nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: frater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Learned borrowing from Latin frāter (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, bru, friar, pal, and vai. Pronunciation: /ˈfreɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A monk. 2. A frater house. 3. A comrade.
Word: vixen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier fixen, from Middle English fixen, from Old English *fyxen (compare also Old English fyxe (“female fox”)), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī; the voiced v- comes from the Southern dialectal forms of Middle English. Alternatively, from the Old English adjective fyxen (“of the fox”), as in the phrase fixen hȳd (“fox skin”; compare Middle English foxen fox). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪk.sən/ 1. A female fox. 2. A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman. Example: He was prudent and industrious, and so good a husbandman, that he might have led a very easy and comfortable life, had not an arrant vixen of a wife soured his domestic quiet. Example: […] and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a continual dripping on a very rainy day, he had not a vixen in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish. 3. A racy or salacious woman who is sexually attractive; any attractive woman. Labels: colloquial 4. A wife who has sex with other men with her husband's consent. Labels: colloquial Example: 2018, ‘Stag’ men love watching other guys have sex with their wives… but it’s not cuckolding The stag gets a thrill from watching his vixen have sex with another man.
Word: abbas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /abəz/ 1. plural of abba Labels: form-of, plural 2. abbot Labels: obsolete Example: Abbot (Abbas) in French Abbè [abbé] […] him that in the convent or fellowſhip of Canons hath the rule and preheminence.
Word: harmonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̔ρμονῐ́ᾱ (hărmonĭ́ā). Doublet of harmony. Pronunciation: /hɑːˈməʊ̯.niː.ə/, /hɑɹˈmoʊ̯.ni.ə/, /hɐːˈmɐʉ̯.niː.ə/, /hɐːˈməʉ̯.niː.ə/, /haɹˈmo.ni.ə/ 1. A harmonic mode in ancient Greek music, characterized by a particular set of chords and rhythmic patterns. Example: […]concerning the ancient Greek harmoniai, or modes, in the diatonic genus.[…]degree signify the harmonia in which it appears and what degree it represents; for instance, “D-2” means that this ratio—11/10—is the second degree (ascending) in the Dorian harmonia. Example: In the case of Mixolydian harmonia, the framework chord is ¹⁄₁, ¹⁴⁄₁₁, ¹⁴⁄₁₀, and ²⁄₁.[…]while the various diatonic harmoniai are modes of each other, this is not true of the other two genera, which are uniquely derived from their corresponding diatonic forms. 2. The soul regarded as a harmonious blend of the parts of the physical body. Example: Socrates argued against the idea of the soul being a harmonia.
Word: rosarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rosārium. Doublet of rosary and Rosario. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈzɛəɹi.əm/, /ɹoʊˈzɛɹi.əm/ 1. A rose-garden.
Word: rosetum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosa Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin -tum Latin -ētum Latin rosētumbor. English rosetum Borrowed from Latin rosētum. 1. A rose garden. Example: The Weeping Rose should stand singly in the rosetum, or on the lawn.
Word: navicula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin nāvicula. 1. A thurible in the shape of a boat.
Word: nix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught. Pronunciation: /nɪks/ 1. Nothing. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: "That's a clean lift from Kipling—or is it Conan Doyle? Anyway, I've read something just like it before. Say, kid, guess what these magazine guys get for a full page ad.? Nix. That's just like a woman. Three thousand straight. Fact." Example: "I can take you down, Miss Conover, but I cannot take Mr. Hawksley. When the boss gives me an order I obey it—if I possibly can. On the day the boss tells me you can go strolling, I'll give you the key to the city. Until then, nix! No use arguing, Mr. Hawksley."
Word: nix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught. Pronunciation: /nɪks/ 1. To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. Example: Nix the last order – the customer walked out. Example: Sticks Nix Hick Pix [headline] 2. To destroy or eradicate.
Word: nix Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught. Pronunciation: /nɪks/ 1. No! Not at all! Example: "Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em." 2. A warning cry when a policeman or schoolmaster etc. was seen approaching. Labels: obsolete
Word: nix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Nix, from Middle High German nickes, niches, from Old High German nichus, nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus (“water-spirit; nix”), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“a water-monster; hippopotamus”) whence English nicker. 1. A treacherous water-spirit Example: A girl from a village near Lei[zig was one time at service in the house of a Nix. Example: According to some traditions, the Nix has slit ears, and is also to be known by his feet, which he does not willingly let be seen. Other traditions give the Nix a human body terminating in a fish's tail, or a complete fish's form. They are clothed like human beings, but the water-wives may be known by the wet hem of their apron, or the wet border of their robe.
Word: gast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost. Pronunciation: /ɡɑːst/, /ɡæst/ 1. To frighten. Labels: obsolete Example: [H]ee charges home my vnprouided body, lancht mine arme, but when he ſaw my beſt alarumd ſpirits, bould in the quarrels, rights, rouſd to the encounter, or whether gaſted by the noyſe I made, but ſodainly he fled.
Word: fewer Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English fewere, equivalent to few + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ 1. comparative degree of few; a smaller number. Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Fewer women wear hats these days. Example: There are fewer tigers than there were a hundred years ago. 2. Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as an integer Labels: hypercorrect Example: Leaving from my home in Alameda, the heavily BART-assisted journey took fewer than five hours round trip.
Word: fewest Part of Speech: det 1. superlative degree of few; the smallest number. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: On Sundays, the fewest cars use this street.
Word: little Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English litel, litell, luitel, lutel, lutil, luytel, from Old English lȳtel, lyttel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil (“little”), from *lūtan (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, crouch, duck”), equivalent to lout + -le. Cognates Cognate with Yola lethel, litha, lithel, lythea (“little”), North Frisian letj (“little, small”), Saterland Frisian litje (“little, small”), West Frisian lyts (“little, small”), Dutch luttel (“few, little, mere”), German lütt, lützel (“little, small”), Low German lütt, lüttje (“little, small”), Danish liden, lille (“little, small”), Elfdalian litn (“small”), Faroese lítil (“little, small”), Icelandic lítill (“little, small”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish liten (“little, small”), Crimean Gothic lista (“insufficient, very little”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils, “little, small”); also Albanian lus, lut (“to beg, plead, request”), Lithuanian liūdnas (“sad, sorrowful”), Bulgarian and Macedonian луд (lud, “crazy, insane, mad”), Serbo-Croatian лу̑д, lȗd (“crazy”). Related also to Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend low”); and perhaps to Old English lytiġ (“deceitful”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts, “deceitful”). More at lout. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.tl̩/, [ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩], /ˈlɘ.tl̩/, /lɪʈl̩/, [lɪʈ.ɐl] 1. Not much. Example: This is a little-known fact: the new model is little faster than the old one. Example: She spoke little and listened less. 2. Not at all. Example: Little did he know that the burglar was creeping upstairs at that very moment. Example: She little knew what awaited her.
Word: little Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English litel, litell, luitel, lutel, lutil, luytel, from Old English lȳtel, lyttel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil (“little”), from *lūtan (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, crouch, duck”), equivalent to lout + -le. Cognates Cognate with Yola lethel, litha, lithel, lythea (“little”), North Frisian letj (“little, small”), Saterland Frisian litje (“little, small”), West Frisian lyts (“little, small”), Dutch luttel (“few, little, mere”), German lütt, lützel (“little, small”), Low German lütt, lüttje (“little, small”), Danish liden, lille (“little, small”), Elfdalian litn (“small”), Faroese lítil (“little, small”), Icelandic lítill (“little, small”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish liten (“little, small”), Crimean Gothic lista (“insufficient, very little”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils, “little, small”); also Albanian lus, lut (“to beg, plead, request”), Lithuanian liūdnas (“sad, sorrowful”), Bulgarian and Macedonian луд (lud, “crazy, insane, mad”), Serbo-Croatian лу̑д, lȗd (“crazy”). Related also to Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend low”); and perhaps to Old English lytiġ (“deceitful”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts, “deceitful”). More at lout. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.tl̩/, [ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩], /ˈlɘ.tl̩/, /lɪʈl̩/, [lɪʈ.ɐl] 1. Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of). Example: There is (very) little water left. Example: We had very little to do.
Word: little Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English litel, litell, luitel, lutel, lutil, luytel, from Old English lȳtel, lyttel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil (“little”), from *lūtan (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, crouch, duck”), equivalent to lout + -le. Cognates Cognate with Yola lethel, litha, lithel, lythea (“little”), North Frisian letj (“little, small”), Saterland Frisian litje (“little, small”), West Frisian lyts (“little, small”), Dutch luttel (“few, little, mere”), German lütt, lützel (“little, small”), Low German lütt, lüttje (“little, small”), Danish liden, lille (“little, small”), Elfdalian litn (“small”), Faroese lítil (“little, small”), Icelandic lítill (“little, small”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish liten (“little, small”), Crimean Gothic lista (“insufficient, very little”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils, “little, small”); also Albanian lus, lut (“to beg, plead, request”), Lithuanian liūdnas (“sad, sorrowful”), Bulgarian and Macedonian луд (lud, “crazy, insane, mad”), Serbo-Croatian лу̑д, lȗd (“crazy”). Related also to Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend low”); and perhaps to Old English lytiġ (“deceitful”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts, “deceitful”). More at lout. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.tl̩/, [ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩], /ˈlɘ.tl̩/, /lɪʈl̩/, [lɪʈ.ɐl] 1. Not much; not a large amount. Example: Little is known about his early life.
Word: little Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English litel, litell, luitel, lutel, lutil, luytel, from Old English lȳtel, lyttel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil (“little”), from *lūtan (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, crouch, duck”), equivalent to lout + -le. Cognates Cognate with Yola lethel, litha, lithel, lythea (“little”), North Frisian letj (“little, small”), Saterland Frisian litje (“little, small”), West Frisian lyts (“little, small”), Dutch luttel (“few, little, mere”), German lütt, lützel (“little, small”), Low German lütt, lüttje (“little, small”), Danish liden, lille (“little, small”), Elfdalian litn (“small”), Faroese lítil (“little, small”), Icelandic lítill (“little, small”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish liten (“little, small”), Crimean Gothic lista (“insufficient, very little”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils, “little, small”); also Albanian lus, lut (“to beg, plead, request”), Lithuanian liūdnas (“sad, sorrowful”), Bulgarian and Macedonian луд (lud, “crazy, insane, mad”), Serbo-Croatian лу̑д, lȗd (“crazy”). Related also to Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend low”); and perhaps to Old English lytiġ (“deceitful”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts, “deceitful”). More at lout. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.tl̩/, [ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩], /ˈlɘ.tl̩/, /lɪʈl̩/, [lɪʈ.ɐl] 1. A small amount. Labels: singular, uncountable Example: I hope the little we've done will be useful. Example: Little did he do to make me comfortable. 2. A child, particularly an infant. Labels: countable, informal 3. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles. Labels: countable Example: He was there the night of Cristoph's party. All the littles were assigned to their bigs. Ian and Christoph had rushed the same fraternity. When they became upperclassmen, they both ended up on the board. Example: She added that the relationship between bigs and littles is "what each pair makes of it," and that a lot of the pairs often get dinner together and become close friends. 4. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles. Labels: countable 5. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles. Labels: countable Example: People with [dissociative identity] disorder frequently have a younger personality among their distinctive personalities. However, it’s believed that the "little" may not be a separate personality. Instead, it may be a regressed version of the original personality. 6. Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: I go up for my Little tomorrow.
Word: less Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”). Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”). Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner. Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner. Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. comparative degree of little Labels: comparative, diminutive, form-of Example: I slept even less last night than I did the night before. Example: I like him less each time I see him. 2. Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs. Labels: comparative, diminutive Example: Randal is less welcome than Rachel but as her spouse we should invite them both. Example: This gadget is less useful than I expected. 3. To a smaller extent or degree. Labels: comparative, diminutive Example: The grammar book was less than (that is, not at all) helpful. Example: That this is a positive one makes it no less a stereotype, and therefore unacceptable.
Word: less Part of Speech: det Etymology: Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”). Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”). Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner. Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner. Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser. Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Those Rattels are somewhat like the chape of a Rapier, but lesse, which they take from the taile of a snake. Example: We are likewise ready to maintain with the hazard of all that is near and dear to us, that six is less than seven in all times and all places […]. 2. A smaller amount of; not as much. Example: No less than eight pints of beer. Example: I have less tea than coffee. 3. Fewer; a smaller number of. Labels: proscribed Example: There are less people here now. Example: Now there are three less green bottles hanging on the wall.
Word: less Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”). Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”). Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner. Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner. Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. Minus; not including Example: It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.
Word: less Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”). Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”). Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner. Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner. Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. To make less; to lessen. Labels: archaic Example: 1386-90, Gower, Confessio Amantis What he will make lesse, he lesseth. Example: c. 1650, Patrick Gordon of Ruthven, A short Abridgement of Britane's Distemper, from the yeares of God 1639 to 1649, printed 1844 for the Spalding Club Som of the wiser sort, divining upon this vission, attrebute to the pen-knyves the lenth of tym before this should com to pass, and it hath been observed by sindrie that the earles of that hous befor wer the richest in the kingdom, having treasure and store besyde them, but ever since the addittion of this so great a revenue, they have lessed the stock by heavie burdens of debt and ingagment.
Word: less Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”). Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”). Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner. Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner. Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. Lesser; smaller. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Such too, to a greater or less extent, is the condition of the operatives of every denomination in England, which is the great workhouse of the world. Example: This he said, thinking that Alan would be pleased; but the Highlandman’s vanity was ready to startle at a less matter than that.
Word: less Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”). Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”). Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner. Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner. Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. A smaller amount or quantity. Labels: uncountable Example: Less is better. Example: I have less to do today than yesterday.
Word: less Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English lesse, les, from Old English lǣs, as in þȳ lǣs þe. Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. unless Labels: dialectal, nonstandard Example: To tell you true, 'tis too good for you, 'less you had grace to follow it
Word: less Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɛs/ 1. Alternative form of let's. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: least Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(adjective) smallest, least; (noun) smallest thing, etc.; person or thing least in importance; etc.”), from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest (“least”) (also lærest in only one source), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest, least”), from *laisiz (“less”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-; whence modern English less) + *-istaz (“suffix forming superlative forms of some adjectives”). The adverb and pronoun are derived from the adjective or determiner. cognates * Old Frisian leist * Old Saxon lēs Pronunciation: /liːst/, /list/ 1. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Example: least common multiple Example: Of two ils chose the least, while choise lyeth in lot. 2. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Example: least weasel Example: The firſt is a very ſlender plant hauing a fevve ſmall leaues like the leaſt Chickvveede, grovving in little tufts, from the midſt vvhereof riſeth vp a ſmall ſtalke, nine inches long; […] 3. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Labels: archaic Example: [M]ans reaſon is ſo farre off from being the meaſurer of faith, vvhich very far exceedeth nature, that it is not ſo much as the meaſurer of nature, & of the leaſt creatures vvhich lie farre vnderneath man; becauſe of the ignorance and vntovvardnes vvhich is in vs and raigneth in vs. Example: But if I thriue, the gaine of my attempt, / The leaſt of you, ſhall ſhare his part thereof. 4. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Labels: obsolete
Word: least Part of Speech: det Etymology: The adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(adjective) smallest, least; (noun) smallest thing, etc.; person or thing least in importance; etc.”), from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest (“least”) (also lærest in only one source), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest, least”), from *laisiz (“less”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-; whence modern English less) + *-istaz (“suffix forming superlative forms of some adjectives”). The adverb and pronoun are derived from the adjective or determiner. cognates * Old Frisian leist * Old Saxon lēs Pronunciation: /liːst/, /list/ 1. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Example: He earns the least money in his family. Example: Of all the sisters, she has the least patience. 2. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Example: Whichever queue contains the least items by the time this logic branch is reached will be executed first. 3. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Example: not even the least amount Example: It is indicative of his true character that he could not manage to show even the least bit of courtesy in such a situation.
Word: least Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(adjective) smallest, least; (noun) smallest thing, etc.; person or thing least in importance; etc.”), from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest (“least”) (also lærest in only one source), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest, least”), from *laisiz (“less”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-; whence modern English less) + *-istaz (“suffix forming superlative forms of some adjectives”). The adverb and pronoun are derived from the adjective or determiner. cognates * Old Frisian leist * Old Saxon lēs Pronunciation: /liːst/, /list/ 1. In a degree below all others; in the lowest or smallest degree. Labels: negative, superlative Example: My best routine was the one I had practised the least. Example: I don’t much like housework, and doing the dishes least of all. 2. Used to form superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est. Labels: negative, superlative Example: It was the least surprising thing.
Word: least Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(adjective) smallest, least; (noun) smallest thing, etc.; person or thing least in importance; etc.”), from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest (“least”) (also lærest in only one source), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest, least”), from *laisiz (“less”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-; whence modern English less) + *-istaz (“suffix forming superlative forms of some adjectives”). The adverb and pronoun are derived from the adjective or determiner. cognates * Old Frisian leist * Old Saxon lēs Pronunciation: /liːst/, /list/ 1. Preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little; the lowest-ranking or most insignificant person or (sometimes) group of people. Example: even the least of Example: The pastor preached that even the least of God’s creatures deserves freedom from needless or idle cruelty. 2. Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit; a minimum.
Word: least Part of Speech: pron Etymology: The adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(adjective) smallest, least; (noun) smallest thing, etc.; person or thing least in importance; etc.”), from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest (“least”) (also lærest in only one source), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest, least”), from *laisiz (“less”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-; whence modern English less) + *-istaz (“suffix forming superlative forms of some adjectives”). The adverb and pronoun are derived from the adjective or determiner. cognates * Old Frisian leist * Old Saxon lēs Pronunciation: /liːst/, /list/ 1. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little; the smallest amount or extent of something. Example: I’m giving least of all towards her present. Example: To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.
Word: least Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Contraction of at least. Pronunciation: /liːst/, /list/ 1. At least. Labels: informal, nonstandard Example: “Why he took and dipped his hand in a rotten stump where the rain water was.” “In the day time?” “Certainly.” “With his face to the stump?” “Yes. Least I reckon so.” Example: What a stupid white privileged POS I am! Least I call myself out.
Word: manic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mania + -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Compare maniac. Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪk/, [ˈmænɪk], /ˈmeə̯nɪk/, [ˈmeə̯nɪk] ~ /ˈmɛə̯nɪk/, [ˈmɛə̯nɪk] 1. Characterized by mania or craziness; wicked. Example: Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC's misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But [Danny] Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety. 2. Suffering from mania (the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels).
Word: manic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mania + -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Compare maniac. Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪk/, [ˈmænɪk], /ˈmeə̯nɪk/, [ˈmeə̯nɪk] ~ /ˈmɛə̯nɪk/, [ˈmɛə̯nɪk] 1. A person exhibiting mania.
Word: leaf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to cut off”). Cognates Cognate with Scots leaf (“leaf”), Yola laafe (“leaf”), North Frisian luuf (“leaf”), Saterland Frisian Loof (“leaf”), West Frisian leaf (“leaf”), Cimbrian loap (“leaf”), Dutch loof (“foliage”), German Laub (“leaves”), German Low German Loov (“leaf”), Luxembourgish Laf (“foliage, leaves”), Mòcheno lap (“leaf”), Vilamovian łaub, łaup, łojp (“leaf”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løv (“leaf”), Faroese leyv (“leaf”), Icelandic lauf (“leaf”), Norwegian Nynorsk lauv (“leaf”), Swedish löv (“leaf”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs, “leaf”); also Irish luibh (“herb, plant”), Latin liber (“bast; book”), Albanian labë (“rind”), Lithuanian lúobas (“bark; bast”), Polish łub (“bark”), Russian луб (lub, “bast”). (Internet slang: Canadian): In reference to the maple leaf as national symbol. Pronunciation: /liːf/, /lif/ 1. To produce leaves; put forth foliage. Labels: intransitive Example: Then flowered the mead, then leafed all 'Twas caused by the runic lay. 2. To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. Labels: transitive Example: The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed. 3. To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them. Labels: informal, transitive, uncommon
Word: mountain lion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mountain (“the animal's habitat”), + lion (“an African cat of similar size and color”). First use appears c. 1615. 1. A cougar, Puma concolor. Labels: Canada, US Example: The mountain lion may prowl here during any month.
Word: coyote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī. Pronunciation: /kəˈjoʊ.ti/, /kaɪˈoʊ.ti/, /kɔɪˈəʊt/, /kɔɪˈəʊtɪ/, /kaɪˈəʊ.ti/ 1. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America. Example: Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds, and saw a cayjotte, or wild dog, which in size nearly approached the wolf. Example: The MWRC animal care specialists attempted to unimprint the coyotes first by limiting their human contact and putting them with other wild coyotes. The hand-raised coyotes, however, were ostracized by the wild coyotes […] 2. A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America. Labels: US, informal Example: Jorge’s father had pawned his last four goats for $2,000 to help pay for their transit, another loan the family would have to repay at 100 percent interest. The coyote called at 10 p.m. — they would go that night.
Word: coyote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī. Pronunciation: /kəˈjoʊ.ti/, /kaɪˈoʊ.ti/, /kɔɪˈəʊt/, /kɔɪˈəʊtɪ/, /kaɪˈəʊ.ti/ 1. To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.
Word: fawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Displaced native Old English hindċealf (literally “deer calf”). Doublet of fetus. Pronunciation: /fɔːn/, /foːn/, /fɔn/, /fɑn/, /fɒn/ 1. A young deer. Example: The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park. 2. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. 3. The young of an animal; a whelp. Labels: obsolete Example: she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes
Word: fawn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Displaced native Old English hindċealf (literally “deer calf”). Doublet of fetus. Pronunciation: /fɔːn/, /foːn/, /fɔn/, /fɑn/, /fɒn/ 1. Of the fawn colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Displaced native Old English hindċealf (literally “deer calf”). Doublet of fetus. Pronunciation: /fɔːn/, /foːn/, /fɔn/, /fɑn/, /fɒn/ 1. To give birth to a fawn. Labels: intransitive
Word: fawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fagnian, alternative form of fæġnian (“to celebrate”), whence Middle English fainen, English fain. Cognate with Old Norse fagna. See also fain. Pronunciation: /fɔːn/, /foːn/, /fɔn/, /fɑn/, /fɒn/ 1. To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc. Labels: intransitive 2. To exhibit affection toward someone. Labels: broadly, figuratively, intransitive 3. To attempt to please someone. Labels: broadly, figuratively, intransitive 4. To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour. Labels: broadly, derogatory, figuratively, intransitive Example: You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Example: Thou with trembling fear, / Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
Word: fawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fagnian, alternative form of fæġnian (“to celebrate”), whence Middle English fainen, English fain. Cognate with Old Norse fagna. See also fain. Pronunciation: /fɔːn/, /foːn/, /fɔn/, /fɑn/, /fɒn/ 1. A servile cringe or bow. Labels: intransitive, rare 2. Base flattery. Labels: intransitive
Word: jackrabbit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of jackass + rabbit. 1. Any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus.
Word: jackrabbit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of jackass + rabbit. 1. To make a sudden, rapid movement Labels: US
Word: skunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *šek- Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw- Proto-Algonquian *-a Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa Eastern Algonquianbor. English skunk Borrowed from an unattested Southern New England Eastern Algonquian word cognate with Abenaki segôgw (literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago. Pronunciation: /skʌŋk/ 1. Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black coat with white markings and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure. Labels: US Example: The beaſts of offence be Squunckes, Ferrets, Foxes, vvhoſe impudence ſometimes drives them to the good vvives Hen rooſt, to fill their Paunch: ſome of theſe be blacke; their furre is of much eſteeme. 2. A despicable person. Labels: US, dated, derogatory, slang Example: In fact, the term he applied to this species of human being was "skunk," and he used it freely. 3. Anything very bad; a stinker. Labels: US, dated, derogatory, slang Example: On the other hand, many critics contend that in terms of literary quality, many of the multiple-storyline books are true skunks. 4. A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Labels: US, slang 5. A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.) Labels: US
Word: skunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *šek- Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw- Proto-Algonquian *-a Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa Eastern Algonquianbor. English skunk Borrowed from an unattested Southern New England Eastern Algonquian word cognate with Abenaki segôgw (literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago. Pronunciation: /skʌŋk/ 1. To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points. Labels: US, slang, transitive Example: I skunked him at cards. Example: We fished all day but the lake skunked us. 2. To win by thirty or more points. Labels: US 3. To go bad, to spoil. Labels: US, intransitive
Word: skunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- Proto-Germanic *skinþąder. Middle English skyn English skin substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English skinhead English punk blend ▲ English skunkinflu. English skunk Blend of skinhead + punk, influenced by the animal (Etymology 1). Pronunciation: /skʌŋk/ 1. A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture. Labels: US Example: In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks. Example: 2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged […] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]
Word: skunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skunkweed (“certain highly aromatic marijuana”). Pronunciation: /skʌŋk/ 1. Clipping of skunkweed, type of marijuana. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable 2. Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: rowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, row + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊɪŋ/, /ˈɹəʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of row (“propel with oars”) Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, row + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊɪŋ/, /ˈɹəʊɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to row. Labels: uncountable 2. The action of propelling a boat with oars. Labels: uncountable 3. The rowing of boats as a competitive sport. Labels: uncountable
Word: rowing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of row (“to argue noisily”) Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rowing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊɪŋ/ 1. The act of having a row, or argument. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees […]
Word: ska Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably imitative of the crisp guitar sound; other suggestions include a contraction of “skavoovie” (a word invented and used by musician Cluett Johnson), or of “speed polka”. Pronunciation: /skɑː/ 1. A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Labels: uncountable Example: Musical Hairsplitting: The act of classifying music and musicians into pathologically picayune categories: “The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska.” Example: Everyone who loves ska has their own story to tell—the first time they heard the Specials back in the '70s, the first time they danced onstage at a Toasters show in the '80s, the first time they saw the Skatalites perform in the '90s.
