nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: commentator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/, /ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə/ 1. A person who makes a commentary, particularly Labels: obsolete, rare 2. A person who makes a commentary, particularly 3. A person who makes a commentary, particularly Example: It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own. 4. A person who makes a commentary, particularly 5. A person who makes a commentary, particularly Example: He was a commentator for football two years before retiring. 6. A person who makes a commentary, particularly Example: Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.
Word: doggedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English doggedlich, doggetly, doggidly, doggydly; equivalent to dogged + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɡədli/, /ˈdɒɡɪdli/ 1. In a way that is stubbornly persistent. Example: I grew moody, silent, and unsocial, but studied on doggedly and incessantly. Example: I continued to pound along doggedly. I was grimly resolute. 2. sullenly, gloomily Labels: dated Example: 'Nay,' said Dr Johnson, 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself DOGGEDLY to it.' [Footnote: This word is commonly used to signify sullenly, gloomily and in that sense alone it appears in Dr Johnson's Dictionary. I suppose he meant by it 'with an OBSTINATE RESOLUTION, similar to that of a sullen man'.]
Word: misconception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conceptiōlbor. Old French conceptionbor. Middle English concepcioun English conception English misconception From mis- + conception. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪs.kənˈsɛp.ʃən/ 1. A mistaken belief, a wrong idea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity. Example: You're obviously under the misconception that I care about your problems.
Word: Carter Part of Speech: name Etymology: As an English name, from the occupation carter. As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹtɚ/, /ˈkɑːtə/ 1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000. 2. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In September 2019, Carter warned Americans against reelecting Trump. […] In April 2021, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited the Carters at their home in Plains, after the former presidential couple was unable to travel to Washington for the 46th president’s inauguration. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English carter, cartere, cartare, equivalent to cart + -er. Merged with Middle English careter, caretier (“coachman, charioteer”, a surname), from Anglo-Norman careter (compare French charretier). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹtɚ/, /ˈkɑːtə/ 1. A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden. Example: They were all two-horse wagons with sacks piled high above their sides and covered with tarpaulins. The wagon train had evidently only just moved out, and the carters had not yet taken their seats but were walking alongside. 2. A fish, the whiff or Marysole.
Word: Richardson Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richard Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone Middle English -son English -son English Richardson From Richard + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃɚdsən/ 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Collins Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Colin. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. * As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑlɪnz/, /ˈkɒlɪnz/ 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "But your own name too sounds funny," Tampio said. "Your names are repeated. Only you have spelt one wrongly. How could you call yourself Colin Collins? Here in Cameroon, we only know about Collins." Example: Collins and the Trump campaign on Wednesday celebrated the recount decision from the Georgia secretary of state as a victory for “integrity” and “transparency.” 2. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Coileáin. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A locale in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Collins Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Colin. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. * As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑlɪnz/, /ˈkɒlɪnz/ 1. Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. Example: He ordered a schpritzer for himself (it was a hot summer day) and after she'd finished her Collins, he asked if she wanted to order.
Word: Collins Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑlɪnz/, /ˈkɒlɪnz/ 1. plural of Collin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Coll Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain. The island name, from Latin Colosus (704 AD), is often associated with an Old Irish *koll or Proto-Brythonic *koll, themselves both from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”). Derivation from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant figure”) has been called "naïve" by Coates (2006). Pronunciation: /kɒl/ 1. A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas; very rare today. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. An island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
Word: retract Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English retracten, retract (“to absorb, draw in”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”). Doublet of retreat. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɹækt/, /ɹiˈtɹækt/, /ɹəˈtɹækt/ 1. To pull (something) back or back inside. Labels: transitive Example: An airplane retracts its wheels for flight. Example: The collector shoes are automatically retracted when the electric handle is moved from "service off" to "lock off". 2. To pull (something) back or back inside. Labels: specifically, transitive Example: A cat can retract its claws. 3. To avert (one's eyes or a gaze). Labels: rare, transitive 4. To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract. Labels: transitive 5. To hold back (something); to restrain. Labels: obsolete, transitive 6. To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. Labels: intransitive Example: The bus was stuck at the stop as its wheelchair ramp wouldn’t retract after use. Example: Muscles retract after amputation.
Word: retract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly: * from retract (verb) (see etymology 1); and * from Late Latin retractus (“a pulling back, retreat; refuge”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”) (see etymology 1) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Doublet of retrait, retreat, and ritratto. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɹækt/, /ɹiˈtɹækt/, /ɹəˈtɹækt/ 1. An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]hey began to finde fault with Poeſie, […] ſaying, that metaphors æmigmaticall, and covert words, yea and the ambiguities which Poetry uſeth, were but ſhifts, retracts, and evaſions to hide and cover all, whenſoever the events fell not out accordingly. 2. A pulling back, especially (military) of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done. Labels: obsolete Example: Theſe Græcians alſo that made the retract, aduiſed Darius [III] to retire his Armie into the plaine of Meſopotamia, to the end that Alexander being entred into thoſe large fields and great Champions, he might haue inuironed the Macedonians on all ſides with his multitude; […] 3. A subgroup of a given group such that there is a surjective endomorphism from the ambient group to the subgroup which is constant on the subgroup; in this case the subgroup is a retract of the ambient group. In symbols: H in G is a retract of G if there exists a surjective homomorphism σ from G to H with σ|_H= operatorname id. Labels: obsolete 4. The target of a retraction. Labels: obsolete 5. Synonym of retreat (“an act of accidentally injuring a horse's foot by incorrectly nailing it during shoeing”). Labels: obsolete
Word: retract Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French rétracter (“to annul; to reconsider; to withdraw”) (modern French rétracter (“to retract; to contract”)), and from its etymon Latin retractāre, the present active infinitive of retractō (“to retract, withdraw; to annul, revoke; to detract from; to undertake again; to reconsider; to remember; to decline, refuse”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + tractō (“to drag, haul, tug”) (from trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”) + -tō (frequentative suffix forming verbs)). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɹækt/, /ɹiˈtɹækt/, /ɹəˈtɹækt/ 1. To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Fill'd with the Satisfaction of their own diſcerning Faculties, they [natural history writers] paſs Judgment at firſt ſight; write on, and are above being ever brought to retract it. 2. To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won’t sue me. Example: And yet this Pope himſelf, not many years after, retracted this Bull; […] 4. Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played). Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 6. Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: "Challenger was the man who came with some cock-and-bull story from South America." / "What story?" / "Oh, it was rank nonsense about some queer animals he had discovered. I believe he has retracted since. Anyhow, he has suppressed it all. He gave an interview to Reuter's, and there was such a howl that he saw it wouldn't do.["] 7. To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move. Labels: archaic, intransitive, obsolete
Word: Hussain Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Husayn. 2. A surname from Arabic. Example: Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.
Word: Husain Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Husayn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: opposable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English oppose Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English opposable From oppose + -able. 1. Susceptible to being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else. Example: The thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
Word: Richards Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Richard English -'s English -s English Richards From Richard + -s. 1. An English and Welsh patronymic surname from the given name Richard. Example: The third Iraq veteran -- 23-year-old Cloy Richards of Salem, Missouri, who was wounded in combat -- will avoid losing his disability benefits after agreeing not to wear his uniform at future protests, the Marine Corps said. 2. A village in Vernon County, Missouri, United States. 3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grimes County, Texas, United States. 4. A suburb of Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Richards Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Richard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncleanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unclenlī, onclenlich, from Old English unclǣnlīc, equivalent to un- + cleanly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈklɛnli/ 1. Dirty, unhygienic, not clean. Example: Prosodemic typhoid from its nature may be disseminated in innumerable ways, but is more frequently found in slum districts, where the habits of the people are uncleanly, or in districts where there is no adequate sewerage. 2. Not pure in a moral or religious sense.
Word: uncleanly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English unclenly, onclenly, unclenely; compare Old English unclǣnlīce; equivalent to unclean + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkliːnli/ 1. not in a clean way; in an unclean way
Word: chapeau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in similar use, originally short for chapeau bas. Pronunciation: /ʃæˈpəʊ/, /ʃæˈpoʊ/ 1. A hat. 2. A cap of maintenance. 3. The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine. 4. The text at the start of a numbered section of a legal document that appears directly beside the section number, ahead of any numbered subsections. 5. A passage of introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.
Word: chapeau Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in similar use, originally short for chapeau bas. Pronunciation: /ʃæˈpəʊ/, /ʃæˈpoʊ/ 1. well done, bravo a verbal representation of a hat tip Example: Chapeau to you for the presence of mind. Example: I fully understand the mother's concerns; and I say chapeau to her twice. The first for allowing her daughter the opportunity to study abroad, and secondly for accompanying her during the first months of study to ease her homelessness.
Word: heteroclitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English clitic English heteroclitic From hetero- + clitic. 1. Irregular in inflection. 2. Signifying a nominal stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case, particularly in the suffix (such as between *-r̥- in the strong stem and *-n̥- in the weak stem). Labels: Indo-European-studies Example: The Proto-Indo-European term *wódr̥ (“water”) is typical of nouns with heteroclitic stems: the strong stem *wódr̥- occurs in the direct cases while the weak stem *wédn̥- is found instead in the oblique cases, hence the contrast between nominative *wódr̥ and genitive *wédn̥s. 3. Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens. Example: […] a heteroclitic response was never observed after the immunization with the deamidated peptide […]
Word: heteroclitic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English clitic English heteroclitic From hetero- + clitic. 1. A heteroclitic noun.
Word: Gott Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from German Gott ("God"). 1. A surname.
Word: nominoaccusative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen 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 nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomăstĭkḗ)calq. Latin nōminātīvusder. Old French nominatifbor. ▲ Latin nōminātīvusbor. Middle English nominatyf English nominative English nomino- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa ▲ Latin -ō Latin accūsō ▲ Latin -īvus Ancient Greek αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ)calq. Latin accūsātīvusder. Anglo-Norman accusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusder. Middle French acusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusbor. Middle English accusative English accusative English nominoaccusative From nomino- + accusative. 1. Of or pertaining to both the nominative and accusative cases at once, capable of conveying either the subject or direct object of the verb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rinse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rinsen, rincen, rencen (“to rinse”), from Old French rincier, reinser, Old Northern French raïncer (“to rinse, cleanse”). Of contested origin. Possibly from Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“to clean, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to separate, divide”). Alternatively from a dissimilation of Old French recincier, from Latin recentare (“to make fresh”). Cognate with French rincer. From the Germanic verb are Danish rense, Norwegian rense, Swedish rensa (all “to clean”), Old High German reinisōn (“to clean, purify, atone”). It is related to German rein (“pure”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean”), and English riddle. The Latin verb is related to recent. Pronunciation: /ɹɪns/, /ɹɛns/ 1. To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap. Labels: transitive Example: You'd better rinse that stain before putting the shirt in the washing machine. 2. To remove soap from (something) using water. Labels: transitive Example: Rinse the dishes after you wash them. 3. To drink and hangout with friends. Labels: transitive Example: Let's Rinse later tonight at my house. 4. To swish (a liquid) around the inside of something. Labels: transitive Example: Oscar uncapped his beer, rinsed the first mouthful around. 5. To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition. Labels: UK, slang Example: You got rinsed. Example: I think that's a British thing though. Like, I got rinsed for playing video games.
Word: rinse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rinsen, rincen, rencen (“to rinse”), from Old French rincier, reinser, Old Northern French raïncer (“to rinse, cleanse”). Of contested origin. Possibly from Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“to clean, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to separate, divide”). Alternatively from a dissimilation of Old French recincier, from Latin recentare (“to make fresh”). Cognate with French rincer. From the Germanic verb are Danish rense, Norwegian rense, Swedish rensa (all “to clean”), Old High German reinisōn (“to clean, purify, atone”). It is related to German rein (“pure”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean”), and English riddle. The Latin verb is related to recent. Pronunciation: /ɹɪns/, /ɹɛns/ 1. The action of rinsing. Example: I'll just give this knife a quick rinse. 2. A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye. Example: I had a henna rinse yesterday.
Word: nomino- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen 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 nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomăstĭkḗ)calq. Latin nōminātīvusder. Old French nominatifbor. ▲ Latin nōminātīvusbor. Middle English nominatyf English nominative English nomino- Abbreviated form of nominative 1. Pertaining to the nominative case. Labels: morpheme
Word: aequalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aequālis (“equal”). Doublet of equal and egal. 1. The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to “like” or “as” in English. This case is used in some languages like Inuktitut. Labels: uncountable
Word: rink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank. Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋk/ 1. A man, especially a warrior or hero. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: rink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots rink, renk (“course, battlefield”), from Middle French renc, from Old French reng, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of rank and ring. Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋk/ 1. A ring; a circle. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling. Example: We played hockey all winter until the rink melted. 3. A surface for roller skating. 4. A building housing an ice rink. 5. A team in a competition. Example: The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom. Example: However, it was a more chastening day for Britain's women's team, who were unable to repeat their statement win over Canada against the Swedish rink who denied them European gold in November.
Word: rink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots rink, renk (“course, battlefield”), from Middle French renc, from Old French reng, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of rank and ring. Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋk/ 1. To skate on an ice rink. Labels: colloquial, dated, intransitive Example: Jack, who has a knack of knowing, seeing, and doing everything from its very beginning, had of course "rinked" on the only compo at that time laid down in London for the purpose, and visited by London's upper twenty.
Word: curling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/, /ˈkɜːlɪŋ/, /ˈkʌɹlɪŋ/, /ˈkɜːlɪŋɡ/, /ˈkeːlɪŋɡ/ 1. The action or motion of something that curls or is curled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: curlings of smoke Example: a scornful curling of the lip 2. A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice). Labels: uncountable
Word: curling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/, /ˈkɜːlɪŋ/, /ˈkʌɹlɪŋ/, /ˈkɜːlɪŋɡ/, /ˈkeːlɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of curl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hittite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati), perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti. In reference to the Indo-European-speaking people of Asia Minor (as opposed to the Biblical Hittites), this term was first used in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script needed] (ḫattili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 (ne-šu-me-né-eš /⁠nešumeneš⁠/, “people from the city of Nesha”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪ.taɪt/ 1. A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.
Word: Hittite Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati), perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti. In reference to the Indo-European-speaking people of Asia Minor (as opposed to the Biblical Hittites), this term was first used in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script needed] (ḫattili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 (ne-šu-me-né-eš /⁠nešumeneš⁠/, “people from the city of Nesha”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪ.taɪt/ 1. An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC. Example: The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]
Word: Hittite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati), perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti. In reference to the Indo-European-speaking people of Asia Minor (as opposed to the Biblical Hittites), this term was first used in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script needed] (ḫattili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 (ne-šu-me-né-eš /⁠nešumeneš⁠/, “people from the city of Nesha”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪ.taɪt/ 1. Of or relating to the Hittite people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the Hittite language. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 B.C.E. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bonspiel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots bonspiel, from Middle Scots bonspele, possibly from Dutch bond (“league”) + spel (“game”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnspiːl/, /ˈbɑnspil/, /ˈbɒnspil/ 1. A tournament in the sport of curling. Example: […] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word, or gave another glance at the bonspiel, though there was the finest fun amang the curlers ever was seen; […]
Word: séance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French séance (“sitting, session”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪˌɑns/ 1. A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium. Example: [B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities. 2. The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter. Labels: dated
Word: séance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French séance (“sitting, session”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪˌɑns/ 1. To hold a séance (communication with spirits).
Word: seance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French séance. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪˌɑns/ 1. Alternative spelling of séance. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Even when she doesn’t host a seance for months (to appease her husband), they’re always waiting, trying to get her attention.
Word: seance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French séance. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪˌɑns/ 1. Alternative spelling of séance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: soirée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French soir French -ée French soiréebor. English soirée Borrowed from French soirée. 1. Alternative spelling of soiree. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tell all Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌtɛl ˈɔːl/ 1. To reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld. Labels: idiomatic Example: The suspect told all when he saw the surveillance tapes linking him to the crime scene. Example: The actress's earthy new book tells all. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, all. Example: She told all of the news to her friends.
Word: mastiff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mastif, mastyf, an aberrant derivation (with influence from Old French mestif) from Old French mastin (modern French mâtin), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetinus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mansuetus (“tamed”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæstɪf/ 1. One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs. Example: At which time, they wryte that Demoſthenes told the people of Athens, the fable of the ſheepe and woulues, how that the woulues came on a time, and willed the ſheepe, if they woulde haue peace with them, to deliuer them their maſtiues that kept them. Example: As ſaluage Bull, whom two fierce maſtiues bayt, / When rancour doth with rage him once engore, / Forgets with wary warde them to awayt, / But with his dreadfull hornes them driues afore, / Or flings aloft or treades downe in the flore, / Breathing out wrath, and bellowing diſdaine, / That all the foreſt quakes to heare him rore: […]
Word: clicks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klɪks/ 1. plural of click Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clicks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of click Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: iwi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori iwi (literally “bone”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of durian, from Malay. Pronunciation: /ˈiːwi/ 1. An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common ancestry; a tribe. (An iwi is smaller than a waka and larger than a hapu.) Labels: New-Zealand Example: Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful. Example: Ngati Porou and the related iwi Ngāti Kahungunu were major tribes down the East Coast of the North Island.
Word: kurī Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kuri (“an extinct, bushy-tailed, short-legged dog of New Zealand”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Saint Bernard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The dogs were originally bred for rescue at the Great St Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border, and Little St Bernard Pass in the Italian-French border, located close to one another. Pronunciation: /ˌsənt ˈbɜːnəd/, /ˌseɪnt bɚˈnɑɹd/ 1. One of a breed of large dog, famous for rescuing people on mountains.
Word: St. Bernard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Saint Bernard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: informative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English inform Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English informative From inform + -ative. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/, /ɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv], /ɪnˈfoːmətɪv/ 1. Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information. Example: I read a very informative newspaper article on that subject last week. 2. Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information. 3. Formative; having power to form. Labels: obsolete
Word: tell-all Part of Speech: adj 1. Telling all; revealing everything, particularly details or information that are normally withheld. Labels: not-comparable Example: The statesman's tell-all memoirs were not published until long after death. Example: Open source is a tell-all software development strategy.
Word: tell-all Part of Speech: noun 1. A publication, usually a book or magazine article, which tells all, revealing every detail, particularly information that is normally withheld. Example: At this point, we could all write a tell-all about our tabloid childhoods and contrive an autobiographical performance about the pleasures of humiliation. Example: Mikerra had been offered a seven-figure book deal for a tell-all chronicling her relationship with Senator McCaffrey, his death, and the project's ultimate demise.
Word: for-pay Part of Speech: adj 1. Available by subscription; used to describe a product or service that must be purchased to use; synonymous with pay in pay version. Labels: not-comparable Example: The website's for-pay access provides premium options. Example: The freeware version will be supplanted by an overhauled for-pay release.
Word: Calgary Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic cala (“harbor”) + ghearraidh, genitive of gearraidh (“pasture”) (compare Old Norse garðr (“courtyard, enclosed space”)). The Canadian city was named after the village on Mull, Scotland. Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.ɡə.ɹi/, /ˈkæl.ɡɹi/ 1. The largest city in Alberta, Canada. 2. A village on the island of Mull, Scotland.
Word: Wall Street Part of Speech: name Etymology: From wall + street. The term is the name of a street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A., where the palisade of New Amsterdam was once located. The street is known for the many major U.S. financial institutions located there. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːl stɹiːt/, /ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/, /ˈwɑl-/ 1. American financial institutions or financial markets as a whole; (by extension) big-business interests. Labels: metonymically Example: The causes of income stagnation are varied and lack the political simplicity of calls to bring down the deficit or avert another Wall Street meltdown. 2. The street that traditionally has been a principal locus for those entities and whose name is metonymically extended to refer to them. Example: Holonyms: Manhattan < New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World
Word: wheel war Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wheel (“superuser on certain systems”) + war. 1. A conflict in which users of a given computer system or (later) wiki who have administrative privileges try to lock each other out of the system or repeatedly attempt to reverse each other’s administrative actions. Labels: slang Example: WHEEL WARS. A period during which student wheels hack each other by attempting to log each other out of the system, delete each other’s files, or otherwise wreak havoc—usually at the expense of the lesser users. A battle of Titans (heh heh). Example: Wikipedia policy prohibits “wheel wars”—cases in which a Wikipedia administrator repeatedly undoes the action of another—just as it prohibits edit wars.
Word: demo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek δημο- (dēmo-), from δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). 1. people Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. democracy, demolatry, demonym 2. population Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. demogenetics, demography, demology 3. demography Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. demographer, demolinguistic, demoeconomic
Word: jagoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jag. 1. An irritating, inept, or repugnant person. Labels: Pennsylvania, Western, derogatory, dialectal Example: You don't look like a Mullen. In fact, you look like a Chekov, or a jag-off. Example: “Listen, jaggoff, I've got a whole treasure trove of Philly magazines, okay? One of 'em's got a picture of Darren Daulton in a tux eating a hotdog.” “That one where he got the mustard on his face?” “Yeah, that's the one.” “Oh, that would move here for sure.”
Word: cock sucker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cocksucker. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, derogatory, offensive, vulgar
Word: massless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mass Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English massless From mass + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈmæs.ləs/, /ˈmæs.lɪs/ 1. Having no mass. Labels: not-comparable Example: The photon is a massless particle. Example: On the other hand, Pauli had just proposed a massless, chargeless, colorless, flavorless particle whose sole reason for existence was to preserve the principle of momentum conservation.
Word: icebreaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + breaker, in the figurative sense from the expression to break the ice. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsˌbɹeɪkəɹ/ 1. A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas. Example: The steel hulls of ice-breakers are much thicker than those of standard vessels. Example: My father's Bonneville was cutting its way toward us like an icebreaker moving through my whole state of consciousness. 2. A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to ease tension and encourage interaction among individuals in a situation where they do not know each other well. Labels: figuratively Example: The new college hallmates were awkward with each other at first, but after a game of charades as an icebreaker, they were laughing like old friends. Example: The key purpose of an icebreaker is to introduce your group members to each other and to introduce your training session topic. A well-planned icebreaker ensures that a training session will start with more involvement and focus. 3. A lively song and dance routine at the start of a musical. Example: At the moment the curtain went up there had to be a lively ensemble number of principals and chorus singing and dancing, the traditional “icebreaker” that also covered up the noise of late-arriving ticket holders getting to their seats.
Word: ice breaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of icebreaker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: idolater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ydolatrer, from Middle French idolatre, from Latin idololatra. Displaced native Old English dēofolġielda (literally “devil worshiper”). Pronunciation: /ˌaɪˈdɑlətəɹ/ 1. One who worships idols; (historical) a pagan. Example: [T]he state of idolaters is two ways miserable: first, in that which they worship they find no succour; and secondly, at his hands, whom they ought to serve, there is no other thing to be looked for but the effects of most just displeasure, the withdrawing of grace, dereliction in this world, and in the world to come confusion. Example: I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
Word: illusory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/, /-zə.ɹiː/, /ɪˈlu.sə.ɹi/, /-zə.ɹi/, /ɪˈlʉː.sə.ɹiː/ 1. Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal. Example: The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness. Example: Yet for this new womanosphere, the response is not advancing policies like paid family leave or affordable childcare, but to return to an idealized, illusory past where being a wife and mother was viewed as a woman’s sole purpose.
Word: illustrator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin lūstrō Latin illūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin illūstrātiōbor. Middle French illustrationbor. English illustrationbf. English illustrate English -or English illustrator From illustrate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/ 1. a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines) Example: Mary is one of the best illustrators of children's books in the country.
Word: immaterial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; spiritual”), from Middle French immateriel (“not material”) (modern French immatériel), and from its etymon Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + māteriālis (“made of matter, material”) (from māteria (“matter, substance, material”) (from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, + ia) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). The English word is analysable as im- + material. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌɪ.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.əl/, /ˌɪ.məˈtɪ.ɹi.əl/, /ˌɪ.məˈti.ɹi.əl/ 1. Having no matter or substance; incorporeal. Example: Some believe that because ghosts are immaterial, they can pass through walls. Example: You feel like a disembodied spirit, immaterial; and you seem to be able to touch beauty as though it were a palpable thing; and you feel an intimate communion with the breeze, and with the trees breaking into leaf, and with the iridescence of the river. You feel like God. Can you explain that to me? 2. Of the nature of the soul or spirit; spiritual. Example: [T]here are ſome beings in the vvorld vvhich cannot depend upon matter or motion, i.e. that there are ſome ſpiritual and immaterial ſubstances or Beings […] If there be then ſuch things in the vvorld vvhich matter and motion cannot be the cauſes of, then there are certainly spiritual and immaterial Beings, and that I ſhall make appear both as to the minds of men, and to ſome extraordinary effects vvhich are produced in the vvorld. 3. Of no importance; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant. Labels: figuratively Example: He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay—which is very kind of them; […] 4. Having or seeming to have very little substance; insubstantial, slight. Labels: figuratively, rare Example: No, vvhy art thou then exaſperate, thou idle, / immaterial ſkeine of ſleiue ſilke; thou greene ſacenet flap for a ſore eye, thou toſſell of a prodigalls purſe— […] Example: Mr. Woodhouse considered eight persons at dinner together as the utmost that his nerves could bear—and here was a ninth— […] She [Emma] comforted her father better than she could comfort herself, by representing that though he certainly would make them nine, yet he always said so little, that the increase of noise would be very immaterial. 5. Especially of evidence; chiefly followed by to: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed; irrelevant. Labels: figuratively Example: Objection, your Honour! The defendant’s criminal record is immaterial to this case. Example: He was perpetually at her side, trying, apparently, to preserve the thread of a disconnected talk, the fate of which was, to judge by her face, profoundly immaterial to the young lady.
Word: immaterial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; spiritual”), from Middle French immateriel (“not material”) (modern French immatériel), and from its etymon Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + māteriālis (“made of matter, material”) (from māteria (“matter, substance, material”) (from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, + ia) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). The English word is analysable as im- + material. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌɪ.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.əl/, /ˌɪ.məˈtɪ.ɹi.əl/, /ˌɪ.məˈti.ɹi.əl/ 1. A being or entity having no matter or substance. Labels: countable, in-plural 2. A thing which is abstract or intangible; (uncountable) chiefly preceded by the: things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively. Labels: countable, in-plural Example: Lodge immaterials in thy Head: aſcend unto inviſibles: fill thy Spirit vvith Spirituals, vvith the myſteries of Faith, the magnalities of Religion, and thy Life vvith the Honour of God; […] Example: And we do absolutely know that these men's inborn temperaments have remained unchanged through all the vicissitudes of their material affairs. Let us see how it is with their immaterials.
Word: ivories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaɪvəɹiːz/ 1. plural of ivory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ivories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaɪvəɹiːz/ 1. The keys of a piano. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The teeth. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: tinkle the ivories Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of tickle the ivories. Labels: alt-of, alternative