nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Luftwaffe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Luftwaffe (literally “an air-weapon”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʊftvafə/, /ˈlʊftwɑfə/ 1. The German air force, especially during the Second World War. Example: Politicians insist that lockdown under coronavirus is like the experience of wartime. It’s not – except in one way, which I’ll come to. It’s so quiet, for one thing. War is noisy. Sirens, soldiers tramping past singing, Luftwaffe engines in the night sky. Example: Owing to its location at the entrance to the River Tyne, South Shields was of strategic importance in the Second World War, especially to the merchant navy, and the town was heavily hit by a Luftwaffe strike in October 1941.
Word: cimbal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian ciambella. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmbəl/ 1. A kind of confectionery or cake. Labels: obsolete Example: The genteel form of doughnut called in the native dialect cymbal[…]which graced the board with its plastic forms. 2. Obsolete spelling of cymbal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: saison Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French saison (“season”). Doublet of season. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛzɒn/, /ˌseɪˈzɑn/ 1. A kind of highly carbonated pale ale.
Word: idyllic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English idyll Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idyllic From idyll + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɪlɪk/, /aɪˈdɪlɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to idylls. 2. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. Example: My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory. Example: The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.
Word: idyllic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English idyll Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idyllic From idyll + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɪlɪk/, /aɪˈdɪlɪk/ 1. An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective) Example: He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
Word: limitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin limitatio. Morphologically limit + -ation. Pronunciation: /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation, it felt like a limitation you could roll in. Example: He understood the exam material, but his fear was a limitation he could not overcome. 3. An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Both the MI score and the t-score have their limitations. MI computes a logarithm representing the number of co-occurrences of words compared to their occurrences apart in the corpus, which can highlight rare collocations if the components tend not to occur with other words. The t-score formula is less susceptible to this but its numerical result cannot be meaningfully compared across corpora of different sizes. 4. A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation.
Word: kill the rabbit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Before the days of instant pregnancy tests, a woman's sample was injected into a rabbit. There were several varieties of tests; one allegedly would kill the rabbit if the pregnancy hormone was present in the sample (most accounts indicate the rabbit was killed and dissected either way.) 1. To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test. Labels: dated, slang Example: "What about her?" "She killed the rabbit."
Word: honeydew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from honey + dew, originally believed to be a form of dew that fell from the sky like rain onto plants (see sense 1). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌnɪdjuː/, /-dʒuː/, /ˈhʌniˌd(j)u/ 1. A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi. Labels: uncountable Example: [T]here reſteth on the leaves of this tree a kinde of red thicke dew in the hotteſt time of Summer more then on any other tree round about it, which will be rather dry then bedewed at all, which honey dew being taken doth ſlake the thirſt wonderfully: […] 2. A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: [F]reſh teares / Stood on her cheeks, as doth the honie devv, / Vpon a gathred Lillie almoſt vvithered. Example: In India, and eſpecially in the region of the Praſians, it raineth many times a dew like liquid hony falling vppon the hearbs and graſſe of the earth: wherefore the ſhepheards lead their flocks vnto thoſe places, wherwithal their cattle are much delighted, and ſuch as is the food they eat, ſuch alſo is the taſt of the milke they render; […] Such a kind of dew the Hæbrewes call Manna, the Græcians Aeromelos, and Droſomelos: The Germaines Himmelhung: and in Engliſh Honny-dew: […] 3. A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1. Labels: broadly, uncountable 4. In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses). Labels: broadly, uncountable 5. Ellipsis of honeydew melon (“a melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, ellipsis 6. Ellipsis of honeydew melon (“a melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind”). Labels: broadly, uncountable 7. Something that is enjoyable or pleasant. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively Example: He was held vnworthy euer after to ſucke the Hony dew of Peace, that (againſt his comming, by whom our Peace weares a triple Wreathe) would offer to play the Droane.
Word: honeydew Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from honey + dew, originally believed to be a form of dew that fell from the sky like rain onto plants (see sense 1). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌnɪdjuː/, /-dʒuː/, /ˈhʌniˌd(j)u/ 1. Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
Word: hot pink Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright vibrant pink colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you love hot pinks but your partner doesn't, try turning to red and matching it with pale petal pinks to soften the effect so you both get your way.
Word: hot pink Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a bright vibrant pink colour.
Word: incarnadine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities). Incarnato is derived from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnātus (“having been made incarnate”), the perfect passive participle of incarnō (“to become or make incarnate; to make into flesh”), from in- (suffix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + Latin carō (“flesh, meat; body”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). By surface analysis, in- + Latin carn- + -ade + -ine. The noun and verb are derived from the adjective. Adjective senses 2 and 3 (“of the blood-red colour of raw flesh; (figurative) bloostained, bloody”) and noun sense 2 (“blood-red colour of raw flesh”) are due to William Shakespeare’s use of the word as a verb in Macbeth (c. 1606): see the quotation below. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɑːnədiːn/, /-daɪn/, /-dɪn/, /ɪnˈkɑɹnəˌdiːn/ 1. Of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation. Labels: archaic, literary Example: Incarnadine, or Incarnate, that is of a bright Carnation or Fleſh Colour, or of the Colour of a Damask-Roſe. 2. Of the blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson. Labels: archaic, literary Example: Wild and dishevelled, thy luxuriant hair / Falls scattered o'er thy throbbing bosom, fair / As snow incarnadine with morning's ray;— [...] Example: The bandages on his hands – cerise and incarnadine, opalescent and viridian – were grotesqueries that only emphasised his stature. 3. Bloodstained, bloody. Labels: archaic, figuratively, literary Example: His poem, however, is meetly enough entituled—Christ Crucified! But the Rev. William Ellis Wall is worse than [Pontius] Pilate. That "wretch," as this miserable calls the Roman governor, was careful to wash his hands of all guilt in the transaction; but the Rev. William Ellis Wall holds forth triumphantly his two unhallowed and incarnadine maniples of reeking digits, boasting of the infamous achievement in a most egregious preface. Example: "Basically I am a very good person." This from the latest serial killer–destined for the chair, they say–who, with incarnadine axe, recently dispatched half a dozen registered nurses in Texas. 4. Of a red colour. Labels: archaic, literary Example: Let the wine incarnadine, / In crystal goblets gleaming, / Be the sign, O muse divine, / Of golden moments teeming. Example: Green orchards with ripe fruit incarnadine, / Each several member autumn-canopied / So thickly as to bend beneath its freight, [...]
Word: incarnadine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities). Incarnato is derived from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnātus (“having been made incarnate”), the perfect passive participle of incarnō (“to become or make incarnate; to make into flesh”), from in- (suffix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + Latin carō (“flesh, meat; body”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). By surface analysis, in- + Latin carn- + -ade + -ine. The noun and verb are derived from the adjective. Adjective senses 2 and 3 (“of the blood-red colour of raw flesh; (figurative) bloostained, bloody”) and noun sense 2 (“blood-red colour of raw flesh”) are due to William Shakespeare’s use of the word as a verb in Macbeth (c. 1606): see the quotation below. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɑːnədiːn/, /-daɪn/, /-dɪn/, /ɪnˈkɑɹnəˌdiːn/ 1. The pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation. Labels: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Example: To dye SILK FLESH colour or INCARNADINE. For every pound of ſilk, put in a quarter of a pound of Braſil; boil it, ſtrain it through a ſieve, and pour freſh cold water upon it. Example: The woman whom he now saw was a noble, beautiful creature, [...] Beautiful chestnut hair, shaded with veins of gold, a brow which seemed chiselled marble, cheeks which seemed made of roses, a pale incarnadine, a flushed whiteness, an exquisite mouth, whence came a smile like the gleam of sunshine, and a voice like music, a head which Raphael would have given to Mary, on a neck which Jean Goujon would have given to Venus. 2. The blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson. Labels: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Example: Now thou [the sea] must wear an unmix'd crimson; no / Barbaric blood can reconcile us now / Unto that horrible incarnadine, / But friend or foe will roll in civic slaughter. 3. A red colour. Labels: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Example: Now sixty-eight years of age she [Elizabeth I] has chosen for the occasion of a dance in her honor a long flowing velvet gown of incarnadine red.
Word: incarnadine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities). Incarnato is derived from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnātus (“having been made incarnate”), the perfect passive participle of incarnō (“to become or make incarnate; to make into flesh”), from in- (suffix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + Latin carō (“flesh, meat; body”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). By surface analysis, in- + Latin carn- + -ade + -ine. The noun and verb are derived from the adjective. Adjective senses 2 and 3 (“of the blood-red colour of raw flesh; (figurative) bloostained, bloody”) and noun sense 2 (“blood-red colour of raw flesh”) are due to William Shakespeare’s use of the word as a verb in Macbeth (c. 1606): see the quotation below. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɑːnədiːn/, /-daɪn/, /-dɪn/, /ɪnˈkɑɹnəˌdiːn/ 1. To make flesh-coloured. Labels: archaic, literary, transitive Example: [T]he clouds, till that time thick in the sky, broke away from the upper heaven, and allowed the noonday sun to pour down through the lantern upon her, irradiating her with a warm light that was incarnadined by her pink doublet and hose, and reflected in upon her face. 2. To make red, especially blood-coloured or crimson; to redden. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive Example: Will all great Neptunes ocean waſh this blood / Cleane from my Hand? no: this my Hand will rather / The multitudinous Seas incarnardine, / Making the Greene one, Red. Example: Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]
Word: postmodernism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English modern 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 modernism English postmodernism From post- + modernism. Pronunciation: /pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/ 1. Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The most famous definition of postmodernism is Lyotard's: “I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.” […] To accept Lyotard's definition of postmodernism is to accept the premise that postmodernism is the first movement since the Enlightenment to think critically about such narratives.
Word: then again Part of Speech: adv 1. From another point of view; on the other hand; on second thought; again. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: I think I'll take three pairs of shoes. Then again, I only plan to stay two days.
Word: releases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of release Labels: form-of, plural
Word: releases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of release Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: timpan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tympan (“musical instrument”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jonathan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/, /ˈd͡ʒɑnəθən/, /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/ 1. A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2. Jonathan Apphus, a son of Mattathias, brother of Joannan Caddis, Simon Thassi, Judas Maccabeus and Eleazar Avara. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin. 3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Well indeed,” said Foley, “’tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I’d do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month.” Example: So I’d change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan. If I ever have a son I’m going to call him Jonathan, so I’d have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren’t too common, so I’d have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about Jonathan King? 4. A surname from Hebrew. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Jonathan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/, /ˈd͡ʒɑnəθən/, /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/ 1. An apple cultivar from New York. Example: For example, Jonathans are tart and great for baking. 2. An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan. Labels: dated, slang Example: Here crashed a sturdy oath of stout John Bull, Who damned away his eyes as heretofore; There Paddy brogued “By Jasus!”—“What’s your Wull?” The temperate Scot exclaimed; the French Ghost swore In certain terms I shan’t translate in full, As the first Coachman will; and midst the roar The voice of Jonathan was heard to express, “Our president is going to war, I guess.”— Example: The best single source of comment on Marble's capacities as a low comedian, as with the other Yankees, is the record of his London reception. […] One viewer thought it was not as outrageous as Jonathans usually are, […] 3. penis Labels: slang
Word: scheduled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of schedule Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scheduled Part of Speech: adj 1. Planned; according to schedule. Labels: not-comparable 2. Included in a Schedule of the Indian Constitution, and as such is recognised by the government as eligible for special protection and consideration; afforded special concessions Labels: India, not-comparable Example: scheduled caste; scheduled tribe; scheduled language
Word: scheduled Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of schedulee. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: However, one cannot help finding some similarity between these sharp words and those which became familiar when - well before the oil crisis - the fight between the scheduleds and non-scheduleds was in full swing. Example: If you have a curfew for the scheduleds, I think you should have them for the nonscheduleds, and of course in general aviation you have a wide range of corporate jet aircraft, and some of these corporate jet aircraft actually make more noise than the usual light-body airline jets, so I think it should stay the way it is.
Word: criticized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of criticize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bolt bucket Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: He's still driving the old boltbucket he drove while he was in school.
Word: coined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɔɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of coin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ceased Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /siːst/ 1. simple past and past participle of cease Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: facing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/ 1. Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction) Labels: not-comparable Example: (Concluded on facing page) 2. Diverging in the direction of travel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: facing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/ 1. The most external portion of exterior siding. 2. Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside. 3. A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. 4. The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat. Labels: in-plural Example: Red coats were worn by the King's Life Guards and Queen's Life Guards in 1645, while other regiments wore white, blue or grey. Prince Rupert's Footguards wore scarlet, and in Cromwell's army some wore scarlet coats with different facings. 5. The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about. Labels: plural-normally
Word: facing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of face Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: This side (facing) up.
Word: companion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Compare company and mate. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæn.jən/ 1. A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies Example: His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years. Example: Heere are your Sonnes againe, and I muſt looſe / Two of the ſweet’ſt Companions in the World. 2. A person employed to accompany or travel with another. Labels: dated 3. The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below. 4. The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves. 5. A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk. 6. A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person. Labels: figuratively 7. An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material. Labels: attributive Example: The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation. 8. A celestial object that is associated with another. 9. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders. Example: a companion of the Bath 10. A fellow; a rogue. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: [L]et vs knog our praines together to be reuenge on this ſame ſcall ſcuruy-cogging-companion the Hoſt of the Garter.
Word: companion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Compare company and mate. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæn.jən/ 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. Labels: obsolete Example: we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator . 2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. Labels: obsolete Example: Finde me to marrie me with Octauius Cæſar, and companion me with my Miſtris.
Word: psych Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of psychiatry and psychology. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Clipping of psychiatry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often, uncountable 2. Clipping of psychiatry. Labels: attributive, informal, often, uncountable Example: He had to be involuntarily committed to the psych ward. Example: A fool who had never seen reality would think an old lady is harmless or weak. Perhaps the morons in the outside world believe an old lady locked-up in psych is akin to a sweet little grandmother, a poor old dear who is just a little confused. Such a fool does not understand the truth of some psychiatric "patients" or the reality of how that type of "patient" can de-compensate suddenly, oftentimes with no warning, and go berserk on another "patient" or on a BHT with super-human like strength so much like a person in the old movies who is hopped up on PCP. 3. Clipping of psychology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often, uncountable Example: I took psych in my freshman year at college.
Word: psych Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and psychologist. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Clipping of psychiatrist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often Example: [S]he had had what she declared was a momentous series of meetings with [Sigmund] Freud in Vienna. She had attended a conference of psychs at which he had presided and they had taken a fancy to each other. 2. Clipping of psychologist; also, a clipping of psychoanalyst. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often
Word: psych Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of psychoanalyse. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Clipping of psychoanalyse (“to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis”); also, to carry out psychological testing on (someone). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often, transitive Example: Prisoners brought from all the lockups in the city were unloaded here. […] They trooped in to be psyched, social-worked, assigned to cells. 2. Chiefly followed by out: to analyse (something), especially psychologically; also (generally), to work out (something). Labels: attributive, broadly, informal, often, transitive
Word: psych Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is a clipping of psychologize. The interjection is probably derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Often followed by out: to deceive, intimidate, or otherwise manipulate (someone or oneself) emotionally or using psychology. Labels: also, attributive, informal, often, reflexive, transitive 2. Often followed by up: to put (someone or oneself) into a mental or psychological state where one is ready for some (often challenging) experience; specifically, to make (someone or oneself) enthusiastic or excited about something. Labels: also, attributive, informal, often, reflexive, transitive Example: Hip hop always gets me psyched, so I put it on before a race. Example: On the stage, what we have to try to have shine through is our love for each other. Sometimes it's difficult, we have to try to psych ourselves out of the places we're at and go to a higher spiritual plane. 3. Of a person: to get into a mental or psychological state where one is ready for some (often challenging) experience; specifically, to make oneself enthusiastic or excited about something. Labels: attributive, informal, intransitive, often, transitive 4. Followed by out: to become mentally confused or disturbed. Labels: US, attributive, informal, intransitive, often, transitive
Word: psych Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The verb is a clipping of psychologize. The interjection is probably derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Used to indicate jokingly that a statement which one has made was false and that one has successfully fooled the person whom one is speaking to; just kidding!, not!, tricked you! Labels: attributive, informal, often, slang, transitive Example: Here, have fifty dollars. Psych! That was two dollars! Example: I broke up with my girlfriend. Here’s her number. Psych! That’s the wrong number! 2. Used to express surprised happiness; wow! Labels: attributive, informal, often, slang, transitive Example: Psych! I just found my missing bracelet!
Word: psych Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a clipping of psychic (noun). The verb is a clipping of psychic (adjective) in psychic bid. It is attested slightly earlier than the noun. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Clipping of psychic (“a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often, rare, slang, transitive 2. Clipping of psychic or psychic bid (“a bid intended to mislead opponents by giving a false impression about one's hand of playing cards”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often, slang, transitive
Word: psych Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is a clipping of psychic (noun). The verb is a clipping of psychic (adjective) in psychic bid. It is attested slightly earlier than the noun. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. To make (a bid) intended to mislead opponents by giving a false impression about one's hand of playing cards. Labels: attributive, informal, often, slang, transitive 2. To deceive (an opponent or opponents) with such a psychic bid. Labels: attributive, informal, often, slang, transitive 3. To make a bid intended to mislead opponents by giving a false impression about one's hand of playing cards; to make a psychic bid. Labels: attributive, informal, intransitive, often, slang, transitive
Word: psych Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is a clipping of psychedelic (adjective). The noun is a clipping of psychedelic rock. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Clipping of psychedelic (“of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced altered awareness, distortions of perception, hallucinations, etc.”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often, slang, transitive Example: curtains with psych colours psych-rock 2. Of or relating to psychedelic rock music. Labels: attributive, informal, often, slang, transitive Example: a psych album a psych band
Word: psych Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a clipping of psychedelic (adjective). The noun is a clipping of psychedelic rock. Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Clipping of psychedelic rock (“a genre of rock music influenced by psychedelia, blues, electronic music, folk music, jazz, and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, informal, often, slang, transitive, uncountable
Word: costed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cost Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: We costed the project at $1,000,000. Example: We've costed the project at £1,000,000.
