nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: apiarist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English apiary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English apiarist From apiary + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪpi.əɹɪst/ 1. beekeeper Example: Some late and very curious experiments, however, of M. Huber, one of the most celebrated apiarists in Europe, have shewn that the pollen has no share whatever in the formation of wax; but that this substance is produced indiscriminately from honey, sugar, or any other saccharine matter, which serves as food for the bees. Example: In addition to this there are, within the borders of the United States, thousands of good locations for the apiarist — forest, prairie, swamp, and mountain regions — where agriculture has not yet gained a foothold, either because of remoteness from markets or the uninviting character of soil or climate.
Word: beekeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bee + keeper. Pronunciation: /ˈbiˌkipɚ/ 1. A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
Word: lobo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”). Doublet of lupus and wolf. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊbəʊ/ 1. A wolf. Labels: Southwestern, US, dialectal Example: We used to pay a $20.00 bounty a head on lobos for a good many years, but stopped it because it was abused. Lobo scalps from Arizona, [...] Example: "That may be so," Donnelly allowed, "but there desperate men around these parts, especially wolfers who have been collecting bounties for lobo scalps since the big snows of the Hard Winter."
Word: sons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sʌnz/ 1. plural of son Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meerkat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), compare English mercat. Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). Note however Old High German merikazza, so any influence from Indo-Aryan would have to be exceptionally early. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪəkat/, /ˈmɪəɹkæt/ 1. Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.
Word: silly goose Part of Speech: noun 1. A silly person; a simpleton. Labels: informal
Word: wild-goose chase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early recorded use refers to a type of 16th century horse race where everyone had to try to follow the erratic course of the lead horse, like wild geese have to follow their leader in formation. Mentioned in 1593 in the English poet Gervase Markham’s book about horsemanship. Also mentioned in the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, scene 4 by the character Mercutio: “Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done; for thou hast more of the wild goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five.” Mentioned in Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy (1621). Common use in the current may be the origin for the sport sense. 1. A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: I went on a wild-goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them. Example: Diagnosing this software application's problems is a wild-goose chase because it is built in an environment that has poor debugging tools.
Word: goose-step Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goose + step. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.stɛp/, /ˈɡuːs.stɛp/ 1. A style of march in which the legs advance in turn without bending the knee, whether as a low quick march or a rigorous high slow march for ceremonial occasions; the various drills associated with these marches. Labels: derogatory, often Example: The balance or goose-step introduced for their practice excites a fever of disgust. Example: The small boys had discovered the goose step, and it filled their little souls with amazement and delight. That human beings should consent to those ridiculous paces seemed to them almost incredibly funny. 2. A deceptive step that breaks the normal flow of running and allows a player to accelerate and/or change direction quickly while simultaneously confusing the defender.
Word: goose-step Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From goose + step. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.stɛp/, /ˈɡuːs.stɛp/ 1. To march with a goose-step.
Word: chip Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪp/, [t͡ʃʰɪp] 1. To leave. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang Example: ‘Lloyd, I’m gonna chip.’ ‘You just got here!’ ‘I know–but I gotta chip. Got shit to do.’
Word: alone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Old English eall ān Middle English all oon Middle English allone English alone From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. For the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one. Pronunciation: /əˈləʊn/, /əˈlɛːn/, /əˈlon/, /əˈloːn/, /əˈloʊn/ 1. By oneself, solitary. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: I can't ask for help because I am alone. Example: It is not good that the man should be alone. 2. By oneself, solitary. Labels: not-comparable, predicative 3. Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone. Example: I always organize my Halloween candy before eating it. Am I alone in this? 4. Apart from, or exclusive of, others. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, predicative Example: There are proofs enough in History, and first that beautiful Hynes, so much beloved by Charles the seventh King of France, who valued the alone possession of her Love at so high a rate, that[…] Example: God, […] by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. 5. Mere; consisting of nothing further. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, predicative Example: and therefore all Killing, Banishing, Fining, Imprisoning, and other such things, which Men are afflicted with, for the alone exercise of their Conscience, or difference in Worship or Opinion, proceedeth from the spirit of Cain, the Murderer, and is contrary to the Truth; 6. Unique; rare; matchless. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, predicative Example: Pardon me, Proteus, all I can is nothing / To her, whose worth makes other worthies nothing; / She is alone.
Word: alone Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Old English eall ān Middle English all oon Middle English allone English alone From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. For the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one. Pronunciation: /əˈləʊn/, /əˈlɛːn/, /əˈlon/, /əˈloːn/, /əˈloʊn/ 1. By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: She walked home alone. 2. Without outside help. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: The job was too hard for me to do alone. 3. Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: The president alone has the power to initiate a nuclear launch. Example: They must be told, that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the People alone; 4. Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: Oral antibiotics alone won't clear the infection. Example: Except on matters of mere detail, there are perhaps no practical questions, even among those which approach nearest to the character of purely economical questions, which admit of being decided on economical premises alone. 5. Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it. Labels: broadly, not-comparable, predicative Example: Her wardrobe is huge. She has three racks for blazers alone. Example: The first sentence alone sold me on the book.
Word: acetones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acetone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: along Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Old English andlang Middle English English along From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong. Pronunciation: /əˈlɒŋ/, /əˈlæŋ/, /əˈlɑŋ/, /əˈlɔŋ/ 1. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to. Example: Water whished along the boat as we rowed upstream. Example: They were waiting for me in the drawing-room, which is a very large room, stretching along the entire front of the house, with three long windows reaching down to the floor 2. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on. Example: The kine[…]went along the highway. Example: In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
Word: along Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Old English andlang Middle English English along From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong. Pronunciation: /əˈlɒŋ/, /əˈlæŋ/, /əˈlɑŋ/, /əˈlɔŋ/ 1. In company; together. Labels: not-comparable Example: John played the piano and everyone sang along. Example: From The Best of You to The Pretender, their own material invariably came equipped with huge choruses designed to be bellowed along to; they covered Another One Bites the Dust and Under Pressure; they gave every impression of being willing to play all night were it not for the curfew. 2. Onward, forward, with progressive action. Labels: not-comparable Example: Don't stop here. Just move along. Example: I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
Word: alongside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From along + side; compare alongsides. Pronunciation: /əˌlɒŋˈsaɪd/, /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/, /əˌlɑŋˈsaɪd/, /əˈlɑŋˌsaɪd/, /əˌlɔŋˈsɑed/ 1. Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ahoy! Bring your boat alongside. Example: All of a sudden, another car drew up alongside.
Word: alongside Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From along + side; compare alongsides. Pronunciation: /əˌlɒŋˈsaɪd/, /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/, /əˌlɑŋˈsaɪd/, /əˈlɑŋˌsaɪd/, /əˌlɔŋˈsɑed/ 1. Side by side with. 2. Together with or at the same time. Example: The nurse worked alongside the doctor. Example: The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
Word: aloof Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart". Pronunciation: /əˈluːf/ 1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Example: Sisyphus also I saw, with unwelcomest taskage tormented, / Toilsomely hoisting aloof, unassisted, a ponderous round stone. Example: The noise approaches, tho' our palace stood Aloof from streets, encompass'd with a wood 2. Without sympathy; unfavorably. Example: But to open the Bible in this spirit — to take the Book as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof, and with caution, as if throughout it were illusory and enigmatical, is the worst of all impieties.
Word: aloof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart". Pronunciation: /əˈluːf/ 1. Either physically or emotionally remote: distant, standoffish. Example: None may ever hear the speech of the poets of that city, to whom the gods have spoken. It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.
Word: aloof Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart". Pronunciation: /əˈluːf/ 1. Away from; clear of. Labels: obsolete Example: Rivetus […] would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.
Word: aloud Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”). Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊd/ 1. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Try speaking aloud rather than whispering. 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. 2. Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly. Labels: not-comparable Example: speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately Example: He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
Word: aloud Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”). Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊd/ 1. Spoken out loud. Labels: not-comparable Example: When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent
Word: alpine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.paɪn/, /ˈæl.pɪn/ 1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline. Example: alpine snows Example: alpine plants 2. Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline. Labels: alt-of, sometimes, specifically 3. Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
Word: alpine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.paɪn/, /ˈæl.pɪn/ 1. Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens. Example: There can be little doubt that the autumn-flowering gentians are the elite of late-flowering alpines, but alas they can only be enjoyed by those gardeners with an acid soil, unless they can be grown in containers.
Word: already Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English alredy (“fully; already”), equivalent to al- (“all, completely”) + ready. Cognate with West Frisian alreeds (“already”), Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids ("already"; whence modern German Low German alreeds (“already”)), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready. The use as an intensifier in American English is a semantic loan from Yiddish שוין (shoyn), attested from 1903. In Singapore English, the use of already as a marker of action completion and change of state is analogous to Hokkien 了 (liáu), Teochew 了 (liao²) and Mandarin 了 (le). Compare Malay (su)dah and Cantonese 咗 (zo²), 喇 (laa³). Pronunciation: /ɔːlˈɹɛdi/, /ɑlˈɹɛdi/, /ɔlˈɹɛdi/ 1. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news. Example: Much of what he said I knew already. 2. So soon. Labels: not-comparable Example: Are you quitting already? 3. An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable Example: I wish they'd finish already, so we can get going. Example: Enough already! 4. Indicates the completion of an action (whether past or hypothetical), or more generally, perfective aspect. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable Example: You frame the picture for me already anot? Example: “Yah, I sign already,” my mother replied. 5. Marks a change in state, more or less in the same manner as the inchoative aspect. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable Example: I don’t think he can take it already. Example: Your ice cream is melting already.
Word: alienist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French aliéniste, from aliéné (“insane”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.lɪ.ən.ɪst/ 1. An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications. Labels: dated Example: ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably. Example: A trial for poisoning means an exhaustive study not only of analytic chemistry, but of practical medicine on the part of all the lawyers in the case, while a plea of insanity requires that, for the time being, the district attorney shall become an alienist, familiar with every aspect of paranoia, dementia praecox, and all other forms of mania. 2. A psychiatrist. Labels: dated
Word: Alton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːltən/, /ˈɒltən/ 1. A number of places in England: 2. A number of places in England: 3. A number of places in England: 4. A number of places in England: 5. A number of places in England: 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 number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A rural community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 25. A community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada. 26. A town in the Shire of Balonne, southern Queensland, Australia. 27. A rural community in Taranaki, New Zealand. 28. An English habitational surname from Old English. 29. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: ...because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow Wilson.
Word: alteration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō. Morphologically alter + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ɑl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of altering or making different. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: …alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences… 2. The act of altering or making different. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The doctors don't see any alteration in the patient's condition. Example: …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.
Word: ghostwriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghost + writer. 1. A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity. Example: Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work. Example: Ghostwriters, typically the faceless forces behind many books by famous non-writers, are now becoming more visible, with celebrities openly teaming up with high-profile professionals.
Word: KIA Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is killed in action.
Word: KIA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of killed in action. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: KIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Kachin Independence Army. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Formed in 1961 to fight for greater autonomy for the ethnic minority of the same name, the KIA had built itself into a formidable military force, with deep experience operating in mountainous terrain.
Word: KIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of King's Indian Attack Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: gnome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gnome (“gnome”), from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ̯m/, /ˈnoʊ̯m/, /ˈnɔʊ̯m/, /ˈnəʉ̯m/ 1. An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth. Example: He adopts the Rosycrusian fancy of Gnomes, spirits which inhabit the earth, and who by their power form the ores of metals, and all the wonders met with in the inmost recesses of the globe. Example: Day belongs to the earthlier deities—the stern, the harsh, and the cold. Gnomes are the spirits of daily hours. Toil, thought, and strife, beset us: we have to work, to quarrel, and to struggle: we have to take our neighbours in; or, at least, to avoid their doing so by us. 2. One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining. Example: When the trees were disposed of, the gnomes vanished again. Example: There were not one but four gnomes standing at his feet. “I nearly trod on you,” Daniel said. “What are you doing here?” The gnomes just stood, looking up at him. 3. A person of a small stature or misshapen features, or of a strange appearance. Labels: derogatory, informal 4. The mountain pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States. 5. A small statue of a dwarf-like character, often bearded, placed in a garden. Example: There were ornamental ponds and shrubs clipped into animal shapes, painted concrete gnomes sitting on mushrooms, pink flamingos standing on one leg[.] Example: Gnomes, more than any other garden feature, divide the gardening world. Once welcomed in the hallowed halls of the International Horticultural Exhibition at Chelsea, this year a lonesome gnome had the ignominity to be ejected from those same grounds, victim of a ban on all things mythical and unduly colourful. 6. An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue starter. 7. A banker, especially a secretive international one. Labels: derogatory, often Example: the gnomes of Zurich Example: So far the major beneficiaries of the boom in gold have been deposed South American dictators, Middle Eastern potentates, and the gnomes of Zurich.
Word: gnome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnṓmē, “thought, opinion”), from the base of γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”). Pronunciation: /nəʊm/, /nəʊmi/ 1. A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying. Example: 1996, Giambattista Vico, Giorgio A. Pinton, Arthur W. Shippee (translators), The Art of Rhetoric, [1711-1741, Giambattista Vico, Institutiones Oratoriae], page 125, The Greeks in their tongue call this second type of maxim noema. The gnome is more appropriate to the philosophers, and the noema to the orators, to the poets, and to the historians. To speak by gnomes alone was referred to by the Greeks as "philosophizing" which we Italians would render as "to mouth maxims" (sputar sentenze). Example: Thus, the gnome concerning the precarious nature of, and the potential suffering in, human life sent by the gods uttered by Electra is deconstructed by her choice of paradigm. By using Tantalos as an illustration, the play overturns the apparent meaning of the gnome.
Word: alterative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus. Pronunciation: /ˈɒl.tɹə.tɪv/, /ˈɒl.tə.ɹə.tɪv/, /ˈɔl.tɚˌaɪ.tɪv/, /ˈɔl.tɚ.ə.tɪv/ 1. A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc. Labels: historical Example: Amongst this number of cordials and alteratives I do not find a more present remedy than a cup of wine or strong drink, if it be soberly and opportunely used.
Word: alterative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin alterativum, noun use of alterativus. Pronunciation: /ˈɒl.tɹə.tɪv/, /ˈɒl.tə.ɹə.tɪv/, /ˈɔl.tɚˌaɪ.tɪv/, /ˈɔl.tɚ.ə.tɪv/ 1. Causing alteration. 2. Causing alteration.
Word: altercation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin altercātiō. Cognates * Catalan altercació * Italian altercazione * Occitan altercatio, altercassion * Portuguese altercação * Spanish altercación Pronunciation: /ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/, /ˌɒl-/, /ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌɑltɚˈkeɪʃən/ 1. An angry or heated dispute. Labels: countable Example: to get into an altercation over (something) Example: The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men. 2. An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law. Labels: countable, historical Example: The vvhole of this proceſs is denominated the pleading; in the ſeveral ſtages of vvhich it muſt be carefully obſerved, not to depart or vary from the title or defence, vvhich the party has once inſiſted on. For this (vvhich is called a departure in pleading) might occaſion endleſs altercation. 3. Angry or heated disputation. Labels: uncountable Example: VVee ſeldome find one peece of Scripture ſo preciſely and plainely expounded by another, as in this Prophecie, to haue aftervvards beene the Subiect of altercation. Example: The greateſt of my trouble is, that I am forced to deal vvith a vvriting vvhich is filled vvith […] ſo many angry vvords, and ſo many hiſtoricall untruths, that, as I knovv my very mentioning the later vvill be ill taken, ſo I knovv not hovv to deal vvith the former. For if I ſhould pleaſe my ſelf in overpaſſing them, I knovv ſome vvill ſay his Book is unanſvvered, vvho take the ſtrength of it to lie in ſuch vvords: And if I anſvver it, as I ſhall but vveary a Judicious Reader, vvho looks for Arguments, and loathes altercation, ſo I ſhall be forced to ſpeak according to the matter; […]
Word: alternate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take turns”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -nus. Doublet of altern; see also alter. Pronunciation: /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/, /ɔːlˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/, /ˈɔl.tɚ.nət/, /ˈɑl.tɚ.nət/ 1. Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly). Labels: not-comparable Example: And bid alternate passions fall and rise Example: One of the two boxes displaced by the new Pelaw installation will be Springwell, between Boldon Colliery and Pelaw, which has recently had the distinction of being manned by a husband and wife on alternate shifts. 2. Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly). Labels: not-comparable Example: Goldschmidt (Austria; creation July 27, 1862): [...] party, argent and gules, an eagle of alternate colors, [...] 3. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second. Labels: not-comparable Example: the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. 4. Other; alternative. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser. Example: He lives in an alternate universe and an alternate reality. 5. Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence Labels: not-comparable Example: Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry).
Word: alternate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take turns”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -nus. Doublet of altern; see also alter. Pronunciation: /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/, /ɔːlˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/, /ˈɔl.tɚ.nət/, /ˈɑl.tɚ.nət/ 1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. Example: Grateful alternates of substantial peace. 2. A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. Labels: US Example: An alternate for the first-string quarterback played the entire first half. Example: Corridors beyond this point have collapsed. I'm looking for an alternate. Careful. 3. A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. 4. A replacement of equal or greater value or function. Labels: US
Word: alternate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take turns”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -nus. Doublet of altern; see also alter. Pronunciation: /ˈɒl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪt/, /ˈɔːl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪt/, /ˈɔl.tɚ.neɪt/, /ˈɑl.tɚ.neɪt/ 1. To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. Labels: transitive Example: The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. 2. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with. Labels: intransitive Example: The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. 3. To vary by turns. Labels: intransitive Example: The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains. 4. To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation. Labels: transitive Example: This case suggests that the alternation of a polyhedron should be bounded by actual vertex figures and alternated faces. The case of the cube is in agreement with this notion, since the alternated square is nothing.
