nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: noise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/. Pronunciation: /ˈnoɪ̯z/, /ˈnɔɪ̯z/ 1. To make a noise; to sound. Labels: intransitive Example: Those terrours, which thou speak'st of, did me none ; I never fear'd they could, though noising loud And threatening nigh 2. To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip. Labels: transitive Example: When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue. Example: This man then meeting with Chriſtian, and having ſome inckling of him, for Chriſtians ſetting forth from the City of Deſtruction was much noiſed abroad, not only in the Town, where he dwelt, but alſo it began to be the Town-talk in ſome other places.
Word: Trinidad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish trinidad (“trinity”), named after the Holy Trinity by Columbus to fulfill a religious vow. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪnɪdæd/ 1. An island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago. Example: Down ‘D’ Islands, or DDI for short, makes it easy for visitors to island-hop around offshore parts of Trinidad that most Trinidadians don’t even know. 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: Example: ‘Some trouble on the road up north around Trinidad.’ 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A number of places in other countries: 8. A number of places in other countries: 9. A number of places in other countries: 10. A number of places in other countries: 11. A number of places in other countries: 12. A number of places in other countries:
Word: Tripoli Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). In reference to American cities, after US actions off Tripoli in Libya during the First Barbary War. Doublet of Tripolis, Tirebolu, and Tripura. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪpəli/, /ˈtɹɪpl̩i/, /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/ 1. A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis. 2. The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna. Example: When he got to Zawiyah, the coastal town west of Tripoli that has become the main hub for the people-smuggling industry, he was kidnapped a second time and held in a tiny cell for six months. 3. A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus. 4. A city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. 5. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.
Word: Tripoli Part of Speech: name Etymology: From modern Greek Τρίπολη (Trípoli) used from the 19th century in place of Byzantine Greek Τριπολιτσά (Tripolitsá), probably from Slavic Droboliza. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪpəli/, /ˈtɹɪpl̩i/, /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/ 1. A city in Greece.
Word: silence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/, [ˈsaɪ̯ləns] ~ [ˈsaɪ̯ln̩s] 1. The absence of any sound. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When the motor stopped, the silence was almost deafening. Example: Words like violence break the silence / Come crashing in into my little world 2. The act of refraining from speaking. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "You have the right to silence," said the police officer. Example: Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better. 3. Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: During silence a message came to me that there was that of God in every person.
Word: silence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/, [ˈsaɪ̯ləns] ~ [ˈsaɪ̯ln̩s] 1. To make (someone or something) silent. Labels: transitive Example: Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show? 2. To repress the expression of something. Labels: transitive Example: Women, as well as children, have their thoughts or emotions routinely silenced. 3. To suppress criticism, etc. Labels: transitive Example: Silence the critics. Example: Silence the doubters. 4. To block gene expression. 5. To murder. Labels: euphemistic Example: They, and others through the years, believed Ruby must have acted on his own since there was no logic to the supposition that anyone could trust an uncontrollable, unreliable loudmouth like Ruby to silence Oswald.
Word: silence Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/, [ˈsaɪ̯ləns] ~ [ˈsaɪ̯ln̩s] 1. Be silent. Labels: imperative Example: Silence! Enough of your insolence! Example: (in response to laughter from the audience) Silence! I kill you!
Word: Tunis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تُونِس (tūnis). Further derivation uncertain, but some possibilities are: * Derived from a Berber root ens "to lie down", tansawt "to pass the night", thus "encampment". * Related to the Phoenician goddess Tanit. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnɪs/, /ˈtuːnəs/ 1. A city on the northern coast of Africa Example: Some of the citizens of Tunis have certaine fields in the suburbs walled round about, where they sowe some quantitie of barley and of other corne: howbeit the soyle is marveluellous dry, and standeth in need of much watring 2. A city on the northern coast of Africa: 3. A city on the northern coast of Africa: 4. A city on the northern coast of Africa: Example: Tunis, the capital of the above country, with a citadel of eminence, and the fortress of Goletta on the side of a canal, which is the greatest naval and military depot belonging to the bey. 5. A city on the northern coast of Africa: 6. A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.
