nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: obtrusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi From Latin obtrūsus + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of’, forming adjectives). Obtrūsus is the perfect passive participle of obtrūdō, a variant of obstrūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust against or into”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + trūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push; to thrust”)). Pronunciation: /əbˈtɹuːsɪv/, /ɒb-/, /əbˈtɹusɪv/, /ɑb-/ 1. Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious. Labels: figuratively Example: The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual. Example: Her vertue and the conſcience of her worth, / That would be woo'd, and not unfought be won, / Not obvious, not obtruſive, but retir'd, / The more deſirable, […] 2. Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way. Labels: figuratively Example: He has an obtrusive forehead. Example: Thus it was that, year by year, Boss McGinty's diamond pins became more obtrusive, his gold chains more weighty across a more gorgeous vest, and his saloon stretched farther and farther, until it threatened to absorb one whole side of the Market Square. 3. Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs. Labels: obsolete Example: The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.
Word: warehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse From ware + house. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/ 1. A facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products. Example: Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food. 2. An intermediate facility where goods are transported from the manufacturer prior to their distribution to retailers.
Word: warehouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse From ware + house. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/ 1. To store in a warehouse or similar. Labels: transitive Example: Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives. 2. To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period. Labels: transitive Example: When our elders presented school to us, they did not present it as a place of high learning, but as a means of escape from death and penal warehousing. Example: We nevertheless pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to process many of these children through the criminal justice system, and to warehouse them for years – and even more if they end up graduating to adult prisons, as most of them do. 3. To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it. Labels: transitive Example: the warehousing of syndicated TV shows
Word: wholesale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whole + sale. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/ 1. The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wholesale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whole + sale. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/ 1. Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale. 2. Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket. Labels: figuratively Example: The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction. Example: But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
Word: wholesale Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From whole + sale. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/ 1. In bulk or large quantity. 2. Indiscriminately. Labels: figuratively Example: It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.
Word: wholesale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whole + sale. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/ 1. To sell at wholesale.
Word: accumber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variation of encumber. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌmbə/ 1. To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: accumbent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad- (“to”) + *cumbō (“recline”). Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.bənt/ 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. Example: Together his accumbent pose and closed eyes denoted sleep, as an alternative to death, which the stiff, recumbent pose of previous effigies had embodied. 2. Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf Example: Distinguished from other genera, with accumbent cotyledons, in the same class and order, by the entire, nearly equal petals; and the dehiscent, nearly entirely pouch, of 2, 1- or many-seeded cells, a broad dissepiment (septum), and nearly flat valves.
Word: accumbent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad- (“to”) + *cumbō (“recline”). Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.bənt/ 1. One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table. Example: What a pennance must be done by every accumbent, in sitting out the passage through all these dishes; what a task the stomach must be put to in the concoction of so many mixtures. Example: Let us, indeed, see how the point of view has changed which was held in regard to those cultivated and glib accumbents who in former days were taken for real social workers.
Word: accumbency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accumb + -ency. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.bən.si/ 1. The state of being accumbent or reclining. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: accubation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin accubatiō, accubitiō, from accubō (“to recline”), from ad- + cubō (“to lie down”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. Labels: uncountable Example: Accubation was introduced in Rome after the first Punic War (264-241 BC). In Greece accubation was unknown at the time of the Homeric poems (cf. Od. i. 145 ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, XV. 134 ἑζέσθην δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε), but afterwards the Greeks and Romans adopted this Oriental fashion and lay very nearly flat on their breasts while taking their meals, or in a semi-sitting posture supported on the left elbow. Example: Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many Nations.
Word: accumb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin accumbō (“recline (at a table)”), from ad- + *cumbō (“lie down”). 1. To recline, as at table. Labels: obsolete
Word: accomplisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accomplish + -er. 1. One who accomplishes.
Word: logarithm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin logarithmus, coined by Scottish mathematician John Napier from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “ratio, proportion”) and ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”). Napier set a geometric progression (a sequence of equal ratios) against an arithmetic progression (a sequence of equal differences), so that the logarithm of a number counts the ratios separating it from a starting value, turning multiplication into addition. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɡ.ə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/, /ˈlɔɡ.ə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/, /ˈlɑ.ɡə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/, /ˈlɑ.ɡəɹ.ɹɪ.ðəm/, /ˈlɑɡ.ə.ɹɪðm/ 1. For a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain the power x. Written log _bx. For example, log ₁₀1000=3 because 10³=1000 and log ₂16=4 because 2⁴=16. Example: For a currency which uses denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, etc., each jump in the base-10 logarithm from one denomination to the next higher is either 0.3010 or 0.3979.
