nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hornily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English horny Middle English -ly English -ly English hornily From horny + -ly. 1. In a horny manner. Example: Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offence, I am now becoming hornily hard and indifferent to it. Example: 2009, Lee Montgomery, Tony Perez (editors), The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House, Tin House Books, page 18, She had an affinity for world music and one day she sashayed hornily into her neighborhood recorded-music store […] .
Word: hornier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of horny: more horny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: horniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of horny: most horny Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Balthazar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Balthasar, from Latin Baltassar, from Ancient Greek Βαλτάσαρ (Baltásar), from Hebrew בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר (bēlšaṣṣar), attested in the Tanakh and the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1), from Akkadian 𒁹𒀭𒂗𒈗𒋀 (Bēl-šarra-uṣṣur, literally “May Bel protect the king”). Doublet of Belshazzar. Pronunciation: /bælˈθeɪzə/, /ˈbælθəˌzɔɹ/, /bælˈθeɪzɚ/ 1. A name ascribed to one of the Magi. 2. a Babylonian king mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Labels: historical 3. A male given name from Old Persian.
Word: Balthazar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Balthasar, from Latin Baltassar, from Ancient Greek Βαλτάσαρ (Baltásar), from Hebrew בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר (bēlšaṣṣar), attested in the Tanakh and the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1), from Akkadian 𒁹𒀭𒂗𒈗𒋀 (Bēl-šarra-uṣṣur, literally “May Bel protect the king”). Doublet of Belshazzar. Pronunciation: /bælˈθeɪzə/, /ˈbælθəˌzɔɹ/, /bælˈθeɪzɚ/ 1. A very large wine bottle with the capacity of about 12 liters, equivalent to 16 standard bottles.
Word: mussy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muss + -y. 1. Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.
Word: mussy Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of mercy, representing African-American Vernacular English. Labels: alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Example: God have mussy!
Word: South Pacific Part of Speech: name 1. The southern part of the Pacific Ocean, from the equator to the Antarctic Ocean 2. The islands of Oceania
Word: mineralogical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mineralogy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English mineralogical From mineralogy + -ical. 1. Relating to mineralogy. Labels: not-comparable Example: In recent years, AGeS, the Alliance Geological Service, has offered bounties to private individuals or teams willing to perform mineralogical surveys on the frontier.
Word: comma splice Part of Speech: noun 1. Two independent clauses combined into a run-on sentence with only a comma between them.
Word: punishee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From punish + -ee. 1. A person undergoing punishment.
Word: working animal Part of Speech: noun 1. An animal which is kept mainly to do work, such as a draft animal or a service animal, not mainly as a pet nor for its animal products.
Word: hermeneutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós, “of or for interpreting”), from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪk/, /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪk/, /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tɪk/, /ˌhøː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tək/, /ˌhɛɹ.məˈn(j)ʉ.tɪk/ 1. Having to do with hermeneutics; that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates texts, especially holy texts. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: exegetic, exegetical Example: Following the goal of surrealist automatic writing, the sheer richness of this dream imagery blurs the border between oneirography and fiction—the tawdry colonials, the sign of the alluring woman, the writing lesson, the papyrus turban, the disguised charlatan's reverie, the ecstasy of signification, writing both conscious and unconscious, poetic and hermeneutic, text and mirror, "langage tangage" (Leiris 1985⁹)—composing a narrative philosophy of cross-cultural existence.
Word: hermeneutic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós, “of or for interpreting”), from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪk/, /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪk/, /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tɪk/, /ˌhøː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tək/, /ˌhɛɹ.məˈn(j)ʉ.tɪk/ 1. A particular theory of hermeneutics; a particular method of interpretation of text, especially holy texts. Example: The hermeneutics of suspicion needs to be balanced by a hermeneutic that is grounded in the recognition that written texts represent valid expressions of their author's intent, and that principles may be established that would guide the reader to that intent.
