nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: deride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dērīdēre, the present active infinitive of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (prefix denoting putting down or subjecting to indignity) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”) (referring to turning the mouth to smile) or *wreyd- (“to carve; to scratch”)). cognates * Old French dérider (rare), derire Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹaɪd/, /dəˈɹaɪd/, /di-/ 1. To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn. Labels: transitive Example: Cicero beeing Augur, derideth the Auguries, and blames men for letting their actions relie vpon the voyce of a Crovve or a Davve. Example: And the people ſtood beholding ⁊ the rulers alſo with them derided him [Jesus], ſaying, hee ſaued others, let him ſaue himſelfe, if he be Chriſt, yͤ choſen of God. 2. To laugh in a harshly mocking manner. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Memorandum that about the year 1650 coffee and chocolate began to be frequently drunk in Oxon: and about 1655 a club was erected at Tilliard's where many pretended witts would meet and deride at others.
Word: significantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English significant 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 significantly From significant + -ly. Pronunciation: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntli/ 1. In a significant manner or to a significant extent. Example: Irene's English significantly improved after taking a year out in Ireland. Example: The quality of life is significantly higher than it was twenty years ago.
Word: burr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”). Pronunciation: /bɝ/, /bɜː/, /bʌr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter. 2. Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] nay Friar, I am a kind of Burre, I ſhal ſticke. Example: But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove. 3. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation. Example: You left a bunch of burrs on those parts yesterday. You've already been told not to miss the deburring operation. Example: But the graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs 4. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down. 5. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping. Labels: historical 6. A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear. Labels: historical Example: And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes Example: burr or ring of iron behind the hand 7. The ear lobe. 8. A burr knot or burl. Example: We notice wild bees gathering sap in a burr of the third mango tree[.] 9. The knot at the bottom of an antler. 10. A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill. Example: burr grinder Example: The coffee guys insist that the single most important investment you can make if you brew coffee at home is a burr coffee grinder that crushes whole coffee beans by moving them through a grinding wheel. The burr chops the coffee into uniformly sized pieces, which enables the water to run through it and extract evenly.
Word: burr Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”). Pronunciation: /bɝ/, /bɜː/, /bʌr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. To grind using a burr (revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces). Labels: transitive
Word: burr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire. Pronunciation: /bɝ/, /bɜː/, /bʌr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. A rough humming sound. 2. A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound. Example: Foote’s mimicry was exquisitely ludicrous, but it was all caricature. He could take off only some strange peculiarity, a stammer or a lisp, a Northumbrian burr or an Irish brogue, a stoop or a shuffle. Example: “That man Glass has been with him again; I heard them talking through the door quite plain. Two separate voices: for James speaks low, with a burr, and the other voice was high and quavery.”
Word: burr Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire. Pronunciation: /bɝ/, /bɜː/, /bʌr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. To pronounce with a uvular "r". Labels: transitive 2. To make a rough humming sound. Labels: intransitive Example: The first thing Lucy noticed as she went in was a burring sound, and the first thing she saw was a kind-looking old she-beaver sitting in the corner with a thread in her mouth working busily at her sewing machine, and it was from it that the sound came.
Word: burr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Like brough, an alternative form of burgh (“mound, settlement”) employed in a special sense; thus a doublet of those terms, borough, Brough, burrow, and Bury. Pronunciation: /bɝ/, /bɜː/, /bʌr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”) Example: Far burr, near rain; Near burr, far rain. Example: The larger the burr the nearer the rain.
Word: burr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From burl. Pronunciation: /bɝ/, /bɜː/, /bʌr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. Alternative spelling of burl. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: sticker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪkə/, /ˈstɪkɚ/ 1. Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres). Example: […] and I said to Mr. McCauley, whatever is the matter with your neck, it is all swelled up, and he said he got it in the mill; he said he had an arm load of wool and a sticker stuck him in the neck, here (indicating the right hand side of the neck just below the jaw). Example: The prisoner fell flat on his face. They dragged him again, this time towards the grove of calafates. They lifted him up there and they threw him in the middle of the bushes. The boy screamed. Thousands of stickers pierced into his flesh. 2. One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer. Example: He's a sticker. He was a goer to the end in all he did — and in Rugger outstandingly […] 3. An adhesive label or decal. 4. A price tag. 5. The listed price (also sticker price). Labels: broadly Example: When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price. 6. A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image. Labels: Internet 7. A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing. Labels: informal 8. That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: "That's what I call a sticker for Wagg!" 9. A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker). 10. A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing. 11. A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records. 12. A paster. Labels: US 13. A bayonet. Labels: slang
Word: sticker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪkə/, /ˈstɪkɚ/ 1. To apply one or more stickers to (something). Example: A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space. 2. To mark as the sticker price Example: Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449.
Word: blazing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of blaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blazing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/ 1. Very fast. Labels: informal, not-comparable 2. Sexually attractive. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: There were enough blazing babes in the place to give a monk a hard-on on sight. 3. Of tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot. Labels: not-comparable Example: Blazing scarlet is the best; rifle-green the next best. 4. Exceedingly angry. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: The divorced couple had a blazing row. Example: She twirled around, her eyes blazing.
Word: blazing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/ 1. The act of something that blazes or burns. Example: the blazings of many fires
Word: reflexive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin reflexīvus, from Latin reflexus, equivalent to reflex + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛksɪv/, /ɹəˈflɛksɪv/ 1. Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself). Labels: not-comparable Example: "Equals" is a reflexive relation, as it holds for all possible x; "not less" is non-reflexive because it is true only for some x and y, "unequal" is irreflexive, as it never holds between x and itself. 3. Of or resulting from a reflex. Labels: not-comparable Example: The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him. 4. Producing immediate response, spontaneous. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: a reflexive dislike 5. Producing or provoking a reciprocal response. Labels: not-comparable Example: Shoigu's thinly veiled nuclear threats against NATO are part of the Kremlin's broader reflexive control campaign to influence Western decision-making in Russia's favor and against Western states' own interests. Shoigu's nuclear threats are attempts to push European states to self-deter and reduce their buildups of their defenses – leaving NATO's eastern border largely undefended. These reflexive control efforts are in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 2021 demand before launching his full-scale invasion of Ukraine that NATO not deploy any military forces to states that became NATO members after 1997, including Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. 6. Synonym of reflective. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reflexive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin reflexīvus, from Latin reflexus, equivalent to reflex + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛksɪv/, /ɹəˈflɛksɪv/ 1. A reflexive pronoun. 2. A reflexive verb.
Word: my foot Part of Speech: intj 1. Indicates disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust or disbelief. Labels: idiomatic Example: Aerodynamics, my foot! The thing drives like a billboard. Example: "He's clever at his business," Matilda said. "Clever my foot!" the Trunchbull shouted. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see my, foot.
Word: give someone a hand Part of Speech: verb 1. To help, aid, or assist. Labels: idiomatic Example: Could you please give me a hand carrying this mattress? 2. To applaud or clap (also to give (someone) a big hand). Labels: idiomatic Example: Please give all our dedicated volunteers a hand for their hard work.
Word: limbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English limbo, lymbo (“place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven”), from Latin limbō, the ablative singular of limbus (“border, edge; hem; fringe, tassel”) (notably in expressions like in limbō (“in limbo”) and e limbō (“out of limbo”)); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang limply or loosely”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”). Doublet of limp. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbəʊ/, /ˈlɪmboʊ/, /ˈlɪmboː/ 1. A speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. Labels: uncountable Example: Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle. Example: Oh vvhat a ſimpathie of vvoe is this, / As farre from helpe, as Lymbo is from bliſſe. 2. Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: My passport application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks. Example: It is hard to place thoſe ſoules in Hell vvhoſe vvorthy lives doe teach us vertue on earth; methinks amongſt thoſe many ſubdiviſions of hel, there might have been one Limbo left for theſe: […] 3. Jail, prison; (countable) a jail cell or lockup. Labels: archaic, broadly, slang, uncountable Example: Adr[iana]. VVhere is thy Maſter Dromio? Is he vvell? / S. Dro. [Dromio of Syracuse] No, he's in Tartar limbo, vvorſe then hell: […] / S. Dro. I doe not knovv the matter, hee is reſted [i.e., arrested] on the caſe. / Adr. VVhat is he arreſted? tell me at vvhoſe ſuite? Example: Theſe are the youths that thunder at a Playhouſe, and fight for bitten Apples, that no Audience but the tribulation of Tovver Hill, or the Limbes of Limehouſe, their deare Brothers are able to endure. I haue ſome of 'em in Limbo Patrum, and there they are like to dance theſe three dayes; beſides the running Banquet of tvvo Beadles, that is to come. 4. Synonym of Hades or Hell. Labels: broadly, obsolete, uncountable Example: Nor quite of future Povv'r himſelf bereft, / But Limbo's large for Unbelievers left. 5. Synonym of pawn (“the state of something being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge”). Labels: broadly, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] I let him have all my ready Mony to redeem his great Svvord from Limbo— […] 6. A type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels. Labels: countable
Word: limbo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English limbo, lymbo (“place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven”), from Latin limbō, the ablative singular of limbus (“border, edge; hem; fringe, tassel”) (notably in expressions like in limbō (“in limbo”) and e limbō (“out of limbo”)); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang limply or loosely”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”). Doublet of limp. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbəʊ/, /ˈlɪmboʊ/, /ˈlɪmboː/ 1. To place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. Labels: rare, transitive Example: [A]s your doctrine is exceedingly evil, by Yamjamma's theory it follows, that you must be proportionably bedeviled; and since it harms others, your devil is of the number of those whom it is best to limbo; and since he is one of those that can be limboed, limboed he shall be in you. Example: "If a fellow of ours isn't uncovered we may be limboed here till—" Till when? Till we were born again? I wished not to wonder just then. "Whenever."
Word: limbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly an alteration of limber (“bendable, flexible, pliant”) with the ending of the word respelled to represent a Caribbean English pronunciation. It is unclear whether the verb is derived from the noun, or the noun is derived from the verb; the noun is attested slightly earlier. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbəʊ/, /ˈlɪmboʊ/, /ˈlɪmboː/ 1. A competitive dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards. The bar is lowered with each round, and the competition is won by the dancer who passes under the bar in the lowest position without dislodging it or falling down. Labels: also, attributive Example: Every limbo boy and girl / All around the limbo world / Gonna do the limbo rock / All around the limbo clock / Jack be limbo, Jack be quick / Jack go under limbo stick / All around the limbo clock / Hey, let's do the limbo rock Example: At night steel-band and calypso shows liven up many of the island's larger hotels. If you're not up for watching limbos, bottle dancing, and fire eating, your best bet might be a leisurely dinner before settling down on chaise longues around your hotel's pool with a couple of fruity concoctions.
Word: limbo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly an alteration of limber (“bendable, flexible, pliant”) with the ending of the word respelled to represent a Caribbean English pronunciation. It is unclear whether the verb is derived from the noun, or the noun is derived from the verb; the noun is attested slightly earlier. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbəʊ/, /ˈlɪmboʊ/, /ˈlɪmboː/ 1. To dance the limbo (etymology 2, noun etymology 2, noun sense 1). Labels: intransitive Example: Steve Becker was rolling around with the other skaters at the Pismo Beach, Calif. roller rink one day when it was announced that there would be a limbo contest. […] Steve had his friends set the bar lower and lower while he got flatter and flatter, until finally, at just over a foot and almost spread-eagled, he reached his limboing limit. Example: The race begins at Alyeska Resort with an alpine skiing leg. It then proceeds through a downhill sprint, an in-line skate, a mountain bike ride, a 5K run, a wheelchair obstacle course and, if all that wasn't enough, a three-legged race in which participants chug a beer or soda before limboing under the tape. 2. Often followed by under: to pass under something, especially while bending backwards. Labels: also, broadly, figuratively, intransitive Example: How low can you go? Technology stocks limboed lower and lower last week as investors danced to the profit-taking beat. Example: Ahn slept over on Friday night, and as soon as the parents were asleep, Dana and Ahn limboed under the criss-cross barriers into the secret chamber.
Word: raise the bar Part of Speech: verb 1. To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard. Labels: idiomatic Example: Acme's new technology will raise the bar for the entire industry.
Word: allegedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English alleged Middle English -ly English -ly English allegedly From alleged + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈlɛdʒ.ɪd.li/ 1. According to allegation(s); supposedly, reportedly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, putatively, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly Example: The suspect was allegedly involved in the robbery, but his alibi placed him in another state at the time.
Word: jungle gym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark of JungleGym, from jungle + gym. 1. A play structure designed for children to climb on, traditionally constructed as a frame of metal bars as introduced in 1920. Labels: Israel, US Example: Not much later, in 2008, attention shifted south again as the Israeli army invaded Gaza in response to the Qassam rockets launched into the Negev, and the JNF introduced Operation Security Blanket. Instead of building up new Blueprint Negev settlements, the JNF allocated millions for a rocket-proof indoor playground replete with a jungle gym, video game arcade, disco, merry-go-round, swing sets, therapy rooms, barbecue pit and, according to the JNF, "rooms that double as bomb shelters."
Word: behind bars Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In jail, in prison. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside. Example: Some 460,000 Americans are behind bars for drug offenses--a tenfold increase over 1980.
Word: breathe easy Part of Speech: verb 1. To relax or feel secure about something. Labels: idiomatic Example: You can breathe easy knowing that your savings account is insured against loss.
Word: finest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnɪst/ 1. superlative form of fine: most fine Labels: form-of, superlative Example: This is the finest wine you can get here. Example: Use the finest sandpaper available.
Word: finest Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnɪst/ 1. Police officers. Labels: US, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Fifty of New York's finest were on hand for security. 2. Members of the military. Labels: US, informal, plural, plural-only Example: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Told him I'd had a fun time with a sailor & he said, "Oh no! Are you corrupting our country's finest?"
Word: public house Part of Speech: noun 1. A bar or tavern, often selling food and sometimes lodging; an inn. Example: Near-synonyms: bar, taphouse, roadhouse (not always different); see also Thesaurus:pub Example: Those of us who care for the nation's defence have been astonished to hear that confidential documents have been left in a public house.
Word: scrambled egg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The gold braid sense is by fancied resemblance to the literal sense, with irreverence implied. 1. A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable 2. The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police. Labels: countable, plural-normally, slang, uncountable Example: A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.
Word: revenge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French revenge, a derivation from revenger, from Old French revengier (possibly influenced by Old Occitan revènge (“revenge, comeback”), from Old Occitan revenir (“to come back”)), a variant of Middle French revancher (whence deverbal French revanche), from Old French revenchier. The variants Old French vengier (whence French venger) and Old French venchier are both descended from Latin vindicō, with stress-conditioned different parallel development in the inflectional forms. Doublet of revanche. Compare avenge and vengeance. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹiˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹəˈvendʒ/ 1. Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Indifference is the sweetest revenge. Example: When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge. 2. A win by a previous loser. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”. Example: CHAOTICA: Arachnia, death as you know it has no hold on me. My defeat is but a temporary setback. I shall return to seek my revenge. JANEWAY: He doesn't give up, does he? PARIS: They never do. CHAOTICA: Our love was not meant to be, my Queen. But be warned. You have not seen the last of (gurgle) Chaotica.
Word: revenge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English revengen, from Old French revengier, revenger. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹiˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹəˈvendʒ/ 1. To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge. Labels: transitive Example: Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time. Example: The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. 2. To take one's revenge (on or upon someone). Labels: reflexive, transitive Example: Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. 3. To take vengeance; to revenge itself. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: a bird that will revenge upon you all Example: Count it not hard henceforth, when thou dost hear That a just vengeance was by righteous court Justly reveng'd. […]
Word: conditional tense Part of Speech: noun 1. The conditional mood. Example: But he is stopped short by vocabulary, by the conditional tense, by that way of speaking that shifts everything into the hypothetical, into an imagined existence that could or could not be true.
Word: déjeuner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French déjeuner. 1. The French midday meal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The déjeuner and the villa fête, the water party and the rambling ride, followed each other with the bright rapidity of the final scenes in a Pantomime. Example: She had a certain price, from which no earthly consideration would induce her to depart; and certain returns for this price in the shape of déjeuners and dinners, baths and beds, which she never failed to give in accordance with the dictates of a strict conscience. These were traits in the character of an hotel-keeper which cannot be praised too highly, and which had met their due reward in the custom of the public.
Word: déjeuner Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French déjeuner. 1. To have déjeuner. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: I passed stacks of iron ore, piles of rails; heard of lots of forges to the right and left; swept over the Adour at Dax in view of its castle and great church; past Orthez with its immense town of Moncade (little dreaming of the Joys in store for me at its foot), where Gaston Phœbus, Count of Foix, carried his lovely mistress and murdered his own son, and died himself; up the lovely Gare de Pau, and was met at the railroad depot by old Father Bost, to whom I had sent a flying telegram from Monceaux where I déjeunered. Example: I lived like a fighting cock, smoked like a Turk, and drank (coffee) like a fish; I had dined and “déjeunered”; I saw everything and everybody on my route.
Word: vor Part of Speech: prep Etymology: See for. 1. Pronunciation spelling of for. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Edgar: Ch'ill pick your teeth, zir: come; no matter vor your foins. Example: I zays enough to make thee grin: / Thee doesn't look vor much good out o'n.
Word: sheepdog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheep + dog. 1. Any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed. 2. Any of various breeds of dog used for guarding sheep; an individual of such a breed. 3. A chaperon; an adult who accompanies other people in a supervisory role. Labels: dated, slang 4. A police officer. Labels: US, slang
Word: sheepdog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sheep + dog. 1. To chaperon or shepherd. Example: Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ... Example: On June 14, with Kennedy personally sheepdogging it, the No Child Left Behind Act passed the Senate ninety-one to eight.
Word: semper- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the Latin adverb semper (“always”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmpə/ 1. always, unvarying Labels: morpheme
Word: sempervirent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin semper (“always”) + virēns, present participle of vireō (“be green”). Pronunciation: /sɛmpəˈvaɪɹənt/, /sɛmpɚˈvaɪɹənt/ 1. Evergreen. Labels: not-comparable Example: A boxwood-lined path, presided over by a nostalgic-looking sempervirent sequoia (which American visitor mistook for a ‘Lebanese cedar’ – if they remarked it at all) took them to the absurdly misnamed rue du Mûrier […]
Word: clingy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cling Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English clingy From cling + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋi/ 1. Having a tendency to cling. Example: a clingy minidress Example: I conceded I might have slightly mollified if it had been Wendy Rieger in that clingy leopard skin blouse she wears on Channel 4. 2. attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other. Labels: derogatory, informal, usually Example: Near-synonym: needy Example: a clingy ex-girlfriend who won't stop calling
Word: sempiternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French sempiternel, from Medieval Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, a contraction of semperæternus, from semper (“always”) + æternus (“eternal”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɜː.nəl/, /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɝ.nəl/ 1. Everlasting, eternal. Labels: not-comparable Example: The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without knowing how or why; in short, to draw a new circle. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Example: Why not sempiternal / Thou and I? Our vernal / Brightness keeping, / Time outleaping: / Passed the hodiernal! 2. Having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether; everlasting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sempiternity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sempitern(al) + -ity, from Latin sempiternitas. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəti/, /ˌsɛmpɪˈtɝnəti/ 1. Existence within time but infinitely into the future, as opposed to eternity, understood as existence outside time. Labels: uncountable 2. Eternity; a seemingly everlasting period of time. Labels: literary, uncountable
Word: henceforth Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hennes forth, hens-forþ, hennes-forþ, from modification of Old English heonan forþ with an adverbial genitive suffix. By surface analysis, hence (“from here”) + forth (“forward”). Pronunciation: /hɛnsˈfɔɹθ/ 1. From now on; from this time on. Labels: formal, not-comparable, temporal Example: I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique! Example: My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named 2. Further within this document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: henceforward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hennes forward, equivalent to hence + forward. Compare Middle English hens-forthward, hennes forthward (“henceforward”). Pronunciation: /hɛnsˈfɔɹwɝd/ 1. from now on; from this time on Labels: not-comparable Example: In other words, what we can expect to see henceforward, provided that all Regions make the effort, is a welcome brightening-up of stations and improvement in the general standard of amenities.
Word: thereupon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English therupon, theruppon. Equivalent to there + upon. Compare German darauf. Pronunciation: /ˌðɛɹəˈpɑn/, /ˌðɛɹəˈpɔn/, /ˌðɛəɹəˈpɒn/ 1. Upon that; thereon. Labels: not-comparable Example: Once John, being overtaken in drink on the roadside by the cottage, and dreaming that he was burning in hell, awoke and saw the old wife hobbling toward him. Thereupon he fled soberly to the hills, and from that day became a quiet-living, humble-minded Christian. 2. In consequence, or by reason, of that; therefore. Labels: not-comparable 3. Following that; forthwith; in sequence, but not necessarily in consequence. Labels: not-comparable
Word: therewithal Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From there + withal. 1. in addition; besides; along with all that Labels: not-comparable Example: Your old bull-pen was bad enough, but the new one proved far worse: the inclosure being much smaller, and crowded with men; the ground, too, being so level, that it was impossible to keep my quarters from being flooded whenever there was any considerable fall of rain. Therewithal, it was an uncleaned stable, the beasts having lately been taken out […] Example: 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Olympian Ode I, page 5. […] the Father hath hung above him a mighty stone that he would fain ward from his head, and therewithal he is fallen from joy.
Word: thereinafter Part of Speech: adv 1. in the following part (of a document or speech) Labels: not-comparable
Word: snake hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. the laughing falcon
Word: nitrous oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonflammable gas commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power. Labels: uncountable Example: Holonym: gas and air Example: On social media and beyond, many have taken to using the brand’s name in a more colloquial fashion, with “Galaxy Gas” being used as a catchall for nitrous oxide inhalants at large, regardless of whether they are actually Galaxy Gas products or not.
Word: gas and air Part of Speech: noun 1. An equal mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, used as a mild analgesic and anaesthetic, particularly during childbirth, for dental procedures, and in emergency medicine. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Meronyms: nitrous oxide, N₂O; oxygen (strict sense), oxygen (loose sense), dioxygen, O₂ Example: Near-synonym: Entonox (trade name: one particular brand) 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gas, and, air. Labels: uncountable
Word: derogate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Late Middle English derogaten, from derogat(e) (“annulled, abrogated”, used participially and later as the past participle of derogaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) borrowed from Latin dērogātus, perfect passive participle of dērogō (“to annul, repeal part of a law, take away, detract from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“from”) + rogō (“to ask, enquire; to propose a law”). Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛɹəɡeɪt/ 1. To partially repeal (a law etc.). Labels: transitive Example: By several contrary customs, […] many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated. 2. To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. Labels: transitive Example: I never thought the human frailty of erring in cases of religion, infamy to a state, no more than to a council: it had therefore been neither civil nor christianly, to derogate the honour of the state for that cause [...]. Example: When the need for self-affirmation is satisfied through other means, one is less compelled to derogate members of negatively stereotyped groups. 3. To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Anything […] that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name. Example: It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. 4. To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). Labels: intransitive Example: In doing so she had derogated from her dignity and committed herself. Example: God does not have the attributes of a Christian Providence, for it would derogate from His perfection to think about anything except what is perfect, i.e. Himself. 5. To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself. Labels: intransitive Example: CLOTEN. Is it fit I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation in't? SECOND LORD. You cannot derogate, my lord. Example: Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?
Word: derogate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English derogat(e) (“annulled, abrogated”, used participially and later as the past participle of derogaten), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. 1. Derogated, annulled in part. Labels: obsolete Example: The once made oblation of Christes is herby derogate, when this sacramentall oblation and offering of thankes geuing is beleued to be propiciatory, and that it purgeth the soule, as well of the lyuynge as of the deade, agaynst this saying to the Hebrues: with one only oblation he hath made perfect for euer those that are sanctyfyed. Agayne where is remission, there is no more oblation for synnes, making vs cleane by hym. 2. Debased, deteriorated. Labels: archaic Example: It may be ſo, my Lord. Heare Nature, heare deere Goddeſſe, heare : Suſpend thy purpoſe, if thou did'ſt intend To make this Creature fruitfull : Into her Wombe conuey ſtirrility, Drie vp in her the Organs of increaſe, And from her derogate body, neuer ſpring A Babe to honor her.
Word: cuisine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). Doublet of kitchen. Pronunciation: /kwɪˈziːn/, /kəˈziːn/ 1. A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking. Example: The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine. 2. The food prepared using such style. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For example, salsa and pico de gallo from Mexican cuisine sometimes include fruits like peach, mango or pineapple, balancing hot peppers like habanero or jalapeño with their sweetness. […] Cookbooks covering cuisines that feature swicy flavor profiles are a great place to start. 3. Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food in general. Labels: uncountable 4. A kitchen or cooking department. Labels: countable, dated
Word: gastronomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”). Pronunciation: /ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi/ 1. The art of preparing and eating good food. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The study of the relationship between food and culture. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The cooking of a particular area; cuisine. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous.
Word: nook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”). Pronunciation: /nʊk/, /nʉk/, /nuːk/ 1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. Example: There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall. 2. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat. Example: The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy. Example: All right. Well, uh, glad to be here in this cozy nook. 3. A recess, cove or hollow. Example: Ar. Safely in harbour / Is the Kings ſhippe, in the deepe Nooke, where once / Thou calldſt me vp at midnight to fetch dewe / From the ſtill-vext Bermoothes, there ſhe's hid; [...] 4. An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres. Labels: historical Example: You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land. Example: Nook, an old legal term for 12+¹⁄₂ acres of land; still in use at Alston. 5. A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land. Labels: Northern-England, archaic Example: The ancient bounds of the cow paſture of Penrith, [...] and then from the ſaid Old Dyke end, alongſt Plumpton Dyke Eaſt over Petterel unto Plumpton park nuke, otherwiſe called Plumpton nuke; [...] Example: The bounder beginneth at the east nuke of the Carter, and from thence extendeth eastward upon the height of the edge to Robscleugh Score, and from thence to Phillip's cross, so to the Spittopnuke, from thence to Greenlaw, so to the height of the Brown Hartlaw, and from thence along the high street to the nuke of the Blakelaw, and from thence to Hemmier's Well, where Ridsdale and Cookdale meet, all wᵉʰ is a bounder against Scotland. 6. The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon. Labels: vulgar Example: i NEEEEEEEED A NICE BIG HIGH8LOODED 8ULGE UP MY NOOK THIS SECOND! Example: Vriska is too trashy to shave her nook.
Word: nook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”). Pronunciation: /nʊk/, /nʉk/, /nuːk/ 1. To withdraw into a nook. Example: Mrs. Fluent was nooked with their hostess in the corner of another, a retiring woman, remarkably pretty withal, as your ministers' wives generally are, and no wonder, since the ministers, if at all popular, usually have their pick among the young lambs — we mean the young ladies — of their flocks. Example: 'Tis the marrow of health In the forest to lie, Where, nooking in stealth, They enjoy her supply 2. To situate in a nook. Example: The city of Gotham is an island, as we have said; and once it was a beautiful island, affording to the gaze of him who sailed along its shores, an agreeable mixture of rock and grove, topping hill and marshiy low ground, spakling here and there with the villas or country-houses of the wealthy Gothamites, mostly built of wood painted white, and adorned with long verandahs quite encircling them; or showing at some turn a humbler, but substantial abode, nooked under a mighty horse-chestnut, the headquarters of a milk-farm, with cattle (whose tinkling bells you could hear in the still evening) grazing on its wild up-hilly pasture-land. Example: Stairs descended to larders, pantries were cleverly nooked into alcoves, and beyond the open windows sprawled lush gardens.
Word: pass the parcel Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer. Labels: uncountable 2. a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: hide and seek Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪd ən ˈsik/ 1. A game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out. Labels: uncountable Example: I would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair.
Word: inglenook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ingle (“open fireplace”) + nook. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡ(ə)lnʊk/, /ˈɪŋɡəlˌnʊk/ 1. A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner. Labels: historical Example: I ſat me in the ingle nook, / And joked wi my luver, / But a' the jokes that I cou'd crack, / The deel a ane could muve her. Example: The ingle-nook ſupplies the ſimmer-fields, / An' aft as mony gleefu' maments yields.
Word: laughing hyaena Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of laughing hyena.
Word: chanter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑːntə/, /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/ 1. One who chants or sings. 2. A priest who sings in a chantry. 3. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played. Example: the piper was near being strangled / They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters and all. 4. The hedge sparrow. 5. One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits. Labels: archaic
Word: bander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English band 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 bander From band + -er. 1. Someone who bands birds. Example: He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life. 2. A device for putting metal bands around crates. Example: The metal banding he was currently winding round a loaded pallet twisted and snapped like a splinter of wood. He took a deep breath, removed the mangled end from the bander, and started over.
Word: G&T Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gin and tonic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Do you want a drink?... Well, I do. G&T, Brian, and steady on the tonic. Example: The cocktail in Britain is a rigidly-defined social institution: each has its own particular meaning—the G & T is the alcoholic equivalent of the interview suit; Pernod and black is an alternative to glue sniffing for repentant trendies, etc.
Word: verballing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From verbal + -ing. 1. The putting of damaging remarks into the mouths of suspects during police interrogation Labels: uncountable
Word: laughing dove Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.
Word: there she blows Part of Speech: phrase 1. The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler (whaling ship) when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing. Example: "There she blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows!" "Where-away?" "On the lee-beam, about two miles off! a school of them!"
Word: sighting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for. Example: There will be a small prize for the first sighting of a seal. Example: However, many people—including railwaymen—are only beginning to realise how great is the amount of civil engineering work necessary to achieve adequate clearances for high-voltage overhead equipment under bridges and tunnels; what is involved in the re-signalling needed to permit the increased throughput of traffic (in some places it is unavoidable, to afford better sighting of signals obscured by overhead electrical gear); [...].
Word: sighting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spouting Part of Speech: adj 1. That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet. Labels: not-comparable