nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: thimble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English thymbyll, thimel (“thimble”) [and other forms], from Old English þȳmel (“thimble, thumbstall; fingerstall”), then either: * from Old English þūma (“thumb”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”)) + -el (suffix forming agent nouns and the names of instruments); or * from Proto-Germanic *þūmilaz (“thumb-covering, thumb-sheath”), from *þūmô (“thumb”) (ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root mentioned above) + *-ilaz (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as thumb + -le (suffix forming agent nouns), and is cognate with Dutch duimeling (“thumbstall”), German Däumling (“thumbstall”), German Low German Dümelke (“thumbstall”), Saterland Frisian Düümelke (“thumbstall”), Scots thummle, thumble (“thimble”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪmb(ə)l/ 1. A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material. Example: She had worn a hole through her silver thimble, and wanted Owen to repair it. 2. As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful. 3. An object which resembles a thimble (sense 1) in shape or size. Labels: also, attributive 4. An object which resembles a thimble (sense 1) in shape or size. Labels: also, attributive 5. A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing. Example: To relieve the stern in a measure from the great weight of the [diving-]bell, a short, strong mast was stepped in the usual place, and steeving forward; from its head to the head of the davit was a span, which set up with two thimbles [footnote: A sort of iron ring.] and a lanyard, and the whole was supported by a strong stay from the mast-head to the stern of the boat, and two shrouds on a side, leading forward. Example: The rope part is fitted with a thimble in one end, which is connected to the chain by means of a shackle; the other extremity is spliced around a heart, and goes with a laniard, as in the case of bobstays. The splice of the thimble and the heart should be served. 6. A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule. 7. A watch (timepiece). Labels: UK, obsolete Example: One of them had the address, whilst his Majesty was shaking hands with one of his 'Pall-Mall' acquaintances, to slip his hand under his upper tog [coat] and extract his thimble [watch] […]
Word: thimble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English thymbyll, thimel (“thimble”) [and other forms], from Old English þȳmel (“thimble, thumbstall; fingerstall”), then either: * from Old English þūma (“thumb”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”)) + -el (suffix forming agent nouns and the names of instruments); or * from Proto-Germanic *þūmilaz (“thumb-covering, thumb-sheath”), from *þūmô (“thumb”) (ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root mentioned above) + *-ilaz (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as thumb + -le (suffix forming agent nouns), and is cognate with Dutch duimeling (“thumbstall”), German Däumling (“thumbstall”), German Low German Dümelke (“thumbstall”), Saterland Frisian Düümelke (“thumbstall”), Scots thummle, thumble (“thimble”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪmb(ə)l/ 1. To use a thimble (noun sense 1). Labels: intransitive 2. To sew. Labels: broadly, intransitive
Word: Judaeophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Judaeo- + -phobe. 1. One who fears or hates Jews. Example: The most rabid Judaeophobe will readily admit that there is hardly one small town in Germany without its Jewish physician, and that there is no university which has not more than its due proportion of professorial chairs occupied by Hebrews. Example: It is the problem which touches the very root of our national existence, the problem—to put it in the words of an ancient Judaeophobe—of "a nation dispersed and divided," or—to express it in the words of a modern Judaeophile—the problem of "Israel among the Nations."
Word: peg warmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Humorously suggesting that such products are likely to remain hanging on the peg in a store. 1. A retail product, especially a collectible, that has very high supply and very low demand. Labels: informal
Word: kinesthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō)der. New Latinder. English kine- English -esthesis English kinesthesis From kine- + -esthesis. 1. Ability to feel motion of the body and limbs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arcuate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin arcuātus. 1. curved into the shape of a bow. Example: arcuate stalks Example: The cause of the confusion in sounds, and the inconfusion in species visible, is, for that the sight worketh in right lines, and so there can be no coincidence in the eye; but sounds that move in oblique and arcuate lines, must needs encounter and disturb the one the other.
Word: amphidromous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphi- + -dromous. 1. that travels between fresh and salt water, but not to breed Labels: not-comparable
Word: anata Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of anatta. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: anadromous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάδρομος (anádromos, “fish entering a river from the sea”). By surface analysis, ana- + -dromous. Pronunciation: /əˈnad.ɹə.məs/, /əˈnæd.ɹə.məs/ 1. That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water. Labels: not-comparable Example: Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous. Example: Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn. 2. Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond. Labels: not-comparable
Word: potamodromous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From potamo- + -dromous. 1. that migrates within freshwater only Labels: not-comparable Example: The Colorado pikeminnow of the United States is a potamodromous fish.
Word: doko Part of Speech: noun 1. A lungfish. Labels: archaic Example: If the water, which the doko has chosen for its habitation becomes dried up, it wraps itself in a kind of a capsule of mud[…] 2. a kind of basket made from bamboo, used by porters in Nepal, Bhutan and northern India.
Word: Winchester Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”). The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/ 1. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England. 2. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Any of the towns named after it, including: 4. Any of the towns named after it, including: 5. Any of the towns named after it, including: 6. Any of the towns named after it, including: 7. Any of the towns named after it, including: 8. Any of the towns named after it, including: 9. Any of the towns named after it, including: Example: Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health. 10. Any of the towns named after it, including: 11. Any of the towns named after it, including: 12. Any of the towns named after it, including: 13. Any of the towns named after it, including: 14. Any of the towns named after it, including: 15. Any of the towns named after it, including: 16. Any of the towns named after it, including: 17. Any of the towns named after it, including: 18. Any of the towns named after it, including: 19. Any of the towns named after it, including: 20. Any of the towns named after it, including: 21. Any of the towns named after it, including: 22. A habitational surname from Old English.
Word: Winchester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”). The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/ 1. A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater. Example: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked. Example: Almost simultaneously Jim Taylor and Kit Hunter shot at each other with Winchesters. 2. A bottle holding a Winchester quart. 3. A hard disk. Labels: dated Example: And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges[…] 4. Out of ordinance.
Word: Henri Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from French.
Word: have to Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Dates back at least to the Old English habban + tō construction, with the same meaning as sense 1 below. Pronunciation: /ˈhæv.tuː/, /ˈhæf.tu/, /ˈhæf.tə/ 1. Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation. Example: You have to wear a seat belt. Example: I have to go to the bathroom. 2. Must; expresses a logical conclusion. Example: that has to be the postman; it has to be an electrical fault
Word: trick or treat Part of Speech: intj 1. A form of a light-hearted request by which children obtain candy on Halloween while wearing themed costumes. Example: 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1. Meet the others at the store, / Knock on other people's door / Trick or treat they have no choice, / Little ghost's are makin' lotsa noise
Word: beneficium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin beneficium. 1. Synonym of benefice.
Word: tick off Part of Speech: verb 1. To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has been verified or completed. Labels: figuratively, sometimes Example: I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present. Example: I ticked three things off the list in my head, and had only four chores left to do. 2. To list (create or recite a list). Example: In a lengthy missive dispatched the next afternoon, Wheeler ticked off a laundry list of reasons why he could not obey Bragg's order. Example: “So many wars here,” says Luo Xin, my walking partner and a brilliant writer and professor of history from Peking University. I ask Luo to name them. Not breaking stride, he ticks off the wars between the Three Kingdoms more than 2,200 years ago. And then the Han-Xiongnu war of the second century B.C. And Liu Bobo’s later campaigns against the Qin empire. And the Tang versus Northern Song dynasty. And the Ming frontier wars. More recently, there was the Chinese civil war and the war against Japanese aggression. The Yellow River’s silted waters sucked away casualties from them all. 3. To annoy, aggravate. Labels: Canada, US, transitive Example: It really ticks me off when people don't use proper punctuation. 4. To reprimand. Labels: Australia, UK, transitive Example: Fred was ticked off by the teacher for playing around in class. Example: Having ticked us off in this way, the rascal had an elaborate description of rails at the pit mouth, and of a zigzag excavation by which funicular trains were to burrow into the earth.
