nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: León Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. Doublet of legion via Old French. 1. Alternative form of Leon in reference to various places in Spain and Latin America. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: commination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin comminātiō, from comminor (“to threaten”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. A formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment. Example: ROMEO Good gentle youth, tempt not a desp’rate man. / ... I beseech thee, youth, / Put not another sin upon my head / By urging me to fury... / PARIS I do defy thy commination / And apprehend thee for a felon here.
Word: gigolos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gigolo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peradventure Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English peraventure, peradventure, from Old French par aventure. Spelling modified as though from Latin. Equivalent to per- + adventure. 1. Perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: For be God the Propheit was commandit to stand in the entress of the Lordis house, and to speik to all the cieties of Juda that come to wirschip in the house of the Lord; and was commandit to keip no word aback, gif peradventure, sayeth the Lord, thay will herkin and turne everie man frome his wickit way. Example: Beſides he tells me, that, if peraduenture / He ſpeake againſt me on the aduerse ſide, / I ſhould not thinke it ſtrange, for 'tis a phyſicke / That's bitter, to ſweet end.
Word: peradventure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English peraventure, peradventure, from Old French par aventure. Spelling modified as though from Latin. Equivalent to per- + adventure. 1. Chance, doubt or uncertainty. Labels: literary Example: Covetousness cracks the sinews of faith; numbs the apprehension of any thing above sense; and only affected with the certainty of things present, makes a peradventure of things to come […] Example: By his death Bruno did not prove that his convictions are true, but he proved beyond peradventure that he was a true man; and by such from the beginning has human nature been raised towards that ideal nature which we call divine.
Word: media advocacy Part of Speech: noun 1. An advocacy-group tactic of framing issues as public issues, exposing questionable, exploitative, or unethical practices, and forcing media coverage by buying media time or creating controversy that is likely to receive extensive news coverage. Labels: uncountable
Word: deposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/ 1. The removal of someone from office. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary. 2. The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation) Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), from Old Dutch *frōwa, from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady, mistress”), from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“right; judge, master”). Cognate with Dutch vrouw (“woman, wife, lady, mistress”), Low German frouw, frauw (“woman, wife, lady”), German Frau (“woman, wife, lady”), Swedish fru, Icelandic freyja (“lady, mistress”, in compounds), Old English frōwe (“woman”), Old English frēa (“lord, master, husband”). Doublet of frau, vrou, and vrouw. Pronunciation: /fɹaʊ/ 1. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one. Example: Mrs. Frances, a Frow, Daughter to Vanlock Example: 1846, Captain Butler, A Glimpse of the Frontier, and a Gallop through the Cape Colony, W. Harrison Ainsworth (editor), The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, 1846, Part 2, page 466, […] on our way we stopped at several houses, our companions having numerous acquaintances among the young frows, to flirt with after their ungainly fashion. Cape Dutch is not the language for love. 2. A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman. Labels: obsolete 3. A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character. Labels: obsolete
Word: frow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɹəʊ/, /fɹoʊ/ 1. Alternative spelling of froe (“cleaving tool”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: frow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frow, frough, frogh, frouh, frouȝ (“brittle; tender; fickle; slack; loose”), cognate with Scots frooch, freuch (“dry and brittle”). Of obscure origin. Perhaps also related to Middle Dutch vro, vroo, Middle Low German vrô, German froh. 1. Brittle; tender; crisp Labels: dialectal Example: that which grows in gravel is subject to be frow, as they term it , and brittle
Word: atramentous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ātrāmentōsus, from ātrāmentum (“black liquid, ink”). Equivalent to atrament + -ous. 1. Inky, inklike, atramental. Example: The second way whereby bodies become blacke, is an atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperose quality conjoyning with a terrestrious and astringent humidity […] Example: Perdido Street Station was the centre of the city, even more than Parliament, the atramentous keep now empty of functionaries […]
Word: atramental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English atrament Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English atramental From atrament + -al. 1. Of or relating to ink; inky; black. Example: Now if we inquire in what part of vitriol this Atramental and denigrating condition lodgeth...
Word: spivvy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spiv + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪvi/ 1. Of, related to, or resembling a spiv; flashy but often also seedy. Example: To the south, though, the explosive-crammed pod rushed over spivvy streets, directly above a barricade at the borders of Aspic and Barrackham.
