nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mattock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mattok (“mattock, pickaxe”), from Old English mattuc, meottoc, mettoc (“mattock, fork, trident”), from Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock, ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”). Related to Old High German medela (“plough”), Middle High German metze, metz (“knife”), Latin mateola (“implement for digging in the soil”), Polish motyka (“hoe, mattock”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”). More at mason. Pronunciation: /ˈmætək/ 1. An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe. Example: Workmen, breaking up an old floor, have come to him, mattocks in their hands, dismayed: ‘Mr Richard, see what we have turned up ...’
Word: mattock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mattok (“mattock, pickaxe”), from Old English mattuc, meottoc, mettoc (“mattock, fork, trident”), from Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock, ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”). Related to Old High German medela (“plough”), Middle High German metze, metz (“knife”), Latin mateola (“implement for digging in the soil”), Polish motyka (“hoe, mattock”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”). More at mason. Pronunciation: /ˈmætək/ 1. To cut or dig with a mattock.
Word: Uranus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek οὐρᾰνός (ourănós) Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνός (Ourănós)der. Latin Ūranusbor. English Uranus Borrowed from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”). Pronunciation: /ˈjʊɹənəs/, /jʊˈɹeɪnəs/, /ˈjʊəɹ(ə)nəs/, /ˈjɔːɹ(ə)nəs/ 1. The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. Example: The giving the name of Uranus, however, to the planet of M. Herſchel, in which M. Bode ſtill perſiſts, is an act of ingratitude to the author of that noble diſcovery, and an affront to that auguſt and munificent patron of aſtronomy, the King of Great Britain ; whoſe name ought to be preferred to every other, if that of the author had not a ſtill more forcible claim on our acknowledgements. Beſides, the name of Uranus is an impropriety, even according to the mythological ſyſtem. Sanchoniathon and Diodorus, it is true, ſay, that Saturn was the ſon of Uranus; but this is now allowed to be purely allegorical. 2. The Greek god who personified the sky and heavens and fathered the Titans. Roman counterpart: Caelus. Labels: Greek
Word: Neptune Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Neptune, Neptunus, a borrowing from Latin Neptūnus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰ-tu-s (“damp, cloudy”) (source of Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), etc.), with the sense of "wet, moist." Puhvel, however, connects it with Proto-Italic *nepōts from Proto-Indo-European *népōts by analogy to Portūnus, cognate with Vedic Apām Napāt and Avestan Apąm Napāt, Child (cf: neve, nephew) of the Water as part of an Indo-European 'Fire in the Water' myth. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛptjuːn/, /ˈnɛptʃuːn/, /ˈnɛptuːn/, /ˈneptʃʉːn/ 1. The eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆. Example: At a meeting of the French Academy of Science, M. Leverrier presented a fifth and final memoir on the new planet, which M. Arago proposes to be called Neptune. Example: It was on the first day of the new year that the announcement was made, almost simultaneously from three observatories, that the motion of the planet Neptune, the outermost of all the planets that wheel about the sun, had become very erratic. Ogilvy had already called attention to a suspected retardation in its velocity in December. Such a piece of news was scarcely calculated to interest a world the greater portion of whose inhabitants were unaware of the existence of the planet Neptune, nor outside the astronomical profession did the subsequent discovery of a faint remote speck of light in the region of the perturbed planet cause any very great excitement. Scientific people, however, found the intelligence remarkable enough, even before it became known that the new body was rapidly growing larger and brighter, that its motion was quite different from the orderly progress of the planets, and that the deflection of Neptune and its satellite was becoming now of an unprecedented kind. 2. The god of the ocean and of earthquakes, equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology. Labels: Roman Example: And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the three picked mace, which is the ſigne of Neptune, called his Trident. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States:
Word: Pluto Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Pluto, Pluton, from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Doublet of Plouton. Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body. Pronunciation: /ˈpluːtəʊ/, /ˈplutoʊ/, [ˈpluɾoʊ] 1. The Greco-Roman god of the underworld. Labels: Greek, Roman 2. The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet, represented by the symbol ♇ or ⯓, both now used mostly in astrology. 3. The American cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Norm Ferguson.
