nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cynophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyno- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of canophobia. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪnəˈfoʊbi.ə/, /ˌsaɪnəˈfəʊbi.ə/ 1. An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Taffy's cynophobia, expressed in spitting, growling, melancholy miauling, served to ease the awkwardness of greeting between unprepared hostess and uninvited guest. Example: This finding has significant implications for the study of cynophobia, since one would expect from the classical conditioning model of fear that a dog bite should have a lasting negative impact on a child's attitude toward dogs.
Word: in the red Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values, especially a net loss. The first known written use of the phrase is from the "Wise-crack dictionary" (1926) by George H. Maines and Bruce Grant.http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/202000.html 1. Having net losses; in debt. Labels: idiomatic Example: The figures are going to be in the red this year.
Word: obeisance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle of obeïr (“to obey”), from Latin oboediō, obēdiō; ob- (“to, for”) + audiō (“to hear”). Cognate with obedience. Pronunciation: /əˈbiː.səns/, /əʊˈbeɪ.səns/, /əˈbeɪ.səns/, /oʊˈbeɪ.səns/, /oʊˈbiː.səns/ 1. Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; / Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; Example: But looking upwards in the blaze of the moon I suddenly saw colossi sitting near, and towering up and blotting out the stars and filling the night with blackness; and at those idols’ feet I saw praying and making obeisance kings and the days that are and all times and all cities and all nations and all their gods. 2. An obedient attitude. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch. Pronunciation: /daɪk/ 1. US standard spelling of dyke. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.
Word: dike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch. Pronunciation: /daɪk/ 1. US standard spelling of dyke. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners. Example: In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.
Word: dike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them. Pronunciation: /daɪk/ 1. To be well dressed. Labels: US, dialectal, obsolete, slang
Word: dike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them. Pronunciation: /daɪk/ 1. Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Formalwear or other fashionable dress. Labels: US, dialectal, obsolete, slang 3. Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of diagonal + cutters. Pronunciation: /daɪk/ 1. To cut or remove using dikes. Labels: slang
Word: dike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of diagonal + cutters. Pronunciation: /daɪk/ 1. Contraction of diagonal cutters. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, slang Example: “The word ‘dikes’ is widely used to mean ‘diagonal cutters’, a kind of wire cutter.” Example: “They are most commonly referred to as wire cutters, side cutters, dikes or dykes within the US electrical industry […]”
Word: yay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/, [jeː], [jeɪ̯] 1. An expression of happiness. Labels: colloquial Example: Yay! I have finally finished my work! 2. Misspelling of yea. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: yay Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/, [jeː], [jeɪ̯] 1. Alternative spelling of yea. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The tree was yay big. Example: See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.
Word: yay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/, [jeː], [jeɪ̯] 1. Cocaine (powder or crack). Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade. Example: I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.
Word: Loch Ness monster Part of Speech: name 1. A large creature believed by some to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. It is said to have a long neck and one or more humps that protrude from the water.
Word: has Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English has, haes, hafs, haves, equivalent to have + -s. Compare hath. Pronunciation: /hæz/, /həz/, /əz/, /hæs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: She has plenty of reasons to be thankful. Example: The French Revolution has influenced popular movements since the 1800s.
Word: creature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English creature (“a created thing”), borrowed via Old French creature, from Late Latin creātūra, from creō. By surface analysis, create + -ure. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiː.tʃə/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃə], /ˈkɹi.tʃɚ/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɚ] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɹ̩], /kɹiːˈeɪ.tjʊə(ɹ)/ 1. A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien. Example: insects and other creatures Example: But what would be the sentiment of uppertendom, when it should be rumored that the beautiful young creature, of the proud Clarence Delwood's choice, had stooped so low, as to maintain herself by her own hands? 2. An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being. Example: When it comes to this creature you have to unlearn everything you've ever learned about physiology. For example, when its appendages emerge to feed, they do so using incredible bursts of growth, quite unlike anything ever seen before […] Example: Tammy and Cherise heard the creature's roar. “I think they got him,” Tammy said. “See, I told you. Everything's going to be alright.” Cherise smiled. The beast swung its other, human-like arm, knocking the entire barricade down, […] 3. A human. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: He's a creature of habit. Example: Otherwise, Partridge discovered himself to be an amiable creature, with a disconcerting habit of occasionally muddling himself up with ethical questions of extreme profundity, sandwiched in between technicalities of Art, and the ordinary affairs of life, a process which was inclined to be a trifle confusing to the lay mind. 4. A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation. Labels: uncommon Example: Thoughts, my mindes creatures, often are with thee, / But I, their maker, want their libertie. Example: the natural truth of God is an artificial erection of Man, and the Creator himself but a subtile invention of the Creature. 5. A being subservient to or dependent upon another. Example: "You know what I advise," said Mrs. Smith. "Ask Miss Dunstable to advance the money on the same security which the duke holds. She will be as safe then as he is now. And if you can arrange that, stand for the county against him; perhaps you may be beaten." "I shouldn't have a chance." "But it would show that you are not a creature in the duke's hands. That's my advice," said Mrs. Smith, with much spirit; […] Example: they, too, despite the appearance of being creatures rather than creators of the Union, could assert the prior sovereignty of their states, for each had formed a state constitution […] before petitioning Congress for admission to the Union.
Word: universal quantifier Part of Speech: noun 1. The operator, represented by the symbol ∀, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for all members of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "for each" and "for every".
Word: existential quantifier Part of Speech: noun 1. The operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for at least one member of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "there exists" and "there is".
Word: monster Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monster From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɑnstɚ/ 1. Very large; worthy of a monster. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: He has a monster appetite. Example: I turned to Jack and said, "It's supposed to be monster." 2. Great; very good; excellent. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: “You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.” Example: Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.
Word: monster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monster From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɑnstɚ/ 1. To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise. Labels: transitive Example: Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime. Example: A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations feature four cases of women monstered by passion. Madame Defarge is ‘a tigress’, Mrs Joe a virago, Molly (Estella′s criminal mother) ‘a wild beast tamed’ and Miss Havisham a witch-like creature, a ghastly combination of waxwork and skeleton. 2. To behave as a monster to; to terrorise. Labels: intransitive Example: In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷ Example: The interrogators asked members of the 377th Military Police Company to help them with monstering, and the MPs complied. 3. To harass. Labels: Australia Example: Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion. 4. To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants. Labels: UK Example: Are you monstering that event?
Word: monstre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of monster. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: quantum cascade laser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: quantum after the behavior of electrons and photons, cascade for a series of small steps, describing an implementation of a laser. 1. A laser that operates by analogy with an electronic waterfall, with electrons cascading down a series of small steps emitting a photon at each step.
Word: martin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French martin (French martinet). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.tɪn/, /ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/, /ˈmɑɹ.tən/, [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩] 1. Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying. Example: Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.
Word: martin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of marten. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.tɪn/, /ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/, /ˈmɑɹ.tən/, [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩] 1. Obsolete form of marten Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: "Ye must avenge my sister's son's death; I will sables and martins bestow."
Word: reed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English red, from Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud (“reed”), of uncertain origin. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian raid (“reed”), Saterland Frisian Räit (“reed”), West Frisian reid (“reed”), Dutch riet (“reed”), German Reet, Ried (“reed”). No cognates in North Germanic languages, but the existence of an otherwise unattested Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳 (*hriud) was supposed by the brothers Grimm. They also theorised that the word may have a relation to the retas mentioned in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius). The measuring reed sense is the translation of Akkadian qanûm ("cane") used in the Bible and elsewhere. Pronunciation: /ɹiːd/ 1. Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water. Labels: countable 2. The hollow stem of these plants. Labels: countable 3. Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it. Labels: countable 4. Short for reed instrument. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 5. A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving. Labels: countable Example: Coordinate term: sley 6. A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress. Labels: countable, historical 7. Reeding. Labels: uncountable 8. A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A missile weapon. Labels: countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountable 11. A measuring rod. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 12. A measuring rod. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: reed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reden, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ɹiːd/ 1. To thatch. Labels: transitive 2. To mill or mint with reeding.
Word: reed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See ree. Pronunciation: /ɹiːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ree Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rede (“abomasum”), from Old English rēada, from Proto-West Germanic *raudō. Pronunciation: /ɹiːd/ 1. The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: on end Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. without interruption, without stopping, continuously Labels: idiomatic Example: These batteries last for hours on end. Example: The arrangement of some seats facing and some one behind the other, bus fashion, seems a sensible compromise; I am one of those who do not enjoy staring at my fellow travellers for perhaps hours on end. 2. upright; erect; endways Labels: dated Example: How silent, on the other hand, lie all Cotton-trades and such like; not a steeple-chimney yet got on end from sea to sea! Example: When he was dried he struggled into his shirt. Then, ruddy and shiny, with hair on end, and his flannelette shirt hanging over his pit-trousers, he stood warming the garments he was going to put on.
Word: scour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren (“to clean; to polish”) or Middle Low German schǖren, of uncertain origin but probably from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin scūrō, escūrō, excūrō (“to clean off”), from ex- (“thoroughly”) + cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), from cūra (“care, concern”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”)) + -ō. The word is cognate with Danish skure, Middle High German schüren, schiuren (modern German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)), Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), Swedish skura, Catalan escurar. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊə/, /ˈskaʊɚ/, /skaʊɹ/, /skæɔə/, /ˈskæʊə/ 1. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the structure. Example: The general manner of working this sluice is to take in every alternate tide during the high tides in dry weather, and to let them off for scours for the harbour. In wet weather, or during neap tides, no scours are kept back, nor is it of any consequence to the harbour if no tides are suffered to pass up through the sluice at such times. 2. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fish as near the middle of the stream as you can in the spring months, and also on the shallows and scowers; but in the winter, in deep holes; let the bait drag two or three inches on the ground. Example: Trout always have a recognised home of their own, inhabited by a pretty fixed number of individuals. If you catch the two sole denizens of a particular scour, you will find another pair installed in their place to-morrow. 3. A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am particularly interested in the wool processing indusries, which make a major contribution to the Hawke's Bay regional economy. There are five wool scours in the area, all of them located within the Hawke's Bay electorate. […] I am pleased to report that the prototype Drycom system was given its first full trial at the UEB Awatoto scour in Hawke's Bay. 4. Diarrhoea, in livestock; scouring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs. Example: […] lambs, and on the appearance of the skit or scour, the necessity for a change of food is indicated.
Word: scour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scǒuren, scure, skoure (“to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies”), from scǒur (“attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering”), from Old Norse skýra (“to rush in”) and skúr (“a shower; a shower of missiles”), perhaps influenced by the verb scǒuren: see etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊə/, /ˈskaʊɚ/, /skaʊɹ/, /skæɔə/, /ˈskæʊə/ 1. To search an area thoroughly. Labels: transitive Example: They scoured the scene of the crime for clues. Example: A search engine will scour the web for you. 2. To run with speed; to scurry. Labels: intransitive Example: Lord. Behind the tuft of Pines I met them, neuer Saw I men scowre so on their way: I eyed them Euen to their Ships. Example: So four fierce Courſers ſtarting to the Race, / Scow'r thro' the Plain, and lengthen ev'ry Pace: / Nor Reigns, nor Curbs, nor threat'ning Cries they fear, / But force along the trembling Charioteer. 3. To move swiftly over; to brush along. Labels: transitive Example: When Ajax ſtrives, ſome Rock's vaſt Weight to throw, / The Line too labours, and the Words move ſlow; / Not ſo, when ſwift Camilla ſcours the plain, / Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. Example: We near him! We near him [an ostrich]! Ah, laggard, 'tis vain / That with rapid feet casting the dusty clouds back, / In circles wide wheeling, thou scourest the plain, / For Ayoud, untiring, is close on thy track.
Word: right triangle Part of Speech: noun 1. A triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles.
Word: quintus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quīntus (“fifth”). Doublet of quint. 1. The fifth voice in addition to the superius, altus, tenor and bassus in a piece of vocal polyphony.
Word: nay Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above. Pronunciation: /neɪ/ 1. No. Labels: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable Example: Duke Magnus, Duke Magnus, plight thee to me, I pray you still so freely; Say me not nay, but yes, yes! 2. Introducing a statement, without direct negation. Labels: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable Example: Nay, what are you smiling at so damnably? 3. Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: His face was dirty, nay, filthy. Example: […] And proved not only horse, but cows, / Nay pigs, were of the elder house: / For beasts, when man was but a piece / Of earth himself, did th' earth possess.
Word: nay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above. Pronunciation: /neɪ/ 1. No. Labels: archaic
Word: nay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above. Pronunciation: /neɪ/ 1. A vote against. Example: I vote nay, even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular. Example: Recently senators could fax in their yeas or nays to the committee chairman. 2. A person who voted against. Example: The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed; the nays have it. 3. A denial; a refusal. Labels: archaic Example: And my povert' no wight nor can nor may Make comparison, it is no nay.
Word: nay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above. Pronunciation: /neɪ/ 1. To refuse. Labels: obsolete Example: the cardinall then being bishop of Winchester, tooke vpon him the state of cardinall, which was naied and denaied him, by the king of most noble memorie
Word: nay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above. Pronunciation: /neɪ/ 1. Nary; not any Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 'Tis easy to do this experiment, though nay substance will do: we shall need a special one. Example: Nay man could have come out of such a situation unscathed.
Word: keg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects. Pronunciation: /kɛɡ/, /kæɡ/, /keɪɡ/ 1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer. Example: He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with his load.
Word: keg Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects. Pronunciation: /kɛɡ/, /kæɡ/, /keɪɡ/ 1. To store in a keg. Labels: transitive Example: He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit. Example: Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead. 2. The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank. Labels: UK
Word: going Dutch Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go Dutch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: right-angled triangle Part of Speech: noun 1. A right triangle.
Word: acute-angled triangle Part of Speech: noun 1. An acute triangle.
Word: acute triangle Part of Speech: noun 1. A triangle all of the angles of which are acute.
Word: obtuse-angled triangle Part of Speech: noun 1. An obtuse triangle.
Word: obtuse triangle Part of Speech: noun 1. A triangle one of whose angles is obtuse.
Word: recherché Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French recherché; more at French rechercher. Doublet of ricercata. Pronunciation: /ɹəˌʃɛɹˈʃeɪ/ 1. Sought out and chosen with care; choice; exquisite. Example: Mangostanes, the recherché fruit of the Straits Settlements, are found in the Islands of Mindanao and Sulu. Example: Stevens opened the door and proceeded to bring in a most recherché meal. An omelette was followed by quails and the very lightest things in soufflés. 2. Exotic; of rare quality, elegance, attractiveness, etc. 3. Precious, pretentious, affected. Labels: broadly Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:recherché.
Word: slushbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slush + box, in reference to the fluid-coupling action of the torque converter. A popular notion portrays this action as "slushing around" that involves greater power losses than with manual transmissions, although the notion is a comic exaggeration. 1. Synonym of automatic transmission. Labels: slang Example: The slushbox did nothing to improve an already sluggish response. Example: Slushboxes are taking over the scrub. Once scorned in the bush, the automatic gearbox today is more widely accepted in traditional four-wheel drive wagons. "Bush bashers go auto." The Sunday Telegraph. 2002 July 21. Pg. A05.
Word: bupkis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed prior to 1931 from Yiddish באָבקעס (bobkes), plural of באָבקע (bobke, “goat or sheep dropping”), from באָב (bob, “bean”) + ־קע (-ke) calquing Polish bobek (“oval-shaped turd”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bobъ (“bean, fava bean”). Popularized by American Jewish writer Sam Denoff in mid-1960s The Dick Van Dyke Show. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌp.kɪs/, /ˈbɔp.kɪs/ 1. Absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: We searched for hours and found bupkis. Example: But we did nothing, absolutely bupkis that day / And I say, what the hell am I doing drinking in L.A. at 26?
Word: toki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki). Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊki/, /ˈtoʊki/ 1. A Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon). Example: The Toki or Japanese crested ibis (ibis nippon) is an almost extinct kind of bird resembling the heron. Example: The Japanese Archipelago, fringing the eastern edge of Asia, has a rich avifauna, including what is probably the rarest bird in the world - the Toki or Japanese Crested Ibis, and one of the most recently discovered birds - the Okinawa Rail.
Word: trinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪnɪti/, /ˈtɹɪnəti/, [-ɾi] 1. A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one. Example: Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio Example: But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon. 2. The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
Word: Godhead Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Godhede, equivalent to God + -head (“-hood”). Doublet of godhead. 1. The Trinity. 2. The divine nature of God as an abstract entity. Example: House and tenant go to ground, / Lost in God, in Godhead found.
Word: Trinitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French trinitaire (from Medieval Latin trinitarius, from Latin trinitas + -arius) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪn.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌtɹɪn.ɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead. 2. A member of the Trinitarian order.
Word: Trinitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French trinitaire (from Medieval Latin trinitarius, from Latin trinitas + -arius) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪn.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌtɹɪn.ɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Believing in the Trinity. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course. 2. Of or pertaining to the Trinity (the three persons of the Godhead) or to the doctrine of Trinity. Labels: not-comparable Example: The influence of trinitarian iconography is evident to varying degrees. Teresa and Elizabeth, for example, make reference to particular visual images of the Trinity. 3. Of or pertaining to a trinity, a group of three (almost exclusively when compared to the Christian Trinity). Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: In polytheism we find also a tendency to a trinitarian grouping of gods, and in each threefold group one god who was at least primus inter pares. Example: See PL 210.54C and James J. Sheridan's stimulating observations on the Trinitarian grouping of Nature, Genius, and Truth (in his note on p. 218).
Word: golem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem). Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ləm/, /ˈɡɒl.əm/, /ˈɡoʊ.ləm/, /ˈɡɑl.əm/ 1. A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic. 2. A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic. Labels: broadly Example: She is elected mayor through the help of a golem she creates out of the soil of the potted plants she keeps in her apartment. Example: “There was also stuff that we actually had to take out which would have ruined the plot of the movie,” he said of his favorite details. “Getting the angry old man in there was very important, and the woodland mansion. But also things like the iron golems turned out so well.”
Word: bulwark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Swedish bålverk, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊl.wək/, /ˈbʊl.wɚk/, /ˈbʉl.wəɹk/ 1. A defensive wall or rampart. Example: Let thouſands die, their ſlaughtered Carkaſſes Shal ſerue for walles and bulwarkes to the reſt: 2. A defense or safeguard. Example: The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, […] the floating bulwark of the island. 3. A breakwater. 4. The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard. Example: Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft. 5. Any means of defence or security. Labels: figuratively Example: The party stalwarts constitute the bulwark that ensures the president's term of office. Example: Willing to upend the nation’s postwar role as a bulwark against authoritarianism, he promises to usher in a foreign policy rooted in “America First” transactionalism.
Word: bulwark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Swedish bålverk, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊl.wək/, /ˈbʊl.wɚk/, /ˈbʉl.wəɹk/ 1. To fortify something with a wall or rampart. Labels: transitive 2. To provide protection of defense for something. Labels: transitive
Word: dragoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος (dragomános), from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān), from Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā), from Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum, “interpreter”). With the plural form -men, through reinterpretation as suffixed with -man. Doublet of truchman. 1. An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages. Labels: historical Example: Engaging William Prime's (q.v.) dragoman, he visits the bazaars, mosques, and Pyramids before sailing in the dahabeeya Rip Van Winkle up the Nile. Example: Dragomans altered the pasha's language to put it in a form best suited to performing the act that the principal intended. […] Far from being ‘free’, the dragomans' reformulation of the words of the source expressed subservience to their principal's intention.