Word: Turin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Piedmontese Turin, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (“bull”) are folk etymology. Doublet of Torino, the Italian name. Pronunciation: /tjʊəˈɹɪn/, /təˈɹɪn/ 1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A former province of Piedmont. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 4. Other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: loud Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old English hlūd Middle English loude, loud, lud English loud From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen. Cognates Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lyd, Faroese ljóð, Icelandic hljóð, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ̯d/, /ˈlæʊ̯d/, /ˈlaːd/, /ˈlʌʉ̯d/, /ˈlɛ̈ʊ̯d/ 1. Of great intensity. Example: Turn that music down; it's too loud. Example: What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze. 2. Noisy. Labels: usually Example: a loud party that went on all night Example: She is loud and stubborn. 3. Not subtle or reserved, brash. Labels: usually Example: Some of the loudest blubberers are developers who, having made enormous profits as a result of local, state, and federal subsidies, complain that government doesn't do enough for them. Example: Many people, or at least a handful of very loud people, hate to being dubbed Millennial. They see it as derogatory. 4. Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy. Labels: usually Example: a loud style of dress; loud colors Example: In comparison with the loud Portrait of E.C. Ricart (ill. p. 13) two years earlier, Miró has captured a soft, hushed atmosphere here. 5. High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality. Labels: slang 6. Of great intensity. Example: Ohls showed the motorcycle officer his badge and we went out on the pier, into a loud fish smell which one night's hard rain hadn't even dented.
Word: loud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old English hlūd Middle English loude, loud, lud English loud From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen. Cognates Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lyd, Faroese ljóð, Icelandic hljóð, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ̯d/, /ˈlæʊ̯d/, /ˈlaːd/, /ˈlʌʉ̯d/, /ˈlɛ̈ʊ̯d/ 1. A loud sound or part of a sound. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: The expander doesn't really make the louds louder and the softs softer in one step […] 2. High-quality marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: loud Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *hlūdê Proto-West Germanic *hlūdē Old English hlūde Middle English loude English loud From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ̯d/, /ˈlæʊ̯d/, /ˈlaːd/, /ˈlʌʉ̯d/, /ˈlɛ̈ʊ̯d/ 1. Loudly. Example: Who knocks so loud at door? Example: Unluckily that worthy Officer having, in a literal Sense, taken his Fill of Liquor, had been some Time retired to his Bolster, where he was snoaring so loud, that it was not easy to convey a Noise in at his Ears capable of drowning that which issued from his Nostrils.
Word: Valencia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence. Pronunciation: /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/ 1. The capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. 2. An autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community. 3. A province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. 4. A town and municipality of Córdoba department, in northern Colombia. 5. The capital city of Valencia canton, Ecuador. 6. A canton of Los Ríos Province, Ecuador. 7. Several places in the Philippines: 8. Several places in the Philippines: 9. Several places in the Philippines: 10. Several places in the Philippines: 11. Several places in the Philippines: 12. Several places in the Philippines: 13. Several places in the Philippines: 14. Several places in the Philippines: 15. Several places in the Philippines: 16. Several places in the Philippines: 17. Several places in the Philippines: 18. Several places in the Philippines: 19. Several places in the Philippines: 20. An area of the barrio of Universidad in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. 21. A town in northeastern Trinidad island, Trinidad and Tobago. 22. Several places in the United States: 23. Several places in the United States: 24. Several places in the United States: 25. The capital city of the state of Carabobo, Venezuela. 26. A female given name. 27. A habitational surname from Spanish.
Word: Valencia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence. Pronunciation: /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/ 1. A kind of sweet orange. 2. Any of various cocktails made with orange juice. Example: […] while Charles whistlingly assembles an exotic cocktail at the counter of the make-believe kitchen. 'What's up, Chas?' Sage asks, not quite suspicious. 'Nothin'. Just whippin' up some Valencias.'
