nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Castellite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from a very brief 19th-century Mormon settlement in Castell, Texas, which, like all Mormon communities, sent out missionaries. Identifying "Utah" as the source of the Castellite missionaries in the quote below may have been based on the common contemporaneous assumption that all Mormons were based in Utah. 1. A religious group in western North Carolina during the late 19th century. Mormon missionaries encountered them and found that they were enemies, not converts. Example: Of late years Mormon missionaries from Utah have reaped a rich harvest in this region, and in parts of Swain and Haywood counties a peculiar sect, known as Castellites, has arisen whose exercises seem to be of a highly emotional character, as it is a common remark that every one who joins the Castellites goes crazy. 2. A resident of Castelle,Texas. Example: Life here was not easy. For the first couple of years, Castellites depended heavily on supplies and support from the people of Fredericksburg, who had problems enough of their own. A round trip to Fredericksburg—about 50 miles—took 4 days.
Word: fixism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fix Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English fixism From fix + -ism. 1. The theory that the species alive today are identical to those of the past and that evolution does not happen. Labels: historical, uncountable 2. The former theory of geology that held that the continents were fixed in position. Labels: uncountable
Word: agathology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English agathology From Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) + English -ology. 1. The science or theory of the good. Labels: uncountable
Word: castellite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Castelli + -ite, from the surname of its discoverer, Herr Bergverwalter Castelli. 1. A clear yellow form of the crystalline mineral titanite or sphene, occurring in very small, thin, tubular crystals.
Word: story editor Part of Speech: noun 1. A script editor
Word: script editor Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a television drama production team who liases with a team of writers to ensure conformity and suitability 2. A software program or feature for editing source code. Example: This script editor allows you to edit and run macros to extend the environment using either VB Script or JavaScript.
Word: particleboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of particle board. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: particolored Part of Speech: adj 1. US standard spelling of particoloured. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: particoloured Part of Speech: adj 1. Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours. Example: O foolish one! this molded earth is naught; This particolored vault of heaven is naught; Our sojourn in this seat of life and death Is but one breath, and what is that but naught? Example: I selected a pair of loose, dark trousers bound at the waist with a russet sash, a tunic with an open neck and large pockets, and a cloak of the true fuligin of that guild of which I am still officially a master, lined with particolored brocade.
Word: particularization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From particular + -ization. 1. The act of particularizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: particularize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English particular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English particularize From particular + -ize. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹaɪz/, /pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/ 1. To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out. Labels: transitive 2. To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: 'Tis hard I confesse, yet I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species. Example: Twice we find him, not only boasting of his Parentage, as an Israelite at large, but particularizing his Descent from the Tribe of Benjamin. 3. To differentiate, make distinct from others. Labels: intransitive
Word: partisanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English partisan Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English partisanship From partisan + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/, /ˈpɑːtɪˌzænʃɪp/, /ˈpɑɹtəzənˌʃɪp/, [ˈpɑɹɾəzənˌʃɪp], /ˈpɐːtɪzənʃɪp/ 1. An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In this moment of constant campaigning and tribal partisanship, even the courts have had difficulty puncturing the ideological bubbles that Mr. Trump and Fox News pundits have created. Example: We focus on how partisanship and race influence sentencing decisions. Partisanship has been shown to shape many political and social decisions (Iyengar et al. 2019) while racial disparities in sentencing are well-documented (United States Sentencing Commission 2023).
Word: lemmatiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lemmatise + -er. 1. A program or function that attempts to find the lemma that corresponds to an inflected word
Word: lemmatizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lemmatize + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of lemmatiser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lemmatisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lemmatise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English lemmatisation From lemmatise + -ation. 1. The process of finding the lemma that corresponds to an inflected form of a word. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: opera buffa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian opera buffa (“comic opera”). 1. A form of Italian comic opera popular in the 18th century. Labels: uncountable Example: Coordinate term: opera seria
Word: hurdling Part of Speech: noun 1. A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is not unusual to find the little school of a Jamaican village nothing more than a hut of wattled hurdlings, covered on the sides with mud or clay, rooted with palm leaves or grass.
Word: hurdling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hurdle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: two wrongs don't make a right Part of Speech: proverb 1. A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action. Example: "But when it comes to taking what belongs to another—well, a thief is a thief. . . . After all, two wrongs don't make a right, do they?" Example: "Late in the fight, Roger told me Zab was going to do something dirty, and he did it," Mayweather said after the fight. "I didn't return it, because two wrongs don't make a right."