Word: spiv Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from spiff, spiffy. Spiv was the nickname of Henry Bagster, a Londoner arrested a number of times in 1904-6 for activities as described below, and may have been the archetype. Also possibly from Romani spiv (“sparrow”), as active and opportunistic. Pronunciation: /spɪv/ 1. A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods, especially during World War II. Labels: Ireland, UK, historical 2. A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated Example: I mean, Mayfair is just top spivs stepping into the slippers of the former gentry, and Belgravia, like I've said, is all flats in houses built as palaces, and Chelsea—well! Example: It was Robeson who introduced me to the other blacks in New York, the Show Boat cast, the hangers-on, girlfriends, spivs, and bookies. "My people," he called them, "my brothers and sisters" […] 3. A low and common thief. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated 4. A slacker; one who shirks responsibility. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated
Word: cuneal Part of Speech: adj 1. shaped like a wedge; cuneiform Example: 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, p. 468 (2005 Trade paperback edition, →ISBN -- At their head a great earthmover, fronted by a cuneal plough that would push the matter of the barricade apart. 2. Relating to the cuneus.
Word: paschal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Paschal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Deposition Part of Speech: name 1. The removal of Jesus from the cross.
Word: Saviour Part of Speech: name 1. UK standard spelling of Savior. 2. A male given name from English. Labels: uncommon 3. A female given name from English. Labels: rare
Word: sirocco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/, /ʃɪˈɹɒkoʊ/ 1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions. Example: But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp. Example: Diese Toleranz und largeur des Herzens, die Alles „verzeiht“, weil sie Alles „begreift“, ist Scirocco für uns. 2. A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat. Labels: colloquial Example: In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle.
Word: scirocco Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sirocco. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tolerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tolerable, borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/, /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable. 2. Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so. Example: A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. 3. Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable. 4. In fair health; passably well.
Word: tolerable Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tolerable, borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/, /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/ 1. tolerably; passably; moderately. Labels: dialectal
Word: suspended Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈspɛndɪd/ 1. Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed. 2. Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed. 3. Hung from above. Example: There are already strong indications that the relatively high cost of one fully suspended motor with flexible drive to both bogie axles [...] is not much lower than the cost of two fully suspended motors; [...]. 4. Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary. 5. Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person. Labels: usually 6. A chemical suspension 7. Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
Word: suspended Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səˈspɛndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of suspend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɪnz/ 1. plural of fin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fins Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abisetaoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 浴びせ倒し (“backward force down”). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent over backwards by throwing his weight into him from a grappling position.
Word: amiuchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 網打ち, literally fisherman's throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker throws his opponent behind him by pulling his arm with both hands and twisting backwards; resembles casting a fishing net.
Word: ashitori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 足取り (“leg pick”). 1. a kimarite in which the attacker takes his opponent down by grabbing and lifting his leg with both hands
Word: chongake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ちょん掛け, literally "pulling heel hook". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker hooks his heel behind that of his opponent from the inside, pulls the leg towards him, grabs the opponent's arm on the same side and twists him sideways and backwards.
Word: gasshohineri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 合掌捻り, literally "clasped hand twist down". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker clasps his hands behind the opponent's back and twists him down and over
Word: harimanage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 波離間投げ (“backward belt throw”). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker, at the edge of the dohyo, reaches over his opponent's shoulder, grabs his mawashi from behind, then pulls and twists him past his own body.
Word: hatakikomi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 叩き込み, literally "slap down". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker dodges his opponent at the tachiai and slaps his opponent's shoulder, back or arm, forcing him to touch the dohyo
Word: hikiotoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 引き落とし, literally hand pull down. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker pulls on his opponent's arm, shoulder or mawashi while backing away.
Word: hikkake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 引っ掛け, literally arm-grabbing force out. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm with both hands and pulls him past him while moving backwards and to the side.
Word: izori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 居反り, literally backwards body drop. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker dives under his opponent's charge, grabs his knees or his mawashi, and lifts him up and over backwards.
Word: acclimatise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor. Latin climalbor. Middle French climat French climat Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French acclimaterbor. English acclimate English -ise English acclimatise From acclimate + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize. Example: The England manager can be encouraged by more evidence that Rickie Lambert has quickly acclimatised to international football, with another headed goal to add to the one he scored against Scotland, but Welbeck's ban comes at a time when Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll are already out and Daniel Sturridge is likely to join them.
Word: kainahineri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 腕捻り, literally "two-handed arm twist down". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker locks one of his opponent's arms with both arms, then twists him down.
Word: kakenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 掛け投げ, literally hooking inner thigh throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker hooks one leg under those of his opponent, raises the hooked leg up and back forcing the opponent up and over.
Word: kakezori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 掛け反り, literally "hooking backwards body drop". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker, with his head under one of his opponent's arms, takes an inside grip on the opponent's mawashi and twists him over a leg while driving his head into the opponent's side to force him over backwards.
Word: katasukashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 肩透かし, meaning under-shoulder swing down. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent down by placing his hands on the opponent's shoulder blade (one inside and one outside) and pulling him down and forward while backing away.
Word: zesty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English zest Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English zesty From zest + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛsti/ 1. Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy. 2. Zestful. 3. (of a man) Flamboyantly or effeminately gay. Labels: informal 4. Gay. Labels: Internet, broadly
Word: zestful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zest + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛs(t)f(ʊ)l/, /ˈzɛs(t)f(ə)l/ 1. Full of zest. 2. Full of zest. Labels: figuratively Example: [T]here appeared a narrowly patriotic government, which presently developed into an aggressive, vindictive and pitiless dictatorship, and set itself at once to the zestful persecution of the unfortunate ethnic minorities (about a third of the entire population) caught in the net of its all too ample boundaries. Example: [T]he former priest, by now habituated to military life, and even zestful for it, enlisted under the new young king, with the rank of captain. 3. Full of zest. Labels: figuratively Example: Debonair youth! The spurs, the wide felt hat, the open shirt, the belt holding the array of small pouches, including a holstered revolver, the delight in the long stock-whip having a bright green silk cracker to produce loud reports, ranging from slow rifle fire to the rat-tat-tat of a machine-gun, all told the story of zestful youth.
Word: swaption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of swap + option. 1. An instrument granting the owner an option to enter an interest rate swap. 2. More generally, an option on any type of swap.
Word: televangelist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of television + evangelist. Pronunciation: /tɛlɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/ 1. A religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his or her ministry to television broadcasts to a regular viewing audience. Example: Pastor Walton had spent several years learning from the televangelist host of Success-N-Life, Robert Tilton, at his Bible school in Texas.
Word: tomacco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of tomato + tobacco. 1. A hybrid of the tomato and tobacco plants. 2. A tomato plant grafted onto a tobacco plant. 3. The fruit of such a plant.
Word: loveliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English luflynes; equivalent to lovely + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvlinəs/ 1. The property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovable. Labels: uncountable Example: A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Example: Then, seated in her barbaric chair above them all, with myself at her feet, was the veiled white woman, whose loveliness and awesome power seemed to visibly shine about her like a halo, or rather like the glow from some unseen light. 2. The result of being lovely. Labels: countable 3. A group of ladybirds. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: 'A loveliness of ladybirds,' whispers Roisin to her sleeping child, and looks at her husband proudly. He grins back. 'Aye, the plague of last summer. Couldn't pick up a glass of lemonade without finding a hundred ladybirds using it as a bubble-bath.' Example: A loveliness of ladybugs is enjoying lunch - little aphids that pepper a crop of soybeans.
Word: pickled egg Part of Speech: noun 1. An egg, usually from a hen, that has been pickled in vinegar, giving the outside a brown colour. Labels: UK Example: Jars of pickled eggs are seen in British pubs, where they are served as bar snacks.
Word: -ware Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō, with meaning gradually shifting from guard, protection to an object that is in possession, hence meriting attention, guarded, cared for, and protected. Pronunciation: /-wɛ(ə)/, /-wɛɹ/ 1. Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made from a particular substance. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: glass + -ware → glassware 2. Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made in a particular place. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: Abruzzi + -ware → Abruzzi ware 3. Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items of a particular kind or for a particular use. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: gift + -ware → giftware
Word: -ware Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware Back-formation from software. See also ware and warehouse. Pronunciation: /-wɛ(ə)/, /-wɛɹ/ 1. Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution. Labels: morpheme, uncountable
Word: canceled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cancel Labels: US, form-of, participle, past
Word: canceled Part of Speech: adj 1. US standard spelling of cancelled. Labels: US, alt-of, not-comparable, standard
Word: swimsuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swimsuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crase Part of Speech: verb 1. Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”). Example: […] verily it behoueth them ouer whome wee haue rule, not to runne about, neither by their craftie & deceitful rashnes to crase the concord of Byshops agreeing togither […] Example: Imprimis, The Imperiall Crowne of this Realme of Goulde, the Border garnished with seaven Ballaces, eight Saphiers, five pointed Diamonds, twenty Rubies two of them being crased, nineteen Pearls […]
Word: bedlam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), since used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450. Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (the Biblical town), from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém) from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bêṯ leḥem, literally “house of bread”). However, also compare Spanish belén (“confusion, disorder; a place characteristic of such”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdləm/ 1. A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of the wards were veritable "bedlams," and discharged patients have told of abuses practiced in them of which the mere recital causes a shudder. Example: The outside of the Hyatt was bedlam. There was a group of more than a hundred injured people on the circular drive in front of the hotel. 2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Lets follow the old Earle, and get the bedlom To lead him where he would, his rogiſh madnes Allows it ſelfe to any thing. Example: Firſt, The Pilgrims were cloathed with ſuch kind of Raiment, as was diverſe from the Raiment of any that Traded in that fair. The people therefore of the fair made a great gazing upon them: Some ſaid they were Fools, ſome they were Bedlams, and ſome they are Outlandiſh-men. 3. A lunatic asylum; a madhouse. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: It was a ſhrewd ſaying of the old Monk, That two kind of Priſons would ſerve for all offenders in the World, an Inquiſition and a Bedlam: If any man ſhould deny the Being of a God and the Immortality of the Soul, ſuch a one ſhould be put into the firſt of these, the Inquiſition, as being a deſperate Heretick; but if any man ſhould profeſs to believe theſe things, and yet allow himſelf in any known wickedneſs, ſuch a one ſhould be put into Bedlam; becauſe there cannot be a greater folly and madneſs, than for a man in matters of greateſt moment and concernment to act againſt his beſt Reaſon and Underſtanding, and by his Life to contradict his Belief. Example: Shut up the world at large, let Bedlam out; And you will be perhaps surprised to find All things pursue exactly the same route, As now with those of soi-disant sound mind.
Word: belabour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“on, upon, about, over”) + labour. Compare bework, betoil, beswink. Pronunciation: /bɪˈleɪ.bə/ 1. To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently. Labels: UK, obsolete, transitive 2. To beat or thump (someone) soundly. Labels: UK, transitive Example: 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood. Example: [F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists. 3. To attack (someone) verbally. Labels: UK, transitive 4. To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate. Labels: UK, transitive Example: 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, inaugural speech Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us. Example: And so, to belabour the school metaphor, diehard fans of both those fallen leaders resent this pair for snitching in class.
Word: bifurcated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From verb bifurcate, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, past participle of bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus (“two-pronged”), from bi- + furca (“fork”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪfəɹˌkeɪtɪd/ 1. Divided into two branches. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: bifid, bipartite, bilobar, bilobular, split, forked
Word: bifurcated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From verb bifurcate, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, past participle of bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus (“two-pronged”), from bi- + furca (“fork”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪfəɹˌkeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bifurcate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stupidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stupiditātem, accusative of Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid + -ity. Pronunciation: /stjuːˈpɪdɪti/, /stuˈpɪdɪti/ 1. The property of being stupid. Labels: uncountable Example: I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity, but that's not much of an excuse. Example: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good. 2. An act that is stupid. Labels: countable Example: Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car. Example: 8. They require that crass stupidities shall not be played upon the reader as “the craft of the woodsman, the delicate art of the forest,” by either the author or the people in the tale.
Word: -wear Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear From the noun wear (“clothing”). 1. Used to form nouns denoting clothing: Labels: morpheme, uncountable 2. Used to form nouns denoting clothing: Labels: morpheme, uncountable 3. Used to form nouns denoting clothing: Labels: morpheme, uncountable 4. Used to form nouns denoting clothing: Labels: morpheme, uncountable
Word: shyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English shy English shy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shyness From shy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪnəs/ 1. The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Her shyness kept her from asking him to the prom.
