nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: smirt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs. Pronunciation: /smɜː(ɹ)t/ 1. To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub. Labels: Ireland, UK, intransitive Example: Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years Example: I have dated three guys that I smirted with, and one of them is now my current boyfriend.
Word: myriagramme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myria- + gramme. 1. Alternative spelling of myriagram. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: myriametre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myria- + metre. 1. A unit of length of ten thousand metres, or ten kilometres. Labels: obsolete
Word: unexpected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English expected English unexpected From un- + expected. Pronunciation: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ 1. Not expected, anticipated or foreseen. Example: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. Example: Certainly unexpected. The P[awn] is overprotected to the best taste of a Nimzowitsch devotee, and there seems to be no drastic weakness in White's camp to justify this intrusion.
Word: unexpected Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English expected English unexpected From un- + expected. Pronunciation: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ 1. Someone or something unexpected. Labels: rare
Word: unchanged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English changed English unchanged From un- + changed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. Not changed or altered; remaining in an original state. Example: "A first love is not easily extinguished, Mr. Allanson," said she. "You may guess from my appearance, that I have been fortunate in life; but, for all that, my first love for you has continued the same, unaltered and unchanged, and you must forgive the little freedoms I used to-day to try your affections, and the effects my appearance would have on you." Example: All seven cities saw an increase in air pollution during January-May. Readings assessed showed an average concentration of hazardous airborne particles - known as PM2.5 - up by as much as 14.8% in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and by 16.3% in Shuozhou.[…] According to the latest data, average rates of PM2.5 in 337 cities nationwide stood at 44 micrograms per cubic meter in the first five months of the year, unchanged from 2018, with 118 cities reaching the national standard of 35 micrograms or below.
Word: unchanged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English changed English unchanged From un- + changed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unchange Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: myrialitre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English myria- Spanish litrebor. English litre English myrialitre From myria- + litre. 1. A unit of volume of ten thousand litres Labels: rare
Word: unchecked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English checked English unchecked From un- + checked. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɛkt/ 1. Unrestrained, not held back. Labels: not-comparable Example: unchecked ambition Example: unchecked power 2. Not examined for accuracy, efficiency, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: unchecked writings Example: unchecked findings 3. Of a check box: not checked (ticked or enabled). Labels: not-comparable Example: This pseudocode is unambiguous if we know that the previous state of all the boxes is "unchecked." Because we can't be sure of that in buggy code, a better model might be: […] Example: Check boxes are a handy way to enable users to select one or more options that are not mutually exclusive. […] By default, [Microsoft] Word displays boxes unchecked. 4. Of a square: part of only one entry (that is, across or down, but not both). Labels: not-comparable Example: If there are W#95;1 "unchecked" whites (that is, those which enter into the solution of one clue only), and W#95;2 "checked" whites (those which enter into the solution of two clues), then the mean word length will be (W#95;1#43;2W#95;2)#47;C, where C is the number of clues. […] Acceptable (if unwelcome) difficulties arise when the initial letters of words occupy unchecked squares, because no hint then derives from other clues as to how that word will start. In six consecutive crossword puzzles in The Times, 16 per cent of the words had unchecked initial letters. Example: On a crossword puzzle grid, you shouldn't encounter any unchecked squares – white squares that are used in an Across entry but not in a Down entry, or vice versa. If unchecked squares were allowed, that would make your life harder – you'd have only one opportunity to figure out what belongs in that square. Instead, you always get two chances to fill a square: by solving the Across clue or the Down clue.
Word: unchecked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See uncheck. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɛkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of uncheck. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: check box Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of checkbox. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: régime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French régime. 1. Alternative spelling of regime. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, pages 5 and 46 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works. Personalities like Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) silenced condemnation of madness. He abolished régimes of silence that reformers had employed. He made the mad talk. But he also developed the structure which included the medical personage — him — as omnipotent and quasi-divine.
Word: unclean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkliːn/ 1. Dirty, soiled or foul. Example: They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick. 2. Not moral or chaste. Example: I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean. 3. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
Word: unclear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unclere, equivalent to un- + clear. Compare Saterland Frisian uunkloor (“unclear”), West Frisian ûnklear (“inoperative, broken”), Dutch onklaar (“out of order, defective, broken”), German unklar (“unclear”), Danish uklar (“unclear”), Swedish oklar (“unclear”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈklɪə(ɹ)/, /ʌnˈklɪɚ/ 1. Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation. Example: The remark she made comparing her life with that of a fish was unclear. 2. Not clearly or explicitly defined. 3. Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable. Example: From such a long distance away, the name on the signpost was unclear. 4. Not having a clear idea; uncertain. Example: I'm still unclear about what she meant by that remark.
Word: unclear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unclere, equivalent to un- + clear. Compare Saterland Frisian uunkloor (“unclear”), West Frisian ûnklear (“inoperative, broken”), Dutch onklaar (“out of order, defective, broken”), German unklar (“unclear”), Danish uklar (“unclear”), Swedish oklar (“unclear”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈklɪə(ɹ)/, /ʌnˈklɪɚ/ 1. To undo the process of clearing. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Clearing, unclearing and deleting activities Example: […] finally [the block] would be cleared and remain that way until moved. Although this clearing and unclearing can occur repeatedly, the current BAGGER algorithm is unable to generalize number within unwindable subproofs.
Word: unclothed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unclothe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unclothed Part of Speech: adj 1. Not wearing clothes; nude or naked; with the clothes removed; stripped.
Word: uncoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + coil. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkɔɪəl/ 1. To unwind or untwist (something). Labels: transitive Example: Can you help me uncoil this rope? Example: I was walking up and down, putting her to sleep one evening, when I found myself treading on something most repulsively soft; and as I did so, the reptile uncoiled itself and quietly glided off the verandah. 2. To unwind or untwist oneself. Labels: intransitive Example: The snake uncoiled and prepared to strike. 3. To defecate. Labels: derogatory, euphemistic, rare, slang, transitive Example: Indians defecate everywhere. They defecate, mostly, beside the railway tracks. But they also defecate on the beaches; they defecate on the hills; they defecate on the river banks; they defecate on the streets; they never look for cover ... the one thing we can and must learn from the West is the science of municipal sanitation.' They do uncoil anywhere and everywhere. It is a great mingling of cow, dog, goat and human feces. sh!t dust is in the air. Example: Ah the remittance power is slowly going to die a slow death, but the only impact will be that street shitter slumdogs will go up also. From 70% to 90% will uncoil on side walks and railway tracks. The rest 10% will either die of starvation or escape the paradise to live in Christian or a Muslim country. America has already cancelled H1 visas and is deporting illegal Hindus back to the Indian paradise. EU including UK must do the same so should the remaining Arab states.
Word: diæresis Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of diaeresis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Diæreſis is vvhen tvvo points ouer a vovvell diuide it from another vovvel, as bouë, queuë, read bou-e, queu-e, not bo-ue, que-ue. Example: There are four manners of performing the Diæreſis: viz. by Cutting, Pricking, Tearing, Dravving, and Burning.
Word: uncompromising Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + compromising. 1. Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions. Example: But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Example: THE WINDS CALL: Cruises Near and Far (Scribner’s, $8.95), and for over twenty years the winds have been calling Carleton Mitchell, and this is his grateful response—a collection of salty (or at any rate saline) autobiographical essays covering the peripatetic cruises of a man who lives on a boat and is an uncompromising sealubber. 2. Principled.
Word: unconcealed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English concealed English unconcealed From un- + concealed. 1. open to view; not hidden or concealed Example: An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter. Example: Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.
Word: unconcern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + concern, around 1660–1670. 1. Lack of interest or care; indifference or apathy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Elizabeth took up some needlework, and was sufficiently amused in attending to what passed between Darcy and his companion. The perpetual commendations of the lady, either on his handwriting, or on the evenness of his lines, or on the length of his letter, with the perfect unconcern with which her praises were received, formed a curious dialogue, and was exactly in union with her opinion of each. 2. Freedom from worry or apprehensiveness; insouciance or nonchalance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Albert, about Bear asleep:] A soft smile of lovin' unconcern on his friendly face as he dozes on.
Word: unconcerned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + concerned or unconcern + -ed. 1. Indifferent and having no interest; aloof. Example: [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide. Example: Often far away there I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness, knitting black wool as for a warm pall, one introducing, introducing, continuously to the unknown, the other scrutinising the cheery and foolish faces with unconcerned old eyes. 2. Not anxious, apprehensive, or worried. Example: She is completely unconcerned about the upcoming exams. 3. Having no involvement. Example: unconcerned in the business
Word: real world Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of real-world. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: real world Part of Speech: noun 1. The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination. Example: Near-synonym: real life Example: It's time to relocate this experiment from the laboratory into the real world.
Word: mareschal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of marshal remodelled on its etymon, Old French mareschal. 1. An officer of an household. Labels: historical 2. A man of the highest military rank in certain countries. 3. A herald.
Word: basicly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English basic Middle English -ly English -ly English basicly From basic + -ly. 1. Misspelling of basically. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: 1924, United States. Department of Commerce, The Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce Basicly, the industry has made substantial progress toward stability.
Word: marshal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English marschal, from Anglo-Norman mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from Frankish *marhaskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːʃəl/, /ˈmɑɹʃəl/ 1. A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general. Labels: historical 2. A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal. Example: Where stands Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in this conflict of opinion concerning the tactics which China should adopt towards the aggressor? Chiang Kai-shek, according to officials who know his mind with whom I have talked, is all for resistance- as soon as he thinks he can win! 3. A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering. 4. A federal lawman. Labels: US 5. An official responsible for signalling track conditions to drivers (through use of flags), extinguishing fires, removing damaged cars from the track, and sometimes providing emergency first aid.
Word: marshal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English marschal, from Anglo-Norman mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from Frankish *marhaskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːʃəl/, /ˈmɑɹʃəl/ 1. To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade. Example: Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge. Example: The Black Stars' defence, marshalled by Jonas Adjetey and Jerome Opoku, stood firm against the Premier League firepower of Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, and Jude Bellingham. 2. To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order. Labels: broadly Example: Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster. Example: This train is formed only of "Blue Spot" wagons for London; vans for Mac Fisheries Finsbury Park depot are marshalled at the rear to be detached at Finsbury Park. 3. To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher. Example: Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe: Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […] 4. To gather data for transmission. 5. To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties. Labels: transitive
Word: cañon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of canyon. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […]we walked some little distance up the cañon on the frozen river[…] Example: He was only proving what the sage-riders had long said of this labyrinthine system of deceitful cañons and valleys—trails led down into Deception Pass, but no rider had ever followed them.
Word: leucocythemia Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease in which there is a vastly increased number of white blood cells in the blood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haemal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.məl/ 1. Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels. Labels: UK, not-comparable 2. Ventral rather than neural. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hæmal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of haemal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: proprætor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈpɹiːtɔː/ 1. Alternative spelling of propraetor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: propraetor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin prōpraetor. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈpɹiːtɔː/ 1. A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.
Word: cry for help Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cry, for, help. Example: We heard the drowning woman's cries for help and ran to assist. 2. Acting out as a means of displaying a subconscious desire for attention or help. Labels: idiomatic Example: In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving. Example: Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment.
Word: hermeneutics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”), from ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “translator, interpreter”); sometimes ascribed as a Carian loanword. By surface analysis, hermeneutic + -s. Folk etymology suggests a connection with Hermes. The term was introduced c. 360 BCE by Aristotle in his text Perì Hermeneías (On Interpretation). Pronunciation: /ˌhɜːmɪˈnjuːtɪks/, /ˌhɜːrməˌn(j)uːtɪks/ 1. The study of interpretation, particularly concerning texts, meaning, and understanding. It originates from classical exegesis but was significantly developed in the modern period, especially in relation to phenomenology and existentialism. At its core, hermeneutics addresses the conditions of understanding and the processes by which meaning is constructed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: SAUNDERS or SANDERS, RICHARD (1613–1687?), astrologer, a native of Warwickshire, was born in 1613, commenced the study of hermeneutics about 1647, and practised astrology and cheiromancy during the golden age of the pseudo-sciences in England. Example: 1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor), Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I, I have included in this volume the four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine. It is the first and best patristic work on biblical Hermeneutics, and continued for a thousand years, together with the Prefaces of Jerome, to be the chief exegetical guide. Although it is superseded as a scientific work by modern Hermeneutics and Critical Introductions to the Old and New Testaments, it is not surpassed for originality, depth and spiritual insight.
Word: bulkhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse bálkr (“partition”) + head, anglicised as bulk + head. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌlk.hɛd/ 1. A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached. Example: Lastly, Lundberg went belowdecks to inspect the boat's bulkheads and hull—for what, it was not clear, since he had absolutely no knowledge of steamboat design. 2. A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft, or some rail vehicles. Example: For rigidity, two bulkheads are provided which are welded to the sides and underframe and which separate the cabs from the engine room. Example: Folding blinds are fitted to the cab bulkhead windows and sunblinds at the driving windows. 3. A partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition. 4. A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure. 5. A retaining wall along a waterfront. 6. A cellar hatchway. Labels: Maine Example: She bumped her noggin on the bulkhead above the doorway, smiled in apology for her presumed clumsiness.
Word: bull rope Part of Speech: noun 1. a rope used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship; it is rove from the cap of the lower mast, through a sheave in the foot of the topmast and then back through a block on the lower masthead, with the hauling part led to the deck
Word: airmail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + mail. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.meɪl/ 1. The system of conveying mail using aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to send a letter by airmail 2. The items of mail so carried. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: airmail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From air + mail. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.meɪl/ 1. To send mail by air. Labels: transitive 2. To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.
Word: act one's age Part of Speech: verb 1. To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age. Labels: idiomatic 2. To behave in a mature manner; to avoid being childish. Labels: imperative Example: Act your age and stop fiddling with that pen – you’re showing us up.
Word: breakdance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From break + dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪk.dɑːns/, /ˈbɹeɪk.dæns/ 1. The art, or an instance, of breakdancing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: B-boys -- or breakdance boys -- have been spotted in Coca-Cola and Sprite advertisements.
Word: breakdance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From break + dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪk.dɑːns/, /ˈbɹeɪk.dæns/ 1. To dance in this style. Labels: intransitive
Word: Georgian planet Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgium Sidus, after King George III. 1. The planet Uranus.
Word: breakdancing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From break + dancing. Influenced by breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) -- breakdancers were originally those who danced to a breakdown. 1. An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century. Labels: uncountable Example: Hollywood made movies about breakdancing, dancers performed at the White House and the sky seemed the limit.
Word: hip hop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hip-hop. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bartender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bar + tender. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/ 1. One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. Example: He observed as the sad bartender ritually played canasta with two bored and customerless dancers... Example: They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.
Word: rappa Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of rapper. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Or like a female rappa who knows no other/way of selling work w/o her body / […]
Word: echolalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo- + -lalia; echo- ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”), -lalia from λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛkə(ʊ)ˈleɪlɪə/, /ˌɛkoʊˈleɪliə/ 1. The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words. Example: A child older than 24 months with echolalia as the only language is likely to receive a diagnosis of ASD[.] 2. An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.
Word: group theory Part of Speech: noun 1. The mathematical theory of groups. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: THE feeling seems to be developing among physicists that group theory can be used as and when required, as many other techniques already are, without its being necessary for everyone to study all the whys and wherefores of the mathematical details involved. Example: Planar cis and/or trans internal rotation tunnelling have been discussed in terms of group theory, leading to theoretical spectra which have been compared to experimental work. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see group, theory; a theory about (particular kinds of) groups. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 2007, Hedley G. Dimock, Rachel R. Kass, How to Observe Your Group, Captus Press, 4th Edition, page 3, After you have read over the seven group theories you'll be clearer about what makes the most sense to you for the groups with which you want to use your observation skills. Example: 2012, Stéphanie Delaune, Steve Kremer, Daniel Pasaila, Security Protocols, Constraint Systems, and Group Theories, Bernhard Gramlich, Dale Miller, Ulrike Sattler (editors), Automated Reasoning: 6th International Joint Conference, Springer, LNAI 7364, page 165, In particular we study the case where cryptographic primitives are modelled using a group theory. Group theories are a special case of monoidal theories which have been extensively studied by F. Baader and W. Nutt [20,6] who have provided a complete survey of unification in these theories. Group theories include theories for exclusive or and Abelian groups.
Word: Möbius group Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Eponymous for August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer. 1. The projective general linear group mathbf PGL(2,ℂ): the group of Möbius transformations on the Riemann sphere. 2. For a given dimension n, the group of projective transformations leaving a particular hypersphere invariant.
Word: hypersphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English hypersphere From hyper- + sphere. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pəˌsfɪə/, /-ˌsfɪː/, /ˈhaɪ.pəˌsfɪɹ/ 1. The set of all points in a given hyperspace that are at a given distance from a given point; a generalization of a sphere in four or more dimensions. Example: The timing and location of these battles have not been established. “Sphere” in this context is a hypersphere made up of complexes of two and three-D surfaces, or membranes, shortened in this translation to “branes,” extending into higher dimensions that combine vectors of transit, but also scalar tactical probabilities—a difficult concept to grasp, but essential to understanding Forerunner warfare. Example: To prove that the hypersphere is a manifold we wish to divide it into polyhedral solids. 2. A zorb; the act of zorbing, entering a zorbing ball, strapping into a harness, and rolling down a hill.
Word: pyrrhic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pyrrhichius (“dibrach”), from πυρρίχη (purrhíkhē, “war dance”), from πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪk/ 1. Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables). Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome. Labels: not-comparable 3. Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”). Labels: alt-of, not-comparable Example: Huwawa is slain; the victors triumph, but the victory is to be a pyrrhic one for Gilgamesh, for the gods have met in counsel and decreed that Enkidu should die. Example: In the ministry, it is important to avoid pyrrhic victories. What really is a pyrrhic victory? A pyrrhic victory is a victory that comes with such devastating cost that ultimately nullifies the victory that has been achieved.
Word: pyrrhic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pyrrhichius (“dibrach”), from πυρρίχη (purrhíkhē, “war dance”), from πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪk/ 1. An Ancient Greek war dance. 2. A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables.
Word: hyperspace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English hyperspace From hyper- + space. 1. An n-dimensional Euclidian space with n > 3. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A Euclidian space of unspecified dimension. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light travel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We can only get to the Nimrodian Galaxy if we go through hyperspace. Example: I'm in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6 who have been locked up in hyperspace for 378 days.
Word: hyperspace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English hyperspace From hyper- + space. 1. To travel or transport into hyperspace. Labels: ambitransitive Example: If she hyperspaced out to Tionisla or Lave the Courier would simply follow through her witchspace wormhole.
Word: umbral Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹəl/ 1. Of or relating to an umbra. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to umbral calculus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tickle the ivories Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tickle (“to touch (something) lightly”) + the + ivories (“(informal) keys of a piano or other keyboard instrument”) (from the fact that such keys used to be made from ivory). Pronunciation: /ˌtikl̩ ðiː ˈaɪv(ə)ɹiz/, /ˌtik(ə)l ði ˈaɪv(ə)ɹiz/ 1. To play a piano or other keyboard instrument. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: […] Charles Jarvis, the Philadelphia pianist, […] tickled the ivories with old time unction and gave some of the audience the impression that Philadelphia was really a musical city. Example: In music the Company now stands very high. Our singing strength surpasses anything known in the history of the command. It was feared that there would be no one to spar with the piano when Charley Moran left us, but you just ought to see the Leussen brothers tickle the ivories.
Word: pearly whites Part of Speech: noun 1. Teeth. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: The least you can do is keep your pearly whites squeaky clean with a cutting-edge electric toothbrush.
Word: ghost writer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ghostwriter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fiddlesticks Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/ 1. Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain. Labels: euphemistic Example: Fiddlesticks! It's nothing but smoke and mirrors! Example: Golden pleasures! golden fiddlesticks!—What d'ye tell me of your canting stuff? 2. Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance. Labels: euphemistic Example: Oh, fiddlesticks! I locked my keys in the car.
Word: fiddlesticks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/ 1. plural of fiddlestick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: layperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person, along the lines of layman. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.pɜɹ.sən/ 1. A person who is not a cleric. Example: Holonyms: laity; see also Thesaurus:laity Example: We should not underestimate European laypeople. They were perfectly capable of thinking for themselves, particularly about death, a religious theme in which everyone had an investment and about which everyone was likely to have an opinion. There is no need to invoke the idea of systematic pagan survival to account for this: Europe’s mass Christianization had been a steady if piecemeal process from the sixth century through to the fourteenth. 2. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity. Example: The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.
Word: filch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English filchen (“to pilfer, steal”). The further origin of the word is uncertain, but it is likely from or related to Old English fylċian (“to marshal troops”) and Old English ġefylċe (“band of men, army, host”), which would make it also related to folk. Pronunciation: /fɪlt͡ʃ/ 1. To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal. Labels: transitive Example: Hey, someone filched my wallet! Example: You would foiſt in non cauſam pro cauſa ["I do not bring into question"], have it thought your flight from your olde companions, obſcuritie and ſilence, was onely, with Æneas, to carry your father on your backe through the fire of ſlaunder, and by that shift, with the false plea of patience, unjuſtly driven from his kingdome, filch a way the harts of the Queenes liege people!
Word: filch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English filchen (“to pilfer, steal”). The further origin of the word is uncertain, but it is likely from or related to Old English fylċian (“to marshal troops”) and Old English ġefylċe (“band of men, army, host”), which would make it also related to folk. Pronunciation: /fɪlt͡ʃ/ 1. Something which has been filched or stolen. Example: 'New Sabbath' is partially a filch from [George Frideric] Handel's beautiful but voluptuous song in Hercules, 'There the brisk sparkling nectar drains.' 2. An act of filching; larceny, theft. Example: By the appropriation clause, which is here referred to, it was proposed to apply a part of the property of the Irish Church to secular purposes, that is, to work a transfer of property, with an alteration of its uses. Call this as you will, a spoliation, or wise application, it implies a loss to one and a gain to other, of the same property. In the evil sense, it means spoliation, or wrongful deprival, appropriation, or "conveyance" in the sense of a filch. 3. A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief. Labels: obsolete Example: A ſimple lad, with a whip in one hand, and the other locked in the arm of a young girl, is ſo loſt in gaping aſtoniſhment, that an adroit branch of the family of the Filches is clearing his pockets of their contents. 4. A hooked stick used to filch objects. Labels: obsolete Example: Thus much for their fraternities, names, lodgings, and assemblies, at all which times everyone of them carries a short staff in his hand, which is called a filch, having in the nab, or head, of it, a ferme (that is to say, a hole) into which, upon any piece of service, when he goes a filching, he putteth a hook of iron, with which hook he angles at a window in the dead of night, for shirts, smocks, or any other linen or woollen. And for that reason is the staff called a filch.
Word: have it in for Part of Speech: verb 1. To be very angry with; to have a grudge against; to intend revenge against. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: My boss must really have it in for me; that was the third lecture this week!
Word: inosculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1672; from in- + osculate or its Latin etymon ōsculātus, perfect active participle of Latin osculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from ōsculum (“a kiss”). The adjective is a back-formation from inosculation, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɒs.kjʊˌleɪt/ 1. To homogenize; to make continuous. Labels: transitive 2. To open into. Labels: intransitive Example: The party left the town of Martaban on the 20th March; they passed two grassy and level islands just above the junction of the Gyein river with the main one. […] This inosculating river is about half the breadth of the Sanloon. 3. To unite. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Clouds sometimes inosculate with smoke. Howard mentions several cases in his Journals. "The smoke of London," he observes, "when passing away in a body swelled up into distinct heaps, each of which inosculated at its summit with a small Cloud. Groups of Cumulo Stratus, the Cumulus and Cirro Stratus occupied the South part of the sky attracting smoke." 4. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. Labels: intransitive Example: But that, alas! is impossible. Hearken to the nature of the fix in which I find myself, and say if you ever heard of a worse. Under ordinary circumstances, if one outruns the usual allowance of space, one has but to say at the foot of the paper, To be continued, and all is healed. Any paper may be adjourned from month to month,—true, but not from volume to volume; and, unhappily for me, this very week's number, in which I am now writing, closes a volume. The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes.
Word: inosculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1672; from in- + osculate or its Latin etymon ōsculātus, perfect active participle of Latin osculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from ōsculum (“a kiss”). The adjective is a back-formation from inosculation, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɒs.kjʊˌleɪt/ 1. Pertaining to or characterized by inosculation. Example: However, not all physicians of that age were convinced about the inosculate nature of these diseases, and debate continued unabated until the tragic self-experimentation of John Hunter in 1767. Example: The choice between normal, inverse, and inosculate strategies required some attention if only to emphasize the difference between the inosculate approach and much early work on numerical taxonomy.
Word: anvil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English anfilt, anvelt, anfelt, from late Old English anfilt, anfilte, anfealt, from earlier onfilti (“anvil”), from Proto-West Germanic *anafalt (compare Middle Dutch anvilte, Low German Anfilts, Anefilt, Old High German anafalz), compound of *ana (“on”) + *falt (“beaten”) (compare German falzen (“to groove, fold, welt”), Swedish dialectal filta (“to beat”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-t- (“shaken, beaten”) (compare Middle Irish lethar (“leather”), Latin pellō (“to beat, strike”), Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “to toss, brandish”)), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to stir, move”). More at felon. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.vəl/, /ˈæn.vɪl/ 1. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped. Example: My heart is as an anvil unto sorrow, Which beats upon it like the Cyclops’ hammers […] Example: I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor’s news […] 2. The incus bone in the middle ear. 3. A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails. 4. The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed. 5. A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
Word: anvil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English anfilt, anvelt, anfelt, from late Old English anfilt, anfilte, anfealt, from earlier onfilti (“anvil”), from Proto-West Germanic *anafalt (compare Middle Dutch anvilte, Low German Anfilts, Anefilt, Old High German anafalz), compound of *ana (“on”) + *falt (“beaten”) (compare German falzen (“to groove, fold, welt”), Swedish dialectal filta (“to beat”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-t- (“shaken, beaten”) (compare Middle Irish lethar (“leather”), Latin pellō (“to beat, strike”), Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “to toss, brandish”)), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to stir, move”). More at felon. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.vəl/, /ˈæn.vɪl/ 1. To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: I Have anvil’d out this Iron Age, Which I commit, not to your patronage, But skill and Art […] Example: The Family Tang caus’d an Iron Pillar to be erected there of three Rods high, and of a proportionable thickness, Anvil’d out of an intire Piece.
Word: cohabit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“to dwell, to live in”). Pronunciation: /koʊˈhæbɪt/ 1. To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married. Labels: intransitive 2. To coexist in common environs with. Labels: intransitive 3. To have sex; see coition. Labels: archaic, intransitive 4. To cooperate with an opposing political party. Example: An outright far-right victory in the two-round poll, which commences on 30 June, could render Macron a lame duck, doomed to “cohabit” with an overtly xenophobic, Islamophobic, authoritarian and illiberal government led, prospectively, by Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s young protege
Word: unconditional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English conditional English unconditional From un- + conditional. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/ 1. Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications. Example: We demand your unconditional surrender. Example: So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.
Word: unconditional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English conditional English unconditional From un- + conditional. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/ 1. That which is not conditional. Example: The me, the world, and God, are the three unconditionals, the three absolutes […] 2. A conditional-like structure expressing that the consequent holds true regardless of the particular value of the antecedent.