nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: officer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/, /ˈɒf.ə.sə/, /ˈɔ.fɪ.sɚ/, /ˈɔ.fə.sɚ/, /ˈɑ.fɪ.sɚ/ 1. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. Example: Huerta was arrested while law enforcement officers were executing a federal search warrant at a Los Angeles business suspected of hiring illegal immigrants and falsifying employment papers, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations, which is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, wrote in a federal court filing. […] A law enforcement officer approached Huerta and told him to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote. 2. A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer. Example: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. 3. One who holds a public office. 4. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative. Example: Early in the Talmudic period the service was divided between two officers. One was invited to recite the Shema including the benedictions connected with it... After he was through, another man was invited to stand up before the pulpit facing the direction of Jerusalem to recite the prayer proper, i.e., the Amida. 5. A commissioned officer. Labels: colloquial
Word: officer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/, /ˈɒf.ə.sə/, /ˈɔ.fɪ.sɚ/, /ˈɔ.fə.sɚ/, /ˈɑ.fɪ.sɚ/ 1. To supply with officers. Labels: transitive 2. To command as or like an officer. Labels: transitive Example: Many of our journals are officered by Irish gentlemen, and their gallant brigade does the penning among us, as their ancestors used to transact the fighting in Europe; and engage under many a flag, to be good friends when the battle is over. Example: The regular battalions of the regiment, though officered mainly by Anglo-Welshmen of county families, did not normally contain more than about one Welshman in fifty in the ranks.
Word: halt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta. Pronunciation: /hɒlt/, /hɔːlt/, /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1. To limp; move with a limping gait. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Here comes Sir Toby halting — you shall hear more; but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did. Example: Do not smile at me that I boast her of, For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise, And make it halt behind her. 2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: How long halt ye between two opinions? 3. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 4. To waver. Labels: obsolete 5. To falter. Labels: obsolete
Word: halt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information). Pronunciation: /hɒlt/, /hɔːlt/, /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1. To stop marching. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To stop either temporarily or permanently. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed. 3. To bring to a stop. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To cause to discontinue. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
Word: halt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information). Pronunciation: /hɒlt/, /hɔːlt/, /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent. Labels: obsolete Example: The contract negotiations put a halt to operations. Example: Without any halt they marched. 2. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. Labels: obsolete Example: The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works. Example: The highest point on the line is at milepost 21¾, 367 ft. above sea level. Here there is a halt named Kilmakerrill, after which the line descends to Manorhamilton (24¾ miles).
Word: halt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt. Pronunciation: /hɒlt/, /hɔːlt/, /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1. Lame, limping. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […] Example: Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Word: halt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt. Pronunciation: /hɒlt/, /hɔːlt/, /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1. Lameness; a limp. Labels: dated, obsolete
Word: halt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French halte. See also Etymology 2. Pronunciation: /hɒlt/, /hɔːlt/, /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1. A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities. Labels: Ireland, UK, obsolete Example: Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train.
Word: remnant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remaneō. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmnənt/, /ˈɹemnənt/ 1. A small portion remaining of a larger thing or group; part of a former whole. Example: The remnants of the Neanderthal race mixed with members of Homo sapiens. Example: 20 ¶ And it shal come to passe in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Iacob, shall no more againe stay vpon him that smote them: but shall stay vpon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel in trueth. 21 The remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iacob, vnto the mightie God. 22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne: the consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse. 2. The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt. Example: Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts. 3. An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc. Example: All the remnants were sold in the flea market. Example: A large number of remnants were taking up too much space, so we disposed of them. 4. The passionate, influential minority of radicals in a faction or party.
Word: remnant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remaneō. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmnənt/, /ˈɹemnənt/ 1. Still left; remaining. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: [H]is vow was made in his ſickneſſe, whileſt reaſon was ſcarce as yet in the peaceable poſſeſſion of his mind, becauſe of the remnant dregs of his diſeaſe: […] Example: It bid Her feel / No future Pain for Me; but inſtant wed / A Lover more proportion'd to her Bed; / And quiet dedicate her remnant Life / To the juſt duties of an humble Wife.
Word: revealed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹəˈviːld/ 1. Of or pertaining to the revelations of a divinity to humankind. Labels: not-comparable
Word: revealed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹəˈviːld/ 1. simple past and past participle of reveal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Massachusetts Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Massachusett Muhsachuweesut, from muhs (“great”) + wachuwees (“hill”) + -ut (locative suffix) i.e. the Great Blue Hill of the Wôpanâak people. Pronunciation: /ˌmæsəˈt͡ʃuːsɪts/, /ˌmæsəˈtʃuzɪts/, /ˌmæsəˈtjusɪts/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Boston. Example: So last summer, when the Massachusetts State Legislature became one of the first in the nation to consider a bill to add an “X” option for nonbinary genders to the “M” and “F” on the state driver’s license, El, 17, was less surprised than some at the maneuver that effectively killed it.
Word: Maryland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mary + -land. Named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/, /ˈmɛɹɪlənd/, /ˈmæɹɪlənd/, /ˈmɛɹlən/, /ˈmɛəɹilænd/ 1. A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore. Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. 2. A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore. 3. A former colony of England, from 1632 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, roughly matching the present state. Labels: historical 4. A town in Otsego County, New York; named for the state. 5. A deserted village on Brownsea Island in Dorset, England; named for the wife of the founder (OS grid ref SZ0188). 6. A neighbourhood in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England; named for the state (OS grid ref TQ3984). 7. A hamlet in Trellech United community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5105). 8. A county of Liberia. Capital: Harper. 9. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. 10. A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 11. A surname.
Word: Michigan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃəɡɪn/, /ˈmɪʃɪɡən/ 1. A state of the United States. Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. Example: Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party. 2. A large lake in the United States, between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. 3. Ellipsis of University of Michigan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. Other places in the United States: 5. Other places in the United States: 6. Other places in the United States: 7. Other places in the United States: 8. Other places in the United States:
Word: Michigan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃəɡɪn/, /ˈmɪʃɪɡən/ 1. A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.
Word: Missouri Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River. Pronunciation: /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.ə/, /mə-/, /mɪˈzʊəɹi/ 1. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City. Example: When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms. 2. The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis. 3. An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States. 4. A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions. Labels: historical 5. A surname.
Word: Mississippi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ 1. A state of the United States. Example: Mississippi mud is soaked in black blood / How many more must die? Example: That’s right. In fact, a law which passed in Mississippi is so restrictive, it could close the one remaining abortion clinic they have in the entire state, meaning a Mississippi woman, right now, could be saying to herself, “I need to go someplace more progressive like Alabama.” 2. A major river in the United States, flowing southward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
Word: Mississippi Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ 1. Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length. Example: Any reader who uses the old “One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, etc.” method to estimate distance to a storm, and doesn't get any further than a count of five to eight had better be in a safe shelter.
Word: Mississippi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ 1. A recitation of Mississippi (the interjection). Example: I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed. Example: We had lungs like camel bladders by then; we sledged each other mercilessly, each daring the other to break the two-minute limit beneath the diving board. In the summer sea when it was flat-calm and there was nothing else to do but dive down and lie on the clean, ribbed bottom and hold our breaths to count Mississippis we got pretty close to our goal.
Word: Mississippi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ 1. A variant of bagatelle.
Word: Mississippi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Although its current spelling may be derived from that of its much larger American cousin, it is most certainly a corruption of a different indigenous name, as the translation “great water” would not apply to a relatively minor tributary of the Ottawa, definitely the largest river in the area. Instead, the name may originate from Mazinaa[bikinigan]-ziibi, Algonquian for “[painted] image river”, referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake, though this is by no means proven. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ 1. A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.
Word: North Dakota Part of Speech: name Etymology: The state was formed from northern portion of the former Dakota Territory. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɹθ dəˈkoʊ.tə/ 1. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Bismarck. Largest city: Fargo. Example: Between 2000 and 2019, North Dakota and South Dakota both experienced a rapid increase in the Asian American population, said Minnesota State University Moorhead marketing professor Hyun Sang An. 2. University of North Dakota.
Word: Nebraska Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably from archaic Chiwere Ñí Brásge ([ˌɲĩˈbɾaskɛ]; contemporary Chiwere Ñí Bráhge) or from Omaha-Ponca Ní Btháska ([ˌnĩˈbˡðaska]), both meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state. Pronunciation: /nəˈbɹæs.kə/ 1. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Lincoln. Largest city: Omaha. Example: Let’s move on to Nebraska, a state you think about so little, you didn’t even realize that’s not Nebraska, this is Nebraska. Come on, it’s your country! That’s not okay! Example: The bill, which lawmakers approved in a 211-206 vote, now moves to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. One Republican, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted with Democrats Thursday against the measure. 2. A former territory (1854–1867) of the United States, encompassing areas of what is today Nebraska, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Colorado, and Montana. Capital: Omaha. Labels: historical 3. Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory: 4. Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory: 5. Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory: 6. Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory: 7. Ellipsis of University of Nebraska. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 8. Ellipsis of University of Nebraska. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, often, specifically
Word: New Hampshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hampshire, a county of southern England. Pronunciation: /nuːˈhæmpʃɚ/ 1. A state of the United States. Example: A federal judge in New Hampshire earlier this month blocked Trump’s order nationwide via a class action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Word: New Mexico Part of Speech: name Etymology: New Mexico received its name in the 1500s, long before the present-day nation of Mexico won independence from Spain and adopted that name in 1821. Though the name “Mexico” itself derives from Nahuatl, and in that language it originally referred to the heartland of the Empire of the Mexicas (Aztec Empire) in the Valley of Mexico far from the area of New Mexico, Spanish explorers also used the term “Mexico” to name the region of New Mexico (Nuevo México in Spanish) in 1563. In 1581, the Chamuscado and Rodríguez Expedition named the region north of the Rio Grande “San Felipe del Nuevo México” (“Saint Philip of New Mexico”). The Spaniards had hoped to find wealthy indigenous Mexica (Aztec) cultures there similar to those of the Aztec (Mexica) Empire of the Valley of Mexico. The indigenous cultures of New Mexico, however, proved to be unrelated to the Mexicas, and they were not wealthy, but the name persisted. Before statehood, the name “New Mexico” was applied to various configurations of the U.S. territory, to a Mexican state, and to a province of New Spain, all in the same general area, but of varying extensions. Pronunciation: /njuː mɛk.sɪ.kəʊ/, /nu ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/, /nju ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/ 1. A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque. Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. 2. A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque. 3. A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque. 4. A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque. 5. A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque. 6. New Mexico cuisine or food. Labels: uncountable 7. New Mexico music genre. Labels: uncountable 8. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, named for the state. 9. A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Nevada Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Nevada, from nevada (“snow-covered”). Pronunciation: /nɪˈvædə/, /nəˈvædə/, [nəˈvæɾə], /nɪˈvɑdə/, /nəˈvɑdə/ 1. A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas. Example: The next highest percentages were in Oklahoma, Nevada and New Mexico, with 26.3%, 25.6% and 25.4%, respectively. 2. Several other locations in the United States: 3. Several other locations in the United States: 4. Several other locations in the United States: 5. Several other locations in the United States: 6. Several other locations in the United States: 7. Several other locations in the United States: 8. University of Nevada, Reno. 9. A municipality of Granada, Spain, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain. 10. A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia. 11. A surname.
Word: misjoinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English joinder English misjoinder From mis- + joinder. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsˈdʒɔɪn.də(ɹ)/ 1. An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure in court.
Word: uncivilized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + civilized. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/ 1. Not having developed a civilization. Example: The explorers wrote about the so-called uncivilized tribes. 2. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured. Example: utterly uncivilized Example: They described the practice as uncivilized. 3. Lacking good manners. Example: uncivilized behavior
Word: uncivilized Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of uncivilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Ohio Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi꞉yo꞉h (“good river”). The name of the Allegheny river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Ohio, means the same thing in Unami. Pronunciation: /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/, /əˈhaɪoʊ/, /əˈhaɪəʊ/, /əʊˈhʌɪəʊ/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus. Example: Mountweazel, the encyclopedia indicates, was born in Bangs, Ohio, in 1942, only to die “at 31 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine.” Example: The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. 2. A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois along state borders and emptying into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois. 3. Ellipsis of Ohio University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A locale in the United States; named for the state: 5. A locale in the United States; named for the state: 6. A locale in the United States; named for the state: 7. A locale in the United States; named for the state: 8. A locale in the United States; named for the state: 9. A locale in Canada: 10. A locale in Canada: 11. A locale in Canada:
Word: miscreant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/ 1. Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous. Example: How do we get fair treatment when confronting miscreant workers sometimes means no care at all? 2. Holding an incorrect religious belief.
Word: miscreant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/ 1. One who has behaved badly, or illegally. Example: The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal. Example: Thou art a Traitor, and a Miſcreant; Too good to be ſo, and too bad to liue, Since the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye: 2. One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain. Example: A meagre Catchpole hurries me to fail; No Miscreant, so remorseless, ever tore Thy Journals, Fog, or knock'd at Franklin's door 3. One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever. Example: Now wil the Chriſtian miſcreants be glad, Ringing with ioy their ſuperſtitious belles: And making bonfires for my ouerthrow. But ere I die thoſe foule Idolaters Shall make me bonfires with their filthy bones, […] Example: Arise thou cursed Miscreaunt, That hast with knightlesse guile and trecherous train Faire knighthood fowly shamed
Word: Rhode Island Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally spelled Rode-Island. From unstandardized Early Modern Dutch Roode Eylant (“Red Island”), after a description of Aquidneck Island given by navigator Adriaen Block: een rodlich Eylande (Modern Dutch een roodlijk eiland). Modern spelling due to influence from Rhodes, as Giovanni da Verrazzano had once likened an isle somewhere about the Narragansett Bay to it, though the precise identity of the isle he was referring to remains unknown. The earliest spelling showing influence from this is Rhod-Island. Pronunciation: /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/, /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/ 1. The smallest state of the United States. Official name: State of Rhode Island. Example: California joins New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in banning declawing statewide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Several California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Burbank, Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood, had previously enacted local bans, with West Hollywood becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to do so in 2003. 2. The official name of Aquidneck Island.
Word: villain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin vīllānus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin vīlla, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein. Compare typologically pagan (see more). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪl.ən/, /ˈvɪl.jən/ 1. A vile, wicked person. Example: Oh moſt pernicious woman! / Oh Villaine, Villaine, ſmiling damned Villaine! Example: Thou ly’ſt thou ſhagge-ear’d Villaine. 2. A vile, wicked person. 3. A vile, wicked person. 4. A low-born, abject person. Labels: archaic, derogatory Example: Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth? 5. A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent. Example: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels. Example: As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain—not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series. […] But in the underground tunnel system, a powerful new villain emerges in Bane (Tom Hardy), a bulked-out mercenary in a gas mask who may look and speak like a professional wrestler, but who carries out a thoroughly considered plan to isolate Gotham and impose his own sadistic vision of government upon it. 6. Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”). Example: Let's discuss how to play if you are the chip leader (that is, if you have more chips than all the villains). 7. Archaic form of villein (“feudal tenant, peasant, serf”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: villain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin vīllānus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin vīlla, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein. Compare typologically pagan (see more). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪl.ən/, /ˈvɪl.jən/ 1. To debase; to degrade . Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: South Carolina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Carolus, Latin form of the name of king Charles I of England. Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/, /ˌsaʊθ kæɹəˈlaɪnə/, /ˌsawθ kaɹəˈlɑjnə/, /ˌsʌʊθ kaɾəˈlʌɪnə/, /ˌsaʊθ kaɾəˈlaɪnə/ 1. A state of the United States. Example: Holonyms: Carolinas < US < North America < Americas < Earth Example: “I’m not being cynical about Tim Scott individually. I am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of ‘can’t we all get along?’ – and those quotes you made about, you know, from my speech in 2004 about there’s a ‘United States of America’ – that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present,” Obama told Axelrod, his former senior adviser, adding that he hadn’t listened the South Carolina Republican’s 2024 campaign speeches.
Word: Tennessee Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛnəˈsiː/, /ˌtɪnəˈsiː/, /ˌtenəˈsiː/ 1. A state of the United States. Example: Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go, my honey oh back to Tennessee It's beefsteak when I'm workin, whiskey when I'm dry, and sweet heaven when I die Example: The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse. 2. A river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River. 3. A village in McDonough County, Illinois. 4. A male given name. 5. A female given name.
Word: Tennessee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛnəˈsiː/, /ˌtɪnəˈsiː/, /ˌtenəˈsiː/ 1. The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina. Example: The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. Tennessees vary a lot in fall; some are almost pure white below, mimicking spring plumage, while immatures like the one pictured on page 304 can be quite yellow below.
Word: Utah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Yuta, of Pueblo and/or Apache origin. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːˌtɑː/, /ˈjuːˌtɔː/ 1. A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Salt Lake City. Example: The sponsor of the Utah legislation, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, acknowledged fluoride has benefits, but said it was an issue of “individual choice” to not have it in the water. 2. A lake in Utah, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois. 4. An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana. 5. A remote rural locality and civil parish in northwestern New South Wales, Australia. 6. University of Utah.
Word: Utah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Yuta, of Pueblo and/or Apache origin. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːˌtɑː/, /ˈjuːˌtɔː/ 1. A member of the Timpanogos people.
Word: Vermont Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French ver(t) (“green”) + mont (“mountain”). In the case of the US state, the reference is to the Green Mountains. Pronunciation: /vəˈmɒnt/, /vɚˈmɑnt/, [vɚˈmɑn(ʔ)t̚], [vɚˈmɑ̃ʔ], /vəɹˈmaʊnt/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital: Montpelier. Example: With Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to end his campaign on Wednesday, it’s now official: Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the Democratic presidential nominee this fall. 2. A village in Fulton County, Illinois. 3. An unincorporated community in Howard Township, Howard County, Indiana. 4. A small town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin. 5. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
Word: dysthymia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek δυσθυμία (dusthumía, “despondency, despair; ill-temper”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, spirit”). 1. A tendency to be depressed, without hope. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Other [subway] passengers showed no outward signs of distress. They appeared to have homes and money and good health, they carried briefcases or bags. … Their faces didn't cave in despair or trouble or strain. But they still had a walled-off look, their brows furrowed, their eyes cast deep into their newspapers or their laps. They looked so dissatified and burdened and checked-out. As if the weight of the world bore down on them, and something vital was missing. The clinical term for this is "dysthymia"―the low-grade feeling that life is unfulfilling. It feels like emptiness. Hunger. Disillusionment. Life is not what you'd hoped. It's a less severe version of what I saw every day on the inpatient ward: alienation, isolation, futility, darkness. And it's what I recognised in my husband and many of our friends. We were young, in our twenties, full of energy and professional drive, committed to living and working in a way that contributed to the world. But sometimes the rush and buzz of our day-to-day felt more like treadmill than calling. 2. A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least two years. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For diagnostic, research, and treatment reasons, a distinction should always be made between the milder dysthymias, atypical and hysteroid depressions, and the more serious major depressive illnesses, with and without melancholic (vegetative) and psychotic features. Example: A decade ago most psychiatrists would have been puzzled to find a chapter on dysthymia in a book about severe depressive disorders. They would have characterized this chronic form of depression as mild, "minor," or "syndromal."[…]In recent years, research has demonstrated the severity, prevalence, and importance of vogorous antidepressant treatment of dysthymia, justifying its inclusion here among serious mood disorders.
Word: Washington Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of *Hwæssa”), from *Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. *Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more on Wikipedia. The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington. Pronunciation: /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/, /ˈwɔʃɪŋtən/, /wɔɹʃɪŋtən/, /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/ 1. A U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington. Labels: US, slang Example: He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons. Example: Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000).
Word: Wisconsin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Ouisconsin, itself borrowed from an uncertain Native American language. Theories include: * Miami meeskohsinki or Algonquin meskousing, both meaning "it lies red", the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian-speaking American Indian groups living in the region at the time of European contact. "Meskousing" is known from maps drawn by the French from the 1670s onwards, it is believed subsequent transcribers mistook the stylized cursive "M" for "OU". * Menominee wēskōhsek (“a good place”), from Wēskōhsek Sēpēw ("the river where it is good to live") * An Ojibwe term, suggestions include miskwasiniig (“red stones”), referring to the red sandstone of the dells of the Wisconsin River; and wiishihkaanhs (“little lodge”), referring to the dwellings of the abundant beavers and muskrats. A researcher for the State of Wisconsin Historical Society concluded in frustration, "I have not found two Indians to agree on the meaning of this word." Pronunciation: /wəˈskɑnsən/, [wəˈskɑn.sn̩], /wəsˈkɑnsən/, [wəsˈkʰɑn.sn̩], /wɪnˈskɑnsən/ 1. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Example: In the heart of Wisconsin there was once a small town called Doveland. But then something strange happened. Doveland disappeared in the 1990s. That is right, an entire town with buildings and residents vanished in thin air and left nothing behind. Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. 2. A river in the United States that flows from northern Wisconsin into the Mississippi. 3. University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Word: West Virginia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From being formed (during the American Civil War) from the western counties of the state of Virginia, which wanted to remain loyal to the Union and set up a rival government to the Confederate state government in Richmond. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛst vɚˈdʒɪn.jə/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Charleston. Example: The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1. Then the dyes portion and the section on butylated hydroxyanisole and propylparaben will take effect statewide on January 1, 2028.
Word: Wyoming Part of Speech: name Etymology: The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”). The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'" Pronunciation: /waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/, /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/ 1. A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne. Example: In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms. 2. A number of other places in the United States: 3. A number of other places in the United States: 4. A number of other places in the United States: 5. A number of other places in the United States: 6. A number of other places in the United States: 7. A number of other places in the United States: 8. A number of other places in the United States: 9. A number of other places in the United States: 10. A number of other places in the United States: 11. A number of other places in the United States: 12. A number of other places in the United States: 13. A number of other places in the United States: 14. A number of other places in the United States: 15. A number of other places in the United States: 16. A number of other places in the United States: 17. A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. 18. A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.
Word: deprave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹeɪv/ 1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile Labels: transitive 2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt Labels: transitive
Word: dieseling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of diesel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“royal, kingly”), from rex (“king”); also regere (“to rule”). Doublet of royal (“belonging to a monarch”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real, Italian reale, Catalan reial. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːɡəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty. Example: regal authority Example: the regal title 2. Befitting a monarch. Example: The [Washington] Posts proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal' Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. Example: Terrific movement from The Queen here. Gets behind the defender, goes one way then cuts back inside. Regal attacking play. 3. Befitting a monarch. Example: The children to whom I acted as cicerone almost screamed with glee as they saw the four-and-twenty blackbirds emerging from the pie-crust in front of the astonished King; and when the climax of the inconsequential story was reached, by way of the regal counting house and the “reginal” parlour, and a blackbird (presumably one of the four-and-twenty that had been temporarily immured in the pie) was seen about to revenge himself on the innocent nose of the guiltless laundry-maid, a veritable climax of enthusiasm was reached. Example: The crown seals, a regal crown and a reginal crown are unengraved, but from the motif I judge they symbolize King William III of England and Queen Mary, (see 1688, English History) who formerly ruled Holland as Prince William, Consort, and Queen Mary — The House of Orange.
Word: regal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English regal, from Middle French régale, possibly from Old French regol (“a gutter, channel”). Doublet of rail, regula, rigol, and rule. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːɡəl/ 1. A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times. 2. An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
Word: insult Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle French insulter (modern French insulter (“to insult”)) or its etymon Latin īnsultō (“to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”), the frequentative form of īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap; to spring forth; to flow down”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to spring”)). The noun is derived from Middle French insult (modern French insulte (“insult”)) or its etymon Late Latin insultus (“insult, reviling, scoffing”), from īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”); see above. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌlt/, /ɪnˈsɒlt/ 1. To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). Labels: transitive Example: - Marvel owns your gods! - Insulting is not arguing. Example: And why I pray you? who might be your mother That you inſult, exult, and all at once Ouer the wretched? 2. To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically, military) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation. Labels: also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: Giue me thy knife, I will inſult on him, Flattering my ſelfes, as if it were the Moore, Come hither purpoſely to poyſon me. Example: Not with more madneſs, rolling from afar, / The ſpumy Waves proclaim the watry War. / And mounting upwards, with a mighty Roar, / March onwards, and inſult the rocky ſhoar. 3. To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And doe you ſe how he inſulteth ouer me, as though hee had gotten a great aduantage, and how hee taketh heere his reuenge vpon me, for the ſhipwracke hee ſuffered before, in the matter of his ſyllogyſme? Example: Now with the drops of this moſt balmie time, / My loue lookes freſh, and death to me ſubſcribes, / Since ſpight of him Ile liue in this poore time / While he inſults ore dull and ſpeachleſſe tribes. 4. To leap or trample upon. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare Example: So looks the pent-vp Lyon o're the Wretch, / That trembles vnder his deuouring Pawes: / And ſo he walkes, inſulting o're his Prey, / And ſo he comes, to rend his Limbes aſunder.
Word: alexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia. Pronunciation: /əˈlɛk.si.ə/ 1. The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: splotchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an alteration (due to splotch) of Middle English splotty, equivalent to splotch + -y. * IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈsplɒ.tʃi/ * Audio (Southern England): (file) * Rhymes: -ɒtʃi 1. Marked or covered with large, irregular spots.
Word: spliff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke. Pronunciation: /splɪf/ 1. A cannabis cigarette. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, Jamaica, UK, slang Example: smoke a spliff Example: Pablo switched off the wipers and struck a match to light the spliff he had just finished building.
Word: spliff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke. Pronunciation: /splɪf/ 1. To smoke a spliff. Labels: rare
Word: Mobilian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Apparently Mobile + -ian. 1. An informal Native American trade language used among the tribes of the US Southeast, primarily along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. May have originally been the language of one particular tribe.
Word: Mobilian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently Mobile + -ian. 1. One of the Native American people with Chief Tuscaloosa in Alabama (circa 1540). Labels: countable 2. A resident of the city of Mobile, Alabama. Labels: countable
Word: summer solstice Part of Speech: noun 1. The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tax accounting Part of Speech: noun 1. Those accounting activities related to tax. Labels: uncountable