Word: Valparaiso Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Valparaíso, from val (short for valle (“valley”)) + paraíso (“paradise”). 1. Alternative spelling of Valparaíso; a port city in Chile. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A city in Okaloosa County, Florida. 3. A city, the county seat of Porter County, Indiana. 4. A village in Saunders County, Nebraska. 5. A village in the Rural Municipality of Star City, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Vancouver Part of Speech: name Etymology: The family name is from the Dutch place name Coevorden (“the place where cows ford the river”) via the Dutch family name van Coevorden (“a person from Coevorden”). The place names are derived from the family name, being named after George Vancouver, an English explorer who charted the northwestern Pacific coast of North America in a 1791–1794 expedition. Pronunciation: /vænˈkuː.vɚ/, /væŋˈkuː.vɚ/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: PS: The average commute time in the freewayless City of Vancouver is 27 minutes, while outside of the City of Vancouver the average commute time is 31 minutes. 3. A large island of British Columbia, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A river in southern British Columbia, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A mountain between Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A mountain straddling the Canterbury and the West Coast regions in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June). Problem is, it’s located in Ridgefield, a suburb of Vancouver, Washington. […] Ridgefield is the 424th location. 8. A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The Vancouver system of reference citation. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: The different fields in the 'style' file include the format of the in-text citations (Vancouver or Harvard style) […]
Word: Venice Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Venyse, from Old French Venise or Old Italian, from Medieval Latin Venetia, from Latin Venetī + -ia (suffix forming place names), a local tribe in antiquity whose own little-attested language is now known as Venetic. Initial scholarly agreement that they were Illyrian was based on arguments since refuted. They worshipped Belenus and were possibly Celtic or heavily influenced by Celtic culture, despite repeatedly supporting the Romans against the Gauls. Compare the identical ethnonym Venetī used for Celts of Armorica (ancient Britanny) from Gaulish Uenetoi (“friendly ones, kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a modified form of *wenyā (“kindred”). Widely but mistakenly derived by the ancient Greeks and Romans from the Eneti of Pamphylia, supposed to have fled to the Adriatic and become the Veneti after supporting the losing side of the Trojan War. As American places, named after the Italian city. Doublet of Venetia and Venezia. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnɪs/ 1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An. The Duke cannot deny the courſe of law: / for the commoditie that ſtrangers haue / With vs in Venice, if it be denied, / Will much impeach the iuſtice of the State, / Since that the trade and profit of the citty / Conſiſteth of all Nations. Example: As I indicated at the outset, for us Shakespeare's Venetian plays lie between the early modern republic described in Chapter 2, and all the subsequent Venices of our experience, education and imagination, […] 2. A metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A former province of Veneto. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 4. A former polity in Europe, a republic and colonial empire around the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean from CE 697 to 1797 with its capital at Venice. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years. 6. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Venetian blind Part of Speech: noun 1. A blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light. Example: The rest of the apartment was filled with that soft green light where the noon is excluded by Venetian blinds, or the still softer shadow of creeping plants:... Example: A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable windows with Venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors standing ponderously ajar.
Word: Verona Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Italian Verona and the Latin Vērōna. Pronunciation: /vɪˈɹəʊnə/ 1. A city, the capital of the province of Verona, straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy. Example: Two households, both alike in dignity, // In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, // From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, // Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Example: ...it was nearly the middle of August before he went out to meet Harriet in the Tirol. He found his sister in a dense cloud five thousand feet above the sea, chilled to the bone, overfed, bored, and not at all unwilling to be fetched away. [...] They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful. And the train which had picked them at sunrise out of a waste of glaciers and hotels was waltzing at sunset round the walls of Verona. 2. A province of Veneto, in northern Italy. 3. A village in Illinois. 4. A census-designated place in Kentucky. 5. A city in Mississippi. 6. A city and town in Missouri. 7. A township in New Jersey. 8. A town in New York. 9. A city and village in North Dakota. 10. A village in Ohio. 11. A borough of Pennsylvania. 12. A city and town in Wisconsin. 13. A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. 14. A habitational surname from Italian. 15. A female given name.
