nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fold up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make or become more compact by folding. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Please fold up these towels so they will fit on the shelf. Example: Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him. 2. To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: 7 Kt-KBP ... Jabbin' furiously, the Ripper drives [Alekhine] into the ropes. In the carnival circuit, he'd have some preliminary bum in some ringsider's lap in two rounds, but the champ, who is no camp stool. don't fold up so easy. Example: It used to be said there were two kinds of chairs to go with two kinds of Ministers: one sort that folds up [pun] instantly, the other sort goes round and round in circles (laugh track). 3. To go out of business; to stop doing something. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: That place folded up years ago. Example: When Grimaldi left the group in 1976, Rod folded his band up. 4. To move on, as in a traveling circus taking down its tents and attractions and moving to a new location. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: They will fold up on Sunday and be gone from here. Example: The circus folded up its tent and headed north.
Word: subcover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover English subcover From sub- + cover. 1. A cover which is a subset of another cover. Example: The open intervals cover the real numbers; the open intervals of the form (x, x+1) are a subcover.
Word: cover charge Part of Speech: noun 1. An amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant where entertainment is provided. Example: The cover charge was pretty high, but the band was really good. 2. An amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips, and to pay for uncharged items such as bread and water.
Word: swot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat. Pronunciation: /swɒt/, /swɑt/, /swɔt/ 1. To study with effort or determination. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal, intransitive Example: Are you going to swot at it all the evening?
Word: swot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat. Pronunciation: /swɒt/, /swɑt/, /swɔt/ 1. One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, informal, slang, uncountable Example: He liked Tom all right... Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing. Example: The popular science bit goes like this. Your brain has two hemispheres, left and right. The left is the organised swot who likes bright light, keeps his bedroom tidy and can tolerate sums. Your right hemisphere is your brain on drugs: the long-haired, creative type you don't bring home to mother. 2. Work. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, informal, slang, uncountable Example: All I want is — guerre fini, soldat fini; and to go home without burden of any thought save music, and hard swot for a time. 3. Vigorous study at an educational institution. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, informal, slang, uncountable
Word: well drink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the well near the bar (and thus handy to the bartender) holding bottles of liquor. 1. A mixed drink for which one does not specify the exact brand of liquor to be used. Example: Don't order the well drinks there. They use the cheapest stuff they can find.
Word: call drink Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixed drink for which one specifies (i.e., calls) the exact brand or brands of liquor to be used. Example: Call drinks generally cost more than well drinks.
Word: mixed drink Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic drink made from one or more kinds of liquor mixed with other ingredients. Example: I like gin and tonic as a mixed drink, but I really prefer beer.
Word: scramble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæmbl̩/ 1. To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface. Labels: intransitive Example: As half-time approached Fabregas had another chance to give Barcelona the lead. He collected an incisive Messi pass and this time beat Cech, who required Cole to scramble back and clear the ball off the line. Example: When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin. 2. To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner. Labels: intransitive 3. To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass. Labels: transitive Example: I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese. 4. To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener. Labels: transitive 5. To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy. Labels: also, broadly, transitive Example: But on April 13 it 'scrambled' a rake of Mk 2s and dual-braked 'Black 5' 45212 to start its lucrative summer money-spinner two days later. 6. To be quickly deployed in this manner. Labels: intransitive Example: As the planes scrambled, four of his veterans went up: Tom Lanphier, Rex Barber, Joe Moore and Jim McLanahan. They had waited with other Lightnings at 30,000 feet and dived on a formation of eleven Zeroes far below, working in pairs. 7. To partake in motocross. Labels: intransitive 8. To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity. Labels: intransitive Example: Seeing some of Britain's most beautiful waterfalls, rivers and pools from the most absurd angles as you scramble your way either up or down a mountain river course. 9. To gather or collect by scrambling. Labels: transitive Example: They say we are a scatter'd nation: / I cannot tell, but we have scrambled up / More wealth by far than those that brag of faith. 10. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. Labels: transitive Example: Of other care they little reck'ning make, / Then how to ſcramble at the ſhearers feaſt, 11. To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner. Labels: transitive Example: […] Father Boniface standing on the verandah of the Monastery on a Sunday afternoon “scrambling” lollies to the kids […] 12. To permute parts of a twisty puzzle (especially, Rubik's Cube) until it is ready to be solved from scratch. Labels: transitive
Word: scramble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæmbl̩/ 1. A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface. Example: a last-minute scramble to the finish line 2. An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft. Example: 1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack. 3. A motocross race. 4. Any frantic period of competitive activity. Example: And the Leeds defence, led by the impressive Alex Bruce, was also in determined mood. Jonathan Howson had to clear a Sebastien Squillaci effort off his line and Becchio was also in the right place to hack clear after a goalmouth scramble. Example: [I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality. 5. An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage. 6. A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green. 7. A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished. 8. A dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette. Example: Near-synonym: hash Example: The diner's menu features "the farmer's scramble" (under all-day breakfast) and "the fisherman's fricassee" (under dinner entrees). 9. A venue where enslaved people were auctioned during the Atlantic slave trade.
Word: scramble Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæmbl̩/ 1. Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it. Labels: UK
Word: antihistamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English -idine English hist(idine) Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English -amine English histamine English antihistamine From anti- + histamine. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.tiˈhɪs.tə.miːn/, /ˌæn.taɪˈhɪs.tə.miːn/ 1. A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies. Example: Perhaps the most striking method of demonstrating the effect of antihistamine substances is to use them to protect guinea-pigs against the action of histamine sprayed into the air from an atomizer.
Word: Beatles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally spelled Beatals, punningly referencing the expression beat all (“surpass everything”), then later altered to Beatles, blend of beat + beetles, with beat referring to "beat music" or the "beat" of a drum, and beetles inspired by the contemporaneous band name The Crickets. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːtəlz/, [ˈbɪi̯tʰəlz] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩z], /ˈbiːɾəlz/, [ˈbɪi̯ɾəlz] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩z], /ˈbiːʔəlz/ 1. An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Meronym: Beatles Example: Don't tell me to play goddamn Beatles in my house. We're in America, I swear to God.
Word: Beatles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally spelled Beatals, punningly referencing the expression beat all (“surpass everything”), then later altered to Beatles, blend of beat + beetles, with beat referring to "beat music" or the "beat" of a drum, and beetles inspired by the contemporaneous band name The Crickets. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːtəlz/, [ˈbɪi̯tʰəlz] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩z], /ˈbiːɾəlz/, [ˈbɪi̯ɾəlz] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩z], /ˈbiːʔəlz/ 1. plural of Beatle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stonewall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stonwal, stone wall, stanewalle (“wall made of stone”), from Old English stānweall (“stonewall”), equivalent to stone + wall. The alcoholic drink (sense 3) was perhaps named thus because its effect was as potent as running into a stone wall. Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊnwɔːl/, /ˈstoʊnwɔl/, /ˈstoʊnwɑl/ 1. An obstruction. Labels: idiomatic Example: That was what was causing the Government to hesitate in bringing down the Bill. There would be so many amendments proposed, and so many stonewalls erected, that much time would be occupied, and, that being so, he felt he must go on with other business first. Example: […] I suddenly realized that here was the opening I had been searching for and perhaps even the possibility of striking a great blow, a blow perhaps powerful enough to shatter her stonewall defence, be it sane or insane. 2. A refusal to cooperate. Labels: idiomatic Example: If it was in order to use the word "stonewalling," I would say your stonewall has come to an end; but it is not in order. I would suggest that we bring the proceedings to an end decently, and if the obstruction is not to go on, then I think the proper thing for me to do is to move the ordinary motion, that the House do now adjourn, and let it go without any further talk. Example: "Okay," I said sarcastically, while inside wondering what she was picking up on. / "Anyway," she said, sensing my stonewall, "I was just checking out the Pine Needlers' Facebook Page again, and you guys are killing it. Killing it with kindness as they say." 3. An alcoholic drink popular in colonial America, consisting of apple cider (or sometimes applejack) mixed with rum (or sometimes gin or whisky). Labels: historical, idiomatic Example: [W]e are at a loss to "calculate" the ingredients which enter into such mysterious compounds as "apple-jack," "white nose," "stonewall," chain-lightning," "railroad," "rattle-snake," "back-straightener," "corpse-reviver," "moral suasion," "bottomless-pit," "sabbath-calm," etc. Example: One highly imaginative account claims the throng told stories through the night in drunken outbursts of wild revelry. As if quoting from a house menu of early American alcoholic drinks, rather than reporting an eyewitness account, this version tells us they "guzzled nobly of punch, of flip, and downed the inevitable stonewalls [a mixture of whiskey or rum and cider]." 4. Alternative form of stone wall (“wall made of stone”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The grass looks tempting, and the stonewalls seem built to jump; but the farther west we get, the more rugged become the hillsides and the more broken the beds of the stream, till the scene becomes more akin to the home of the chamois than of the fox. The stonewalls grow higher, stronger, and more frequent, as you rise from the low country and get more fully among the sheepwalks. Example: Stonewalls have been rebuilt along the piked portion of Taneytown road, along the east end of North Confederate avenue, and along Taneytown road south of Pleasonton avenue.
