nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: faunistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fauna Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English faunistic From fauna + -istic. 1. Relating to the distribution of animals Labels: not-comparable
Word: phone booth Part of Speech: noun 1. A telephone booth.
Word: phonebooth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phone booth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hare scramble Part of Speech: noun 1. A motorcycle or quad race though wooded or natural terrain. Labels: slang
Word: perimysial Part of Speech: adj 1. Surrounding a muscle or muscles. Often used to characterize patterns of inflammation found in myopathic disease. Endomysial and perimysial patterns of inflammation are in contrast to perivascular inflammation which surrounds blood vessels. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pity guest Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is invited to a party or other function not because their presence is desired but because inviting them seems necessary. Labels: informal Example: In fact, I think I'm a pity guest myself, just there because I was part of what Nola Morgan Design considered their team.
Word: seed tick Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, immature tick larva.
Word: synalepha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ, “a coalescing, confluence”) (< Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) + ἀλοιφή (aloiphḗ)). 1. The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 2. The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: questionability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English question Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English questionability From question + -ability. 1. The state of being questionable. Labels: uncountable
Word: statistical analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of examining data to draw conclusions or insights, and determine cause-and-effect patterns between events; for example determining the safety and efficacy of new drugs by drawing out a probability as to whether the fact that a patient got better (or worse) was due to the drug or some other (perhaps random) factor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: articulated bus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From articulated + bus. 1. A bus fitted with a joint, which is covered by an accordion-shaped weatherproofing, to increase its manoeuvrability.
Word: manoeuvrability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English manoeuvre Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English manoeuvrability From manoeuvre + -ability. 1. The quality of being manoeuvrable; ability to be manoeuvred. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Articulated buses were invented to improve the manoeuvrability of long buses capable of carrying a large number of passengers. Example: She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability. 2. Ability to manoeuvre; ability to carry out a manoeuvre or strategic plan. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My manoeuvrability is limited. I don't have many options left. Example: The prohibit[ed] zone cuts across the isthmus about 200 yards north of the runway; the pilot's manoeuvrability, approaching from the has been reduced by about half. The ban was announced 01 April 12, days before the Anglo-Spanish talks on ...
Word: section sign Part of Speech: noun 1. The symbol §, used to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code.
Word: cirro-cumulus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cirrocumulus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: limpwristed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of limp-wristed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: warehousing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse English -ing English warehousing From warehouse + -ing. 1. The act of storing goods in a warehouse. Example: 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c. Example: Warehousing was vital in a time when storms, poor harvests and wars made supplies unreliable.
Word: warehousing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse English -ing English warehousing From warehouse + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of warehouse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: panderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pander + -er. 1. One who panders. Example: As a politician he was a well known panderer to the lowest of public opinions.
Word: Tiberian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tiberias, Tiberius, or Tiber + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Tiberias or the Sea of Tiberias. 2. Of or relating to Tiberius. 3. Of or relating to the Tiber.
Word: illicitness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English illicit 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 illicitness From illicit + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being illicit. Labels: uncountable Example: All of that — the appeal, the access, the illicitness of cigarettes — was by design.
Word: ethicists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethicist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hold that thought Part of Speech: verb 1. To pause in a conversation for an interruption. Labels: idiomatic, imperative, often Example: "...and then..." / "John, hold that thought. I need to take this call."
Word: free fall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of freefall. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: toothpicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothpick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mealymouthed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mealy-mouthed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If Britain goes down the plug hole, we can't blame three "loadsamoney" bankers, but did they need to be quite so gung-ho about it, and so mealymouthed with their apologies.
Word: Chinta Valley Part of Speech: name 1. A valley carved by the Chenab River, located in the Doda district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Word: cassations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cassation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: industrial-strength Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a level of potency, concentration, or durability suitable for industrial tasks, as opposed to merely household tasks.
Word: freeball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From free + ball. See ball (“testicle”). 1. To not wear underpants beneath one's outer clothing. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: And when you freeball in fatigues you're a walking hard-on anyway […] Example: I had run out of clean underwear on a road trip, and I had heard rumors about the pleasures associated with freeballing, and so I made the decision and […]
Word: freeball Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball that has been hit from below the top of the net. Example: Just about every play in the game, service reception, general play and freeball, involves the use of the front A and/or back A, although they are not always set. Example: Areas of emphasis can be: team blocking, serve reception, attack combinations, freeball execution, and spiker coverage. 2. A show that is developed by the station without participation by the network. Example: But the freeballs it has done on its own, Farmer's Daughter, Hazel, Bewitched, have proven the gambit. Example: Then there was no dearth of venture capital to provide freeball pilots for the market.
Word: freeball Part of Speech: verb 1. To improvise; to act without a set plan. Example: "Strap in," he said, sternly. "My bird, my rules. No one freeballs it when I'm doing the flying." Example: 'For the designs, I just freeball it. I have a strategy where I try to keep the same gaze, but I like those that are flipped, such as when I put my head sideways'. 2. To make a freeball shot. Example: But we can't just freeball it to them because they will kill it right back at you.
Word: deskward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English desk Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English deskward From desk + -ward. 1. toward a desk Labels: not-comparable
Word: multifocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English focal English multifocal From multi- + focal. 1. Arising from or occurring in more than one focus or location. 2. having several focusing areas that correct for both nearsightedness and farsightedness.
Word: wallward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *walso Latin vallumbor. Proto-West Germanic *wall Old English weall Middle English wal English wall Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English wallward From wall + -ward. 1. toward a wall Labels: not-comparable Example: Their difference was observed in the sequence of ejections and interactions wallward.
Word: wallward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *walso Latin vallumbor. Proto-West Germanic *wall Old English weall Middle English wal English wall Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English wallward From wall + -ward. 1. facing, located at, or taking place at or near a wall (e.g. a cell wall or the wall of a stream of fluid) Labels: not-comparable
Word: shreward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from shrew, the animal. 1. A rascal; a scoundrel. Labels: archaic Example: Good principles and fair manners, Them to teach to many a shreward— For such was ever his wont.
Word: axiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English axiology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English axiologist From axiology + -ist. 1. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value. Example: The moral philosophies are even more important to the moral scientist—the axiologist. Example: It led willy-nilly to technological determinism, a philosophy that Mumford, the axiologist, generally repudiated. Even in the later pages of Technics and Civilization, he stresses the role of values in shaping technology.
Word: axiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goalward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English goalward From goal + -ward. 1. Toward a goal; toward the goal.
Word: goalward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English goalward From goal + -ward. 1. Moving toward a goal, or which affects movement theretoward. 2. Somehow abstractly associated with a goal.
Word: obdurateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obdurate 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 obdurateness From obdurate + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness. Labels: uncountable
Word: theretoward Part of Speech: adv 1. Toward there (toward the destination under discussion) Labels: not-comparable
Word: theretoward Part of Speech: adj 1. leading there (leading toward the destination under discussion) Labels: not-comparable, postpositional
Word: hosana Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hosanna. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wheretoward Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where English where- English toward English wheretoward From where- + toward. 1. Toward which. Labels: archaic Example: [Y]ou shall see in front of you the Golden Age for a goal, wheretoward you shall labor and struggle. Example: But for this statement one would have believed that the choice of style could only have been one of those audacious whims wheretoward youthfulness, prone to paradox, will sometimes be drawn.
