nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Usenet Part of Speech: name Etymology: From USENIX, a group of computer programmers using the operating system Unix, from users of Unix. See net (“network”). Pronunciation: /ˈjuːz.nɛt/ 1. A world-wide distributed discussion system consisting of newsgroups that are classified hierarchically by subject. Labels: Internet Example: And as the Carnegie Mellon study is careful to point out, pornographic image files, despite their evident popularity, represent only about 3% of all the messages on the Usenet newsgroups, while the Usenet itself represents only 11.5% of the traffic on the Internet.
Word: assembler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble 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 assembler From assemble + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/ 1. A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools. Labels: countable Example: The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities. 2. Assembly language. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I wrote that program in assembler. 3. One who assembles items. Labels: countable Example: Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […] 4. A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan. Labels: countable Example: Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Word: source code Part of Speech: noun 1. Human-readable instructions in a programming language, to be transformed into machine instructions by a compiler, assembler or other translator, or to be carried out directly by an interpreter. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: desirableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desirable 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 desirableness From desirable + -ness. 1. The quality of being desirable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To me she is fractious, tiresome, and a faggot. Yet the subtle desirableness is in her, for me. As it is in the brown hen, or even a sow.
Word: desireableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desireable 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 desireableness From desireable + -ness. 1. nonstandard form of desirableness. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, uncountable Example: Meanwhile the desireableness of an interview with Carwin again returned, and I finally resolved to seek it. Example: The lesson Naess attempts to preach is that even deep ecologists, who detest economic growth, need to be able to discuss it because those attempting to degrade the environment often refer to the necessity and desireableness of economic growth to support themselves.
Word: desirably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From desire + -ably. Pronunciation: /dɪˈzaɪ(j)əɹəbli/ 1. in a manner likely to arouse desire Example: How much funkiness makes a pinot taste desirably complex, and how much more really is too much? Is a pinot good if it does not taste more like fruit than stones? Example: The men were princely dressed in pin striped suits, fedora hats and broad toe shoes with patterned vamps. I had only seen these desirably dressed men as moving watercolor images in Velvet Rose magazines.
Word: desireful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From desire + -ful. 1. Filled with desire; eager.
Word: desirefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desireful 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 desirefulness From desireful + -ness. 1. The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. Labels: uncountable
Word: desireless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English desire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English desireless From desire + -less. 1. Free from desire.
Word: desirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desire 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 desirer From desire + -er. 1. One who desires, asks, or wishes.
Word: desirous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous. Pronunciation: /dɪˈzaɪəɹəs/, /dɪˈzaɪɹəs/, /dəˈzaɪɹəs/ 1. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain. Example: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of Siam, being desirous of maintaining and strengthening the relations of friendship which happily exist between them […] Example: More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.
Word: desirously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English desirous Middle English -ly English -ly English desirously From desirous + -ly. 1. With desire; eagerly
Word: desirousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desirous 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 desirousness From desirous + -ness. 1. The state of being desirous. Labels: uncountable
Word: desist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desister, from Latin dēsistō, from dē- + sistō (whence de-). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɪst/, /dɪˈzɪst/ 1. To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from). Labels: ambitransitive, formal Example: Please desist from telephoning me at this number. Example: One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.
Word: desistance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desist Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English desistance From desist + -ance. 1. The act or state of desisting; cessation. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: If the writings now sent be seriously perused concerning the common defence, besieging of Bantam, their desistance from the trade of Moluccas, Amboyna, and Banda, their complaints against Declell, and answers to the writings of the Dutch, are confident that the advantage will not appear so great. Example: This entire decisive desistance from the accustomed resort, has the effect in a few days, to weaken the appetite.
Word: desition Part of Speech: noun 1. An end, ending or conclusion
Word: desk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deske, desque, from Medieval Latin desca, modified from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. See also German Tisch, "table". Pronunciation: /dɛsk/ 1. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath. Example: She organized her notes neatly on her desk before starting the project. Example: The desk was cluttered with papers and books, making it hard to concentrate. 2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession. 3. A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms. Example: the city desk, the sports desk Example: the options desk, the equities desk 4. Ellipsis of mixing desk. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Each aux out is connected to an effects unit and the signal is then returned into the desk. 5. A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations. Example: The first four desks of cellos play separate parts, making a lush, Impressionist harmony. Example: […]at best a competent viola player occupies a first desk, so that he may play the occasional solos for that instrument; but I have even seen this function performed by the leaderof the first violins.
Word: desk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English deske, desque, from Medieval Latin desca, modified from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. See also German Tisch, "table". Pronunciation: /dɛsk/ 1. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. Labels: transitive 2. To equip with a desk or desks. Labels: transitive Example: But also that the said Chapell be desked, and the windowes of our said Chapell be glased, with Stores, Ymagies, Armes, Bagies ami Cognossaunts, as is by us redily divised, and in picture delivered to the Priour of Saunt Bartilmews besid Smythfel, maistre of the works of our said Chapell; Example: The teaching accommodation is to be as follows ;— Senior Mixed Department—Five rooms of equal area, four of which are each to be desked for forty scholars and one to be desked for thirty-two scholars 3. To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further. Labels: transitive
Word: deskwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From desk + work. 1. Work done at a desk, as by an office worker. Labels: uncountable
Word: desmoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid. 1. Pertaining to a bundle. Labels: not-comparable 2. Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles. Labels: not-comparable 3. Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: desmoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid. 1. A fibrous tumour.
Word: assembly language Part of Speech: noun 1. A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A skilled programmer can write very fast code in assembly language.
Word: desponsory Part of Speech: noun 1. A written pledge of marriage.
Word: drivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of driver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desponsation Part of Speech: noun 1. A betrothing; betrothal Labels: archaic
Word: desponsate Part of Speech: verb 1. To betroth. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: desponsage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin desponsus. 1. Synonym of betrothal. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: despondingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English desponding Middle English -ly English -ly English despondingly From desponding + -ly. 1. In a desponding manner. Example: "But you cannot tell where she went on leaving here?" Robert asked, despondingly.
Word: desponder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From despond + -er. 1. One who desponds.
Word: despond Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēspondeō (“give up, abandon”), from dē (“from”) + spondeō (“promise”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɒnd/, /ˈdɛspɒnd/ 1. To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart. Labels: intransitive Example: Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead. Example: October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
Word: despond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēspondeō (“give up, abandon”), from dē (“from”) + spondeō (“promise”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɒnd/, /ˈdɛspɒnd/ 1. Despondency. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: despair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate. Displaced native Old English ormōdnes (“despair”) and Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈspɛɚ/, /dɪˈspeː(ɹ)/ 1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. Example: I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men. 2. To cause to despair. Labels: transitive Example: Thinking of what I was despairing about despaired me further 3. To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. Labels: intransitive Example: We despaired even of life.
Word: despair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate. Displaced native Old English ormōdnes (“despair”) and Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈspɛɚ/, /dɪˈspeː(ɹ)/ 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive. Example: My daughter's behavior drives me to despair. 2. That which causes despair. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. That which is despaired of. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: desparple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French desparpeillier. 1. To scatter, to disparkle. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: despect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English despect (“contempt, spite”), from Latin dēspectus (“a looking down upon, contempt”), from dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + specere (“to look at, behold”), equivalent to de- + -spect. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛkt/ 1. Contempt, derision. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: In 488 A.D. the then very young, energetic, clever and deceitful king Kavadh succeeded to the throne. The rule was actually in the hands of the most powerful nobleman, Sokhra of the Karen family, who had won fame in the war against the Huns. Sokhra treated the young king with despect as a boy. The king's anger over Sokhra's treatment of him was exploited by another nobleman, Shapur of the Mihran family, who helped Kavadh to remove the regent. Example: The majority of the most famous botanists of the 17th century raised their eyebrows in despect of this hypothesis of sex in plants as a new chimera and a ridiculous mental abortion of some persons who wanted to impress and delude the learned world.
Word: despect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English despect (“contempt, spite”), from Latin dēspectus (“a looking down upon, contempt”), from dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + specere (“to look at, behold”), equivalent to de- + -spect. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛkt/ 1. To hold in contempt, to despise, to look down on, to scorn. Labels: archaic Example: [Act II, scene ii, page 72] Nay, but with patience, Sir, we that are Officers / Muſt 'quire the ſpeciall markes, and all the tokens / Of the deſpected parties, or perhaps – elſe, / Be nere the nere of our purpoſe in 'prehending 'hem. [Act III, scene i, page 79] Faith Goſſip Turfe, you have, you ſay, Remiſſion / To comprehend all ſuch, as are diſpected: / Now, would I make another privie ſearch / Through this Towne, and then you have zearch'd two towns. Example: The holy Logos, condeſcending to aſſume the fleſh, voluntarily ſo diveſted himſelf of all apparent dignity, that he was therein conſidered as a meer man, incomparably inferior to, and distinct from, the prieſt offering him; and hence the features of correlation in them became indeed ſo effaced, that the Logos ſingly and of himſelf was deſpected for an abject and forlorn ſinner, devoted to wretchedneſs as an offender, lying under the curſe and condemnation divine juſtice, and deſerving its vengeance for guilt by tranſgreſſion and iniquity.
Word: acondylous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “joint”). 1. Without joints; jointless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: despeed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English speed English despeed From de- + speed. 1. To send hastily. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: aconital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aconite Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English aconital From aconite + -al. 1. Of, or derived from aconite.
Word: desperately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English desperate Middle English -ly English -ly English desperately From desperate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹətli/ 1. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly. Example: She desperately grabbed at the nearby branches as she heard the branch she was standing on start to snap. Example: I could desperately do with some coffee right now. 2. extremely Example: The race for silver medal was desperately close, they needed a photo finish to separate the runners. Example: They would be surprised to discover that we're all actually fighting for the same thing; that is, the sacredness of human love. The trouble is, they have almost every one of their facts totally and desperately wrong. Those who would lecture us on the "immorality" of our lives don't know the first thing about how we actually live them.
Word: aconite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French aconit, from Latin aconītum, from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kə.naɪt/ 1. The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat. Example: Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death. 2. An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aconitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aconite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aconitic From aconite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to aconite. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to aconitic acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kewl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Respelling of cool to represent a pronunciation with fronting of /u/ to [ʉ], which is characteristic of California English among other accents. Pronunciation: /kuːl/, /kjuːl/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of cool. Labels: Internet, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Janes^([sic]) Addiction is some KEWL stuff.
Word: despicability Part of Speech: noun 1. Despicableness. Labels: uncountable Example: Thoſe in accio and ozzo, indicate bigneſs as well as wickedneſs and deſpicability. Example: Its short hind legs give a most ungainly gait, though it runs with surprising speed when pursued. Its unearthly howl adds to its despicability.
Word: despicableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English despicable 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 despicableness From despicable + -ness. 1. The quality of being despicable Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: despicably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English despicable Middle English -ly English -ly English despicably From despicable + -ly. 1. In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
Word: onomasticon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō) Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκόν (onomăstĭkón) English onomasticon From Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικόν (onomastikón), neuter form of ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós, “belonging to names”), from ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). The term onomastikón (collection of names, from ὄνομα/ónoma, ‘name’) describes learned works that are not arranged alphabetically but juxtapose synonyms and terms relating to the same semantic field. This principle of ordering is very old (it was already known in Near Eastern culture in the 2nd millennium BC; Lists) and undoubtedly was the most common one up to the Augustan period. Source: Onomastikon — Brill Pronunciation: /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪ.kən/, /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪkən/, /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪkən/ 1. A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people. Example: We looked up the origin of her name in an onomasticon.
Word: despisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English despisable, from Old French. 1. Worthy to be despised. Labels: archaic Example: c. 1530, uncredited translator, The Dialoges of Creatures Moralysed, Dialogue 110, And forasmoche as we be so Noble of owr natyf kynde / let vs pursewe such beastis as be vyle & despisable. Example: the Jewish Nation, though scattered through the whole World, are not therefore a despisable people, but as a Plant worthy to be planted in the whole world
Word: despisingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English despising Middle English -ly English -ly English despisingly From despising + -ly. 1. Contemptuously; with scorn.
Word: motel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtelbor. English hotel blend English motel Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974). Pronunciation: /moʊˈtɛl/ 1. A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles. Labels: also, attributive 2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.
Word: motel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtelbor. English hotel blend English motel Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974). Pronunciation: /moʊˈtɛl/ 1. To stay in a motel or motels. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: fried Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɹaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fried Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɹaɪd/ 1. Cooked by frying. 2. Fried with the yolk unbroken. Labels: specifically Example: He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled. 3. Cooked in a deep fryer or pressure fryer or the like after being coated (breaded) in batter; compare deep-fried. Example: a bucket of fried chicken Example: Innawong et al. (2006) conducted experiments to study the effect of using nitrogen gas on the quality of fried chicken nuggets during pressure frying in terms of moisture retention and reduction in fat […] 4. Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge. Labels: colloquial Example: It looks like your motherboard is fried. Example: Optics - totally fried. And let's not even talk about the power supply. You know how expensive this gear is, son?. 5. Stoned; under the influence of drugs. Labels: slang Example: Man, I got totally fried on weed at Chad's party. 6. Drunk; under the influence of alcohol. Labels: slang Example: The police had to send a squad car / When Daddy got fried on vodka 7. Extremely tired due to exertion or stress; exhausted. Labels: slang Example: After nearly twelve hours at the office plus a nightmare commute home, I was fried and couldn’t think of anything but sleep.