Word: who's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contractions; who + 's. Pronunciation: /huːz/, /ʍuːz/ 1. Who is. Labels: contraction Example: Who’s that in my bed? 2. Who has. Labels: contraction Example: Who’s been sleeping in my bed? 3. Who (whom) does Labels: colloquial, contraction Example: “Who’s he want to fight?” Martin asked, and the man said: “I’ve heard him twice. He wants to kick the Indians out of Texas. He wants to fight Santy Anny and whip him proper. And he wants us to take Santy Fay”.
Word: who's Part of Speech: det Etymology: From who + -'s (possessive marker). Pronunciation: /huːz/, /ʍuːz/ 1. Misspelling of whose. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of on Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person, transitive
Word: canescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin canescens, present participle of canescere (“to become gray or white”). Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛsənt/ 1. Turning white or gray. Example: An aureole of canescent hair fanned out round his head, and his jaws collapsed on toothless gums […]. 2. Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.
Word: rubescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since at least 1730, from Latin rubescens, present participle of rubescere. By surface analysis, Latin rub(eō) + -escent. Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈbɛsənt/ 1. turning red; reddening Example: Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma.
Word: desiccate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēsiccō (“to dry completely, dry up”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dē- (“completely, to exhaustion”, a prefix) + siccō (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), from siccus (“dry”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, de- + siccate. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/, /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/ 1. To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree. Labels: transitive Example: […] As in Bodies deſsiccate, by Heat, or Age; For in them, when the Natiue Spirit goeth forth, and the Moiſture with it, the Aire with time getteth into the Pores. Example: Except on the borders of the ocean, and on the mountain sides where it deposits moisture in a visible form, the sea breeze has a drying effect. It desiccates the soil with rapidity. 2. To preserve by drying. Labels: transitive Example: The nuts are then passed into a double disc machine, and this travelling at a speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute desiccates the coconut. Example: All equipment used for removing the meat from the shell and for grinding, shredding, drying, classifying, and desiccating the coconut should be clean and free from pathogens. 3. To become dry; to dry up. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Lately, in France, they stopped the boiling process in the preparation of brown sugar a few degrees before the point of crystallization, which is 243°, or 244°; and then spreading their syrup over their copper pans, placed round a stove or bake house, leave the syrup to desiccate slowly, and to crystallize in what they call the natural way; […] Example: Favus is a chronic inflammation of the hair-follicles, associated with the production of a peculiar yellowish substance which surrounds the cylinder of the hair, and is seen through the epidermis as a minute circular spot, not raised above the level of the skin. The yellow substance, after a short period, escapes from the follicles upon the surface of the epidermis, and desiccates into yellowish friable crusts, forming a distinct cup with an inverted border, around the base of each hair.
Word: desiccate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dēsiccātus (“dried up”), the perfect passive participle of dēsiccō: see above. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/, /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/ 1. Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated. Example: It [the byssus fungus] is not only capable of propagation by the most minute fragments, however rudely detached, but it also retains the principle of revivification for years together when in a desiccate state. Example: How many years have you been here? / […] / Before a desiccate sky left rivers of cracks / in the belly of your red earth?
Word: desiccate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪkət/ 1. A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed. Example: The Cy dyes are shipped as a desiccate in sealed packs.
Word: vulpine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”). Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlpaɪn/ 1. Pertaining to a fox. Example: She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth. 2. Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.
Word: vulpine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”). Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlpaɪn/ 1. Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves. Example: The family Canidae^([sic]) consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America. 2. A person considered cunning.
Word: lupine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”) + -īnus (“pertaining to”). Doublet of lupin and piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.paɪn/ 1. Wolfish (all senses); wolflike. 2. Ravenous.
