nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pommy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmi/ 1. A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, often Example: Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman′s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding. Example: Rhona nodded her agreement. ‘That′s a very interesting answer from a new Aussie – and a Pommy into the bargain,’ she added.
Word: pommy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmi/ 1. English; British. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, not-comparable Example: A gleam of humour, a moment of beautiful pommy arrogance. Example: That is, of course, until Australian movie stars like Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman proved that they could sell tickets in the West End so long as they could play at being what Rees calls a ‘movie siren’ with a convincing ‘fake pommy accent’.
Word: pommy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pommee (“having round shapes on the extremities”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pommy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pomme + -y. 1. Semé of (strewn with) pommes (roundels vert). Labels: modern, not-comparable, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:pommy.
Word: dry as a dead dingo's donger Part of Speech: adj 1. Very dry, extremely dry. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: ‘Not on a Sunday, mate. Town's as dry as a dead dingo′s donger. This is Queensland,’ explained one of the station hands. Example: ‘It′s been an absolute bloody stinker today, hasn′t it?’ said the tanned octogenarian in an almost indecipherable Australian accent. ‘Dry as a dead dingo′s donger.’ 2. Very thirsty. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: ‘No worries,’ Frank said, paying for his drink. ‘Boy, I need this. I′m drier than a dead dingo′s donger.’ Example: “Let′s have a bottle.” Tim leant across and whispered, “I′m as dry as a dead dingo′s donger.”
Word: donger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of dong. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒŋə/ 1. The penis. Labels: Africa, Australia, UK, informal Example: […] And I had a lad in this morning with the most enormous donger. Example: My donger gets sucked right up inside this bloody hose. Hell it was painful. / ‘Christ almighty,’ Sandy said. ‘Yer right. She′s a powerful pump alright.’
Word: donger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From donga (“transportable cabin”). 1. A donga (transportable cabin or tourist accommodation). Labels: Australia Example: The first donger had one of its sliding windows open a crack, so I was able to get in there without leaving a sign.
Word: brekkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of breakfast + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛ.ki/ 1. Diminutive of breakfast. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, countable, diminutive, form-of, informal, uncountable Example: What's for brekkie, Dad? Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:brekkie.
Word: kangaroo bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal bar or framework of bars on the front of a vehicle to protect it during collisions with kangaroos or cattle. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: The kangaroo bar is attached to the car at five points. Two bottom tubes are fixed via big plate brackets running inside the grille, the two top ones attach to the insides of the wing “walls” and a central lower one looks like a conventional car′s starting handle tube which is welded to the very strong front cross-member. Example: Being a Yank, it takes me a moment to realize that a kangaroo bar is the metal guard I noticed on the front of his truck.
Word: roo bar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of kangaroo bar. 1. A metal bar or framework of metal bars on the front of a vehicle to protect it during collisions with kangaroos or cattle. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: Mr Giles has even, rather whimsically, helped design his preferred vehicle: roo bar for those late-night mercy dashes, roof rack for swags, red hand-print (‘my hand’) instead of red cross on the side. Example: lf you drive in the outback, be sure to bring plenty of water, your cell phone, and other safety supplies (have a roo-bar on the front of the car).
Word: bull bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A welded framework of metal bars at a vehicle's front, designed to protect it during collisions with animals, but often purchased as a fashion accessory. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: 2003 October, Cliff Gromer (article editor), GreatStuff, Popular Mechanics, page 120, Bull bars give your SUV a macho look, as well as add protection and versatility. ARB's bull bars for the Jeep Liberty offer all of the above, with added features that include Hi-Lift jacking points, auxiliary driving-light mounts, a provision for relocating the factory foglights and accommodation for Warn winches. Example: I got the job of buying the after-market products, such as the bull bar and tow bar, so Ruth and I set out for ARB, the 4X4 shop at Caboolture.
Word: pavement pizza Part of Speech: noun 1. A patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground. Labels: Australia, UK, countable, humorous, slang, uncountable Example: I think I'm about to deliver a pavement pizza. Example: Being drunk is one thing, but creating a pavement pizza on a train is clearly overstepping the mark. 2. The badly damaged bodily remains of a person who has jumped or fallen from a great height. Labels: countable, humorous, slang, uncountable Example: She would have been pavement pizza if she hadn′t been strapped in. As it was, she was hanging from the shoulder strap like a parachutist who hit a tree. Example: He′d even heard of there having been a jumper once. Ended up as pavement-pizza, but astoundingly still alive, now simply existing in a semi-vegetable state, a crippled slobbering mess, physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his sorry life. 3. Roadkill. Labels: US, countable, humorous, slang, uncountable Example: That's so the little critters can go there and eat their little hearts out instead of getting them smashed out on the road as a part of a pavement pizza. Example: Had I been in an SUV, the kid would have been pavement pizza.
Word: liquid laugh Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of vomiting; vomit. Labels: Australia, colloquial, humorous, slang Example: The Australian national passtime^([sic]) is drinking as much Foster's as possible and then spewing it up again (recently all over the net). This is followed by another round of drinking, another liquid laugh, more drinking, yet another rainbow smile, more drinking, and so on. Example: My vote for stupidest TNG plot was 'the Royale'. This was the one where the crew visits the hotel that is right out of a shlocky crime pulp. The whole premise (not to mention execution) of this episode made me want to do a liquid laugh.
Word: multicolour yawn Part of Speech: noun 1. Vomit; an act of vomiting. Labels: UK, humorous, slang Example: Consequently, to brighten up a shady spot in the front garden we have recently added ‘Harlequin’, its green foliage splashed generously with white, though hopefully not to be splashed generously with a multicolour yawn.
Word: g'day Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Contraction of good day. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈdeɪ/, /ɡəˈdæɪ/, /ˈɡɪdæɪ/ 1. Hi, hello. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, colloquial Example: "G'day, Missus," said he, with a jerk of his head, and he shifted from one leg to the other, and turned his hat over and over uneasily in his great brown hands. […] "G'day," said 'Lizer, with a bright smile that revealed the prettiest of white teeth. The girl's mouth was as fresh as a rose. […] "G'day, Missus, hope you're keepin' well, an' the Boss, an' the children. Got back sooner'n I expected; Well, how's my mate shapin?" said he. […] It ain't no one's fault but mine," he said, generously. "G'day, Missus; I'm goin' ter find my mate, alive-or dead;" and he galloped away. Example: G'day, Muck. […] Ned 2. Denotes the end of a radio transmission. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: Golf Golf Whiskey Golf, cleared the ILS approach runway one two, contact Sault Tower one one eight decimal eight, g'day.
Word: unvaluable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English valuable English unvaluable From un- + valuable. Piecewise doublet of invaluable. 1. Not valuable; having little value. Labels: rare Example: Because if they never think about you, that means you have never made yourself valuable or unvaluable. You have become a jack of too many trades. So you master nothing. 2. Invaluable; beyond price. Labels: obsolete Example: I kon him thanks that he hath had the hap to chuse, and knowledge to cull-out so worthy a worke, and a booke so fit to the purpose, therewith to make so unvaluable a present unto his Countrie.
Word: Englishman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation. Example: the Ynglishe men had great vyctorye, for there was taken and slayne a greate nombar, and there was slayne the lorde Morley and Englishe man. Example: To see twenty or thirty female Englishmen of full regulation-size dancing a ballet, is an overpowering luxury. 2. A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge). Labels: UK 3. A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians). Labels: Quebec, dated, ethnic, slur Example: ... others, an aging Englishman who would do anything to further his fortune ... 4. A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans). Labels: South-Africa, dated, ethnic, slur Example: Fucking above your head Englishman!
Word: kiwi fruit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kiwifruit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Unusual! Exotic! KIWI FRUITS · PRICKLY PEARS · POMEGRANATES Example: Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice.
Word: yeast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”). Pronunciation: /jiːst/, /jist/, /iːst/ 1. An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A microscopical examination of the yeast taken from these rapid vigorous fermentations will only be able to give useful conclusions in one respect. 3. A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A frothy foam. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: But what most puzzled and confounded you was a long, limber, portentous, black mass of something hovering in the centre of the picture over three blue, dim, perpendicular lines floating in a nameless yeast.
Word: yeast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”). Pronunciation: /jiːst/, /jist/, /iːst/ 1. To ferment. 2. To rise. 3. To exaggerate. Labels: slang
Word: yeasty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yeast + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈjiːsti/ 1. Having or resembling yeast. 2. Foamy and frothy. Example: The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...]. 3. Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance) 4. Trivial. Example: Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions
Word: yegg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /jɛɡ/ 1. A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. Labels: slang Example: 1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars Example: She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Word: yegg Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /jɛɡ/ 1. To rob. Labels: slang Example: The bookmakers were yegged as they left the track in the era of the hand-books.
Word: yanqui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish yanqui, in turn from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry). Dated to 1914. Pronunciation: /ˈjaŋkɪ/, /ˈjæŋki/, /ˈjɑŋki/ 1. A citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: As we taxied down the runway / I could hear the people shout / They said, "Don't come back here, yanqui" / But if I ever do / I'll bring more money
Word: gringo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language. Doublet of Greek. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪŋɡəʊ/, /ˈɡɹɪŋɡoʊ/ 1. A white person from an English-speaking country, particularly the United States. Labels: derogatory, humorous Example: Truly it is as Don José tells me; these gringos have come but to make trouble where all was peace. Example: Indeed, much like her predecessor and mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum has perfected the art of doing the gringos’ dirty work while purporting to act in a “sovereign” fashion – and even to defy the imperial overlords to the north.
Word: yeah Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah. Analyzable as yes + -h. Pronunciation: /jɛ(ə)/, /jaː/, /jæ(.ə)/ 1. Yes. Labels: colloquial Example: —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, all right. 2. Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said. Labels: colloquial Example: —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead. 3. Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener. Labels: colloquial Example: I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!
Word: yeah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah. Analyzable as yes + -h. Pronunciation: /jɛ(ə)/, /jaː/, /jæ(.ə)/ 1. Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc. Labels: colloquial Example: Yeah! We did it!
Word: yeah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See year. 1. Pronunciation spelling of year. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling
Word: mill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname). Doublet of moline, moulin, and blin. Pronunciation: /mɪl/, [mɪɫ], [mɪo̯], [mɪʊ̯] 1. To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine. Labels: transitive Example: to mill flour 2. To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine. Labels: transitive 3. To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin). Labels: transitive 4. To move about in an aimless fashion. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops. Example: The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge. 5. To cause to mill, or circle around. Labels: transitive Example: to mill cattle 6. To swim underwater. 7. To swim suddenly in a new direction. 8. To beat; to pound. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Ortheris said nothing for a while. Then he unslung his belt, heavy with the badges of half a dozen regiments that his own had lain with, and handed it over to Mulvaney. "I'm too little for to mill you, Mulvaney," said he, "an' you've strook me before; but you can take an' cut me in two with this 'ere if you like." Example: […]he had “milled” a policeman 9. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth. 10. To roll (steel, etc.) into bars. Labels: transitive 11. To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning. Labels: transitive 12. To undergo hulling. Labels: intransitive Example: This maize mills well. 13. To take part in a fistfight; to box. Labels: intransitive, slang 14. To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom. Labels: transitive 15. To commit burglary. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you. Example: And why not?—You would think little of peaching and hanging him for this Scotch affair.—Rat me, one might have milled the Bank of England, and less noise about it.
Word: mill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clipping comes by way of the clipped word, millimetre. Pronunciation: /mɪl/, [mɪɫ], [mɪo̯], [mɪʊ̯] 1. One thousandth part. Example: Holonyms: cent < dollar Example: The U.S. has never minted a mill coin, but the Coinage Act of 1792 describes this and other subdivisions of the U.S. dollar. 2. One thousandth part. Example: They predict that the rate will probably go up by several mills next year. 3. One thousandth part. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mills thick. 4. One thousandth part. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter.