Word: blandish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman blaundishen, from blandiss-, the extended stem of Middle French blandir + Middle English -ishen (suffix forming verbs). Blandir is derived from Latin blandīrī (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), from blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)) + -iō (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives). The English word is analysable as bland + -ish; compare bland (“agreeable, pleasant, suave; mild, soothing”). Pronunciation: /ˈblændɪʃ/ 1. To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole. Labels: transitive 2. To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up. Labels: transitive
Word: bounteous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bountevous, from Old French bontios; by surface analysis, bounty + ous. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊntiəs/, /ˈbaʊnʃəs/ 1. Inclined to be generous. Example: Which with a bounteous hand was kindly lent Example: Be bounteous at our Meale. Giue me thy hand, / Thou haſt bin rightly honeſt, ſo haſt thou […] 2. Liberal or abundant. Labels: usually Example: “Your Grace may be well assured,” said the Friar, “that, with the grace of Saint Dunstan, I shall find the way of multiplying your most bounteous gift.” Example: “I’d like to say it’s not just bounteous privilege, but it is. People like Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, they’re incredibly cut off from the world. […]
Word: outgoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From outgo + -ing, out + going. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈɡəʊɪŋ/ 1. Extroverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably; outgiving. Example: Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy. Example: Quieter parents, who prefer a less stimulating lifestyle, may be baffled and challenged by these same outgoing kids. 2. Going out, on its way out. Labels: not-comparable Example: Is there any outgoing post? Example: 1917 August 27, President of the United States (Woodrow Wilson), Executive Order 2692, In the neighborhood of each defensive sea area the following entrances are designated for incoming and outgoing vessels: Atlantic. […] Designated entrance for outgoing vessels: The main entrance to the Panama Canal, between the breakwaters. Pacific. […] Designated entrance for outgoing vessels: Canal prism. 3. Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced). Labels: not-comparable Example: The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting. Example: […] it appears […] that, by an arrangement between the outgoing and incoming marshal, the latter was to have the fees earned upon all writs in the hands of the deputies of the former at the date the office changed hands. It further appeared that the outgoing marshal made no claim to these fees.
Word: outgoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From outgo + -ing, out + going. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ/ 1. The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure. Example: the outgoings of the morning and evening Example: […] any present thirstings for God, or ardent outgoings of their souls after divine objects […] 2. Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense. Labels: in-plural 3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. Example: The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.
Word: outgoing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From outgo + -ing, out + going. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈɡəʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of outgo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: apocalyptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/ 1. Of or relating to an apocalypse: Labels: not-comparable Example: Let him go and make, and burn, a pile or two [of bricks] with his own hands; he will thereby receive apocalyptic visions of a nature novel to his soul. Example: From beginning to end, and throughout, the Gospel makes such frequent use of apocalyptic motifs and the apocalyptic viewpoint that it deserves to be called the apocalyptic Gospel." 2. Of or relating to an apocalypse: Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: For the first time since the show began, a sense of utter loneliness overwhelmed me, a bitter despair at the uselessness of individual effort in this gigantic tragedy of apocalyptic destruction. Example: In fact, interpreters commonly declare that Mark is an "apocalyptic" Gospel. When they read Jesus' long speech toward the end of the Gospel (chap. 13), they even detect a veritable "apocalypse": "Wars and rumors of wars, […]" 3. Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom). Labels: not-comparable Example: Submissions on the part of gay teachers and students and organizations were countered by apocalyptic denunciations on the part of Bible-toting mothers and fathers expertly organized by the right. Example: Shortly after the publication of When Prophecy Fails, Hardyck and Braden (1962) investigated an apocalyptic group of Pentecostals to see if the failed apocalypse would result in enduring conviction and proselytization, but it did not. 4. Catachresis for apoplectic. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was apocalyptically furious.
Word: apocalyptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/ 1. One who predicts apocalypse.
Word: yaks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jæks/ 1. plural of yak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shorter Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtə/, /ˈʃɔɹtɚ/, [ˈʃɔɹɾɚ], /ˈʃoːtə/, [ˈʃoːɾə] 1. comparative form of short: more short. Labels: comparative, form-of Example: There are two routes to get there. We're in a rush so we'll take the shorter one. Example: Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.
Word: shorter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtə/, /ˈʃɔɹtɚ/, [ˈʃɔɹɾɚ], /ˈʃoːtə/, [ˈʃoːɾə] 1. A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling. Labels: colloquial 2. One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]
Word: shortest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtɪst/, /ˈʃɔɹtɪst/, [ˈʃɔɹɾɪst], /ˈʃoːtɪst/, [ˈʃoːɾɪst] 1. superlative form of short: most short; Least in stature, length or height. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: The two-word poem "Fleas", by Ogden Nash, is arguably the shortest poem in the English language.
Word: canvass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of canvas (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈkænvəs/, [ˈkɛənvəs], /ˈkɛnvəs/ 1. Obsolete spelling of canvas. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The double desire of being able to overtake a weaker flying enemy, or to escape when pursued by a stronger, has induced the owners to overmast their cruisers, and to spread too much canvass; and the great number of men, many of them not seamen, who being upon deck when a ship heels suddenly are huddled down to leeward, and increase by their weight the effect of the wind.
Word: cartographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cartography Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cartographer From cartography + -er. 1. One who makes maps or charts.
Word: chequered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chequer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chequered Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of checkered. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: The trees lay on one side the road in a rich depth of shadow; on the other the golden light seemed to rain through the chequered boughs: a subtle fragrance floated on the air, and the carols of a thousand birds rose distinct above the deep murmur of the city that they had left behind. Example: Come this October when Kelly lines up for his 19th appearance in the Bathurst 1000 he will again be hunting for that chequered flag, but before he even does his first warm up lap he will share a unique moment with his fans. […] As well as the livery Perkins had when claiming three chequered flags at Mount Panorama, Russel Ingall's 'Silver Bullet' and the #6 Castrol Edge Ford Performance Racing Falcon driven by Mark Winterbottom are also on the short list.
Word: cherubic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cherub Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cherubic From cherub + -ic. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈɹuː.bɪk/, /t͡ʃəˈɹuː.bɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic. Example: His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him. Example: There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce? 2. Of, or like a baby; infantile
Word: clement Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”). Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos. https://www.etymonline.com/word/clemency Pronunciation: /ˈklɛmənt/ 1. Lenient or merciful; charitable. Example: I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […] Example: Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous. 2. Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances). Example: The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions. Example: The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.
Word: connive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French conniver (“to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing”), or directly from its etymon Latin con(n)īvēre (“close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; overlook, turn a blind eye, connive”) (perhaps alluding to two persons involved in a scheme together winking to each other), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + *nīvēre (related to nictō (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, droop”)). Pronunciation: /kəˈnaɪv/ 1. To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. Labels: intransitive Example: I might say, / That who despairs, acts; that who acts, connives / With God's relations set in time and space; [...] Example: This very Law of Libel provides that "if any one connives with a guilty man and alleges him to be innocent, he renders himself liable to punishment." 2. Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: This species [...] differs from other species of this genus in the upper pinnæ being contracted, which are sinuously lobed, each lacinæ and lobe bearing a sorus, furnished with a nearly orbicular indusium, the free exterior margin of which connives with the margin of the lobe, [...] 3. Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: For ſince the affairs of the world have in them the varieties and perplexities beſides, it happens that in ſome caſes men know not how to govern by the ſtricteſt meaſures of religion, becauſe all men will not do their duty upon that account; and therefore laws are not made [...] with exact and pureſt meaſures, but in compliance and by neceſſity, not always as well as they ſhould, but as well as they may: and therefore the Civil power is forc'd ſometimes to connive at what it does not approve. Example: Though all this Good be found in thee, I an offended that thou ſo conniveſt at the Hereſie of the falſe Teachers, as to permit ſome of them in your Communion, [...] 4. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye, and, in a word, the whole practice of political grimace.
Word: construe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English construen, from Late Latin construo, construere (“to relate grammatically”), from Latin construo (“pile together”); doublet of construct. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuː/, /ˈkɒnstəɹ/ 1. A translation. Example: Prayers and calling-over seemed twice as short as usual, and before they could get construes of a tithe of the hard passages marked in the margin of their books, they were all seated round, and the Doctor was standing in the middle, talking in whispers to the master. 2. An interpretation.
Word: construe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English construen, from Late Latin construo, construere (“to relate grammatically”), from Latin construo (“pile together”); doublet of construct. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuː/, /ˈkɒnstəɹ/ 1. To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean. Labels: transitive Example: Bru[tus]. […] But let not therefore my good Friends be greeu'd (Among which number Cassius be you one) Nor conſtrue any further my neglect, Then that poore Brutus with himſelfe at warre, Forgets the ſhews of Loue to other men. Example: The world must construe according to its wits; this court must construe according to the law. 2. To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language). Labels: transitive Example: This is a new fashionable proverb, which I must construe to you. 3. To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse. Labels: transitive Example: Thus, in a sentence such as: (113) John considers [_S Fred to be too sure of himself] the italicised Reflexive himself can only be construed with Fred, not with John: this follows from our assumption that non-subject Reflexives must have an antecedent within their own S. Notice, however, that in a sentence such as: (114) John seems to me [_S — to have perjured himself] himself must be construed with John. 4. To admit of grammatical analysis. Labels: ergative 5. To translate. Labels: transitive 6. To infer. 7. To explain. Labels: obsolete Example: Bru[tus]. […] Portia go in a while, And by and by thy boſome ſhall partake The ſecrets of my Heart. All my engagements, I will construe to thee, All the Charractery of my ſad browes.
Word: conman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English conman From con + -man. 1. A confidence trickster.
Word: climates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of climate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debauch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauchier (“to lead astray”), from des- + bauch (“beam”), from Frankish *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”); latter origin of balk. Evolution of sense unclear; may be literally “to shave/trim wood to make a beam” or may be “to leave/lure someone from a workshop”, Frankish *balkō perhaps also meaning “workshop”. Possible corruption by way of Anglicised French term bord (“edge, curb”): curb crawling as a synonym for prostitution. Parallels in modern German: Bordsteinschwalbe (“prostitute”, literally “Curb-stone-swallow”). English words bawd, bawdiness may be similarly connected. Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɔːt͡ʃ/ 1. An individual act of debauchery. Example: [E]v'ry twentieth pace / Conducts the unguarded noſe to ſuch a whiff / Of ſtale debauch forth-iſſuing from the ſtyes / That law has licenſed, as makes temp'rance reel. Example: I rose by candle-light, and consumed, in the intensest application, the hours which every other individual of our party wasted in enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch. 2. An orgy. Example: The flowers, oppressive to the eyes, blazed with not a petal stirring, in a debauch of sun. Example: [T]here were always the gay and silly sensual young girls that Yossarian had found and brought there and those that the sleepy enlisted men returning to Pianosa after their own exhausting seven-day debauch had brought there.
Word: debauch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauchier (“to lead astray”), from des- + bauch (“beam”), from Frankish *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”); latter origin of balk. Evolution of sense unclear; may be literally “to shave/trim wood to make a beam” or may be “to leave/lure someone from a workshop”, Frankish *balkō perhaps also meaning “workshop”. Possible corruption by way of Anglicised French term bord (“edge, curb”): curb crawling as a synonym for prostitution. Parallels in modern German: Bordsteinschwalbe (“prostitute”, literally “Curb-stone-swallow”). English words bawd, bawdiness may be similarly connected. Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɔːt͡ʃ/ 1. To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce. Labels: transitive Example: But the Devil had met with too much Success in his first Attempts, not to go on with his general Resolution of debauching the Minds of Men, and bringing them off from God. 2. To debase (something); to lower the value of (something). Labels: transitive Example: Those who with nine months toil had spoil’d a Play, In hopes of Eating at a full Third day, Justly despairing longer to sustain A craving Stomach from an empty Brain, Have left Stage-Practice, chang’d their old Vocations, Atoning for bad Plays, with worse Translations, And like old Sternhold with laborious spite, Burlesque what nobler Muses better write: Thus while they for their Causes only seem To change the Channel, they corrupt the Stream. So breaking Vintners to increase their Wine, With nauseous Drugs debauch the generous Vine: So barren Gipsies for recruit are said, With Strangers Issue to maintain the Trade; But lest the fair Bantling should be known, A daubing Walnut makes him all their own. Example: [S]aving of all kinds is pointless when interest is microscopic and state-sponsored inflation is debauching the currency. 3. To indulge in revelry. Labels: intransitive