Word: whoopsie Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From whoops + -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms). 1. Alternative spelling of whoopsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Another, who usually fouled out early, would shout, “Whoopsie!” as she crashed into some opponent, thus advertising her misdemeanor. Example: Typically, they called its creator, Gabby, a bitch, a dyke, a "feminazi" even though (whoopsie!) Gabby's a man.
Word: whoopsie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English whoops Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English whoopsie From whoops + -ie (diminutive suffix). 1. Alternative spelling of whoopsy (in all senses). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wet one's whistle Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a drink; to quench one's thirst. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'll take another glass of the sherry wine, just to wet my whistle, as the vulgar saying is, before I begin.
Word: ill-favored Part of Speech: adj 1. Unattractive or offensive to the eye; ugly. Example: And the ill fauoured and leane fleshed kine, did eate vp the seuen well fauoured and fat kine: So Pharaoh awoke.
Word: ill-humor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ill humor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ill humor Part of Speech: noun 1. A disagreeable, irritable or sullen mood; surliness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ill-humored Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a bad temper. 2. Irritable in a surly manner.
Word: ill-natured Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a bad nature, whether 2. Having a bad nature, whether
Word: ill-naturedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ill-natured Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ill-naturedness From ill-natured + -ness. 1. The state of being ill-natured. Labels: uncountable
Word: illogicality Part of Speech: noun 1. Something illogical. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ill-starred Part of Speech: adj 1. Doomed to a bad fate; hapless. Example: "Do not name it!" answered he, passionately. "God forgive me! I cannot yet bear its name. But for its ill-starred birth, Henriette might now be living. What is there in that unconscious infant to replace its mother?" Example: […] it appears the possibility of the ill-starred Uxbridge-Rickmansworth rail link being built is now bound up with post-war planning. [it was never built]
Word: ill-suited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ill + suited. 1. Unsuitable, unfit or inappropriate for some purpose. Example: A considerable amount of beet comes from the Clonakilty and Courtmacsherry growing areas to Mallow and if the closure proposals mentioned are implemented this traffic will in future years be thrown on roads ill-suited to such heavy haulage. 2. Not suiting each other; poorly matched. Example: an ill-suited married couple
Word: ill-treat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ill + treat. 1. To treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat. Example: He would never speak a word, only eat and cry, and she hadn't the heart to strike it or illtreat the youngster either; but somebody taught her a charm to make him speak, and then she found out what kind of a brat he really was.
Word: ill-treatment Part of Speech: noun 1. Cruel, harsh or unkind treatment. Labels: uncountable
Word: singulars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of singular Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illuminable Part of Speech: adj 1. that can be illuminated or made lighter 2. understandable
Word: ill-usage Part of Speech: noun 1. bad, cruel or unkind treatment Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ill-use Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪlˈjuːz/ 1. To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly. Example: A Newcastle shunter, Goodchild, working at one end of Forth Goods Yard, was for some reason moved to the other end, with no loss of pay: he thought he was ill-used and ceased work, as did a number of sympathisers.
Word: ill-use Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪlˈjuːs/ 1. Bad, cruel or unkind treatment. Labels: uncountable
Word: illustriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English illustrious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English illustriousness From illustrious + -ness. 1. The state of being illustrious. Labels: uncountable
Word: imbrication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French imbrication, from Latin imbricātus, from imbricō, from imbrex. By surface analysis, imbricate + -ion. 1. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or in correctional or reconstructive surgery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: SMAS flaps or SMASectomies are considered imbrications in this chapter. SMAS tightening is probably a more accurate description with 'open' SMAS techniques referring to imbrication and 'closed' SMAS techniques referring to plication. 3. A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Archean basement beyond and beneath the northwest flanks of the turbidite basins constitutes the cratonic foreland against which northwest-directed tectonic imbrication is thought to have occurred. 4. A phenomenon occurring in many Bantu languages in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Kiyaka perfective, applicative, and causative suffixes display an unusual type of infixation known in the Bantu literature as “imbrication” (see e.g. the discussion of imbrication in Tiene in chapters 4 and 6). 5. The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Only a subset of YAML is used: sequences are only expected to contain scalars and mappings are only expected to contain a scalar or a mapping, but with only one level of imbrication.
Word: imitativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English imitative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English imitativeness From imitative + -ness. 1. The state of being imitative; imitation. Labels: uncountable
Word: immanency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immanent + -cy. 1. Alternative form of immanence. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: immateriality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immaterial + -ity. 1. The state of being immaterial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the immateriality of the soul Example: God's immateriality entails the divine attribute of incorporeality, that God is neither a body nor embodied.
Word: immaterialness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immaterial Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English immaterialness From immaterial + -ness. 1. The state of being immaterial; immateriality. Labels: uncountable
Word: immediacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immediacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immediacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immedi(ate) + -acy. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmiːdi.əsi/, /ɪˈmiːd͡ʒəsi/, /əˈ-/ 1. The quality of being immediate, of happening right away. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Lack of mediation; directness. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Immediate awareness or apprehension. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immediateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immediate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English immediateness From immediate + -ness. 1. the state of being immediate; immediacy Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immodesty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + modesty or immodest + -y. 1. The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The genitals, privates. Labels: euphemistic, uncountable, usually Example: No sooner were we seated in this place, but two Girls about twelve years old enter'd at the same Gate whereat we came in; they were all naked, (as, I said above, the Women generally go) saving that they had a very small blew cloth wrap'd about their immodesties [translating vergogne], and their Arms, Ears, and Necks, were full of ornaments of Gold and very rich Jewels.
Word: immovability Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being immovable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immunodeficient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English deficient English immunodeficient From immuno- + deficient. 1. exhibiting immunodeficiency Labels: not-comparable
Word: nontrinitarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English trinitarian 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 trinitarianism English nontrinitarianism From non- + trinitarianism. 1. The religious belief that rejects the Christian concept of the trinity. Labels: uncountable
Word: impalement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French empalement; equivalent to impale + -ment. 1. The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The joining of two coats of arms on one shield. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.) Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The parts of fructification are seven in number... The First part is the calyx, impalement, or flower cup.
Word: impassibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impassible + -ability, from Latin impassibilitas. 1. The state or condition of being impassible. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: impassiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impassive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English impassiveness From impassive + -ness. 1. The state of being impassive. Labels: uncountable
Word: impassivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impassive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English impassivity From impassive + -ity. 1. The state of being impassive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, and had a curious impassivity of feature. It struck me that he might look natural on a stage, but was strangely out of place in real life. Example: [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.
Word: impeachable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English impeach 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 impeachable From impeach + -able. 1. Able to be impeached (of a person). 2. That warrants impeachment (of an offence).
Word: Unitarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Unitarian 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 Unitarianism From Unitarian + -ism. 1. A Christian theology that God is one person, rather than the three equal persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) posited by Trinitarianism. Labels: uncountable
Word: Unitarianism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Unitarian 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 Unitarianism From Unitarian + -ism. 1. The religion known as Unitarian Universalism. 2. Any of various Christian denominations such as the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and American Unitarian Association.
Word: plainest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of plain: most plain Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: relieves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of relieve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taunted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of taunt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: testifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of testify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: metaphors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaphor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaphors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of metaphor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enclosures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enclosure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kazan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Каза́нь (Kazánʹ). 1. The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. 2. A former governate in Russia, existing from 1708 to 1920. Capital: Kazan. Labels: historical 3. the Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. Labels: historical
Word: Kazan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname. * Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”). * Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word. 1. A surname.
Word: sterner Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of stern: more stern Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sternest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of stern: most stern Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: sterns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɜː(ɹ)nz/ 1. plural of stern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outnumbered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outnumber Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outnumbers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outnumber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outnumbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outnumber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unnerved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unnerve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unnerved Part of Speech: adj 1. Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc. Example: `Surely he dieth even now.' `True,' she said, with a start. `Oh, why did I not come before! I am unnerved - my hand trembles, even mine - and yet it is very easy.' Example: […]Wrapped in around itself and self-befriended, His science needn't get him so unnerved. He had been too all out , too much extended . He slapped his breast to verify his purse And hugged himself for all his universe . […]
Word: unnerving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of unnerve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unnerving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/ 1. Causing a deprivation of courage, strength, confidence, etc. Example: Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams). Example: The situation was unnerving, and dangerous.
Word: unnerves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unnerve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snubbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of snub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dishonored Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɒnəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dishonor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dishonored Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɒnəd/ 1. Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonor.
Word: levying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of levy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: levying Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is levied. Example: levyings of war
Word: bundled Part of Speech: adj 1. arranged in a bundle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bundled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bundle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lurched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lurch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lurches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lurch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lurches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lurch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: delish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of delicious. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪʃ/, /diːˈlɪʃ/ 1. Delicious. Labels: slang Example: Not that I want to rush you, but that'd be simply delish! Example: Delish! I tried some crackers loaded with cheese and pâté. Double delish!
Word: bobbed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a bob haircut. Labels: not-comparable Example: The demand for special combs for bobbed hair […] Example: In a typical example from 1924, the BIZ published a photograph of a young, bobbed woman wearing an oversized bow tie and neat mustache, accompanied by the “horrific news” from a North American fashion guru that “[w]hen one does not permit hair to flourish on the head, it will grow on the face and body. The ladies will grow mustaches.”
Word: bobbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bob Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rambled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ramble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bristled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bristled, ibrustled, iburstled, equivalent to bristle + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of bristle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bristled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bristled, ibrustled, iburstled, equivalent to bristle + -ed. 1. Having bristles
Word: jogged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jog Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outwitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outwit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: freighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English freight Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English freighted From freight + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Loaded with cargo; charged. Labels: also, figuratively Example: The purple silk curtains excluded the night-dews, while they allowed the air to enter freighted with odours from the orange trees on the terrace below. Example: On hearing of this determination, Mr. [John Jacob] Astor immediately proceeded to fit out a ship called the Enterprise, to sail in company with the Adams, freighted with additional supplies and reinforcements for Astoria.
Word: freighted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English freight Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English freighted From freight + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of freight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embalmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embalm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: loaned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of loan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: affianced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of affiance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: affianced Part of Speech: adj 1. engaged; betrothed Labels: literary, not-comparable Example: Their relationship, closeted because Wani is nominally affianced, isn't the only secret they share: Wani has introduced Nick to cocaine, a different line of beauty and emblematic of the perilous gratifications the 1980's have seemingly underwritten.
Word: frighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fright Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ill-prepared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ill + prepared. 1. Not well prepared. Not ready, or not in condition to do a task. Example: He was ill-prepared for the exam. I'm not surprised he failed. Example: The colonists, many of them gentlemen ill-prepared to be settlers, achieved failure at almost everything they tried.
Word: lacrimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin lacrimāt-, past participial stem of lacrimō. 1. Alternative form of lachrymate. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In man there is the added ability to weep, or lacrimate, which is an excessive outpouring of the lacrimal gland. Example: We present the first unequivocal evidence that crocodilians lacrimate during meals and that they do so in a peculiar fashion.
Word: lacrimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lacrima + -ate (adjectival suffix). 1. Alternative form of lachrymate. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Adult shell ca 40 mm in height, thin, fragile; spire elevated, concave, sutures shallow; columella strongly plaited; aperture broadly lacrimate..... Example: Near the middle of the anterior reproductive organ mass, the hermaphroditic duct gives off a short duct that reflects posteriorly and enlarges into a lacrimate ampulla (Fig. 4) in which endogenous sperm are presumably stored (Beeman, 1970a, b; Ghiselin, 1966).
Word: out of condition Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not fit. Not healthy enough to do any hard, physical work or sport. Example: If you don't keep doing excercise in summer, you will find you are out of condition when the new season starts.
Word: in condition Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Ellipsis of in a good or appropriate condition. 1. Fit, healthy. Example: I was not yet in condition, according to the doctors. 2. In a state suitable for an intended task. Example: He was getting in condition for the race. Example: The car is in condition to win the race.
Word: sanza Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsænzə/ 1. Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin. Example: Sanza making is not at all specialized; anyone who wants to play the sanza makes their own. This xylophone is an instrument whose use crosses ethnic groups; one variation of it is known as the balafon.
Word: sansa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zanza.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lamellophone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several musical instruments (percussion idiophones) in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellae attached to a sounding board.
Word: in front Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In the position ahead. Often with of. Example: The leader, Jones, is well in front. Example: Hughes is in front of Smith, but behind Jackson. 2. In the position where it can be seen. Example: Put your hands in front of you, on the desk. 3. In the position opposite. Example: Sit in front of the computer. 4. In the position nearest. Example: Put your book in front where it will be easier to reach. 5. In the most forward position. Example: This car will seat two people in front and three in the back. Example: The one with a garden in front (that is, at the front of it).
Word: crackled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crackle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crackled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a crackling sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: With a crackled voice, she yells out, “Who's there?!”
Word: resenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: purring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of purr Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: purring Part of Speech: noun 1. A sound that purrs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kenny G is a dull but wickedly consistent musician: automatic with his tremulous phrasing and canned licks, which formed fast, organized roils during his unaccompanied solos; melismatic purrings of the melody on ballads; and gospel phrases in R&B songs. 2. Synonym of shin-kicking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arching Part of Speech: adj 1. Hogging, as opposed to sagging. Labels: not-comparable 2. Forming an arch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arching Part of Speech: noun 1. The arched part of a structure.
Word: arching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of arch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yelping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English yelpynge, from Old English ġilping; equivalent to yelp + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛlpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of yelp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yelping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yelpynge, from Old English ġilping; equivalent to yelp + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛlpɪŋ/ 1. The act of producing a yelp. Example: […] While still a pup, / You put him in a sack, then beat it / With a stick. When howls and yelpings die, / You send the houseboi out to set him free. Example: the frenzied yelpings of the huntsman's dogs
Word: ennobling Part of Speech: adj 1. Acting or tending to ennoble. Example: Some of the learned, devoting themselves entirely to criticism, chronology, or philology, remain absolute strangers to the more ennobling sciences. Example: He checks criticism by multiplying the cause for embarrassment and taking it on himself; and this brings the act into the structure of an ennobling chivalric deed.
Word: ennobling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ennoble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ennobling Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of making noble. Example: They may think to improve the Scripture; but by their ennoblings they debase it, by their enrichings they impoverish it, by their enlargings they contract it.
Word: posing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊzɪŋ/, /ˈpoʊzɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: posing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊzɪŋ/, /ˈpoʊzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: posing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊzɪŋ/, /ˈpoʊzɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is posed. Example: different posings of what was essentially the same question 2. The act of one who poses or postures. Example: However much the Ghanaian masses warmed to the traditional pomp and circumstance of his occasional public appearances, members of the elite did not take Nkrumah's posings as a national chief seriously. 3. The act of portraying oneself artificially, usually to make oneself appear grander or to fit in with the crowd; pretense Labels: informal
Word: wearying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of weary Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wearying Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of making weary. Example: Despite vigils and their wearyings, they love the stir and movement of that sunny period when my lady's diamonds emerge from their morocco cases, and every day brings home some new dress, bonnet, or cap, […]
Word: catted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: catting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skirmishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skirmish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skirmishing Part of Speech: noun 1. A brief battle; a skirmish.
Word: nettled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nettle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nettled Part of Speech: adj 1. annoyed; offended Example: Mrs Fitzpatrick was a little nettled at this; and indeed, if it may not be called a lapse of the tongue, it was a small deviation from politeness in Jones, and into which he scarce would have fallen, had not the delight he felt in praising Sophia hurried him out of all reflection; for this commendation of one cousin was more than a tacit rebuke on the other.
Word: scrubbed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scrub + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of scrub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scrubbed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scrub + -ed. 1. With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves. Labels: not-comparable 2. Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby. 3. Having been scrubbed; having received a scrubbing.
Word: bomb shelter Part of Speech: noun 1. An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against bombs.
Word: rudest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of rude: most rude Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: mildest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mild: most mild Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: grossest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of gross: most gross Labels: form-of, superlative Example: It would be some advantage to live a primitive and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilisation, if only to learn what are the gross necessaries of life and what methods have been taken to obtain them; or even to look over the old day-books of the merchants, to see what it was that the men most commonly bought at the stores, what they stored, that is, what are the grossest groceries.
Word: grosser Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of gross: more gross Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The young child's habits were much grosser than the others.
Word: grosser Part of Speech: noun 1. A film, etc. that grosses a certain amount of money. Labels: in-compounds Example: The cinema had shown all of the year's top grossers.
Word: unlovely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unlovely, onlovely, unlovelich, equivalent to un- + lovely. 1. unattractive, ugly Example: […] an ocean of dereliction, blackened tenements, public drunkenness, dozens of unlovely skyscrapers, featureless housing schemes. It was as if this was all that Glasgow deserved. And yet the city still had a lot of bazazz. Example: Even today Lambeth is a singularly unlovely part of the British capital, jammed anonymously between the great fan of roads and railway lines that take commuters in and out of the city center from the southern counties.
Word: unlovely Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unlovely, onlovely, unlovelich, equivalent to un- + lovely. 1. An unattractive or ugly thing or person. Example: 1982, United Press International, "Clearly, an ugly dog", 2 August. A hairless runt of a mutt named Chi-chi defeated them all in the 13th annual Ugliest Dog in the World contest: such unlovelies as the moth-eaten chow and the bulldog with a bad eye. Example: But the uptake of Irish studies by a range of migrant unlovelies clearly involves their expressing a quality of interest in the subject distinguishable from the harmless "inherent interest" which she so values and which presumably is palpable to "anybody", other than them.
Word: behoveth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From behove + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of behove Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: naturalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of naturalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: naturalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Adopted; granted citizenship; belonging after being introduced. Labels: not-comparable Example: naturalized citizen Example: naturalized flora
Word: tremblingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From trembling (present participle of tremble) + -ly. 1. In a trembling manner. Example: [T]he sailors tremblingly / Call on the Twins of Jove with prayer and vow, / Gathered in fear upon the lofty prow, / And sacrifice with snow-white lambs, […] Example: Andrew, he said, was coming soon. Tremblingly she wondered when, and went to reread Palmer's letter, but though she had hidden it with her father's unread will, both were gone.
Word: demurred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of demur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: affordance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From afford + -ance; coined in 1977 by psychologist James J. Gibson, and adopted in 1988 by Donald Norman in the context of human-machine interaction. 1. Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it. Labels: countable Example: So an affordance cannot be measured as we measure in physics. 2. A potential transaction or operation that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable. Labels: countable Example: Take for instance a paperback book. It has a wide variety of affordances including conveying a narrative story, weighing down papers in a windy office, swatting houseflies, etc. While these affordances are properties of the book, whether they are available depends on the context. 3. Any interactive control or component serving as a cue to the user to take some action. Labels: countable Example: The grab handles on the edges of this image are affordances that the user can exploit to change the size of the image. Example: Affordances provide strong clues to the operations of things. Plates are for pushing. Knobs are for turning. Slots are for inserting things into. Balls are for throwing or bouncing. When affordances are taken advantage of, the user knows what to do by just looking: no pictures, label, or instruction is required.
Word: on a whim Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without thinking seriously about the consequences. Labels: idiomatic Example: Germany’s government said press freedom must not be switched “on and off on a whim” and Downing Street also raised concerns over the suspensions.
Word: material conditional Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of conditional statement used in formal logic and defined as true whenever its antecedent is false or its consequent is true, and false when its antecedent is true and its consequent is false. Example: 'A ⊃ B' represents a material conditional.
Word: microgroove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + groove. 1. The long, spiral groove of a vinyl LP record 2. Any microscopic groove
Word: bummed out Part of Speech: adj 1. Depressed, disappointed, in a gloomy mood. Labels: slang
Word: bummed out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bum out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: micromanagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Vulgar Latin *manizāre Old Italian maneggiareder.? Old French manegebor. Middle English *manage English manage Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English management English micromanagement From micro- + management. 1. The direct management of a project, etc. to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation. Labels: uncountable Example: After years of micromanagement by the Department for Transport, it finally seemed as if the door was fully open to the concept of Rail Devolution, with the prospect of local officials planning and delivering local train services. 2. The management of short-term or small-scale aspects of a strategy game. Labels: uncountable
Word: mistime Part of Speech: verb 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 *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English mistime From mis- + time. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtaɪm/ 1. To perform an action at the wrong time; especially to misjudge the timing of coordinated events. Labels: transitive Example: I mistimed my leap and fell flat on my face.
Word: mistimed Part of Speech: adj 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- English timed English mistimed From mis- + timed. 1. Done at the wrong time. Labels: not-comparable Example: My mistimed leap was declared a false start since I leaped before the gun. Example: While ostensibly a novel of first love and loss, Unusual Company may more fittingly be described as a tale of estrangement, of wary and mistimed passion.
Word: mistimed Part of Speech: verb 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- English timed English mistimed From mis- + timed. 1. simple past and past participle of mistime Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: steadfaster Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of steadfast: more steadfast Labels: comparative, form-of, rare Example: He was a man witty and manful ; a truer man, nor steadfaster, for constancy, fidelity, and love, left he none in Ireland. Example: God knows that never a shipwrecked eye kept a steadfaster look-out for vessels than I did
Word: dumbest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of dumb: most dumb Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: dumber Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of dumb: more dumb Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: original sin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin peccātum orīgināle, a phrase used by 4th-century Berber theologian and saint Augustine of Hippo in his interpretations of the Bible. 1. Adam's disobedience to God. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament. Example: You have to give director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own novel, credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre. And by blending it with the common YA trope of a young female protagonist who leads the world into a new revolutionary era, they almost get there—largely thanks to newcomer Nanua, who presents her character’s grappling with complex themes of identity and original sin with a childlike guilelessness. 3. The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The dim-wits hardly realize that they come pretty close to accusing God of advocating ritual murder, when they use the Biblical story to prove the “original sin” of the Jews.
Word: tits-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of tits up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The bird went tits-up, take another day or so to fix. Example: Maybe she knows you and Mary will be taking her home, and that by next week she'll be sleeping under the cool green branches of a giant cedar tree instead of tits-up in some dusty cornfield.
Word: middlemost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English middle Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English middlemost From middle + -most. 1. superlative form of middle: most middle; nearest to the exact middle; midmost. Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: middle-of-the-roader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From middle-of-the-road + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of middleoftheroader. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: middleoftheroader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English middle-of-the-road Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English middleoftheroader From middle-of-the-road + -er. 1. A person with middle-of-the-road attitudes or tastes
Word: middle-sized Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a medium size Labels: not-comparable Example: They came from all directions, and there were thousands of them: big mice and little mice and middle-sized mice; […]