nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: admittedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English admitted Middle English -ly English -ly English admittedly From admitted + -ly. 1. As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly. Example: Admittedly, vandalism is a bit of a problem. Example: She was admittedly the one who killed the baron. 2. Signals a concession followed by a counterpoint usually headed by but. Labels: conjunctive Example: It's only a theory, admittedly, but it might work. Example: Admittedly he can't swim, but he still loves going to the seaside anyway.
Word: admitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English admit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English admitter From admit + -er. 1. Someone who or something which admits.
Word: amasi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu amási. 1. sour milk Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: maas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zulu. Pronunciation: /mɑːs/ 1. sour milk Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: maas Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the verb to maa. Pronunciation: /mɑːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of maa Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sambal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed, either directly or via Afrikaans sambal, from Malay sambal, from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel). 1. A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adorant Part of Speech: adj 1. Adoring. Labels: poetic
Word: bottle-arse Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of fly. Labels: Jamaica
Word: adorative Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to adoration.
Word: adorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adorer From adore + -er. 1. Someone who adores. Example: 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226, But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie. Example: […] I in one Night freed / From servitude inglorious welnigh half / Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng / Of his adorers […] 2. Someone who adores. Example: […] I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Example: I vvho profeſs my ſelf an Admirer, an Adorer of Reaſon, am obliged to ovvn, that in ſome Caſes the Sharpneſs of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument.
Word: adoringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English adoring Middle English -ly English -ly English adoringly From adoring + -ly. 1. In an adoring manner.
Word: Maas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Maas or German Maas. 1. A major river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, known as the Meuse in French and the Maas in Dutch.
Word: adorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adorābilis, from adōrāre + -bilis, from ad + ōrō. By surface analysis, adore + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/, /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ 1. Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable. Example: a romantic love song with adorable-sounding drum beats Example: Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
Word: dalgite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga dalgayt. 1. A rabbit-eared bandicoot; a bilby. Labels: Australia, Western
Word: ganna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Khwe kanna. Pronunciation: /ˈhænə/, /ˈkænə/ 1. A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable, usually
Word: gogga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans gogga, from a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe xoxo-i. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒɡə/, /ˈxɒxə/, /ˈɡɑɡə/, /ˈxɑxə/, /ˈxoxa/ 1. Insect. Labels: South-Africa
Word: attacher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attach + -er. 1. Someone who attaches. 2. A means of attaching.
Word: assuror Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From assure + -or. 1. An assurer; an underwriter; an insurer.
Word: attachable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English attach Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English attachable From attach + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈtæt͡ʃəbəl/ 1. Able to be attached.
Word: assurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From assure + -er. 1. An insurer; an underwriter. 2. One who takes out insurance. 3. A person who or thing which assures.
Word: latex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin latex (“clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid”), a later use of Latin latex (“water; liquid, fluid”). Potentially a borrowing from Ancient Greek λᾰ́τᾰξ (lắtăx, “drop of wine”), reformed by analogy to other nouns in -ex. The semantic shift, however, from drop of wine to water is difficult to explain and may indicate that both words originated from a separate language. Perhaps from the same root as Proto-Celtic *latis (Old Irish laith (“liquid, beer”), Welsh llad (“beer”)) or Proto-Germanic *ladjō- (Old High German letto (“clay, loam”), Old Norse leðja (“mud, dregs”)) or from a Pre-Greek language. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪtɛks/, /ˈleɪˌtɛks/ 1. A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph). Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable 2. The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Natural latex rubber, especially nonvulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: karree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Khoe karib. 1. A plant root that is powdered and fermented to produce honey beer. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: kukumakranka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Khoekhoe [Term?]. 1. An odorous fruit (genus Gethyllis), often used in brandy and for scenting rooms. Labels: South-Africa
Word: boegoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Khoe buku. 1. Alternative form of buchu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: buchu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Khoekhoe buku. 1. A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Inside us, like chromosomes, lay the memories of […] guinea-fowl clicking in the early morning grass or the delicate tracks of the sandpiper, the smell of buchu and veld fires […] 2. Medicinal leaves from the shrub that are often used in brandy; this is an old Dutch medicine. Labels: South-Africa, countable, uncountable Example: Like Lucy, they have potatoes and onions to sell, but also bottled jams, preserves, dried fruit, packets of buchu tea, honeybush tea, herbs.
Word: guarriboom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Khwe gwarri (whence also Zulu umgwali) + Afrikaans boom, from Dutch boom (“tree”). 1. A shrub, Euclea divinorum; its fruit can be fermented to produce vinegar. Labels: South-Africa
Word: oribi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Khoekhoe orab. 1. Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope. Labels: South-Africa
Word: micaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyk- Proto-Italic *(s)mīkā? Proto-Indo-European *meyk- Proto-Italic *meikā? Latin mīcabor. English mica English -aceous English micaceous From mica + -aceous. From Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”). Often erroneously associated with Latin micō (“to twinkle, glitter”) and hence with English micacious. 1. Of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica. Example: Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist. Example: Apart from the two or three bird masks, the only other zoomorphic mask was a wolf frontlet of cedar decorated in micaceous black paint with dentalium teeth, dentalium being an important form of wealth with some of the attributes of a currency. 2. sparkling; brilliant Labels: figuratively Example: The book review was a micaceous example of perfection.
Word: rowdy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯di/, [ˈɹaʊ̯ɾi], /ˈɹæɔ̯di/, [ˈɹæɔ̯ɾi] 1. Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
Word: rowdy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯di/, [ˈɹaʊ̯ɾi], /ˈɹæɔ̯di/, [ˈɹæɔ̯ɾi] 1. A boisterous person; a brawler. Labels: countable Example: Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all. They slept the day, drank well into the evening, and then set off for their pastime. 2. money; ready money. Labels: obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: I don’t know whether I quite approve of your throwing over Mr. P. for Mr. F., and don’t think Foker’s such a pretty name, and from your account of him he seems a muff, and not a beauty. But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing. Example: "Where's your money?" Jack exclaimed, hoarsely, in a well-feigned voice. "Ah! where's the rowdy?" iterated Clayton, in a tone it was impossible to conceal. "I have no money — none — save a few guineas; there — there — in my pocket […]
Word: Natalie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the French form of the Late Latin saint's name Natalia, from nātālis (diēs) (“birthday [of Christ], Christmas”). Doublet of Natalya. Pronunciation: /ˈnætəli/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: […] often I have listened to my dear brother, as he told me the pretty story of the sad gentleman whom he met, when I was but an infant, and how he spoke to me so tenderly, and sighed for his own Natalie. I had no other name then but Sea-flower, and I have been called by that name ever since; yet after that day, my Christian name was Natalie. Example: I was ashamed of my very name, Natalie. Nobody else in town had the name Natalie. I wanted to have a name like Frances or Elizabeth, as two of the most popular little girls were named. When old ladies at church would say to me kindly enough,"What's your name, little girl?" I would answer "Natalie," and they would say, "Madaline, Mattie, what did you say?"
Word: famadihana Part of Speech: noun 1. A Madagascan ceremony in which a corpse is exhumed, wrapped in fresh cloth, and reburied, to the accompaniment of dancing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: b-ball Part of Speech: noun 1. basketball Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: permeabilization Part of Speech: noun 1. the act, process or result of making something, such as a membrane or cell wall, permeable - often through the use of surfactants
Word: Weymouth Part of Speech: name Etymology: In England, from Wey + mouth, referring to that river's mouth. The village in Nova Scotia is named after the city in Massachusetts. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.məθ/ 1. A town and civil parish (with a town council) in Dorset, England, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY6779). 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A village in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 7. A neighbourhood of Bridgetown, Barbados. 8. A locality in George Town council area, northern Tasmania, Australia. 9. A coastal suburb of Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand. 10. A habitational surname.
Word: Portsmouth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Portesmuða, from Old English Portesmuða. 1. A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England. Example: When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; […] Example: Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar. 2. A village in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England, on the border with Lancashire (OS grid ref SD9026). 3. A neighbourhood of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 4. A town in Saint John parish, Dominica. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: Example: […] not exceeding six Persons for Newport foure Persons for each of the respective Townes of Providence Portsmouth and Warwicke and two Persons for each other Place Towne or Citty […] 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. An English earldom
Word: Exeter Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Excestre, from Old English Exanceaster: Ex (“the river Exe”) + ċeaster (“fortified town”), 'the Roman city of Isca'. Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɪtɚ/, /ˈɛksɪtə/, /ˈɛɡzɪtə/ 1. A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England (OS grid ref SX9292). 2. A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia. 3. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. 4. A small town in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia. 5. A community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. Ellipsis of Exeter College, Oxford. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Word: Southampton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Sūþhāmtūn, equivalent to south + Hampton. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Hantone and Hantune. Pronunciation: /saʊθˈæmptən/, /saʊθˈhæmptən/ 1. A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England. Example: Standing in the dock at Southampton Trying to get to Holland or France Example: This season has seen Southampton lose a host of key players to injuries — Danny Ings, Stuart Armstrong, Theo Walcott, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jannik Vestergaard. 2. Hampshire. Labels: historical 3. A barony in the peerage of Great Britain. 4. A place in Canada: 5. A place in Canada: 6. A place in Canada: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. 15. A parish in Bermuda.
Word: Southsea Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ6499). 2. A village in Broughton community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3051).
Word: Dorchester Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Celtic *Durno-wāriā (Latin Durnovāria) + Old English ċeaster (“fort, Roman town”). The civil parish in New Brunswick and Ontario town are named in honour of colonial administrator Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808). Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː(ɹ)ˌtʃɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɔː(ɹ)tʃɪstə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɔɹˌtʃɛstɚ/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990). 2. A village and civil parish (served by Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU5794). 3. A civil parish and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4. A town in Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Swanage Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Swanwiche, from Old English swan (“swan”) or swān (“herdsman, swain”) + wīċ (“village”). Pronunciation: /ˈswɒnɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0378).
Word: Yeovil Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈjoʊvɪl/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5516).
Word: Poole Part of Speech: name Etymology: From pool. Pronunciation: /puːl/ 1. A town in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A civil parish (served by Worleston and District Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6455). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A census-designated place in Webster County and Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A census-designated place in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A village in Tartu County, Estonia. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Chichester Part of Speech: name Etymology: Reputedly from Old English personal name Ċissa + ċeaster (“fort, manor, town”). Otherwise the first element could come from Old English *ċisse (“a gravelly place”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪt͡ʃɪstə/ 1. A cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8504). 2. A local government district in western West Sussex, with its headquarters in the city. 3. A small area of South Shields, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3665). 4. A township municipality and village in Pontiac regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada. 5. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. 6. A hamlet in the town of Shandaken, Ulster County, New York, United States. 7. A region in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States; see "Derived terms" below. 8. A surname.
Word: Bognor Regis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English. In a document of 680 AD, it is referred to as Bucgan ora, "Bucge's shore". The Regis (from Latin rex (“king”)) was added after King George V stayed there to convalesce. Bucgan can be derived from 'Bucca' which means a 'male goat' hence the 'goat shore', as most Saxon village names describe what the place did or produced. 1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ9399).
Word: Newquay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From new + quay, for a quay built here in the 15th century. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːkiː/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council, on the north coast of Cornwall, south west England (OS grid ref SW8161).
Word: Wareham Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Werhām, from Old English wer (“weir”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛəɹəm/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: Kosovo and Metohia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Косово и Метохија (Kosovo i Metohija, “Kosovo and Metohija”), the official Serbian term for the self-declared independent republic of Kosovo, which the government of Serbia does not recognize, but regards as part of Serbia. 1. An autonomous province of Serbia; a term used of Kosovo by those who do not recognize the Republic of Kosovo.
Word: grockle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origin of the word is uncertain. A derivation has been suggested from the eponymous dragon-like creature in the obsolete The Dandy comic strip "Jimmy and his Grockle", based on an earlier strip, "Jimmy Johnson's Grockle", in The Rover comic in the 1920s, somehow leading to use in the present sense in the movie The System (1964). It is doubtful that the word's use in the West of England goes back farther than that. Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English also refers to the film The System but suggests another derivation, that holiday visitors in Torbay were compared to little clowns, and Grock (1880–1959) was a famous clown at the time. A more straightforward derivation is 'grackle' an old term for the jackdaw, from the Latin graculus. It is apposite when considering large numbers of visitors noisily flocking to their holiday destinations. 1. A tourist from elsewhere in the country Labels: UK, slang Example: The grockles were not well served on the Marina of late.
Word: pictures Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃəz/, /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃɚz/ 1. plural of picture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pictures Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃəz/, /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃɚz/ 1. cinema, movie theatre Labels: Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only Example: We go to the pictures every Saturday night.
Word: pictures Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃəz/, /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of picture Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: feared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fard, feard, ferd, ferde, fered, equivalent to fear + -ed. Pronunciation: /fɪəd/, /fɪːd/, /fɪjəd/, /fɪɹd/, /fiəd/ 1. Pertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others. 2. Regarded with fear, respect, or reverence. 3. Frightened, afraid. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: Conſcience grows feared: the heart grows hardened: while you delay, the Devil rules and rejoyceth: […] Example: […] I’m maist feared to speak to him—and it’s an unco thing to hear ane o’ us speak that gate o’ a man—[…]
Word: feared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ferd, feerd, fered, equivalent to fear + -ed. Pronunciation: /fɪəd/, /fɪːd/, /fɪjəd/, /fɪɹd/, /fiəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attempted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈtɛmptɪd/ 1. Tried, with the connotation of failure. Labels: not-comparable Example: She is facing jail time for attempted robbery. Example: an attempted coup
Word: attempted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtɛmptɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of attempt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rested Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛstɪd/, /ˈɹɛstəd/ 1. recovered Labels: usually
Word: rested Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛstɪd/, /ˈɹɛstəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attacked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtækt/ 1. simple past and past participle of attack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sounded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Doublet of sonata. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɪd/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: sounded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Doublet of sonata. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of sound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suspected Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səsˈpɛktɪd/ 1. believed to be a cause or at fault. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bring in the suspected vandal. Example: Three casualties were admitted with suspected fractures in their heads.
Word: suspected Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səsˈpɛktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of suspect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: restored Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɔɹd/, /ɹɪˈstɔːd/, /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹd/, /ɹɪˈstoəd/ 1. Pertaining to something or someone renewed or rebuilt. Example: A fully restored Volkswagen Beetle will cost more. Example: Arley's ferry boat has been replaced by a single-span pedestrian bridge. This leads to the old Harbour Inn and the impeccably restored railway station, now part of the privately run steam-operated Severn Valley Railway.
Word: restored Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɔɹd/, /ɹɪˈstɔːd/, /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹd/, /ɹɪˈstoəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of restore Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: begins Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɪnz/, /bəˈɡɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of begin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Eduardo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese or Spanish Eduardo. Pronunciation: /ɛdˈwɑɹdoʊ/ 1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese
Word: humble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμηλός (khamēlós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbəl/, /ˈʌmbəl/, /ˈhʊmbəl/ 1. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. Example: He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage. Example: 17th century, Abraham Cowley, The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches The wise example of the heavenly lark. Thy fellow poet, Cowley, mark, Above the clouds let thy proud music sound, Thy humble nest build on the ground. 2. Having a low position or a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. Example: She ſhould be humble, who would pleaſe; And ſhe muſt ſuffer, who can love. Example: Rosol's 65 winners to Nadal's 41 was one of the crucial statistics in the 3hr 18min match that ended in a 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 triumph labelled a "miracle" by Rosol, who was humble enough to offer commiserations to Nadal.
Word: humble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμηλός (khamēlós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbəl/, /ˈʌmbəl/, /ˈhʊmbəl/ 1. People with a low position or a low opinion of themselves; those who are not proud, arrogant, or assuming. Example: But he giueth more grace, wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proude, but giueth grace vnto the humble. Example: c. 590 AD: Liber Regulae Pastoralis by Pope Gregory I "The humble are to be admonished not to be more submissive than is right". 2. An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. Labels: slang Example: You're on a corner in my district, it ain't gonna be about no humble, it ain't gonna be about no loitering charge, nothing like that. There gonna be some biblical shit happening to you on the way to that motherfucking jail wagon. Example: Years ago, guys on Baltimore's streets would have, by definition, called an arrest for loitering a "humble."
Word: humble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English humblen (“to humble”), from the adjective above. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbəl/, /ˈʌmbəl/, /ˈhʊmbəl/ 1. To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. Example: Humble yourselues therefore vnder the mighty hand of God, that hee may exalt you in due time, 2. To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. Labels: often, reflexive, transitive Example: And you say you've been humbled in love / Cut down in your love / Forced to kneel in the mud next to me Example: The final, quiet moments of the book return to Sten; his experience of his sick son humbles him, just as his aging body humbles him, and Boyle seems to suggest this makes him a better man.
Word: humble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *humblen, *humbelen (suggested by humblynge (“a humming, a faint rumbling”)), frequentative of Middle English hummen (“to hum”), equivalent to hum + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbəl/, /ˈʌmbəl/, /ˈhʊmbəl/ 1. To hum. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: humbling and bumbling
Word: humble Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbəl/, /ˈʌmbəl/, /ˈhʊmbəl/ 1. Alternative form of hummel. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, also, alt-of, alternative, attributive Example: humble cattle
Word: humble Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbəl/, /ˈʌmbəl/, /ˈhʊmbəl/ 1. Alternative form of hummel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive
Word: readers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹidɚz/, /ˈɹiːdəz/ 1. plural of reader Labels: form-of, plural 2. Reading glasses
Word: inches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of inch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accounts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊnts/ 1. plural of account Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accounts.
Word: accounts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of account Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reports Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔɹts/, /ɹɪˈpɔːts/, /ɹɪˈpo(ː)ɹts/, /ɹɪˈpoəts/ 1. plural of report Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reports Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔɹts/, /ɹɪˈpɔːts/, /ɹɪˈpo(ː)ɹts/, /ɹɪˈpoəts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of report Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Jews Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːz/ 1. plural of Jew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jews Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Jew Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.ɪŋz/ 1. plural of being Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɑɹks/, /mɑːks/ 1. plural of mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɑɹks/, /mɑːks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: presents Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛzənts/ 1. plural of present Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presents Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛzənts/ 1. The contents of the present document: the one in which the word presents appears. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Know all men by these presents... Example: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from July^([sic – meaning January]) 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
Word: presents Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈzɛnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of present Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: additions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈdɪʃənz/ 1. plural of addition Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:additions.
Word: poems Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.ɪmz/, /ˈpoʊ.əmz/, /poʊmz/ 1. plural of poem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: owns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əʊnz/, /oʊnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of own Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: advantages Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːn.tɪ.dʒɪz/, /ədˈvæn.(t)ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of advantage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: advantages Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːn.tɪ.dʒɪz/, /ədˈvæn.(t)ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of advantage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rest on one's laurels Part of Speech: verb 1. To rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Rail has a good basis for promoting green travel options, but we can't rest on our laurels. We need to keep on moving forwards because other modes are upping their games as well," says Brennan-Brown. Example: Manchester City won an incredible five trophies last year but the most successful sides rarely rest on their laurels and they will be determined to enjoy success again this year.
Word: attempts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈtɛmpts/ 1. plural of attempt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attempts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtɛmpts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of attempt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perspicuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perspicuous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English perspicuously From perspicuous + -ly. 1. With clarity and lucidity. Example: Even the derangement of the phrases from their (so-called) natural order is luminous for the mind; and it is by the means of such designed reversal that the elements of a judgment may be most pertinently marshalled, or the stages of a complicated action most perspicuously bound into one.
Word: perspicaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perspicacious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English perspicaciously From perspicacious + -ly. 1. With the power of seeing or understanding clearly; quick-sightedly; with sharp of sight. 2. With acute discernment; keenly; with mental perception. Labels: figuratively
Word: tako Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako). 1. The flesh of octopus as used in sushi. Labels: uncountable
Word: beta reader Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who informally proofreads another person's text before the latter makes it available to the general public.
Word: compensator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From compensate + -or. 1. A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation Labels: literally 2. Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance. Example: Anything that reverses the direction of movement in a length of point rodding will act as a compensator over an equal length on each side of it; […]. 3. A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature outside a building and the temperature of water or air provided to spaces or zones within the building for purposes of heating or cooling. Example: Compensators ensure less heat is provided to a room on a warmer day. They may be implemented mechanically, electronically or in software. 4. One of several small magnets placed in the binnacle to neutralize the effect of the ship's metal on the compass
Word: Horus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Hōrus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr. Pronunciation: [hɔːɹəs] 1. The ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship. Labels: Egyptian
Word: Isis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.sɪs/, /ˈaɪ.səs/ 1. An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis. Labels: Egyptian Example: Grant me profane kiss / Oh Isis, mother ov all / Thy lips like morphine / Teasing my slumbering heart 2. 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid. 3. A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek. Labels: uncommon Example: Isis had crawled under the center table with its red plush cover with little round balls for fringe. Example: 'Beloved Isis,' Elias grinned, 'would you kindly cast some light into the poor occluded mind of our brother here on the matter of the co-essential nature of the body and the soul?'
Word: Isis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Back-formation of the Latin Tamesis (“Thames”), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (“A tributary of the Thames”) and Isis. The prison was named after the river. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.sɪs/, /ˈaɪ.səs/ 1. The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames. Labels: UK Example: Dorchester is not on the Thames, yet belongs to it certainly, for the Thame, which combines with the Isis to form the Thames, flows past it. Example: They had put in under the dappled shade of an overhanging willow a little down the left bank of the Isis.
Word: Isis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Back-formation of the Latin Tamesis (“Thames”), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (“A tributary of the Thames”) and Isis. The prison was named after the river. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.sɪs/, /ˈaɪ.səs/ 1. Ellipsis of HM Prison Isis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Isis Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.sɪs/, /ˈaɪ.səs/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of ISIS. Labels: alt-of Example: The terrorist threat is growing, the politicians and intelligence services say, due in part to the degradation of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and the rising numbers of Isis fighters returning to Europe.
Word: sequencer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sequence + -er. 1. Any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system). 2. A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback. Example: a MIDI sequencer 3. A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator. 4. A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.
Word: faitour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faytour, from Anglo-Norman faitour (cognate with Old French faitor (“doer, maker”), from Latin factor, factōrem, from facere (“do, make”). Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪtə/ 1. A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes. Labels: obsolete Example: Allas sayd kynge Lot I am ashamed / for by my defaute ther is many a worshipful man slayne / for and we had ben to gyders there hadde ben none hooste vnder the heuen that had ben abel for to haue matched with vs / This fayter with his prophecye hath mocked me Example: Into new woes vnweeting I was cast, / By this false faytor[…].
Word: falciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin falx Latin -i-bor. English -i- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English falciform From Latin falx (“sickle”, stem falc-) + English -iform (“-shaped”). Pronunciation: /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈfɒl.sɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm/ 1. Sickle-shaped. Example: What announced the accomplishment of this rise in temperature? A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously. Example: David realized he’d been unconsciously pushing his nails into his palms, leaving little red falciform marks.
Word: farraginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin farrago + -ous. Pronunciation: /fəˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪnəs/, /fəˈɹæd͡ʒɪnəs/ 1. Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate. Labels: archaic Example: For being a confusion of knaves and fools, and a farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages; it is but natural if their determinations be monstrous, and many waies inconsistent with Truth. Example: Thou art, I vow, the remarkablest progenitor bar none in this chaffering allincluding most farraginous chronicle.
Word: fascinum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin fascinum. Pronunciation: /ˈfæsɪnəm/ 1. An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites. Labels: historical Example: Here are some brides of ten compelled to seat themselves on the fascinum, the virile ivory in the temples of classical scholarship. Example: Today people use a four-leaf clover, the pompom from a European sailor’s hat, the fascinum (winged phallus, some of which were found in the ruins of Pompeii and seemed to have done little good there), and so on.
Word: fatiloquent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fatiloquus, from fatum (“fate”) + ultimately loqui (“speak”) (modeled on eloquent and other such words). Pronunciation: /feɪˈtɪləkwənt/ 1. prophetic; speaking of fate. Labels: not-comparable Example: He paused, adopting a pensive mien which befitted this fatiloquent observation, and I was transfixed by the thick, almost Neanderthal ridges of bone that took the place of eyebrows on his mondial head.
Word: favonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin favōniānus, from Favōnius (“the West Wind”), which heralded the beginning of spring. Pronunciation: /fəˈvəʊnɪən/ 1. Pertaining to the west wind. 2. Mild, gentle. Labels: broadly
Word: truncate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb. Pronunciation: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/, [tɹ̝̊ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t], /ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] 1. To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off. Labels: transitive Example: The script was truncated to leave time for commercials. Example: All these great plans were in vain, however, for in the cold dawn following the "Mania" years of 1845-46 the M.B.M. & M.J.R. project was truncated to an 11½-mile line from Ambergate to Rowsley. 2. To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits. Labels: transitive 3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
Word: truncate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb. Pronunciation: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/, [tɹ̝̊ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t], /ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] 1. Truncated. 2. Having an abrupt termination.
Word: felly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛli/ 1. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes. 2. Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim. Example: all you Gods, / In generall Synod take away her power: / Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele […] Example: The felly harshed against the curbstone: stopped.
Word: felly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English felly, felli, fellich, equivalent to fell + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛl.li/, /ˈfɛli/ 1. Fiercely, harshly. Labels: archaic Example: Ioues dreaded thunder light / Does scorch not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste / In flaming Phlegeton does not so felly roste.
Word: felloe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English felwe, from Old English felg (“harrow, felloe”). Doublet of felly, which see for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛloʊ/, /ˈfɛləʊ/, /ˈfɛli/ 1. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes. 2. Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim. Example: Then came putting on the felloes and what we called riving [/ˈɹɪvɪŋ/] the wheel: this was hammering on the felloes. This was nothing to do with putting an iron tyre on the wheel: we sent it to the blacksmith for that but only after we'd put on the felloes to our satisfaction.
Word: ferial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ferial, from Medieval Latin fēriālis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪəl/ 1. Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast. Labels: not-comparable 2. Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday. Labels: not-comparable Example: [They] / Dance within the magic shade / That makes them drunken, merry, and strong / To laugh and sing their ferial song : / ‘Free, free . . . !’ Example: In ferial tone he addressed J. J. O’Molloy: — Taylor had come there, you must know, from a sick bed.
Word: ferial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ferial, from Medieval Latin fēriālis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪəl/ 1. A feria.
Word: fewter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feuter, fewtre, from Old French feutre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, of Germanic origin. Doublet of filter. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːtə/ 1. A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate. Example: From heaven the spear-light vertical in its fewter.
Word: fewter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English feuter, fewtre, from Old French feutre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, of Germanic origin. Doublet of filter. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːtə/ 1. To rest (a spear) in its fewter. Labels: transitive Example: His speare he feutred, and at him it bore, / But with no better fortune than the rest afore.
Word: fideism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fidéisme, from Latin fidēs + -isme. By surface analysis, Latin fide- + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈfi.deɪ.ɪz.əm/, /ˈfaɪ.di.ɪz.əm/ 1. The doctrine that faith is the basis of all knowledge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We were warned at Cambridge, your grace, of the dangers of what is termed fideism.
Word: fimble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a dialectal variant of fumble. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪmbl̩/ 1. To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely. Labels: dialectal, intransitive
Word: fimble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch femele, fimele (“cannabis brevior”), from fimelen (“to tease: flax, hemp, wool, etc.; to move quickly, fiddle, play, trifle”) (whence Dutch fijmelen, femelen), related to Middle Low German fimmelen, fimmeren (“to grope about”), German fimmeln (“to grope; fumble”), West Frisian fimelje (“to pick; fiddle' trifle”), English fimble (“to fumble”). Alternatively, it is sometimes suggested that Middle Dutch femele is from French chanvre) femelle (“female (hemp)”), which was applied to the male hemp plant as it is smaller and was therefore believed to be female; this would parallel the old designation of the larger, female plant as carl-hemp (“man-hemp”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪmbl̩/ 1. The male hemp plant.
Word: finical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: University slang, probably from fine. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪkəl/ 1. Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate. Example: Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly. Example: Jefferson grew up familiar with the instruments and immense, finical labour of map-making from scratch.