Word: crowbar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/ 1. An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart. 2. An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage. 3. A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
Word: crowbar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/ 1. To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise. Labels: transitive Example: He crowbarred the door open.
Word: meef Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /miːf/ 1. A cry of strangled surprise or confusion. Labels: informal Example: 1994, Don Blaheta, in rec.games.abstract http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.abstract/msg/507f9cb8139f0115?dmode=source&hl=en Also, I'd like NOMIC rules. Someone said they had already been posted here, but I don't see them. Meef. Example: 1999, Adrian Kleinbergen, in alt.nosebeeping http://groups.google.com/group/alt.nosebeeping/msg/97636dbad3fe4410?dmode=source&hl=en Whenever I beep my wife's nose, she says "meef!"
Word: Yankee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1765, when it was described as "a name of derision … given by the Southern people on the Continent to those of New England". Various suggestions have been made as to its origin: that it derives from a Cherokee word meaning "slave" or "coward" and was applied to the New Englanders by the Virginians because the former refused to aid the latter in a war against the Cherokees; that it derives from Yengees, an Indian corruption of English; and that it derives from Janke, a pet form of the common Dutch forename Jan. The OED regards the last of these as "perhaps the most plausible". Pronunciation: /ˈjæŋ.ki/, /ˈjeɪ̯ŋ.ki/, /ˈjɛ̃ŋ.ki/ 1. A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States: Labels: Southern-US Example: […]so that I couldn't help telling her, sir, that in our country, leastways in Virginia (they say the Yankees are very pert), young people don't speak of their elders so. Example: “So, he is the father of Emmie Slattery’s baby,” thought Scarlett. “Oh, well. What else can you expect from a Yankee man and a white-trash girl?” 2. A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States: Labels: Northern-US, Southern-US 3. A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States: Labels: French, Louisiana 4. A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States: Labels: Commonwealth, derogatory, sometimes Example: ...in a short time, a kind of infectious mirth and pride in their bargains took possession of the place, and every one bought something, holding out their purchases to view, and praising them in the words and phraseology of the young yankees, who, finding their own importance, were not slow to avail themselves of it,... 5. Any individual associated with the Union; that is, the United States federal government, during the American Civil War. Labels: Southern-US, derogatory, historical, often 6. A player for the New York Yankees. 7. A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail. 8. A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. Example: Betting is complicated with win bets, place bets, each-way bets and complex bets such as doubles, trebles, Yankees and the like.
Word: Yankee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1765, when it was described as "a name of derision … given by the Southern people on the Continent to those of New England". Various suggestions have been made as to its origin: that it derives from a Cherokee word meaning "slave" or "coward" and was applied to the New Englanders by the Virginians because the former refused to aid the latter in a war against the Cherokees; that it derives from Yengees, an Indian corruption of English; and that it derives from Janke, a pet form of the common Dutch forename Jan. The OED regards the last of these as "perhaps the most plausible". Pronunciation: /ˈjæŋ.ki/, /ˈjeɪ̯ŋ.ki/, /ˈjɛ̃ŋ.ki/ 1. to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something Labels: Canada, US, dated, offensive, slang, sometimes Example: Kentuckians reportedly regarded a Yankee “as a sort of Jesuit” because of his religious zeal, while in Illinois the term yankeed was synonymous with cheated.
Word: hunter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌntə/, /ˈhʌntɚ/, [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ] 1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman. 2. A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog. Example: thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end 3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting. Example: ‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’ Example: a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster 4. One who hunts or seeks after anything. Example: The hunter becomes the hunted. Example: a fortune hunter 5. A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively. Example: Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […] Example: Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices. 6. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider. 7. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
Word: carpet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Armenian կապերտ (kapert) Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet)bor. Medieval Latin carpitader. Old French carpitebor. Middle English carpette English carpet From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.pɪt/, /ˈkɑɹ.pət/ 1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. Example: The railways are anxious to refurbish their stations and rolling stock when they can get labour and materials, although it is unlikely that they contemplate deep carpets in wayside waiting rooms. Lack of carpets at present is not confined to railways, and roaring fires in the present fuel scarcity would probably be considered anti-social in wayside waiting rooms. 2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the grassy carpet of this plain Example: Way deep in left field, where the carpet of green sloped upward to a terrace and greeted the thick line of trees, he reached out his glove. 3. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A wrought cover for tables. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. 5. A woman's pubic hair. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: carpet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old Armenian կապերտ (kapert) Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet)bor. Medieval Latin carpitader. Old French carpitebor. Middle English carpette English carpet From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.pɪt/, /ˈkɑɹ.pət/ 1. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area. Example: After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring. Example: The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house. 2. To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something. Labels: transitive Example: Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema. Example: Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils. 3. To reprimand. Labels: UK Example: Even Colonel Yakov, so recently carpeted by St Petersburg, was reported to be back in the Pamirs. Example: At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted.
Word: parochial vicar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vicarius parochialis. 1. A parish priest who assists the parish administrator. This is a priest who is assigned by the competent authority to assist the pastor in the pastoral ministry of a parish. Together as co-workers, the pastor and parochial vicar(s) carry out the functions of teaching, sanctifying and leading the people entrusted to their care. The parochial vicar is subject to the authority of the pastor.
Word: sauerkraut soup Part of Speech: noun 1. soup made with sauerkraut as its main ingredient, popular in Slovakia particularly to welcome the New Year Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sauerkraut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled”) + Kraut (“herb; cabbage”). Doublet of choucroute. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/, /ˈsaʊəˌkɹaʊt/, /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹʌʊt/ 1. A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A German person. Labels: countable, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slang, slur
Word: librarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From library + -an. First attested around 1710. Pronunciation: /laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/, /lɑjˈbɹɛːɹɪjən/, /laɪˈbɹeɹi.ən/, /laɪˈbɹɛɹi.ən/, /lɑeˈbɹeːɹi.ən/ 1. The keeper, manager of a library. Example: The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian. 2. One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer. 3. A person who processes and organizes information.
Word: crown prince Part of Speech: noun 1. A person designated and raised to become the next king. 2. A person designated and raised to become the next emperor. 3. A person expected to inherit or take over an enterprise or undertaking once its current manager retires or dies.
Word: cowboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws From cow + boy. More on Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/ 1. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].” 2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 4. A dishonest or incompetent independent tradesman. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, countable, informal, uncountable 5. A playing card of king rank. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. Ellipsis of cowboy pool. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: cowboy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws From cow + boy. More on Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/ 1. To work as a cowboy, herding cattle. Labels: intransitive Example: Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad. Example: Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
Word: blue-collar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blue + collar. From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers. 1. Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor. Example: Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society. Example: The blue-collar, vulnerable McClane of Die Hard wouldn’t even recognize the bulletproof, catchphrase-spouting superhero he’s become in the sequels. 2. Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers. Example: Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.
Word: blue-collar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + collar. From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers. 1. A blue-collar worker. Example: In ways, these people defined what it was to be a really good lesbian or a really good dyke. For example: You needed to be articulate or aggressive […] You either needed to be a university or community college person, or a real sincere and hardworking blue collar. If you were from one of the outlying towns, you were likely to have a black mark against you in the first place.
Word: expressivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expressive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English expressivity From expressive + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɛk.sprɛˈsɪ.vɪ.tɪ/, /ˌɛk.sprɛˈsɪ.və.ti/, /ˌekˌspreˈsɪ.vɪ.ti/ 1. The quality of being expressive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Imperfect themes aside, what the first Zootopia had going for it was its gorgeous animation and evocative character design. From the clever visual worldbuilding of its city to the lush colors and textures of a nighttime chase through the Rainforest District, Zootopia was part of a wave of projects that proved CG animation could have the same depth and expressivity as a classic hand-drawn film. 2. The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: expressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French expressif. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɹɛsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɹæsɛv/, /ɪkˈspɹesɪv/, /əkˈspɹesəv/ 1. Effectively conveying thought or feeling. Example: expressive dancing Example: a gesture expressive of the utmost contempt 2. Conveying the speaker's emotions and/or attitudes, in addition to the denotative or literal meaning. Example: These adults performed significantly more poorly than a group of 28 control adults on all measures of articulation and expressive and receptive language. Example: This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language, that is, utterances that express, rather than describe, the emotions and attitudes of the speaker. 3. Able to represent a number of ideas or concepts. Example: A programming language that is Turing complete is more expressive than one that is not.
Word: expressive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French expressif. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɹɛsɪv/, /ɛkˈspɹæsɛv/, /ɪkˈspɹesɪv/, /əkˈspɹesəv/ 1. Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent. Example: Consider the case of expressives, where no prior knowledge of the speaker’s attitudes are required to interpret the utterance. In (43) ["That jerk Alexa keeps making me look bad"], Steve does not need to know (and in fact has no prior knowledge of) anything relating to Siri’s attitudes towards Alexa to interpret that Siri has a negative attitude about Alexa. It is the expressive that jerk that implies the negative attitude. 2. A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone. Example: Cross-linguistically 'expressives' are more commonly termed 'ideophones' [...] Expressives are often cited as a distinctive shared feature of the Austroasiatic language family (Diffloth and Zide 1992; Osada 1992 (Mundari); Svantesson 1983 (Kammu)). [...] I do not make a distinction between expressives and ideophones. [...] I distinguish expressives from onomatopoeic forms, although the two probably overlap. Example: A native metalinguistic term toongl-toojl covers most of these, capturing a range of phenomena associated with alliterative, sound symbolic, and poetic expression. This chapter describes expressive structures under the headings ideophones, onomatopoeia, four-syllable rhyming expressions, echo formation, and interjections. 12.1 Ideophones The term ideophone is roughly equivalent to the term expressive, as well as other terms mimetic and psychomime.
Word: express Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛs/, /ɛkˈspɹɛs/ 1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. Labels: not-comparable 2. Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied. Labels: comparable Example: I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me. Example: This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher. 3. Truly depicted; exactly resembling. Example: In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance. Example: Soon as the potion works, their human countenance, / The express resemblance of the gods, is changed / Into some brutish form, of wolf, or bear, / Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, / All other parts remaining as they were[…] 4. Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type. Labels: postpositional Example: Tesco Express Example: McDonald's Express
Word: express Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛs/, /ɛkˈspɹɛs/ 1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them. Example: I took the express into town. Example: Your attention please. Train 4715 is now boarding on track 3, section B. This train is an express. This train does not stop at Foo, Bar, or Fubar stations. 2. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them. Labels: Philippines 3. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another. 4. An express rifle. Example: "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked. 5. A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration. Labels: obsolete Example: And this [holy communion] being the great myſtery of Chriſtianity, and the onely remanent expreſſe of Chriſts ſacrifice on earth, it is moſt conſonant to the Analogy of the myſtery, that this commemorative ſacrifice be preſented by perſons as ſeparate, and diſtinct in our miniſtery, […] 6. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier. Example: I learned, to my inexpressible terror, that at two o'clock, the day before, an express had been sent to Geraldine by Mr Bergasse, with a letter, which he had received from the Hotel de Romagnecourt. 7. An express office. Example: She charged him […] to ask at the express if anything came up from town. 8. That which is sent by an express messenger or message. Example: popular captations, which some men use in their Speeches, and Expresses Example: “5th, If an express requires extraordinary despatch, the man-mountain shall be obliged to carry, in his pocket, the messenger and horse a six days journey, once in every moon, and return the said messenger back (if so required) safe to our imperial presence.
Word: express Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛs/, /ɛkˈspɹɛs/ 1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. Example: The train runs express to 96 St.
Word: express Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛs/, /ɛkˈspɹɛs/ 1. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. Labels: transitive Example: Words cannot express the love I feel for him. Example: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other. 2. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk). Labels: transitive Example: The people of his island of Rokovoko, it seems, at their wedding feasts express the fragrant water of young cocoanuts into a large stained calabash like a punchbowl […] Example: It contained many cysts which were filled with sagolike granules that could be expressed under pressure. 3. To translate messenger RNA into protein. 4. To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA. Example: When a cell “expresses” a gene, it translates the DNA first into a signature messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence and subsequently into a chain of amino acids that forms a protein.
Word: express Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛs/, /ɛkˈspɹɛs/ 1. The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression. Labels: obsolete Example: Whereby they discoursed in silence, and were intuitively understood from the theory of their expresses. 2. A specific statement or instruction. Labels: obsolete Example: This Gentleman [...] caused a man to go down no less than a hundred fathom, with express to take notice whether it were hard or soft in the place where it groweth.
Word: Mesopotamia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.? Ancient Greek ποταμός (potamós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek μεσοποτάμῐος (mesopotámĭos) Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā)bor. Latin Mesopotamialbor. English Mesopotamia From the Classical Latin Mesopotamia, from the Koine Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía), a feminine substantive form of the adjective Μεσοποτάμιος (Mesopotámios, “between rivers”), from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “between”) + ποτᾰμός (potămós, “river”) + -ιος (-ios), so called because Mesopotamia is located between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. The term is used as a translation of the Biblical Hebrew נַהֲרַיִם (naharáyim), the dual form of נָהָר (nahár, “river”). Pronunciation: /mɛ.sə.pəˈteɪ.mɪ.ə/ 1. A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man. Example: It was purchased by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1882, and continued to work between Brading and Bembridge until 1917, when it was taken over by the War Department, and sent overseas for war service in Mesopotamia, whence it never returned. It survived until at least 1921, when it was observed on the quayside at Basra. Example: Variously associated with qualities ranging from warding off evil to promoting fertility, the open hand of the hamsa is thought to have originated in Mesopotamia and is recognized the world over. 2. A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD. 3. The Mandate for Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932, entrusted to the United Kingdom, that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq. 4. Numerous modern-day places: 5. Numerous modern-day places: Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested (as supercaliflawjalisticexpialadoshus) in a 1931 Syracuse University Daily Orange column, which states that the word “implies all that is grand, great, glorious, splendid, superb, wonderful”. In this spelling, it was made famous by its use in a song of the same title in the movie Mary Poppins (1964), by songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman; they wrote in 1998: When we were little boys in the mid-1930s, we went to a summer camp in the Adirondack Mountains, where we were introduced to a very long word that had been passed down in many variations through many generations of kids. […] The word as we first heard it was super-cadja-flawjalistic-espealedojus. Apparently a fanciful formation on super (compare super-), -ic, and -ious; various rationalizations of the other elements have been offered, but none supported by any evidence. One by American linguist Richard Lederer in his book Crazy English (1989) is super- (“above”) + cali- (“beauty”) + fragilistic- (“delicate”) + expiali- (“to atone”) + -docious (“educable”), the sum of which equals “atoning for extreme and delicate beauty [while being] highly educable”. This etymology is based on calli-, fragile, expiate, and docious (“amenable to order”) or docity (“quickness of comprehension”), from Latin doceō (“to teach”). For the -docious ending, compare braggadocious (first attested in American English, in 1853), and more distantly, perhaps bodacious. The element -cali- may have been taken from California (especially in view of -califlawja- in the 1931 version). For -listic, compare (un)realistic. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəˌkælɨˌfɹæd͡ʒɨˌlɪstɪkˌɛkspɪˌælɨˈdəʊʃəs/, /ˌsupɚˌkælɪ̈ˌfɹæd͡ʒɪ̈ˌlɪstɪkˌɛkspiˌælɪ̈ˈdoʊʃəs/ 1. Fantastic, very wonderful. Labels: humorous, not-comparable Example: It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Example: By comparison with the present transcribers, I'm sure my performance would be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Word: kebab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more. Pronunciation: /kəˈbæb/, /kɪˈbæb/, /kɪˈbɑːb/, /kəˈbɑb/, /kɪˈbɑb/ 1. A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab. Labels: UK 2. A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread. Labels: Australia 3. A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer. Labels: US 4. A dish made from shaped minced meat, usually grilled on a skewer but sometimes formed into a patty and fried. Labels: India 5. A restaurant that sells kebabs Example: Let's go to the kebab after the club. 6. The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure. 7. A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur 8. The vulva. Labels: UK, slang, vulgar 9. A menu icon of three vertical dots.