Word: lupine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See lupin. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.pɪn/ 1. North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants). Labels: English, North-American, alt-of
Word: mercurial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Noun sense 1 (“(obsolete) plant known as mercury”) is from Middle English mercurial (“a plant, probably the goosefoot (Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis)”), from Anglo-Norman mercurial, Old French mercurial, or directly from their etymon Latin mercuriālis (“a plant, probably annual mercury (Mercurialis annua)”), short for herba mercuriālis (“(probably) annual mercury”, literally “herb or plant of the god Mercury”). Mercuriālis (“pertaining to the Roman god Mercury”, adjective) is derived from Mercurius (“the Roman god Mercury”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). Later adjective and noun uses may have been directly derived from Latin mercuriālis (adjective), whence Middle English mercurial (“under the astrological influence of the planet Mercury”). Pronunciation: /məːˈkjʊə.ɹɪ.əl/, /mɝˈkjʊ.ɹi.əl/, /-ˈkjɔ-/ 1. Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua). Labels: obsolete 2. A person born under the influence of the planet Mercury; hence, a person having an eloquent, quickwitted, furtive, or volatile character. Example: As for [Lambert] Simnell, there was not much in him, more then that hee was a handſome Boy, and did not ſhame his Robes. But this Youth (of whom wee are now to ſpeake) was ſuch a Mercuriall, as the like hath ſeldome beene knowne; and could make his owne part, if at any time hee chanced to bee out. 3. A chemical compound containing mercury. 4. A preparation of mercury, especially as a treatment for syphilis. Labels: historical Example: She had paſſed through the milder Remedies frequently without ſucceſs: upon which account I deſigned Mercurialls; and beginning with Venæſection, afterwards purged her with decoct. epithymi, as it is preſcribed in the method of Cure. [...] After I had thus evacuated the Plethora, and diſpoſed her body for Mercurialls more operative, I gave her each morning and evening a few grains of Mercur. diaphoret. in a bolus with conſ. lujule and Mithridate, [...] Example: [A] small dose of the mercurial may cause excessive salivation; and, if this discharge be attended by much soreness of throat, it is most difficult to determine whether the salivation is actually the result of the mercurial, or merely symptomatic of the sore throat and cold. If it proceed from the mercurial, there will generally be some tenderness of the gums, a soft and flabby state of the sides of the tongue, and it will generally be more obstinate.
Word: longbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + bow. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋbəʊ/ 1. A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.
Word: acetimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acetum (“vinegar”) + -meter. 1. An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar
Word: acetimetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aceti(c) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English acetimetry From aceti(c) + -metry. 1. The ascertaining of the strength of vinegar by measurement of the proportion of acetic acid in it Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: acetin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈsi.tɪn/, /əˈsɛ.tɪn/ 1. the triglyceride of acetic acid Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acetize Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æ.sə.taɪz/ 1. To acetify. Labels: rare
Word: acetometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aceto- + -meter. 1. Alternative form of acetimeter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: apothecary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French apotecaire (whence French apothicaire), from Medieval Latin apothecarius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apotheca (“(originally) repository, storehouse, warehouse; (later) shop, store”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), literally “a place where things are put away”. Doublet of apotheke, boutique, and bodega. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/, /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/ 1. Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras. Labels: archaic, dated Example: [T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe. Example: O true Appothecarie! / Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kiſſe I die. 2. Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore. Labels: archaic, historical Example: The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum. Example: He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street. 3. A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. Labels: uncommon
Word: apotheosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Ancient Greek ἀποθεόω (apotheóō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis)bor. Latin apotheōsisbor. English apotheosis Borrowed from Latin apotheōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, “God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)) + -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”). By surface analysis, apo- + theo- + -sis. Pronunciation: /əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/, /əˌpɑ.θiˈoʊ.sɪs/ 1. The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Rome itself the official position was clear: the apotheosis of the emperor took place only after his death; this had to be officially recognized by the Senate, and only then did the emperor become a divus with an official cult. Example: As a former mortal who underwent apotheosis, Hercules was important to the emperors. 2. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology. Example: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies. 3. A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In his despair he had nowhere to turn. It is the very apotheosis of the place and the time. Example: In 2009, in the course of It Felt Like A Kiss, the sublime theatre event Curtis put on with Punchdrunk about the birth of hyper-consumerism, I was separated from the audience and sent down a long, dark corridor, which I took to represent the apotheosis of individualism. 4. The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The apotheosis of her career was her appointment as chairman. 5. Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing — straight up, leaps thy apotheosis! 6. The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: epicurean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/, /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/, /ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/ 1. Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort. Example: The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings. Example: Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet. 2. Devoted to luxurious living.
Word: epicurean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/, /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/, /ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/ 1. One who is devoted to pleasure. Example: I keep but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal ; / I know it, and smile a hard-set smile, like a stoic, or like / A wiser epicurean, and let the world have its way. Example: Other eras have had their epicureans or hedonists, of course, who lived and sometimes died for the ideal of simplicity or pleasure in an epic kind of way. But today’s gazillion-strong influencer community has zero intellectual underpinning to it, which is why it’s so often the unwitting butt of its own joke.
Word: hedonistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-der. Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hedonist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hedonistic From hedonist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/, /hidəˈnɪstɪk/ 1. Devoted to pleasure Example: Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering. Example: He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations.
Word: Saturnian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Saturn Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Saturnian From Saturn + -ian. Pronunciation: /sæˈtɜː(ɹ)n.jən/ 1. Related to the planet Saturn. 2. Related to the Roman god Saturn. 3. Dour, baleful or sullen. 4. Resembling a golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment. Example: Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times 5. Involving a meter consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, employed by satirists in Ancient Rome.
Word: Saturnian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Saturn Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Saturnian From Saturn + -ian. Pronunciation: /sæˈtɜː(ɹ)n.jən/ 1. An inhabitant of the planet Saturn. 2. A Saturnian poem
Word: libertarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from liber(ty) + -arian (suffix denoting an advocate of or believer in something). The adjective is derived from the noun. sense development The word was first attested in English in 1789 in William Belsham’s Essays: see the quotation. This was contrasted with necessitarian, in the context of free will, and was not used in the more frequently encountered modern sense. Compare French libertaire (“person with extreme left-wing beliefs, anarchist”), from liberté (“freedom”) + -aire (suffix forming nouns). Libertaire is derived from Latin libertas. The French word was first attested in a May 1857 letter by the French anarcho-communist Joseph Déjacque (1821–1865) to the anarchist philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), reading: “Anarchiste juste-milieu, libéral et non LIBERTAIRE [A centrist anarchist, liberal and not LIBERTARIAN] […]”. It was popularized as a euphemism for anarchiste in the 1890s, following the French lois scélérates (literally “villainous laws”) under which anarchist publications were banned. Sense 3.2 (“believer in right-libertarianism”) developed in the United States in the 1940s and was popularized in the 1950s. In the 1940s, Leonard Read (1898–1983), the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, a free-market think tank, began calling himself “libertarian” in contrast with a “classical liberal”. In 1955, Dean Russell also promoted the use of the word, writing: “Let those of us who love liberty trade-mark and reserve for our own use the good and honorable word ‘libertarian’.” Pronunciation: /ˌlɪbəˈtɛə̯ɹi.ən/, /ˌlɪbəˈtɛːɹɪjən/, /ˌlɪbɚˈtɛə̯ɹi.ən/, /ˌlɪbɚˈtɛɹi.ən/, /ˌlɪbəˈteːɹi.ən/ 1. Advocating liberty; also, having a relative tendency towards liberty. Example: He has libertarian views. Example: Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that "nudges" our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control. 2. Relating to the doctrine of free will as opposed to the doctrine of necessity. 3. Relating to, or advocating, libertarianism; also, relating to a political party supporting libertarianism. Example: a libertarian capitalist Example: For a long time, libertarian was interchangeable in France with anarchist but in recent years, its meaning has become more ambivalent. Some anarchists like David Guérin will call themselves ‘libertarian socialists’, partly to avoid the negative overtones still associated with anarchism, and partly to stress the place of anarchism with the socialist tradition. Even Marxists of the New Left like E[dward] P[almer] Thompson call themselves ‘libertarian’ to distinguish themselves from those authoritarian socialists and communists who believe in revolutionary dictatorship and vanguard parties. 4. Araucarian.
Word: pleasure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please. Pronunciation: /ˈplɛʒə/, /ˈplɛʒɚ/ 1. A state of being pleased or contented; gratification. Labels: uncountable Example: He remembered with pleasure his home and family. Example: I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax. 2. A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment. Labels: countable Example: It was a pleasure to meet you. Example: Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures. 3. Sexual enjoyment. Labels: uncountable 4. One's preference. Labels: uncountable Example: What is your pleasure: coffee or tea? 5. The will or desire of someone or some agency in power. Labels: formal, uncountable Example: to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked Example: to be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely
Word: pleasure Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please. Pronunciation: /ˈplɛʒə/, /ˈplɛʒɚ/ 1. pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
Word: pleasure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please. Pronunciation: /ˈplɛʒə/, /ˈplɛʒɚ/ 1. To give or afford pleasure to. Labels: transitive Example: [H]e / [...] / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith, [...] 2. To give sexual pleasure to. Labels: transitive Example: Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night. Example: In the opening scene, Rupert Campbell-Black (played by Alex Hassell), the gravitational center of Cooper’s world, is seen pleasuring a woman in the bathroom of a Concorde jet, thrusting so vigorously that she hardly notices when the plane goes supersonic. 3. To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: to go pleasuring
Word: accomptable Part of Speech: adj 1. Accountable. Labels: archaic Example: They are […] to stand accomptable to their Maᵗˢ [Majesties] as well as for the provideing of good, sound, and wholesome Provicons for the health and sattisfaction of the seamen serving in their Maᵗˢ shipps and fleete as that the whole service shall be managed with all possible frugallity, and good husbandry on their Maᵗˢ behalfes.
Word: accomptant Part of Speech: noun 1. An accountant. Labels: obsolete
Word: recycle bin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First sense appears c. 1971, in the Arizona Daily Sun. Computing sense appears in 1995 with the Windows 95 operating system. 1. A container in which items to be recycled may be placed. 2. In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.
Word: accriminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ac- (“to”) + criminate (“accuse”). Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/ 1. To accuse of a crime. Labels: Late, Modern, obsolete, transitive
Word: accretive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English accrete Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English accretive From accrete + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹi.tɪv/ 1. Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] Vegetables spring up from their Mother Earth; and we can no more discern their accretive Motion, then we can their most hidden cause. Example: There could be no rest-houses for revolt, no dividend of joy paid out. Its spirit was accretive, to endure as far as the senses would endure, and to use each advance as base for further adventure, deeper privation, sharper pain.
Word: accrete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from accretion. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹiːt/, /əˈkɹit/ 1. To grow together, combine; to fuse. Labels: intransitive Example: Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago. 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 [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force. 2. To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually. Labels: intransitive 3. To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing. Labels: transitive Example: the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind
Word: accrete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from accretion. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹiːt/, /əˈkɹit/ 1. Characterized by accretion; made up. Labels: not-comparable Example: accrete matter 2. Grown together. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx
Word: accrescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”). Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɛsənt/ 1. Growing; increasing. Example: whose living growth is more and more conspicuous , and daily ornamented with new appearances of accrescent variety and alteration 2. Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting. Example: The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit.
Word: accrescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin accrescentia. Compare Italian accrescente. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɛsəns/ 1. Continuous growth; an accretion. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never-contradicted hearsay!
Word: etc. Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/, /ˌɛkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/, /ʔeˈt͡ʃeteɾa/ [ʔɛtˌt͡ʃɛː.t̪ɛˈɾa] 1. Abbreviation of et cetera: and so on; used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The grocery shop sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc. Example: I like video games of strategy (Civilization, SimCity, etc.) and speed (such as Neverball).
Word: Doctor of Musical Arts Part of Speech: noun 1. A terminal degree intended for musicians who wish to combine the highest attainments in their major area with proven accomplishment in theoretical studies and musicology.
Word: D.B.A. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of database analyst. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of database administrator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Doctor of Business Administration (“a terminal degree”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Th.D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Doctor of Theology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: accrimination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accriminate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English accrimination From accriminate + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. Accusation, recrimination. Labels: Late, Modern, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Whereupon the Bishop of Mewes answered, / Sir, If this accrimination be levelled at me, let me, I beseech you, know my fault, while I am here to make defence.
Word: bicultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English bicultural The adjective is derived from bi- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + culture + -al. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/, /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃɹ(ə)l/, /baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/ 1. Adapted to two separate cultures. Example: [W]ithout English, I would not be how I am: a bilingual and bicultural person at home in both English and Japanese. Example: Also as unfortunate are the overt and covert deficit notions held by teachers and administrators towards bicultural students; deficit notions, extended, by assocation, to bicultural parents. These misguided notions are propagated, for the most part, devoid of any systematic analysis that directly implicates the oppressive social, economic, political, cultural and linguistic forces that structurally shape and perpetuate the exclusion, exploitation, and domination of bicultural communities.
Word: bicultural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English bicultural The adjective is derived from bi- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + culture + -al. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/, /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃɹ(ə)l/, /baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/ 1. A person belonging to two cultures. Example: Compared with ethnic affirmers, biculturals are better educated; have higher incomes, socioeconomic status, and self-esteem; and are more involved in local social networks. Example: Persons without a migratory background may also have a transcultural identity—and not everybody who is confronted with at least two cultures is automatically supposed to have a transcultural identity[…]. Thus, biculturals do not necessarily have a transcultural identity.
Word: merry Christmas Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day. Example: Merry Christmas, Jack. / Same to you. And a happy New Year. Example: Have a merry Christmas, Jack. / Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Word: MEP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mars Exploration Program. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Music Elective Programme. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In 2018 the National Institute of Standards and Technology will work to transition MEP centers solely to non-Federal revenue streams, as was intended when the program was first established.”
Word: MEP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Member of the European Parliament. Labels: EU, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: Eva Kaili, the Greek MEP at the centre of a cash for influence scandal implicating Qatar, will remain in jail pending trial, a Belgian court has decided. Example: A French train carrying hundreds of MEPs and their teams from Brussels ended up by accident at Marne-la-Vallée, the stop for Disneyland Paris. 2. Acronym of mean effective pressure. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of most exhausting player. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
Word: pennies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnɪz/, /ˈpɛn.iːz/ 1. plural of penny Labels: form-of, plural 2. An unspecified, but very small amount of money. Labels: plural Example: It costs only pennies per day.
Word: pennies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnɪz/, /ˈpɛn.iːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of penny Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scarecrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from scare (“to frighten, startle, terrify”) + crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”). The word displaced other terms such as bogle (now dialectal, dated), sewel or shewel, and shoy-hoy (perhaps imitative of the cry of crows). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈskɛəkɹəʊ/, /ˈskɛɚˌkɹoʊ/ 1. An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. Example: VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv, / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […] Example: [W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […] 2. A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: The ſeely man ſeeing him ryde ſo ranck, / And ayme at him, fell flatt to ground for feare, / And crying Mercy loud, his pitious handes gan reare. // Thereat the Scarcrovv vvexed vvondrous provvd, / Through fortune of his firſt aduenture fayre, / And vvith big thundring voice reuyld him lovvd; […] Example: No eye hath ſeene ſuch skarcrovves. Ile not march vvith them through Couentry vvith them, thats flat: […] 3. Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”). Labels: dated 4. Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger. Labels: figuratively Example: VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, In open Market-place produc't they me, To be a publique ſpectacle to all: Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo. Example: The greateſt burden in the vvorld is ſuperſtition; not onely of Ceremonies in the Church, but of imaginary and ſcarcrovv ſins at home. 5. Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage. Labels: figuratively, historical 6. The black tern (Chlidonias niger). Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete 7. The hooded crow (Corvus cornix). Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: scarecrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from scare (“to frighten, startle, terrify”) + crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”). The word displaced other terms such as bogle (now dialectal, dated), sewel or shewel, and shoy-hoy (perhaps imitative of the cry of crows). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈskɛəkɹəʊ/, /ˈskɛɚˌkɹoʊ/ 1. To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1). Labels: transitive Example: It felt as though the house could keep disgorging debris forever, a tidal wave of unmatched slippers and dresses scarecrowed on hangers, and after sifting through it all we would still know nothing. Example: [H]is small frame seeming scarecrowed in the over-large black coat. 2. To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1). Labels: transitive Example: With his stiff, awkward body, his knees bent, his arms scarecrowed far to either side, he had acted it all out, had been Adam trembling in the garden of his lost innocence, Moses on Sinai, Jahweh creating the heavens and the earth; […] Example: An arctic wind whooshes down Columbus Avenue like the IRT express, catching her bags, scarecrowing her arms, and threatening to take her broad-brimmed hat downtown. 3. To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow. Labels: transitive Example: [T]hat old acquaintance, […] is neither lullabied with thy sweete Papp, nor ſcarre-crowed with thy ſower hatchet. Example: It has been said of Mr. [Welby] Pugin that he patronises bad drawing, and now we perceive that he patronises very queer perspective, and very bad colouring also; […] Could we fancy that the mode of representation adopted by the latter [Pugin] were so with the intention of scarecrowing people away from those drawings, there might be some policy in it; […] 4. To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Fatigued and hungry as our party were after a long drive through the desolate region of malaria, wild buffaloes, wild birds, and yet wilder specimens of the human race, which here and there scare-crow the broad, sadly picturesque expanse between the last cork-trees near Salerno, and the treeless vicinage of the temple of Neptune, we dared not venture upon fish with green bones,—the only dish served up for our repast; […] we all preferred bearing our hunger, and traversing a second time the fiery plain unrefreshed, to breaking our fast upon such suspicious diet; […]
Word: secrete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1678: from Latin sēcrētus (“[having been] separated”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːt/, /səˈkɹiːt/ 1. Separated. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: […] they ſuppoſing Two other Divine Hypoſtaſes Superiour thereunto, which were perfectly Secrete from Matter. […] This ſo containeth all things, as not being yet ſecrete and diſtinct; whereas in the Second they are diſcerned and diſtinguiſhed by Reaſon; that is, they are Actually diſtinguiſhed in their Ideas; whereas the Firſt is the Simple and Fecund Power of all things.