Word: éloge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eloge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fall apart Part of Speech: verb 1. To disintegrate, to break into pieces. Labels: intransitive Example: My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one. Example: England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage. 2. To be emotionally in crisis. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart. Example: At first I used to look at so many of us having fights or crying or staggering around messed up somehow and think, "God, are we fucked up!" but now what I think is that it was a safe place to fall apart in — one of the few. You didn't have to be politically correct or well-behaved; you could be wild or angry or miserable. 3. To separate. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: And when my care was moſt, by Gods pꝛouidence onely, by the burning aſunder of our ſpꝛitſaile-yard with ropes and ſaile, and the ropes about the ſpꝛitſaile-yard of the Carack, whereby we were faſt intangled, we fell apart, with burning of ſome of our ſailes which we had then on booꝛd. Example: Again the mountains fall apart, and in a wide basin of corn-land and pasture lies the bourgade of La Thuile.
Word: Branden Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rather rare usage, variant of Brandon.
Word: logical quotation Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of quotation in which terminal punctuation marks are enclosed within a quotation only if the sense of the punctuation is part of the original material being quoted. Labels: uncountable Example: Punctuation marks are placed inside the quotation marks only if the sense of the punctuation is part of the quotation; this system is referred to as logical quotation. Example: [S]ince at least the 1960s a common designation for that style has been "logical punctuation." ... [T]he vast majority of the legion of logical punctuators are not consciously rejecting illogical American style, or consciously imitating the British. ... [D]espite the love it gets from the masses, logical punctuation isn't likely to break through to the rule-keepers any time soon.
Word: Sambia Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Samland (“peninsula”).
Word: emulable Part of Speech: adj 1. Worthy of emulation. 2. That can be emulated. Labels: nonstandard Example: ...these processes are emulable in principle... Example: On the other hand, this evidence may provide grounds for hope that higher-level processes may be measurable (in part, at least) and, hence, emulable.
Word: beau idéal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French beau idéal. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊ aɪˈdiːl/, /-i.deɪˈæl/, /-i.diˈæl/ 1. Ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection. Example: I never knew any debatable point not maintained on both sides by unanswerable arguments; and yet you are angry that he has not thrown every advantage aside to enact your beau-idéal of patriotic excellence. 2. An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect.
Word: beaux idéals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beau idéal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pfalz Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Pfalz, from Old High German pfalinza, from Latin palātium. Doublet of palace and palazzo. 1. The Palatinate region of Germany. Labels: historical, often, with-definite-article
Word: Schwarzwald Part of Speech: name 1. The Black Forest Labels: archaic
Word: stealth camping Part of Speech: noun 1. Camping out of sight on land not designated as a campsite, especially on land not used for habitation, agriculture etc. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: Moravia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mediaeval Latin Moravia, which is named after River Morava, (German March, Latin Marus), the main river of the land. The water's name is in all likelihood derived ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Pronunciation: /mɔˈɹeɪvi.ə/, /məˈɹeɪvi.ə/ 1. A historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.
Word: homoeomorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of homeomorphic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: homeomorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a homeomorphism Labels: not-comparable Example: Any infinite-dimensional Fréchet space homeomorphic with its countable product is topologically a Hilbert space. Example: A Vitali set can be homeomorphic to its complement.
Word: homoeomorphism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of homeomorphism. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: Hausdorff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named after German mathematician Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942). Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊs.dɔːf/, /ˈhaʊs.dɔɹf/ 1. Such that any two distinct points have disjoint neighborhoods. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cofinite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English finite English cofinite From co- + finite. 1. Having a finite complement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Noetherian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of noetherian. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Clintonesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Clinton French -esquebor. English -esque English Clintonesque From Clinton + -esque. 1. In a manner reminiscent of the style of former U.S. President Bill Clinton; usually involving a hypertechnical parsing of words. 2. In a manner reminiscent of the style of politician and Bill's wife Hillary Clinton.
Word: hypertechnical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English technical English hypertechnical From hyper- + technical. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈtɛknɪkəl/ 1. Excessively technical.