Word: kebab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more. Pronunciation: /kəˈbæb/, /kɪˈbæb/, /kɪˈbɑːb/, /kəˈbɑb/, /kɪˈbɑb/ 1. To roast in the style of a kebab. Labels: transitive 2. To stab or skewer. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me. Example: A bonfire was built in the courtyard of the Church where, 'almost drunk with rage', the mob hacked them into pieces 'so that not even a human shape remained', and then kebabbed them.
Word: giros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giros Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of giro Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: souvlaki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek σουβλάκι (souvláki). Pronunciation: /suːvˈlæki/, /suːvˈlɑki/ 1. A Greek fast food consisting of pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer, variously also called kalamaki or kebab or, in sandwich form, gyro or shawarma. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A wrapped pancake dish filled with meat, salad and some kind of sauce or dressing, commonly called a kebab. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shawarma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “something that is spun or turned over”), verbal noun of چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over”) (modern Turkish çevirme and çevirmek). Pronunciation: /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/ 1. A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Though shawarma is also made from lamb, beef and turkey, I’ve stuck with chicken, because there seemed more than enough possibility to explore with that alone, though much the same technique could be adapted for other meats.
Word: Euphrates Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Euphrātēs, from Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠ʰUfrātuš⁠/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun) (compare Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period. Pronunciation: /juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/ 1. A river in West Asia, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.
Word: Tigris Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Sumerian 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /⁠id⁠/) Sumerian 𒉌 (i₃ /⁠i⁠/) Sumerian 𒁺 (g̃en) Sumerian 𒀀 (a /⁠'a⁠/) ? Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(id₂)idigna /⁠Idigna⁠/)bor. Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼bor. Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a /⁠Tigrā⁠/)bor. Ancient Greek Τίγρης (Tígrēs)bor. Latin Tigrisbor. English Tigris Borrowed from Latin Tigris, borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίγρης (Tígrēs), borrowed from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a /⁠Tigrā⁠/), borrowed from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼, borrowed from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(id₂)idigna /⁠Idigna⁠/), possibly from 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /⁠id⁠/, “river”) + 𒉌 (i₃ /⁠i⁠/, finite prefix) + 𒁺 (g̃en, “went”) + 𒀀 (a /⁠'a⁠/, nominalising suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/ 1. A river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Word: New Year's Day Part of Speech: noun 1. A holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar. Example: Holonym: New Year's (holiday-time sense) Example: The good people of Han-tan were in the habit, every New Year's day, of presenting their Governor, Chien Tzü, with a number of live pigeons.
Word: happy New Year Part of Speech: phrase 1. A wish said around the start of a new year to wish someone well for the New Year (holiday) or for the (entire) new year.
Word: New Year Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From new + year. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː ˌjɪə/, /ˈnu ˌjɪɹ/ 1. A period covering the first few days of a calendar year. Example: We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together. 2. In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.
Word: inkwell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of ink + well. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋk.wɛl/ 1. A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen (such as a dip pen or quill pen) into it whenever a refill is needed. Example: Near-synonym: inkstand Example: The reference library itself proclaimed the substance of the city with its solid elbow chairs and long mahogany tables, grooved along the edge to hold a pen, and in the centre of each table a massive pewter inkwell. 2. A store of ink built into a pen, comprising a tube attached to the tip of the pen. 3. Euphemistic form of incel (“a member of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a partner”). Labels: Internet, euphemistic, form-of Example: Boy those woman already suffer enough in that line of work. Imagine how much worse it would be if this radical inkwells were in charge of them 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Example: this is what leftist "just have sex inkwell" types assume what the standards RW men have in looking for women are
Word: gyros Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪəɹəʊs/, /jɪəɹ-/, /ˈdʒɪəɹ-/, /ˈdʒaɪɹ-/ 1. Alternative form of gyro (“Greek sandwich”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Now this has gotten me thinking ... I wonder whether I could build an odd-roc out of pita bread ... I'd have to toast it first, I guess, to make it rigid ... then again, I could roll it into a cone (sort of like the way I've most often seen gyroi made) and use a black olive for the nose to give it even more of a Greek touch ... hey, this has possibilities. Example: Well, hummus is a popular item at the Grease Trucks of Rutgers University (a group of catering trucks serving a variety of burgers, steaks, gyroi, and various Middle Eastern foods).
Word: gyros Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪəɹəʊz/, /jɪəɹ-/, /ˈdʒɪəɹ-/, /ˈdʒaɪɹ-/ 1. plural of gyro (“Greek sandwich”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gyros Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊz] 1. plural of gyro (“gyroscope etc.”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tutankhamun Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian i-mn:n-t-w&t-anx (twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn, literally “Living Image of Amun”). The variant spellings of the final vowel are taken from variant forms of the name of the god Amun as found in various different sources: u from Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), o from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), and e from the purely conventional system of Egyptological pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˌtu.tɑŋˈkɑ.mən/, /ˌtu.tæŋˈkɑ.mən/, /ˌtutn̩ˈkɑmən/, /ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmən/ 1. Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.
Word: down to a science Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Perfected; to the point of practiced ease and confidence. Example: I have my painting technique down to a science.
Word: nearby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ner-bi, neer by, equivalent to near + by. Pronunciation: /ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/ 1. Adjacent, near, close by. Example: He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries. Example: Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.
Word: nearby Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ner-bi, neer by, equivalent to near + by. Pronunciation: /ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/ 1. Next to, close to. Example: I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them.
Word: nearby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ner-bi, neer by, equivalent to near + by. Pronunciation: /ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/ 1. A futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest. Example: In each of these markets the nearbys are almost invariably at a discount — a discount that tends to widen in bull markets and narrow in bear markets. Example: The deferred contract should be expected to rise, and buying the deferred while selling the nearby is then profitable.
Word: atomus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos). Doublet of atom. 1. Synonym of atom. Labels: obsolete
Word: palimpsest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”). Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/ 1. A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written. 2. Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side. Labels: archaic 3. Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity. 4. Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface. 5. Memory that has been erased and re-written. 6. The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one. 7. Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form. Example: But on her he did not see even the palimpsest of a smile. 8. A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time. Example: I also agree there's more instrumental development that needs doing. For all we know there's a fourth layer to the palimpsest. Example: Miraculously, the Stasi's record of Garton Ash's years in Berlin remained intact, and in his extraordinary book The File he recalls going back to Berlin, sifting through the material, and piecing together those years for himself. The result is a palimpsest of memories, observations recorded by informants and agents, and the recollections in his own diaries at that time.
Word: palimpsest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”). Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/ 1. To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse. 2. On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day. Example: Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
Word: Glarus Part of Speech: name 1. A canton of Switzerland. 2. A town, the capital of Glarus canton, Switzerland.
Word: Grisons Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Grisons. Doublet of grison. 1. A canton of Switzerland (the French name) Example: [T]here is a Griſon Regiment kept ſtill in pay by the Spaniards, there are in it tvvelve Companies of fifty a piece, and the Captains have a thouſand Crovvns pay, tho they are not obliged to attend upon the ſervice: […] Example: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons […]
Word: Graubünden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Graubünden. 1. A canton of Switzerland (the German name)
Word: Jura Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/, /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/ 1. A mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains. Example: Occasionally, a sigh of mountain air came from the distant Jura, fading along the plain. Example: 1862, Author not identified, The Fir-Tree of the Jura, The Fir-Tree of the Jura and Other Stories, Oliphants Juvenile Series, page 7, On one of the western slopes of the Jura, looking towards France, stood the feudal mansion of Grammont. 2. A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier. 3. A canton of Switzerland. Capital: Delémont. Example: This parallel is the Jura conflict. While the cantonal structure in Switzerland largely follows linguistic lines, the predominantly French-speaking Jura had for a long time until recently been a part of the German-speaking canton of Bern.
Word: Jura Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Diùra, from Old Norse Dýrey (literally “animal island”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/, /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/ 1. An island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland. Example: 1839, Jura, entry in Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia, page 275, Between the north end of Jura and the small isle of Skarba there is a famous whirlpool, called Cory-vrekan, from Brecan, son of a king of Denmark, who perished in this gulph.