Word: stonewall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stonwal, stone wall, stanewalle (“wall made of stone”), from Old English stānweall (“stonewall”), equivalent to stone + wall. The alcoholic drink (sense 3) was perhaps named thus because its effect was as potent as running into a stone wall. Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊnwɔːl/, /ˈstoʊnwɔl/, /ˈstoʊnwɑl/ 1. To obstruct. Labels: transitive Example: Either the thing to be stonewalled must be itself a bad thing, or it must be stonewalled as the only means of preventing some other wrong being committed; obviously, paying the public creditor was no wrong, and the budget, if wrong, could be effectually obstructed by stonewalling the financial resolutions. 2. To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: At the press conference, the Prime Minister appeared to be stonewalling when asked about tax increases. Example: As he becomes defensive or stonewalls in return, she feels frustrated and angry, and so adds contempt to underscore the strength of her frustration. As her husband finds himself the object of his wife's criticism and contempt, he begins to fall into the innocent-victim or righteous-indignation thoughts that more and more easily trigger flooding. To protect himself from flooding, he becomes more and more defensive or simply stonewalls altogether. But when husbands stonewall, remember, it triggers flooding in their wives, who feel completely stymied.
Word: stonewall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently a corruption of stone cold. Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊnwɔːl/, /ˈstoʊnwɔl/, /ˈstoʊnwɑl/ 1. Certain, definite. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: Fortune favoured the fortunate when Martin Atkinson ignored a stonewall penalty. Example: [Neil] Lennon also pointed to a booking for Niall McGinn for diving as a stonewall penalty to add to his grievances.
Word: eugenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English eugenic From eu- + -genic. Pronunciation: /juˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to eugenics. Example: In making his point, Thomas dedicated more than a dozen pages on the history of the eugenics movement to explain why “the use of abortion to achieve eugenic goals is not merely hypothetical.” Example: [Alan] Dershowitz, who as a Harvard Law professor regularly attended lunches [Jeffrey] Epstein hosted for the scientists, told the Times he was “appalled” to learn about Epstein's eugenic ambitions, but their friendship continued. 2. Relating or adapting to production of strong or effective offspring.
Word: Stonewall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stone + wall. The drink is so named because its effect is likened to running into a stone wall. The riots take their name from the Stonewall Inn where they began (in the 1840s, the property was called Bonnie's Stone Wall, later renamed to Bonnie's Stonewall Inn, then the Stonewall Inn Restaurant, and then the Stonewall Inn). The Confederate general acquired his nickname after a battle in which, while other troops were in motion, fellow general Barnard E. Bee observed "there stands Jackson like a stone wall" (either resolutely, or unhelpfully). The chess setup is so named because it is a solid formation which is hard to overrun by force, like a stone wall. 1. Alternative letter-case form of stonewall (“alcoholic drink”). Labels: alt-of Example: Try one of the inn's specialties from the old days — a Coow Woow (pronounced coo-woo), a 17th-century drink made with ginger brandy and rum on crushed ice; or a Stonewall, which is a century older — gin and applejack over ice cubes. Example: A Stonewall? That's a man's drink, ma'am. It's hard cider—cider wine at about six-and-one-half percent alcohol with rum added. Quite powerful.
Word: Stonewall Part of Speech: name Etymology: From stone + wall. The drink is so named because its effect is likened to running into a stone wall. The riots take their name from the Stonewall Inn where they began (in the 1840s, the property was called Bonnie's Stone Wall, later renamed to Bonnie's Stonewall Inn, then the Stonewall Inn Restaurant, and then the Stonewall Inn). The Confederate general acquired his nickname after a battle in which, while other troops were in motion, fellow general Barnard E. Bee observed "there stands Jackson like a stone wall" (either resolutely, or unhelpfully). The chess setup is so named because it is a solid formation which is hard to overrun by force, like a stone wall. 1. A series of riots in 1969 New York City, beginning with the patrons of the gay bar "The Stonewall Inn" resisting police arrest, which marked the beginning of the militant gay rights movement. Labels: historical Example: Stonewall means fighting back. 2. A nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson. 3. A formation in chess (a variation of the Queen's Pawn Game) in which white plays pawns to d4 and several other positions, requiring black to react energetically (see Stonewall Attack). Example: the Stonewall attack, a Stonewall setup, a Stonewall formation 4. Any of several places: 5. Any of several places: 6. Any of several places: 7. Any of several places: 8. Any of several places: 9. Any of several places: 10. Any of several places: 11. Any of several places:
Word: Brooklyn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʊk.lən/, /ˈbɹʷʊk.ɫɪn/, [ˈbɹ̠ʷʊ̠kɫ̪ɪ̈n] 1. A number of places in the United States: Example: We live in Brooklyn, baby / We're trying to make it, baby Example: Fresh handmade mochi is harder to find, but Tomoko Kato cooks a batch three times a week at Patisserie Tomoko in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A suburb of Sydney in the Hornsby council area, New South Wales, Australia. 14. A small suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 15. A locality in Burnie City Council, north western Tasmania, Australia. 16. A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand. 17. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage; variant form Brooklynn. 18. A unisex given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage. Example: Brooklyn has finally broken his silence about his rift with his parents.
Word: joshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of 女子プロレス (joshi puroresu), itself a compound of 女子 (joshi, “woman”) + プロレス (puroresu, “professional wrestling”). 1. Japanese women's professional wrestling Labels: uncountable Example: [Naoko] Sato and [Makiko] Ueda were young and attractive, unlike some of the burlier, older women who had dominated the sport in Japan up to that point. They introduced youth and sex appeal to joshi wrestling and quickly became a pop culture sensation. 2. Japanese women's professional wrestling Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Whether they are called joshis, luchadoras, or lady grapplers, one can find female wrestlers in every part of the world.
Word: counterpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrāpūnctum. Equivalent to counter- + point. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I noticed […] that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing. 2. Any similar contrasting element in a work of art. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As counterpoints to the glamorous looks of 1980s models such as Chistie Brinkley and Heidi Klum, heroin chic looks such as Kate Moss were thin to the point of anorectic gauntness. 3. An opposite point. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Priests; who affecting in them selves and their followers a certein Angelical puritie, fell sodainly to the very counterpoint of justifying bestialitie.
Word: counterpoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrāpūnctum. Equivalent to counter- + point. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. To compose or arrange such music. Labels: transitive 2. To serve as an opposing point against. Labels: transitive Example: […] the dominant discourse on theory and method in the study of religions remains stuck on the debate about reductionism, which is in turn bent on representing the debate about theory and method in the study of religions as a choice between an unscientific phenomenology or an unsympathetic positivism (for phenomenology the idea that explanation is always 'bad' is perfectly counterpointed by the idea that religion is always 'good').
Word: counterpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French contrepointe, a corruption of coultepointe, from Latin culcita puncta, i.e. a stitched pillow or cover. See quilt. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. Obsolete form of counterpane. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: olde Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of old. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973. Example: Staid, olde Britain goes bonkers / ‘Red-Nose Day’ puts chuckle in charity
Word: eurythmics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /juːˈɹɪð.mɪks/ 1. A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, freestyle dance movements. Labels: uncountable
Word: eurythmy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐρυθμία (euruthmía, “rhythmical order”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “symmetry”). 1. The harmony of features and proportion in architecture. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Graceful body movements to the rhythm of spoken words and music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For three weeks Lorde engages in a regime of rest, relaxation, eurhythmy, and active meditation. 3. Healthy, normal beating of the pulse; eurhythmia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mande Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name in Mande. 1. A branch of Niger-Congo languages, spoken mostly in West Africa.
Word: evacuant Part of Speech: adj 1. laxative Labels: not-comparable
Word: evacuant Part of Speech: noun 1. something used to clean out an organ system, especially the bowels 2. a laxative
Word: Cardiganshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the town of Cardigan + -shire, from Welsh Ceredigion. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪɡənʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪɡənʃɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.
Word: Radnorshire Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹædnəʃə/, /ˈɹædnəʃɪə/ 1. An inland traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, to the east by Herefordshire, to the south by Brecknockshire and to the west by Cardiganshire.
Word: Montgomeryshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Montgomery + -shire. Pronunciation: /mɒntˈɡʌmɹiʃɪə(ɹ)/, /mɒntˈɡʌmɹiʃə(ɹ)/ 1. An inland traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by Denbighshire, to the east and southeast by Shropshire, to the south by Radnorshire, to the southwest by Cardiganshire and to the west and northwest by Merionethshire.
Word: Merionethshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Merioneth + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɹiˈɒnɛθʃə(ɹ)/, /ˌmɛɹiˈɒnɛθʃɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by Caernarfonshire, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire, and to the west by Cardigan Bay.
Word: Caernarfonshire Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈnɑː(ɹ)vənʃə(ɹ)/, /kɑː(ɹ)ˈnɑː(ɹ)vənʃɪə(ɹ)/, /kə(ɹ)ˈnɑː(ɹ)vənʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A maritime traditional county of Wales. bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Strait, which separates it from Anglesey. The county is now mostly in Gwynedd.
Word: Denbighshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Denbigh + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛnbiːʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A county in north-east Wales, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys 2. A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire. Labels: historical
Word: evanesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin evanescere (“to vanish”). Doublet of vanish. Pronunciation: /ˌiːvəˈnɛs/ 1. To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor Labels: intransitive Example: All his cares evanesced. 2. To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid Labels: intransitive
Word: Flintshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Flint + -shire, also once known as the County of Flint. Pronunciation: /ˈflɪnt.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford. 2. A local government area of Wales. It borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
Word: first e-rights Part of Speech: noun 1. The right to publish a work for the first time in electronic form. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: 2003, Technically you have used "first e-rights" and can no longer sell it as an unpublished story/article ... Once a story is printed on the web, first e-rights have been used but first print rights are still available. — Tina Morgan Know Your Rights, appearing in Fiction Factor: The online magazine for fiction writers.
Word: Anglesey Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly of Old Norse origin, from Ǫngullsey (“hook island”) (ǫngull + ey) or Ǫnglisey (“Ǫngli's island”), the name Ǫngli itself being a variant of Ǫngull and from the former noun. Folk etymology confused the name with that of the Angles. More at Anglesey. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/ 1. An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait. The county was merged into Gwynedd in 1974. 2. A unitary authority in Wales, Isle of Anglesey County Council, created in 1996 when it was separated from Gwynedd. Example: Owain Roberts, from Anglesey, was sent a bill for £4,300 by Vodafone. 3. A marquisate in the peerage of the United Kingdom.
Word: evaginate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō (“to unsheath”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out. Labels: transitive
Word: evaginate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from evagination. 1. Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated. Labels: not-comparable Example: an evaginate membrane
Word: justify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin justificare (“make just”), from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere, equivalent to just + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/ 1. To provide an acceptable explanation for. Labels: transitive Example: How can you justify spending so much money on clothes? Example: Paying too much for car insurance is not justified. 2. To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant. Labels: transitive Example: Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night. Example: Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government, under an abstract constitutional right to do so. 3. To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned. Labels: transitive Example: The text will look better justified. 4. To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin. Labels: transitive Example: I cannot justify whom the law condemns. Example: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 5. To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right. Labels: reflexive Example: She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him. Example: And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 6. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. Labels: transitive Example: She is not dead at Tarsus, as she should have been, By savage Cleon: she shall tell thee all; When thou shalt kneel, and justify in knowledge She is thy very princess. Example: […] say My wife’s a hobby-horse, deserves a name As rank as any flax-wench that puts to Before her troth-plight: say’t and justify’t. 7. To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation. 8. To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property. Example: J'USTIFYING BAIL, practice, is the production of bail in court, who there justify' themselves against the exception of the plaintiff.
Word: e-zine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + zine. 1. A magazine published in electronic form, especially on the World Wide Web. Example: After reading the submission guidelines for various e-zines and print markets, I've found a wide variety of "rights" listed.
Word: songwriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From song + writer. 1. A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song. Example: We are now collaborating with a famous songwriter.
Word: evasion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French évasion, from Late Latin evasionem (accusative of evasio). Pronunciation: /ɪˈveɪʒən/ 1. The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain. Example: He complained to LNER but was told: "We have had an increase in fare evasion on certain services which has led to our locking toilet facilities where (people) usually hide to avoid payment. Although Aberdeen is a gated station, customers often purchase the cheapest ticket available and board our services."
Word: JD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Jiggs dinner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Juris Doctor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of juvenile delinquent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Julian date. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The Julian proleptic calendar is formed by applying the rules of the Julian calendar to times before Caesar's reform, and the Julian date (JD) specifies the particular instant of a day by ending the Julian day number with the fraction of the day elapsed since the preceding Greenwich noon. 5. Initialism of Julian day. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Jack Daniel's, an American brand of whiskey. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, initialism Example: Could you get me a JD and Coke? Example: The only brolly that's in sight / Is the mini one that's in my drink / JD, coke and lime / This is how I want to spend my time 7. Initialism of job description. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Janata Dal (former Indian political party) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: philomath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First indubitably attested ante 1643 (perhaps antedated to 1611); from the Ancient Greek φιλομαθής (philomathḗs, “fond of learning”), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + μάθη (máthē, “learning”), from μανθάνω (manthánō, “learn”); compare opsimath, philomathematic, and polymath. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪləmæθ/ 1. A lover of learning; a scholar. Labels: archaic Example: For this (in my humble opinion, not very important purpose, and fitter to employ the talent of a philomath than a Newton) he and Leibnitz, much about the same, struck out a fluxional method, which they both took for a demonstration. Example: Jerman for twenty years past had been the author of a Quaker almanac, and had for about the same time been engaged in a fierce almanac warfare with Jacob Taylor, a philomath and a printer of Friends’ books. 2. An astrologer or predictor. Example: "The success of an almanac depended upon the appeal of the "philomath"-the resident astrologer who did the writing and predicting."
Word: eupnea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- English -pnea English eupnea From eu- + -pnea. Pronunciation: /juːpˈniːə/ 1. Normal, relaxed breathing; healthy condition of inhalation and exhalation.
Word: hapless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From about 1400, from hap (“luck”) + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈhæplɪs/, /ˈhæpləs/ 1. Especially of a person, unfortunate. 2. Very unlucky; ill-fated. Example: Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts. Example: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels. 3. Very miserable, wretched, unhappy, measly, forlorn. 4. Devoid of talent or skill. Example: Gideon Defoe scripted from his own series-launching comedic book The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, about the adventures of a hapless group of pirates known only by names like The Pirate With The Scarf, The Pirate With Gout, and in the case of their leader, The Pirate Captain.
Word: euphony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French euphonie, from Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía), from εὐ- (eu-, prefix meaning ‘good, well’) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound; (human) voice; discourse, speech”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as eu- + -phony. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːfəni/ 1. A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When I hear you speak, I hear beautiful euphony. Example: A correspondent of The American has taken exception to the use, in a recent paragraph in this column, of the word “electrocution.” The writer of the paragraph referred to is conscious that the word, like other etymological hybrids, lacks euphony and consistency; but during the formative period succeeding the introduction of a new idea not yet provided with a verbal exponent, the safest course is to follow general popular usage. The idea must be expressed, and the choice lies between a cumbrous word and a cumbrous sentence, the former of which seems the lesser evil. “Electrocution” has been widely used, even by scientific men, while the only plausible alternative thus far suggested—“electrothany”—though possessing the merit of unmixed ancestry, is inadequate in that it carries no penal signification. 2. The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Europeanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Europeanize From European + -ize. 1. To make something, or someone, more European.
Word: euchre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːkəɹ/ 1. A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: euchre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːkəɹ/ 1. To deceive or outwit. Example: Well: he guesses They have euchred Mexico into some such Byzantine exercise, probably to do with the Americans. Perhaps the Russians.
Word: calorie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor. It was originally defined as the large calorie in the early 19th century, with the small calorie being defined some decades later. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləɹi/ 1. A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling. Example: Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie Example: Meronyms: calorie (small-calorie sense), small calorie, gram calorie, thermochemical calorie 2. A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 joules, that can raise the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius. This unit was formerly widely used in chemistry and physics. Labels: physical Example: Holonyms: kilocalorie, calorie (large-calorie sense), large calorie, Calorie (capital C) < megacalorie < gigacalorie
Word: evaporite Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/ 1. The salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Astonished scientists conducted a drilling program, and a decade later confirmed that the layers of salts and other evaporites could mean only one thing: at some point the Mediterranean Sea had dried out.
Word: afterings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæf.təɹ.ɪŋz/ 1. The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: All that was left in the cow were the afterings. 2. The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee. Labels: broadly, plural, plural-only
Word: independently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English independent Middle English -ly English -ly English independently From independent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/ 1. In an independent manner. Example: Both teams worked out the answers independently. Example: The business partners had radically different ideas for the company, and each decided to work on a project independently of the other.
Word: separately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English separate Middle English -ly English -ly English separately From separate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp.(ə.)ɹət.li/, /ˈsɛp.ɹət.li/, /ˈsɛp.ɚ.li/, /ˈsep.(ə.)ɹət.li/ 1. In a separate manner; not together; apart. Labels: not-comparable Example: We've been living separately for three years. Example: Tackle the different parts of the climb separately before attempting the whole thing in one go.
Word: Malthusian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Malthus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Malthusian From Malthus + -ian. Pronunciation: /mælˈθjuːzɪən/ 1. Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources. Example: For first, this college life, opening to scholarships, and ending, perchance, as you political economists would desire, in Malthusian fellowships,—premiums for celibacy,— consider what manner of thing it is! Example: Even under the best of circumstances, however, no one would depend on this Malthusian adjustment process to account for the ability of modern economies to maintain a constant saving rate and steady growth for 20 years at a time without catastrophe.
Word: Malthusian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Malthus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Malthusian From Malthus + -ian. Pronunciation: /mælˈθjuːzɪən/ 1. A supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus. Example: As Tess grew older, and began to see how matters stood, she felt quite a Malthusian towards her mother for thoughtlessly giving her so many little sisters and brothers, when it was such a trouble to nurse and provide for them.
Word: percentage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate). Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɚsɛnt(e)ɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year. Example: The replacement percentages are based largely on household spending data from the Department of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey. 2. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold. 3. Benefit or advantage. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: There was no percentage in staying at home.
Word: per cent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin per centum. 1. Alternative form of percent. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative Example: Three huge veins of iron ore, have been discovered in Hawley, Mass., worth 63 per. cent of pure metal, and easily wrought. Example: London Transport fares are now about 92 per cent. above prewar, but it is claimed that costs have risen by 140 per cent.
Word: per cent Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Latin per centum. 1. Alternative form of percent. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Word: kilocalorie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + calorie. 1. A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal. Example: Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie Example: Meronyms: calorie (small-calorie sense), small calorie, gram calorie, thermochemical calorie
Word: Malthus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Compare Malthouse. 1. A surname from Middle English. 2. A surname from Middle English. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Enough for us to understand that Heuschrecke is a disciple of Malthus ; and so zealous for the doctrine, that his zeal almost literally eats him up.
Word: lungs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lʌŋz/ 1. plural of lung Labels: form-of, plural