nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: isogloss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + gloss, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“to separate”)) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsə(ʊ̯)ɡlɒs/, /ˈaɪsəɡlɑs/, /ˈaɪsoɡlɒs/, /ˈʌɪ-/, /-sə-/ 1. A line on a map indicating the geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature. Example: Bloch thinks (and we agree with him) that details of isogloss will probably not bear out this kind of grouping. Example: The convergence of multiple isoglosses on a map, a "bundle", indicates a boundary between one regional dialect and another. 2. A linguistic feature shared between languages or language varieties, through any of various mechanisms, whether genetic inheritance or other linguistic forces. Example: There was also a tendency to treat transitive verbs passively, as in Hurrian and Urarṭian; it must, however, be emphasized that this phenomenon may also be considered as an isogloss rather than as an indication of genetic relationship. Example: It is likely that the Sardinian forms are related to Lat. afrissa 'dragon lily'. The question regarding its etymology is all but resolved however. It is not quite clear where Pseudo-Apuleius' herbarium [the only known use of afrissa] was composed. If it is North African, as has been proposed, this might be yet another instance of a Sardinian-African Romance isogloss, possibly due to Punic influence.
Word: sextant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sextāns. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.stənt/ 1. A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude. Example: […] I can do more with a Quadrant, Sextant or Octant, of 1 foot Radius, furniſhed with Teleſcopical Sights and Screws, then ^([sic]) can poſſibly be done with any other Inſtrument, furniſhed only with Common Sights, though 10, 20, 30, nay threeſcore foot Radius; […] Example: I took our position every morning with my crude sextant; but the results were always most unsatisfactory. 2. One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°. 3. One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth. 4. A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.
Word: alveolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin alvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin alveus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin alveolusbor. English alveolus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English alveolar From alveolus + -ar. Pronunciation: /alˈviː.əl.ə/, /ˌal.viˈəʊ.lə/, /ælˈvi.əl.ɚ/, /ælˈvi.lɚ/ 1. Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs. Labels: not-comparable, relational 2. Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets. Labels: not-comparable, relational 3. Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the case of the Wubuy alveolar versus retroflex contrast for instance, we argue that the phonetic overlap is so great that native listeners can behave as if this were an instance of a good and a 'less good' instance of a single category (CG). 4. Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: alveolar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin alvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin alveus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin alveolusbor. English alveolus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English alveolar From alveolus + -ar. Pronunciation: /alˈviː.əl.ə/, /ˌal.viˈəʊ.lə/, /ælˈvi.əl.ɚ/, /ælˈvi.lɚ/ 1. An alveolar consonant.
Word: gonzo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined in 1971 by Boston Globe editor Bill Cardoso. Of uncertain origin; OED proposes Italian gonzo (“dolt”) and / or Spanish ganso (“dolt, goose”). The etymology supplied by Cardoso himself (French gonzeaux) is spurious; French does have a similar word gonze, but this is a loan from Italian. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑnzoʊ/, /ˈɡɒnzəʊ/ 1. Using an unconventional, exaggerated, and highly subjective style, often when the reporter takes part in the events of the story. Example: I ask Hunter to explain ... Just what is Gonzo Journalism? ... “Gonzo all started with Bill Cardosa ^([sic]), ... after I wrote the Kentucky Derby piece for Scanlan's ... the first time I realized you could write different. And ... I got this note from Cardosa saying, ‘That was pure gonzo journalism!’ ... Some Boston word for weird, bizarre.” 2. Unconventional, bizarre, crazy. Example: Nicholson’s Torrance is an evil clown ... Appropriately, pop culture has embraced him as a gonzo antihero: Ads for T-shirts emblazoned with the “Here’s Johnny” Nicholson
Word: gonzo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1971 by Boston Globe editor Bill Cardoso. Of uncertain origin; OED proposes Italian gonzo (“dolt”) and / or Spanish ganso (“dolt, goose”). The etymology supplied by Cardoso himself (French gonzeaux) is spurious; French does have a similar word gonze, but this is a loan from Italian. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑnzoʊ/, /ˈɡɒnzəʊ/ 1. Gonzo journalism or a journalist who produces such journalism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Unstable” indeed! Those swine: Next year we should demand a gonzo category – or maybe R S should give it. Of course: “The first annual Rolling Stone award for the year's finest example of pure gonzo journalism.” 2. A wild or crazy person. Labels: countable
Word: gonzo journalism Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of journalism in which facts are deemed to be less important than the writer's perception of the underlying truth (especially where deliberately altered consciousness is involved). Labels: uncountable Example: Both Carey Schofield's Jagger and Chet Flippo's On the Road with the Rolling Stones: Twenty Years of Lipstick, Handcuffs and Chemicals are glib, gonzo journalism about the world's favorite musical sex purveyors. Example: It was Boris Johnson who possesses the confidence and creative genius to inject gonzo journalism into mainstream British political reporting.
Word: gossamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gossomer, gosesomer, gossummer (attested since around 1300, and only in reference to webs or other light things), usually thought to derive from gos (“goose”) + somer (“summer”) and to have initially referred to a period of warm weather in late autumn when geese were eaten — compare Middle Scots goesomer, goe-summer (“summery weather in late autumn; St Martin's summer”) and dialectal English go-harvest, both later connected in folk-etymology to go — and to have been transferred to cobwebs because they were frequent then or because they were likened to goose-down. Skeat says that in Craven the webs were called summer-goose, and compares Scots and dialectal English use of summer-colt in reference to "exhalations seen rising from the ground in hot weather". Weekley notes that both the webs and the weather have fantastical names in most European languages: compare German Altweibersommer (“Indian summer; cobwebs, gossamer”, literally “old wives' summer”) and other terms listed there. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒ.sə.mə/, /ˈɡɑ.sə.mɚ/ 1. A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A lover may bestride the gossamer / That idles in the wanton summer air, / And yet not fall; so light is vanity. Example: The filmy Gossamer now flitts no more, 2. A soft, sheer fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Madame wiped the picture with her gossamer handkerchief and impulsively pressed a tender kiss upon the painted canvas. Example: She takes a large, gossamer scarf from the trunk and drapes it about her shoulders. 3. Anything delicate, light and flimsy. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: gossamer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gossomer, gosesomer, gossummer (attested since around 1300, and only in reference to webs or other light things), usually thought to derive from gos (“goose”) + somer (“summer”) and to have initially referred to a period of warm weather in late autumn when geese were eaten — compare Middle Scots goesomer, goe-summer (“summery weather in late autumn; St Martin's summer”) and dialectal English go-harvest, both later connected in folk-etymology to go — and to have been transferred to cobwebs because they were frequent then or because they were likened to goose-down. Skeat says that in Craven the webs were called summer-goose, and compares Scots and dialectal English use of summer-colt in reference to "exhalations seen rising from the ground in hot weather". Weekley notes that both the webs and the weather have fantastical names in most European languages: compare German Altweibersommer (“Indian summer; cobwebs, gossamer”, literally “old wives' summer”) and other terms listed there. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒ.sə.mə/, /ˈɡɑ.sə.mɚ/ 1. Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate. Example: There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. Example: The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds—God's robe trailing in the sea!
Word: soapbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soap + box. The figurative use of the word derives from the fact that soap products in the US used to be commonly transported to stores in large wooden boxes. It used to be common for individuals to give impromptu rally speeches to their neighbors by finding something to stand on like a soapbox. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊpbɒks/ 1. A crate for packing soap. Labels: literally 2. A small platform, being or resembling a literal soapbox, on which a person stands in order to give an impromptu speech or espouse their views. Example: The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophecy of the end of the world. Example: The one image which the word “Socialist” brought to Jurgis was of poor little Tamoszius Kuszleika, who had called himself one, and would go out with a couple of other men and a soap-box, and shout himself hoarse on a street corner Saturday nights. 3. A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express their opinions. Labels: figuratively, often, pejorative Example: The politician used Twitter as his soapbox. Example: Please stop using council meetings as your own personal soapbox. 4. A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic. Labels: derogatory, especially Example: He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach. 5. A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic. Labels: broadly, derogatory, especially Example: His soapbox is the lack of public toilets in the city. 6. A soapbox car.