Word: mill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of million. Pronunciation: /mɪl/, [mɪɫ], [mɪo̯], [mɪʊ̯] 1. Alternative form of mil (“million”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal
Word: mill Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɪl/, [mɪɫ], [mɪo̯], [mɪʊ̯] 1. A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
Word: mill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994). Pronunciation: /mɪl/, [mɪɫ], [mɪo̯], [mɪʊ̯] 1. To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile. Labels: transitive 2. To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand. Labels: transitive Example: what happens when a Quest Rogue uses Vanish and Malygos gets milled?
Word: mill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994). Pronunciation: /mɪl/, [mɪɫ], [mɪo̯], [mɪʊ̯] 1. Discarding a card from one's deck. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas 2. A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kingsane ^([sic – meaning Kingsbane]) Rogue will forever have a negative connotation attached to it because it began as a mill deck, and mill is one of the most tilt-inducing strategies in fantasy card games. Example: Great for mill, control, or even Voltron decks, Mnemonic Betrayal is a fantastic addition regardless of your strategy.
Word: hander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hander From hand (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhændə(ɹ)/ 1. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession Example: Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were The handers down, can they from thence infer A right t'interpret?
Word: hander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhændə(ɹ)/ 1. Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands Example: Two-handers generally do not transition to the net as quickly or as often as one-handers. This, to me, however, is just a coaching failure rather than a technical limitation. 2. A blow on the hand as punishment. Labels: dated, slang Example: I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.
Word: leather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *letrosbor. Proto-Germanic *leþrą Proto-West Germanic *leþr Old English leþer Middle English lether English leather From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro- (“skin, hide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leder (“leather”), West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”). Compare also English fell (“skin, hide, pelt”), film. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛðə/, /ˈlɛðɚ/, /ˈleðə/, /ˈlɛðəɾ/, /ˈlʌðəɹ/ 1. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A piece of the above used for polishing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A cricket ball or football. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff. 4. clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders. Labels: countable, plural, uncountable 5. A good defensive play Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jones showed good leather to snare that liner. 6. A punch. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The skin. Labels: countable, dated, humorous, uncountable 8. Clipping of fruit leather. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: leather Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *letrosbor. Proto-Germanic *leþrą Proto-West Germanic *leþr Old English leþer Middle English lether English leather From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro- (“skin, hide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leder (“leather”), West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”). Compare also English fell (“skin, hide, pelt”), film. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛðə/, /ˈlɛðɚ/, /ˈleðə/, /ˈlɛðəɾ/, /ˈlʌðəɹ/ 1. Made of leather. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. 2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality. Labels: not-comparable 3. Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some research has documented the phenomenon of leather families as a form of intentional, chosen families created by members of sexual and gender minority groups, often in the face of biological family rejection and marginalization in society (Bauer, 2010; Hammack et al., 2019; Murphy & Bjorngaard, 2019; Pitagora, 2016). Leather families are a network of people that acknowledge and practice ongoing supportive relationships “while sharing the commonalities of the leather and kink scene” (Bannon, 2016). […] Very few studies have examined how many people are members of leather or other “chosen” families.
Word: leather Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *letrosbor. Proto-Germanic *leþrą Proto-West Germanic *leþr Old English leþer Middle English lether English leather From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro- (“skin, hide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leder (“leather”), West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”). Compare also English fell (“skin, hide, pelt”), film. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛðə/, /ˈlɛðɚ/, /ˈleðə/, /ˈlɛðəɾ/, /ˈlʌðəɹ/ 1. To cover with leather. Labels: transitive Example: He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him. 2. To form a leathery surface (on). Labels: ambitransitive Example: By the appearance of his deep suntan, which had leathered his skin, and the calluses that covered his hands, Sheriff Anderson figured the man to be one of the area ranchers. Example: Some leather and droop like bat wings, others, as the poet Brenda Hillman writes, are 'hung in hashtags'. 3. To strike forcefully. Labels: transitive Example: He leathered the ball all the way down the street. 4. To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap. Labels: transitive Example: My father was very angry with me— -he took and leathered ( beat) me, because I ran away from my school ; for I did run away from my school ; he took and tied me up on a Sunday morning, leathered me a Friday night, and Saturday night : I was stripped naked when he leathered me on Friday night, and Saturday; my father told me to strip myself, and he leathered me, it was with a whip; but I do not know where he got the whip; he tied me with my arms extended so -- (spreading out her arms to their extremity, as if they were to be nailed upon a cross) -- My legs were tied too -- I was at the bottom of the dresser. Example: My father was furious with me and reached for the strap. He brutally leathered me with it before sending me to bed for the night.
Word: again Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *ganganąder.? Proto-Germanic *gagin Proto-Germanic *in gagin Proto-West Germanic *in gagin Old English onġēan Middle English agayn English again From Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West Germanic *in gagin, from Proto-Germanic *in gagin. Cognate with German entgegen (“contrary to”), North Frisian ijen (“against”), Danish igen (“again”), Swedish igen (“again”), and Norwegian Bokmål igjen (“again”), and Icelandic í gegnum (“through”). By surface analysis, on- + gain (“against”). Pronunciation: /əˈɡɛ̟n/, /əˈɡeɪ̯n/, /əˈɡɪ̟n/, /əˈɡæ̝ɪ̯n/, /əˈɡe̟n/ 1. Against. Labels: dialectal Example: And here begynneth the treson of Kynge Marke that he ordayned agayne Sir Trystram. Example: Ah'd like to wahrn (warn) thi agaan 'evvin owt to dew wi' that chap.
Word: quack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *quacken, queken (“to croak like a frog; make a noise like a duck, goose, or quail”), from quack, qwacke, quek, queke (“quack”, interjection and noun), also kek, keke, whec-, partly of imitative origin and partly from Middle Dutch quacken (“to croak, quack”), from Old Dutch *kwaken (“to croak, quack”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *kwakaną, *kwakōną (“to croak”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kwoakje, kwaakje (“to quack”), Middle Low German quaken (“to quack, croak”), German quaken (“to quack, croak”), Danish kvække (“to croak”), Swedish kväka (“to croak, quackle”), Norwegian kvekke (“to croak”), Icelandic kvaka (“to twitter, chirp, quack”). Pronunciation: /kwæk/ 1. The vocalisation made by a duck. Example: Did you hear that duck make a quack? Example: Twice a day she took them out to feed in the marshy places, let them waddle and gobble for an hour or two, and then drove them back and shut them up in a small dark shed to digest their meal, whence they gave forth occasionally a melancholy quack.
Word: quack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *quacken, queken (“to croak like a frog; make a noise like a duck, goose, or quail”), from quack, qwacke, quek, queke (“quack”, interjection and noun), also kek, keke, whec-, partly of imitative origin and partly from Middle Dutch quacken (“to croak, quack”), from Old Dutch *kwaken (“to croak, quack”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *kwakaną, *kwakōną (“to croak”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kwoakje, kwaakje (“to quack”), Middle Low German quaken (“to quack, croak”), German quaken (“to quack, croak”), Danish kvække (“to croak”), Swedish kväka (“to croak, quackle”), Norwegian kvekke (“to croak”), Icelandic kvaka (“to twitter, chirp, quack”). Pronunciation: /kwæk/ 1. Of a duck, to make its characteristic vocalisation. Example: The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked. Example: Do you hear the ducks quack? 2. To make a sound similar to the quack of a duck. 3. Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development. Labels: intransitive
Word: quack Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English *quacken, queken (“to croak like a frog; make a noise like a duck, goose, or quail”), from quack, qwacke, quek, queke (“quack”, interjection and noun), also kek, keke, whec-, partly of imitative origin and partly from Middle Dutch quacken (“to croak, quack”), from Old Dutch *kwaken (“to croak, quack”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *kwakaną, *kwakōną (“to croak”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kwoakje, kwaakje (“to quack”), Middle Low German quaken (“to quack, croak”), German quaken (“to quack, croak”), Danish kvække (“to croak”), Swedish kväka (“to croak, quackle”), Norwegian kvekke (“to croak”), Icelandic kvaka (“to twitter, chirp, quack”). Pronunciation: /kwæk/ 1. A duck's quack.
Word: quack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Clipping of quacksalver (see there for more), of Dutch origin; ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /kwæk/ 1. A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients Labels: derogatory Example: That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack! Example: 1662, Rump: or an Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to Late Times, Vol. II, by ‘the most Eminent Wits’ Tis hard to say, how much these Arse-wormes do urge us, We now need no Quack but these Jacks for to purge us, … 2. Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: The very quaik of faſhions, the very hee that / VVeares a Steletto on his chinne. 3. Any doctor. Labels: derogatory, humorous, mildly, slang Example: That quack wants me to quit smoking, eat less, and start exercising. The nerve!
Word: quack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Clipping of quacksalver (see there for more), of Dutch origin; ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /kwæk/ 1. To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine). Example: […] it is incredible, and scarce to be imagin’d, how the Posts of Houses, and Corners of Streets were plaster’d over with Doctors Bills, and Papers of ignorant Fellows; quacking and tampering in Physick, and inviting the People to come to them for Remedies; 2. To make vain and loud pretensions. Labels: obsolete Example: Seek out for Plants with Signatures To Quack of Universal Cures
Word: quack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Clipping of quacksalver (see there for more), of Dutch origin; ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /kwæk/ 1. Falsely presented as having medicinal powers. Example: Don't get your hopes up; that's quack medicine! Example: In precisely the same way does a quack doctor prescribe his infallible nostrum to every patient, without taking into account differences of constitution, or [...]
Word: advertisement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin advertō Old French avertir Middle French advertir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment Middle French advertissementbor. English advertisement From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise + -ment. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/, /ˈædvəˌtaɪzmənt/, /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, /ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/, /ədˈvɝtɪzmənt/ 1. A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications. 2. A public notice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks. 3. A recommendation of a particular product, service or person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The good manners and intelligence of the students are an advertisement for the school. 4. Notoriety. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.
Word: adjustment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Old Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Old Latin -tus Old Latin iovestos Latin iūstusbor. Old French juste French juste French ajuster Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French ajustementbor. English adjustment From French ajustement, or else adjust + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒʌst.mənt/, /əˈd͡ʒɐst.mənt/, /əˈd͡ʒast.mənt/ 1. The action of adjusting something. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The settling or balancing of a financial account. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee. 4. The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult. 5. The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Qiana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Introduced in the 1960s; originally a trademark of DuPont. 1. A silky material made from nylon fibers.
Word: qua Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Latin quā (“in the capacity of”). Pronunciation: /kwɑː/, /kweɪ/ 1. as; in the capacity of; acting as Example: Qua work of art, the work of art cannot be interpreted; there is nothing to interpret; we can only criticize it according to standards, in comparison to other works of art; […] Example: As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
Word: qua Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. 1. The cawing sound of a crow. Example: Crows have a language of their own in a wild state that any observant person can learn. […] Then he would straighten his head back and, with the most comical bowing and wagging, say: "Qua qua qua, qua qua qua" for perhaps a minute. Example: Qua... qua... qua... out of the blue I hear the crows cawing with great fanfare as they announce to the world at large that they are here by my side and intend to probe into my being.
Word: island Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *awjō Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland Old English īeġland Middle English ilond English iland English island From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English īeġland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą (from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“island, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂) + *landą (“land”), equivalent to ey + land. Doublet of Öland. Cognate with Scots island, iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Swedish ö (“island”), Öland (“Sweden's second largest island”), Danish ø (“island”), Norwegian øy (“island”), øyland (“large island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”). The insertion of ⟨s⟩—a 16th century spelling modification—is due to a change in spelling to the unrelated term isle, which previously lacked s (cf. Middle English ile, yle). The re-addition was mistakenly carried over to include iland as well. Related also to German Aue (“water-meadow”), Latin aqua (“water”). More at ea. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪlənd/, /aj.læɳɖ/ 1. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water. Example: No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […] Example: It's only an island if you look at it from the water… 2. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island. Labels: broadly Example: Despite its name, Barry Island is actually a peninsula 3. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself. Example: The quiet library was an island of tranquility in the noisy, bustling city. Example: an island of colors on a butterfly's wing 4. A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck. 5. A traffic island. Example: the island in the middle of a roundabout 6. A roundabout; a traffic circle. Labels: West-Midlands, broadly Example: Dunton island, near Birmingham, is one of the most confusingly labelled islands in the U.K. Example: In Coventry, you will often hear people say: “Turn right at the island”. 7. A bench, counter, etc., that is not connected to a wall or other furniture and which can be used from any side. Example: A short, rather studious young woman on noticing him moved from behind an island counter. 8. A bench, counter, etc., that is not connected to a wall or other furniture and which can be used from any side. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis 9. An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas. 10. A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar. Example: Adverbial subordinate clauses are islands for extraction: "They have a billion dollars of inventory that they don't know where *(it) is".
Word: island Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *awjō Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland Old English īeġland Middle English ilond English iland English island From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English īeġland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą (from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“island, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂) + *landą (“land”), equivalent to ey + land. Doublet of Öland. Cognate with Scots island, iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Swedish ö (“island”), Öland (“Sweden's second largest island”), Danish ø (“island”), Norwegian øy (“island”), øyland (“large island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”). The insertion of ⟨s⟩—a 16th century spelling modification—is due to a change in spelling to the unrelated term isle, which previously lacked s (cf. Middle English ile, yle). The re-addition was mistakenly carried over to include iland as well. Related also to German Aue (“water-meadow”), Latin aqua (“water”). More at ea. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪlənd/, /aj.læɳɖ/ 1. To surround with water; make into an island. Labels: transitive Example: We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses. Example: The car soon seemed islanded in water. 2. To set, dot (as if) with islands. Labels: transitive Example: the many-islanded Aegean Example: God dwells in light! Before the ocean of unmeasured space, was islanded with stars serenely bright, reflecting back the radiance of his face - he dwelt above in heaven’s immortal bliss, thinking into existence that which is. 3. To isolate. Labels: transitive Example: The turkey's nest was islanded with a fragrant swath,—the "heft" of the crop noted and rejoiced over,—the tons of good timothy and clover calculated,— […] Example: High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam / Islanded in Severn stream.
Word: quadrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/, /ˈkwɑ.dɹənt/, /ˈkwɔd.ɹənt/, [ˈkwɔ̟d.ɹənt] 1. One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines. Example: Kids, I swear, I'm gonna love all of you, and equally. I'll be dividing my love into seven equal sections, or "Love Quadrants". Each quadrant will be worth 15 "Love Units" represented by these small brass marbles. You may use these marbles as currency amongst yourselves. Collect 35 "Love Units", you can trade those in for a beach towel with my face on it. Example: Ops wanted some initiative, blew up their entire quadrant. I'm movin' like Oppenheimer. 2. One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis. 3. One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°. 4. A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude. 5. One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
Word: quadrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English quadrant, quadrante, from Latin quadrātum; form influenced by Etymology 1. Doublet of quadrat and quadrate. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/, /ˈkwɑ.dɹənt/, /ˈkwɔd.ɹənt/, [ˈkwɔ̟d.ɹənt] 1. A square or quadrangle. Labels: obsolete Example: There is an outcourt or quadrant, whereof one side is a gallery to walk in, being in length six hundred feet.
Word: quadrilateral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin quadrilaterus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈlætəɹəl/, /ˌkwɑdɹəˈlætəɹəl/, [ˌkʰw̥ɑd̠ɹ̠˔ʷɪ̈ˈlæɾəɹəɫ] 1. A polygon with four sides. 2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other. Example: The Venetian quadrilateral comprised Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
Word: quadrilateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin quadrilaterus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈlætəɹəl/, /ˌkwɑdɹəˈlætəɹəl/, [ˌkʰw̥ɑd̠ɹ̠˔ʷɪ̈ˈlæɾəɹəɫ] 1. Having four sides. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadruped Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kʷetrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- + -ped. Doublet of tetrapod. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/, /ˈkwɑdɹəˌpɛd/ 1. A four-footed or four-legged animal. Example: Bradshaw knew nothing of the 'wind of change' that was coming in a century's time, so he contented himself with an exposition on the Vale of the White Horse, "deriving its singular denomination from the gigantic carving of that useful quadruped, on a high chalky hill beyond". 2. A mammal ambulating on all fours.
Word: quadrupedal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kʷetrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English quadrupedal From quadruped + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkwɑdʒɹəˈpiːdəl/ 1. Walking on four feet. Labels: not-comparable