nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tl Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of timeline. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: Meanwhile, others just begged James to "PLEASE STOP" with his "oversharing," with some people on Twitter also asking other users to "stop putting James Charles tucking himself on my tl." Example: why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh
Word: rn Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of right now. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Barrel jeans are all the rave rn—let's see you in a pair!
Word: vP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtl̩ ˈvi ˈpi/ 1. A phrase headed by little v. Example: Wherever an object fails to undergo EPP-driven raising into the v'''P-domain, it remains VP-internal. In the context of the phase-based Probe/Goal/Agree system of Chomsky (2000 onwards) and, in particular, (the strict version of) the Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC), material located in the VP-domain is subject to Spellout upon completion of the v'''P phase. Example: As discussed in Deal 2013, a single vP may contain only one accusative-marked DP, and it is always the second-highest DP that is marked in this way.
Word: sb Part of Speech: pron 1. Abbreviation of somebody. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: sb Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of so bad. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cs Part of Speech: conj 1. Abbreviation of 'cause (because). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: Its a given. Exo undeniabley made a huge mark on everyone and its impossible for their standings to be affected just cs theyre on hiatus. Congrats exo and exols 💖💖 Example: No.. it doesnt, i thought maybe its cs of adrenaline since whenever i play, i am super excited cs i dont have time
Word: cs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of c Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pr Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of present. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: nd Part of Speech: conj 1. Abbreviation of and. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: 😔💔 We gonna have to wait nd see Example: decided to do color eyebrows nd i like itttttt☺️
Word: pm Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of p.m.. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sm Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of slip marker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Rnd 16: K23, sm, k2tog, join CC, k10, join MC, k2tog, sm, k7 (42sts).
Word: sm Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of so much. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Lucky for the memories BMHS, thanks sm Example: Omg, thank you. Thank you sm. Can send smthng rn.
Word: gd Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of good. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of grand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: gd duke
Word: gd Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Gudermannian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: champagne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French champagne (“sparkling wine from the Champagne region”), from Champagne (“region and former province of France”), from Late Latin campānia (in full Campānia Rēmēnsis), from campāneus (“of or pertaining to the fields”), from Latin campus (“level ground; field, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). The English word is a doublet of campagna (“flat stretch of countryside”) (dated), campaign, and campania. Pronunciation: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, /ʃamˈpɛjn/, /ʃæːmˈpæɪn/, /ʃɛmˈpæɪn/, /ʃamˈpen/ 1. A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer. Example: "[…] That stuff on the table may be a vehicle for filberts and walnuts, but not for such communications as yours. —Bring me champaigne," he said to the attendant who answered on his summons. The domestic returned, and brought a flask of champaigne, with two large silver cups. 2. Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion. Example: Of the Reims mountain wines, those of Verzi, Verzenay, Mailli, Bouzy, and St. Basle, are most esteemed; but the Clos St. Thierry furnishes perhaps the finest red Champagne. The name Jolly champagne, under which, at present, a large quantity of the best champagne is sold in the U[nited] States, does not originate from a place in Champagne, but from an owner of extensive vineyards in that province, who exports much champagne to the U. States. 3. Any sparkling white wine. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 4. A glass of champagne. Labels: countable Example: "I'm not scared of needles, but I certainly don’t like them," she says. "I had a champagne en route to the clinic – maybe two – which I'd probably not recommended, but whatever works, right?[…]" 5. A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne. Labels: countable Example: Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed. 6. (An ordinary occupying) the base of the shield, either flat-topped (like the chief at the top of the shield) or curved (as in a mount or trimount). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Alternative forms: champaine, champain Example: Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).