Word: bored Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English bored From bore + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɔːd/, /bɔɹd/, /bo(ː)ɹd/, /boəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bore Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English bored From bore + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɔːd/, /bɔɹd/, /bo(ː)ɹd/, /boəd/ 1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. Example: He was feeling bored so he decided to play Minecraft. Example: The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem. 2. Perforated by a hole or holes.
Word: boring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English boren Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge Middle English boryng English boring Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/, /ˈboː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈboə.ɹɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A warm, soft, tender, sweet sensation. It's much like anesthesia– And mysteriously, my trembling gradually starts to lessen. Her faint breaths tickle my cheek. A very sweet scent. I abruptly feel a pressure against my chest. The great sword she carries is tearing the skin of my chest, boring into my flesh, threading through my bones, and steadily sinking its way into my body. Yet, numbed by the anesthesia of the kiss, I no longer feel any pain. Because you kill me like this, so gently– I unexpectedly become anguished. I'm on the verge of crying. To keep her from noticing, I look past her head, up at the dark gray sky that goes on dropping rain on us. 2. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: turning and boring Example: fine boring with a boring head on a boring mill 3. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable 4. A pit or hole which has been bored. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work. 5. One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable
Word: boring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English boren Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge Middle English boryng English boring Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/, /ˈboː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈboə.ɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English boren Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge Middle English boryng English boring Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/, /ˈboː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈboə.ɹɪŋ/ 1. Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient. Example: What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep. Example: “Why don’t you become a Baptist preacher?” she interrupted wearily. He smiled at her briefly. Then, from the way he leaned back, adjusted his glasses, took a quick sip of martini, Ida knew she was in for a speech. Biting hard on her back teeth, she sighed and prepared to listen as little as possible. Suffocating, she mumbled, that’s what he is! And boringer than hell! 2. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. Labels: Manglish Example: I very boring. 3. Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes. Example: boring equipment Example: boring snails 4. Capable of penetrating; piercing. Example: [H]is remarkably blue eyes had the trick of boring concentration.
Word: boredom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bore + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.dəm/, /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/ 1. The state of being bored. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The House had just broke up, and the political members had just entered, and in clusters, some standing, and some yawning, some stretching their arms, and some stretching their legs, presented symptoms of an escape from boredom. Example: [O]nly last Sunday, my Lady, in the desolation of Boredom and the clutch of Giant Despair, almost hated her own maid for being in spirits. 2. An instance or period of being bored; a bored state. Labels: countable, usually Example: If we are seeking a more original conception of boredom then we must also correspondingly endeavour to envisage a more original form of boredom, thus presumably a boredom in which we become more bored than in the situation we have characterized. Example: Yet that earlier characterization was of a kind of boredom that can be portrayed as resembling acedia; that is, a boredom that I can be held responsible for, either in its genesis or its persistence. 3. The state of being a bore. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually Example: Neither will I follow another precedental mode of boredom, and indulge in a laudatory apostrophe to the destinies which presided over my fashioning. Example: The complete art of boredom.
Word: singe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”). Pronunciation: /sɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To burn slightly. Labels: transitive Example: made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us 2. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. Labels: transitive 3. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame. Labels: transitive
Word: singe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”). Pronunciation: /sɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Word: singe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of sing. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Then ſange Iudith this ſonge vnto the LORDE: Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes, ſinge vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals. Example: Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Sheapards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to change mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds[…]
Word: macaco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese macaco (“monkey”). Doublet of macaque. Pronunciation: /məˈkeɪkəʊ/, /məˈkɑːkoʊ/ 1. A macaque, or similar monkey.
Word: macaco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mococo, probably ultimately from Malagasy maka, maki (“lemur”). Pronunciation: /məˈkeɪkəʊ/, /məˈkɑːkoʊ/ 1. Any of several species of lemur, including the white-headed lemur, ruffed lemur, and ring-tailed lemur. Labels: obsolete
Word: copyleft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pun on copyright, which refers to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's original intent. 1. The philosophy of using copyrights to enforce freedom of information, especially software source code. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They believe in copyleft because they want their software to be used freely by anyone. 2. A software license that follows this philosophy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I have placed my program under copyleft. Example: The GNU General Public License is a copyleft licence.
Word: copyleft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A pun on copyright, which refers to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's original intent. 1. To license under a copyleft license. Labels: transitive Example: Linus Torvalds copylefted the Linux kernel.
Word: alektorophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “rooster”) + -phobia. 1. The fear of chickens. Labels: uncountable
Word: agrizoophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Greek words αγρός (agrós) meaning field, ζώο (zoo) meaning animal, and φοβία (fovía or phobia) meaning fear. 1. Fear of wild animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: albuminurophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English albuminur(ia) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English albuminurophobia From albuminur(ia) + -o- + -phobia. 1. A phobia of renal disease. Labels: uncountable Example: In spermatorrhea when albumin is present this is especially true. In nephritic subjects albuminurophobia is often seen and it works adversely on the morale of the patient. Example: for some reason, there are apparently quite a number of people who suffer from Albuminurophobia—the fear of kidney disease
Word: rhytiphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῠτῐ́ς (rhŭtĭ́s, “wrinkle”) + -phobia. 1. The fear of getting wrinkles. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Now, rhytiphobia, the fear of getting wrinkles, is a phobia that I can understand. Although I have been using moisturizer on my face for years, I still have those fine and not-so-fine lines appearing. Example: “If you don't stop hassling Richelle about being late, she’ll develop chronomeatrophobia^([sic]) – fear of clocks,” said Tom proudly. “To go with her rhytiphobia.” ¶ “What’s that?” I snapped. I had to know. ¶ “Fear of getting wrinkles,” he sighed happily. He’d been dying for me to ask.
Word: rhypophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phobia. 1. The fear of defecation. Labels: uncountable
Word: Slave Dynasty Part of Speech: name 1. A dynasty in 13th-century India, founded by a Turkish ex-slave.
Word: ranidaphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Translingual Ranidae Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English ranidaphobia From Translingual Ranidae + English -phobia. 1. The fear of frogs, or both frogs and toads. Labels: uncountable Example: Now, you have no reason to suffer from ranidophobia – the fear of frogs. Example: One published case documented a woman who developed ranidaphobia, as it is known, after running over a knot of frogs with a lawn-mower.
Word: radiophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -phobia. 1. The fear of radiation. Labels: uncountable Example: Apparently, I have radiophobia. Radiophobia is when you come to Chernobyl, people think that they get a sore throat or their eyes water or they have diarrhea, and it's not because the actual radiation is infecting you with cancer, but cause you think- you're afraid. It's all psychosomatic. 2. The fear of X-rays. Labels: uncountable
Word: Russophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russo- + -phobia, c. 1836. See also Russian русофобия (rusofobija). 1. Contempt or hatred towards Russia or Russians, especially the political system, or the customs of the former Soviet Union. Labels: uncountable
Word: canophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cano- (“dog”) + -philia. Piecewise doublet of cynophilia. 1. Synonym of cynophilia (“the love of dogs”). Labels: uncountable
Word: cartophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carto- (“map; card”) + -philia. 1. The love of maps. Labels: uncountable 2. The love of cigarette cards, trade cards, postcards, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: chiropterophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chiroptero- + -philia. 1. The love of bats Labels: uncountable
Word: chrysophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chryso- + -philia. 1. The love of gold. Labels: uncountable
Word: clinophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clino- + -philia. 1. The love of beds. Labels: uncountable 2. The love of going to bed. Labels: uncountable 3. In psychiatry: Tendency to maintain a reclining position. Labels: uncountable 4. Somnophilia (the love of going to sleep and/or dream). Labels: uncountable
Word: coprophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copro- + -philia. 1. A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces and defecation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crurophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin crūs (“leg”) + -philia. 1. The love of or the erotic fixation on legs. Labels: uncountable
Word: bibliophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- + -philia. 1. The love of books. Labels: uncountable 2. Love for or fascination with the Bible. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Perhaps his love for the Hebrew Bible prepared him for such finely tuned philanthropy. Or maybe his bibliophilia has consequences for anthropology. 3. A pathological attraction to books, especially sexual attraction or intercourse. Labels: uncountable
Word: bibliophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1820. From biblio- + -phile (from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”)), probably after French bibliophile. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl/, /ˈbɪblɪəfɪl/, /ˌbɪblɪˈɒfəˌlɪzəm/, /ˈbɪb li əˌfaɪl/, /ˈbɪb li əˌfɪl/ 1. One who loves books. Example: A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books. Example: [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ... 2. One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them. 3. One who loves the Bible. Labels: rare Example: So, just for fun, here are the versions of Romans 1:26-27. Now don't go assuming jsmith@epas.utoronto.ca must be some kind of great bibliophile because he got all these old versions together. They're all in one place, the _New Testament Octapla_ by Luther Weigle, and I added a few of my own texts from my library; took me only a few minutes to type them. Example: I dont^([sic]) consider myself a bibliophile....I just think it is God's word.
Word: dendrophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dendro- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛndɹəˈfɪlɪə/ 1. The love of trees. Labels: uncountable
Word: discophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disc + -o- + -philia. Pronunciation: /dɪs.kəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/, /-kə-/, /-ˈfɪ.ljə/, /ˌdɪs.koʊˈfɪ.ljə/, /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/ 1. The love of recorded music. Labels: uncountable Example: [C]reated with the help of architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton, Bond International Casino (or, simply, Bond's), which opens next month, promises to be the most memorable attempt at discophilia since Studio 54 opened three years ago. Example: A library ladder stood by the record shelves, and nearby was the gramophone, a quality modern intrument housed in a console. It had louvered doors to control the volume and direction of sound, as in a church organ. I was smitten! I know that it was on that afternoon so long ago that I contracted incurable discophilia.
Word: ecdysiophilia Part of Speech: noun 1. The love of watching people strip. Labels: uncountable
Word: ergophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ergo- + -philia. 1. The love of work or exercise. Labels: uncountable Example: As a rule we do not recognise that this "ergophilia" is a disease. Example: I don't like the ergophilia, bureaucratitis, technomania and war fever that I'm surrounded by, yet these things don't actually get labelled as sicknesses.
Word: europhilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From euro- + -philia. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Europhilia. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: europhile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From euro- + -phile. 1. Alternative form of Europhile. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Francophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Franco- + -philia. 1. The love or admiration of France, the French, or French culture. Labels: uncountable
Word: Francophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Franco- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.koʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯l/, /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.kəˌfaɪ̯l/ 1. One who loves France, the French people, or French culture. Example: What respectable Francophile can resist a crêpe?
Word: Francophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Franco- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.koʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯l/, /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.kəˌfaɪ̯l/ 1. Loving France, the French people, or French culture.
Word: gallophilia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gallophilia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: germanophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From germano- + -philia. 1. The love of Germany, the Germans, or German culture. Labels: uncountable
Word: geophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English geophilia From geo- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈfɪl.iː.ə/, /ˌd͡ʒi.əˈfɪl.i.ə/, /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈfəl.iː.ə/, /ˌd͡ʒiː.oˈfɪl.iː.a/ 1. The love of the Earth. Labels: uncountable 2. The love of geology. Labels: uncountable
Word: gerontophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Indo-European *ǵérh₂onts Proto-Hellenic *géronts Ancient Greek γέροντος (gérontos)der. English geronto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English gerontophilia From geronto- + -philia. 1. Sexual attraction toward the elderly. Labels: uncountable 2. Love for the elderly or old age. Labels: uncountable
Word: glossophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glosso- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌɡlɑsəˈfɪli.ə/, /ˌɡlɔsəˈfɪli.ə/ 1. Love of language. Labels: uncountable
Word: dork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears in the US c. 1961. The sense of a "silly person" is presumably from earlier use as a bowdlerization of dick (“penis”) in student slang, particularly the Midwest. Despite a common misconception, it has never referred specifically to a whale's penis, but penises in general. Alternative etymology derives from dialectal Norwegian dorg (“a mass; heap; a heavy, dimwitted, slovenly person”). Pronunciation: /dɔːk/, /doɹk/, /doːk/ 1. A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.) Labels: derogatory, slang Example: I entitled the piece "Dorky", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky. Example: I didn’t have any clothes and I had short hair and looked like a dork. Girls wouldn’t go out with me. 2. The penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: As a matter of fact, this slob was full of information today. He told me why we Jews have different dorks. Example: "You’re dead, Trashmouth," Vince “Boogers” Taliendo told him, pulling his jock up over a dork roughly the size and shape of an anemic peanut.