nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cannabis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Further reading at Etymology of cannabis on Wikipedia. Doublet of canvas and hemp. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.nə.bɪs/ 1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cannabis use disorder is usually defined as a problematic use of the drug: developing tolerance to weed; using cannabis in larger amounts or over a longer period than intended; being unable to reduce use; spending a lot of time obtaining, using or recovering from the effects of cannabis; giving up important activities and obligations in favor of cannabis; and continued use of the drug despite negative consequences. Example: We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle. 3. The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: penny in the fusebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By metaphorical extension from the literal sense, a makeshift to close a circuit when no replacement fuse is at hand; unsafe, inadvisable, and disdained by others in any circumstance except a rare one like wartime heroism. 1. An improvised repair made with no regard for safety. Labels: idiomatic Example: The fix I made was just a penny in the fusebox; we need to revisit it and fix the problem for real. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see penny, in, the, fusebox.
Word: wet willy Part of Speech: noun 1. A prank whereby a saliva-moistened finger is inserted into an unsuspecting person's ear, often with a slight twisting motion. Labels: slang Example: He is such a jerk; he gave me a sloppy wet willy.
Word: booty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English buty, botye, bottyne, from Old French butin, botin, from Middle Low German bǖte (“distribution, exchange, loot”), of obscure origin, but related to Middle High German biute, German Beute (“booty”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”). Sense perhaps influenced by boot (as in to boot). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːti/, [ˈbʊu̯tʰɪi̯], /ˈbuːɾi/, [ˈbʊu̯ɾɪi̯] 1. A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The soldier gets his booty ; the combatant his spoils ; the carnivorous animal his prey. Booty respects what is of personal service to the captor ; spoils whatever serves to designate his triumph ; prey includes whatever gratifies the appetite and is to be consumed. Example: Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” 3. Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies. Example: [H]e ſtood ſtill till ſhe came to him, and then, ſpreading his arms in her way, caught her, loaded as ſhe was with the pieces of candles, with which ſhe had filled the forepart of her ſhift; for ſhe had, in her haste, forgot to bring any thing to carry them off. […] If ſhe ſpoke to refuſe him, ſhe knew her voice would betray her, and ſhe ſhould be exposed for ever, at the same time that the fear of loſing her booty prevented her letting go her hold to ſtruggle with him, and ſtrive to repel force by force.
Word: booty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English buty, botye, bottyne, from Old French butin, botin, from Middle Low German bǖte (“distribution, exchange, loot”), of obscure origin, but related to Middle High German biute, German Beute (“booty”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”). Sense perhaps influenced by boot (as in to boot). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːti/, [ˈbʊu̯tʰɪi̯], /ˈbuːɾi/, [ˈbʊu̯ɾɪi̯] 1. To collect booty. Labels: intransitive
Word: booty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an alteration of botty. Possibly influenced by booty (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːti/, [ˈbʊu̯tʰɪi̯], /ˈbuːɾi/, [ˈbʊu̯ɾɪi̯] 1. The buttocks. Labels: slang Example: You got a big ol' booty. Example: Aah, everybody, get on the floor / Let's dance / Don't fight the feeling / Give yourself a chance / Shake shake shake, shake shake shake / Shake your booty, shake your booty / Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake / Shake your booty, shake your booty 2. A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: You know me. It's my duty to please that booty! 3. Sexual intercourse. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: "I got some booty, I got some booty"
Word: booty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably an alteration of botty. Possibly influenced by booty (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːti/, [ˈbʊu̯tʰɪi̯], /ˈbuːɾi/, [ˈbʊu̯ɾɪi̯] 1. Of low quality; bad. Labels: not-comparable, slang, vulgar
Word: booty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boot. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːti/, [ˈbʊu̯tʰɪi̯], /ˈbuːɾi/, [ˈbʊu̯ɾɪi̯] 1. Alternative spelling of bootee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Islamite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Islamite From Islam + -ite. 1. A Muslim.
Word: Islamite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Islamite From Islam + -ite. 1. Islamic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Islamitish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Islamite Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Islamitish From Islamite + -ish. 1. Islamic. Labels: archaic
Word: Islamitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Islamite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Islamitic From Islamite + -ic. 1. Islamic
Word: Islamism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Appearing in English in the 1740s, from French islamisme (1720s), paralleling the French christianisme and judaïsme. By surface analysis, Islam + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈɪzləmɪz(ə)m/, /ɪzˈlɑːmɪz(ə)m/, /ɪzˈlæmɪz(ə)m/ 1. The religion of Muslims; Islam. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Muhammed [...] first manifested and obserued the Religion of Islamisme [...] Example: ‘There is no God but God, and Mahommed is his prophet’. A confession of faith which is in itself a declaration of Islamism. 2. A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tibi makes an absolute distinction between Islamism, which he regards as a totalitarian political ideology resembling Nazism and communism, and Islam, the religion to which he adheres. 3. Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: principal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/, [ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pɫ̩], /ˈpɹɪn.sə.pəl/, [ˈpɹɪn.sə.pɫ̩] 1. Primary; most important; first level in importance. Example: Smith is the principal architect of this design. Example: The principal cause of the failure was poor planning. 2. Of or relating to a prince; princely. Labels: Latinism, obsolete Example: But walkt at will, and wandred to and fro, / In the pride of his freedome principall. 3. Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued. Example: Two is the principal square root of 4. Both −2 and +2 are square roots of 4.
Word: Hera Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Hēra, from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪəɹə/, /ˈhɪɹə/ 1. The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo. Labels: Greek
Word: tributary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/ 1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water. 2. A vein which drains into another vein. Example: The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein. 3. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute. Example: An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary
Word: tributary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/ 1. Related to the paying of tribute. Labels: not-comparable 2. Subordinate; inferior. Labels: not-comparable Example: to grace his tributary gods 3. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
Word: bint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت (bint, “girl, daughter”), from Proto-Semitic *bint-, used to denote a patronym. The term entered the British lexicon during the occupation of Egypt at the end of the 19th century, where it was adopted by British soldiers to mean "girlfriend" or "bit on the side". Its register varies from that of the harsher bitch to being affectionate, the latter more commonly associated with the West Midlands. The term was used in British armed forces and the London area synonymously with bird in its slang usage (and sometimes brass) from at least the 1950s. (In the Tyneside shipping industry, particularly in Laygate, in South Shields, the term may have been adopted earlier, from the Yemeni community which had existed there since the 1890s.) Pronunciation: /bɪnt/ 1. A woman, a girl. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory Example: Tell that bint to get herself in here now! Example: Don't you remember the Crimbo din-din we had with the grotty Scots bint?
Word: specious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English speciose, specious, from Anglo-Norman specious, Middle French specieux, and their etymon Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”). Pronunciation: /ˈspiːʃəs/ 1. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious. Example: This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound. Example: now to the discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence, but that, for the most part, either specious rather than solid, or to his cause nothing pertinent. 2. Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful. Example: With early virtues plant your breaſt, / The ſpecious arts of vice deteſt. Example: But a third cause of the delusion is, that the Church of Rome has become more specious and deceitful than before the Reformation. 3. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive. Example: And could any thing be more ſpecious, or more equal, than that fair diſtribution of power and profit, which men called the NEW MODEL? Example: [T]he success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms. 4. Beautiful, pleasing to look at. Labels: obsolete
Word: specious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English speci(es) Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English specious From speci(es) + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːʃəs/ 1. Alternative form of speciose (“rich in species”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Coelorinchus is the most specious genus of macrourids with 122 species at the time of writing and more yet to be described.
Word: ä Part of Speech: symbol 1. A dictionary transcription for the PALM vowel
Word: AFOL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fɒl/ 1. Acronym of adult fan of Lego, an adult member of the fan community that exists around Lego toys. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang Example: The artist also has a large following among AFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego, as that fandom’s acronym has it on sites like the Lego users group Lugnet).
Word: simulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1340 as Middle English symulacioun, from Middle French simulation, from Old French simulation/simulacion, from Latin simulātiōnem, from simulō (“imitate”). Morphologically simulate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃn̩/, /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions. Example: The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north. 2. The process of simulating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected. 3. A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some kids in the classroom will be playing simulations after school. 4. Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For to him that opens himself, Men will hardly shew themselves averse, but will (fair) let him go on, and turn their freedom of speech to freedom of thought. And therefore it is a good shrewd Proverb of the Spaniard, Tell a lye, and find a Troth; as if there were no way of discovery, but by Simulation. 5. The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Players are very good at simulation," said Premier League referee Graham Poll. "I'm not saying they do practice, but I find it hard to believe they are so good at something without practicing. We have to issue more cards because it is the only way we can stop simulation spoiling the game. It is a cancer." Example: In the build-up to the second spot-kick, André Villas-Boas felt United striker Danny Welbeck had deliberately tripped over the leg of Branislav Ivanovic rather than an intentional foul being committed. "Referees have pretty clear orders on simulation, but it is difficult for them to assess the difference between simulation and fouls in those situations," he said.
Word: embryophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin embryo and the suffix -phagy (“to feed on”); 1948; created to describe the behavior of sandtiger shark embryos. 1. The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only observed in some species of sharks. Labels: uncountable
Word: de-dupe Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of dedupe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: de-dupe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dedupe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: midget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From midge (chiefly in the figurative sense of “small thing”, literally “small fly”) + -et (diminutive suffix), (from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/ 1. A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: the midget pony Example: By using a midget, skin-tight car of the kind made in Italy the Johannesburger might save himself much tribulation, but he likes large and glittering things, and would rather toil round his city in vain search of a place to put his supercharged, supergrinning Mammalac than use a baby car. 2. Alternative form of midge (“small fly”) Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, archaic 3. A short person. Labels: derogatory, offensive Example: They [children] realize their oughts no less sharply than their crosses; and this even though they are midgets in a land of giants who have forgotten much of their language and whose right is often founded solely on force majeure. Example: Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes. 4. Something for use by a small person; especially something designed or made for one. Labels: attributive, derogatory
Word: dwarf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dwergaz Proto-West Germanic *dwerg Old English dweorg Middle English dwergh English dwarf From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz. Cognate with Scots droich, dwerch (“dwarf, midget”); Old High German twerc (German, Luxembourgish Zwerg (“dwarf”)); Old Norse dvergr (Danish dværg (“dwarf, midget”), Faroese dvørgur (“dwarf”), Icelandic dvergur (“dwarf”), Norwegian Bokmål dverg (“dwarf”), Norwegian Nynorsk dverg, verg (“dwarf”), Swedish dvärg (“dwarf”)); Old Frisian dwirg (Saterland Frisian Dwärch (“dwarf”), West Frisian dwerch (“dwarf”)); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg (“dwarf”)); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg (“dwarf”)). The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury. Pronunciation: /dwɔɹf/, /dwɔːf/ 1. Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. Example: [T]he elf king and his queen made a royal progress every noon with a splendid retinue of dwarves and sprites, […] Example: Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live beneath the mountains and build their remarkable creations. 2. A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition. Labels: offensive, sometimes Example: The nurse exclaimed it when I finally arrived, a month late (a habit I have kept). That's how my parents found out that I was a little person, a dwarf, of short stature. 3. An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort. Example: dwarf tree Example: dwarf honeysuckle 4. A dwarf star. Example: But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades. […] The study team said it’s likely the star was a companion to a white dwarf star, which is the remaining core of a dead star that has expelled the gases that serve as its nuclear fuel.
Word: dwarf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dwergaz Proto-West Germanic *dwerg Old English dweorg Middle English dwergh English dwarf From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz. Cognate with Scots droich, dwerch (“dwarf, midget”); Old High German twerc (German, Luxembourgish Zwerg (“dwarf”)); Old Norse dvergr (Danish dværg (“dwarf, midget”), Faroese dvørgur (“dwarf”), Icelandic dvergur (“dwarf”), Norwegian Bokmål dverg (“dwarf”), Norwegian Nynorsk dverg, verg (“dwarf”), Swedish dvärg (“dwarf”)); Old Frisian dwirg (Saterland Frisian Dwärch (“dwarf”), West Frisian dwerch (“dwarf”)); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg (“dwarf”)); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg (“dwarf”)). The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury. Pronunciation: /dwɔɹf/, /dwɔːf/ 1. Miniature. Labels: especially Example: The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant. Example: It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.
Word: dwarf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dwergaz Proto-West Germanic *dwerg Old English dweorg Middle English dwergh English dwarf From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz. Cognate with Scots droich, dwerch (“dwarf, midget”); Old High German twerc (German, Luxembourgish Zwerg (“dwarf”)); Old Norse dvergr (Danish dværg (“dwarf, midget”), Faroese dvørgur (“dwarf”), Icelandic dvergur (“dwarf”), Norwegian Bokmål dverg (“dwarf”), Norwegian Nynorsk dverg, verg (“dwarf”), Swedish dvärg (“dwarf”)); Old Frisian dwirg (Saterland Frisian Dwärch (“dwarf”), West Frisian dwerch (“dwarf”)); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg (“dwarf”)); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg (“dwarf”)). The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury. Pronunciation: /dwɔɹf/, /dwɔːf/ 1. To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version). Labels: transitive 2. To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than. Labels: transitive Example: The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline. Example: The train bursts from Rusher Cutting Tunnel with explosive violence, the engine's exhaust soaring high into the air, but dwarfed by the mighty limestone cliffs on either side. 3. To make appear insignificant. Labels: transitive Example: Bach dwarfs all other composers. 4. To become (much) smaller. Labels: intransitive 5. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. Example: At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed and shrunk - into a race of beauties that seems almost another species Example: Even the most common moral ideas and affections […] would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background.
Word: dwarfism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dwergaz Proto-West Germanic *dwerg Old English dweorg Middle English dwergh English dwarf Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dwarfism From dwarf + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/, /ˈdwɔːfɪzəm/ 1. The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage. Example: They didn’t find out I had achondroplastic dwarfism until a few months later. “Achondroplasia” is a word that haunted me in my childhood. I never wanted to hear it. It wasn’t who I was. I was not different. 2. The quality of being puny or inferior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Childish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves!
Word: dwarfish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dwergaz Proto-West Germanic *dwerg Old English dweorg Middle English dwergh English dwarf Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English dwarfish From dwarf + -ish. 1. Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted. Example: […] now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief. Example: 1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Section XXIV, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, Volume I, p. 242, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15043/15043-h/15043-h.htm Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered. Littleness, merely as such, has nothing contrary to the idea of beauty. 2. Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves. Example: Dwarfish axes are some of the finest weapons available.
Word: achondroplasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-rósder.? Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros)der. English chondro- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σῐς (plắsĭs)der. New Latin -plasiabor. English -plasia English achondroplasia From a- (“not”) + chondro- (“cartilage”) + -plasia (“growth”). Pronunciation: /eɪˌkɒndɹə(ʊ)ˈpleɪziə/, /ə-/, /-ʒ(i)ə/ 1. A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Amge, an actress and media personality born in India, has a bone growth disorder named achondroplasia that affects the arms and legs.
Word: foetid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fetid. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Close contact with the utterly bizarre is often more terrifying than inspiring, and it did not cheer me to think that this very bit of dusty road was the place where those monstrous tracks and that foetid green ichor had been found after moonless nights of fear and death.
Word: fetid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēteō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fētidusbor. English fetid Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛtɪd/ 1. Foul-smelling, stinking. Example: I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks. Example: […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated. 2. Unpleasant. Labels: dated, slang Example: "I'm not going to promise anything after the perfectly fetid way you're running off," she retorted.
Word: fetid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēteō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fētidusbor. English fetid Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛtɪd/ 1. The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts. Labels: rare
Word: leu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.uː/ 1. The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani. 2. The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani. Example: Soon afterwards, it emerged that the Moldovan company Natural Gaz DC had signed a contract with Tiraspoltransgaz. Arkady Vikol, a co-owner of Natural Gaz DC, said the company planned to buy two to three million cubic metres of gas per day on European exchanges, generating around 3 million Moldovan lei per day (€150,000) in daily tax revenues for the Moldovan budget.
Word: ark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“to enclose”). Pronunciation: /ɑːk/, /ɑɹk/ 1. A large box with a flat lid. Example: Then said he, "Your child is at home in the inner bedroom in a new cradle behind the ark." 2. The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge; Noah's ark. Example: In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change color when the sun was shining outside. 3. Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge. Example: the Ark of Bukhara 4. The body as a vessel. Labels: figuratively Example: Like her I go; I cannot stay; ⁠I leave this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves without a mind, And leave the cliffs, and haste away […] 5. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom. Example: Some seventy or seventy-five arks were permanently located on McLeod's Lake and between 110 and 125 people lived in them. 6. The Ark of the Covenant. Labels: Judaism 7. A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept. Labels: Judaism
Word: LEGO Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Lego. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: behead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beheden, bihefden, biheveden, from Old English behēafdian (“to behead”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + head. Pronunciation: /bɪˈhɛd/, /bəˈhɛd/ 1. To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head. Labels: transitive Example: “For a while it was hand-to-hand between us, then blood went curling along the currents and I beheaded Grendel's mother in the hall with a mighty sword.”]
Word: lego Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Lego. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: curt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short. Pronunciation: /kɝt/, /kɜːt/ 1. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude. Example: Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it […] 2. Short or concise.
Word: curt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short. Pronunciation: /kɝt/, /kɜːt/ 1. To cut, cut short, shorten. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.
Word: yen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medhurst and Hepburn’s romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese 圓(えん) (en, “round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now 円(えん) (en), from Chinese 銀圓 /银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): 銀 /银 (yín, “silver”) + 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese 元 (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean 원 (won, “North or South Korean won”). Doublet of won and yuan. Pronunciation: /jɛn/ 1. The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen. Example: Passing by those clauses of it which demand no notice, we arrive at that which provides that "each proposal (for purchase) must state the price per picul of rice in gold yen." But why in gold yen, a coin as yet so scarce as to be almost beyond the ken of the foreign merchant? Example: Does any one however believe that Japan's glorious achievements would have been possible, if the Government of that country had merely poured money like water on its standing battalions, unaugmented by reserves, and the magnificent spirit of every man, woman and child in that country had not been behind the Army to support it? Japan's ordinary budget for the Army is only about 37.3 millions yen, or a little under six crores of rupees. 2. A coin or note worth one yen. Example: When banks lend, they create money out of nothing, without withdrawing it from other parts of the economy. This way, fiscal policy would not have crowded out private-sector activity yen by yen, as actually happened.
Word: yen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮 /瘾 (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, 煙癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵) or 菸癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵): 煙 /烟 (jin¹), 菸 /烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen. Pronunciation: /jɛn/ 1. A strong desire, urge, or yearning. Example: humankind's yen for knowledge Example: She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."
Word: yen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮 /瘾 (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, 煙癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵) or 菸癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵): 煙 /烟 (jin¹), 菸 /烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen. Pronunciation: /jɛn/ 1. To have a strong desire for. Labels: transitive Example: Yenning, groaning, longing after. Example: "Listen, I'm in Tom Bleutcher's suite at The Brompton House. Been here the whole Almighty morning. Olga wants you to have lunch with us." / "Olga? Who's she?" / "His daughter. You made a big hit with her last time they was in town. Come on down." / "Get the new writer." / "I got no new writer. Anyway she yens for you. Come on down."
Word: yen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 煙 /烟 (yān), 菸 /烟 (yān), or Cantonese 煙 /烟 (jin¹), 菸 /烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the earlier yen (“strong desire”) and later yen-yen. Pronunciation: /jɛn/ 1. Opium. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: BSc Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Bachelor of Science. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ChB Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin chirurgiae baccalaureus. 1. Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery, (degree). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: TTFN Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: In 1939, initialisms, previously rarely used except by the military, were heard more frequently by the British public. ITMA satirised them by coining TTFN, a "pointless" initialism (no easier to say than the phrase on which it was based) to use as a catchphrase, which became widely repeated in the UK. Thirty years later, American ventriloquist Paul Winchell, following the suggestion of his third wife, Jean Freeman, who was British, improvised it as a signature phrase for the (originally British) character Tigger in the Disney films based on A. A. Milne's book The House at Pooh Corner. This, in a world now accustomed to them, popularised worldwide a word originally coined to make fun of initialisms. 1. Initialism of ta-ta for now; goodbye. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: 1941-1945: (A catchphrase of Mrs Mopp (Dorothy Summers) in several series of the weekly topical comedy British radio programme It's That Man Again (ITMA)) Example: 1966: Catwoman (played by Julie Newmar) in the Batman episode "Better Luck Next Time" – Catwoman: "TTFN", Batman: "What does that mean?", Catwoman: "Ta-ta for now."
Word: EISCAT Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of European Incoherent SCATter, a scientific organization which operates three incoherent scatter radars in northern Scandinavia. The organization is funded by the research councils of Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: taphophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tapho- + -philia. From Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb, grave”) + Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, fondness”). 1. Deep interest of funerals, cemeteries and the rituals of death. Labels: uncountable
Word: stoned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stoned (simple past) and stoned, istoned (past participle), equivalent to stone + -ed. The etymology for the sense of "exhilarated, intoxicated by substances", which originated in American English in the mid-20th century, is not fully clear. It could be derived from stone drunk, a common slang expression from the mid-19th to early-20th century. It is more frequently theorized to be a phono-semantic matching of Italian-American slang stunod (“dazzled, stupid”), from Italian stonato (“out of tune, off-key”). In 1952, Life Magazine listed it in a glossary of bop musician slang, in the sense of "drunk, captivated, ecstatic, sent out of this world" (see quote). This could lend further credence to the idea of the word originating from a musical term. Pronunciation: /stəʊnd/, /stoʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of stone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stoned (simple past) and stoned, istoned (past participle), equivalent to stone + -ed. The etymology for the sense of "exhilarated, intoxicated by substances", which originated in American English in the mid-20th century, is not fully clear. It could be derived from stone drunk, a common slang expression from the mid-19th to early-20th century. It is more frequently theorized to be a phono-semantic matching of Italian-American slang stunod (“dazzled, stupid”), from Italian stonato (“out of tune, off-key”). In 1952, Life Magazine listed it in a glossary of bop musician slang, in the sense of "drunk, captivated, ecstatic, sent out of this world" (see quote). This could lend further credence to the idea of the word originating from a musical term. Pronunciation: /stəʊnd/, /stoʊnd/ 1. Containing stones. 2. Having had the stones removed. 3. Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol. Labels: archaic, slang Example: STONED: drunk, captivated, ecstatic, sent out of this world. Example: 'He could be a mean drunk,' said saxophonist Artie Drelinger. '[…] Booze was his priority, and when he was stoned he could be a son of a bitch.' 4. High on drugs, especially cannabis. Labels: slang Example: We got stoned and ate four bags of potato chips. Example: Riccio nodded toward a boy across the floor and said, “See that kid? He’s on dope.” The boy was standing against a wall, staring vacantly at the dancers, his face fixed in a gentle, faraway smile. Every few seconds, he would wipe his nose with the back of his hand. “Man, that Jo-Jo!” Benny said. “He’s stoned all the time.” “What’s he on—horse?” Riccio asked, meaning heroin. “Who knows with that creep?” Benny said. I asked Benny if any special kind of boy went in for dope. “The creeps,” he said. “You know, the goofballs.” He searched for a word. “The weak kids. Like Jo-Jo. There ain’t nothing the guys can’t do to him. Last week, we took his pants off and made him run right in the middle of the street without them.” 5. Exhilarated; intoxicated by something (such as love) other than drugs or alcohol. Labels: slang Example: "I am stoned on Jesus! He turns me on and gives me something drugs never could!" Example: I had told them my sailing plans—a few voyages and then Palmyra—but learned almost nothing about them except they were stoned on life. They were so in love with each other and so enamored with their six-month-old baby, […]
Word: pontoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”). Pronunciation: /pɒnˈtuːn/ 1. A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage. Example: Thanks to the previous experience of the chief performers, to careful preparation and rehearsal, and to perfect weather conditions, they watched in breath-bated silence the spectacle of the huge bulk moving without a hitch into position over the temporary pier caps on which it settled as water ballast was admitted to the pontoons. 2. A bridge with floating supports. Labels: broadly 3. A box used to raise a sunken vessel. Example: Near-synonyms: caisson, camel, sea camel 4. A float of a seaplane. 5. A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.
Word: pontoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), from French. Pronunciation: /pɒnˈtuːn/ 1. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it. Labels: uncountable
Word: firewire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + wire. In the first sense ("high-speed digital link standard"), the term was originally a trade name—capitalized FireWire—used by Apple Inc. as it developed the standard in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 1. A high-speed digital link standard covered by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard. 2. A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example.
Word: dilatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dilatorie, from Old French dilatoire, from Latin dīlātōrius (“extending or putting off (time)”), from dīlātor, from differō. Not etymologically related to delay. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪlət(ə)ɹi/, /daɪˈleɪt(ə)ɹi/, /ˈdɪləˌtɔɹi/ 1. Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision. Labels: not-comparable Example: a dilatory strategy Example: Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon his adversary with great effect. 2. Slow or tardy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dilatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dilatorie, from Old French dilatoire, from Latin dīlātōrius (“extending or putting off (time)”), from dīlātor, from differō. Not etymologically related to delay. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪlət(ə)ɹi/, /daɪˈleɪt(ə)ɹi/, /ˈdɪləˌtɔɹi/ 1. Relating to dilation; dilative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kolea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian kōlea. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈlɛə/, /koʊˈleɪə/ 1. A Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva). Labels: Hawaii 2. Any of various Hawaiian species of flowering plants in the genus Myrsine.
Word: freeware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + -ware, a contraction of software; Coined by Andrew Fluegelman. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːˌwɛə/, /ˈfɹiːˌwɛɹ/ 1. Complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use. Freeware may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code. Labels: uncountable
Word: density of light Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of light falling on a given area, as measured by units such as the lumen. Labels: uncountable Example: Photographers use a photometer to measure the density of light from a scene.
Word: honorificabilitudinitatibus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin honōrificābilitūdinitātibus, the ablative and dative plural of honōrificābilitūdinitās (“the state of being able to achieve honours”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒn.əˌɹɪf.ɪ.kəˌbɪl.ɪˌt(j)uː.dɪ.nɪˈteɪ.tɪ.bəs/, /-ˈtæ-/, /ˌɑn.əˌɹɪf.ɪ.kəˌbɪl.əˌt(j)u.dɪ.nɪˈteɪ.tɪ.bəs/, [-ɾɪ-] 1. The state of being able to achieve honours; honourableness. Labels: humorous, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Phyſitions deafen our eares with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus of their heauenly Panachæa their ſoueraigne Guiacum, their gliſters, their triacles, their mithridates of fortie ſeuerall poyſons compacted, their bitter Rubarbe, and tortuting Stibium. Example: Novv the Drums doubbes & the ſticks turn'd bed-ſtaves, / All the old Foxes hunted to their holes, / The Iron age return'd to Eribus, / And Honorificabilitudinitatibus / Thruſt out o'th' Kingdome by the head and ſhoulders, / VVhat trade doe you meane to follovv. 2. Used as a person's title or the name of a thing meaning "honourable one", or simply as a very long word to indicate prolixity. Labels: humorous, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Clow[ne]. O they haue lyud long on the almſbaſket of vvordes. I maruaile thy M[aster] hath not eaten thee for a vvorde, for thou art not ſo long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: Thou art eaſier ſvvallovved then a flapdragon. Example: For griefes ſake keepe him out, his diſcourſe is like the long vvord, Honorificabilitudinitatibus: a great deale / Of ſound and no ſence: […]
Word: necropsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necro- + -opsy. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹɒpsi/, /nɪˈkɹɒpsi/, /ˈnɛkɹɑpsi/ 1. The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death. Example: Anatomy theory led to morbid anatomy in necropsy studies pursued by, among others, Johann Wepfer (1620–95) and Théophile Bonet (1620–89), both Swiss. Example: During the necropsy, he pored carefully through the body, combing the tissues and organs for signs of an abscess or wound.
Word: necropsy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From necro- + -opsy. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹɒpsi/, /nɪˈkɹɒpsi/, /ˈnɛkɹɑpsi/ 1. To perform a necropsy on. Labels: transitive
Word: in utero Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in utero (“in the uterus”). 1. Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: in utero Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in utero (“in the uterus”). 1. Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most organic species are capable of developing biotic abilities, though there are risks involved. Biotics are the result of in-utero exposure to element zero. This usually causes fatal cancers in the victim, but in rare cases it coalesces into nodules within the fetus's developing nervous system. Example: A major research effort in Dr. Nawrot's group is focusing on understanding in utero factors that shape disease risk later in life.
Word: adelphophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) and the suffix -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”). By surface analysis, adelpho- + -phagy. 1. The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes. Labels: uncountable
Word: corset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/ 1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust. Example: Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset. 2. A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages. Labels: historical 3. A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits. Labels: UK, historical