Word: hizzoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From his honor. 1. Any mayor Labels: humorous, informal, often Example: Mike asked nothing in return for his generosity, but when election day came up, the contending candidates for mayor both withdrew and the villagers swarmed to the polls to elect Mike Colikas by a vote of 2,145 to 2.
Word: batey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of baity (“angry, bad-tempered”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: topological group Part of Speech: noun 1. A group which is also a topological space and whose group operations are continuous functions.
Word: Lie algebra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in honor of Sophus Lie (1842–1899), a Norwegian mathematician, in the 1930s by Hermann Weyl. Pronunciation: /liː.ældʒɨbɹə/ 1. An algebra over a field whose bilinear product is alternating (or, equivalently for a bilinear product, anticommutative) and satisfies the Jacobi identity. Such a bilinear product is called a Lie bracket.
Word: apicultor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French apiculteur and Spanish apicultor. 1. Synonym of beekeeper. Labels: rare Example: The number of the unions themselves reached 108 at the end of 1900;—693 on December 31st 1903,— and was distributed as follows: 147 farmers’ unions, 87 of cattle breeders, 25 of avicultors, 12 of apicultors, 1 of horticultors, 1 of dairy owners, 1 of viticultors, and 1 of horticultors-apicultors; besides 6 federations of farmers’ unions, forming an aggregate of 612 associations for the agricultural professions. Example: If [Maurice] Maeterlinck’s “Life of Bees” is a fine work of art, it is not only because the author is a distinguished writer, but because he was himself acquainted with bees, being an apicultor, and did not make his book a mere compilation of other scientific works.
Word: part-song Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of part song. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: part song Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of unaccompanied, often homophonic, vocal composition usually for a few voices or a small choir
Word: party-pooper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of party pooper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pass-fail Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a form of examination, etc. in which the student either passes or fails, without receiving a specific mark or grade. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many may argue that pass-fail is the “easy way out.” However, a pass-fail weeder class may be more helpful than a traditional weeder class. Pass-fail gives students flexibility and time to learn content and material at their own pace.
Word: passiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English passive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English passiveness From passive + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being passive; passivity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: passkey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pass + key. 1. A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door. Example: With the universal pass-key of imagination we open the dingy door, pass down a dark passage and up a narrow stair. Example: Jourdain stood by with a quiet sad smile, holding his passkey in his hand, and giving me time to take it all in. 2. A key for entering a house or other building. Example: Now, Balmy, here's the passkey to that house. The windows are wired, but the front door isn't. Get inside that door as quietly as you can, and find out as much as you can. 3. A cryptographic key that is tied to specific devices or cloud accounts and is meant to be used instead of a password. Labels: especially Example: Based on FIDO standards, passkeys are a replacement for passwords that provide faster, easier, and more secure sign-ins to websites and apps across a user's devices. Unlike passwords, passkeys are always strong and phishing-resistant. Passkeys simplify account registration for apps and websites, are easy to use, work across most of a user's devices, and even work on other devices within physical proximity. Why passkeys? Passwords are a problem. Example: Sign in with passkeys on iPhone / Passkeys give you a simple and secure way to sign in without passwords by relying on Face ID (supported models) or Touch ID (supported models) to identify you when you sign in to supporting websites and apps. / Intro to passkeys / Based on industry standards for account authentication, passkeys are easier to use than passwords and far more secure. A passkey is a cryptographic entity that's not visible to you, and it's used in place of a password. A passkey consists of a key pair, which—compared to a password—profoundly improves security. One key is public, registered with the website or app you're using. The other key is private, held only by your devices. 4. Synonym of password. Labels: dated Example: The router then generates a random numeric passkey and delivers it to the user […]
Word: pastiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pasty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pastiness From pasty + -ness. 1. The condition of being pasty; pallor Labels: uncountable
Word: patchiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English patchy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English patchiness From patchy + -ness. 1. The condition of being patchy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: patrimonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patrimony + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌpætɹɪˈməʊni.əl/, /ˌpætɹɪˈmoʊni.əl/, /ˌpætɹɪˈməʉni.əl/, /ˌpɛtɹəˈmɐʉni.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to patrimony. Labels: not-comparable 2. Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […] Example: The general evolution is clear: bubbles aside, what we are witnessing is a strong comeback of private capital in the rich countries since 1970, or, to put it another way, the emergence of a new patrimonial capitalism.