Word: pudding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From circa 1305, Middle English podynge (“kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach”), puddynge, from Old French boudin (“blood sausage, black pudding”), from Latin botellus (“sausage, small intestine”). Doublet of boudin. * An alternative etymology assumes origin from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”) (compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), Old English puduc (“wen, sore”), Low German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Puddek (“lump, pudding”), Puddewurst (“black pudding”). More at pout. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊdɪŋ/, /ˈpɵdɪŋ/, /ˈpʊdɪŋɡ/, /ˈpʉdɪŋ/ 1. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese. Example: Steamed and boiled puddings have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire. 2. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal. 3. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Dessert; the dessert course of a meal. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable Example: Harold Winstanley: Is there any pudding? Doris Winstanley: Oh, yes. Rhubarb cobbler left over from Sunday. Example: Jane Cavendish: Have you tried some fresh strawberry cheesecake? Tara Cavendish: Nope. I don't eat puddings. 5. A sausage made primarily from blood. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An overweight person. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 7. A term of endearment. Labels: countable, endearing, uncountable Example: "How is my little pudding?" Jehan nuzzles up to me and rests his little head on my shoulder, still chuckling […] 8. Entrails. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: I pray God he may recover, though there is little hopes; as there is of Coll Halley, being shott throw the body; and of Capt. Urquhart of Burdyeyeards, being wounded in the belly, after being made prisoner, soe that his puddings hang out. Example: PUDDINGS, the guts; I'll let out your puddings. 9. Any food or victuals. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. 10. A piece of good fortune. Labels: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: tea leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea. Labels: in-plural 2. A thief. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: compass swing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of swinging and compensating a ship or aircraft compass by determining and reducing the deviation coefficients and recording the residual deviations; now done by computer. Labels: uncountable Example: This advisory circular (AC) describes procedures for calibrating an aircraft magnetic compass to minimize the effect of aircraft-induced magnetic fields. These procedures are often referred to as “swinging the compass” or a “compass swing.”
Word: pair of compasses Part of Speech: noun 1. A technical drawing instrument consisting of two hinged legs, one typically equipped with a sharp metal point for anchoring and the other with a holder for a pencil or pen, designed to inscribe circles or arcs of an adjustable radius.
Word: thief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Pronunciation: /ˈθiːf/, [ˈθɪi̯f] 1. One who carries out a theft. Example: water-thieves and land-thieves 2. One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. Example: Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee. 3. A waster in the snuff of a candle. Labels: obsolete Example: But hear you, my Worthy Brethren: do not you, where you see a thief in the candle, call presently for an extinguisher[…]
Word: blad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from a dialectal variant of blade. Compare Danish blad (“leaf”), Swedish blad (“leaf”). 1. A portfolio. Labels: Scotland 2. A blotting book or blotting pad. Labels: Scotland 3. A fragment or lump. Labels: Scotland 4. A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product (usually confectionery or soft drink) available from a wholesaler. Labels: Australia
Word: robber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹɑ.bɚ/ 1. A person who robs. 2. An animal who robs. Example: I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.
Word: integument Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin integumentum (“a covering”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/ 1. A shell or other outer protective layer. Example: The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have the chance to put it off and scramble back into your human integument. Example: […] if we're moved by the book's condemnation of a world wounded by exploitation, where the drive for profit hobbles the mass of humanity, bolsters vast integuments of oppression and repression, […] 2. An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell. Example: Sarsem became a naked young epicene in an integument of lavender scales with puffs of purple hair like pom-poms growing down his back. 3. The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat. Example: Her active living was suspended, but underneath, in the darkness, something was coming to pass. If only she could break through the last integuments!