nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The origins are not entirely clear. The term was first noted by the lexicographer F.C. Bowen in 1929, in his Sea Slang: a dictionary of the old-timers’ expressions and epithets, where he defines wogs as "lower class Babu shipping clerks on the Indian coast." The most common theory is that it is a clipping of golliwog, which was first used as the name of a black-faced doll in Florence Upton’s 1895 book The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg. A variety of folk etymologies exist, with the most common claiming that the word is an acronym for one of either westernized, worthy, wily, or wonderful preceding “Oriental gentlemen”. Another erroneous claim is that it was used in the mid 1800s, with WOGS (meaning Working On Government Service) stencilled on the shirts of Indian workers in Egypt. The Scientologist sense is from the usage of L. Ron Hubbard, who apparently accepted the folk etymology from “worthy Oriental gentleman” but employed the term to mean “common ordinary run-of-the-mill garden-variety humanoid”. Pronunciation: /wɒɡ/, /wɔɡ/, /wɑɡ/ 1. (Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants. Labels: Australia, obsolete 2. To steal. Labels: Australia, UK, dated
Word: wog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of polliwog (“a tadpole”). Pronunciation: /wɒɡ/, /wɔɡ/, /wɑɡ/ 1. Clipping of polliwog. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator. Labels: slang
Word: wog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Probably from Etymology 2, a clipping of polliwog (“a tadpole”). Pronunciation: /wɒɡ/, /wɔɡ/, /wɑɡ/ 1. A bug, an insect. Labels: Australia, slang 2. A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc. Labels: Australia, slang 3. A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games. Labels: Australia, obsolete, slang
Word: teenybopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the 1950s from teeny (“teenage”) + bopper (“one who dances to the form of improvisational jazz popular at the time”). Pronunciation: /ˈtiniˌbɑpɚ/, /ˈtiːniˌbɒpə/ 1. A child, especially a girl in her preteens and early teens, who follows popular clothing fashions, music trends, etc.
Word: monger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English mongere, mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Old English mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī (“dealer, merchant, monger”), from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”) + Proto-West Germanic *-ārī (suffix forming agent nouns, especially denoting occupations). The further etymology of mangō is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From Ancient Greek μαγγανεύω (manganeúō, “to use charms or philtres; to cheat, play tricks; to dress food artificially to make it appear better”), from μάγγᾰνον (mángănon, “means of bewitching, charm, philtre”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meng- (“to dress, embellish, trim”); or from Arabic ن ج ل (n j l, root relating to pouring out or thrusting)) + -εύω (-eúō, suffix forming denominative verbs of activity or condition). * From Latin *manicō, *manigō (“deal, trade; to handle, manage (?)”), from manus (“hand”); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”), or *mon-u-. The verb is either derived from the noun, or is a back-formation from mongering (adjective or noun). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌŋɡə/, /ˈmʌŋɡəɹ/, /ˈmɑŋ-/ 1. Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word. Example: [S]ometime one rich munger or other, buying up a commoditie, and bringing it vvholly into his ovvne hands for to have the monopolie of it, raiſeth the market, and enhaunceth the price: […] Example: With Cracken the attorney, and Mundell the quack, / Send Willie the monger to hell with a smack. 2. Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word. Labels: figuratively Example: There is a man haunts the Forreſt, that abuſes our yong plants vvith caruing Roſalinde on their barkes; hangs Oades vpon Hauthornes, and Elegies on brambles; all (forſooth) defying the name of Roſalinde. If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I vvould giue him ſome good counſel, for he ſeemes to have the Quotidian of Loue vpon him. Example: Fvt[elli]. I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets. / Pie[ro]. Monger of courtezans, fine Futelli, / In certaine kinde a merchant of the ſtaple / For vvares of uſe and trade, a taker up. 3. Clipping of whoremonger (“a frequent customer of whores”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, obsolete Example: Here vvas no ſubtle device to get a VVench. / This Chanon [i.e., canon, member of the clergy] has a brave pate of his ovvn! / A ſhaven pate! and a right monger, y' vaith!
Word: monger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English mongere, mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Old English mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī (“dealer, merchant, monger”), from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”) + Proto-West Germanic *-ārī (suffix forming agent nouns, especially denoting occupations). The further etymology of mangō is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From Ancient Greek μαγγανεύω (manganeúō, “to use charms or philtres; to cheat, play tricks; to dress food artificially to make it appear better”), from μάγγᾰνον (mángănon, “means of bewitching, charm, philtre”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meng- (“to dress, embellish, trim”); or from Arabic ن ج ل (n j l, root relating to pouring out or thrusting)) + -εύω (-eúō, suffix forming denominative verbs of activity or condition). * From Latin *manicō, *manigō (“deal, trade; to handle, manage (?)”), from manus (“hand”); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”), or *mon-u-. The verb is either derived from the noun, or is a back-formation from mongering (adjective or noun). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌŋɡə/, /ˈmʌŋɡəɹ/, /ˈmɑŋ-/ 1. To deal in, peddle, or sell (something). Labels: transitive Example: There were Mongols hawking sheepskins and Chinese vending calendars and pocket calculators, North Koreans flogging jewelry and Vietnamese mongering shirts and leather jackets. 2. To promote (something, especially an undesirable thing); to peddle. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: She [Grace Kelly] was beautiful and elegant but, above all, good. […] Not even Hedda Hopper could monger scandal in her regard. Example: [T]he paper towel industry has funded or promoted a rash of studies claiming that hand dryers turn bathrooms into mosh pits of pathogens. […] Once these fears have been mongered, their spread is irresistible.
Word: monger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain, possibly from monger (“dealer or trader in a specific commodity”) (etymology 1); or related to Middle English mangbot (“type of fishing boat used on the Thames”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌŋɡə/, /ˈmʌŋɡəɹ/, /ˈmɑŋ-/ 1. A small seagoing vessel used for fishing. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [C]erteyne Fyſhermen that go a trawlyng for fyſhe in Catches or mongers, and dradgies for Oyſters about the ſandes, […] Example: monger: a small sea-vessel used by fishermen.
Word: semelfactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin semelfactīvus, from to Latin semel (“once, a single time”) + factum (“event, occurrence”) + adjectival suffix -īvus. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛməlˈfæktɪv/, /ˌsiːməlˈfæktɪv/ 1. That denotes a momentary or punctiliar action. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semelfactive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin semelfactīvus, from to Latin semel (“once, a single time”) + factum (“event, occurrence”) + adjectival suffix -īvus. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛməlˈfæktɪv/, /ˌsiːməlˈfæktɪv/ 1. The semelfactive aspect.
Word: sesquipedalianist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sesquipedalian 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 sesquipedalianist From sesquipedalian + -ist. 1. A person who tends to use and enjoy long (sesquipedalian) words. Labels: rare
Word: banana paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Paper made from part of the stem of the banana plant. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Paper made from banana fibre. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: provides Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of provide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: back-bite Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of backbite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Akin to English print, Scots prent (“a print”), Dutch prent (“a print”). Pronunciation: /pɹʌnt/ 1. A small piece of glass fused to the main body of a piece of glasswork and then shaped or pressed, for decoration
Word: earshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈɪəˌʃɒt/, /ˈɪɹˌʃɑt/ 1. A distance from which sound is still audible. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable, usually Example: I'll row out on the lake but stay within earshot. Example: Loola glances about her to make sure that nobody is within earshot, then speaks at last almost in a whisper.
Word: dromos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɒˌmɒs/, /ˈdɹɑˌmɑs/ 1. An avenue, especially in Ancient Greece. Labels: historical 2. A walkway to a building, (especially) a ceremonial walkway to a temple or tomb in Ancient Greece or Egypt. Labels: historical Example: On the 20th [of December, 1828] they remained an hour at Oudi-Essebours or the Valley of Lions, thus named from the Sphinxes which ornament the dromos of a monument constructed under the reign of Sesostris, but a mere provincial edifice, built of stone cemented with mortar. Example: In Lower Egypt : Busiris (Ruins near el Bahbeyt) ; Heliopolis or On [near Matarieh], only an obelisk still extant ; Tanis (San), a dromos of granite columns ; Sais [Sa el Haggar], considerable ruins, particularly of the Necropolis ; Taposiris [Abusir]. 3. A racecourse, especially in Ancient Greece. Labels: historical
Word: scuttle-butt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scuttlebutt. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [S]o they continue to fire as directed, until they are either sent down to the cock-pit themselves, or have a momentary respite from their exertions, when, choaked with smoke and gunpowder, they go aft to the scuttle-butt, to remove their parching thirst. Example: In this way, with an occasional break by relieving the wheel, heaving the log, and going to the scuttle-butt for a drink of water, the longest watch was passed away; […]
Word: scuttle-butt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of scuttlebutt. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: During the fighting for Manila, it was scuttle-butted among the troops that they must never put pin-up pictures on the walls of the Manila Hotel because Mrs. [Douglas] MacArthur owned fifty per cent of the property and Brigadier General Courtney Whitney, of MacArthur's staff, owned the other half.
Word: water cooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For the gossip sense, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin. 1. A dispenser of cooled drinking water. 2. A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip. Labels: figuratively
Word: water cooler Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attributive use of the noun. 1. Of the nature of things discussed around a water cooler. Labels: not-comparable Example: In those days The Late Show was Monday water cooler topic du jour. Example: water-cooler gossip, water-cooler talk, water-cooler conversation, water-cooler discussion
Word: water cooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A category of cooling device. 1. A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.
Word: immaturity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin immātūritātem. Pronunciation: /ɪməˈt͡ʃʊɹɪti/ 1. Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown Labels: countable, uncountable Example: emotional immaturity Example: childish immaturity
Word: sassenach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæs.ə.næk/, /ˈsas.ə.nax/ 1. An English person. Labels: Scotland, derogatory Example: 'I distinctly heard the barman at that pub last night refer to us as Sassenachs.' 'Well, why not?' said Frank equably. 'It only means "Englishman", after all, or at worst, outsider and we're all of that.' 'I know what it means. It was the tone I objected to.' 2. A Lowland Scot. Labels: Scotland, derogatory Example: But the Sassenach tried to starve the nation at home while the land was full of crops that the British hyenas bought and sold in Rio de Janeiro.
Word: hokum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; first attested as US theater slang, possibly a blend of hocus-pocus + bunkum. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊkəm/, /ˈhoʊkəm/ 1. (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable, usually Example: Recently that publication [Collier's Weekly] has been filling its readers with the good old hokum about red likker and its steady disappearance, and if what has been offered be but half true, beer, light wine and all of the other beverages which have been tabooed by law, are on their way to that place where nothing returns. Example: Being in a mood of constructive criticism, I suggest that all future student conferences be made strictly social affairs. All addresses, forum discussions, patriotic service, and other hocums, as such, shall be done away with. Outside of a handful of persons, who either had to or did not know any better, everybody shunned the non-social events. 2. (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable, usually Example: The majority of the twenty-six stunts described in this volume belong to a species of so-called hokum acts derived from the professional stage and handed down through several generations of actors. Example: Every experienced playwright, every manager, every stage director, every intelligent actor who has passed his novitiate, knows of things that always have received a certain definite response. Many of these have been formulated. In the sad, glad days of prosperous melodrama they were known as "sure-fire hokum." [...] The "sure-fire hokum" of murderous melodrama encompassed, in a crudely elemental form it is true, nearly all the essentials of success in dramatic situation, most of the values that make popular favor for a play. 3. A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material. Labels: countable, informal, usually Example: [H]e [Stanley Baker] was still churning out the kind of Boy's Own hokums and dreary international espionage thrillers that defined that bygone era. 4. A genre of blues song or music, often characterized by sexual innuendos or satire. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [D]uring the 'twenties, jazz developed from an infrequent ‘hokum’ music in a few vaudeville acts to a household commodity. Example: As a result a hybrid music, ‘hokum’, became popular. It owed much to ‘Georgia Tom’ Dorsey, Tampa Red and Big Bill Broonzy, and the first recordings in the idiom appeared around 1929. Many recordings by The Famous Hokum Boys, the Hokum Trio, The Hokum Boys and similar groups were recorded by 1930. Jokey, often bawdy, frequently satirical, they employed rural techniques in an urban setting, gently lampooning country ways through a city sophistication.
Word: Bactrian camel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæktɹɪən ˈkæməl/ 1. The camel with two humps, Camelus bactrianus, native to the steppes of Asia.
Word: papoose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Narragansett papoos (“a child”). Pronunciation: /pəˈpuːs/ 1. A Native American baby. Labels: US, dated, offensive Example: […] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […] Example: They say he has Indian blood in him. They say he has an Indian wife somewhere, and a lot of papooses. Cherokee. 2. A backpack for carrying a baby, or specifically a cradleboard. Labels: UK
Word: pappoose Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of papoose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: schmutz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish שמוץ (shmuts) or German Schmutz. Doublet of smut. Pronunciation: /ʃmʊts/ 1. dirt, filth Labels: uncountable Example: “Let's take a look at the News 8 WeatherWall with high Doppler action. And this patch right here, um... well, that's a little schmutz there on the old WeatherWall with high Doppler action.”
Word: scupper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English scope (“scoop”) or Dutch schop (“shovel”) + -er; or from Dutch scheppen (“to draw off”). Pronunciation: /ˈskʌpə/, /ˈskʌpɚ/, /ˈskʊpə/ 1. A drainage hole on the deck of a ship. 2. A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof. Example: I have said that our roof was decidedly Biblical in style; but to make it a dry one, something of a nautical character was added to its architecture, for on either side were scuppers, and it was slightly arched in the centre[.]
Word: scupper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of unknown origin; possibly verbized form of Etymology 1, but this is unlikely. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌpə/, /ˈskʌpɚ/, /ˈskʊpə/ 1. To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another. Labels: UK, transitive Example: The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected. Example: ["]The only chance was to get the guns and try a rescue. Of course they may scupper them at once in revenge.["]
Word: piss-up Part of Speech: noun 1. A party where people consume alcohol. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang, vulgar Example: . . . passed: all bullshitted up for the pictures or a piss-up in the town. Example: Last night a bunch of them turned out to a pub near Edgeware [sic] Road tube (where a few of them had helped treat the injured on the 7th), and we had a good old-fashioned piss-up courtesy of Europhobia's generous readers.
Word: pissup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of piss-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Viking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr (“Viking”). Already in Old English as wīċing and Old Frisian wītsing, but assumed extinct in Middle English and borrowed anew in the 19th century; any survivals in dialect through the Middle Ages are unknown. Old Norse víkingr itself is from Old Norse vík (“inlet, cove, fjord”) + -ingr (“one belonging to, one who frequents”) (the -r is the nominative desinence). Thus, “one from or who frequents the sea’s inlets”. The Old English and Anglo-Frisian form, existing since at least the eighth century, could also have been derived from or influenced by Old English wīc (“camp”), on account of the temporary encampments which were often a prominent feature of the Vikings’ raids. Others proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb víkja or deriving both English and Old Norse words to *wīkingaz related to víkja or wīc. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪkɪŋ/ 1. Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age. Labels: historical Example: Henchmen had placed, as was their habit, each warrior's gear and trappings above his pile of skins. Thus you could see the burnished helmet of each warrior set in readiness above his head. It was the Viking habit. 2. A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns. Labels: broadly 3. A Norseman (medieval Scandinavian). Labels: colloquial 4. An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander. Labels: colloquial, humorous, mildly, offensive 5. A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team. 6. buffet; smorgasbord Labels: Japan
Word: Viking Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr (“Viking”). Already in Old English as wīċing and Old Frisian wītsing, but assumed extinct in Middle English and borrowed anew in the 19th century; any survivals in dialect through the Middle Ages are unknown. Old Norse víkingr itself is from Old Norse vík (“inlet, cove, fjord”) + -ingr (“one belonging to, one who frequents”) (the -r is the nominative desinence). Thus, “one from or who frequents the sea’s inlets”. The Old English and Anglo-Frisian form, existing since at least the eighth century, could also have been derived from or influenced by Old English wīc (“camp”), on account of the temporary encampments which were often a prominent feature of the Vikings’ raids. Others proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb víkja or deriving both English and Old Norse words to *wīkingaz related to víkja or wīc. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪkɪŋ/ 1. A sea area between Scotland and Norway 2. A town in Alberta, Canada. 3. A city in Minnesota.
Word: seafaring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English sǣ-līþende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”), German seefahrend (“seafaring”), Danish søfarende (“seafaring”), Swedish sjöfarande (“seafaring”). 1. Living one's life at sea. Example: There was absolutely nothing about the body to suggest that it might possibly in life have known a maritime experience. It was the body of a low type of man or a high type of beast. In neither instance would it have been of a seafaring race. Therefore I deduced that it was native to Caprona--that it lived inland, and that it had fallen or been hurled from the cliffs above. 2. Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing. Example: A rowing boat is not a seafaring craft.
Word: seafaring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + faring. 1. The act, process, or practice of travelling the seas, such as by sailing or steaming. 2. The work or calling of a seafarer, especially a sailor.
Word: arsenal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsənəl/, /ˈɑːsnəl/, /ˈɑɹsənəl/, /ˈɑɹsnəl/, /ˈɐːsənəl/ 1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury. 2. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses. 3. A store or supply of anything. Example: Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution. 4. Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship. Example: He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work. Example: Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
Word: meliorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin melior (“better”) and English -ist. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877. 1. A proponent of meliorism Example: "Who knows but that such age-old customs, rooted in dark, immemorial country lore and probably of pagan origin, may not put shallow urban meliorists out of countenance?".
Word: meliorist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin melior (“better”) and English -ist. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877. 1. Of or relating to meliorism. 2. Supporting the principles of meliorism.
Word: kiboze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: back-formation from kibozing, itself an agglutination of Kibo + bozo + ing http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.kibology/browse_thread/thread/222e8778f60a70b2/4fa5dcbe6d0bfdc8?lnk=st&q=kibozing#4fa5dcbe6d0bfdc8. 1. To search the Usenet newsgroups for a text string, particularly one's name or nickname, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up, as popularized by James "Kibo" Parry. Labels: Internet Example: The idiot apparently adds spaces to people's names to prevent kibozing. It doesn't help when you're replying to me in a newsgroup I read; I'll find that article just fine. Besides, I don't kiboze. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.fitness.weights/msg/452e24b785207bb5
Word: wrath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix); compare Dutch wreedte. The verb is derived from Middle English wratthen (“to be or become angry, to rage; to quarrel; to cause wrath, offend; to become troubled or vexed; to cause grief or harm, grieve, vex”) [and other forms], from wratthe, wretthe (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Pronunciation: /ɹɒθ/, /ɹɔːθ/, /ɹɑːθ/, /ɹɔθ/, /ɹaθ/ 1. Great anger; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: formal, uncountable, usually Example: Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles. Example: Let all bitternes, fearſnes and wrath, rorynge and curſyd ſpeakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciouſnes. 2. Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: the wrath of God Example: […] I [i.e., God] gaue the [thee] a kinge in my wrath, and in my diſpleaſure will I take him from the agayne. 3. Great ardour or passion. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: [T]hey are in the verie vvrath of loue, and they vvill together. Clubbes cannot part them. Example: [I]f you hold your life at any price, betake you to your gard: for your oppoſite hath in him vvhat youth, ſtrength, skill, and vvrath, can furniſh man vvithall.
Word: wrath Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix); compare Dutch wreedte. The verb is derived from Middle English wratthen (“to be or become angry, to rage; to quarrel; to cause wrath, offend; to become troubled or vexed; to cause grief or harm, grieve, vex”) [and other forms], from wratthe, wretthe (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Pronunciation: /ɹɒθ/, /ɹɔːθ/, /ɹɑːθ/, /ɹɔθ/, /ɹaθ/ 1. To anger (someone); to enrage. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive Example: [R]emembre howe by thy cursed synnes thou haste offended and wrathed thy lorde god. Example: Of ire yͤ whiche is agayne god. […] A man wratheth hym ayenst god for many thynges, pryncypally for the flagellacions, aduersytees, fortunes, sykenesses, & mortalytees, losses, punycyons, famyne, warre & yll tyme. 2. To become angry with (someone). Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive 3. To become angry. Labels: Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete Example: "Nay, wrath thee not, Will," said Ganlesse; "and speak no words in haste, lest you may have cause to repent at leisure.[…]" Example: God is a righteous judge, strong and patient, and God wratheth every day.
Word: wrath Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of wroth, probably influenced by wrath (noun) (see etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ɹɒθ/, /ɹɔːθ/, /ɹɑːθ/, /ɹɔθ/, /ɹaθ/ 1. Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”). Labels: Early, Modern, archaic, obsolete Example: Take heede the Queene come not vvithin his ſight, For Oberon is paſſing fell and vvrath: Becauſe that ſhe, as her attendant, hath A louely boy ſtollen, from an Indian king: She neuer had ſo ſvveete a changeling. Example: VVhereat the Prince full vvrath, his ſtrong right hand In full auengement heaued vp on hie, And ſtroke the Pagan vvith his ſteely brand So ſore, that to his ſaddle bovv thereby He bovved lovv, and ſo a vvhile did lie: […]
Word: oilskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oil + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪl.skɪn/ 1. Cloth made from cotton and treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A raincoat made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I noticed Larry to-day had on two vests, two coats, and an overcoat with his oilskin outside of that. Example: He was preparing to venture out again, when Gaskin opened a locker and brought out an oilskin. “Hit'll 'elp you keep dry, sir,” holding up the garment. 3. Foul-weather gear worn by sailors, whether of natural or synthetic materials. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: Archimedes screw Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Archimedes' screw. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ratiocination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ratiocination, from Latin ratiōcinātiō (“argumentation, reasoning, ratiocination; a syllogism”), from ratiōcinātus (“reckoned”) + -tiō (suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action). Ratiōcinātus is the perfect passive participle of ratiōcinor (“to compute, reckon; to argue, infer”), from ratiō (“reason, explanation”) (from reor (“to calculate, reckon”), possibly from Proto-Italic *rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to put in order”)) + -cinor, modelled after vāticinor (“to foretell, prophesy”), equivalent to ratiocinate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɹætɪˌɒsɪˈneɪʃn̩/, /ɹætiˌɑsiˈneɪʃn̩/, /ɹæʃi-/ 1. Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But it will be apparent from the refutation of the ſecond Falſification, wherewith you charge the Author of the Letters, that theſe miſchievous conſequences are rightly drawn from the wicked principle layd down by Vaſquez [Gabriel Vásquez] in the ſame place, and accordingly, that that Jeſuit hath not done violence to the rules of ratiocination, but to thoſe of the Goſpel. Example: He'd run in Debt by Diſputation, / And pay with Ratiocination. / All this by Syllogiſm, true / In Mood and Figure, he wou'd do. 2. Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Finally Tao comes to possess the meaning of “rational speech” or “word,” and in this sense it closely resembles the Greek Logos, for in addition to its philosophical significance the term Tao touches a religious chord in the souls of the Chinese just as did the word Logos among the Platonists and the Greek Christians. […] The Tao of man, jan tao [footnote: 人道], is the process of ratiocination, and as such it is fallible; but there is an Eternal Reason, ch‘ang tao [footnote: 常道], also called t‘ien tao [footnote: 天道], “Heaven’s Reason,” i.e., the world-order which shapes all things, and the burden of Lao-tze’s message is to let this Heaven’s Reason or Eternal Reason prevail. 3. A proposition arrived at by such thought. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Where the Qur’an has not been explicit, the Hadith has often supplied guidance, providing an intermediate source of knowledge between the text of the Holy Book itself and the ratiocinations of the religious lawyers, the fuqaha’, who had recourse, when all else failed, to such principles as analogical reasoning and personal judgement.
Word: materiel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material. Pronunciation: /mətɪəɹɪˈɛl/, /mətɪɹiˈɛl/, /mətɪɹˈjɛl/ 1. Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Instead, it was a 1941 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82, the first acquisition in a collection of war matériel begun 10 years ago by Mr. Coffman, a refrigeration service technician from Marengo, Ill.
Word: matériel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French matériel. 1. Alternative spelling of materiel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: attenuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1530, the adjective in 1626; borrowed from Latin attenuātus, the perfect passive participle of attenuō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + tenuo (“to make thin”), itself from tenuis (“thin”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈtɛn.juˌeɪt/, /əˈten.jʉˌæɪt/ 1. To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. Labels: transitive Example: A manor-house clock from the far depths of shadow struck the hour, one, in a small, attenuated tone. 2. To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying. Labels: transitive Example: Clumps of attenuated turkeys were suspended here and there. Example: Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded. 3. To become thin or fine; to grow less. Labels: intransitive 4. To weaken. Labels: transitive Example: We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagreness. 5. To rarefy. Labels: transitive Example: "It speedily became apparent that the entire strangeness of our circumstances and surroundings—great loss of weight, attenuated but highly oxygenated air, consequent exaggeration of the results of muscular effort, rapid development of weird plants from obscure spores, lurid sky—was exciting my companion unduly." 6. To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus. Labels: transitive 7. To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal. Labels: transitive 8. Of a beer, to become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol. Example: A beer which does not attenuate to the expected level in fermentation will have more residual sugar and thus be sweeter and heavier-bodied.
Word: attenuate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1530, the adjective in 1626; borrowed from Latin attenuātus, the perfect passive participle of attenuō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + tenuo (“to make thin”), itself from tenuis (“thin”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈtɛn.juˌeɪt/, /əˈten.jʉˌæɪt/ 1. Slender, thin. 2. Rarefied, thin, refined. 3. Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
Word: workbench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + bench. Pronunciation: /ˈwɝk.bɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc. 2. A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise. Example: Mr Plumptre was lying on the work bench with the back of it 'slightly up' when it suddenly collapsed down causing the weights to 'crash' down on his upper abdomen and lower chest. Example: yeah i have been lightly following quite a few of them so far and progress has deff been good but im always afraid of fucking up deadlifts. will be getting adjustable weights soon and a work bench and mainly do squats, presses, and incline situps
Word: armadillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin armātus Old Spanish armado Spanish armado Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish armadillobor. English armadillo Borrowed from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”) in reference to its protective plates. Pronunciation: /ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/, /ɑːməˈdɪləʊ/ 1. Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America. Example: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.
Word: Samian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Samian, from Samos. 1. Of or pertaining to the island of Samos. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fill high the cup with Samian wine.
Word: Samian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Samian, from Samos. 1. A native or inhabitant of Samos.
Word: Andean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ande(s) + -an, from Spanish, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”). Pronunciation: /ˈæn.di.ən/, /ænˈdiː.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Andes mountains in South America. Labels: not-comparable Example: Under the later Inca professional farms, the whole of the realm from the coast to the upper Amazon River became a flowering centre of plant domestication. More than half of the foods that the world eats today were developed by these Andean farmers. More kinds of food and medicinal plants were systematically cultivated here than in any other area of the world. Among them are potatoes, squash, tomatoes, beans, peanuts, peppers, papaya, cashews, pineapples, chocolate, avocadoes, mulberries, strawberries. Example: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
Word: Andean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ande(s) + -an, from Spanish, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”). Pronunciation: /ˈæn.di.ən/, /ænˈdiː.ən/ 1. Someone from the Andes.
Word: minger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See minging (from Scots mingin) and -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪŋə/ 1. An unattractive or ugly person. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, offensive, slang Example: Mike's new bird's a right minger! I wouldn't touch her with yours, mate! Example: Two suits [destroyed] in one day! Look at it, thanks to you, I couldn't even get on the cover of Minger Monthly!
Word: daffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From daff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdæfi/ 1. Somewhat mad or eccentric. Labels: colloquial Example: Now I'm hungry as a Rocky Mountain lion so come, let's go and get this poor, daffy, tealess widow and wine and dine with her and make it all up. Example: "You've gone so plum daffy you are forgetting your dinner," jeered her mother.
Word: daffy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdæfi/ 1. A daffodil. Labels: informal
Word: daffy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to an old medicine known as Daffy's Elixir. Pronunciation: /ˈdæfi/ 1. Gin. Labels: UK, dated, slang, uncountable Example: 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist “Do you give the children Daffy, Mrs. Mann?” inquired Bumble, following with his eyes the interesting process of mixing. Example: […] he failed repeatedly until he took over his famous house in Haymarket, where for many years, surrounded by such admirers as Byron, Tom Moore and Hazlitt, he smoked his yard of clay, drained his glass of 'daffy', and […]
Word: priestcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English priestcraft; equivalent to priest + -craft. 1. The craft of performing the duties of a priest. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is philosophercraft as well as priestcraft, both from one source, both of one spirit. In English cities and towns, the minister of religion has been tamed: so many weapons are bared against him when he obtrudes his office in a dictatory manner, that, as a rule, there is no more quiet and modest member of society than the urban clergyman. Example: One of the most complex of all the poems in the mythological cycle is "Inanna's Descent into the Nether World." This work does not have the air of a dairymaid's song but rather seems to be an expression of priestcraft, astrology, and an investigation into the nature of time. 2. Priestly policy directed towards worldly ends. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually Example: In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, before polygamy was made a sin Example: He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.
Word: revamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈvæmp/, /ɹiˈvæmp/ 1. To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). Labels: transitive Example: They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown. Example: But the great man [Thomas Carlyle] has great littlenesses, the original sometimes revamps old thoughts, the strong reasoner may beg his question and build a strong hypothesis on assumed premises, and the clear writer frequently gets into the predicament which formed the countryman's definition of a metaphysical colloquy— […]
Word: revamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈvæmp/, /ɹiˈvæmp/, /ˈɹiːvæmp/, /ˈɹiˌvæmp/ 1. An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision. Example: a revamp of a website Example: The following appear rather like revamps of old versions absolutely than absolutely new jokes: […]
Word: billet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette (“list, schedule”), from bille + -ette, from Latin bulla (“document”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪt/ 1. A short informal letter. Example: However, when his cool reflections returned, he plainly perceived that his case was neither mended nor altered by Sophia's billet[…] Example: On their return home, however, she was greatly consoled by Lady Mandeville's reading aloud a billet from Edward Lorraine, regretting that unexpected business,... 2. A written order to quarter soldiers. 3. A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery. Example: A murmur of applause and gratitude arose from the crowd, which was soon interrupted by the preparations for distributing the tickets. Four pages, clothed in white and crimson, brought in two massive salvers, whose delicate carving was from the unrivalled graver of Benvenuto Cellini. These were filled with small sealed billets, from which the company were to draw, and afterwards open, in succession. The pages first approached and knelt before the Queens, who each took one of the billets, and then proceeded to distribute the remainder among the rest.
Word: billet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla, hence cognate with etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪt/ 1. A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge. Example: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. Example: 17 June 1940: Prime Minister Pétain requests armistice. Germans use the Foucaults’ holiday home as officers’ billet. Foucault steals firewood for school from collaborationist militia. Foucault does well at school, but messes up his summer exams in 1940. 2. Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team. 3. An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship. Example: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 4. Berth; position. Labels: figuratively Example: His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle. Example: The blind man laughed and a substantial coin found its billet in the caretaker's never-reluctant palm.
Word: billet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla, hence cognate with etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪt/ 1. To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order. Labels: transitive Example: Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. Example: Destroy, with entire unpity, raze to the ground, those detestable houses where you billet the progeny of the libertinage of the poor, appalling cloacas, wherefrom there every day spews forth into society a swarm of new-made creatures […] 2. To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house. Labels: intransitive 3. To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Labels: transitive
Word: billet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English billet, bylet, belet, billette, from Old French billette, from bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“tree”)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪt/ 1. A semi-finished length of metal. Example: The Saturday evening Cardiff-West Wales mail train is still steam-worked, but a most unlikely locomotive used on May 23 was Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45250 (5A); it returned on May 25 with a train of steel billets. 2. A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood. Example: They shall beat out my brains with billets. Example: I cannot part your hair on my knee, fetch a billet of wood. 3. A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting. 4. A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon. 5. An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round. 6. A strap that enters a buckle. 7. A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
Word: billet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪt/ 1. Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bedbug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English bug English bedbug From bed + bug. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ/ 1. A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep. Example: Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs. Example: In Morocco, love philtres are composed of yolk of egg and bedbugs. 2. Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.