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Word: curious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English curious, from Old French curius, from Latin cūriōsus. The English word is cognate with Italian curioso, Occitan curios, Portuguese curioso, and Spanish curioso. Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/, /ˈkjɔː-/, /ˈkjɵːɹɪjəs/, /ˈkjoː-/, /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ 1. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. Example: Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it. Example: I was ſo curious likewiſe as to goe to the place, where it is ſaid the great tower of Babel was built, being about halfe a days iourney diſtant; where I ſawe nothing but a high mountaine of earth in the midſt of a plaine where in digging you may finde certaine bricks, whereof it is ſaide the tower is built. 2. Caused by curiosity. Example: But he to ſhifte their curious requeſt, / Gan cauſen, why ſhe could not come in place; [...]. Example: Such is the uneven State of human Life: And it afforded me a great many curious Speculations afterwards, when I had a little recovered my first surprise. 3. Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual. Example: The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird. Example: 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xxxi, leaf 232v Thenne at the mete cam in Elyas the harper & by cause he was a curyous harper men herd hym synge the same lay that Dynadan had made "Then at the meat came in Eliot the harper, and because he was a curious harper men heard him sing the same lay that Dinadan had made" 4. Clipping of bi-curious. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: It's not what I'm used to / Just wanna try you on / I'm curious for you / Caught my attention 5. Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group. Labels: in-compounds Example: On the app I’d ultimately go with, I presented myself truthfully, as a Republican-curious woman tired of the Democrats’ hopelessness and constant pivoting during a highly charged election year. 6. Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy. Labels: obsolete Example: Honourable even in the curiousest pointes of honour, whereout there can no disgrace nor disperagement come unto her. Example: I am ſo fraught with curious buſineſſe, that / I leaue out ceremony. 7. Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill. Labels: obsolete Example: To honour which a worlde of people reſorted unto the Lord de Bolognas caſtle; for the intertainment of whiche gueſtes, there neither wanted coſtly cheare, curious ſhewes, or pleaſaunt deviſes, that eyther money, friendſhip or cunning might compaſſe. Example: His wonted ſleepe, vnder a freſh trees ſhade, / All which ſecure, and ſweetly he enjoyes, / Is farre beyond a Princes Delicates: / His Viands ſparkling in a Golden Cup, / His bodie couched in a curious bed, / When Care, Miſtrust, and Treaſon waits on him.
Word: curious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English curi(um) 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 curious From curi(um) + -ous. 1. Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: curiosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English curiosite, variant of curiouste, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin cūriōsitātem, accusative of cūriōsitās. By surface analysis, curious + -ity. Displaced native Old English firwitt. Pronunciation: /ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ə.ti/, /ˌkjɔːɹiˈɒs.ə.ti/, /-ɪ.ti/, /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/, /ˌkjɝ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/ 1. Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. Labels: uncountable Example: It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend's quarters; and he eyed the dingy windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre, […] Example: "Certainly there is nothing wrong with Alvin's intelligence, but many of the things that should concern him seem to be a matter of complete indifference. On the other hand, he shows a morbid curiosity regarding subjects which we do not generally discuss." 2. A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He put the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet. Example: [The room] was adorned with a great number of nicknacks and curiosities, which might have engaged the attention of a virtuoso. 3. Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: wee built a homely thing like a barne, set upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so also was the walls; the best of our houses of the like curiosity, but the most part farre much worse workmanship […]
Word: negligible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“to neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/ 1. Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern. Example: We found errors, but their effects were negligible. Example: Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini.
Word: ambisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ambi- + -sexual; in modern senses relating to human sexuality, influenced by bisexual. Pronunciation: /ˌæm.bɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /ˌæm.bɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. Hermaphroditic. Labels: not-comparable Example: However, the question must be asked: at which stage in the life-history of an ambisexual (hermaphroditic) fish does sex differentiation take place? 2. Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex. Labels: not-comparable 3. Unisex: fit for persons of either sex. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of ambiguous sexual orientation. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: ambisexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ambi- + -sexual; in modern senses relating to human sexuality, influenced by bisexual. Pronunciation: /ˌæm.bɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /ˌæm.bɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. An ambisexual person.
Word: OTO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ordo Templi Orientis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: occult Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéletider. Latin *celo Latin occulō Latin occultusbor. English occult Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.ʌlt/, /əˈkʌlt/ 1. To cover or hide from view. Labels: transitive Example: The Earth occults the Moon during a lunar eclipse. 2. To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate. Labels: rare, transitive Example: […]to do so would occult rather than illuminate the utterly unexpected and surprising character of his coming and of his reign.
Word: occult Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéletider. Latin *celo Latin occulō Latin occultusbor. English occult Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.ʌlt/, /əˈkʌlt/ 1. Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected. Example: occult blood loss; occult cancer Example: This counter-influence is so much more conclusive[…] because it is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. 2. not visible, but chemically detectable. Example: occult blood in the urine 3. Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology. Example: The concoctions contrived by Italians were particularly in clamant demand, while the occult sciences of astrology and alchemy lent their support[.] Example: Be aware that occult knowledge can be used for good or evil purposes. 4. Esoteric. Example: Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
Word: occult Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéletider. Latin *celo Latin occulō Latin occultusbor. English occult Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.ʌlt/, /əˈkʌlt/ 1. Supernatural affairs. Labels: uncountable, usually, with-definite-article Example: Due to my strong personal convictions / I wish to stress / That this record / In no way endorses / A belief in the occult
Word: alcove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”). Doublet of qubba. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.kəʊv/, /ˈæl.koʊv/ 1. A small recessed area set off from a larger room. Example: It was very different from such bookstores as he had been accustomed to patronize. Two stories of the old house had been thrown into one: the lower space was divided into little alcoves; above, a gallery ran round the wall, which carried books to the ceiling. 2. A shady retreat. Example: The house was situated in a leafy alcove. 3. The geographical and geological term for a steep-sided hollow in the side of an exposed rock face or cliff of a homogeneous rock type, that was water eroded. Labels: countable
Word: factotum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of domine fac totum, dominus fac totum /dominus factotum (“absolute ruler; head servant”), from Medieval Latin domine fac tōtum (“O Lord, do everything”), also with substition of nominative dominus for vocative domine. Pronunciation: /fækˈtəʊ.təm/, /fækˈtoʊ.təm/ 1. A person employed to perform all sorts of duties. Example: Biden’s and Bush’s factotums had to walk their statements quickly back, emphasizing that U.S. policy had not changed. 2. A jack of all trades. Example: He lives with his devoted sister and factotum, Cyril (Lesley Manville), and a series of women who tend to be quietly eased out when they demand too much time and attention or — heaven forfend! — dare to speak during Woodcock’s monastic creative routine. 3. A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing. Labels: historical 4. A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. Labels: dated 5. A general servant. Labels: dated Example: I had almost forgotten Monee, the grinning old man who prepared our meal. […] He was Po-Po’s factotum—cook, butler, and climber of the bread-fruit and cocoa-nut trees; and, added to all else, a mighty favourite with his mistress; with whom he would sit smoking and gossiping by the hour. Example: Susan Bonner’s mistress hearing of Strong’s arrival sent for him at this juncture, and the Chevalier went up to her ladyship not without hopes that he should find her more tractable than her factotum Mrs. Bonner.
Word: Apulian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Apulia Middle English -n English -n English Apulian From Apulia + -n. Pronunciation: /əˈpuːliːən/ 1. Of, from or relating to Apulia, Italy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Apulian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Apulia Middle English -n English -n English Apulian From Apulia + -n. Pronunciation: /əˈpuːliːən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Apulia, Italy.
Word: Calabrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Calabria + -an. Pronunciation: /kəˈleɪbɹiːən/, /kəˈlæbɹiːən/ 1. Of, from or relating to Calabria, Italy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Much tunnelling and many bridges will be necessary in the tumbled Calabrian terrain.
Word: Calabrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Calabria + -an. Pronunciation: /kəˈleɪbɹiːən/, /kəˈlæbɹiːən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Calabria, Italy.
Word: Calabrian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Calabria + -an. Pronunciation: /kəˈleɪbɹiːən/, /kəˈlæbɹiːən/ 1. The language varieties of the Calabrian people; considered (depending on the area) dialects of Neapolitan or Sicilian. 2. A subdivision of the Pleistocene epoch.
Word: Friulian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Friuli Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Friulian From Friuli + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiː.ə.liː.ən/, /fɹiːˈuː.liː.ən/, /ˈfɹi.ə.li.ən/, /fɹiˈu.li.ən/, /fɹiːˈʉː.liː.ən/ 1. A native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli.
Word: Friulian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Friuli Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Friulian From Friuli + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiː.ə.liː.ən/, /fɹiːˈuː.liː.ən/, /ˈfɹi.ə.li.ən/, /fɹiˈu.li.ən/, /fɹiːˈʉː.liː.ən/ 1. A language spoken in Friuli.