Word: champagne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French champagne (“sparkling wine from the Champagne region”), from Champagne (“region and former province of France”), from Late Latin campānia (in full Campānia Rēmēnsis), from campāneus (“of or pertaining to the fields”), from Latin campus (“level ground; field, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). The English word is a doublet of campagna (“flat stretch of countryside”) (dated), campaign, and campania. Pronunciation: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, /ʃamˈpɛjn/, /ʃæːmˈpæɪn/, /ʃɛmˈpæɪn/, /ʃamˈpen/ 1. Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne. Labels: not-comparable Example: This is the year! With champagne colors the thing on the fashion scene, Clairol is popping the corks on 4 new Champagne Blondes^®! […] Clairol's Creme Toner is your choice of Champagne color. 2. Alternative form of champaine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: A Point Dexter parted, A Point Champagne, A Point plain, A Point in Point, […]
Word: champagne Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French champagne (“sparkling wine from the Champagne region”), from Champagne (“region and former province of France”), from Late Latin campānia (in full Campānia Rēmēnsis), from campāneus (“of or pertaining to the fields”), from Latin campus (“level ground; field, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). The English word is a doublet of campagna (“flat stretch of countryside”) (dated), campaign, and campania. Pronunciation: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, /ʃamˈpɛjn/, /ʃæːmˈpæɪn/, /ʃɛmˈpæɪn/, /ʃamˈpen/ 1. To ply or treat with champagne. Labels: transitive Example: And equally, the central matter of Henry's infidelities has no actual dramatisation, so that we never see him coming out of a stage door with a Follies girl on his arm, or champagning a debutante, let alone entering a boudoir. 2. To drink champagne. Labels: intransitive Example: We clareted and champagned till two—then supped, and finished with a kind of regency punch composed of madeira, brandy, and green tea, no real water being admitted therein. Example: On one occasion, I was at a meeting of the turf in an hotel after the races, where violent discussions and heavy champagning were going on.
Word: bowlful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bowl + -ful. 1. The amount that a bowl will hold.
Word: demy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (scholarship): From Latin demi-socii (“half-fellows”); see socius. 1. A printing paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One holding a demyship, a kind of scholarship for Magdalen College, Oxford. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: 1781, Samuel Johnson, Addison, Lives of the Poets, 1840, Arthur Murphy (editor), The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 2, page 132, […] by whose recommendations he was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called scholars, young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships; […] 3. Junior scholar, specifically at Magdalen College, Oxford. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: William Lily was admitted as a dumy to Magdalen College, Oxford, by November 1486, at the age of seventeen
Word: hf Part of Speech: intj 1. Abbreviation of have fun. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: fm Part of Speech: symbol 1. fathoms
Word: abridged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abridge + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/ 1. Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work. Example: The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length. Example: How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!
Word: abridged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From abridge + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abridge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: daring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɛə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈdɛɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈdɛɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: daring Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɛə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈdɛɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈdɛɹɪŋ/ 1. Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold. Example: “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]” 2. Courageous or showing bravery; doughty. Example: […]By this scimitar, That slew the Sophy and a Persian prince That won three fields of Sultan Solyman, I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, Outbrave the heart most daring on earth, Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear, Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey, To win thee, lady. […] 3. Racy; sexually provocative. Example: Just what I wanted, seeing my mom in a daring bikini—or worse yet, my being in one. I had the perfect drawer I could bury it in.
Word: daring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈdɛɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈdɛɹɪŋ/ 1. Boldness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: courageous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English corajous, from Old French corageus, from corage + -eus. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/ 1. Of a person, displaying or possessing courage. Example: the most courageous person I have ever met Example: In 1979, following Jimmy Carter’s unexpected and unreasonable decision to transfer diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, the Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act to preserve our relationship with this courageous nation. We believed that it was vital for our allies and for those who were not our allies to know that the United States would not abandon its friends. 2. Of an action, that requires courage. Example: a courageous deed
Word: cornmeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + meal. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹnˌmil/, /ˈkɔːnˌmiːl/ 1. Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She made a kind of polenta from cornmeal and chicken broth, with some cheese sprinkled on top. 2. Any cereal grain meal or flour. Labels: archaic, countable, especially, uncountable
Word: maria Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹ.i.ə/, /ˈmɛɚ.i.ə/ 1. plural of mare (“lunar plain”). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nokia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈnɒ.ki.ə/, /ˈnɒ.kjə/, /ˈnɔ.ki.ə/, /ˈnɑ.ki.ə/, /ˈnoʊ.ki.ə/ 1. A town and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland, near Tampere.
Word: Nokia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɒ.ki.ə/, /ˈnɒ.kjə/, /ˈnɔ.ki.ə/, /ˈnɑ.ki.ə/, /ˈnoʊ.ki.ə/ 1. A phone produced by the Nokia company. Example: Mac turned to the bed and pulled a handful of Nokias from the bag. 'We need those charged,' said Mac as he headed off to find the communal shower block.
Word: palmas Part of Speech: noun 1. Clapping of the hands. Labels: uncountable Example: […] she performed in an ensemble that included one uncle (José Carbonell) on guitar, and another (Antonio Carbonell) accompanying her with palmas, or handclapping.
Word: pt Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of physical training, a physical education class in grade school. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 3. Abbreviation of part. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 4. Abbreviation of patient. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Example: General appearance—pt c/o [complains of] feeling tired much of the time 5. Abbreviation of pint. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable
Word: hebe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hebe (“a Jew”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: np Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of no problem. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of 2. no pagination 3. no place (of publication)
Word: Hyperion Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὑπερίων (Huperíōn). Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɪəɹi.ən/ 1. A Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus and the father of Helios, Selene and Eos. Labels: Greek 2. Helios himself, the incarnation of light and beauty. Labels: Greek 3. One of the moons of Saturn.
Word: Theia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεία (Theía). Pronunciation: /ˈθiːə/ 1. A Titan, the sister-wife of Hyperion. Labels: Greek 2. An Oceanid nymph (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys), the mother of the Cercopes by Oceanus. Labels: Greek 3. A hypothesised Mars-sized planet of the early solar system thought to have collided with the Earth to produce the Moon. Example: According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet, still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force. That "giant impactor", named Theia, who in Greek mythology was mother to the goddess of the moon, is thought to have been roughly the size of Mars and to have been pulverized in the encounter, along with a good chunk of the proto-Earth. From that fiery cloud of all-Theia and part-Earth, the scenario goes, our moon soon condensed.
Word: hera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera. 1. A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles. Labels: uncommon Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:hera.
Word: Coeus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοῖος (Koîos, “Coeus”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːəs/ 1. The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria. Labels: Greek
Word: hs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of h Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hs Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of high-sensitivity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: ds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of d Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ds Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of double-stranded. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Mnemosyne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μνημοσύνη (Mnēmosúnē). Pronunciation: /nɪˈmɒ.sɪ.ni/, /nɪˈmɒ.zɪ.ni/ 1. A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory, who is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus. Labels: Greek 2. 57 Mnemosyne, a main belt asteroid.
Word: gg Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːd͡ʒiː/ 1. Initialism of good game. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang 2. Initialism of good going. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: gg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːd͡ʒiː/ 1. Loss, defeat, game over. Labels: Internet, broadly, slang Example: Nature's Prophet going to get the last hit in as well. It's the entire team down for EHOME. This is GG.
Word: master race Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Herrenrasse. 1. A race of people who are superior to others. Labels: Nazism, especially Example: When the Führer says we is the master race We "Heil!" (Bronx cheer), "Heil!" (Bronx cheer) right in the Führer's face.
Word: polska Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of Nordic dance, usually danced with a partner in 3/4 meter.
Word: bache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a dialectal form of Middle English *becck, *betch, from to Old English *becc (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water, stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“brook”). More at beck. 1. The dale of a stream or rivulet. Labels: obsolete
Word: locker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɑ.kɚ/, /ˈlɔk.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers. Example: The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school. Example: This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk. 2. A lockable cubicle. Example: She was afraid to come out of the locker. 3. A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked. 4. One who locks something. Labels: rare Example: The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap. 5. A locking differential. 6. A customs officer who guards a warehouse. Labels: historical Example: The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a proof that the duties have been paid […] 7. A closet. Labels: Louisiana 8. An online storage service for files. Example: Then there are online service providers (OSPs), which might provide you with a message board, a blogging system, a video-hosting service, a file locker, an instant-messaging system, or an email box.
Word: short message service Part of Speech: name 1. The system for transmitting text messages on mobile phones.
Word: fursuiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fursuit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːˌsuːtə/, /ˈfɝˌsutɚ/ 1. A person who wears a fursuit. Example: Fursuiters dress the part of their furry persona or fursona. Example: Trekkers versus trekkies versus people in Klingon costumes, or furries versus fursuiters versus, oh, plushies. 2. A person with an interest in the design, construction, or use of fursuits.
Word: popularize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English popularize From popular + -ize. 1. American and Oxford British spelling of popularise Example: Saudi yoga trainer Dr. Nouf Marwaai has also been honored with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri, for popularizing yoga.
Word: quickie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quick + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪki/ 1. Something made or done swiftly. Labels: colloquial 2. A brief sexual encounter. Labels: broadly, colloquial Example: We had a quickie; I didn’t come & was only telling of the future where there was better bed fucks & us living contentedly as we walked slowly across town again to her home. Example: Why talk about courtly love [l'amour courtois]^([sic]) today, in an age of permissiveness when the sexual encounter is often nothing more than a ‘quickie’ in some dark corner of an office? 3. A fast bowler.
Word: urostomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -stomy. Pronunciation: /jʊəˈɹɒstəmi/ 1. A surgically constructed opening in the urinary tract allowing urine to exit the body; the procedure of making such an opening. Example: She now has a stoma (an opening in her abdomen) and relies on a urostomy bag to collect her urine.
Word: RAAF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Royal Australian Air Force. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Roswell Army Air Field. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bristol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Bristol City, the name of an English football team, for titty. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪstəl/ 1. A woman's breast Labels: Cockney, plural-normally, slang Example: Finally the dancer whipped her bikini top off and her bristols fell out. They looked like a pair of slatelayers' nailbags.
Word: devon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛvən/ 1. A type of processed meat sausage. Labels: Australia, Eastern Example: Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat. Example: Elsewhere the Roy Slaven signature range of smallgoods – marketed with the shout-out line, ‘Roy: still doing things with meat butchers only dream of!’ − has captured the imagination of an increasingly time-poor community looking for top-shelf short cuts in cuisine solutions. When I last looked, Roy had personally signed nearly 5.9 million salamis, chorizos and devon logs this year.
Word: kent Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɛnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of ken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a variant of the verb cant. Pronunciation: /kɛnt/ 1. A shepherd's staff. Labels: Scotland 2. A pole or pike. Labels: Scotland 3. cunt. Labels: euphemistic, slang
Word: kent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps a variant of the verb cant. Pronunciation: /kɛnt/ 1. To propel (a boat) using a pole. Labels: Scotland
Word: zaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French zaïre. Named after the Zaire River, another name for the Congo River. Pronunciation: /ˌzɑˈɪə(ɹ)/, /ˌzaɪˈɪə(ɹ)/ 1. The unit of currency of Zaire from 1967 to 1998. Labels: historical
Word: kina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”). 1. The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.
Word: kina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori kina. 1. Any of species Evechinus chloroticus of sea urchins endemic to New Zealand. Example: To those used to one standard, this book may offer a taste passing strange, like the original mouthful of kina roe. Persist. Kina can become a favourite food.
Word: intermediate cuneiform bone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the three cuneiform bones of the foot.
Word: lateral cuneiform bone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the three cuneiform bones of the foot.
Word: kongo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: surrey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Surrey cart, a type of carriage originally made in the county of Surrey in England, UK, and introduced into the USA in 1872. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹi/, /ˈsə-/ 1. A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design. Labels: historical Example: The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons. Example: It suffered a wide verandah, one side of which led directly into the stables where, in former days, horses, surreys, and buggies had been kept, and where now two cars were housed— […]
Word: medial cuneiform bone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the cuneiform bones of the foot.
Word: backfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + fire. Pronunciation: /ˈbækfaɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction. 2. An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine. Example: As much of Seattle tries to sleep, the Hellcat supercar goes on the prowl, the howls of its engine and the explosive backfires from its tailpipes echoing off the high-rise towers downtown. 3. An explosion in other equipment. Example: The chief causes of rectifier backfiring in the Glasgow units were overheating or unfavourable anode/cathode temperature differential; it has proved possible to overcome these, although occasional backfires do still occur. 4. Alternative form of back fire. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A firefighter monitors a backfire while battling the Carr Fire on July 27. […] A firefighter lights backfires in Redding on July 27.
Word: backfire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + fire. Pronunciation: /bækˈfaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈbækfaɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc., to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel. Labels: intransitive 2. Of a reciprocating engine, to experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound. Labels: intransitive Example: It was just after the Biafran war, and all the local people were still jumpy. Any time a car backfired or a police siren howled, they would dive under desks or tables instinctively. 3. To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled. Example: Her plan backfired on her. 4. To set a back fire (small, controlled fire to limit spread of a larger fire).
Word: crybaby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cry Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby English crybaby From cry + baby. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/ 1. A baby who cries excessively. Example: A notorious human crybaby, according to her older siblings, parents and the building superintendent, will cry for two hours every two hours, refusing to acknowledge any distinction between crying and other basic infant activities, like “being awake” or “breathing.” 2. Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Then he used the occasion to humiliate the provost, calling her an example of the censorious crybabies whom he had come to relieve of their responsibility. 3. Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: […]Now there are a lot of crybabies around who are talking about what ought to have done and the bomb ought to have had a demonstration in Japan before you killed all those people. […] I don't care what the crybabies say now because they didn't have to make the decision.
Word: crybaby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English cry Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby English crybaby From cry + baby. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/ 1. To act like a crybaby. Labels: intransitive Example: Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on. Example: “I have learned the hard way,” she crybabied this week, “that we have to be fearless and loud in order to be heard, and to prepare for the backlash that occasionally comes with that outspokenness.”
Word: irrelevance Part of Speech: noun 1. Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
Word: incomprehensible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, /ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, /ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ 1. Impossible or very difficult to understand. Example: But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream. Example: In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent. 2. Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite. Labels: literary Example: Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and your only-begotten Son and your Holy Spirit
Word: incomprehensible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, /ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, /ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ 1. Anything that is beyond understanding.
Word: ladylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lady + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.di.laɪ̯k/ 1. Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman. Example: Coniux imperioſa. Ouidius. A ladylike wife that will be obeyed. […] Dura domina, imperioſa. Cic. A rigorous and ladilike dame that will be obeyed. Example: Is it ladylike to giggle? / Is it ladylike to wink? / Is it ladylike to ride a horse astraddle? / Is it ladylike to wiggle? / Is it ladylike to drink? / Is it ladylike upon the beach to paddle? […]
Word: ladylike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lady + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.di.laɪ̯k/ 1. In the manner of a lady. Example: Mirrin had lifted her second cup of tea, holding it, ladylike, with finger and thumb of her right hand while her left palm supported the saucer. Example: Men prefer feminine women, and there’s nothing feminine about hippos. They can’t walk ladylike, they can’t sit ladylike, and God forbid they should have to run!
Word: hackney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hakeney, from the placename Hackney (formerly a town; now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, from Old English *Hacan īeġ (“Haca's Island”, literally “Hook's Island”). The Old French haquenée (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius, is originally from the English. Pronunciation: /ˈhækni/ 1. An ordinary horse. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. A carriage for hire or a cab. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Mamma would die if she knew. The boy," replied Georgiana, "walked with us to Oxford Street, and we took a hackney-coach. Will Mrs. Gooch ever forgive us for getting out of it at her door?" 3. A horse used to ride or drive. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A breed of English horse. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 6. Inferior writing; literary hackwork. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Not that the existence of Grub street is to be doubted: it was, indeed, a grim actuality, and many a garreter realised by experience How unhappy's the fate To live by one's pate And to be forced to write hackney for bread.
Word: hackney Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hakeney, from the placename Hackney (formerly a town; now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, from Old English *Hacan īeġ (“Haca's Island”, literally “Hook's Island”). The Old French haquenée (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius, is originally from the English. Pronunciation: /ˈhækni/ 1. Offered for hire. Labels: not-comparable Example: hackney coaches 2. Much used; trite; mean. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: hackney authors Example: his accumulative and hackney tongue
Word: hackney Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hakeney, from the placename Hackney (formerly a town; now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, from Old English *Hacan īeġ (“Haca's Island”, literally “Hook's Island”). The Old French haquenée (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius, is originally from the English. Pronunciation: /ˈhækni/ 1. To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use. Labels: transitive 2. To use as a hackney. Labels: transitive 3. To carry in a hackney coach. Labels: transitive Example: […] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]
Word: malnourished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourished English malnourished From mal- + nourished. 1. Suffering from malnutrition. Example: Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations. Example: Autopsy results revealed that Braydon was generally malnourished and thin. His cause of death was hyperthermia due to the extreme heat, which would have “caused extreme discomfort and difficulty breathing as he died.”
Word: malnourished Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourished English malnourished From mal- + nourished. 1. simple past and past participle of malnourish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: german Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French germain, from Latin germānus, from germen (“seed, sprout, bud”). See also germane, a formal variant which has survived in specific senses. Not related to the proper noun German. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/ 1. Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister). Example: brother-german 2. Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin). Example: cousin-german Example: The doubtfull wordes whereof they scan and canvas to an fro. Which done, Prometheus sonne began by counsell wise and sage 3. Closely related, akin. Labels: obsolete Example: After this Merlyn told vnto kynge Arthur of the prophecye / that there shold be a grete batail besyde Salysbury and Mordred his owne sone sholde be ageynste hym / Also he tolde hym that Basdemegus was his cosyn and germayn vnto kynge Vryence Example: The phrase would bee more Germaine.
Word: german Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French germain, from Latin germānus, from germen (“seed, sprout, bud”). See also germane, a formal variant which has survived in specific senses. Not related to the proper noun German. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/ 1. A near relative. Labels: obsolete Example: Which when his german saw, the stony feare / Ran to his hart, and all his sence dismayd […]
Word: german Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German (“of Germany”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/ 1. An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement. Example: Through the years, though, the german was replaced by new and more popular dances, but in many instances the name stayed on. 2. A social party at which the german is danced.
Word: french Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks. Pronunciation: /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/, [fɹ̠ɛn̠t͡ʃ] 1. To prepare food by cutting it into strips. Labels: transitive 2. To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. Labels: transitive Example: Tom frenched her full in the mouth. 3. To kiss in this manner. Labels: intransitive Example: We frenched by the wall. 4. To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).
Word: meaningful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meaning + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/, [ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩], /ˈmi.nɪŋ.fl̩/, [ˈmi.nɪŋ.fl̩], /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fʊl/ 1. Having meaning, significant. Example: I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today. Example: But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack. 2. Full of implication; heavy with unstated meaning. Example: "So you enjoyed yourself, did you," she said, with a meaningful smile. Example: "This baby is the one that counts. I dare say Polly here wouldn't want any other, would you, Polly?" "This baby, this baby," said Polly. Wolcott gave Peter Horn a meaningful look. Horn interpreted it correctly. This baby or no more Polly ever again. This baby or Polly would be in a quiet room somewhere staring into space for the rest of her life.
Word: meaningless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English meaning 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 meaningless From meaning + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/ 1. Lacking meaning. Example: The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English. Example: As the years go by, speech reverts to childhood levels of disfluency, with more pauses, more errors, more repeated words, but even the peak years are not great: up to 8 percent of the average person’s word output consists of meaningless fillers and placeholders like um, uh and er. 2. Insignificant; not worthy of importance. Example: All our efforts were ultimately meaningless. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
Word: mementoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memento Labels: form-of, plural
Word: english Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ 1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable Example: You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english. Example: There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six. 2. An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance. Labels: broadly, figuratively, uncountable Example: Some drop science, while I'm dropping english. Example: Preston Sturgis in his Sullivan’s Travels (1942) put some english on the idea in a bit about a filthy, defeated, white chaingang that is invited to a rural black church for an evening of old movies.
Word: english Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of English. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, rare, transitive Example: Eduard Sievers and his followers have, in recent years, raised the study of speech rhythm to the rank of a special science, which they call Schallanalyse, a name best englished as rhythmics.
Word: basque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French basque. Pronunciation: /bæsk/, /bɑːsk/ 1. The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist. 2. A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature. Example: Will she be able to pull off the double act? Can she play the cosy tradwife and still be the sexpot in a basque?
Word: arie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ɹi.ɛ/ 1. plural of aria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornish Part of Speech: noun 1. One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards. 2. Alternative form of cornice. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So the curve of Stonehenge, which is above 100 English feet, appears extraordinary large and well proportion'd, upon a height of 18 foot, which reaches to the top of the outer cornish; that of the inner cornishes is but 24 foot high, at a medium. For the cornishes of the inner part of Stonehenge, or that which Webb calls the cell, are not all of equal height, of which in proper place. Example: The four rooms in the length of this building have door places crown'd with double cornishes, as represented in the plate of that architecture, together with ornaments of the winged globe.
Word: cornish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English corn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English cornish From corn + -ish. 1. cornlike; resembling corn
Word: respectable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English respect 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 respectable From respect + -able. Pronunciation: [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩] 1. Deserving respect. Example: His accomplishments, morals, loyalty, and stature make him a respectable person. Example: In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings. 2. Decent; satisfactory. Example: Turn up to the interview wearing something respectable. She plays a respectable game of chess. He got a respectable B+ on his last exam. 3. Moderately well-to-do.
Word: respectable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English respect 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 respectable From respect + -able. Pronunciation: [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩] 1. A person who is respectable. Example: They forced their way into the meetings called by the respectables; and the respectables disappeared. It was of their own respectable good pleasure that they withdrew. Example: The tensions between the "respectables" and the "gay spoilers"
Word: Kilimanjaro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unclear, but most likely from Swahili kilima (“hill”) + njaro. Pronunciation: /ˌkɪləmənˈd͡ʒɑɹoʊ/, /ˌkɪlɪmənˈd͡ʒɑːɹəʊ/ 1. A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet). Example: Users can see how a glacier at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania retreated between December 1986 and 2020, as well as glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020.
Word: explanatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“to explain”). Displaced Old English ġereclīċ. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/, /ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/, /ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/, /ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/ 1. Intended to serve as an explanation. Example: Below the diagram is an explanatory text. 2. Disposed to explain.
Word: exhibitionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exhibition Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English exhibitionism From exhibition + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɛksɪˈbɪʃənɪzm/ 1. The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, female nipples, or buttocks in public for sexual gratification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dance consisted of sexual exhibitionism, reeling and swaying as if in a state of intoxication, erotic bodily movements, and denudation. Example: Yes, really. Blanchard has expanded the DSM's "paraphilia" section (where crimes such as paedophilia and exhibitionism go) to include transvestic disorder.
Word: thor Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ðɔː/ 1. there Labels: Geordie, not-comparable 2. they're (they are) Labels: Geordie, not-comparable
Word: thor Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /ðɔː/ 1. their Labels: Geordie, determiner, possessive
Word: forbidden fruit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV) Pronunciation: /fəˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹuːt/, /fɚˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹut/ 1. The fruit forbidden to Adam. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Illicit pleasure. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable 3. Something desired that cannot be had. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was forbidden fruit because she was his teacher. This taboo made him want a relationship with her even more. 4. A small variety of shaddock (Citrus maxima), or sometimes other citrus fruits. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: enclosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enclose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present