Word: soapbox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From soap + box. The figurative use of the word derives from the fact that soap products in the US used to be commonly transported to stores in large wooden boxes. It used to be common for individuals to give impromptu rally speeches to their neighbors by finding something to stand on like a soapbox. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊpbɒks/ 1. To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox. Example: He soapboxed for whales and pressed us to write petitions and demonstrate with him—he as the leader, we as followers. Example: […] and various members soapboxed in Hyde Park on Sunday.
Word: Evil One Part of Speech: name 1. The Devil; Satan; Lucifer. Example: Sometimes the assistance of the Devil or his demons was sought without the magician wishing to go so far as to give up his soul to the Evil One.
Word: served Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɝvd/, /sɜːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of serve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: formed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔːmd/, /fɔɹmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of form Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: formed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɔːmd/, /fɔɹmd/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: developed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɛləpt/ 1. wealthy and industrialized; not third-world. Example: Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return. 2. Mature. 3. Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on. 4. Having useful or necessary infrastructure. Example: Access to finance is deeper and wider under better institutions (more transparency, better property rights) in more developed financial markets, and in an environment less distorted by taxes, unnecessary regulations, and other avoidable costs. 5. Advanced, fully formed. Example: We shall, however, obtain a clearer view of the question if we consider the superstitions of those races which have a rudimentary religion, and endeavour to trace these ideas up into a more developed condition. 6. Processed and fixed; containing a visible negative (or positive for slide film) image
Word: developed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɛləpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of develop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: received Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of receive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: received Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːvd/ 1. Generally accepted as correct or true. Labels: not-comparable Example: And therefore as though there were any feriation in nature or justitiums imaginable in professions, whose subject is natural, and under no intermissive, but constant way of mutation, this season is commonly termed the physician's vacation, and stands so received by most men. Example: The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish.
Word: metropolitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs). Pronunciation: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/, [-tn̩], /ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑlɪtən/, [-ɾən], [-ɾn̩] 1. A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. Example: I knovv God by Miracle can inſtruct Kings, as he rained Mannah, and raiſed the Apoſtles from letterless Fiſher-men, to learned Metropolitans, and profound Doctours. Example: She was in love with all the new royal princes and princesses, who entered into family relationship with the imperial family; she had been in love with a metropolitan, with a vicar, and with a priest. 2. The inhabitant of a metropolis.
Word: metropolitan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs). Pronunciation: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/, [-tn̩], /ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑlɪtən/, [-ɾən], [-ɾn̩] 1. Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. 2. Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. Example: But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman? In spite of having lived in the country all her life and for the most part in remote Devon, Miss Tilehurst had always understood that such beings really existed. 3. Of or pertaining to the parent state of a colony or territory, or the home country, e.g. metropolitan France Example: Policies relating to the elimination of racial discrimination which obtain in metropolitan New Zealand are applicable in the Tokelau Islands. Example: the new political status of these islands marks a definite break with the traditional Dutch colonial practice to keep its Caribbean colonies at a distance; and, after 2010, Dutch metropolitan laws and dministrative practices started being implemented on the islands.
Word: voluntary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/, /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, /ˈvɒl.ən.t(ɛ)ɹi/, /ˈvɔl.ən.tɹi/, [ˈvɔ̟l.ən.tɹi] 1. Done, given, or acting of one's own free will. Example: September 10, 1828, Nathaniel William Taylor, Sermon delivered in the Chapel of Yale College That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy. Example: She fell, to lust a voluntary prey. 2. Done by design or intention; intentional. Example: If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter. 3. Working or done without payment. Example: Wikimedia is a voluntary service. 4. Endowed with the power of willing. Example: […] God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary agent, intending before-hand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him. 5. Of or relating to voluntarism. Example: a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church
Word: voluntary Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/, /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, /ˈvɒl.ən.t(ɛ)ɹi/, /ˈvɔl.ən.tɹi/, [ˈvɔ̟l.ən.tɹi] 1. Voluntarily. Labels: obsolete Example: And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].
Word: voluntary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/, /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, /ˈvɒl.ən.t(ɛ)ɹi/, /ˈvɔl.ən.tɹi/, [ˈvɔ̟l.ən.tɹi] 1. A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument. 2. A volunteer. 3. A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.
Word: field restriction Part of Speech: noun 1. A rule governing the placement of fielders (within an oval drawn on the pitch) at certain times during the innings of a one-day match.
Word: restriction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/ 1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A surge of tight restriction emanates from the locale as tense muscles quiver like overtuned violin strings, and the feeling of shifting the kneecap back in place is very similar to cracking a knuckle (and in fact can produce an audible pop, adding a delightful aural component to the mix). 2. A regulation or limitation that restricts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the year 1819, Sir Robert Peel brought in a bill, and which finally passed both houses, and received the royal assent on the 2nd July, for continuing the restrictions contained in several acts of parliament, on payments in cash by the bank of England, until the 1st day of May, 1823, and to provide for the gradual resumption of cash payments: [...] VIII. After the first day of May, 1822, the bank of England, if they shall think fit, may pay or exchange the lawful coin of the realm, for any of their own notes, payable on demand. Example: In its lawsuit, the Times said the policy unlawfully restricts essential newsgathering techniques and gives the Pentagon “unfettered” discretion to revoke passes, permitting it to impose the type of “viewpoint-based” press restrictions forbidden by the constitution. 3. The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Echinorhagata is likewise supported by typical echinoderid autapomorphies, inclusive the number of trichoscalids that is reduced from 14 to 6; restriction of lateral accessory spines to females only; and an apparent restriction of the middorsal spines to appear only on segments 4 to 8.
Word: Black Death Part of Speech: name 1. A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia. Labels: historical Example: Following the Black Death in the mid-fourteenth century, and the weakening of Mongol rule, the closing of overland routes between Europe and Asia once again created a bottleneck that flowed through the Middle East, trade flows that were largely controlled by Venice and Egypt.
Word: outbreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ūtābrecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- + break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out, burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutbreek (“outbreak”), West Frisian útbrek (“outbreak”), Dutch uitbraak (“outbreak”), and German Ausbruch (“outbreak”), and is comparable to Danish udbrud (“outbreak”), Faroese and Icelandic útbrot (“rash”), Norwegian utbrudd (“outbreak”), and Swedish utbrott (“outbreak”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtbɹeɪk/ 1. An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc. Example: Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic. Example: In a December 5 post on X, CDC Acting Director Jim O’Neill said there was no epidemiological evidence linking the Texas outbreak and the ongoing cases in South Carolina. A U.S. Health and Human Services spokesman confirmed that the CDC has found no epidemiological evidence linking ongoing outbreaks to Texas, but said many recent U.S. cases share the same genotype and have no known source of infection, “which could indicate ongoing domestic transmission.” 2. A sudden increase. Example: There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school. Example: One such investigation described how kindness can be contagious. It was sparked by reports of an outbreak of kindness on a cold December morning in 2012. 3. An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief. Labels: figuratively Example: There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street. 4. Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”).
Word: outbreak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ūtābrecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- + break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out, burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutbreek (“outbreak”), West Frisian útbrek (“outbreak”), Dutch uitbraak (“outbreak”), and German Ausbruch (“outbreak”), and is comparable to Danish udbrud (“outbreak”), Faroese and Icelandic útbrot (“rash”), Norwegian utbrudd (“outbreak”), and Swedish utbrott (“outbreak”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtbɹeɪk/ 1. To burst out or break forth. Labels: intransitive
Word: orgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally in plural from French orgies, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.d͡ʒi/, /ˈɔɹd͡ʒi/ 1. A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). Example: Human sacrifices of a definitely black magical order took place at the tomb of Osiris, while similar orgies with human victims were performed at Heliopolis. 2. A gathering of people to engage in group sex. 3. An instance or period of excessive indulgence in a specified activity; spree. Example: The amount of drink required also surprised me. I arranged for what I thought we should need for ourselves, and then Mr Goyles spoke up for the crew. I must say that for him, he did think of his men. ’We don’t want anything in the nature of an orgy, Mr Goyles,’ I suggested. ’Orgy!’ replied Mr Goyles; ‘why they’ll take that little drop in their tea.’ Example: As two Homeric warriors, before they engage, introduce themselves by proclaiming each his lineage, so with Pelasgus and the Danaïds. Together they indulge in a veritable genealogical orgy.