Word: Friulian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Friuli Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Friulian From Friuli + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiː.ə.liː.ən/, /fɹiːˈuː.liː.ən/, /ˈfɹi.ə.li.ən/, /fɹiˈu.li.ən/, /fɹiːˈʉː.liː.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Friuli or its people or culture. 2. Of or relating to the Friulian language.
Word: ERP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of effective refractory period. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of enterprise resource planning. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Businesses of all sizes depend on software to operate. Two of the most important operations of any business are managing its internal resources and staying in close contact with customers. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) products help companies keep their internal operations running smoothly, while customer relationship management (CRM) software maintains and maximizes their interactions with existing and potential customers. 4. Initialism of equity risk premium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Initialism of erotic roleplay. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The guild, called Abhorrent Taboo on WoW's Ravenholdt server, attracted gamers through its participation in Erotic Roleplay (ERP). In the case of massive multiplayer online games, this usually involves grinding avatars together to simulate sexual encounters and erotically-charged text chatting. 6. Initialism of estimated retail price. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 7. Initialism of event-related potential. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: ERP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Electronic Road Pricing. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Electronic road pricing (ERP)is one of the main tools which is keeping Singapore’s traffic problems within manageable levels. Example: Many car parks are now run using the same in-vehicle unit and cashcard and ERP gantries instead of the coupon system.
Word: ERP Part of Speech: verb 1. To act out erotic roleplay. Labels: Internet Example: She [M] continues by elaborating that ERPing with C also serves, “as a catalyst for sexual exploration.... I think we’ve been more willing and able to explore our interests together.” Example: Well suffice to say we all got pretty hot with the session, one of the ladies had never ERPed or done anything sexual with another female and was very submissive to both myself and the other female player. I’m very descriptive when I ERP, I like it to be as real and visceral as possible, and they got off on that big time.
Word: PPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of polyphenylene sulfide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of parliamentary private secretary. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Shah has since apologised, saying: “I deeply regret the hurt I have caused.” It emerged later that she had stepped down as PPS to McDonnell. 3. Initialism of principal private secretary. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of post postscriptum: a further footnote to a PS footnote. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of postpericardiotomy syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of popliteal pterygium syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PPS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Public Prosecution Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: aggregate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious. See also ag-. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/, /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌɡeɪt/ 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an ordinary star, the nebulosity must be due to something other than a star cluster. 2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary. 3. A set (collection of objects). Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout. 6. Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed the aggregate of the highway. Example: He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads. 8. Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A mechanical mixture of more than one phase. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aggregate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aggregat(e) (“aggregated”, used as the past participle of aggregaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/, /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌɡeɪt/ 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up. Example: All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures, though small for any one column, gave the aggregate result of a considerable victory. Example: England and New Zealand have officially met twice previously, both matches held within the space of five days in the summer of 1991. Graham Taylor’s team won both games, 1-0 and 2-0, Gary Lineker, Stuart Pearce and David Hirst doing the damage. There were another six unofficial games in the sixties: between June 1961 and June 1969, England won every one of them, running up an aggregate score of 35-2. 2. Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts. 3. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules. Example: aggregate glands 4. Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. 5. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. 6. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
Word: aggregate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English aggregaten (“to aggregate”), from its earlier borrowed past participle aggregat(e) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin aggregātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/, /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌɡeɪt/ 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. Labels: transitive Example: the aggregated soil 2. To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association. Labels: archaic, transitive 3. To amount in the aggregate to. Labels: transitive Example: There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
Word: George Town Part of Speech: name Etymology: From George + town, both capitals were named after King George III of the United Kingdom. 1. The capital of the Cayman Islands. 2. The capital of Penang, Malaysia. 3. A town and local government area (George Town Council) in northern Tasmania, Australia. 4. A neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Word: event Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɛnt/, /i-/, /ə-/, /əˈvent/, /ɪˈʋenʈ/ 1. An occurrence; something that happens. Example: In the event of strong wind… Example: the events of his early years 2. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) Example: I went to an event in San Francisco last week. Example: Where will the event be held? 3. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition. 4. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases). Example: hard beginnings have many times prosperous events […]. Example: Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event. 5. A remarkable person. Labels: dated, figuratively, uncommon Example: Miss Burton, you are an event! Sleepy, old Lymston's going to love you! Bye-bye. Bye. 6. A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate. 7. A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task. 8. A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space. Example: If X is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: X=1, X=2, X>5,X̸=4, and X isin 1,3,5. 9. An affair in hand; business; enterprise. Labels: obsolete Example: Leave we him to his events. 10. An episode of severe health conditions.
Word: event Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɛnt/, /i-/, /ə-/, /əˈvent/, /ɪˈʋenʈ/ 1. To occur, take place. Labels: obsolete Example: 1590, Robert Greene, Greene’s Never Too Late, in The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene, Volume 8, Huff Library, 1881, p. 33, […] I will first rehearse you an English Historie acted and evented in my Countrey of England […]
Word: event Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French éventer. 1. To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: c. 1597, Ben Jonson, The Case is Altered, Act V, Scene 8, in C. H. Herford and Percy Simpson (editors), Ben Jonson, Volume 3, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927, p. 178, ô that thou sawst my heart, or didst behold The place from whence that scalding sigh evented. Example: This is the reason why this water hath no such force when it is carried, as it hath at the spring it self: because the vertue of it consisteth in a spiritual and occulte qualitie, which eventeth and vanisheth by the carriage. 2. To expose to the air, ventilate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 1559, attributed to William Baldwin, “How the Lorde Clyfford for his straunge and abhominable cruelty came to as straunge and sodayne a death” in The Mirror for Magistrates, Part III, edited by Joseph Haslewood, London: Lackington, Allen & Co., 1815, Volume 2, p. 198, For as I would my gorget have undon To event the heat that had mee nigh undone, An headles arrow strake mee through the throte, Where through my soule forsooke his fylthy cote. Example: 1598, George Chapman, The Third Sestiad, Hero and Leander (completion of the poem begun by Christopher Marlowe), […] as Phœbus throws His beams abroad, though he in clouds be clos’d, Still glancing by them till he find oppos’d A loose and rorid vapour that is fit T’ event his searching beams, and useth it To form a tender twenty-colour’d eye, Cast in a circle round about the sky […]
Word: cylindrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cylindricus + -al. By surface analysis, cylinder + -ical. Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/ 1. Shaped like a cylinder. Example: Where rectangular storage containers make a mess of mismatched lids and sometimes unstackable shapes, the ordinary cylindrical deli cups used for food delivery are far superior. 2. Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped onto vertical lines and parallels of latitude onto horizontal lines.
Word: Pashto Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Pashto پښتو (paẍto). Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃtəʊ/, /ˈpʌʃtəʊ/ 1. The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Labels: uncountable Example: Tariq clenched his teeth and muttered something to himself in Pashto that Laila didn’t catch.
Word: Alexander Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and Alexandre. Pronunciation: /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/, [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ], [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə], /ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great. Example: Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole? Example: And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty. 2. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”). Example: Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A place in the United States: 10. A place in the United States: 11. A rural municipality in eastern Manitoba, Canada. 12. A community in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.
Word: Alexander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and Alexandre. Pronunciation: /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/, [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ], [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə], /ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of alexander. Labels: alt-of 2. Ellipsis of bord Alexander. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: gabardine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1904, altering the earlier gaberdine (“long, coarse outer garment”) (since 1520), from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”), in the sense of “pilgrim's cloak” (from wallen (“to ambulate”) + vart (“journey”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæbəˌdiːn/, /ˈɡæbɚˌdin/ 1. A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The merchant found gabardines with finer ribs sold better here. 2. A similar fabric, made from cotton. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 3. A long cloak. Labels: countable, usually 4. A yellow robe that Jews in England were compelled to wear in the year 1189 as a mark of distinction. Labels: countable, historical, usually Example: You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spet upon my Jewish gabardine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Word: gaberdine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gabardine (“long cloak”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool. 2. Alternative form of gabardine (“textile”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: ladybug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lady + bug, the “lady” here referring to Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. Compare German Marienkäfer, Danish mariehøne, Latvian mārīte, Macedonian бубамара (bubamara) and Spanish mariquita. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.di.bʌɡ/ 1. Synonym of ladybird. Labels: Canada, US
