nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: all Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognates Cognate with Scots a, a', aa, aal, aw (“all”), Yola aal, al, all, aul (“all”), North Frisian aal, aale, ale, ali, åle (“all”), Saterland Frisian al (“already”), aal (“all”), West Frisian alle (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), German and Luxembourgish all (“all”), Vilamovian oły, ołły (“all”), Yiddish אַלע (ale, “all”), Danish al (“all”), Faroese and Icelandic allur (“all”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian Nynorsk aillj, all (“all”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”); also Breton and Welsh holl (“all”), Cornish oll (“all”), Irish alig, eile, uile, uileag, uilig (“all”), Manx ooilley (“all”), Scottish Gaelic uile, uileag (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“every”), Armenian ողջ (oġǰ, “entire, whole”). The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles). Pronunciation: /ɔːl/, [oːɫ], /u(ɫ)/, /aːl/, /aː/ 1. All gone; dead. Labels: Pennsylvania, dialectal Example: The butter is all.
Word: almost Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Old English eallmǣst Middle English almost English almost From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.məʊst/, /ɔːlˈməʊst/, /ˈɔː(l)məs/, /ˈɔl.moʊst/, /ˈɑl.moʊst/ 1. Very close to, but not quite. Labels: not-comparable Example: Almost all people went there. Example: We almost missed the train. 2. Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined). Labels: not-comparable Example: almost all Example: almost no 3. Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined). Labels: not-comparable Example: almost everywhere Example: almost nowhere
Word: almost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Old English eallmǣst Middle English almost English almost From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.məʊst/, /ɔːlˈməʊst/, /ˈɔː(l)məs/, /ˈɔl.moʊst/, /ˈɑl.moʊst/ 1. Something or someone that doesn't quite make it. Labels: informal Example: In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
Word: amount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *móntis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amount From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”). Pronunciation: /əˈmaʊnt/ 1. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). Example: The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis. 2. A quantity or volume. Example: Pour a small amount of water into the dish. Example: The dogs need different amounts of food. 3. The number (the sum) of elements in a set. Labels: nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes Example: The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.
Word: amount Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *móntis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mōns Old French mont Old French amont Old French amonterbor. Middle English amounten English amount From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”). Pronunciation: /əˈmaʊnt/ 1. To total or evaluate. Labels: intransitive, with-to Example: The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change. 2. To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of. Labels: intransitive, with-to Example: He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally. Example: His response amounted to gross insubordination. 3. To go up; to ascend. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
Word: amusement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Medieval Latin musumder.? Old French muser Old French amuser Middle French amuser Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment Middle French amusementbor. English amusement Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈmjuzmənt/ 1. Entertainment. Labels: uncountable Example: To my great amusement, the dog kept on chasing its tail and yelped when it bit it. Example: This is some form of amusement you're talking about. 2. An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing. Labels: countable Example: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society." Example: His chief amusements were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along the beach and through the myrtles, in quest of shells or entomological specimens--his collection of the latter might have been envied by a Swammerdamm.
Word: angle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle English angle From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). Example: the angle between lines A and B 2. The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. Example: The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees. Example: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. 3. A corner where two walls intersect. Example: an angle of a building 4. A change in direction. Example: The horse took off at an angle. 5. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something. Example: In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” Example: For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation." 6. The focus of a news story. 7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies. 8. A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud. Labels: slang 9. An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral. Labels: slang Example: His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade. 10. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Example: though but an angle reached him of the stone 11. Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
Word: angle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle Middle English anglen English angle From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. To place (something) at an angle. Labels: transitive Example: The roof is angled at 15 degrees. 2. To change direction rapidly. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket. 3. To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. Labels: informal, transitive Example: How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client? 4. To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball. Labels: transitive
Word: angle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Old English angol Middle English angel English angle From Middle English angel (“fishhook”), from Old English angel (“hook, fishhook”), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to make crooked, bend”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ongle (“fishhook; fishing pole”), West Frisian angel (“fishing rod, stinger”), Dutch angel (“fishhook”), German Angel (“fishing pole”), Luxembourgish Aangel (“fishing rod”), Icelandic öngull (“fishhook”), Norwegian Nynorsk angel, ongel, ongul (“fishhook”), Swedish angel (“pike hook”), Prasuni uku (“shoulder”). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Example: Give me mine angle: we'll to the river there. Example: A fisher next his trembling angle bears.
Word: angle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *anglōn Old English *anglian? Middle English anglen English angle From Middle English anglen (“to fish, fish with a hook”, literally “to fish-hook”), perhaps from Old English *anglian, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn (“to hook”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ongelje (“to fish, angle”), Dutch hengelen (“to fish, angle”), German Low German angeln (“to fish, angle”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. To try to catch fish with a hook and line. Labels: intransitive 2. To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: He must be angling for a pay rise.
Word: angry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/, [ˈæŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹi/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡɹi/ 1. Displaying or feeling anger. Example: His face became angry. Example: An angry mob started looting the warehouse. 2. Inflamed and painful. Example: The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm. 3. Dark and stormy, menacing. Labels: figuratively Example: Angry clouds raced across the sky. Example: […]nor dreads he the angry sea[…]
Word: angry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/, [ˈæŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹi/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡɹi/ 1. An angry person. Labels: informal, rare Example: Maybe I just have a thick skin from years of newsgroup use, but hey, it is a forum where all kinds of people come, and its not like you have to take the anonymous kooks or the angries too seriously (they don't live next door to me or hang out in my office). Example: He knows the young buffalos who bitch beyond reasonable bitching but still do the job, and he knows the angries, the men who never seem to feel good about themselves because of the seemingly endless struggle against an unrealistic bureaucracy that demands so much of them and offers so little in the way of reward or compensation. After all, they are "only" cops.
Word: angry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/, [ˈæŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹi/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡɹi/ 1. To anger. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Onely they that repent, and are verie ſorie that they haue angried God with their ſinnes, and yet truſt that they are forgiuẽ them for Chriſtes ſake, and that the reſt of their weakeneſſe and vnperfectnes is couered with his deth & paſſion, who alſo deſire to goe forwarde and growe more and more in holy life & conuerſation. Example: The King ſent to the Londoners requeſting to borrowe of them one thouſande pounde, whiche they ſtoutely denyed, and alſo euil entreated, bette and néere hand ſlew a certain Lumbard that woulde haue lent the King the ſayde ſumme, which when the King heard he was maruellouſly angried, and calling togither almoſt all the nobles of the lande, hée opened to them the malitiouſneſſe of the Londoners, and cõplayned of theyr preſumption, the whyche noble men gaue counſell, that their inſolencie ſhoulde with ſpéede be oppreſſed, and theyr pride abated.
Word: answer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːn.sə/, /ˈa̝n.sə/, /ˈæn.sɚ/, [ˈeən.sɚ], /ˈæn.sə/ 1. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. Example: Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face. Example: When a student types a complex question into a chatbot, they get a polished (though not necessarily authentic, accurate or nuanced) answer in seconds. 2. A solution to a problem. Example: There is no simple answer to corruption. Example: Violence is not the answer to disagreements. 3. Someone or something that fills a similar role or position. Example: Anti-pornography crusader Mary Whitehouse, who successfully brought London's Gay News to trial recently on charges of "blasphemy," is emerging as England's answer to Anita Bryant. 4. A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
Word: ant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā Old English ǣmete Middle English ampte English ant From Middle English ampte, amte, amete, amote, ante, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte, from Old English ǣmete, ǣmette, ǣmytte, ǣmætte (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (“ant”), of uncertain and debated origin (q.v.), but probably from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). See also emmet. Cognates Cognate with Yola emotee, emothee (“ant”), West Frisian eamel, eamelder, eameler (“ant”), Alemannic German Ameisse (“ant”), Bavarian Åmasn, Åmeisn (“ant”), Cimbrian amasa (“ant”), Dutch emt (“ant”), German Ameise, Emse (“ant”), Low German Emk (“ant”), Vilamovian ömys (“ant”), Yiddish אַמייזע (ameyze, “ant”). Pronunciation: /ænt/, [ɛənt], [eənt], [ɛːnt], /ant/ 1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females. Example: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo. 2. A Web spider. Labels: Internet
Word: ant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā Old English ǣmete Middle English ampte English ant From Middle English ampte, amte, amete, amote, ante, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte, from Old English ǣmete, ǣmette, ǣmytte, ǣmætte (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (“ant”), of uncertain and debated origin (q.v.), but probably from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). See also emmet. Cognates Cognate with Yola emotee, emothee (“ant”), West Frisian eamel, eamelder, eameler (“ant”), Alemannic German Ameisse (“ant”), Bavarian Åmasn, Åmeisn (“ant”), Cimbrian amasa (“ant”), Dutch emt (“ant”), German Ameise, Emse (“ant”), Low German Emk (“ant”), Vilamovian ömys (“ant”), Yiddish אַמייזע (ameyze, “ant”). Pronunciation: /ænt/, [ɛənt], [eənt], [ɛːnt], /ant/ 1. To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers. Example: Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.
Word: belly flop Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen. 2. A similar move performed on a trampoline. 3. A flop; an utter failure. Labels: slang
Word: belly flop Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform this type of dive. Labels: intransitive 2. To perform this type of trampolining move. Labels: intransitive 3. To flop; to be an utter failure. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: The director's first three movies belly flopped.
Word: any Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”); via Proto-Indo-European *óynos cognate with Latin ūllus (“any”), Latin ūnicus (whence Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”)). Piecewise doublet of unique. Pronunciation: /ɛni/, /æni/, /ɪni/ 1. To even the slightest extent, at all. Labels: not-comparable Example: 'That wouldn't surprise me any.' 2. To even the slightest extent, at all. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways! Example: Is she any less enthused now that it's raining? 3. To even the slightest extent, at all. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: That doesn't bother me any. Example: Unfortunately, I don't expect the documentation to help any.
Word: any Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”); via Proto-Indo-European *óynos cognate with Latin ūllus (“any”), Latin ūnicus (whence Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”)). Piecewise doublet of unique. Pronunciation: /ɛni/, /æni/, /ɪni/ 1. One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of. Example: Near-synonym: some Example: Do you have any biscuits? 2. A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature. Example: Choose any item you want. Example: Any person may apply. 3. An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.). Example: They'll be arriving any day. Example: I expect the phone to ring at any moment.
Word: any Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”); via Proto-Indo-European *óynos cognate with Latin ūllus (“any”), Latin ūnicus (whence Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”)). Piecewise doublet of unique. Pronunciation: /ɛni/, /æni/, /ɪni/ 1. Any thing(s) or person(s). Example: Any may apply.
Word: Amy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.mi/, /ˈæɪ.mi/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name Aime might be read for Anne. Example: As a child, Amy could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon. 2. A surname. Example: [...] Mr. John W. Amy, landlord of the "Cross Keys" at Arnold, Nottingham.
Word: approval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der. Proto-Italic *proβwos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *proβwāō Latin probō Latin approbōder. Old French aproverbor. Middle English aproven English approve Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English approval From approve + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹuːvəl/, /əˈpɹuvəl/ 1. An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I need to get an approval on this purchase order. 2. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Words of approval never seem to come from him. 3. Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable
Word: argument Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin argūmentorder. Old French argumenterbor. Middle English argumenten English argument The obsolete senses are derived from Middle English argumenten (“to argue, discuss; to consider, reflect”), from Old French argumenter (“to argue”), from Latin argūmentārī (“to adduce arguments or proof, prove, reason; to adduce (something) as argument or proof; to conclude”), from argūmentum (“argument (for a position); evidence, proof; point, theme; thesis, topic; plot (in theatre)”) (see further at etymology 1) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). The current sense is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/, /ˈɑɹɡjʊmənt/, /-ɡju-/, /-ɡjə-/ 1. To put forward as an argument; to argue. Labels: intransitive, nonstandard, obsolete Example: [I]t is moſt certaine, that after Herodotus and other auncient writers, it is ſafer to call theſe [elephants' tusks] teeth, then hornes; and I will breefly ſet downe the reaſons of Philoſtratus, that will haue them to be teeth, and afterward of Grapaldus [i.e., Francesco Mario Grapaldi], Aelianus, and Pauſanias, that would make them horns, and ſo leaue the reader to conſider whether opinion he thinketh moſt agreeable to truth. […] Thus they argument for the horns of Elephants. Example: Both kneeling, and all the reſt of the Popiſh Ceremonies, may well be compared to the Brazen Serpent. […] I. Rainoldes [i.e., John Rainolds] argumenteth, from Hezekiah his breaking downe of the Brazen Serpent, to the plucking downe of the ſigne of the Croſſe. 2. To adduce evidence, to provide proof. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Albeit that it apperteneth to the apoſtolis, be the puiſtoun of God to tak ordour in all materis off debait cõcernyng ye faith, & ſpecialie to iterprete ye ſcripturis, as yat quhilkis had yͤ ſpreit of god, & wer yͤ trew kirk: It argumẽtis [argumentis] not yat vtheris, quha hes ꝯuenit [conuenit] ſenſyne in generale ꝯſales [consales] had the ſpreit of GOD, or wer the trew kirk: […]
Word: arm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Cognates Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma). Pronunciation: /ɑːm/, /ɑɹm/, /ɐːm/ 1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. Example: She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!” Example: When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. 2. The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow. Example: The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body. 3. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. Example: the arms of an octopus 4. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm. Example: […] one arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of a huzzar’s surcoat. Example: […] he noticed that a dark stain had appeared under the arm of her grey silk dress. 5. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses. Example: The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line. Example: I accidentally sat on my glasses and bent one of the arms. 6. A bay or inlet off a main body of water. Example: Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain. 7. A branch of an organization. Example: the cavalry arm of the military service Example: Congress has asked the Government Accountability Office, its investigative arm, to review the workplace complaints raised by air marshals, said Charles Young, a spokesman for the office. 8. Power; might; strength; support. Labels: figuratively Example: the arm of the law Example: the secular arm 9. A pitcher Labels: slang Example: The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason. 10. One of the two parts of a chromosome. 11. A group of patients in a medical trial. 12. A quantity of dagga leaves rolled up in paper into a thick cylinder. Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: They scored an arm of dagga and some speed and then raced away.
Word: arm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Cognates Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma). Pronunciation: /ɑːm/, /ɑɹm/, /ɐːm/ 1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. Labels: obsolete Example: And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him. Example: Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.
Word: arm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English arm (“poor, wretched”), from Old English earm (“poor, miserable, pitiful, wretched”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm- (“poor, ill”). Cognates Akin to Dutch arm (“poor”), German arm (“poor”), Yiddish אָרעם (orem, “poor”), Swedish arm (“poor”). Pronunciation: /ɑːm/, /ɑɹm/, /ɐːm/ 1. Poor; lacking in riches or wealth. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 2. To be pitied; pitiful; wretched. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: arm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from arms (plural), from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ɑːm/, /ɑɹm/, /ɐːm/ 1. A weapon. Labels: usually Example: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Example: The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms. 2. Heraldic bearings or insignia. Labels: in-plural Example: The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field. 3. War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war. Labels: in-plural, obsolete
Word: arm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from arms (plural), from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ɑːm/, /ɑɹm/, /ɐːm/ 1. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons. Labels: transitive Example: The king armed his knights with swords and shields. Example: They were arming them with spears and shields, putting iron halfhelms on their heads, and arraying them along the inner wall, a rank of snowy sentinels. "Lord Winter has joined us with his levies," one of the sentries [said]. 2. To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: thou getteſt no more of me. For I am ſure thy Office doth not arme thee with ſuch authoritie. Example: arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 3. To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate. Labels: transitive Example: Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work. 4. To become prepared for action; to activate. Labels: intransitive Example: Torpedoes were loosed, but the range was too short for them to actually arm, and they bounced harmlessly off the ship as it cut loose with its secondary and antiaircraft guns, smashing anything that it could see. 5. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency. Labels: transitive Example: to arm the hilt of a sword; to arm a hook in angling 6. To take up weapons; to arm oneself. Labels: intransitive Example: The sergeant sent out an order to arm the team for the next mission. Example: Are you arming, comrade Atheists? Are you arming for the fray? 7. To fit (a magnet) with an armature. Labels: transitive
Word: balalaika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian балала́йка (balalájka). Pronunciation: /bæləˈlaɪkə/ 1. A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
Word: art Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft. See also archaic English list (“art, craft, cunning, skill”). Pronunciation: /ɑːt/, /ɑɹt/, [ɑːʔ], [äˑɹt], [-ɻ-] 1. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. Labels: uncountable Example: There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism. Example: B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world. R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it? B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do. R. Jeeves: Very good, sir. 2. The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc. Labels: uncountable 3. Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus. Labels: countable Example: She's mastered the art of programming. 4. The study and the product of these processes. Labels: uncountable Example: He's at university to study art. 5. Aesthetic value. Labels: uncountable Example: Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them. 6. Artwork. Labels: uncountable Example: Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions. Example: art collection 7. A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature. Labels: countable Example: I'm a great supporter of the arts. 8. (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology. Labels: countable Example: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 9. Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation. Labels: countable Example: A physician was immediately sent for; but on the first moment of beholding the corpse, he declared that Elvira's recovery was beyond the power of art. Example: The relation of science to art may be summed up in a brief expression: From Science comes Prevision: from Prevision comes Action. 10. Contrivance, scheming, manipulation. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: it was not art, Of wisdom and of justice when he spoke— When ’mid soft looks of pity, there would dart A glance as keen as is the lightning’s stroke When it doth rive the knots of some ancestral oak. Example: [...] and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint, when she returned home employing art, not force—with force she would have found it impossible.
Word: art Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English art, from Old English eart, second-person singular present indicative of wesan. Further etymology uncertain, see are. Cognate with Faroese ert and Icelandic ert. Pronunciation: /ɑːt/, /ɑɹt/, /ət/, /əɹt/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of be: [you] are Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: How great thou art!
Word: as Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Proto-Indo-European *swéder.? Proto-Germanic *swa Proto-West Germanic *swā Proto-West Germanic *allswā Old English eallswā Middle English also Middle English as English as From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā (“just so; as”), thus representing a reduced form of also. Compare German Low German a(l)s, German als, Dutch als. Pronunciation: /əz/, /æz/, [æz], [az] 1. To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: She regards her kids as (being) holy as saints. Example: You’re not as tall as I am, but you are definitely as happy as can be. 2. Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified). Labels: not-comparable 3. For example; for instance. (Compare such as.) Labels: dated, formal, not-comparable Example: Likewise many other indulgences were by virtue hereof granted; as, to have a portatile altar, to receive the Sacrament privately; […] Example: First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
Word: as Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Proto-Indo-European *swéder.? Proto-Germanic *swa Proto-West Germanic *swā Proto-West Germanic *allswā Old English eallswā Middle English also Middle English as English as From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā (“just so; as”), thus representing a reduced form of also. Compare German Low German a(l)s, German als, Dutch als. Pronunciation: /əz/, /æz/, [æz], [az] 1. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. Example: You are not as tall as my sister. Example: They are big as houses. 2. In the role of. Example: What is your opinion as a parent? Example: As your big sis, I worry about your life too. 3. In the form of. Example: I bought you a new toy as a special treat.
Word: as Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin as. Doublet of ace. Pronunciation: /ˈæs/ 1. A libra, a Roman pound. 2. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: as Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a + -s. 1. Alternative form of a's. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: as Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Shortening of as hell or as fuck or similar. Pronunciation: /ˈæz/ 1. Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, especially, slang Example: sweet as Example: It also appears in other positions in the sentence: his big as car could hardly fit. It's pretty scratched, and dented as.
Word: balance beam Part of Speech: noun 1. A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics. 2. A gymnastics event using the balance beam apparatus. 3. The horizontal member of any balance (scale,) usually carrying pans at each end, supported at its center by a fulcrum.
Word: floor exercise Part of Speech: noun 1. A performance on a mat-covered floor using no apparatus.
Word: vocative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑkətɪv/, /ˈvoʊkətɪv/, /ˈvɒkətɪv/, /ˈvakətɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation. 2. Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed. Example: In English, the vocative may be indicated by an addressee–address separation comma, or by the particle O, as in "What is the matter, sir?", "Mother, listen!", or "O Lord".
Word: vocative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑkətɪv/, /ˈvoʊkətɪv/, /ˈvɒkətɪv/, /ˈvakətɪv/ 1. The vocative case 2. A word in the vocative case 3. A vocative expression 4. Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation. Labels: rare Example: [T]he two latter will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear your whining vocatives.
Word: amontillado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish amontillado. 1. A pale, dry sherry from Montilla. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: peruke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French perruque. Doublet of periwig. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹuːk/, /pəˈɹuk/ 1. A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries. Example: To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits. Example: But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]
Word: attributive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin attributusbor. English attribute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English attributive From attribute + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪb.ju.tɪv/, /əˈtɹɪb.jə.tɪv/, /əˈtɹɪb.jə.ɾɪv/ 1. Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase. Example: In "this big house", big is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative. Example: In "this tiger is a man-eater," man is an attributive noun. 2. Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution. Example: To hate, &c.] Or thus, To be affected with hatred and horrour at. For abhor, though arranged in our dictionaries among verbs active, attributes an affection rather than an act of the mind. As the mind however is an active principle, all verbs attributive of what passes in the mind, even those we call neuter, attribute at the same time some mental act or operation. To grieve is reckoned a verb neuter; yet in grieving at some misfortune, the mind is not less active than it is in abhorring or loathing an object; which latter verbs are called verbs active. Example: * 947 आल and आट put after वाक् Speech, with it form adjectives attributive of much bad or improper speaking; as वाचाल, or वाचाट Who utters much bad language. * 948 […] affixed to nouns, with them form adjectives attributive of detraction,[…]
Word: attributive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin attributusbor. English attribute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English attributive From attribute + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪb.ju.tɪv/, /əˈtɹɪb.jə.tɪv/, /əˈtɹɪb.jə.ɾɪv/ 1. An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive. Example: In "this big house," big is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
Word: one eighty out Part of Speech: adj 1. incorrect; false Labels: US, slang Example: I read you loud and clear but it's still 180-out.
Word: four oh four Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Internet HTTP error code 404 (Not Found). 1. a naive or clueless person. Labels: US, slang Example: Yup, clueless in Seattle, a 404 if I ever saw one.