Word: hooray Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies: * Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. * From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch. Pronunciation: /həˈɹeɪ/, /hʊˈɹeɪ/, /ˈhuːɹeɪ/ 1. Used to express approval, joy or victory. Example: Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray! 2. goodbye. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: “And I told him, ‘I even guarantee I’ll take (the girl) to the airport and put her on a plane and wave, Hooray’.”
Word: hooray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies: * Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. * From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch. Pronunciation: /həˈɹeɪ/, /hʊˈɹeɪ/, /ˈhuːɹeɪ/ 1. A shout to signify victory. 2. An expression of excitement. 3. Ellipsis of Hooray Henry. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, derogatory, ellipsis Example: The Caribbean isn’t just for minor royals and hedge-fund hoorays. […] But the hurricanes had not struck the southern Caribbean (they rarely do), and the hedge fund hoorays were clearly confined to Mustique.
Word: hooray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies: * Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. * From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch. Pronunciation: /həˈɹeɪ/, /hʊˈɹeɪ/, /ˈhuːɹeɪ/ 1. To shout an expression of excitement.
Word: hurley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hurl. 1. A stick used in the game of hurling. Labels: countable 2. The game of hurling. Labels: proscribed, uncountable
Word: hurling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is hurled or thrown. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens. 2. An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hurling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hurl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hooray Henry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American writer Damon Runyon in 1936. 1. An offensively loudmouthed upper-class man. Labels: UK, colloquial, derogatory Example: It was a nice pub, down by the river, but full of Hooray Henrys. Example: Most of us probably thought that the Hooray Henrys of the 80s were as bad as it was ever going to get, but at least those braying City boys had jobs.
Word: open mind Part of Speech: noun 1. A mind willing to consider new ideas. Example: I'm not convinced that there's extraterrestrial life out there, but I'm keeping an open mind.
Word: open-minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From open + minded. 1. Willing to consider new and different concepts, ideas, or opinions. Example: 'He came here open-minded to commit a dacoity. Yes, to cut, rob, kill, and carry off what he desired.' Example: Very Lonely in Alabama seeking to correspond with warm-hearted free-spirited intelligent and open-minded people for long-term relationships as we are all of the above.
Word: nonconformist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English conform Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conformist English nonconformist From non- + conformist. 1. A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter. 2. Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church. 3. Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices. 4. A noctuid moth (Lithophane lamda).
Word: nonconformist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English conform Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conformist English nonconformist From non- + conformist. 1. Not conforming to established customs, etc. Example: One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.
Word: nonconformist register Part of Speech: noun 1. The parish register of a nonconformist church or chapel.
Word: opiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opiātus. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpi.ət/, /ˈoʊpi.ət/ 1. Relating to, resembling, or containing opium. Labels: not-comparable 2. Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation. Labels: not-comparable 3. Deadening; causing apathy or dullness. Labels: not-comparable
Word: opiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opiātus. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpi.ət/, /ˈoʊpi.ət/ 1. A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium. 2. Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment. Example: They chose atheism as an opiate. Example: The music—the fragrance of the flowers, whose odour was exhaling in the now falling dew—the languor of recent exertion—the sense of past dangers and present security—operated on Beatrice like the first and delicious stage of an opiate.
Word: opiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English opiate, from Medieval Latin opiātus. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpiˌeɪt/, /ˈoʊpiˌeɪt/ 1. To treat with an opiate drug. Labels: transitive
Word: morphine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French morphinebor. German Morphinbor. English morphine Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.fiːn/, /ˈmɔɹˌfin/, /ˈmoː.fiːn/ 1. A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: codeine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French codéine, from Ancient Greek κώδεια (kṓdeia, “capsule of the poppy, poppy head”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.diːn/, /ˈkoʊˌdiːn/ 1. An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thebaine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai, “Thebes”) 1. A poisonous alkaloid, paramorphine, obtained from opium; not used in medicine. Labels: uncountable
Word: papaverine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin papāver Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English papaverine From Latin papāver (“poppy”) + English -ine. 1. A nonaddictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vasodilator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English vaso- English dilator English vasodilator From vaso- + dilator. 1. A substance that causes dilation of the blood vessels, thereby reducing blood pressure; it may be endogenous (such as a hormone produced by the body) or exogenous (such as a drug or other chemical agent).
Word: blood pressure Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/ 1. The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the great majority of people who have serious conditions from high blood pressure suffer debilitating illness Example: The nurse spent all day taking blood pressures at the hospital.
Word: heartbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heart + beat. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːtˌbiːt/, /ˈhɑɹtˌbit/, [ˈhɑɹʔbiʔ] 1. One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it. Example: The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain. Example: He alone gives me such heartbeats. 2. The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator. Example: If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor! 3. A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something. Example: Music is the heartbeat of the people. Example: Dream Body Recovery is just one of countless recovery houses that have cropped up in Miami, which has become the heartbeat of the B.B.L. boom in the United States. The average price of a B.B.L. nationwide is around $5,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. 4. A very short space of time; an instant. Example: The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat. Example: Cause I love you more than life Take a bullet for you I swear, I swear In a heartbeat 5. A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
Word: pulsation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pulsacioun (“pulsing of the blood, throbbing”), borrowed from Middle French pulsacion (“(of bells) a striking (end of 14th c.); (of a diseased part of the body) a throbbing (1377); pulsation (1575)”), and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“(classical Latin) a beating or striking; (Medieval Latin, medical) rhythmical expansion and contraction (1363 in Chauliac)”). By surface analysis, pulsate + -ion. Pronunciation: /pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/, /pəlˈseɪʃən/ 1. The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity. 2. Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lo! as a dove when up she springs ⁠To bear thro’ Heaven a tale of woe, ⁠Some dolorous message knit below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like her I go; I cannot stay; ⁠I leave this mortal ark behind […] 3. The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Physical striking; a blow. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. 5. A single beat, throb or vibration. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: throb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /θɹɒb/, /θɹɑb/, /θɹɔb/ 1. To pound or beat rapidly or violently. Labels: intransitive Example: Her heart began to throb faster as the moment approached. 2. To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood. Labels: intransitive Example: I have a throbbing headache. 3. To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly. Labels: figuratively Example: The bass in the song made the entire room throb with energy. Example: Having been married and divorced, Suzanne throbs with attitudes of strength, liberation and equality.
Word: throb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /θɹɒb/, /θɹɑb/, /θɹɔb/ 1. A beating, vibration or palpitation. Example: He could feel a dull throb in his head from the tension. Example: My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs, presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country
Word: heartthrob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heart + throb. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/, /ˈhɑɹtˌθɹɑb/, /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɔb/ 1. A heartbeat. 2. The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart. 3. A handsome male celebrity. Example: And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”
Word: illogical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- English logical English illogical From il- + logical. 1. Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning. Example: I received an illogical reply and that left me standing there feeling confused. Example: Your highly emotional reaction is most illogical.
Word: mutualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mutual + -ism. Compare French mutualisme and Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish mutualismo. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuː.tʃʊ.əˌlɪz.m̩/, /ˈmju.t͡ʃu.əˌlɪz.m̩/ 1. Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An economic theory and anarchist school of thought that advocates a society where each person might possess a means of production, either individually or collectively, with trade representing equivalent amounts of labor in the free market. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The psychometric theory that general intelligence emerges from the interaction between specific cognitive abilities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: numskull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numb (“deadened”) + skull. 1. A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person. Labels: derogatory 2. A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally. Labels: derogatory Example: That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.
Word: patzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen. Pronunciation: /ˈpætsər/, /ˈpɑtsər/ 1. Synonym of woodpusher: a poor chess player. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: If you have learned the principle that it is inadvisable to move the same piece twice in the opening you would probably imagine that these guys are patzers.
Word: exercise book Part of Speech: noun 1. A booklet for students, containing either problems or exercises, and blank, often lined pages for writing answers.
Word: sensible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/, [ˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩], /ˈsɛn.sə.bəl/, [ˈsɛn.sə.bl̩], /ˈsen.sɪ.bəl/ 1. Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability. Example: They ask questions of someone who thinks he's got something sensible to say on some matter when actually he hasn't. 2. Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing. Example: I only wear high heels on formal occasions; otherwise, I prefer sensible shoes. Example: “Delightful vision! A comfortable armchair, situated in three different draughts, at every ballroom; and nice, large, sensible shoes for all the couples to stumble over as they go into the veranda!” 3. Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived. Labels: especially, formal Example: For Plato the belief in sensible objects is fallible. Example: Air is sensible to the Touch by its Motion, and by its Resistance to Bodies moved in it. 4. Able to feel or perceive. Labels: archaic Example: Would your cambric were sensible as your finger. 5. Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive. Labels: archaic Example: a sensible thermometer Example: with affection wondrous sensible 6. Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory. Labels: archaic 7. Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something. Labels: archaic Example: He cannot think at any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. Example: A bright Meſſenger from Heaven, made the Man of GOD ſenſible, That a Remarkable Safety ſhould be granted unto him, and therefore unto all the Company vvith Him.
Word: sensible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/, [ˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩], /ˈsɛn.sə.bəl/, [ˈsɛn.sə.bl̩], /ˈsen.sɪ.bəl/ 1. Sensation; sensibility. Labels: obsolete Example: Our temper changed […] which must needs remove the sensible of pain. 2. That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible. Labels: obsolete Example: Aristotle distinguished sensibles into common and proper. Example: Accordingly, with respect to their knowability or opinability, Socrates makes no distinction among the sensibles between natural things and artifacts (510a5–6); both are relegated to the realm of opinion. Hence, there is no Socratic-Platonic biology. 3. That which has sensibility; a sensitive being. Labels: obsolete Example: This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.
Word: outline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out + line. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtlaɪn/ 1. A line marking the boundary of an object figure. 2. The outer shape of an object or figure. Example: From this point of vantage, we were able to gain an impression of the massive outlines of the main structure, and its intricate maze of girders. 3. A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading. Example: Painters, by their outlines, colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures. 4. A general description of some subject. 5. A statement summarizing the important points of a text. 6. A preliminary plan for a project. Example: the outline of a speech 7. A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment. 8. A setline or trotline.
Word: outline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out + line. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtlaɪn/ 1. To draw an outline of; to describe. Labels: transitive Example: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design. 2. To summarize. Labels: transitive Example: Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background. Example: At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum. 3. To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls. Labels: transitive
Word: half-title Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of half title. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bugbear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obsolete meaning of bug (“something terrifying”) + bear. See Middle English bugge, modern bogey. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɡ.bɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌɡ.bɛː(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌɡ.bɛɚ/ 1. An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity. Example: Stone ballast is now used throughout the main line, and has the additional advantage of eliminating the previous bugbear of dust. Example: Level crossings are the bugbear of railway operation at Hull. There are no fewer than 16 within the city boundary. 2. A source of dread; resentment; or irritation. Example: What has this Bugbear Death to frighten Man, If Souls can die, as well as Bodies can? Example: But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of figure and a small estate. 3. A generic creature, often described as a large goblin, meant to inspire fear in children. Example: Ha, ha: alas poore wretch: a poore Chipochia, haſt not ſlept to night? would he not (a naughty man) let it ſleepe: a bug-beare take him. Example: “How could you lie so glaringly as to affirm I hated the ‘poor child’? and invent bugbear stories to terrify her from my door-stones?[…]”
Word: bugbear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From obsolete meaning of bug (“something terrifying”) + bear. See Middle English bugge, modern bogey. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɡ.bɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌɡ.bɛː(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌɡ.bɛɚ/ 1. To alarm with idle phantoms. Labels: transitive
Word: Gordon Part of Speech: name Etymology: The main etymology, associated with Celtic names, is from the Scots surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is debated: * If the English or Scots name is from a Brythonic language (such as Old Welsh or Old Breton), then possibly from a Proto-Brythonic compound such as *gor (“spacious”) + *din (“fort”); * If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from French Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Latin Gordus, from Gaulish *Gordos; * Otherwise, possibly ultimately from Old English *gor-dūn (“mud hill”) whence a habitational name. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔrdn̩/, /ˈɡɔːdn̩/ 1. A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire. 2. An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France. 3. A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”). 4. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan). 5. A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus. Example: Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon! Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!" 6. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something. 7. A place name: 8. A place name: 9. A place name: 10. A place name: 11. A place name: 12. A place name: 13. A place name: 14. A place name: 15. A place name: 16. A place name: 17. A place name: 18. A place name: 19. A place name: 20. A place name: 21. A place name: 22. A place name: 23. A place name: 24. A place name: 25. A place name: