nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: BCS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of best-case scenario. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Bowl Championship Series, replaced after the 2013 season by the College Football Playoff. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 3. Initialism of British Computer Society. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian treated commonly (Serbo-Croatian). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Abbreviation of Baja California Sur: a state of Mexico. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 6. Initialism of Behavior Change Specialist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Sven Kristensen, CEO of Wuerth Denmark, a multi-national wholesale organization says EI is so important that they’ve built the BCS training into their leadership programme. 7. Abbreviation of Barclays. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Some big banks including Goldman Sachs (GS), Wells Fargo (WFC) and Barclays (BCS) have promised not to finance Arctic drilling because of climate change concerns.
Word: fundamentalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fundamental + -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910). 1. One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts. 2. A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician. 3. Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles. 4. A fundamentalist Christian. Labels: derogatory
Word: paludism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French paludisme. 1. Malaria. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: Unlike paludism, its course is not markedly affected by the administration of quinine or arsenic.
Word: Quadragesima Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Quadrāgēsima (“Lent”), from feminine substantive use of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”), from the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter using inclusive counting and excluding Sundays. Pronunciation: /ˌkwɒdɹəˈdʒɛsɪmə/ 1. Synonym of Lent. 2. Synonym of Quadragesima Sunday: the first Sunday in Lent.
Word: fundamentalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fundamental + -ism. First used in the 1910s by American Christians. Pronunciation: /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/ 1. The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Recent books by philosopher Roger Scruton (1999, 2000) and music educator Robert Walker (2007) may be interpreted as a last desperate gasp of this form of musical fundamentalism or neoconservativism—the kind that tells the masses what is "good for them" on the grounds that they lack adequate bases for judgments on their own […] 3. The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A Christian movement that started in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants, which emphasizes literal interpretation of the Bible, and came up as a reaction to liberal theology and cultural modernism Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: western world Part of Speech: name 1. The Americas. Labels: obsolete 2. The United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Example: The state formerly reviled for cleaving too closely to Moscow's line now finds itself berated by the Kremlin as well as the Western world for not following the path of glasnost and perestroika. 3. Industrialised liberal democracies as a bloc, especially those allied with the United States and Europe; typically including some or all of the EU states in Eastern Europe, Israel, Japan and South Korea as well as the conventional West. Labels: broadly
Word: incredulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/, /ɪnˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/, /ɪnˈkɹɛdjələs/ 1. Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe. Example: Xodar listened in incredulous astonishment to my narration of the events which had transpired within the arena at the rites of Issus. Example: In safe flats and dark restaurants, never the same one twice, we ate quiet meals, exchanged our goods and gazed upon each other with the incredulous contentment that passes between mountaineers when they are standing on the peak. 2. Expressing or indicative of incredulity. Example: Reactions at Sun's campus, an hour's drive from San Francisco, ranged from the fearful to the incredulous. Example: Then came a report over the radio from one of St. Los pilots. He was reporting seeing ships, and they weren't American. Worse still, they were close. Incredulous', Admiral Sprague demanded confirmation, and, circling in closer, the pilot radioed back: "I can see pagoda masts. I see the biggest meatball flag on the biggest battleship I ever saw!" 3. Difficult to believe; incredible. Labels: nonstandard Example: Why euery thing adheres togither, that no dramme of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance […]. Example: Maybe David Ruben had some valid points about the ACLU on the national level from an historical perspective, although critcizing a non-gay organization for not loudly defending gay rights in 1952 seems a little incredulous.
Word: incredulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incredulous 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 incredulousness From incredulous + -ness. 1. Incredulity; the state of being skeptical or in disbelief Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Perhaps, one ought not to be surprised that a sudden announcement of success, even though professing to be founded upon the positive testimony of personal observation, should be met by incredulousness. Example: Tim O'Brien, who wrote a novel about war, has captured here the sense of incredulousness and theatricality he had while being shot at in Vietnam.
Word: foreboding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”). 1. A sense of evil to come. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To me there is something sad in his life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about him. I don't know why, but I fancy he will have some great trouble—perhaps an unhappy end. Example: A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him. 2. An evil omen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: foreboding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”). 1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty. Example: Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next
Word: foreboding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”). 1. present participle and gerund of forebode Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bitchwad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bikjanąder. Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā Old English biċċe Middle English bicche English bitch English -wad English bitchwad From bitch + -wad. 1. Term of abuse. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: If there were a merciful God in Heaven, He would give me arms that I might strangle this bitchwad. Example: I'm really tired of this stupid dumbass poser 24/7'ing in here, pretending to be a soldier. Please, someone find out who this bitchwad is, so he can shut the hell up.
Word: dickwad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English detective English dick English -wad English dickwad From dick + -wad. 1. A contemptible person; a fool. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: I get dickwad in there wantin' to play wheel of fortune so I can find out their supplier! Example: "Yeah? Who's gonna stop me, dickwad?"
Word: cocksucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + sucker. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑkˌsʌ.kɚ/ 1. A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person. Example: I'm extremely happy that I'm not a part of a committee that cocksucker is in. Example: "Bodie!... You cocksucker, you said it wouldn't snow any more! You said we could make it!" 2. Someone who performs fellatio. Labels: literally Example: After he said the kid was a no-talent cocksucker whose teeth were always in the way ... Example: He attended every Monday night show at Skipper's, where he knew everyone and everyone knew him. Here he was affectionately called "Ed Head" and was famous for being the most sophisticated cocksucker anywhere — the fabulous GTX, "Golden Throated Extra."
Word: areolar Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈɹiːə.lə(ɹ)/ 1. Of or relating to areolae. Example: Although this may be caused by erroneous preoperative markings, areolar diameter differences are usually caused by skin tension differences between the breasts after wound closure. 2. Characterised by areolae (intercellular spaces). Example: areolar tissue Example: 2012, James W. Fleshman Jr., Open Total Proctocolectomy and Ileal Pouch, James W. Fleshman, Elisa H Birnbaum, Steven R Hunt, Matthew G Mutch, Ira J Kodner, Bashar Safar, Atlas of Surgical Techniques for Colon, Rectum and Anus, Elsevier (Elsevier Saunders), page 130, At the level of the sacral promontory, an areolar tissue plane begins behind the superior hemorrhoidal artery (Figure 9-3A and B). 3. Of or relating to areoles.
Word: white wedding Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional wedding ceremony, typically in a church, in which the bride wears a white wedding dress, symbolic of her virginity. Example: More generally, the fact that a pregnant bride does not have a full white wedding serves to confirm the respectability and ‘virginity’ of those who do. Example: The concept of virginity is capable of arousing many associations - everything from white weddings to patriarchy – but Bob Hope's oneliner only activates one particular set, its chronological implications.
Word: thereto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English therto, from Old English þǣrtō (“thereto”), equivalent to there + to. Cognate with Scots tharto, thereto (“thereto”), Saterland Frisian deertou (“thereto”), West Frisian dêrta (“thereto”), Dutch daartoe (“thereto; for that”), German Low German daarto (“to that; for that; thereto”), German dazu (“to that; for that; thereto”). Pronunciation: /ˌðɛəˈtuː/, /ˌðɛɚˈtuː/ 1. To that. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: 'There,' she went on, 'it [a scarab] must be one like it, and yet never did I see one like it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much.['] 2. To it. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, poetic Example: He strung the angelot; / Made rhymes thereto; […] Example: A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.
Word: therefrom Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English therfrom, þærfrom, þarvram (also as ther-fro, þer-fro, þarfra), equivalent to there + from. Cognate with Danish derfra, Swedish därifrån, Norwegian Bokmål derfra, Norwegian Nynorsk derifrå, derfrå, Icelandic þarfrá. Compare Saterland Frisian deerfon, West Frisian dêrfan, Dutch daarvan, German Low German daarvan, German davon. Pronunciation: /ˌðeəˈfɹɒm/ 1. From that. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: No man ever deliberately does injury to another without himself suffering therefrom, at some future day, as much as the party he has injured; although it may be after a different fashion. Example: Therefrom Boshy's saving propensities, being but the idiosyncrasies of the rich, were mercifully endured and spoken of by Mr. Civil.
Word: therein Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English theryn, ther-inne, þer-in, from Old English þǣrin, þǣrinne, from Proto-West Germanic *þārin, *þārinna, from Proto-Germanic *þarin, *þarinna, equivalent to there + in. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerin (“therein”), West Frisian dêryn (“therein”), Dutch daarin (“therein”), German Low German daarin (“therein”), German darin, drin (“therein”), Danish deri (“therein”), Swedish däri (“therein”), Icelandic þar í (“therein”). Pronunciation: /ˈðɛəɹˈɪn/ 1. in that; in that place; in him/her/it. Labels: not-comparable, pronominal Example: September 1792, George Washington, letter My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein. Example: "Ha," said Robin, "comest thou from Locksley Town? Well do I know that fair place for miles about, and well do I know each hedgerow and gentle pebbly stream, and even all the bright little fishes therein, for there I was born and bred. Now, where goest thou with thy meat, my fair friend?"
Word: thereafter Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there + after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”). Pronunciation: /ˌðɛəɹˈɑːf.tə(ɹ)/, /ˌðɛəɹˈæf.tə(ɹ)/, /ˌðɛɹˈæf.tɚ/ 1. After that time, from then on; thenceforth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: afterward, afterwards Example: He left; thereafter we never met again. 2. After that (the thing aforementioned). Labels: not-comparable Example: The little dog was off like a shot, and the children went running thereafter. Example: This structure is not, as it seems at first sight, a papilla, but forms a ridge crossing the ventral aspect of the worm. Caudad of this prominence the bursa begins. The first ray (Fig. 67), long and thin with a characteristic curve, has its papilla on the external surface of the bursa. It obviously represents the prebursal papilla of those bursate nematodes which possess one. The next ray is equally long but wider. It arises at a slight distance from the first, approaches it and then diverges somewhat again. It is split for half its length only, the more cephalad part being the thinner, and the two papillæ in which it ends lying on the inner surface of the bursa. It is obviously the ventral ray with incomplete sub-divisions. The next three rays are quite obviously the three lateral rays. They lie nearly in apposition with incurved points, the most cephalad ending on the outer surface of the bursa, the other two on its inner surface. The externo-dorsal ray is long and thin, taking off from the main stem of the dorsal ray 0·15 mm. from its base, and ending on the outer surface of the bursa. At a point 0·25 mm. from the beginning of the dorsal ray it divides into its two main branches. These diverge gradually at an acute angle and then approach more abruptly, running thereafter side by side to diverge slightly at their tips. The total length of the dorsal ray is 1·7 mm. Viewed from the side it bends abruptly ventrad soon after giving off a small branch, which it does at a distance of 0·3 mm. from the base of the externo-dorsal ray, and then bends as abruptly into its original caudad direction.
Word: thereafter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there + after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”). Pronunciation: /ˌðɛəɹˈɑːf.tə(ɹ)/, /ˌðɛəɹˈæf.tə(ɹ)/, /ˌðɛɹˈæf.tɚ/ 1. Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”). Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable 2. Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”). Labels: countable, poetic, uncommon, uncountable Example: A mimed sequence might enliven Johnny's visit to the great thereafter; or the battle royal might be painted on a backdrop.
Word: heretofore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to here (“here”) + toforn (“before”), from Old English tōforan (“before”). More at here, tofore. Pronunciation: /ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː/, /ˌhɪətəˈfɔə/, /ˌhɪətʊˈfɔə/, /ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/ 1. Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point. Labels: formal, not-comparable, temporal Example: We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished. Example: He had more liberty now than he'd known heretofore. 2. Previously within the present text; earlier herein. Labels: not-comparable Example: heretofore referred to as Example: heretofore mentioned
Word: fore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A development of the prefix fore-. Pronunciation: /fɔː/, /fɔɹ/, /foːɹ/, /foə/ 1. Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. Labels: no-comparative, obsolete Example: the fore part of the day 2. Forward; situated towards the front (of something). Labels: no-comparative Example: The fore end of the tape is drawn out, and when the indicator points to this number the end is firmly fixed to the front of the camera. Example: Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop […]
Word: fore Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A development of the prefix fore-. Pronunciation: /fɔː/, /fɔɹ/, /foːɹ/, /foə/ 1. An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
Word: fore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A development of the prefix fore-. Pronunciation: /fɔː/, /fɔɹ/, /foːɹ/, /foə/ 1. The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. Labels: uncountable Example: The waiting-room was now less empty than Watt had at first supposed, to judge by the presence, some two paces to Watt's fore, and as many to his right, of what seemed to be an object of some importance. Example: People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it. 2. The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. Labels: uncountable Example: in the fore of the ship
Word: fore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A development of the prefix fore-. Pronunciation: /fɔː/, /fɔɹ/, /foːɹ/, /foə/ 1. In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc. Labels: not-comparable 2. Formerly; previously; afore. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. 3. In or towards the bows of a ship. Labels: not-comparable Example: fore and aft
Word: nimby Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Acronym of not in my back yard. More at NIMBY. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪm.bi/ 1. Not in my backyard (in objection to an undesirable structure built locally). Labels: UK, US
Word: nimby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of not in my back yard. More at NIMBY. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪm.bi/ 1. Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.) Example: socially conservative brown (as in shirts) nimbies (may object to the building of jails, prisons, housing for ex-convicts, drinking or adult entertainment establishments)
Word: nimby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Acronym of not in my back yard. More at NIMBY. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪm.bi/ 1. Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them. Example: Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude. Example: […] to be obvious exaggerations of the threats, but rather focused on critiquing the means employed—i.e., the various enforcement techniques that adversely affected innocent bystanders—and in a very nimby (not in my back yard) sort of way.
Word: nimbyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nimby 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 nimbyism From nimby + -ism. 1. The ideology of a nimby. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Are the objections to the airport legitimate or is it just a case of nimbyism? Example: All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
Word: matrilineal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin māterder. English matri- English lineal English matrilineal From matri- + lineal. Coined by British government anthropologist Northcote Whitridge Thomas in 1904 along with patrilineal. Pronunciation: /ˌmeɪtɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/, /ˌmætɹɪ-/ 1. Tracing descent only through female ancestors. Labels: not-comparable Example: Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance. Example: Enkidu expresses the values of nature, matrilineal conservatism, and the populism of the assembly, the assembly of village elders from the days before military dictatorship.
Word: 1337 Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From respelling as leet and the traditional character substitution whereby E becomes 3, while L and T become 1 and 7 respectively. 1. Alternative form of elite. Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of leet. Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative
Word: 1337 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From respelling as leet and the traditional character substitution whereby E becomes 3, while L and T become 1 and 7 respectively. 1. Alternative spelling of leet. Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: spaghetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian spaghetto; see further at spaghetti. 1. A single strand of spaghetti. Labels: rare Example: My first class consisted of twenty-six dancers; at least a third of these appeared to be tiny Asian women, each with a waist the approximate width of a spaghetto. Example: With his thumb and forefinger he lifted one spaghetto at a time and dunked it into the bowl of sauce before eating it.
Word: overseas Chinese Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or people of Chinese ethnicity, living in a non-Chinese country; a member of the ethnic Chinese expatriate or immigrant community; Huaqiao Labels: countable, uncountable Example: President Chiang Ching-kuo sent a message urging overseas Chinese to help reunify China under the Three Principles of the People. Overseas Chinese should join with compatriots and the military of the Taiwan area and the people on the Chinese mainland to support the anti-Communist cause and create a bright future for the Chinese people. Example: It was not until 1974 that the first Taiwanese businessman settled there, and thereupon began a gradual increase in the Overseas Chinese (OC) population.
Word: bestiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bestial Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English bestiality From bestial + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛstʃəlˌlɪtɪ/, /ˈbistiˌælɪti/, /ˌbist͡ʃiˈælɪti/, /ˌbɛst͡ʃiˈælɪti/ 1. Sexual activity between a human and another animal species. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Less common, but still frequent, are erect penises, more complete female nudes, copulations, and even scenes of bestiality. Example: Second, the romance option brings up a unique issue: having sex with an alien. It’s somewhat difficult to say what the Christian should think on this issue because, well, the Bible doesn’t talk about aliens. Probably because they don’t exist (sorry to burst your bubble). Would this be considered bestiality? Or is it not bestiality since they are also beings capable of rational and ethical thought and self-reflection unlike usual animals? 2. Bestial nature, savagery, inhumanity, like (or akin to) an animal's. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the pitiful inadequacy of the reforms and the bestiality of the white society 3. Any abstract entity similar to a beast. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 4. A status of lower animal. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 5. An animal-like instinct or behaviour. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 6. A mark, trait, or emblem of a beast. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: Serowe Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Botswana.
Word: apartheid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch apart Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haidu Old Dutch -heit Middle Dutch -heit Dutch -heid Dutch apartheid Afrikaans apartheidbor. English apartheid Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood. Pronunciation: /əˈpɑːtheɪt/, /əˈpɑːthaɪt/, /əˈpɑɹtheɪt/, /əˈpɑɹthaɪt/, /əˈpɑɹ.taɪd/ 1. The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. Labels: South-Africa, countable, historical, uncountable Example: She don't care about the rest at all / She's got a system they call apartheid / It keeps a brother in a subjection Example: The premise of apartheid was that whites were superior to Africans, Coloureds and Indians, and the function of it was to entrench white supremacy forever. 2. Any similar policy of racial segregation or separation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: The 1973 Apartheid Convention conferred universal jurisdiction to the state signatories to prosecute those who commit apartheid. Example: When the doors of a business are open to the public, they must be open to all regardless of race if apartheid is not to become engrained in our public […] . 3. A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Fifteen minutes drive to the Brown Trout was guaranteed to satisfy my appetite because there, as with other clubs and hotel bars, a form of sex apartheid was practised. The males assembled in the region of the bar and the opposite gender either sat discreetly detached or strayed outside to gossip gaily among themselves. Example: In these annual reports, the religious apartheid practices in India are not mentioned at all.
Word: apartheid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch apart Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haidu Old Dutch -heit Middle Dutch -heit Dutch -heid Dutch apartheid Afrikaans apartheidbor. English apartheid Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood. Pronunciation: /əˈpɑːtheɪt/, /əˈpɑːthaɪt/, /əˈpɑɹtheɪt/, /əˈpɑɹthaɪt/, /əˈpɑɹ.taɪd/ 1. To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race. Labels: transitive Example: Yes, apartheiding the apartheiders, is what the rest of the world is doing. Example: Whatever the reason the blacks have for "apartheiding" Boston, whites should be all for it.
Word: slavey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъbor. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English -y English slavey From slave + -y. Piecewise doublet of Slavic. Pronunciation: /ˈsleɪvi/ 1. A male servant. Labels: colloquial, historical 2. A female domestic servant; a maid or maidservant. Labels: colloquial, historical Example: I told a man on the links yesterday that I'd been a slavey for nine months. I was trying to explain why I was a suffragette […] Example: "Doing? Not a Dam' thing. I mean, I was sitting on the bed lighting a cigarette. We'd just come upstairs. Everything was all right; old Peabody in Sydney and the slavey given a night off to go to the pictures."
Word: Amerind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist. Pronunciation: /ˈæməɹənd/ 1. An American Indian. Example: The cultural hiatus associated with the Pine Pollen Zone suggests that Amerinds may have avoided the area.
Word: Amerind Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist. Pronunciation: /ˈæməɹənd/ 1. Of or relating to a hypothetical, largely discredited higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene. Labels: not-comparable
Word: castellano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish castellano (“Castilian”), from Medieval Latin Castella (“Castile, Land of Fortresses”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Latin castrum (“fort”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellanus, castellan, and chatelain. 1. A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 4.8 g. Labels: historical 2. A former Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a castellano of gold. Labels: historical
Word: boudoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French boudoir, from bouder (“to sulk”), of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːdwɑː/, /buˈdwɑɹ/, /ˈbuːdwɔːɹ/ 1. A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom. Example: The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras. Example: The church like a huge boudoir spread around her; the arches bent down to gather in the shade the confession of her love; the windows shone resplendent to illumine her face, and the censers would burn that she might appear like an angel amid the fumes of the sweet-smelling odours. 2. An army tent. Labels: US, slang
Word: woo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”). Pronunciation: /wuː/ 1. To endeavor to gain someone's affection or support. Labels: transitive Example: They're trying to woo the customers back with this new mobile plan. Example: Behind this carefully crafted strategy of wooing Trump is a desire from Gulf states to solidify and formalize their positions as the US’ indispensable security and economic partners, and extract as much benefit for themselves as they can. 2. Often of a man, to try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with. Labels: transitive Example: Soo leue we syr Launcelot lyenge within that caue in grete payne / and euery day ther came a lady & brouȝt hym his mete & his drynke / & wowed hym to haue layne by hym / and euer the noble knyghte syre Launcelot sayd her nay. "So leave we Sir Launcelot lying within that cave in great pain; and every day there came a lady and brought him his meat and his drink, and wooed him, to have lain by him; and ever the noble knight, Sir Launcelot, said her nay." Example: I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […] 3. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love. Labels: transitive Example: Thee Chauntreſs oft the Woods among, / I woo to hear thy eeven Song; Example: I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
Word: woo Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /wuː/ 1. Alternative spelling of whoo, expressing joy or excitement. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal Example: "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"
Word: woo Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /wuː/ 1. Alternative form of woo woo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: woo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wuː/ 1. Alternative form of woo woo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Physics hasn't been "looking" at it, certain men who embrace the Copenhagen Interpretation rather than Many Worlds or the Pilot Wave angles are resorting to woo. Example: The cognitive loopholes and biases that make us woo-prone are a human universal.
Word: aborning Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- (“in the act of”) + born + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈbɔɹ.nɪŋ/ 1. That is in the process of being born; coming into existence; before coming to completion. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable Example: What a shock this morning A terror without warning Turned out a blank What heavens thank The "frie" died a borning. Example: No fewer than five planned “uprisings” died a-borning.
Word: aborning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- (“in the act of”) + born + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈbɔɹ.nɪŋ/ 1. While being born or produced. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable Example: This festival is an excellent chance to see new talent aborning.
Word: bemuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + muse. In meaning, influenced by bemaze and later amuse. Pronunciation: /bɪˈmjuːz/, /bəˈmjuːz/ 1. To confuse or bewilder. Labels: transitive Example: [With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies. Example: the bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves 2. To be amused, especially sardonically. Labels: proscribed, sometimes, transitive 3. To devote to the Muses. Labels: archaic, humorous Example: When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably Be-mus'd 4. To make drunk; to intoxicate. Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive Example: a parson much be-mus'd in beer Example: This old man generally bemused himself in beer, once a fortnight.
Word: nidus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-? Proto-Indo-European *ní Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *nisdós Proto-Italic *nizdos Latin nīdusbor. English nidus Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest. 1. An aggregate of neurons. 2. A nest for insects or small animals. 3. A place of infection in an organism. 4. An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon.
Word: butt-fucking Part of Speech: noun 1. anal sex Labels: Canada, US, slang, vulgar
Word: butt-fucking Part of Speech: adj 1. Engaging in anal sex Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable, slang, vulgar
Word: taking it up the ass Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take it up the ass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: butt sex Part of Speech: noun 1. Anal sex. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: moai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Rapa Nui mo'ai (“statue, figurine”). Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/ 1. One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Example: As the years passed, the Moais and Ahus became larger and larger, many with red scoria top crowns weighing as much as ten tons.
Word: Narutard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Naruto English retard English -tard English Narutard From Naruto + -tard. 1. An obsessive fan of the Japanese manga series Naruto. Labels: Internet, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Narutard.
Word: feral child Part of Speech: noun 1. A child who is raised without human contact as a result of being abandoned, allegedly often raised by wild animals.
Word: Athabascan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Athabasca + -an, from Cree Ahđapaskâw (literally “where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern”). 1. Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest. Labels: not-comparable Example: “I’d like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honour, respect and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who led the fight for the name change in Congress.
Word: Athabascan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Athabasca + -an, from Cree Ahđapaskâw (literally “where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern”). 1. The family of languages spoken by these peoples.
Word: Athabascan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Athabasca + -an, from Cree Ahđapaskâw (literally “where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern”). 1. Any member of these peoples.
Word: Pentateuch Part of Speech: name Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe From Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos), from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”) + τεῦχος (teûkhos, “tool, scroll, book”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn.təˌtjuːk/, /ˈpɛn.təˌtuːk/, /ˈpɛn.təˌtʊk/ 1. Synonym of Torah.
Word: obligatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius. Pronunciation: /əˈblɪɡ.ə.t(ə)ɹi/, /əˈblɪɡ.ə.tɔ.ɹi/, /ˈɑ.blɪ.ɡəˌtɔ.ɹi/ 1. Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory. Example: an obligatory promise Example: […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory. 2. Requiring a matter or obligation.
Word: metamorphosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/, /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/, /ˌmɛtəˈmoɹfəsɪs/, [ˌmɛɾəˈmoɹfəsɪs] 1. A transformation, such as one performed by magic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With Severne she along doth go, / Her Metamorphosis to show ; / And makes the wand’ring Wy declaim / In honour of the British name. Example: I wonder’d at ſuch a Metamorphoſis in ſo ſhort a time, he told me, ’twas for the death of his Wife, that Nature had thus antedated his Years ; ’tis true, that a weighty ſetled ſorrow is of that force, that beſides the contraction of the Spirits, it will work upon the radical moiſture, and dry it up, ſo that the Hair can have no moiſture at the Root. 2. A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old. 3. A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: foggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɡi/ 1. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy. Example: At Esher we were getting out into bright sunshine, and apart from another foggy patch between Farnborough and Winchfield, we had a clear run from then on. 2. Confused, befuddled, or vague. Labels: figuratively Example: He was still foggy with sleep. Example: If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon. 3. Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”) Example: For they will feed on foggy grass and such like. Also ye shall understand that horses and Cattel may not well be foddered in Winter all together, but […] Example: […] for as he shuts up his meadow at Christmas, leaves such foggy grass behind, and manures well, in case a wet hot summer succeeds, […]
Word: slumber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”). Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”). By surface analysis, sloom + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌm.bə/, /ˈslʌm.bɚ/, /ˈslʊm.bə/ 1. A very light state of sleep, almost awake. Example: Fast asleep? It is no matter; / Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Example: Ev’n Luſt and Envy ſleep, yet Love denies / Reſt to my Soul, and ſlumber to my Eyes. 2. A very light state of sleep, almost awake. Labels: broadly 3. A state of ignorance or inaction. Labels: figuratively Example: Marcel Duchamp's urinal and readymades seemed in the beginning to be insider jokes or jokelike paradoxes meant to awaken people from their aesthetic slumbers. 4. The snooze button on an alarm clock. Labels: rare
Word: slumber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”). Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”). By surface analysis, sloom + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌm.bə/, /ˈslʌm.bɚ/, /ˈslʊm.bə/ 1. To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake. Labels: intransitive Example: He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Example: If Sleep and Death be truly one, ⁠And every spirit’s folded bloom ⁠Thro’ all its intervital gloom In some long trance should slumber on; […] 2. To be inactive or negligent. Labels: intransitive 3. To lay to sleep. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: slumber his conscience 4. To stun; to stupefy. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Then vp he tooke the slombred sencelesse corse.
Word: senesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin senēscere (“to grow old”). Pronunciation: /səˈnɛs/ 1. To grow older; to reach maturity. Example: All living organisms senesce. Example: After spawning, salmon rapidly senesce and die due to systemic endocrine alterations.
Word: bloomery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bloom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English bloomery From bloom (“metal, see etym.3”) + -ery. 1. A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore. Example: The natives had probably smelted it themselves in their rude bloomeries, […]
Word: speak of the devil Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Ellipsis of speak of the devil and he shall appear, which can be traced back to “talk of the Devil, and he’s presently at your elbow”, attested in 1666. The idea behind this (namely, that mentioning a dangerous creature may cause it to appear) is found in many cultures around the world; see taboo avoidance. 1. An expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene. Labels: humorous, idiomatic Example: A: You know who would appreciate this? Tom. B: Speak of the devil! Look who just walked in!
Word: ibid. Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈɪbɪd/, /ɪbˈaɪ̯dəm/ 1. Abbreviation of ibidem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: As Lockie and Kitto (2000: 5) note, this important dimension is recognized by the SOP approach but they argue that it is “poorly developed in both theorisation and operationalisation.” Furthermore, production activities are privileged in SOP analysis as “determinants of consumption practices” and the “role of agency is marginalised” by giving primacy to structural tendencies in the shaping of SOPs (ibid.: 5). Example: Repatriation is viewed as a must for Rastafari, and the earliest Rastafari did not have the resources to make this return possible or, as anthropologist Charles Price details, “sold all they possessed in order to leave for Africa” (2009, 218). Price has spoken of the shift in class among Rastafari; though many Rastafari are still economically deprived, there do exist “monied Rastafari” (ibid.).
Word: tomboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומאbor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom English tom Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy English tomboy From tom + boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒm.bɔɪ/, /ˈtɑm.bɔɪ/ 1. A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner. Example: His sister, his dearest and only playmate, is a tomboy at heart. Example: “When you have a little girl like mine who is obsessed with the ocean and giant squids and insect infestations in homes, she’s considered weird or odd or a tomboy when in fact, science and things like that should be considered girly.” 2. A rude, boisterous boy. Labels: obsolete 3. An immodest or bold woman. Labels: obsolete 4. A butch lesbian. Labels: Philippines, colloquial