Word: false dichotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From false + dichotomy. Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːls daɪˈkɒtəmi/, /fɒls-/, /dɪ-/, /ˌfɔls daɪˈkɑtəmi/, /fɑls-/ 1. A branching in which the main axis appears to divide dichotomously at the apex but is in reality suppressed, the growth being continued by lateral branches (as in the dichasium). 2. A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available. Labels: rhetoric
Word: talk trash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Phrasal verb from talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + trash (“a worthless assertion for being untrue”). 1. To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia. Labels: idiomatic, slang 2. To speak boastfully or tauntingly about oneself in contrast with another person or other people. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: "If there's one Celtic that tries to talk smack to me, it will be Paul (Pierce)," Kobe reported. "We're similar in age, have been through some of the same things, so he feels like he can try. But he's not as good at it as I am. I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular." [...] "(Today's younger players) don't seem to want to talk any trash," Kobe shrugged. "I say everything to LeBron. He says nothing back. He just laughs. There's no banter back and forth. I guess it's a generational thing. When I first came into the league, the trash talk was downright cutthroat."
Word: dirty joke Part of Speech: noun 1. A joke with a morally objectionable or obscene punchline. Example: The old woman left the concert because she was disgusted with the comedian's dirty jokes.
Word: axis of symmetry Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of one or more lines about which a geometric figure is symmetric
Word: capriccio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Vulgar Latin capus Old Italian capo Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗrder. Latin ērīcius Old Italian riccio Old Italian caporiccio Italian capricciobor. English capriccio Borrowed from Italian capriccio. Doublet of caprice. Pronunciation: /kəˈpɹiːt͡ʃoʊ/ 1. A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick. Example: She used to smile at my capriccios; and once she kissed me—actually. 2. A fantastical thing or work. Example: Will this Capricio hold in thee, art ſure? Example: If any Man for that reaſon has an Inclination to divert himſelf, and Sail with me round the Globe, to ſuperviſe almoſt all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infected with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whimſical Perambulation; let him follow me, who am going to Relate it in a Stile, and Language, proper to the Variety of the Subject: For as the Caprichio came Naturally into my Pericranium, I am reſolv’d to purſue it through Thick and Thin, to enlarge my Capacity for a Man of Buſineſs. 3. A type of Renaissance landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual and often fictional setting. Example: Above the drawing-room fireplace there was a painting by Guardi, a capriccio of Venice in a gilt rococo frame […] Example: Capricci, far from being decorative images without meaning, probably express the sensation that the world, even though built by man with pretensions of eternity, is instead subjugated to the dominance of time […] 4. A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. Example: The friar and Matilda had often sung duets together, and had been accustomed to the baron’s chiming in with a stormy capriccio, which was usually charmed into silence by some sudden turn in the witching melodies of Matilda. Example: The stillness returned, save for the little voices of the night—the owl's recitative, the capriccio of the crickets, the concerto of the frogs in the grass.
Word: querida Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish querida. 1. darling Labels: US Example: She's my querida.
Word: humid heat Part of Speech: noun 1. the heat capacity (specific heat) of humid air, expressed per unit mass of dry air in the mixture. The engineering symbol is cₛ.
Word: dime bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A small bag (a baggie) containing ten dollars' worth (usually one gram) of marijuana. Example: His dime bag split open while he was running away. 2. Ten dollars' worth (usually one gram) of marijuana. Labels: metonymically Example: He smoked a dime bag last night.
Word: anthropomorphization Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹɒpəˌmɔːɹfəˈzeɪʃən/, /-faɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. endowing with human qualities. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. ascribing or attributing human characteristics and behaviors to entities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: briefness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English breffnes, brevenesse, equivalent to brief + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being brief. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: satanism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Satanism. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: We don't burn our witches anymore, but sex and satanism still make for a good political bonfire.
Word: Quakerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Quaker 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 Quakerism From Quaker + -ism. 1. The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rorem befuddled Robert J. by proclaiming himself a devout Quaker who "does not believe in God," explaining that his Quakerism lies in his devotion to humanity and that he "envies" those who are able to believe in God. 2. A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable
Word: Pipel Part of Speech: noun 1. Among Nazi concentration camp detainees, an attractive male child who receives special favor or privileges by maintaining a relationship with another detainee who has been granted some authority over other detainees. Labels: historical, rare Example: He had a Polish Schreiber, a homosexual who was attended to by a Pipel, a German Gypsy who was the Schreiber's valet, his cook, his shoe shine boy, his lover, and his alternate, in which capacity he proved to be as much of a trouble to us as his boss. […] None of Kapo Rudi's three Pipels was German, but, knowing what was good for them, they learned all the songs by rote. Example: A remedy for sexual distress that was customary in other concentration camps, in which no women were interned next to men, was frequently used in Auschwitz as well. Kapos kept Pipel, young fellows who in return for personal services were exempted from hard labor and enjoyed other privileges. Quite a number of capos abused their boys sexually.
Word: barium chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. The barium salt of hydrochloric acid, BaCl₂; it is toxic, and has been used as a rat poison. Labels: uncountable
Word: ovarian cyst Part of Speech: noun 1. Any collection of fluid, surrounded by a very thin wall, within an ovary; any ovarian follicle that is larger than about two centimeters is termed an ovarian cyst.
Word: ovarian cysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ovarian cyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renascent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English nascent English renascent From re- + nascent. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈnæsənt/, /ɹɪˈneɪsənt/ 1. Experiencing renewed vigor; being reborn. 2. Revived, brought back. Labels: usually Example: Mr. Evan's results are not obtained from mere stylistic comparisons; there is no danger that he has confused the renascent or derived with the original, the archaistic with the archaic.
Word: USB token Part of Speech: noun 1. A hardware device serving as a user identity credential that one can connect to a standard computer interface such as a USB jack; often used in addition to or instead of a password.
Word: businessmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of businessman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beggarly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beggar + -ly; adverb via Middle English beggarly, beggerly. 1. In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. Example: beggarly fellow 2. Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging. Example: beggarly rags Example: Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. 3. inadequate or meagre. Labels: broadly
Word: beggarly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From beggar + -ly; adverb via Middle English beggarly, beggerly. 1. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
Word: despotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English despotic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English despotically From despotic + -ally. 1. In a despotic manner.
Word: despondently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English despondent Middle English -ly English -ly English despondently From despondent + -ly. 1. In a despondent manner. Example: Behind this raw matter one of the reclaimed, the product of the new forces at work, strolled despondently, carrying a rifle by its middle.
Word: despairingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English despairing Middle English -ly English -ly English despairingly From despairing + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ.li/ 1. In a despairing manner. Example: It was raining. She was over there, crouched despairingly beneath the awning of that shop. She wanted to be elsewhere, but the moisture lay in wait to damage her hat.
Word: deservedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deserved Middle English -ly English -ly English deservedly From deserved + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɜːvɪdli/ 1. In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited. Example: 1847-48, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 2008, Digireads.com Publishing, page 437, Emmy, he remembered, was at one time cruelly and deservedly jealous of Rebecca, […] . Example: THE Jesuits have been condemned, and deservedly condemned, by the unanimous consent of the whole of Christendom.
Word: descriptively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English descriptive Middle English -ly English -ly English descriptively From descriptive + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪvli/ 1. In a descriptive manner. Example: He snapped his fingers descriptively. Example: Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.
Word: derogatorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English derogatory Middle English -ly English -ly English derogatorily From derogatory + -ly. 1. In a derogatory manner. Example: White differentiates her personal experiences as a trans woman from what she sees as the “victim mentality” of the groups she derogatorily calls “SJWs.” In contrast, she positions her own coming out and transitioning experiences in terms of the conservative ideals of individualism and personal betterment. She even says that before her transition, she was herself an SJW and adopted the victim mentality, but that through her personal experiences, she was able to take control of her life and eschew that “toxic” approach: […]
Word: depressingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English depressing Middle English -ly English -ly English depressingly From depressing + -ly. 1. In a depressing manner. Example: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
Word: dependently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dependent Middle English -ly English -ly English dependently From dependent + -ly. 1. In a dependent manner.
Word: dependably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dependable Middle English -ly English -ly English dependably From dependable + -ly. 1. In a dependable manner.
Word: demurely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English demurely; equivalent to demure + -ly. 1. In a demure manner. Example: they spy'd a Cat upon a Shelf; that lay and look'd so Demurely, as if there had been neither Life nor Soul in her. Example: When the coffee was drunk, and the cup was put away with many thanks and blessings, she went demurely to the hearth, and pulled out a snuff-horn.
Word: demographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English demographic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English demographically From demographic + -ally. Pronunciation: /dɛməˈɡɹæfɪkli/ 1. In a demographic manner; in accordance with demographics. Example: Driving back to the city, through the assaultively scenic and demographically uniform little towns, they were silent.
Word: dementedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēmēns Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Vulgar Latin dēmentōder. English dement Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English demented Middle English -ly English -ly English dementedly From demented + -ly. 1. In a demented manner. Example: She snatched up a stick and hit Cora across the rump with it. The stick was rotten and broke, without having caused Cora to budge an inch. Exasperated at an image of obduracy, the old woman scrabbled up another stick and began whacking at Cora with it, screeching dementedly, "Be off out of it and do as you're bid, ye witch."
Word: deliriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English delirious Middle English -ly English -ly English deliriously From delirious + -ly. 1. In a delirious manner, or to the point of delirium. Example: We were deliriously happy. Example: Excitedly their madness grind, aroused by vile ambition / At the sickly sweet promise of decomposition / Deliriously ingesting. Liquefied ruin absorbed / Innocence devoured by the elated horde
Word: delinquently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English delinquent Middle English -ly English -ly English delinquently From delinquent + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪŋkwəntli/ 1. In a delinquent manner.
Word: delightedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English delighted Middle English -ly English -ly English delightedly From delighted + -ly. 1. In a delighted manner. Example: Delightedly dwells he ’mong fays and talismans, And spirits; and delightedly believes Divinities, being himself divine. Example: Reappearing, tape-measure in hand, he went into the bedroom and took slow and accurate measurements, whistling delightedly to find that his pre-mortem theoretical calculations and post-mortem practical measurements hardly varied.
Word: deliciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English delicious Middle English -ly English -ly English deliciously From delicious + -ly. Pronunciation: /dəˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/, /diˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/ 1. In a delicious manner. Example: Yet notwithſtandyng all this geare, / thou cougheſt ſtill, perdy / Ye are a craftie knaue, you cough / to fare deliciouſly. Example: The band's songs, which can be deliciously unserious, are as memorable as they are charming.
Word: delectably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English delectable Middle English -ly English -ly English delectably From delectable + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɛktəbli/ 1. In a delectable manner; delightfully. Example: Podson had dug out an Edgar Wallace from those sixpenny novels thrown aside by Bradly and was now spread out on the verandah on the bed pillows, very delectably at ease. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectably.
Word: deferentially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deferential Middle English -ly English -ly English deferentially From deferential + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛfəˈɹənʃəli/ 1. In a deferential manner.
Word: defensively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English defensive 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 defensively From defensive + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛnsɪvli/ 1. In a defensive manner. Example: This is a particularly disruptive tactic if the opponent also prefers an offensive style and has difficulty fighting defensively or counteroffensively. Example: England, defensively, were not good enough - nowhere near the standard that would be acceptable at the highest international level.
Word: defensibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English defensible Middle English -ly English -ly English defensibly From defensible + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛnsɪbli/ 1. In a defensible manner. 2. Defendably
Word: defenselessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English defenseless Middle English -ly English -ly English defenselessly From defenseless + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛnsləsli/ 1. In a defenseless manner.
Word: defenseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English defense 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 Middle English -les English -less English defenseless From defense + -less. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛnsləs/ 1. Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack. Example: Her look, her attitude, her words were eloquent of the age-old appeal of defenseless woman to her natural protector—man. Example: On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
Word: defectively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English defective Middle English -ly English -ly English defectively From defective + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛktɪvli/ 1. In a defective manner.
Word: decisively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English decisive Middle English -ly English -ly English decisively From decisive + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪsɪvli/ 1. In a decisive manner. Example: 'In short,' concluded the parson, decisively smacking his leg with his switch, 'there's hardly such another family in England.' Example: The visitors rallied again though and struck decisively 16 minutes from time when Yaya Toure headed in the winner.
Word: deceivingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deceiving Middle English -ly English -ly English deceivingly From deceiving + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːvɪŋli/ 1. In a deceiving manner.
Word: debonairly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English debonair Middle English -ly English -ly English debonairly From debonair + -ly. 1. In a debonair manner.
Word: deathly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dethlich, from Old English dēaþlīċ, equivalent to death + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθli/ 1. Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death. Example: He has a deathly pallor. Example: I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished. 2. Deadly, fatal, causing death. 3. Extreme. Example: He has a deathly fear of crocodiles.
Word: deathly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English dethlich, from Old English dēaþlīċ, equivalent to death + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθli/ 1. In a way that resembles death. Example: He was deathly pale. 2. Extremely, dreadfully. Example: The water was deathly cold. Example: He was deathly afraid of crocodiles.
Word: deathlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deathless Middle English -ly English -ly English deathlessly From deathless + -ly. 1. In a deathless manner.
Word: deafeningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deafening Middle English -ly English -ly English deafeningly From deafening + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)li/ 1. In a deafening manner.
Word: dazedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dazed Middle English -ly English -ly English dazedly From dazed + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪzədli/ 1. In a dazed manner. Example: Digging her hands excitedly down into the pockets of her dress Ardita stared at him, speechless with astonishment. […] “Well, I’ll be a son of a gun!” she said dazedly. Example: Tim Johnson came into sight, walking dazedly in the inner rim of the curve parallel to the Radley house.
Word: dauntlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dauntless Middle English -ly English -ly English dauntlessly From dauntless + -ly. 1. In a dauntless manner.
Word: dauntingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English daunting Middle English -ly English -ly English dauntingly From daunting + -ly. 1. In a daunting manner. Example: The 1920s and 1930s had established a convention of showing bathing beauties, many in dauntingly athletic poses, often depicted with male companions.
Word: daughterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English daughter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English daughterly From daughter + -ly. 1. Relating to or characteristic of a daughter. Example: She had lost so much weight her magnificent head looked vulnerable on its swan-like neck, and this new delicacy, this suggestion of mortal time working on her just as it works on everybody, spoke to me more loudly than any of the old accusations of daughterly neglect ever had.
Word: dashingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dashing Middle English -ly English -ly English dashingly From dashing + -ly. 1. In a dashing manner. Example: […] Sir Benjamin was compelled to put her into the possession of the solid sum of twenty thousand pounds; with one part of which her debts were paid to liberate Block from prison, and with the remainder he dashingly resolved to cut his employers, who had refused his drafts, and set up in trade for himself […] Example: […] what could be more dashingly brilliant in naval warfare than Drake’s raids on San Domingo, Carthagena, Cadiz, and other ports and cities of old and new Spain […] 2. In a dashing manner. Example: 1816, Henry Koster, Travels in Brazil, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Chapter 10, p. 188, The sedan chairs, in which the ladies go to church, and pay visits to their friends, had now put on a much smarter appearance, and the men who carried them were dressed more dashingly. Example: Now, at twenty, she was to be married to Harry McKee, […] a man of thirty-four who wore his clothes and his slang dashingly.
Word: dankly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dank Middle English -ly English -ly English dankly From dank + -ly. 1. In a dank manner.
Word: damply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English damp Middle English -ly English -ly English damply From damp + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmpli/ 1. In a damp manner.
Word: damnably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English dampnablely; equivalent to damnable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmnəbli/ 1. In a damnable manner. Example: I haue miſ-vs'd the Kings Preſſe damnably. Example: The people were in hopes he had killed the lawyers, and were damnably disappointed when they found he had only broke the leg o' the one, and the back of the other.
Word: daftly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English daft Middle English -ly English -ly English daftly From daft + -ly. 1. In a daft manner.
Word: disingenuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disingenuous Middle English -ly English -ly English disingenuously From disingenuous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs.li/ 1. In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively. Example: Instead of inquiring why the facts oppose the theory, and where the explanation is to be found for this remarkable discrepancy, he disingenuously endeavours to give reasons for "the causes which operated, and do commonly operate, to prevent these extraordinary drafts on the productive resources of the country from being so much felt as it might seem reasonable to expect." 2. In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily. Example: The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who disingenuously calls herself Fidessa. 3. In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive. Example: Churchill, a month later, would memorably if disingenuously describe Lend-Lease as a matter of "Give us the tools and we will finish the job." Roosevelt, a few days earlier, had described it a bit more prosaically, but no less disingenuously, as the equivalent of lending a neighbor whose house was on fire a garden hose, expecting to get it back when the fire was out.
Word: dishonorably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dishonorable 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 dishonorably From dishonorable + -ly. 1. In a dishonorable manner.
Word: dishonestly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest + -ly. 1. In a dishonest manner. Example: Section 13 of the 1968 Act enacts a separate offence of dishonestly abstracting electricity. The separate offence is needed because electricity, like other forms of energy such as heat, is not property. Example: Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died of Covid-19 complications, to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines.
Word: dishearteningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disheartening Middle English -ly English -ly English dishearteningly From disheartening + -ly. 1. In a disheartening manner.
Word: disgustingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disgusting Middle English -ly English -ly English disgustingly From disgusting + -ly. 1. In a disgusting manner. Example: She ate disgustingly, dropping bits of food from her open mouth. 2. To a disgusting extent or degree. Example: Top-ranking footballers are disgustingly rich.
Word: disgustedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disgusted Middle English -ly English -ly English disgustedly From disgusted + -ly. 1. In a disgusted manner.
Word: disputatiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disputatious Middle English -ly English -ly English disputatiously From disputatious + -ly. 1. In a disputatious manner.
Word: disputably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilislbor. English disputable 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 disputably From disputable + -ly, equivalent to dispute + -ably. 1. In a disputable manner.
Word: disputable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilislbor. English disputable Learned borrowing from Latin disputābilis. By surface analysis, dispute + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/, /dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/ 1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
Word: drably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English drab Middle English -ly English -ly English drably From drab + -ly. 1. In a drab manner. Example: The same, unfortunately, cannot be said of the compartments and buffet car interior, which are drably institutional in their effect on the eye; [...].
Word: Bosnia and Hercegovina Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seed change Part of Speech: noun 1. Eggcorn of sea change.
Word: fourth cousin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-grandparent.
Word: subjectiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English subjective 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 subjectiveness From subjective + -ness. 1. The quality of being subjective. Labels: uncountable
Word: furlongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furlong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ajog Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English jog English ajog From a- + jog. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɒɡ/ 1. Whilst jogging; with a jogging motion; with agitation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ajog Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English jog English ajog From a- + jog. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɒɡ/ 1. agitated; jogging; moving about Example: 9th June, 1810, Charles Bell, letter to George Bell I shall not forget to write to you of the paintings I occasionally see, but at this moment my mind is all ajog about my nervous system.
Word: bellweather Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of bellwether. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: They moved in, the rest trailing behind like sheep after a bellweather Example: There is no doubt that this is a bellweather - what happens in textiles and apparel, as the Senators who testified made very clear, is a bellweather for what is going to happen in other industries.
Word: bellweathers Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of bellwethers. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: hewed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hjuːd/ 1. simple past of hew Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of hew (alternative to hewn) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tribunes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tribune Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transgressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transgression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tribulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tribulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transgressors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transgressor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncharacteristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der. English characteristic English uncharacteristic From un- + characteristic. 1. Not characteristic. 2. Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing. Example: The decision to preannounce an unproven technology was an uncharacteristic one for Intel, said G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc., and a longtime observer of the company.