Word: net sales Part of Speech: noun 1. The value of sales generated by a company after deduction of returns, discounts and the value of damaged or lost goods. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: lanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French lanier (“cowardly”), possibly from Latin lānārius. 1. The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus. Example: The mountains of this country also supply Saker falcons of excellent flight, and plenty of lanners likewise.
Word: lanner falcon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: lanner, from the Middle French lanier (“cowardly”), and falcon. 1. Falco biarmicus, a large bird of prey found in Africa, southeast Europe, and southwest Asia.
Word: none of your beeswax Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Alteration of none of your business. From the historical use of beeswax to cover up blemishes. 1. A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further. Example: “Whatcha got in that bag?” asked Scooter. “None of your beeswax,” answered Henry. Example: BARBARA. That’s for me to know. RANDY. Come on. Who? BARBARA. None of your beeswax.
Word: sears Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: seismotectonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tweys- Proto-Indo-European *twéys-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *tséihō Ancient Greek σείω (seíō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) English seismo- English tectonic English seismotectonic From seismo- + tectonic. 1. Related to seismotectonics Labels: not-comparable
Word: T₂ Part of Speech: adj 1. Such that any two points have disjoint neighborhoods. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chief scientist Part of Speech: noun 1. A title and role in research institutes for a high-ranking scientist 2. A title and role in technology companies, generally focused on internal research.
Word: chalklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chalk Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chalklike From chalk + -like. 1. Resembling or having characteristics of chalk.
Word: curdled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of curdle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: curdled Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing curds. 2. Coagulated
Word: Maruthini Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil மருதம் (marutam) refers to all land used towards agricultural cultivation in the Tamil heartland in South India, signifying the enchanting princess of the traditional Tamil fertile land called Marutham from the Sangam literature landscape. 1. A female given name from India, of South Indian usage.
Word: none of your bees' wax Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of none of your beeswax. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mind your own beeswax Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Alteration of mind your own business. From the use of beeswax to cover blemishes in the 1800s. 1. Synonym of mind your own business. Example: Get back in the collar, and mind your own beeswax. Example: TRACY. (Rises) Mind your own beeswax, old Nosey Parker.
Word: couthie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From couth + -y. 1. Friendly, agreeable, pleasant. Labels: Scotland Example: she tramped bare-footed the roads to the little school that nestled under the couthy hills.
Word: lionizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lionize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dog eared Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dog-eared. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Originally used of the corners of pages that have become ragged through creasing, "dog eared" is now applied to any pages that have the appearance of heavy use. […] The term is confined mainly to American catalogues; the British prefer "frayed."
Word: kitty-cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kitty (“young cat”) + cat. 1. A domestic cat (subspecies Felis silvestris catus). Labels: childish, colloquial, usually
Word: pacient Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of patient. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: advect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from advection. 1. To transport (something) by advection. Labels: transitive
Word: lapsus calami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lāpsus calamī (literally “slip of the pen”), from calamus (“pen”). 1. Synonym of slip of the pen. Labels: formal Example: Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo Example: Unfortunately, there are two lapsus calami, which I missed in my review of the proof. They are as follows: • third paragraph, last line: the word “proximal” should be “proximate” • fourth paragraph, fourth last line: the word “ancestor” should be “ancestry” • in the same paragraph, the clause “The Eucarya share a common ancestry with Archaea, independently of Bacteria,” should be separately referenced with 6a.
Word: advection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin advectio (“act of bringing”), from advectus (past participle of advehere (“to carry to”), from ad- + vehere (“to convey”)) + -io. Pronunciation: /ædˈvɛkʃən/ 1. The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable 2. The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: outstare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English stare English outstare From out- + stare. 1. To stare at (someone) so hard or long that they look away. Labels: transitive Example: […]I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, Outbrave the heart most daring on earth, Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear, Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey, To win thee, lady.[…] Example: He held a tray but did not move from where he stood and managed, without any trace of emotion, to outstare Henry, who was standing in a group, half-listening to an anecdote.
Word: caffeinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English caffeine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English caffeinate From caffeine + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈkæfɪˌneɪt/ 1. To add caffeine to something. Labels: transitive 2. To drink caffeinated beverages in order to increase one's energy or wakefulness or to enhance physical or mental performance. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: After he's caffeinated, he makes the now familiar morning commute down George Washington Memorial Parkway to Langley. 3. To inject tension into (a situation, etc.) for one's own amusement; to stir things up. Labels: slang, transitive 4. To provoke (a person) for one's own amusement. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: patrolwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patrol + woman. 1. A female equivalent of a patrolman
Word: patronizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patronize + -er. 1. A person who patronizes
Word: pauperism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pauper Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pauperism From pauper + -ism. 1. The state of being a pauper; poverty. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pauperize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English pauper Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English pauperize From pauper + -ize. 1. To make someone a pauper; to impoverish. Labels: transitive Example: This is an Education which consists in the outleading of the blackguardizing, pauperizing, vagrant-like, and theftuous elements of the mentality, entirely withdrawn, and apart from any moral guidance, any elevating tendency, any ameliorating influence, nay, directly under the direction of the demoralized and the abandoned. Example: Burdocks, thistles, dwarf oaks, cottonweed, chalky holes and whitish puddles everywhere. It was all pauperized. The very bushes might have been on welfare.
Word: pawnbroking Part of Speech: noun 1. The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed. Labels: uncountable
Word: payout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from pay out. 1. An amount of money paid out. Example: The maximum payout from this fruit machine is £20. Example: According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle. 2. The value of dividends paid to shareholders.
Word: pay out Part of Speech: verb 1. To distribute money; to disburse. Example: Since 2016, the bank has reviewed 165 million accounts, contacted more than 40 million customers and payed out millions in compensation, Sloan said in his opening statement submitted to the House Financial Services Committee on Monday. 2. To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out. Labels: transitive 3. To slacken by lengthening. Labels: intransitive Example: If a fisherman gets his foot ensnared in a rope that is rapidly paying out, he will be dragged over and drowned almost before anyone realizes he is overboard. 4. To repay, take revenge. Example: The pigeon, very offended, flew back to the Bird Woman and, to pay out Mary Poppins, stuck the rose in the ribbon of the Bird Woman's hat. 5. To give someone their just desserts. 6. To make fun of or insult, often in a teasing manner. Labels: Australia, informal, transitive Example: Last weekend, Robin accidentally tried to interview someone after having one too many wines and of course, we paid her out for it. Example: My wife and the other boys pay me out because the bike would just sit in the shed, but that’s where I spend most of my time.
Word: pay-per-view Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ pə(ɹ)ˈvjuː/ 1. A system of viewing individual television programmes for an additional charge over and above that for the standard service; normally used on cable and satellite systems. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable
Word: penman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pen + -man. 1. A scribe, or a person who copies texts. 2. A person with writing skills; a journalist or other author. Example: [T]he holy Pen-men of the Nevv Teſtament ſeem to have borrovv'd and apply'd it [the word mystery] to ſome of the Great and Arduous Truths of Chriſtianity, ſuch as human Reaſon cannot give a clear and explicit Account of. Example: Well, I often wish I were a penman; but I never could do it. I’ll read any day as long as you like, but that writing, I could never manage. 3. A forger. Labels: slang Example: Forgers, counterfeiters (penmen) and other such intellectuals have a certain standing in the underworld and even pickpockets are respected more or less as the masters of a difficult art, but they do not rank with the princes of the big con […]
Word: penny-pincher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of penny pincher. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hopefully, the penny-pinchers at the DfT/Treasury will finally agree to this. otherwise many of the proposed benefits will be lost.
Word: pennyweight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English penyweight; equivalent to penny + weight: it was the weight of a silver penny (¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound). 1. A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
Word: troy ounce Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of mass used in the measurement of precious metals, equal to 31.1034768 grams, 480 troy grains, or one twelfth of a troy pound.
Word: troy pound Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of weight, rarely used except in the trade of precious metals, equal to 5760 troy grains, 12 troy ounces, or 373.2417 grams.
Word: penny-wise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From penny + wise. 1. Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money.
Word: peptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pepticus, from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”), a form of πέσσω (péssō). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛptɪk/, /ˈpeptɪk/, /ˈpeptək/ 1. Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to pepsin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: peptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pepticus, from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”), a form of πέσσω (péssō). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛptɪk/, /ˈpeptɪk/, /ˈpeptək/ 1. An agent that promotes digestion. 2. The digestive organs. Labels: in-plural Example: But though the port surpasses praise, / My nerves have dealt with stiffer. / Is there some magic in the place? / Or do my peptics differ?
Word: Marita Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
Word: Maren Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Danish Maren, from Latin Marina. 1. A female given name from Danish.
Word: vexillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vexillatio, from vexillum. Pronunciation: /vɛksɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. A company of soldiers (especially in ancient Rome) grouped under the same flag.
Word: knowledgable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of knowledgeable. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: Hannelore Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Hannelore. Pronunciation: /ˈhæ.nəˌloɹ.ə/, /ˈhæ.nə.loɹ/ 1. A female given name from German.
Word: pikol Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of picul. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Czech Jana, ultimately from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role. Doublet of Ivana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena. 1. A female given name from Czech.
Word: Amsterdam pound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Dutch Amsterdams pond, from Amsterdam + pond (“pound (weight measure)”). 1. One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms. Labels: obsolete
Word: weight measure Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure or unit to express an object's weight, which is directly proportional to its mass when the gravity is fixed (as commonly but imprecisely presumed on earth's surface.)
Word: voluta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin volūta (“a spiral scroll”). See volute. 1. Any of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
Word: Jonna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Johnna; compare Jon. 1. A female given name.
Word: argumenta ad hominem Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of argumentum ad hominem Labels: form-of, plural Example: The only hope of meeting this objection is to show not only that valid argumenta ad hominem are possible as well as invalid ones, but also that a valid argumentum ad hominem can properly be used to attack a philosophical view as well as to discredit the testimony of those who advocate the view. Example: The evidence is lacking to decide between alternative explanations and in any case these are argumenta ad hominem which should not be used in scientific discussion; the facts are the only things that matter, and on those grounds there is no doubt that the hereditarians were largely in the wrong in what they asserted.
Word: moonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English monyssh; equivalent to moon + -ish. Piecewise doublet of meniscus. 1. Like or resembling the moon. 2. Influenced by the moon. 3. Variable as the moon; fickle; flighty; capricious.
Word: Gabriele Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Gabriele. 1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Word: legatine Part of Speech: adj 1. Belonging to a legate. Labels: not-comparable 2. Headed by a legate. Labels: not-comparable 3. Enacted by a legate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parve Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pareve. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: neoytterbia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English ytterbia English neoytterbia From neo- + ytterbia. 1. Ytterbia. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: xenotite Part of Speech: noun 1. A mineral that is a source of rare earth metals. Labels: uncountable
Word: holmia Part of Speech: noun 1. The rare earth holmium oxide Labels: uncountable
Word: xenotime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element. 1. A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lipophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipo- + -phile. 1. Any lipophilic substance.
Word: hydrophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -phile. 1. Any hydrophilic substance. 2. Any organism that thrives in the presence of water. Example: Hydrophiles usually retain flight capability because they must recolonize unstable habitats.
Word: hydrophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydro- + -phile. 1. Hydrophilic. Example: lt is difficult to produce an absolutely non-irritant vaseline. Lanolin (wool fat) is indeed clear and smooth but it is neither very hydrophile nor neutral, so that it cannot be mixed with basic substances such as zinc oxide without saponifying. Example: Partial dehydration of MetHb (by forming films at high relative humidities from solutions) produces a haemichrome structure of this molecule. These structural changes are prevented by binding the molecules to a very hydrophile dialdehyde - Sephadex carrier (DAS).
Word: in point of fact Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Actually. Labels: modal Example: I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. Example: Being in point of fact a complete bundle of nerves and nothing else, his thin figure shook like a harp-string in painful excitement at a contretemps which would scarcely have quickened the pulse of an ordinary man.
Word: ambonoclast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn, “pulpit”) + -o- + -clast. In reference to the rood screen that separated the choir (where priests were) from the nave (where the congregation was) in a medieval church, and from which was sometimes also read. Pronunciation: /æmˈbɒnəˌklæst/ 1. One who wishes to excessively modernize churches, particularly by removing traditional screens. Labels: derogatory Example: "The principal characteristics of modern ambonoclasts may be summed up as follows:" Example: "ambonoclasts who destroyed so much screenwork during the last century ..."
Word: Weinberg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Weinberg. 1. A surname from German.
Word: wye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y. Example: Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee. Example: It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh." 2. A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track. Example: A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines. Example: By going around the wye, a train can change direction.
Word: wye Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ/ 1. To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape. Labels: transitive Example: When a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines. 2. To reverse the direction of a train using a wye. Labels: transitive Example: Since the train didn't have a control cab at the other end, they wyed the train to turn it around for the trip back to the city. Example: Committee contend that when these trains are wyed at Springfield, the road passenger crews are performing yard work at that point to eliminate switching by yard crews.
Word: snow white Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of snow-white. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paternalistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English paternalistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English paternalistically From paternalistic + -ally. 1. In a paternalistic manner.
Word: nigger rich Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a person, living ostentatiously; spending money recklessly, especially a limited supply of money. Labels: ethnic, idiomatic, not-comparable, offensive, slang, slur Example: The hos were young, nigger-rich and sassy. On a good night these girls age 16 to 23 could earn $80 minimum. Example: People who spent money foolishly on ostentation were nigger rich.
Word: ad loc. Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad locum (“at the place”). 1. There, at the specified location Labels: not-comparable
Word: dodecarchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dodecarchy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dacite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Dazit, from Latin Dācia (“greater Romania”). First used in 1863 by Austrian geologists Franz von Hauer and Guido Stache, in a description of the geology of Transylvania. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪsaɪt/ 1. An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
Word: dacites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dacite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parentheticals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parenthetical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parenthesise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of parenthesize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: parenthesises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parenthesise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: parenthesising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of parenthesise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parenthesised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of parenthesise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: God's honest truth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Truth, intensified by its redundant modification with honest, and further intensified by the specification that the “honest truth” comes from God (traditionally considered a most trustworthy authority). 1. Unquestionable, absolute truth. Labels: idiomatic
Word: collegially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English collegial Middle English -ly English -ly English collegially From collegial + -ly. 1. In a collegial manner. 2. Regarding colleagues.
Word: envenomation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English envenom Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English envenomation From envenom + -ation. 1. The injection of a venom by means of a sting, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No one knows how well ratels can count in the ratel-bee brinkmanship game, but they likely can sense when a dangerous level of envenomation is near. 2. The deterioration in the surface quality of a plastic that is in contact with another material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Following a letter ballot of D-20. new definitions of plasticizer, reinforced plastics, filler, A-stage, B-stage, C-stage, and envenomation, will be sent to the standards committee.
Word: dry season Part of Speech: noun 1. Any season in which little rain falls; used especially in the tropics where it alternates with the rainy season.
Word: perceptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perception + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or stimulated by perception Labels: not-comparable Example: What it would be really interesting, and I dare say admirably difficult, to go into would be the very history of this effect of experience; the history, in other words, of the growth of the immense array of terms, perceptional and expressional, that, after the fashion I have indicated, in sentence, passage and page, simply looked over the heads of the standing terms—or perhaps rather, like alert winged creatures, perched on those diminished summits and aspired to a clearer air.
Word: perfectionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perfection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English perfectionism From perfection + -ism. Pronunciation: /pəˈfɛk.ʃ(ə).nɪ.z(ə)m/, /pɚˈfɛk.ʃə.nɪ.zm̩/ 1. An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A belief that spiritual perfection may be achieved during life, or that it should be striven for. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: the dickens Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See dickens. 1. Used as an intensifier. Example: Why the dickens did he do that? Example: It is cold as the dickens out here!
Word: the dickens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See dickens. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, dickens; (euphemistic) the devil. Example: She can go to the dickens for what she said. Example: “Four weeks ago, I was sitting down for breakfast with my beautiful wife, Evie. Evie and I were sitting down with our two beautiful little boys, Connor and C-C-- Cah-- ristopher, and Christopher looks up to me-- he's six years old and full of the dickens--”
Word: the dickens Part of Speech: prep Labels: no-gloss
Word: mischmetal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: German mixed metal 1. An alloy of rare earth elements containing about 50% cerium and 50% lanthanum, neodymium, and similar elements used especially as a flint in cigarette lighters Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: get up on the wrong side of the bed Part of Speech: verb 1. To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason. Labels: idiomatic Example: I think my boss got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.
Word: waste of space Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see waste, of, space. Example: Putting a third sofa in here would be a waste of space since we never have that many guests. 2. An utterly worthless person; one who, as it were, is unworthy of the space which they occupy. Labels: idiomatic Example: Get lost, you waste of space!
Word: wastes of space Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waste of space Labels: form-of, plural
Word: softkill Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soft kill. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable