nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: offbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off- + beat; not following the beat (e.g., of a drum that sounds out cadence). Pronunciation: /ˈɒfbiːt/ 1. The beats not normally accented in a measure. Example: The congregation clapped along on the offbeat. 2. An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform. Labels: slang Example: No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored. Example: Being an oddball, an offbeat, or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.
Word: offbeat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + beat; not following the beat (e.g., of a drum that sounds out cadence). Pronunciation: /ɒfˈbiːt/ 1. Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary. Example: He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.
Word: sesquipedal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sesquipedalis; equivalent to sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedal (“foot, of the foot”). 1. Measuring or containing a foot and a half. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sesquipedal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sesquipedalis; equivalent to sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedal (“foot, of the foot”). 1. A long word.
Word: bromide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess. Figurative sense ("platitude") by extending the medicating sense through the metaphor of pacifying or placating. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ.maɪd/, /ˈbɹoʊ.maɪd/ 1. A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical. 2. A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical. 3. The anionic form of a bromine atom. Example: “How fortunate Buddha, Mahomed, and Shakespeare were that their kind relations and doctors did not cure them of their ecstasy and their inspiration,” said Kovrin. “If Mahomed had taken bromide for his nerves, had worked only two hours out of the twenty-four, and had drunk milk, that remarkable man would have left no more trace after him than his dog. […]” 4. A dull person with conventional thoughts. Labels: broadly Example: My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years. Example: The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary. 5. A platitude. Labels: broadly Example: We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another. Example: No organicist metaphor, no irrelevant bromide that "we are all part of one another," must be permitted to obscure this basic fact. 6. A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite. Labels: dated 7. A print made on bromide paper.
Word: bowdlerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Bowdler + -ize; named after English physician Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825). In 1818, he published a censored version of William Shakespeare (The Family Shakespeare), expurgating “those words and expressions […] which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.” Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊd.ləˌɹaɪz/, /ˈbaʊd.ləɹˌaɪz/ 1. To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly. Labels: transitive Example: The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor. Example: Mr. Stanley decided to treat that as irrelevant. "There ought to be a Censorship of Books.[…]" / Ogilvy pursued his own topic. "I'm inclined to think, Stanley, myself that as a matter of fact it was the expurgated Romeo and Juliet did the mischief. […] All they left it was the moon and stars. And the balcony and 'My Romeo!'" / "[William] Shakespeare is altogether different from the modern stuff. Altogether different. I'm not discussing Shakespeare. I don't want to Bowdlerize Shakespeare.[…]"
Word: toothsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tooth + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈtuθ.səm/, [ˈtuθ.sm̩] 1. Delicious. Example: "It's a lot nicer than going round by the road; that is so dusty and hot," said Diana practically, peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy, toothsome, raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls, how many bites each girl would have. Example: ‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome.[…]’ 2. Sexually attractive. Labels: broadly Example: In 1919 he had been waiting at a bus stop, en route to his initiation as a Freemason: a toothsome blonde had crossed his path, and he had stalked off after her instead. 3. Having a pleasing texture when bitten. Example: Once the pasta is firmly al dente (toothsome but not snappy), add it into the pan, with a bunch of cheese, and cook til it all becomes glossy. Example: Bagels are fine, but give me a warm bialy any time. With its crisp bits of onion nestled snugly into a golden pillow of toothsome chewiness, this is the ideal substrate for lox and a schmear—or just on its own. 4. Showing lots of teeth; toothy.
Word: howler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From howl + -er. Some senses are derivatives of the intensifier "howling", as in "howling wilderness", (Deuteronomy 32:10) Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊlɚ/, /ˈhaʊlə/ 1. That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey. 2. A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral. Labels: historical 3. A painfully obvious mistake. Labels: slang Example: Given what we know about cognitive psychology, utility maximization is a ludicrous concept; equilibrium pretty foolish outside of financial markets; perfect competition a howler for most industries. Example: I should like to thank Jianmei Piao of the Stanford University Libraries for reading the entire translation and checking it against the Chinese. Jianmei caught some howlers for which I am very grateful. 4. A hilarious joke. Labels: slang 5. A bitterly cold day. Labels: slang 6. A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats. Example: Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […] Example: Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices. 7. A heavy fall. Labels: figuratively, sometimes 8. A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper). Labels: slang Example: Our hansom came a howler. 9. A tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper. Labels: slang Example: Trump has been trying to sell the howler that India offered a zero tariffs deal, when Modi isn’t even willing to take Trump’s repeated calls. 10. A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell". Labels: dated, slang 11. A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer. Labels: historical 12. A small child. Labels: slang Example: I wanted Leesa to pick up her children, not Child Protective Services. After thirty minutes, I had the two howlers fed and settled down for naps. Example: What are we doing to our children? But the howlers seem okay, maybe even happy. This makes me feel a little better about the future.
Word: horsey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ey English horsey From horse + -ey (adjectival suffix). 1. Alternative spelling of horsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The novels sold 11mn copes in the UK alone, came to typify the rise of the so-called bonkbuster, and introduced readers to the world of horsey high society.
Word: horsey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ English -y English -ie English -ey English horsey From horse + -ey (diminutive suffix). 1. Alternative spelling of horsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When he got in the house, if I'd left him to read his newspaper in quiet, then he'd play horsey with me, riding me around the house on his back; I'd put a pillow on his back for my saddle Example: When you get down on the floor and play “horsey”, you are giving yourself a heck of a workout – and it is fun for the kids!
Word: bricolage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French bricoler Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French bricolagebor. English bricolage Borrowed from French bricolage. Pronunciation: /ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/, [ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ] 1. Construction using whatever materials were available at the time. Labels: uncountable 2. Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time. Labels: countable 3. A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty). Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: collage, montage 4. An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use. Labels: countable Example: Near-synonyms: collage, montage
Word: logorrhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From logo- (prefix meaning ‘word; speech’) + -rrhea (suffix meaning ‘flowing’), probably modelled after verbal diarrhea. logo- is derived from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word; speech; utterance”) (from λέγω (légō, “to say, speak; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)), while -rrhea is from ῥοία (rhoía, “a flow, flux”) (from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”)). Pronunciation: /ˌlɒ.ɡəˈɹɪ.ə/, [-ɹiː-], /ˌlɔ.ɡəˈɹi.ə/, [ˌlɒ-], [-ˈɹiː-] 1. Excessive talkativeness. Labels: US, countable, humorous, often, uncountable Example: These "Symbolists" are characterised by unbounded vanity and self-sufficiency; they are highly emotional; their thinking is hazy and disconnected. They suffer from "Logorrhea" or "sickly talkativeness," and are unable to perform any work which requires concentration and persistency. Example: [Jacques] Rivette, bluntly, suffers from a good case of logorrhea. Even if he had none of these rationales, he would still make long films. In interviews he speaks in endless, ebullient sentences that surround their subjects like spider's webs and sometimes suffocate them. 2. Excessive use of words in writing; prolixity. Labels: US, countable, humorous, often, uncountable Example: The writer should endeavor to have his observations first of all, exact, then apposite, and finally as brief as the nature of the case will admit. [...] Logorrhea and irrelevancy are the bane of a society. Example: So when I settled down that day I wrote feverishly and I wrote joyously. I wrote until my fingers were cramped and my head was empty. I surrendered to a blithe logorrhea that left me contentedly limp and lax and in need of an hour or two of open air. 3. Excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: But, then, these persons have not only a copia verborum as to knowledge, but a volubility sometimes amounting to a logorrhœa in expressing what they know—although that may not be much. Example: When the patient was admitted to this hospital five years ago, the symptoms of excitement in the wide sense, violence, aggressiveness, destructiveness, logorrhœa, were in the foreground as they had been during the previous attacks.
Word: fab Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti Proto-Italic *fāōr Latin for, fā- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Latin -bula Latin fābula Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin fābulōsusder. Middle English fabulous English fabulousclip. English fab From fabulous, by shortening. Pronunciation: /fæb/ 1. Fabulous (great or spectacular). Labels: informal
Word: fab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening. Pronunciation: /fæb/ 1. A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips. Labels: informal Example: The chip fab will double its production next year.
Word: fab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening. Pronunciation: /fæb/ 1. To fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers Labels: informal, transitive Example: It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products.
Word: fax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fax, from Old English feax (“hair, head of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *fahs, from Proto-Germanic *fahsą (“hair, mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Dutch vas (“headhair”), German Fachs (“head-hair”), Norwegian faks (“mane”), Icelandic fax (“mane”), Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”). Pronunciation: /fæks/ 1. The hair of the head. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable, usually 2. The face. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The fillok hyr deformyt fax wald haue a fair face.
Word: fax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of facsimile, first attested 1979. Pronunciation: /fæks/ 1. Ellipsis of fax machine (“the device for faxing; the medium of communication that it provides”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: OK, now take it down the hall to the fax. Example: You can send it via email or fax. You can use an online fax service where you upload a PDF and then send it to a fax number. 2. A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.
Word: fax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of facsimile, first attested 1979. Pronunciation: /fæks/ 1. To send a document via a fax machine. Example: Hands trembling with excitement and impatience, I faxxed my credit history to Jerry Raskin, the real estate agent listed, and received an appointment to view the place. Example: Plaintiff contented that in a game show in London, England, in January of 1988, Mr. Steinberg entered into an oral agreement with Atari representatives to become the exclusive distributor of Atari Games’ products; that the proposed agreement was dictated at this meeting; and that within two days Mr. Steinberg sent defendant a faxxed confirmation of this oral arrangement reached at the London trade show.
Word: fax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed with -x from facts; the pronunciation of facts and fax is identical in certain varieties of English. Pronunciation: /fæks/ 1. Nonstandard form of facts. Labels: alt-of, informal, nonstandard, plural, plural-only
Word: fax Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Formed with -x from facts; the pronunciation of facts and fax is identical in certain varieties of English. Pronunciation: /fæks/ 1. Alternative form of facts (“used to express agreement”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal
Word: cynocephalus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cynocephalus; by surface analysis, cyno- + translingual -cephalus. 1. A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and the body of a human. 2. A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and the body of a nonhuman ape.
Word: spot market Part of Speech: noun 1. A market in which commodities are bought and sold for immediate delivery, with delivery usually taking place in the same or next business day. Example: The price on the futures market depends in part on the price on the spot market.
Word: faux Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fallō Latin falsus Old French fals Middle French faulx French fauxubor. English faux Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false. Pronunciation: /fəʊ/, /foʊ/, /fɔ/ 1. Fake or artificial. Labels: not-comparable Example: He modernizes the faux-archaic “withouten wind, withouten tide” to the more pointed and concrete “without a breeze, without a tide.” Example: Because mahoganies yield a supple fine-grained wood, they are often used as veneer wood. With proper technique and graining tools, all of these variations can be produced in faux wood.
Word: faux Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of fauces Labels: form-of, singular Example: […] the faux of the corolla […] Example: […] the small door on the right of it is the faux, which also opens upon the peristyle at its further extremity.
Word: virus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus From Middle English virus, from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”), via rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“fluidity, slime, poison”). First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ɹəs/ 1. To send or infect an electronic device with a computer virus. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: I'm just going to virus anyone who tries cheating on this game.
Word: underwhelming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Facetious play on overwhelm, with under. 1. Failing to interest; not as exciting as promised or expected. Example: If I grant you that the German language is spoken by the overwhelming majority of the German people you will agree with me that the best music of Germany has been composed by the underwhelming minority. Now, if the overwhelming majority of Germans are enemies, it follows that the underwhelming minority of Germans must be friendly. Example: Davis, plush as ever, is a little whiny and underwhelming as Murray's girlfriend, who spends much of her time nurturing Quaid, doing his familiar sweet-natured lummox.
Word: underwhelming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Facetious play on overwhelm, with under. 1. present participle and gerund of underwhelm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: metro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/, /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/, /mɛʈ.ro/ 1. A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area. Labels: general Example: He is going to the stadium by metro. Example: Recalling that Davide Lungo returned the van at the airport, Pizo descended the nearby stairs to the underground metro, and boarded the next metro stopping there. 2. An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems. Labels: uncommon Example: Informs how long the passenger has to wait for the next metro Example: With the weather clear and warm for a change, I decided to catch the next metro to the outskirts of town by myself.
Word: metro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of metropolitan. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/, /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/, /mɛʈ.ro/ 1. A metropolitan area. Example: In an age of persistently high inequality, work in high-cost metros catering to the whims of the wealthy—grooming them, stretching them, feeding them, driving them—has become one of the fastest-growing industries. […] Relationships between the classes, once mediated through the household, are now managed through an app that serves a large metro area. Example: What was the least expensive of the 153 ZIP codes? 72758 (Benton County, Ark.), with a median price of $408,403. The area includes Rogers, a growing metro and home to the first Walmart store.
Word: metro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of metropolitan. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/, /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/, /mɛʈ.ro/ 1. metropolitan
Word: palpebra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”). Compare Middle English palpebre. Pronunciation: /ˈpal.pɪb.ɹə/, /ˈpæl.pəb.ɹə/, /pælˈpi.bɹə/ 1. An eyelid.
Word: oculus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin oculus (“eye”). Doublet of occhio. Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.jʊ.ləs/, /ˈɑk.jə.ləs/ 1. A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). 2. A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). Example: One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.
Word: thyrsus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrse, torse, and torso. Pronunciation: /ˈθɜːsəs/, /ˈθɜɹsəs/ 1. A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers. Example: 1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poet's Calendar In my hand I bear / The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine. Example: As good to grow on graves / As twist about a thyrsus. 2. A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.
Word: logorrhoea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From logo- + -rrhoea; see logorrhea. 1. Alternative spelling of logorrhea. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The baritone is angry, but still controlled: he does not indulge in compulsive over-rapid spurts of logorrhoeas but keeps to a 'chopped, short, hard, very pointed' staccato-like delivery, excited, but well articulated through interruptions of differing lengths. Example: The quantity of speech may be increased in mania and anxiety but reduced in dementia, schizophrenia and depression. [...] In logorrhoea, also called volubility, the speech is fluent and rambling, with the use of many words.
Word: weakest link Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The figurative sense comes by metaphor from the literal sense: the notion that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. (See historical details there.) 1. The part of a system that is most likely to cause problems or fail. Labels: also, figuratively
Word: commons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmənz/, /ˈkɒmənz/ 1. plural of common Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmənz/, /ˈkɒmənz/ 1. A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere. Labels: singular, usually 2. A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area. Labels: singular, usually Example: The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons. Example: The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church. 3. The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information. Labels: figuratively Example: "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good. 4. The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy. Example: We in the name of other Perſean ſtates [i.e. nobles], And commons of this mightie Monarchy, Preſent thee with the Emperiall Diadem. 5. The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively. Labels: historical 6. An outhouse. Labels: euphemistic, obsolete 7. Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: At the same time, the fashion at Oxford of confining lunch to a "commons" of bread and butter and a glass of beer till the crew reaches Putney (when a little meat is allowed,) is unreasonable. 8. Food in general; rations. Example: short commons Example: Without eggs, cocoa-nuts, or plantains, we had very short commons, and the boisterous weather being unpropitious for fishing, we had to live on what few eatable birds we could shoot, with an occasional cuscus, or eastern opossum, the only quadruped, except pigs, inhabiting the island.
Word: commons Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmənz/, /ˈkɒmənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of common Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deliver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede). Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈlɪv.ɚ/, /ˈɖɛlɪvə(r)/ 1. To set free from restraint or danger. Example: The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger. 2. Senses having to do with birth. Example: the doctor delivered the baby 3. Senses having to do with birth. Labels: formal Example: the duchess was delivered of a son Example: the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow 4. Senses having to do with birth. Example: she delivered a baby boy yesterday 5. To free from or disburden of anything. Example: Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. 6. To bring or transport something to its destination. Example: deliver a package Example: deliver the mail 7. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another. Example: deliver the thief to the police Example: Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. 8. To produce what is expected or required. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive Example: deliver on a promise Example: "You know, he plays great sometimes when he doesn't score," Brown said. "Tonight, with Rip (Richard Hamilton) struggling, we needed somebody to step up, and he really did. He really delivered." 9. To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize. Example: deliver a speech Example: The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator. 10. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge. Example: to deliver a blow Example: shaking his head and delivering some show of tears 11. To discover; to show. Example: I'll deliver myself your loyal servant. 12. To administer a drug.
Word: deliver Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede). Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈlɪv.ɚ/, /ˈɖɛlɪvə(r)/ 1. Capable, agile, or active. Labels: rare Example: Therefore my policy and advice shall be this: That about the dead time of the night, when our enemies be most quiet at rest, there shall issue from us a number of the most deliverest soldiers to assault their camp; who shall give the assault right secretly, even directly against the entry of the camp, which is almost invincible. Example: "More skillful!" interrupted the host. "He is the most deliver at that exercise I have ever set eyes on."
Word: decimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1591, the noun in 1641; borrowed from Latin decimātus, perfect passive participle of decimō (“to kill one tenth; to tithe”) (see, from -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from decimus (“tenth”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). As a noun, via Latin decimatus (“tithing area; tithing rights”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/, /ˈdɛsəmeɪt/ 1. A tithe or other 10% tax or payment. Labels: obsolete 2. A tenth of something. Labels: obsolete 3. A set of ten items. Labels: obsolete
Word: grieve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”). For the meaning development compare Russian тяготи́ть (tjagotítʹ, “to be a burden (on), to oppress”), Russian тужи́ть (tužítʹ, “to experience grief”), related to тяжёлый (tjažólyj, “heavy, grave”), тя́жкий (tjážkij). Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːv/ 1. To cause sorrow or distress to. Labels: transitive Example: Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern. 2. To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for. Labels: transitive Example: to grieve one's fate 3. To experience grief. Labels: intransitive 4. To harm. Labels: archaic, transitive 5. To submit or file a grievance (about). Labels: transitive Example: Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees.
Word: grieve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German grēve, grâve, related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ġerēfa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːv/ 1. A governor of a town or province. Labels: obsolete 2. A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm. Labels: Scotland Example: 1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ. Example: [T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]
Word: touring car Part of Speech: noun 1. A large open car seating four or more people and having a folding top. An automobile designed for touring; specifically, a roomy car, not a limousine. Example: Mr Carrados was standing in the loggia of the Hotel Beverley when a not unfamiliar sound claimed his attention. It announced to him the arrival of his own touring car […] 2. A type of race car based on a modified production car, that is a sedan or saloon car.
Word: tour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner. Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)/, /tʊə(ɹ)/, /tʉːɹ/, /tuːɐ/, /tʊɚ/ 1. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. Example: On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions. 2. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place. Example: On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters. 3. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts. Example: Metallica's tour of Europe 4. A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played. 5. A street and road race, frequently multiday. 6. A set of competitions which make up a championship. 7. A tour of duty. Example: Among those released were two Americans who had been held captive for more than three months: Alex Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, according to his aunt, Dianna Shaw; […] 8. A closed trail. 9. A going round; a circuit. Labels: obsolete Example: The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour, 10. A turn; a revolution. Labels: obsolete Example: the tours of the heavenly bodies Example: It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour 11. A circuit of snooker tournaments
Word: tour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner. Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)/, /tʊə(ɹ)/, /tʉːɹ/, /tuːɐ/, /tʊɚ/ 1. To make a journey. Labels: intransitive Example: The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies. 2. To make a circuit of a place. Labels: transitive Example: The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks. Example: Longtime Brooklynites, the pair had been casually searching for an upstate weekend retreat when they toured a house on a 3-acre parcel of land in Amenia, New York.
Word: tour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”). Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)/, /tʊə(ɹ)/, /tʉːɹ/, /tuːɐ/, /tʊɚ/ 1. A tower. Labels: dated
Word: tour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See toot. Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)/, /tʊə(ɹ)/, /tʉːɹ/, /tuːɐ/, /tʊɚ/ 1. To toot a horn. Labels: obsolete
Word: limousine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪm.əˈziːn/, /lɪm.əˈziːn/, /ˌlɪməˈziːn/ 1. An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front. 2. An automobile with such a body. 3. A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. Example: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side. 4. An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.
Word: coupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve. Pronunciation: /kuːp/, /kup/, /kʉːp/ 1. A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served. Example: These are champagne glasses, says Peggy. No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says. You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes. 2. An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass. 3. An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
Word: coupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coupé. Pronunciation: /kuːˈpeɪ̯/, /kuːp/ 1. A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé) 2. A car with two doors and a nonconvertible roof. (variant of coupé) Labels: Canada, US
Word: roomy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English roomy From room + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmi/, /ˈɹʊmi/ 1. Spacious, expansive, comfortable. Example: Our new apartment is roomy enough to accommodate all our furniture. Example: The cab, with two side windows, was one of the most roomy and comfortable in the country at that time.
Word: roomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English roomy From room + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmi/, /ˈɹʊmi/ 1. Alternative spelling of roomie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: default Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɒlt/, /ˈdiːˌfɒlt/, /dɪˈfɔːlt/, /ˈdiːˌfɔːlt/, /dɪˈfɔlt/ 1. The condition of failing to meet an obligation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He failed to make payments on time, and he is now in default. Example: You may cure this default by paying the full amount within a week. 2. The condition of being an obligation that has not been met. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The deadline has passed, so the debt is now in default. 3. the original software programming settings as set by the factory Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A loss incurred by failing to compete. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The team's three losses include one default. 5. A selection made in the absence of an alternative. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The man became the leader of the group as a default. Example: One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else. 6. A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed. Labels: attributive, countable, often, uncountable Example: If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1. 7. The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: This evil has happened through the governor's default. 9. Lack; absence. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: one was dragging a great coat from the window, before which it had long hung as a blind, in total default of glass or shutters 10. Fault; offence; wrong act. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: regardless of our merit or default
Word: default Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɒlt/, /dɪˈfɔːlt/, /dɪˈfɔlt/, /dɪˈfɑlt/, /dəˈfɒːlt/ 1. To fail to meet an obligation. Labels: intransitive 2. To fail to meet an obligation. Labels: intransitive Example: to default on a loan 3. To lose a competition by failing to compete. Labels: intransitive Example: If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match. 4. To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard. Labels: ambitransitive Example: If you don't specify a color, it defaults to red. Example: It defaults your application to Windows authentication mode, and if you want to use forms mode, you can just change it in the authentication section of the file.
Word: by default Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In absence of any opposing action. Example: If we don't do something, they'll win by default. Example: No one could think of a better name, so we chose "Strawman" by default.
Word: aarti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi आरती (ārtī), from Sanskrit आरात्रिक (ārātrika). 1. A particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter. Labels: Hinduism, countable, uncountable Example: There is no priest, only an enthusiastic local who leads the aarti by striking a steel plate with a spoon, the lyrics a mash of Hindi and Sanskrit, the lack of melody made up for by gusto.
Word: abated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abated.
Word: abated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪtɪd/ 1. Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines. 2. humbled.
Word: abates Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪts/ 1. plural of abate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abating.
Word: abating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/ 1. Anesis. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: Abbasi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَبَّاسِيّ (ʕabbāsiyy). 1. A Muslim caste.
Word: Abbasi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian عباسی ('abbâsi). 1. Alternative form of abbasi. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A surname from Persian
Word: abbe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æˈbeɪ/, /ˈæb.eɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of abbé. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Abbeville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Abbeville, from Old French Abevile. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.iˌvɪl/ 1. A town and commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France. 2. A townland in Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. 3. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Alabama, United States. 4. A city, the county seat of Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. 5. A city, the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. 6. A town in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. 7. A city, the county seat of Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States.
Word: abbreviates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abbreviate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abbreviating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abbreviate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abbreviations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abbreviation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abdallah Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Abd Allah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abdicated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abdicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abdicating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abdicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abductee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin abdūcō Latin abductusder. English abduct English -ee English abductee From abduct + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.dʌkˈtiː/, /ˌæb.dʌkˈti/, /ˌæb.dəkˈti/ 1. An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens.
Word: abductors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌk.tɚz/ 1. plural of abductor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abdul Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”). Pronunciation: /ˈæbdʊl/, /əbˈdʊl/, /æbˈdʊl/ 1. A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims. Example: Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men came to an end almost as suddenly as it began. His alleged co-conspirators in the World Trade Center bombing had implicated “Ramzi Yousef” when they were arrested, and the F.B.I. had on several occasions laid elaborate plans to capture him in Pakistan, but each time he had been alerted and had disappeared, either into Karachi’s un derground or across the border into Afghanistan.
Word: Abdul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”). Pronunciation: /ˈæbdʊl/, /əbˈdʊl/, /æbˈdʊl/ 1. A Muslim.
Word: Abdullah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”. Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌlə/, /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/ 1. A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Amatullah; variant forms 'Abd Allah, Abd Allah, Abd' Ulah, Abd-Allah, Abdalah, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdu'llah, Abdulah, Abdulla, ʻAbd Allāh. 2. A surname from Arabic.
Word: Abelard Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English Everett. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.əˌlɑɹd/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Labels: rare 2. A surname from French.
Word: abhorred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əbˈhɔːd/, /əbˈɔːd/, /æbˈhɔɹd/, /əbˈhɔɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abhor Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abhorred.
Word: abhorred Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əbˈhɔːd/, /əbˈɔːd/, /æbˈhɔɹd/, /əbˈhɔɹd/ 1. Strongly disliked: hated, despised. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abhorred. 2. Horrified. Labels: obsolete
Word: abided Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbaɪd.əd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Abilene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Abilēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἀβιληνός (Abilēnós). By surface analysis, Abila + -ene. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/ 1. Of or relating to Abila Labels: historical
Word: Abilene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Abilēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἀβιληνός (Abilēnós). By surface analysis, Abila + -ene. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Abila Labels: historical
Word: Abilene Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀβιληνή (Abilēnḗ). Pronunciation: /æbɪˈliːniː/ 1. A region of Syria north of Damascena. Labels: historical
Word: Abilene Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Abilene, a region mentioned in the Bible (Luke 3:1). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/ 1. A city, the county seat of Taylor County, in west-central Texas, west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle. Example: Once a livestock hub, Abilene has become an AI boomtown. Its arid outskirts are home to the flagship campus of Stargate, the data-center partnership between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank heralded by Trump in January. 2. A city, the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas. 3. An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia. 4. A locality in the County of St. Paul, No. 19, Alberta, Canada.
Word: Abilene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named for the town of Abilene, Texas, near where the artifacts were discovered. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/ 1. Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Abington Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name Abba + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ɪŋ.tən/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: abo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1922, clipping of aborigine. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.əʉ/, /ˈæb.əʊ/, /ˈæb.oʊ/ 1. An Aboriginal person. Labels: Australia, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: abo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1922, clipping of aborigine. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.əʉ/, /ˈæb.əʊ/, /ˈæb.oʊ/ 1. Australian Aboriginal. Labels: derogatory Example: ‘The youngster will pick up the abo language faster than his own.’
Word: aborting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abort Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abounding Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/ 1. Ample, plenty, abundant. Example: abounding food Example: an abounding stream
Word: abounding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present