Word: sidereal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sīdereus + -al (cf. Latin sīderālis), from sīdus (“star, constellation”), of unknown ultimate origin, likely a substrate language such as Pre-Greek. Pronunciation: /saɪˈdɪə.ɹi.əl/, /saɪˈdɪɚ.i.əl/, /sɪˈdɪɚ.i.əl/ 1. Of or relating to the stars. Labels: not-comparable Example: These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousandfold exhalation, some fathoms into the ancient reign of Night, what thinks Boötes of them, as he leads his Hunting-Dogs over the Zenith in their leash of sidereal fire? Example: The field of sidereal astronomy, therefore, was virtually untrodden when, shortly after the beginning of his telescopic work, Herschel began his first review of the heavens. 2. Relating to a measurement of time relative to the position of the stars. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then, from a sufficient number of observations of synodic periods to give their mean, we obtain the sidereal period, or period with reference to the stars. 3. Relating to a measurement of time relative to the point of the vernal equinox. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ethereal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upper air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air”). By surface analysis, ether + -ial. Pronunciation: /ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/, /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/, /iˈθɪɚ.i.əl/, /iˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/, /əˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/ 1. Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. Example: Near-synonyms: aereous, celestial Example: ethereal space 2. Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts. Example: Near-synonyms: celestial, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, spiritual, uncorporeal, mystical, otherworldly, transcendental; see also Thesaurus:cosmic Example: Sure he preſum'd of praiſe, vvho came to ſtock / Th' etherial paſtures vvith ſo fair a flock; / Burniſh'd, and bat'ning on their food, to ſhovv / The diligence of carefull herds belovv. 3. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. Example: Vaſt chain of being ! which from God began, / Ethereal Eſſence, Spirit, Subſtance, Man, / Beaſt, Bird, Fiſh, Inſect ! [...] Example: Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius developes itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!
Word: ethereal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upper air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air”). By surface analysis, ether + -ial. Pronunciation: /ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/, /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/, /iˈθɪɚ.i.əl/, /iˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/, /əˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/ 1. Ellipsis of ethereal wave (“music genre”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: bane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *banô Proto-West Germanic *banō Old English bana Middle English bane English bane The noun is derived from Middle English bane (“person or thing that destroys life, murderer, slayer; person who destroys the soul; destruction of life, death, doom; poison”), from Old English bana (“person or thing that causes death, murderer”), from Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô (“killer, murderer, slayer; death, bane”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to slay, kill; to strike”). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja, “wound”) * Old Frisian bona (“death; murder”) * Old Norse bani (Danish bane (“death; murder”), Icelandic bani (“bane, death”), Swedish bane (“death; murder”)), Old Norse ben (“(moral) wound”) * Old English ben, benn (“mortal injury; wound”) * Old High German bano (“death”) (Middle High German ban, bane) * Old Saxon bano (“death; murder”), beni (“mortal injury; wound”) Pronunciation: /beɪn/ 1. To physically injure (someone or something); to harm, to hurt. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Think when thou ſéeſt the baite whereon is thy delite, / That hidden Hookes are hard at hande to bane thee when thou bite. Example: Novv if a ſhepherd knovv not vvhich graſs vvill bane, or vvhich not, hovv is he fit to be a ſhepherd? VVherefore the Parſon hath throughly canvaſſed al the particulars of humane actions, at leaſt thoſe vvhich he obſerveth are moſt incident to his Pariſh. 2. To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone). Labels: archaic, figuratively, transitive Example: It [covetousness] annoyeth our Phiſitions, it infecteth our Diuines, it choaketh our Lawiers, it woundeth our Farmers, it baneth our Gentlemen, it murdereth our Tradeſmen, it bewitcheth our Merchants, it ſtingeth our Marriners. Oh couetouſneſſe, couetouſneſſe: it is the poyſon of all things, the wound of Chriſtianitie, the bane of all goodneſſe. 3. To cause (sheep) a disease, especially the rot (“a disease in which breakdown of tissue occurs”). Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive 4. To kill (a person or animal), especially by poison. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Aconit is of two ſortes (as Dioſcorides writeth) the one is named Aconitum Pardalianches, that is to ſay, Aconite that baneth, or killeth Panthers. Example: VVhat if my houſe be troubled vvith a Rat, / And I be pleas'd to giue ten thouſand ducats / To have it baind?
Word: bane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northern Middle English ban, from bon (“bone”), from Old English bān, from Proto-West Germanic *bain (“bone; leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone; leg”), from *bainaz (“straight”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to glow, shine”) (in the sense of a straight beam of light), or *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike”) (in the sense of an object for striking), or *bʰeyH-n- (“pole; straight line”). Pronunciation: /beɪn/ 1. Alternative spelling of bone. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, transitive Example: If meate or drinke thou never gavest nane, / Every night and alle: / The fire will burn thee to the bare bane; / And Christe receive thye saule.
Word: ghoul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French goule, from Persian غول (ġul) from Arabic غُول (ḡūl). Pronunciation: /ɡuːl/, /ɡʊəl/, /ɡʉl/, /ɡul/, /ɣul/ 1. A demon said to feed on corpses. Example: The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!. Example: From my laboratory in the Castle east To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes They did the Mash They did the Monster Mash. 2. A graverobber. Example: We would not say that under no circumstances ought a grave to be opened; but it ought to be opened like a grave and not like a burglar-proof safe. […] And some of us enter it, if not without knocking, certainly without taking our hats off. We should not so much mind these eminent persons being ghouls, if only they were modest and apologetic ghouls. Example: Police went to the cemetery at Trafalgar, near Yallourn, and discovered that a woman's body had been stolen from a grave. They were satisfied it was the same body found at Yallourn - but made no progress in running down the ghouls responsible for the outrage. 3. A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive. Example: Cars were parked on boh sides of the highway, the usual ghouls, of both sexes. 4. A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns. Labels: colloquial, derogatory Example: Restored to bumptiousness, Peter arrived jauntily in the kitchen, to survey Mrs Dibble's body as a spectacle new to him, and remark, "So the old trout's done herself in properly this time, I'm told. About time she did, the way she's been going on here." "Shut up, you old ghoul, and help Dr Grimsby to carry her upstairs."
Word: cataclysm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from κατακλύζω (kataklúzō, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”). Pronunciation: /ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/ 1. A sudden, violent event. Example: While the disaster capitalism complex does not deliberately scheme to create cataclysms on which it feeds (though Iraq may be a notable exception), there is plenty of evidence that its component industries work very hard indeed to make that current disastrous trends continue unchallenged. Example: Judging by the sedimentary composition of the crust, it appears that Altaaya once possessed an atmosphere thick enough to support some form of liquid. What cataclysm stripped the atmosphere and left the planet to freeze is not currently known. 2. A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust. 3. A great flood.
Word: dent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint. Pronunciation: /dɛnt/ 1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. Example: The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car. 2. A minor effect made upon something. Labels: figuratively Example: to make a dent Example: "Case Of You" (#67, 1980), a single on the Scotti Brothers label, was Frank's first chart dent. 3. A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel. 4. A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action Labels: broadly, informal Example: That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet. Example: Andy Carroll's first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City's Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.
Word: dent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint. Pronunciation: /dɛnt/ 1. To impact something, producing a dent. Labels: transitive 2. To develop a dent or dents. Labels: intransitive Example: Copper is soft and dents easily.
Word: dent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth. Pronunciation: /dɛnt/ 1. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. 2. A slot or a wire in a reed. Example: Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.
Word: hypnotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + therapy. Pronunciation: /ˌhɪpnoʊˈθɛɹəpi/ 1. Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hypnotherapy, the therapeutic use of hypnotism. Example: Direct persuasive suggestion under hypnosis was the type of hypnotherapy used by the old medical practitioners of hypnotism.
Word: spotface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spot + face. 1. a shallow machined face, especially a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on (for example) a cast part to offer a flat face against which to seat a fastener (often a shallow counterbore).
Word: spotface Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spot + face. 1. to create or fashion a spotface Labels: transitive
Word: petcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from pet + cock, because of its size. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtkɒk/ 1. A small valve, spout, or faucet operated by hand, usually used to release pressure or drain fluid. Example: The doctor placed the rubber mask over her face and turned a dial and I watched Catherine breathing deeply and rapidly. Then she pushed the mask away. The doctor shut off the petcock. Example: The shutoff valve (petcock) is usually located on the gas pipe on the supply side of the meter.