Word: humour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English humour, from Old French humor, humour, from Latin hūmor, correctly ūmor (“liquid”), from hūmeō, correctly ūmeō (“to be moist”). The h in these words, which was silent in late Classical Latin, is folk etymological, due to the erroneous association with the word humus (“soil”). The shift in meaning "liquid" > "mood" is attributed to the classical system of physiology, where human behaviour is regulated by four bodily humours (fluids). The sense "mood" gave rise to the verb sense "to give in to someone's mood or whim" and, by narrowing of meaning, the sense "wit". Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.mə(ɹ)/, /ˈhjuːmɚ/, /ˈjuːmɚ/ 1. The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually Example: She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together. Example: The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended. 2. A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually Example: He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon. Example: I like not the humour of lying. 3. Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. Labels: UK, archaic, historical, uncountable, usually Example: A humour is a liquid or fluent part of the body, comprehended in it, for the preservation of it; and is either innate or born with us, or adventitious and acquisite. Example: The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much 4. Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually 5. Moist vapour, moisture. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: humour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English humour, from Old French humor, humour, from Latin hūmor, correctly ūmor (“liquid”), from hūmeō, correctly ūmeō (“to be moist”). The h in these words, which was silent in late Classical Latin, is folk etymological, due to the erroneous association with the word humus (“soil”). The shift in meaning "liquid" > "mood" is attributed to the classical system of physiology, where human behaviour is regulated by four bodily humours (fluids). The sense "mood" gave rise to the verb sense "to give in to someone's mood or whim" and, by narrowing of meaning, the sense "wit". Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.mə(ɹ)/, /ˈhjuːmɚ/, /ˈjuːmɚ/ 1. To pacify by indulging. Labels: UK, transitive Example: I know you don't believe my story, but humour me for a minute and imagine it to be true.
Word: says Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɛz/, /seɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of say Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: She says it is beautiful.
Word: says Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /seɪz/ 1. plural of say Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bodily fluid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva, especially when expelled.
Word: waylay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From way + lay, likely a calque of Middle Dutch wegelagen (“besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways”). Compare Middle Low German wegelagen, German wegelagern (“to waylay; rob”). Pronunciation: /ˌweɪˈleɪ/, /ˈweɪleɪ/ 1. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. Labels: transitive Example: Oh, youthful benefactress! how often in succeeding years, standing in solitary places, and thinking of thee with grief of heart and perfect love—how often have I wished that, as in ancient times, the curse of a father was believed to have a supernatural power, and to pursue its object with a fatal necessity of self-fulfilment; even so the benediction of a heart oppressed with gratitude might have a like prerogative, might have power given to it from above to chase, to haunt, to waylay, to overtake, to pursue thee into the central darkness of a London brothel, or (if it were possible) into the darkness of the grave, there to awaken thee with an authentic message of peace and forgiveness, and of final reconciliation! 2. To accost or intercept unexpectedly. Labels: transitive Example: I, their host, often waylay them and try to commune with them; but always they glide past me. And how gracefully they glide, these ghosts! It is a pleasure to watch them. It is a lesson in deportment. May they never be laid! Of all my household-pets, they are the dearest to me. Example: And when some of the friends, the ones who came every day, waylaid the doctor in the corridor, Stephen was the one who asked the most informed questions, who’d been keeping up not just with the stories that appeared several times a week in the Times […]
Word: British Isles Part of Speech: name Etymology: From British (“relating to Britons, Britain, or the Britains”) + isles (“islands”). Compare Ancient Greek Βρεττανίδες νῆσοι (Brettanídes nêsoi) and Latin Britannicae insulae (“British islands”). Pronunciation: /ˌbɹɪ.tɪʃ ˈaɪlz/ 1. An archipelago of Northern Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and many smaller islands.
Word: British Isles Part of Speech: noun Labels: no-gloss
Word: onion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English onyoun, oynoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō (“onion”), which had also been borrowed into Old English as yne, ynnelēac (“onion”) (> Middle English hynne-leac, henne-leac). Displaced the inherited term ramsons. * (soy): Stems from a 4chan word filter which changes the word soy to onions. The word filter was implemented in relation to the "alpha onion eater" meme, which is depicted as the direct opposite of the soy boy. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.jən/, /ˈʌn.jɪn/, /ˈʌŋ.jɪn/, /ˈɐn.jən/, /ˈɐŋ.jən/ 1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. Example: Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass. Example: To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two. 2. The bulb of such a plant. Example: My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions. Example: Among the ancient Greeks, onions are most frequently mentioned as a stimulus to sexual desire. 3. Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa. Example: Many onions are delicious; domesticated onions such as Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum are especially good, but even wild onions such as Allium canadense and Allium validum are nice in small doses. 4. Of a drug, an ounce. Labels: slang 5. A ball. Labels: obsolete, slang 6. A watch-seal. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; / O was an Onion, possessed by a swell; / P was a Pannie, done niblike and well. […] 7. Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”). Labels: alt-of 8. Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype. Labels: slang
Word: monastery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Medieval Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”, suffix forming place names), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix). Doublet of minster. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəstɹi/, /ˈmɑnəˌstɛɹi/, /ˈmɑnəstəɹi/ 1. A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
Word: secluded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: [səˈkʰɫʏu̯.ɾɪd̚] 1. Hidden, isolated, remote. Example: Hidden in the mountains is a small secluded village that not many people know of. Example: No one, however, thought of the haughty and secluded young gentleman who […] when he rode on his black hunter into Dublin, avoided the village, and took the high-road by Inchicore.
Word: secluded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: [səˈkʰɫʏu̯.ɾɪd̚] 1. simple past and past participle of seclude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hypergraphia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā)lbor. English -graphia English hypergraphia From hyper- + -graphia. 1. A behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes. Labels: uncountable Example: Two features of the interictal behavior syndrome are relevant: hypergraphia or the tendency to write compulsively and often repetitively, and verbosity or loquaciousness, the tendency to be overly talkative, rambling, and circumstantial in speech. Example: There is some suggestion that hypergraphia is associated with non-dominant hemisphere temporal lobe disturbances (Trimble, 1986c).
Word: hypergraphic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or exhibiting, hypergraphia.
Word: hypergraphic Part of Speech: noun 1. One who suffers from hypergraphia.
Word: celibacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”). By surface analysis, celib(ate) + -acy. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləbəsi/ 1. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy. Example: I could document this defense of celibacy. Unmarried women show up very well in all the tests of mental health. 2. Abstinence from sexual relations. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: monastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus. Pronunciation: /məˈnæstɪk/ 1. Of or relating to monasteries or monks. Example: new monastic people Example: “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish bondage.”
Word: monastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus. Pronunciation: /məˈnæstɪk/ 1. A person with monastic ways; a monk.
Word: cerebral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/, /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹl̩/, /səˈɹiː.bɹəl/, /səˈɹiː.bɹl̩/, /səˈɹi.bɹəl/ 1. Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex. Labels: relational 2. Intellectual rather than emotional or physical. Example: Certainly, “Capital” is a cerebral read and the dangers of the world Marx lived in are not all the same as ours. Example: His cerebral candidacy, inspired by European and North American political and economic philosophers, and his very appearance, with his light-colored skin, trim physique and penchant for preppy sweaters, contrasted with an electorate largely made up of impoverished Quechua-speaking people and Spanish-speaking mestizos.
Word: cerebral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/, /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹl̩/, /səˈɹiː.bɹəl/, /səˈɹiː.bɹl̩/, /səˈɹi.bɹəl/ 1. Retroflex. Labels: obsolete
Word: paralysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”). By surface analysis, para- + -lysis. Doublet of palsy. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹæləsəs/ 1. The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A state of being unable to act. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament. Example: Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.
Word: Bouvet Island Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. 1. An uninhabited volcanic island and dependent territory of Norway in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the South African Cape of Good Hope.
Word: permutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English permutacioun, permutacyoun, from Old French permutacïon, promutatïon and Medieval Latin permūtātiōnem, accusative of permūtātiō. Morphologically permute + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌpɜː.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/, [ˌpɜː.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌpɝ.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, /ˌpɜː.mjʉˈtæɪ.ʃən/, [ˌpɜː.mjʉˈtæɪ.ʃn̩] 1. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense? 2. A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first. 3. An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}. 4. A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hemorrhage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A heavy release of blood within or from the body. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: We got news that he died of a hemorrhage. 2. A sudden or significant loss Labels: US, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization
Word: hemorrhage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To bleed copiously. Labels: US, intransitive Example: The patient is hemorrhaging! 2. To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities. Labels: US, figuratively, transitive Example: The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt. Example: “That in itself is important for [Iran’s] longer game and their broader strategic objectives,” says Dr. [Sanam] Vakil. “I think they were trying to force Israel to think twice, in order to stop the hemorrhaging around the region of their individuals and of their position.”
Word: ditheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English theism English ditheism From di- + theism. 1. A belief in two deities, which may be in conflict with each other. Labels: uncountable
Word: atomic weight Part of Speech: noun 1. Former term for the more specific relative atomic mass. Example: The equivalent weight of an element or compound is that weight equivalent in reactive power to one atomic weight of hydrogen. 2. A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope.