”) [and other forms] (whence thack (obsolete except Britain, dialectal)), from Old English þaccian (“to beat; to pat; to touch softly, stroke; to strike gently, clap, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to pat; to tap; to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to grasp with the hand; to touch”). Doublet of tangent. The noun and interjection are derived from the verb. Cognates * Latin tangō (“touch”) * Old Dutch þakolōn (“to stroke”) * Old Norse þykkr (“a blow, thump, thwack”) (Icelandic þjaka, þjökka (“to beat, thump, thwack”); Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”)) Pronunciation: /θwæk/ 1. Used to represent the dull or heavy sound of someone or something being hit or slapped. Example: Three watrie clowds ſhymring toe the craft they rampired hizzing, / Three whern's fierd gliſtring, with ſouthwynds rufflered huffling. / Now doe they rayſe gaſtly lightnings, now griſlye reboundings / Of ruffe raffe roaring, mens harts with terror agryſing. / With peale meale ramping, with thwick thwack ſturdilye thundring. Example: And then—Thwack! Anne had brought her slate down on Gilbert's head and cracked it—slate, not head—clear across.
Word: work station Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of workstation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pachyderm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pachyderme, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + -derm (“skin”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæk.ɪˌdɜː(ɹ)m/ 1. A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir. Labels: obsolete 2. An elephant. Labels: informal Example: And so it happened that before the elephant realized that his new enemy had leaped from his path Tarzan had driven his iron-shod spear from behind the massive shoulder straight into the fierce heart, and the colossal pachyderm had toppled to his death at the feet of the ape-man. Example: Among five score pachyderm / Each canopied and passengered / Sit the duke and the duchess' luscious young girls 3. A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about them. Labels: figuratively 4. Someone who is insensitive. Labels: figuratively
Word: Chinese character Part of Speech: noun 1. Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Example: There are no Publick Schools in all China (though ſome Writers have erroneouſly ſet forth the contrary) but every perſon chuſes his own Maſter, by whom he is taught in his Houſe, at his own charge. And in regard of the great difficulty in teaching the Chineſe Characters, in reſpect of their vaſt number and variety, it is impoſſible for one to teach many ſeveral perſons ; and therefore every Maſter of a Family takes an Intſructer into his Houſe for his Children, of whom if there be two or three to learn, they are as many as one Tutor can well teach. Example: Had it not been for the casual discovery in the year 1625 of a deeply buried black marble tablet near Hsi-an containing nearly 1,700 Chinese characters, and a long list of names of priests in Syriac, the fact that such a sect rooted itself in the Celestial Empire would never have been believed, as indeed after the tablet was unearthed it was for a long time discredited. 2. Any of species Cilix glaucata of moths.
Word: AFL-CIO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: deponent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpəʊnənt/, /dɪˈpoʊnənt/, /diˈpoʊ.nənt/ 1. Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive). Labels: not-comparable
Word: deponent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpəʊnənt/, /dɪˈpoʊnənt/, /diˈpoʊ.nənt/ 1. A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her. Example: The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn, &c., depones he is a Burgess of Hawick, and had the property of a house which he now liferents, the fee being disponed to his son-in-law, Bailie Robert Scot, for the use of his son William, his daughter, Bailie Scot's wife, having paid the price of the house; depones sixty years ago Gilbert Elliot was tenant in Nether Southfield, who broke Hawick Common by plowing a part of it, which the Deponent saw at the Common-Riding when the Magistrates and other persons at the Common-Riding potched the ground he had plowed, and was then sown that he might not reap the crop of this. 2. A deponent verb.
Word: Agassiz Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of Lake Agassiz. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: hella Part of Speech: det Etymology: Related to a hell of a. Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ə/ 1. An intensifier, signifying an abundance of a thing; much or many. Labels: Northern-California, slang Example: There are hella people here. Example: Now, let’s talk bidness. I got nothing for you. Wrong. You got hella cash.
Word: hella Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Related to a hell of a. Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ə/ 1. A lot; very much. Labels: Northern-California, slang Example: We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.
Word: hella Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Related to a hell of a. Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ə/ 1. Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much. Labels: Northern-California, not-comparable, slang Example: I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track. Example: Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it. 2. Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly. Labels: US, not-comparable, regional, slang Example: I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial. Example: I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
Word: hella Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Related to a hell of a. Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ə/ 1. For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed. Labels: Northern-California, slang Example: "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella!"
Word: hella Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing. 1. Contraction of Hell + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: Where the hella you been?
Word: laboratory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin labor Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin labōrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Late Latin labōrātor Medieval Latin labōrātōrius Medieval Latin labōrātōriumbor. English laboratory Borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium. Pronunciation: /ləˈbɒɹət(ə)ɹi/, /ləˈbɔɹətɹe/, /-tɹɪ/, /-tɹi/, /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/ 1. A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis. 2. A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured. Example: Again she read the passage that had riveted her attention; and, rising from her seat, carried the still open volume, and laid it on a slab by the furnace in the laboratory: it was a celebrated treatise on poisons, written in the fifteenth century. Example: [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
Word: improvement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/ 1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering Labels: countable, uncountable Example: November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement. Example: Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. 2. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: good improvement of his reason. Example: I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. 3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Something which is improved Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the new edition is an improvement on the old. Example: The decade has seen vast improvements in techniques. 5. Increase; growth; progress; advance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity. 6. Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 7. A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Herbert Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hariberht. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːbət/, /ˈhɝbɚt/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use partly transferred back from the surname. Example: Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth? Example: To be clear what we're talking about, read Cronon's piece. He offers a great introduction to the concept, and its originator, Herbert Butterfield. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. Example: And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me. 3. A small town in North Otago, New Zealand. 4. A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia. 5. A former government town in South Australia. 6. A town in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan, Canada. 7. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois, United States.
Word: tan line Part of Speech: noun 1. The division between skin that has darkened or tanned from exposure to sun and skin that has not been exposed to sun. Example: His sunglasses left a tan line around his eyes.
Word: farmer's tan Part of Speech: noun 1. The tan line left by clothing, especially by a short-sleeved shirt. Labels: idiomatic
Word: rubber-stamp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rubber stamp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rubber-stamp Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of rubber stamp. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Troon: Network Rail's plans to replace the station building that was destroyed by fire on July 17 2021 with a similar design have been rubber-stamped by South Ayrshire Council, because formal permission was not legally required. Example: When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted.
Word: rubberstamp Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of rubber stamp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pierce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”). Pronunciation: /pɪɹs/, /pɪəs/, /piɹs/, /piəs/, /pɛːs/ 1. To puncture; to break through. Labels: transitive Example: The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash. Example: to pierce the enemy's line 2. To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry. Labels: transitive Example: Can you believe he pierced his tongue? 3. to break or interrupt abruptly Labels: transitive Example: A dreadful scream pierced the silence. 4. To get to the heart or crux of (a matter). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: to pierce a mystery 5. To penetrate; to affect deeply. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: A stab of fear pierced my heart. Example: pierced with grief
Word: pierce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”). Pronunciation: /pɪɹs/, /pɪəs/, /piɹs/, /piəs/, /pɛːs/ 1. A piercing. Labels: nonstandard Example: Actually, a navel pierce beautificates any feminine form, as I'm sure it does for you... Example: When I was considering a tongue pierce, I had to find out as much as I could about it.
Word: pierce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ピアス (piasu, “pierced earring”), itself from English pierce. Pronunciation: /pɪɹs/, /pɪəs/, /piɹs/, /piəs/, /pɛːs/ 1. A pierced earring. Labels: Japan
Word: puncture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Late Latin punctūrabor. English puncture Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋktʃə/, /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/ 1. The act or an instance of puncturing. 2. A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object. Example: There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin. Example: The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. 3. A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate. Labels: specifically Example: On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived. Example: Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.
Word: puncture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Late Latin punctūrabor. English puncture Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋktʃə/, /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/ 1. To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole. Example: The needle punctured the balloon instantly. Example: The couple all bloody / Tongues punctured by each other's teeth / Died and didn't let go 2. To destroy the vitality or strength of. Example: The woebegone children have their aspirations slowly snuffed. Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.
Word: go to town Part of Speech: verb 1. To proceed enthusiastically, vigorously, or expertly. Labels: idiomatic Example: She really went to town with the party preparations. Example: Never slow to bang the drum, the English press went to town, calling Lineker the “Matador of Madrid” and announcing that “Spain are Linekered.” 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, town. Example: Pa went to town to buy a new plough.
Word: go all out Part of Speech: verb 1. To reserve nothing; to put forth all possible effort or resources. Labels: idiomatic Example: They went all out for his eightieth birthday party and chartered a tour boat on the bay. Example: In Longnan Prefecture [Long nan di qu 7150 0589 0966 0575], people have gone all out to grow trees and grass in recent years, creating a new experience in developing mountainous areas.
Word: major in Part of Speech: verb 1. To take (something) as one's major field of study in an institute of tertiary education (such as a college or university). Labels: Canada, US Example: John majored in Computer Science, while Jane majored in Art. Example: I majored in education with a concentration in theater.
Word: pull out all the stops Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to organ stops, which are pulled out to turn on each set of sounds in a pipe organ. When all stops are pulled out, the organ will play all variations of its sounds at once, therefore being as loud as possible. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊl‿aʊt‿ɔːl ðə ˈstɒps/, /ˈpʊl‿aʊt‿ɔl ðə ˈstɑps/, /ˈpʊl‿aʊt‿ɑl ðə ˈstɑps/ 1. To hold back or reserve nothing. Labels: idiomatic Example: They pulled out all the stops for the gala wedding. Example: To be a Christian is to be complete in all one's parts: to pull out all the stops of one's nature, and live the Christ life, so that people may say, He lives; and yet no longer he, but Christ lives in him.
Word: purely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English purely, equivalent to pure + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊəli/, /ˈpjɔːli/, /ˈpjʊɹli/ 1. Wholly; really, completely. Labels: US, regional Example: I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am. 2. Solely; exclusively; merely, simply. Example: The IRA should "lead by example" and "unilaterally" abandon paramilitary violence and adopt a purely political strategy, a leading Sinn Féin MP urged yesterday. Example: "But this meal tonight is not a date, not in the traditional sense. It's purely platonic, I assure you." 3. Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault. Example: faith and troth, / Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing: / Bids thee with most diuine integritie, / From heart of very heart, great Hector welcome. 4. Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture. Labels: archaic Example: By some means or other the water flows purely, and separated from the filth, in a deeper and narrower course on one side of the rock, and the refuse of the dirt and troubled water goes off on the other in a broader current [...].
Word: purely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pure + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊəli/, /ˈpjɔːli/, /ˈpjʊɹli/ 1. Well, in good health. Labels: dialectal, predicative Example: My Dame (who was an utter ſtranger to all that had paſſed between the young Squire and her daughter) was exceeding glad to ſee him look ſo purely after his journey, and all the young fry ſwarmed about him, for the ſake of the halfpence they had ſo often ſcrambled for; […] Example: Land[lady]. Good-morrow to your worſhip!—I’m glad to ſee your worſhip look ſo purely—I came up with all ſpeed (taking breath) our pye is in the oven—that was what you ſent for me about, I take it. / Juſt[ice]. True—true—ſit down good Mrs. Buſtle, pray—— / Land. O your worſhip’s always very good (ſettling her apron) I came up juſt as I was, only threw my ſhawl over me—I thought your worſhip would excuſe—I’m quite as it were rejoiced to ſee your worſhip look ſo purely, and to find you up ſo hearty—
Word: script Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”). Pronunciation: /skɹɪpt/, /skɹəpt/, /skɾipʈ/ 1. A writing; a written document. Labels: countable 2. Written characters; style of writing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman? 3. Type made in imitation of handwriting. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An original instrument or document. Labels: countable 5. The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself. Labels: countable 6. A series of events with a predefined order and outcome. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand. 7. A brief and simple program. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format. 8. A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 10. A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Example: He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script. Example: Shit, he got the scripts for the cough / In the H, gotta hit Johnny for the frost, swerved off
Word: script Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”). Pronunciation: /skɹɪpt/, /skɹəpt/, /skɾipʈ/ 1. To make or write a script. Labels: transitive 2. To devise, concoct, or contrive. Labels: transitive Example: Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.
Word: thriller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thrill 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 thriller From thrill + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɪ.lə/, /ˈθɹɪ.ləɹ/, /ˈθɹə.lɐ/, /ˈt̪ʰɾi.ləɾ/ 1. Something that thrills. Example: While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute. 2. A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film. Example: She loves to read thriller books. 3. A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.