nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Geraldine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Gerald + -ine. c. 1540 by the Earl of Surrey as a poetic name for Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, "one of the Fitzgeralds". Taken up as a given name in the 19th century, and used as a feminine form of Gerald. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen; / Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight. Example: Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald. 2. A town in South Canterbury, New Zealand, named after the FitzGerald family. 3. A town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. 4. A small town in Chouteau County, Montana, United States.
Word: Geraldine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Gerald + -ine. c. 1540 by the Earl of Surrey as a poetic name for Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, "one of the Fitzgeralds". Taken up as a given name in the 19th century, and used as a feminine form of Gerald. 1. Of or pertaining to the medieval FitzGerald dynasty of Ireland. Labels: not-comparable
Word: MILFs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MILF Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Care Bears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Care Bear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnti/ 1. A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt. Labels: uncountable Example: A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway. 2. A wood or forest; timberland. Labels: Latin-America, countable
Word: lung butter Part of Speech: noun 1. Thick mucus that is coughed up; phlegm. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: WAYNE: What I'd really like to do is something extraordinary. Something big. […] But I'll probably end up working at Great America, mopping up hurl and lung butter.
Word: toe jam Part of Speech: noun 1. Dead skin and dirt that has accumulated between the digits of a foot. Labels: slang, uncountable 2. A term of abuse. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar 3. A stubbed toe. Labels: countable 4. A rock-climbing maneuver entailing exerting force with two opposite surfaces of the toe of a shod foot, against two different rock surfaces, for the purpose of preventing motion of that foot in a direction parallel to both of those rock surfaces. Labels: countable
Word: travellers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæv(ə)lɚz/, /ˈtɹæv(ə)ləz/ 1. plural of traveller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: friendo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijōną Proto-Germanic *frijōndz Proto-West Germanic *friund Old English frēond Middle English frend English friend English -o English friendo From friend + -o. 1. Term of address. Labels: slang, uncommon Example: “You got a name, Friendo?” The Howler was crouched in the corner of his cell furthest from me. He was tensed and spidered, and I was certain he would leap for the opposite corner if I tried to get any nearer to him. Example: “I'm about to close, friend-o. Anything quick I can rustle you... up?” “Uh, one human alcohol beer, please.” “Coming right up. One human alcohol beer it is.”
Word: encephalopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encephalo- + -pathy. Pronunciation: /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/ 1. Any of various conditions affecting the brain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
Word: footpad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + pad. 1. The soft underside of an animal's paw. 2. A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts. 3. A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road. Labels: archaic Example: The fraudulent clerk and the flash "cracksman" interchanged experiences. The smuggler's stories of lucky ventures and successful runs were capped by the footpad’s reminiscences of foggy nights and stolen watches. Example: Col. Isaac Trumbo, who made a fortune in Utah and lost it in San Francisco, died here to-day of injuries received last Saturday night, when he was beaten by footpads. 4. An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic. Labels: Australia Example: Nemarluck, if wounded in the way described by the aborigines at Talc Head, will keep to the beaten footpad leading from Delissaville to the Finnis River, and in his weakened state, will not camp any night far from a waterhole or without a fire. Example: The rough dray track that leads to the south-cast soon becomes a poorly defined footpad which follows the tortuous pattern of the main spur through to Mount Everard, and then away to east and south to the far corner of the forest.
Word: footpad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From foot + pad. 1. To rob travellers on the road. Labels: archaic Example: When Mr. Kaiser was footpadded last December, the scare seemed to penetrate even the quiet town of Berkeley. Example: Before that 'e footpadded round Covent Garden with a crew o' other masterless soldiers an' suchlike, calling 'imself "Captain Gun", as nasty a bill o' goods as ever slit your pocket or cut your throat,' Pope added, with loathing for the many thousands of defeated men who had limped home to live off the city streets which, by right and custom already belonged to established families of beggars and pickpockets, dog snatchers and cloak snitchers. 2. To sneak on foot. Example: But the joke is on me, for they unmasked me by footpadding me to the alley and stealing my clothes and shoes. Example: My dreams are secret, footpadding through darkness for fear the day arrest them.
Word: europeanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English europeanize From European + -ize. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Europeanize. Labels: alt-of
Word: dosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse). Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊsə/, /ˈdoʊsə/, /d̪osɑ/, /ɖosɑ/, /d̪osa(j)/ 1. A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar. Example: Eric dipped a piece of the dosa in the coconut chutney. Example: The restaurant's dosas were truly atrocious, so I stopped going there.
Word: homelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English hāmlēas Middle English *homles English homeless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English homelessness From homeless + -ness. 1. The state of being homeless. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Houseless and Homeless. The estimate of the New York Housing Conference Secretary, Mr. Edward P. Doyle, that it will take half a billion dollars to overcome the present housing shortage, is probably not an exaggerated presentation of the plight New York is in in this respect. Furthermore, the housing-shortage conditions of New York reflect, proportionately, the conditions prevalent in almost every large city in the country. We seem to be threatened with widespread houselessness and homelessness, for the pitiable makeshifts to which so many are driven by house shortage, and the consequent exorbitant rents, are appalling travesties of what American homes should be. Just what Mr. Walter Stabler, Comptroller of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, meant when he said that "unless radical action is taken something drastic will happen," is not quite clear. "Something drastic" is a pretty vague term. Mr. Stabler could hardly mean riotous invasions of the premises of the "ins" by infuriated mobs of the "outs." Houselessness is undoubtedly a breeder of lawlessness, but it is not open to direct-action remedies of the bread riot variety which sheer hunger not infrequently precipitates. If people have not a place to lay their heads at night, not because they are penniless but because there are no roofs to shelter them, about the only thing they can do is to camp in parks and suburban fields. It has even come to that in Newark, and it may come to that elsewhere unless there is relief of some sort. Example: The devastating effect of the violence is illustrated by the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that caused deaths, homelessness, despair, poverty, political instability, and economic stagnation in this country.
Word: Kansas City Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌkænzəˈsɪti/, [kæ̃ˈsɪɾi] 1. A large metropolitan area straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, USA. Kansas City is split into two separate cities: Example: Road diets are now an almost automatic part of the process in Kansas City whenever a street is up for repaving. 2. A large metropolitan area straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, USA. Kansas City is split into two separate cities: 3. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon. 4. The Kansas City Roos, the athletic program of the University of Missouri–Kansas City (whose academic brand is UMKC).
Word: ptarmigan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic tarmachan, of unknown origin. The pt- comes from a mistaken belief in a Greek origin, as if related to ptero- (“wing”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːmɪɡən/ 1. Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.
Word: fuck up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌfʌkˈʌp/ 1. To make a mistake, to go wrong. Labels: intransitive, slang, vulgar Example: You really fucked up this time. Example: Don't you fuck up again. 2. To botch or make a mess of. Labels: transitive, vulgar Example: I fucked up question 3 of the exam. Example: Don't fuck up your arcade game. 3. To injure or damage badly. Labels: transitive, vulgar Example: I fucked up my knee while running the marathon. Example: I'm about to fuck somebody up for betrayal. 4. To cause someone to become intoxicated or otherwise alter someone's mental state. Labels: vulgar Example: I really got fucked up on cocaine last night. Example: Vodka, Bit says, because it fucks you up fastest. 5. To traumatise; to negatively affect the wellbeing of someone. Labels: vulgar Example: They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with their faults they had And add some extra, just for you. Example: She'd never get the chance to have the proper goodbye to her own husband, and that fucked me up for some reason. 6. Synonym of destroy (“to eat food quickly, hungrily or completely”) Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: I could fuck up a burger right now. 7. Ellipsis of shut the fuck up. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, vulgar Example: Fuck up, mate! I don't want to listen to you! 8. Synonym of crack up (“to cause to laugh”) Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: This video is fucking me up so bad.
Word: fuck up Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʌkˌʌp/ 1. Alternative spelling of fuckup. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The heart of the matter is this: feminism’s been hijacked by the dark forces of judginess, by our communally created fear that our every deed, word, thought, joke and Tweet is being monitored for fuck ups.
Word: fuck up Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˌfʌkˈʌp/ 1. Ellipsis of shut the fuck up. Labels: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis Example: Will you just fuck up? I can't hear.
Word: detective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is from Classical Latin dētēct-, past participial stem of dētegō (“to detect”), + -ive. The noun is an ellipsis of detective policeman, detective officer, or a similar construction. By surface analysis, detect + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛktɪv/, [dɪˈtʰɛktʰɪv], /dəˈtɛktɪv/, [dəˈtʰɛktʰɪv] 1. A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator. Example: He worked as a detective with the agency for five years. Example: The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them. 2. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public. Example: […] Sherlock Holmes remarked calmly. […] "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'm a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of Government detectives and lots of private ones. When these fellows are at fault they come to me, and I manage to put them on the right scent. They lay all the evidence before me, and I am generally able, by the help of my knowledge of the history of crime, to set them straight. There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can't unravel the thousand and first.[…]" Example: Had they responded this way in France or America, this wouldn't have surprised me, but wasn't everyone in England supposed to be a detective? Wasn't every crime, no matter how complex, solved in a timely fashion by either a professional or a hobbyist? That's the impression you get from British books and TV shows. Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hetty Wainthropp, Inspector George Gently: they come from every class and corner of the country. There’s even Edith Pargeter's Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk who solved crimes in twelfth-century Shrewsbury. No surveillance cameras, no fingerprints, not even a telephone, and still he cracked every case that came his way.
Word: detective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is from Classical Latin dētēct-, past participial stem of dētegō (“to detect”), + -ive. The noun is an ellipsis of detective policeman, detective officer, or a similar construction. By surface analysis, detect + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛktɪv/, [dɪˈtʰɛktʰɪv], /dəˈtɛktɪv/, [dəˈtʰɛktʰɪv] 1. Employed in detecting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Arabia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía). Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/, /əˈɹɛjbɪjə/, /əˈɹæɪ.bi.ə/, /əˈɾe.be.ə/, /-bɪ.ə/ 1. A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. 2. The region of West Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates.
Word: All Fools' Day Part of Speech: noun 1. April 1, a day when practical jokes are traditionally played
Word: rupture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti Latin rumpō Latin ruptūrader. Middle French rupturebor. ▲ Latin ruptūrabor. English rupture Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”). Doublet of roture. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/, [ˈɹʷʌ̹pt͡ʃəː], /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. A burst, split, or break. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young. 2. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture. Example: He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. 3. A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rupture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti Latin rumpō Latin ruptūrader. Middle French rupturebor. ▲ Latin ruptūrabor. English rupture Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”). Doublet of roture. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/, [ˈɹʷʌ̹pt͡ʃəː], /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement. 2. To dehisce irregularly. Labels: intransitive
Word: major arcana Part of Speech: noun 1. The 22 trumps of a deck of tarot cards. Example: Besides the ten numeral cards and the four court cards (King, Queen, Knight, Page) for each of the four suits (Cups, Coins, Clubs, Swords), there are twenty-one tarots proper (also called the Major Arcana), plus The Fool.
Word: burn one's candle at both ends Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of burn the candle at both ends. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She has been burning her candle at both ends lately, trying to put it together on time.
Word: ploy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle English, borrowed from Middle French ployer (compare modern plier), from Latin plicāre. Pronunciation: /plɔɪ/ 1. A tactic, strategy, or scheme. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: ruse, stratagem, device Example: The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch. 2. Sport; frolic. Labels: Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable 3. Employment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ploy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably abbreviated from deploy. Pronunciation: /plɔɪ/ 1. To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision. Example: Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be deployed; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in ployed formation.
Word: gimmick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Possibly a rough anagram of magic or from gimme. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪm.ɪk/ 1. A trick or device used to attain some end. Example: The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish. Example: Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange. 2. A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction. Example: The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list. 3. A gimmick capacitor. 4. A night out with one's friends. Labels: Philippines
Word: gimmick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Possibly a rough anagram of magic or from gimme. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪm.ɪk/ 1. To rig or set up with a trick or device. Labels: transitive Example: The magician's box was gimmicked with a wire that made it appear to open on its own.