Word: cut off Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] 1. To remove by cutting. Labels: transitive 2. To isolate or remove from contact. Labels: transitive Example: The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake. Example: […] the master controller handle contains a device which automatically applies the brakes and cuts off all power to the electric motors in the event of an emergency; […] 3. To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water. Labels: transitive Example: "I suppose they lit the gas, or whatever it is there, as well?" "It is gas, but they could not light it because it was cut off at the meter. We always cut it off when a flat becomes vacant." Example: The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speed build up without cutting off the motor current. 4. To exclude (something) from the field of view. Labels: transitive Example: Half of his head has been cut off by the edge of the photo. 5. To stop providing funds or something else to (someone). Labels: transitive Example: His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job. Example: You're drunk, Jerry, I'm cutting you off. 6. To end abruptly. Labels: transitive Example: My phone call was cut off before I could get the information. 7. To interrupt (someone speaking). Labels: transitive Example: That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis. 8. To swerve in front of (another car) while driving. Labels: transitive 9. To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction. Labels: transitive Example: I ran to the house, but Sally is quicker and cut me off. 10. To turn off or switch off (an electrical device). Labels: Southern-US, transitive Example: Cut off the lamp so I can get some sleep.
Word: cut off Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] 1. Alternative form of cutoff. Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive
Word: make out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /meɪk aʊt/, /meɪk æɔt/, /meɪk æʊt/, /meɪk ʌʊt/, /mek ɘʉt/ 1. To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque). Labels: transitive Example: Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company. 2. To send out. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 3. To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. Labels: transitive Example: In the distance, I could just make out a shadowy figure. Example: There was a startling lack of creativity and if Van Gaal had listened closely he would have made out the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to David Moyes’s time in the job. 4. To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). Labels: US, intransitive, regional Example: Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out? Example: Regarding money—I shall economize and make out probably very well from now on—without any outside help. 5. To represent; to make (something) appear to be true. Labels: ambitransitive Example: His version of the story makes me out (to be) the bad guy. Example: She hadn't invited me to a party at her house since the third grade, and here she was, making out like we'd never stopped being friends. 6. To get along with (someone). Labels: US, intransitive, slang Example: Him and I always make out well. 7. To make an (often temporary) home. Labels: US, intransitive, slang Example: I'll make out in this room for the night. 8. To embrace and kiss passionately. Labels: US, intransitive, slang Example: We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private. 9. To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse. Labels: US, intransitive, nonstandard, rare, slang
Word: yellow-bellied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yellow + bellied; see yellowbelly. 1. Of an animal or reptile; having a yellow underside or belly. 2. Uncourageous, cowardly. Labels: colloquial, figuratively, idiomatic
Word: uncourageous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + courageous. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnkəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/ 1. lacking courage
Word: after the jump Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: The World Wide Web version of after the break. 1. Used to introduce an inline advertisement in a webpage etc. Example: This story continues after the jump.
Word: scarabæid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scarabaeid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: in-line Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + line. 1. Consisting of parts arranged in a single line. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having all cylinders in a single straight line; straight. Labels: not-comparable 3. Inserted in the flow of a text. Labels: not-comparable Example: An in-line mathematical formula does not have to be on a line of its own. Example: Parenthetical referencing is a citation style which uses in-line citations enclosed within parentheses. 4. Of a different language than the outer enclosing code. Labels: not-comparable Example: BBC BASIC allows the programmer to write in-line assembly language. 5. Of a style: inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element instead of in a separate stylesheet. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now the paragraph to which you applied the inline style should be light gray, as the inline CSS is overriding the embedded CSS and the linked style sheet. Any other default paragraphs should still be dark gray based on the embedded style.
Word: fully-fledged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of full-fledged. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aedicule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aedicula (“small house”), diminutive of aedēs (“a house”) + -culus. 1. A small house or room. Example: They built a rococo aedicule that stands around the Tomb today.
Word: premonition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning. Pronunciation: /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/, /ˌprɛ-/ 1. A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future. 2. A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively). Example: The sinister face of Dr. Bauerstein recurred to me unpleasantly. A vague suspicion of everyone and everything filled my mind. Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil.
Word: civitas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cīvitās. Doublet of city. Pronunciation: /ˈki.wɪˌtɑs/, /ˈt͡ʃiviˌtɑs/ 1. the social body of the citizens united by law Labels: Roman 2. a city and its territory Labels: Roman 3. a community 4. a state, (chiefly) a city-state
Word: e-texts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-text Labels: form-of, plural
Word: etexts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of etext Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyonymous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Greek poly- (πολύ), many + "onoma" (όνομα), name 1. Having many names or titles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polyonomous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having many names or titles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: marquis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”). Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/, /mɑɹˈki/, /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/, /mɑɹˈkiz/ 1. A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close. 2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
Word: ossature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ossature, from Latin os (“bone”) + -ature. Pronunciation: /ˈɒsətjʊə/, /ˈɑsət͡ʃəɹ/ 1. A skeletal framework; an underlying structure. 2. Any supporting framework under a vault, roof etc.
Word: evildoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil + doer. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvəlˌduːə/, /ˈivəlˌduːɚ/ 1. A person who performs evil acts. Example: Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie. Example: "But gallantly they fought. Oh Hiya! they fought like very men, and slew many, and held their own, and then I came and saved them, and the evildoers have I sent on hither to Kôr to be judged of thy greatness, oh She! and here they are."
Word: cannon fodder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid-19th century, from cannon (“artillery piece”) + fodder (“food”), a calque of German Kanonenfutter, itself possibly a calque of English food for powder. See the German for more. 1. Military forces considered to be expendable. Labels: uncountable Example: "A foolish old half-pay officer," boomed Sir Hilton. "Go back to your club, sir, and play bridge with other superannuated cannon-fodder, sir." Example: Soviet communism is trying to make these nations into colonies, and to use their people as cannon fodder in new wars of conquest. 2. Any group of contestants that have no hope of success. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: It is arrogant to simply dismiss San Marino and say they should not be playing qualifiers at this level but it is hard to see what England and manager Southgate learned from this one-sided, rather soulless experience against a team who were little more than cannon fodder. 3. Artillery ammunition. Labels: rare, uncountable 4. An expendable minor character primarily included to make the protagonist(s) stand out. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: Corbin Part of Speech: name Etymology: An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”). 1. An English surname from Anglo-Norman. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A city in Knox County and Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.
Word: darter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English darter From dart + -er. 1. One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts. 2. Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks. Example: Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises. 3. Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America. 4. Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae 5. Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum Labels: UK 6. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota. 7. A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown. Labels: in-compounds Example: With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.
Word: darter Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of daughter. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave ’em there a little, and they’ll come again.”
Word: kakapo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Māori kāredup. Māori kākā Proto-Polynesian *po Māori pō Māori kākāpōbor. English kakapo Borrowed from Māori kākāpō. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkəpəʊ/ 1. A large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptilus, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand. Example: Analyses of the DNA fragments preserved in the moa and kakapo coprolites showed that moa and kakapo fed on fungi.
Word: carboxymethyl glucose Part of Speech: noun 1. An ether derivative of glucose prepared using chloroacetic acid and a base. Labels: uncountable
Word: tracheole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰ-us Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea English -ole English tracheole From trachea + -ole. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪkiəʊl/, /ˈtɹeɪkioʊl/ 1. One of the fine branching tubes of the trachea of an insect, which penetrates the tissues to provide oxygen. Example: Indeed, in the muscles of the wings every fibre has its own particular tracheole (small trachea). Example: A subsequent molting of the intima of the trachea opens a connection between the lumen of the tracheole and the trachea. At the same time or a little later the tracheole breaks forth from its mother cell, uncoils, and extends far beyond the cell in which it was developed.
Word: tracheoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tracheole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stilted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stilt + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪltɪd/ 1. Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts. Example: And laugh at this fantaſtic Mummery, / This antic Prelude of groteſque Events, / Where Dwarfs are often ſtilted, and betray / A Littleneſs of ſoul by Worlds o'er-run, / And Nations laid in blood. Example: The state of husbandry is very far behind. The plough generally used is the single stilted one. In using this kind of plough, the ploughman bends towards the soil, and well merits the title of curvus arator, bestowed by Virgil on the Italian ploughman. [...] The two-stilted plough is beginning to be used; but the general opinion is against it. 2. Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements. Labels: figuratively Example: He gave a stilted bow and left. Example: Untutored intellects are pleased with its frothy sentiment and its florid language, just as young and uneducated eyes are delighted with the gaudy hues of coloured prints in aquatinta. But though the tinsel of this stilted prose greatly contributed to [Salomon] Gessner's success in this and in every other country where his work has been naturalized, the story was not less essentially in its favour. 3. Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilts (“supporting pillars or posts”); also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure. Example: In Winchester Cathedral and Romsey Abbey Church, we have examples of what is called the stilted or horse-shoe arch, which is where the curvature of the arch does not spring immediately from the capitals or imposts of the piers, but the extreme points of the semicircle are continued straight down below the spring of the curve before they rest on the imposts, thus giving the idea of an arch stilted or raised, and somewhat approximating in form that of a horse-shoe. Example: The stilted arch was a good and much used expedient in ancient and modern times.
Word: stilted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stilt + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪltɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of stilt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whatchacallit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whatcha + call + it. 1. Alternative form of whatchamacallit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stilled Part of Speech: adj 1. brought to a standstill 2. quieted
Word: stilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of still Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stenographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stenography + -er. Pronunciation: /stəˈnɒɡɹəfə/, /stəˈnɑɡɹəfɚ/ 1. Someone skilled in the writing of shorthand or the use of a stenotype machine, especially for the purpose of rapid transcription of speech. One employed in such a role: a professional transcriptionist who employs shorthand. 2. One who invents or studies systems of shorthand.
Word: skua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈskjuːə/ 1. Any of various predatory seabirds of the genus Stercorarius that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.
Word: skua Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈskjuːə/ 1. To steal, or borrow without permission. Labels: slang, transitive Example: We skua crew mess pastries and cheese, skua toe warmers, gloves. I skuaed her chocolate. Can't help it.
Word: meus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyonymy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) and ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). 1. The use of many names for the same thing or person. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: hypersynonymy, overlexicalization
Word: defibrillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fibrilla Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fibrillation English defibrillation From de- + fibrillation. Pronunciation: /diːˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: defibrillate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fibrillate English defibrillate From de- + fibrillate. Pronunciation: /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪt/ 1. To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock. Labels: transitive Example: Dynamic typography reinvigorates the storytelling genre by anthropomorphizing fonts, defibrillating calligraphy, creating rhythmic, ambient moodscapes without sacrificing speed or lushness. Example: Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.
Word: clotted cream Part of Speech: noun 1. A thick, sweet dairy product, made by skimming the thickened layer off the top of unhomogenized cream that has been heated and allowed to stand. Fat content is at least 55%. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I like to have scones with jam and clotted cream for afternoon tea.
Word: cream tea Part of Speech: noun 1. Tea with cream, specifically (UK) clotted cream. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is built around a wide centre street known as the Mall, one of the few semi-flat stretches in the area, & along the Mall one finds scores of English shops with pots of red geraniums at their doors, a proper hotel with good mahogany bedsteads & Peliti’s tearoom, where one drinks cream tea from fine china cups. 2. An afternoon tea including cream tea and, usually, scones and jam. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: He scanned the next set of pictures and noticed that she was either on her own or with people who were considerably older than her. ‘Bingo,’ said Winters. ‘Ballroom dancing with another woman. Eating cream tea in the parochial club. Watching paint dry in the church hall. And there I was thinking ET was the only image system that could make me want to cry.’
Word: in situ Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in + sitū, ablative singular of situs. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪ.t(j)uː/, /ɪnˈsaɪ.t(j)uː/ 1. In its original position or place. Labels: not-comparable
Word: in situ Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in + sitū, ablative singular of situs. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪ.t(j)uː/, /ɪnˈsaɪ.t(j)uː/ 1. In its original position or place. Labels: not-comparable
Word: framboise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French framboise (“raspberry”). Doublet of bramberry and frambesia. Pronunciation: /fɹɑmˈbwɑz/, /fɹæm-/, /-ˈbwɑ/ 1. Raspberry liqueur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The krieks and framboises are fine accompaniments to salads or main dishes made with fruits. Example: Ruthe poured another round of coffee, this time with a shot glass of the framboise Dina made from their raspberry patch every fall. 2. A Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with raspberry. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bariatrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bary- (“weight”) + -iatrics, coined by physician Raymond E. Dietz in 1961. 1. The branch of medicine dealing with obesity and weight problems. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bariatric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌbæɹiˈætɹɪk/ 1. Referring to the branch of medicine bariatrics, the treatment of obesity and weight problems. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gastric bypass surgery is a form of bariatric surgery. Example: It’s not only romantic relationships that are transformed by bariatric surgery. Many patients lose friends.
Word: phononic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English phonon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phononic From phonon + -ic. 1. Relating to the study of phonons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: invaluable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + valuable (compare priceless). Piecewise doublet of unvaluable. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, /ɪnˈvæljəbl̩/ 1. Having great or incalculable value. Example: You are a very strange creature by way of a friend!—always wanting me to play and sing before anybody and everybody! If my vanity had taken a musical turn, you would have been invaluable; but as it is, I would really rather not sit down before those who must be in the habit of hearing the very best performers. Example: Colonel Cathcart bewailed the miserable fate that had given him for an invaluable assistant someone as common as Colonel Korn. It was degrading to have to depend so thoroughly on a person who had been educated at a state university. 2. Not valuable; valueless; worthless. Labels: obsolete Example: The money I have received is so invaluable a sum that I have forborne as yet to pay it in, and am heartily sorry that I cannot better advance His Majesty's service. Example: It would be an interesting, and far from an invaluable labour, to trace the history of the murrains, or cattle diseases of former days, and there causes and effects.
Word: hos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ho Labels: form-of, plural Example: talkin’, talkin’ ’bout emperor’s children: ivy league pimps and hos.
Word: Pictionary Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of picture + dictionary. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkʃən(ə)ɹi/, /ˈpɪkʃənɛɹi/ 1. A board game in which players advance by successfully identifying the words represented by pictures drawn by other players.
Word: beguile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English begilen, begylen; equivalent to be- + guile. Compare Middle Dutch begilen (“to beguile”). Doublet of bewile. Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡaɪl/ 1. To deceive or delude (using guile). Labels: transitive Example: And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth. Example: I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave. 2. To charm, delight or captivate. Labels: transitive Example: 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. Example: I will never touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles. 3. To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion. Labels: transitive Example: We beguiled the hours away. Example: They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way.
Word: hot sauce Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtˌsɔs/ 1. Any liquid spicy condiment or cooking ingredient made from chili peppers. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: data synchronization Part of Speech: noun 1. The establishment of equivalence between data collections (typically on different servers, and sometimes between trading partners), where each data element in one item maps to a data item in the other, and their data is equivalent. Labels: uncountable
Word: obstipation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obstipate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English obstipation From obstipate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɑbstɪˈpeɪʃən/, /ɒbstɪˈpeɪʃən/ 1. severe constipation caused by intestinal obstruction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So I hoard food and stay in my room, read about what I can do about this possible new phase of constipation, what I just found out on a constipation forum thread might be obstipation, which is severe, or complete, constipation.
Word: gitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of git Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gittin Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of gitting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, nonstandard
Word: teas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tiːz/ 1. plural of tea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teas Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tea Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ex ante Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ex ante (“before the event”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛks ˈæn ti/ 1. predicted; forecast Labels: not-comparable
Word: ex post Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ex post (“after the event”). 1. actual Labels: not-comparable
Word: exceptionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English exceptionalism From exceptional + -ism. 1. The state of being special, exceptional or unique. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The belief that something (a nation, species etc.) is exceptional, superior, or does not conform to an established norm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If Covid-19 eventually imbues human beings with some humility, it’s possible that we will, after all, be receptive to the lessons of this lethal pandemic. Or perhaps we will sink back into our culture of complacent exceptionalism and await the next plague that will surely arrive. Example: “This is a moment of American exceptionalism,” Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said when asked about the flight during a Tuesday news conference. 3. A philosophy of prevention or of intervention. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: exceptionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English exceptionally From exceptional + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənəli/, /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənli/, /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃnəli/, /ɛk-/, /ək-/ 1. To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree. Example: In 1957, an exceptionally severe hailstorm struck the village. Example: The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
Word: fence sitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fence + sitter, from the verb sit on the fence. 1. One who takes neither side of an argument or controversy, but maintains a neutral position. 2. One who is bisexual, or who is uncertain about their sexual orientation. Example: What...? EW. You scored with the fence-sitter?
Word: exhibit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“to hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“to have, hold”); see habit. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, /ɛɡ-/ 1. To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest. Labels: transitive Example: He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards. Example: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited. 2. To demonstrate. Labels: transitive Example: The players exhibited great skill. Example: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. 3. To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence. Labels: transitive Example: I now exhibit this bloody hammer. 4. To put on a public display. Labels: intransitive Example: Will you be exhibiting this year? 5. To administer as a remedy. Example: to exhibit calomel
Word: exhibit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“to hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“to have, hold”); see habit. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, /ɛɡ-/ 1. An instance of exhibiting. 2. That which is exhibited. Example: Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits. 3. A public showing; an exhibition. Example: The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd. 4. An article formally introduced as evidence in a court. Example: Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
Word: black tea Part of Speech: noun 1. Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf. green tea). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A cup of tea served without milk. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: spacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English spacious, from Old French spacios, from Latin spatiōsus. By surface analysis, space + -ious. Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/ 1. Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious. Example: The apartment has a spacious bedroom. Example: But the design of the '730s' wasn't just about the seating formation. The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the interconnecting doors between carriages, narrow central aisle, and cramped areas by the passenger doors had been deemed particularly constraining. 2. Large in expanse. Example: The cabin offers a lovely spacious view of the mountain meadows.
Word: mutually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English mutual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mutually From mutual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmjut͡ʃuəli/, /ˈmjuːtʃʊəli/, /-tʃwə-/, /-lɪ/ 1. In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally. Example: The contract was mutually binding. Example: Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian. 2. In a shared manner; equally; affecting all parties the same way. Example: The adventure was mutually beneficial.
Word: credit card Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/ 1. A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services. Example: Can you pay by credit card in that store? - Sure, actually I've used my credit card this very morning. Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”. 2. Any type of bank card. Labels: informal
Word: pro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Proto-Italic *prō Latin prōder. English pro- Derived from Latin prō (“in favor of, on behalf of”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/, /ˌpɹoʊ̯-/, /ˌpɹəʉ̯-/, [ˌpɹɐʉ̯], /ˌpɹɐʉ̯-/ 1. agreeing with; supporting; favouring Labels: morpheme Example: A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted. Example: Rohrabacher, who is considered to be among the most pro-Russia members in Congress, met with Assange earlier this month and claims Assange told him that Russia was not involved in the hacking. 2. substituting for Labels: morpheme
Word: pro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree 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- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō-lbor. English pro- Learned borrowing from Latin prō- (“forward direction, forward movement”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/, /ˌpɹoʊ̯-/, /ˌpɹəʉ̯-/, [ˌpɹɐʉ̯], /ˌpɹɐʉ̯-/ 1. forward movement Labels: morpheme Example: progress compared to regress