Word: Virginia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia. Pronunciation: /vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/, /vəɹˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/ 1. vagina Labels: slang
Word: Vienna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian and Medieval Latin Vienna, from German Wien, Middle High German Wienne, and Old High German Wienna, probably from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”) or *weidus (“wild”) via unattested Vulgar Latin *Vedunia. Doublet of Wien. Pronunciation: /viˈɛ.nə/, /viˈɪ.nə/, /vaɪˈɛ.nə/, /vaɪˈæ.nə/, /ˈvaɪ.ə.nə/ 1. The capital and largest city of Austria. Example: From several magnets combined von Hellenbach and Gessmann in Vienna constructed considerably stronger hypnoscopes, through which 66 per cent. of those examined showed the above mentioned sensitiveness […] Example: He designed several remarkable buildings in and around Vienna, like the factory for the Zacherl family’s insecticide business, a striking polychromed brick building with pointed arches, minarets and a dome, explicitly Islamic in style. 2. The capital and largest city of Austria. 3. A locale in the United States: 4. A locale in the United States: 5. A locale in the United States: 6. A locale in the United States: 7. A locale in the United States: 8. A locale in the United States: 9. A locale in the United States: 10. A locale in the United States: 11. A locale in the United States: 12. A locale in the United States: 13. A locale in the United States: 14. A locale in the United States: 15. A locale in the United States: 16. A locale in the United States: 17. A locale in the United States: 18. A locale in the United States: 19. A locale in the United States: 20. A locale in the United States: 21. A locale in the United States: 22. A female given name.
Word: Vienna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Classical Latin Vienna, further etymology uncertain. Doublet of Vienne. 1. Ancient name of Vienne: a city in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Example: The importance of Vienna to Caesar in the prosecution of his Gallic Wars can hardly be exaggerated. [...] Vienna now received its title of 'Colonia Julia Viennensis,' and became the first 'Caput' oft he Roman roads leading over the Alps into Gallia Transalpina.
Word: Vientiane Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Vientiane, from Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan). Pronunciation: /viˌɛntiˈɑːn/, /ˌvjɛnˈtjɑːn/ 1. The capital city of Laos. Example: From Saigon we flew to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, where I had a long meeting with Prince Souvanna Phouma, a young, Paris-educated member of the Laotian ruling family, who was then Prime Minister. 2. A prefecture of Laos. Capital: Vientiane (city). 3. A province of Laos. Capital: Phonhong.
Word: Vladivostok Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Владивосток (Vladivostok). Pronunciation: /ˌvlædɪˈvɒstɒk/, /ˌvlædɪˈvɑstɑk/ 1. A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai. Example: We may also expect to hear that a Corean Consulate is to be established at Vladivostok; the opening of the Tʻu-mên river will, no doubt, be secured and telegraphic communication established with Vladivostok and such other places as may be necessary. Example: Only after it was all over did I learn of their plan to seize me on board the Chungshan when I was to take it to go back to the Military Academy at Whampoa from Canton. They would then send me as a prisoner to Russia via Vladivostok, thereby removing the major obstacle to their scheme of using the National Revolution as a medium for setting up a "dictatorship of the proletariat."
Word: Warsaw Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Old Polish Warcisław Old Polish -sz Old Polish Warsz Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Old Polish -owy Old Polish *warszewy Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь Old Polish wieś Old Polish *warszewa wieśellip. Old Polish Warszewa Polish Warszawabor. English Warsaw Ultimately from Old Polish Warszewa. Doublet of Warszawa. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːsɔː/, /ˈwɔɹsɔ/, /ˈwɔɹsɑ/, /ˈwɔɾsɔ/ 1. The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The Polish government. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable 3. A city, the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A home rule city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A city, the county seat of Benton County, Missouri, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A village, the county seat of Wyoming County, New York, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A town, the county seat of Richmond County, Virginia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A habitational surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Wellington Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier Wēolingtūn, from: # For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”). # For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”). # Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman. Pronunciation: /ˈweləŋtən/, /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/ 1. In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
Word: Wellington Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot. 1. Ellipsis of Wellington boot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Wellington Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Generalization from beef Wellington. 1. Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.
Word: Zanzibar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”. Pronunciation: /ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)/ 1. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean. Example: Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us. 2. A former sultanate in East Africa in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania. Labels: historical
Word: Zurich Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Celticder. Latin Turicumbor. Old High German Zurih German Zürichbor. English Zurich Borrowed from German Zürich. Pronunciation: /ˈzɜɹ.ɪk/, /zʊɹ.ɪk/, /-ɪx/, /ˈzjʊə.ɹɪk/ 1. The capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland, on Lake Zurich. Example: The Zurich group has shared a preliminary writeup of its findings. 2. A canton of Switzerland.