Word: quintuple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”). Pronunciation: /kwɪnˈtʃuːp(ə)l/, /-ˈtjuː-/, /kwɪnˈtʌp(ə)l/, /-ˈtu-/ 1. having five parts or members Labels: not-comparable 2. five times as much Labels: not-comparable 3. having five crotchets in a bar Labels: not-comparable
Word: quintuple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”). Pronunciation: /kwɪnˈtʃuːp(ə)l/, /-ˈtjuː-/, /kwɪnˈtʌp(ə)l/, /-ˈtu-/ 1. a fivefold amount
Word: quintuple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) + -plus (“-ple”). Pronunciation: /kwɪnˈtʃuːp(ə)l/, /-ˈtjuː-/, /kwɪnˈtʌp(ə)l/, /-ˈtu-/ 1. To multiply by five. Labels: transitive 2. To be multiplied by five. Labels: intransitive
Word: maggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magpie + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡi/ 1. Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica. 2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
Word: NED Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New English Dictionary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Endowment for Democracy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NED Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of non-educated delinquent. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, derogatory
Word: NED Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of no evidence of disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dish out Part of Speech: verb 1. To put (food) on to a dish ready for eating. Labels: transitive 2. To distribute (a thing). Labels: transitive 3. To distribute or deliver something. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: She can dish out criticism but she can't take it. Example: Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks. 4. To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. Labels: transitive
Word: Cobol Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of COBOL. Labels: alt-of
Word: krone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danish krone (“crown”) and Norwegian krone. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, krona, and króna. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊnə/, /ˈkɹoʊnə/ 1. The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.
Word: krone Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊnə/, /ˈkɹoʊnə/ 1. The currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc. Labels: historical
Word: C++ Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of the C language (on which it was based) and ++, the increment operator in both languages, suggesting an addition to C. Pronunciation: /ˈsi.plʌs.plʌs/ 1. A multiparadigm high-level compiled programming language that is a more advanced derivative of C. Example: Rvalue references were introduced into C++0x to provide a mechanism for capturing an rvalue temporary (which could previously be done in C++ using traditional lvalue references to const) and allowing modification of its value (which could not).
Word: tuple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus. Pronunciation: /ˈtʊpəl/, /ˈt͡ʃuːpəl/, /ˈtjuːpəl/, /ˈtʌpəl/, /ˈtuːpəl/ 1. A finite sequence of terms. 2. A single row in a relational database. 3. A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call. 4. A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements. Example: Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type. Example: Unlike lists, tuples are not formed by consing.
Word: tuplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the endings of words such as quintuplet and septuplet. Compare tuple. Pronunciation: /tuːplət/, /tʌplət/, /tjʊplət/, /tjuːplət/, /tjʊplɪt/ 1. A note value with a nonstandard duration; a set of notes subdivided within a single beat.
Word: dissatisfied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Middle English satisfien Middle English satisfyed English satisfied English dissatisfied From dis- + satisfied. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/ 1. Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment. 2. Not satisfied (e.g. with the quality of something). Example: We offer refunds to dissatisfied customers. Example: The good news for dissatisfied users of Birmingham New Street is that none of these criticisms have gone unnoticed.
Word: dissatisfied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Middle English satisfien Middle English satisfyed English satisfied English dissatisfied From dis- + satisfied. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dissatisfy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Arab League Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ellipsis of League of Arab States, the organization’s official name. 1. An international organization of Arabic-speaking countries.
Word: Shi'ite Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Shiite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Shi'ite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Shiite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ulama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. Doublet of ullamaliztli. 1. A modern ball game descended from tlachtli. Labels: uncountable
Word: ulama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ). Doublet of ulema and olema. 1. Alternative form of ulema. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: There he […] became disillusioned with much of the Islamic clerical establishment, and first expressed his contempt for what he called ‘religious secularists’, those foolish ulama who attempt to separate politics from religion.
Word: ulama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sinhalese [Term?]. 1. The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka) Example: There is a bird in Ceylon, which the natives call ulama, or the demon bird, which utters most loud and ear-piercing screams, strongly resembling the shrieks of a human being in severe bodily agony.
Word: barakah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka). 1. The spiritual power or wisdom that resides in holy places and people, especially in a Sufi. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sufi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”). 1. A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism. Example: Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.] [Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers.
Word: Sufism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Sufi Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sufism From Sufi + -ism. 1. A family of spiritual schools in Islam emphasizing mysticism and asceticism. Labels: uncountable
Word: bid'a Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic بَدَعَ (badaʕa) Arabic بِدْعَة (bidʕa)bor. English bid'a Borrowed from Arabic بِدْعَة (bidʕa). 1. heretical innovation in Islamic religious beliefs or worship
Word: roguish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rogue Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English roguish From rogue + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊɡɪʃ/, /ˈɹoʊɡɪʃ/ 1. Unprincipled or unscrupulous. 2. Mischievous and playful. Labels: idiomatic Example: "She'll be a match for poor little Cupid, with his tiny bow and arrow, I dare say," said Grace Fitzgerald, with a roguish eye. Example: Hortense, with her rich chestnut locks so luxuriantly knotted, plaited, twisted, as if she did not know how to dispose of all their abundance, with her vermillion lips, damask cheek, and roguish laughing eye.
Word: cartophily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carto- (“card”) + -phily. 1. the hobby of collecting trade cards, especially cigarette cards Labels: uncountable
Word: chandlery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French chandelerie, from chandelier (“chandler”). Equivalent to candle + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃændləɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːndləɹi/ 1. The art or trade of candlemaking. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A business, shop or warehouse used in candlemaking. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An operation (usually, a business) which provides supplies. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The merchandise of a chandler. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: codicology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French codicologie (with ending adapted to -ology), from Latin cōdic- (stem of cōdex) + French -ologie. 1. The study of codices (early handwritten books). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: aerodonetics Part of Speech: noun 1. the study of the stability of aircraft in flight, especially the study of gliders Labels: uncountable
Word: aerography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + -graphy. 1. The production of weather charts. Labels: uncountable 2. A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil. Labels: uncountable
Word: aerostatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- English statics English aerostatics From aero- + statics. 1. the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions Labels: uncountable
Word: agrostology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “grass”), from ἄγρωστης (ágrōstēs, “farmer”), from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + λόγος (lógos, “study, speech, reason”). 1. The scientific study of grasses. Labels: uncountable Example: From 1905 to 1936 she collaborated with Albert Spear Hitchcock, a specialist in agrostology, the study of grasses.
Word: arctophily Part of Speech: noun 1. The hobby of collecting teddy bears. Labels: uncountable
Word: areography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From areographic. 1. The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars. Labels: uncountable
Word: audiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From audio- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ɔːdiˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌɔdiˈɑlədʒi/ 1. The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: balneology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon, “bath”) and -λογία (-logía, “study”). Pronunciation: /ˌbæl.niˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌbæl.niˈɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of baths and bathing, especially therapeutic bathing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carpology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carpo- + -logy. 1. the study of the structure of seeds and fruit Labels: uncountable
Word: chalcography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chalco- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English chalcography From chalco- + -graphy. 1. engraving on copper or brass Labels: uncountable
Word: conchology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conch or Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē) + -ology. Pronunciation: /kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of molluscs and their shells. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Thank goodness, I am not a child," said Lady Mandeville, turning over a collection of those juvenile tomes, which are to make the rising generation so much wiser than their grandfathers or grandmothers—catechisms of conchology, geology, mathematical questions for infants, geography, astronomy; "the child may be 'father to the man;' but the said father must have had some trouble with his offspring." Example: The least dreadful among the essays stacked and waiting to be corrected would be that of young Master Jefferson Davis, who when imprisoned by Andrew Johnson in 1866 will ask his physician at Fortress Monroe to procure a few volumes of "conchology, geology, or botany," he desiring to commune with the interests of more innocent days. 2. The hobby of shell collecting. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: otorhinolaryngology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs) Ancient Greek ὠτ- (ōt-)der. English ot- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English oto- Ancient Greek ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s) Ancient Greek ῥῑνο- (rhīno-) English rhino- English laryngo- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English otorhinolaryngology From oto- (“ear”) + rhino- (“nose”) + laryngo- (“throat”) + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌɑtoˌɹaɪnoˌlæɹɪŋˈɡɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌɒtəʊˌraɪnəʊˌlæɹɪŋˈɡɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌɒtə-/, /-raɪnə-/ 1. Otolaryngology. Labels: uncountable Example: Most of our practical knowledge of nasal accessory sinus disease has been acquired within the past two decades and certainly our advance in it during the past decade is greater than in any other branch of otorhinolaryngology. Example: Foreign body aspiration may require otorhinolaryngology consultation for rigid bronchoscopy.
Word: cronyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crony (“close friend”) + -ism (suffix forming names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊnɪɪz(ə)m/, /ˈkɹoʊniˌɪzəm/ 1. Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics), in their appointment to political positions. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: [T]he present structure of the collective bargaining agreement, combined with nepotism and cronyism and other abuses in employment and referral practices, have perpetuated the effects of the past discrimination, […] Example: [Robert L.] Hagist began what he called an "18 month reform program" that included revised warehouse procedures and measures to prevent the leakages, shortages, cronyisms, and politicking attributed to the managers and clerks of the various stores. 2. The condition of being friends; friendship; also, the ability or inclination to make friends. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [T]he preacher […] was reading to them the duty of loving one another as Christians, But only particularly and exclusively were they to love one another "as Christians," that is as confederates and caballers together in a particular interest, distinct from that of the great family of mankind; […] The benefit to themselves from this Free-masonry sectarian cronyism, (for which the uninitiated world is so much obliged to them) was, to be, that […] [t]he spirit of God was to bear witness with their spirits, and to settle the matter of faith with a degree of conviction, that should render reason superfluous and inquiry unnecessary. Example: Our friend the Old Crony, we see, for all his connoisseurship and crony-ism, his regard for a certain piquancy of perfection in the French dress and walk, and his wish that his fair countrywomen would "take steps" after their fashion, cannot get rid of the preference in which he was brought up for the beauty of the English countenance.
Word: air bed Part of Speech: noun 1. A bed that is inflated with air; typically used as a portable, temporary bed.
Word: coopery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cooper + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkuːpəɹi/ 1. Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Cooperage (cooper's workshop). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coopery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cooper + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkuːpəɹi/ 1. Relating to a cooper; coopered. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: cosmetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), from κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), an adjective of κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”). Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɛt.ɪks/, /kɑzˈmɛt.ɪks/, [kɑzˈmɛɾ.ɪks], /kɔzˈmet.ɪks/, [kɔzˈmeɾ.ɪks] 1. Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Near-synonyms: makeup, make-up; beauty products 2. The way something looks; superficial appearance. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Near-synonym: cosmesis Example: In the great fishbowl that we're doing everything in it's kind of unfortunate, but the cosmetics of the thing are more important than what's accomplished — in a great many ways.
Word: cosmetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), from κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), an adjective of κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”). Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɛt.ɪks/, /kɑzˈmɛt.ɪks/, [kɑzˈmɛɾ.ɪks], /kɔzˈmet.ɪks/, [kɔzˈmeɾ.ɪks] 1. The study of such products. Labels: uncountable
Word: craniology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cranio- + -logy. 1. The study of the physical characteristics of the human skull. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: criminology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English criminal Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English criminology From criminal + -logy. 1. The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Criminology will help you understand the motivations of lawbreakers. Example: "So that then begins a sort of rethinking of my idea of criminology," Weisburd said. "Like most other people, my studies were about people. I said, maybe we ought to be more concerned with places."
Word: dactylology Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdæktɪlˈɒlədʒi/, /ˌdæktəlˈɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf. Labels: uncountable
Word: deipnosophistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deipno- (“dinner”) + sophistry or deipnosophist + -ry. 1. skilled table talk Labels: uncountable
Word: deltiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed by suffixing the Ancient Greek δελτίον (deltíon) (deltion; the diminutive form of δέλτος (déltos), deltos, “writing tablet”) with the English -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛltɪˈɒlədʒɪ/ 1. The study and collection of postcards. Labels: uncountable
Word: dendrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dendro- + -logy. Pronunciation: /dɛndˈɹɒlədʒi/, /dɛndˈɹɑlədʒi/ 1. The study of trees and other woody plants. Labels: uncountable
Word: deontology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δεῖ (deî) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English deontology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέον (déon, “that which is binding, needful, proper, or right”) + English -ology (variant of -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning or a study of a particular subject)). Δέον (Déon) is the neuter present participle of δεῖ (deî, “it behoves one to, it is necessary to, one must”), from δέω (déō, “to bind, tie; to fasten; to fetter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁- (“to bind”). Sense 1 (“synonym of ethics”) was coined by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) to refer to censorial or dicastic ethics (ethics based on judgment), while sense 1.1 (“normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules”) derives from the use of the word deontological by the English philosopher Charlie Dunbar Broad (1887–1971) in his book Five Types of Ethical Theory (1930). Pronunciation: /ˌdiːɒnˈtɒləd͡ʒi/, /diˌɑnˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [Matthew Hale] was no reformer: nothing better than an expounder: every thing stated by him was stated as he found it, or conceived it to be: no inquiries as to what it ought to be: in the eyes of lawyers—not to speak of the dupes—that is to say, as yet, the generality of non-lawyers—the is and the ought to be (or, as in Greek it would be so much better—the το ον and the το δεον, from which last, Ethics has received the more expressive name of Deontology), were one and indivisible. Example: The principle, then, on which Deontology is grounded, is the principle of Utility; in other words, that every action is right or wrong—worthy or unworthy—deserving approbation or disapprobation, in proportion to its tendency to contribute to, or to diminish the amount of public happiness. 2. Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). Labels: specifically, uncountable, usually
Word: dermatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”) + -logy. Analysable as dermato- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌdɜːməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌdɝməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌdɝməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌdɜːməˈtɔləd͡ʒi/, /ˌdøːməˈtɔ̟ləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the skin and its diseases. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dialectology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)bor. Latin dialectoslbor. Middle French dialectebor. English dialect Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English dialectology From dialect + -o- + -logy. 1. The study of dialects. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dioptrics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dioptric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dioptrics Part of Speech: noun 1. the study of the refraction of light, especially by lenses Labels: uncountable
Word: dramaturgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek δραματουργός (dramatourgós)lbor. French dramaturge Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French dramaturgiebor. English dramaturgy Borrowed from French dramaturgie. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæməˌtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒi/ 1. The art of dramatic composition for the stage. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ekistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek οἰκίστικα (oikístika), from οἰκιστής (oikistḗs, “colonizer”). Coined by Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis in 1942. 1. The scientific study of human settlements, and the planning and design of cities and other communities. Labels: uncountable
Word: geoponics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τὰ γεωπονικά (tà geōponiká, “agriculture”, also a treatise on the matter by Cassianus Bassus); compare geoponic. By surface analysis, geo- + -ponics. 1. the science of agriculture Labels: uncountable
Word: graphology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French graphologie, coined by Jean-Hippolyte Michon from Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”) + French -logie (“study of”). By surface analysis, grapho- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ɡɹæˈfɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ɡɹæˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: psychographology (sometimes synonymous) Example: Graphology, or handwriting analysis, is the study and interpretation of handwriting as an indicator of personality. Professional graphologists offer four primary services: graphology classes to hobbyists, personality profiles to help individuals increase their self-knowledge and potential for change, personnel screening and consultation for employers, and questioned document examination, or forensic graphology, to identify forged handwriting and documents for legal purposes. 2. A system of handwriting. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Talented" children fall into one of two classes: those with an imitative ability who readily absorb the preconceived graphologies they see about them in pictures, magazines and books, and those[…]. Example: This 1960 work, like the black works of Rauschenberg and the graphologies of Cy Twombly, is our most patient analysis of multiplicity.
Word: hagiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hagio- + -logy. 1. literature dealing with the lives of saints Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Oma. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊmə/ 1. Grandmother, grandma. Example: My children have an oma and an OPA, so I knew that I could put in the O and the A.
Word: codices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊdɪsiːz/, /ˈkoʊdɪsiːz/ 1. plural of codex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: codex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊdɛks/, /ˈkoʊdɛks/ 1. An early manuscript book. 2. A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll. Example: From its inception, the index has provided a window onto the history of the book, for it took the advent of a particular type of book — the codex, a sheaf of pages fastened along one edge — to make an index a practical possibility. The progenitor of the modern bound book, the codex gradually supplanted the scroll, a medium inimical to the indexer’s art. 3. An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.