Word: alternately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English alternate Middle English -ly English -ly English alternately From alternate + -ly. Pronunciation: [ɔːlˈtɜɹnətlɪ], /ɔlˈtə(ɹ)nətliː/, /ˈɔl.tɚ.nət.li/ 1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order. Labels: not-comparable Example: Driving downtown is restricted to bikes with odd and even license plate numbers alternately by day of the month. Example: All night Katerina and I watched alternately, though, I shame to say, I slept more than I watched; and, having first ascertained that there was no change, I came directly hither. 2. By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent. Labels: not-comparable 3. Alternatively. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes Example: Downstairs, he was informed. That is, down the escalators, where there is both a women’s room (often with a line) and a men’s room (almost never with a line). Or alternately, he could ask the station master to buzz him into the “family” bathroom. He opted to go downstairs. Example: Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.
Word: alternation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin alternatio; compare French alternation. By surface analysis, alternate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˈɒl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪ.ʃən/, /ˈɔl.tɚˌneɪ.ʃən/, /ˈɑl.tɚˌneɪ.ʃən/ 1. The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the alternation of day and night Example: alternation of summer and winter 2. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are Anthems to be found amongst them , where every syllable has its just length ; each part of a sentence its proper pause : where the words are not confused by perplexing alternations, or rendered tedious by unnecessary repetitions 3. Ablaut. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob". Labels: countable, uncountable Example: dative alternation; locative alternation 5. The "inclusive or" truth function. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A permutation. Labels: countable, proscribed, uncountable 8. A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1932, Harold Scott Macdonald Coxeter, The densities of the regular polytopes, part 2, reprinted in 1995, F. Arthur Sherk, Peter Mcmullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivić Weiss (editors), Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H. S. M. Coxeter, page 54, This case suggests that the alternation of a polyhedron should be bounded by actual vertex figures and alternated faces. The case of the cube is in agreement with this notion, since the alternated square is nothing.
Word: altogether Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”), Dutch altegaar. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together. The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby. Pronunciation: /ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/, /ɔː.tuːˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/, /ɔːl.təˈɡɛð.ə/, /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, /ˈɔl.təˌɡɛð.ɚ/ 1. Completely, wholly, or without exception. Labels: not-comparable Example: Police did not seem altogether satisfied with my alibi. Example: Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me. 2. On the whole; with everything considered. Labels: not-comparable Example: Altogether, I'm sorry it happened. Example: A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After FIFA’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. 3. With everything included. Labels: not-comparable Example: Altogether, your bill comes to $6.99. 4. An intensifier: without doubt, clearly. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: It was a great game altogether. Example: That took altogether too much time.
Word: altogether Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”), Dutch altegaar. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together. The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby. Pronunciation: /ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/, /ɔː.tuːˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/, /ɔːl.təˈɡɛð.ə/, /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, /ˈɔl.təˌɡɛð.ɚ/ 1. A state of nakedness. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: And she objects, too, to the "altogether." Her gowns will never be cut more décolleté than those seen in the boxes of the Metropolitan Opera House of New York city. Example: Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.
Word: always Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wegaz Proto-West Germanic *weg Old English weġ Old English ealneġ Middle English alwey Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Middle English -es Middle English alweyes English always From Middle English alweyes, alwayes, alweys, a variant of Middle English alwey, alway (“always”), from Old English ealneġ, ealne weġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way, all the while, continuously”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to alway + -s. Cognate with Scots always (“always”), Low German allerwegens (“very often”, literally “all ways'”). More at all, way. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.weɪz/, /ˈɔː.weɪz/, /ˈɔːl.wɪz/, /ˈoː.wɛjz/, /ˈaː.wɪz/ 1. At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning. Labels: not-comparable Example: God is always the same. Example: Green has always been my favorite color. I’ve loved it for as long as I can remember. 2. Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally). Labels: not-comparable Example: In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime. Example: His liveries are black,—his carriage is black,—he always rides a black galloway,—and, faith, if he ever marry again, I think he will show his respect to the sainted Maria by marrying a black woman. 3. if necessary, or if there is no better option; in any event. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I thought I could always go back to work.