Word: Zagreb Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈzɑːɡɹɛb/ 1. The capital and largest city of Croatia. Example: With the help of a friend from Zagreb, he found a map showing the locations of all the monuments and painstakingly sought them out, discovering while doing so that most of the thousands of Spomeniks had been deliberately destroyed. 2. A county of Croatia.
Word: Salzburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Salzburg, from Salz (“salt”) + Burg (“castle, fort”), from its former importance protecting the salt trade on the Salzach, itself derived from Salz + Aach, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑltsbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/, /ˈsɔːltsbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/ 1. A city, the capital of the state of Salzburg, western Austria, famed for its baroque architecture and importance in musical history. Example: Take Salzburg. By no means the chief city of Austria, but a Jerusalem to any music lover. Example: At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund. 2. The present federal state of Austria surrounding the city. 3. The former sovereign archbishopric surrounding the city. Labels: historical
Word: vid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /vɪd/ 1. Clipping of video. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Check out the cool new vids on YouTube! Example: Man, I was so pissed off at you. I got blind drunk that night, and it was a few days later before I got it together enough to check the news vids and saw that almost all those mercs had gotten killed by Archangel. 2. Clipping of videotape. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: vid Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of with. 1. Pronunciation spelling of with. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: sulphur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sulfur. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sulphur Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of sulfur. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Word: verisimilitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”). Pronunciation: /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ 1. The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A statement which merely appears to be true. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On July 12, Madame filed suit for divorce, naming one Jane McManus as his principal mistress. Other adulteries were noted in the interest of verisimilitude.
Word: accordion pleat Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of permanent folds of equal width in alternating opposite directions made in fabric, paper, or other material. Example: Paper fans generally use an accordion pleat.
Word: Zeitgeist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist. Labels: alt-of
Word: poppet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of puppet. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.pɪt/ 1. An endearingly sweet or beautiful child. Labels: informal 2. A young woman or girl. Labels: informal Example: Come 'ere, poppet! Example: Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!" 3. The stem and valve head in a poppet valve. Example: After passing through the poppet valve, the impulse air and water flows through a poppet discharge stop valve and then through a discharge pipe to the poppet drain tank or bilge 4. A doll (such as a voodoo doll) made in witchcraft to represent a person, used in casting spells on that person. 5. One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. 6. An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.
Word: jackboot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French jaque (“coat of mail”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækbuːt/ 1. A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era. Example: On a huge tomb-like table in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding, a pawnbroker’s ticket, a pair of ruffles, a very little muff, an immense broadsword, a Wycherley comb, a jackboot, and an old plumed hat; […] Example: There was a wonderful variety of costume to be seen and studied among the persons around me, […] other soldiers in helmets and jackboots; French officers of various uniform; monks and priests; attendants, in old-fashioned and gorgeous livery; […] so that, in any other country, the scene might have been taken for a fancy ball. 2. The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy. Labels: broadly, informal Example: That country has been under the jackboot of the military for years.
Word: jackboot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French jaque (“coat of mail”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækbuːt/ 1. To stamp on with a jackboot. Labels: transitive Example: The two porters leapt into action, steamed up to the front of the room and started jackbooting the burning paper. 2. To march in jackboots. Labels: intransitive Example: All his childhood they had stormed through the cinema newsreels, jackbooting triumphantly through Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Paris. Now they would jackboot through Garmouth. Followed by the Gestapo.
Word: Gerard Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós Proto-Germanic *gaizaz Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī) Frankish *Gaiʀahardbor. Old French Gerartder. Middle English Gerard English Gerard From Middle English Gerard, from Old French Gerart, from Frankish *Gaiʀahard, from *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *hard(ī) (“hard, brave”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɑːd/, /d͡ʒəˈɹɑɹd/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: He was famous, sir, in his profession, and it was his great right to be so: Gerard de Narbon. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: romanization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Romanization. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: glossary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glosarie, from Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Doublet of glossarium. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒs.ə.ɹi/, /ˈɡlɔ.sə.ɹi/, /ˈɡlɑ.sə.ɹi/, /ˈɡlɔs.ə.ɹi/ 1. A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations). Example: At the back of the book you can find the glossary.
Word: veep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a colloquial or humorous pronunciation of the abbreviation VP. Pronunciation: /viːp/ 1. Abbreviation of Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: She’s running for veep. Example: So the veep becomes the peep [president] and picks a new veep who must be confirmed by a majority vote of both houses of Congress. 2. Acronym of vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.) Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal Example: I have a meeting this afternoon at Citibank with some veeps.
Word: Turkia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Turk Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Turkia From Turk + -ia. 1. Synonym of Turkiye (“Turkey”); A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia.
Word: Turkia Part of Speech: name 1. A surname
Word: Hannover Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hanover. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phở Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pho (“Vietnamese soup”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The next two popular — or should I say available — jobs for Vietnamese people who just migrated to the US were to work at phở restaurants or food supermarkets, and that’s exactly what I did. I applied to be a chef at a phở restaurant. Example: Add the phở spice bags into the soup base.
Word: dumbass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb + ass. It is likely that ¹ass (= donkey), not ²ass (= buttocks), was the original sense within this compound noun (solid compound or open compound), but neither sense is precluded, and many people today may uncritically parse the term in the latter way, even if it is misapprehensive. Apparent analogy with forms such as hard-ass and big-ass would naturally lend support to the second parsing. A similar synergy can be seen in the fact that the terms buttload and assload originated as literally meaning a cartload and the load transportable by a single donkey (respectively), but probably most English speakers today would assume that their derivation involves the buttocks. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌm.æs/ 1. A stupid or foolish person. Labels: US, derogatory, mildly, slang Example: The dumbass walked off with my car keys and left me hers.
Word: dumbass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dumb + ass. It is likely that ¹ass (= donkey), not ²ass (= buttocks), was the original sense within this compound noun (solid compound or open compound), but neither sense is precluded, and many people today may uncritically parse the term in the latter way, even if it is misapprehensive. Apparent analogy with forms such as hard-ass and big-ass would naturally lend support to the second parsing. A similar synergy can be seen in the fact that the terms buttload and assload originated as literally meaning a cartload and the load transportable by a single donkey (respectively), but probably most English speakers today would assume that their derivation involves the buttocks. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌm.æs/ 1. Stupid, foolish. Labels: US, derogatory, mildly, slang, vulgar Example: That dumbass driver ruined my car! Example: I zipped my coat up to the neck, worried now that going to the march was more dumbass than I'd thought. It got closer—the only frigging thing in the road!—and I realized I was shaking. I couldn't move.
Word: measurement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English measure Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English measurement From measure + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/, /ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mənt/, [ˈmɛʒ.ɚ.mn̩t], /ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/ 1. The act of measuring. 2. Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring. Example: Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.
Word: sixteenth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, from Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number sixteen. Example: […] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]
Word: sixteenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, from Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/ 1. One of sixteen equal parts of a whole. Example: A sixteenth of 320 is 20.
Word: seventeenth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number seventeen. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Edward Glasser maintains that this people existed from about the seventeenth century B.C., and that the Sabæans followed them in the occupancy of those regions.
Word: seventeenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/ 1. One of seventeen equal parts of a whole. Example: A seventeeth of 340 is 20. 2. An interval of two octaves and a third.
Word: eighteenth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eightetenthe, eightetethe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number eighteen.
Word: eighteenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eightetenthe, eightetethe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/ 1. The person or thing in the eighteenth position. 2. One of eighteen equal parts of a whole. 3. A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday. Labels: informal
Word: fish for compliments Part of Speech: verb 1. To self-deprecate in order to induce someone to make a compliment. Labels: intransitive Example: He’s so narcissistic! He whines that he’s ugly and unlikeable just to fish for compliments.
Word: nineteenth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nineteen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number nineteen. Labels: not-comparable Example: Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch. Example: Fortunately, this paper does not consist of 13 pages. Otherwise, in the nineteenth century, over 15% of Americans would drop this essay without a second thought, 45% would consider throwing it away, and the remaining 40% would not be influenced by whether the paper had 13 pages or not and would have a fighting chance of actually making it to the end (Lachenmeyer 92).
Word: nineteenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nineteen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ/ 1. The person or thing in the nineteenth position. 2. One of nineteen equal parts of a whole.
Word: twentieth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier twenteth, twentith, from Middle English twentithe, twentiþe, from Old English twēntigoþa. Equivalent to twenty + -eth. Etymological notes twentith, twenteth is the expected development from Middle English twentithe, but in time, the opaque twent- was replaced by a more transparent twenty-, resulting in modern twentieth (in the speech varieties this occurred in, the weak vowel in the final syllable of twenteth, twentith was clearly distinct from that in twenty); similar processes explain the modern pronunciation of thirtieth, fourtieth, etc. This analogy was assisted by synizetic pronunciations of words such as carrying, which allowed twenteth, twentith to be interpreted as contractions of twentieth. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/, [ˈtw̥ɛ̃n.ti.əθ], /-ɪθ/, [ˈtw̥ɛ.ɾ̃i.əθ], /ˈtwɛn.i.əθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number twenty. Labels: not-comparable Example: As with most twentieth-century Chinese writers, little is known of Ts’ao Yü’s life. Though his ancestral home was Ch’ien-chiang 潛江, Hupei province, he himself was probably born in Tientsin in either 1909 or 1910. Example: The novel he lends his name to is an account of that life, taking more or less the form of a memoir set down in the years immediately after World War II by an old man mentally preparing for death, not quite at home in the twentieth century (and a little proud of it, stubbornly clinging to his eartrumpet), whose significant memories reach back to the early 1890s and beyond.
Word: twentieth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier twenteth, twentith, from Middle English twentithe, twentiþe, from Old English twēntigoþa. Equivalent to twenty + -eth. Etymological notes twentith, twenteth is the expected development from Middle English twentithe, but in time, the opaque twent- was replaced by a more transparent twenty-, resulting in modern twentieth (in the speech varieties this occurred in, the weak vowel in the final syllable of twenteth, twentith was clearly distinct from that in twenty); similar processes explain the modern pronunciation of thirtieth, fourtieth, etc. This analogy was assisted by synizetic pronunciations of words such as carrying, which allowed twenteth, twentith to be interpreted as contractions of twentieth. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/, [ˈtw̥ɛ̃n.ti.əθ], /-ɪθ/, [ˈtw̥ɛ.ɾ̃i.əθ], /ˈtwɛn.i.əθ/ 1. A person or thing in the twentieth position. 2. One of twenty equal parts of a whole. Example: There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways.
Word: twenty-first Part of Speech: adj 1. The ordinal form of the number twenty-one. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twenty-first Part of Speech: noun 1. The person or thing in the twenty-first position. 2. One of twenty-one equal parts of a whole, usually written ¹⁄₂₁. 3. A party to celebrate a twenty-first birthday. Labels: informal
Word: twenty-second Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛnti ˈsɛkənd/, /ˌtwɛnti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number twenty-two. Labels: not-comparable 2. Lasting twenty seconds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twenty-second Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛnti ˈsɛkənd/, /ˌtwɛnti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/ 1. The person or thing in the twenty-second position. 2. One of twenty-two equal parts of a whole.
Word: twenty-third Part of Speech: adj 1. The ordinal form of the number twenty-three. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twenty-third Part of Speech: noun 1. The person or thing in the twenty-third position. 2. One of twenty-three equal parts of a whole.
Word: twenty-fourth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twenty-four + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɔːθ/, /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɔɹθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number twenty-four. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twenty-fourth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twenty-four + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɔːθ/, /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɔɹθ/ 1. The person or thing in the twenty-fourth position. 2. One of twenty-four equal parts of a whole.
Word: twenty-fifth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twenty-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth. Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɪ(f)θ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number twenty-five. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twenty-fifth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twenty-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth. Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɪ(f)θ/ 1. The person or thing in the twenty-fifth position. 2. One of twenty-five equal parts of a whole.