Word: always Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wegaz Proto-West Germanic *weg Old English weġ Old English ealneġ Middle English alwey Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Middle English -es Middle English alweyes English always From Middle English alweyes, alwayes, alweys, a variant of Middle English alwey, alway (“always”), from Old English ealneġ, ealne weġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way, all the while, continuously”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to alway + -s. Cognate with Scots always (“always”), Low German allerwegens (“very often”, literally “all ways'”). More at all, way. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.weɪz/, /ˈɔː.weɪz/, /ˈɔːl.wɪz/, /ˈoː.wɛjz/, /ˈaː.wɪz/ Labels: empty-gloss, informal, no-gloss Example: I am her always and she is my always and that’s the whole trouble. For two years I tried to make her pregnant. Example: What we saw was cute-'n'-cuddly Willow, takin' care of her girl and spouting nauseating platitudes like "You're my always."
Word: superficial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃəl/, [ˌsʊu̯pəˈfɪʃəl] ~ [ˌsʊu̯pəˈfɪʃl̩], /ˌsupɚˈfɪʃəl/, [ˌsʊu̯pɚˈfɪʃəl] ~ [ˌsʊu̯pɹ̩ˈfɪʃl̩] 1. Existing, occurring, or located on the surface. Labels: relational 2. Existing, occurring, or located on the surface. Labels: often, relational Example: superficial muscles Example: The epidermis is superficial to the subcutis. 3. Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. 4. Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent. Example: Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand. 5. Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent. Example: These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰ 6. Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface. Labels: rare 7. Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume. Labels: UK Example: one superficial foot
Word: superficial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃəl/, [ˌsʊu̯pəˈfɪʃəl] ~ [ˌsʊu̯pəˈfɪʃl̩], /ˌsupɚˈfɪʃəl/, [ˌsʊu̯pɚˈfɪʃəl] ~ [ˌsʊu̯pɹ̩ˈfɪʃl̩] 1. A surface detail. Labels: plural-normally Example: He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.
Word: sundial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + dial, a clarification of dial after it was used for other objects as well. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌdaɪ.əl/ 1. A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks. Example: The birdbath includes a small gnomon that acts as a sundial with markings on the basin if it's aligned correctly with the sun. Example: Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics." 2. A sea snail of the genus Heliacus.
Word: pointer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From point + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4). Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪn.tə/, /ˈpɔɪn.təɹ/, /ˈpɔɪnəɹ/ 1. Anything that points or is used for pointing. Example: The talkers and pointers had undermined him. They had touched him with the acid of their suspicions, and the corrosion spread until he himself had lost sight of the truth. Example: The man he addressed drew back in horror, but answered the musketeer’s words by pointing his finger. Athos offered the man a half pistole to accompany him, but the man refused. Athos went down the street that the pointer had indicated to him with his finger; […] 2. Anything that points or is used for pointing. 3. Anything that points or is used for pointing. 4. Anything that points or is used for pointing. Example: Most of the early wirehaired pointers represented a combination of Griffon, Stichelhaar, Pudelpointer, and German Shorthair. The Pudelpointer was a cross between a Poodle dog and an English Pointer bitch; the Griffon and the Stichelhaar were composed of Pointer, Foxhound, Pudelpointer, and a Polish water dog. 5. Anything that points or is used for pointing. Example: I do consider assignment statements and pointer variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." 6. Anything that points or is used for pointing. Example: The system notifies the user of the progress of a task by changing the appearance of the pointer. System-busy pointers usually adopt a timepiece metaphor. 7. A tip, a bit of advice. Labels: in-plural Example: The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper. Example: In a paper to the Institute of Locomotive Engineers on February 17 which ranged over the whole subject of auxiliary services on London Transport rolling stock, Mr. R. I. D. Arthurton, Mechanical Engineer (Development—Railways) London Transport Board, gave some pointers to the future on the Victoria Line and elsewhere. 8. Something that gives a point (sharp end) to something. Example: pencil pointer 9. Something worth a given number of points. Example: a ten-pointer Example: After another penalty miss, Kvirikashvili finally found the target on 27 minutes before Flood hit back with a three-pointer of his own.
Word: Tucson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mexican Spanish Tucsón, from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon (literally “[at the base of the] black mountain”) [tʃʊk ʂɔːn], referring to Sentinel Peak (colloquially known as '"A" Mountain') visible in the west of Tucson’s downtown area. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːsɒn/, /ˈtusɑn/, /tuˈsɑn/ 1. A city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States. Example: Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match in a DNA database would have been a dead end. Now for investigators, it is just the beginning.