Word: costed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a specified (type of) cost Labels: not-comparable Example: This was a badly costed project.
Word: introspect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin intrōspectus, past participle of intrōspiciō. By surface analysis, intro- + -spect. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/ 1. To engage in introspection. Labels: intransitive 2. To look into. Labels: transitive Example: Second, to say that something is introspectible, that we can introspect it, is not to imply that we are in fact aware of it. What's more, I haven't claimed that we even can introspect all the thoughts we have, only that we can introspect that we have two important sorts of thoughts. 3. To examine by means of type introspection. Labels: transitive Example: DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes.
Word: Hercegovina Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Herzegovina: A historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bosna Part of Speech: name 1. A major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Example: At the far end, they would be greeted by the green sun-dappled waters of the Bosna as they gurgled up in streams and pools dotted with islands.
Word: j'accuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from French J'Accuse ("I accuse"), the title of an 1898 open letter from writer Emile Zola to the president of France during the Dreyfus Affair. Pronunciation: /ʒəˈkjuːz/ 1. An accusation, especially one made publicly. Example: It was a rare combination of circumstances that led Cramer to agree to sit still and listen to Stewart engage in his j'accuse. Example: Buried within Dudley's petition, then, was a veiled ‘j'accuse’.
Word: companionway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From companion + way. 1. A staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship. Example: I went up the steerage companionway two steps at a time, with nothing distinct in my mind except joy and the hope that Maud would sleep on until the surprise breakfast was quite ready for her.
Word: Serbia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Serbia, equivalent to modern Serb + -ia. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.bi.ə/, /ˈsəːbɪjə/, /ˈsɝ.bi.ə/, /ˈsɝb.jɐ/ 1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006. Example: The 153-page ruling from the International Court of Justice means that modern-day Serbia will not have to pay restitution to Croatia, which in 1991 split from what was then Yugoslavia. 2. A geographic region of Southeastern Europe.
Word: psych- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of psycho-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: sexe Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of sex. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: modernism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English modern 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 modernism From modern + -ism. 1. Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc. Labels: uncountable 2. Anything that is characteristic of modernity. Labels: countable 3. Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Penrod is so referential as to be almost a work of postmodernism—assuming Tarkington could have imagined such a thing with modernism itself just beginning to steamroll over him. 4. A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: modernist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English modern 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 modernist From modern + -ist. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of modernism. Example: Watercolor is not just a romantic or old-fashioned medium, said Mr. [Thomas W.] Schaller, a renderer who began his career as an architect in Boston, but a way “to apply a sense of luminosity to more modernist design.” Example: It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.
Word: modernist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English modern 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 modernist From modern + -ist. 1. A follower or proponent of modernism.
Word: modernist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ellipsis of Modernist Cuisine, a book on molecular gastronomy. 1. Pertaining to the culinary arts of molecular gastronomy.
Word: postmodernist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English modern English postmodern 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 postmodernist From postmodern + -ist. 1. postmodern
Word: postmodernist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English modern English postmodern 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 postmodernist From postmodern + -ist. 1. An advocate or follower of postmodernism.
Word: modernity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās. Pronunciation: /məˈdɜːnɪti/, /məˈdɝnɪti/ 1. The quality of being modern or contemporary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was impressed by the architecture's modernity. Example: While the rolling-stock lacks modernity, the line equipment, with its single catenary suspension, has a surprisingly up-to-date appearance. 2. Modern times. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The organization survived from ancient times to modernity. 3. Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: heraldic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From herald + -ic; probably modelled on French héraldique. 1. Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds. Example: a heraldic device Example: That ceiling was covered with square compartments, each filled with strange figures, flowers, fruit, heraldic devices—all blazoned in the richest colours,...
Word: scunner Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn. 1. To be sick of. 2. To dislike. Labels: Northumbria 3. To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. Labels: Northern-Ireland, Scotland Example: But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else.
Word: scunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn. 1. Dislike or aversion. Labels: Northumbria, countable, uncountable 2. A young chav. Labels: North, Yorkshire, countable, derogatory, uncountable
Word: Heine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Heine. 1. A surname from German, notably of Heinrich Heine, a German poet.
Word: take the mickey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from Cockney rhyming slang “to take the Mickey Bliss” (for take the piss). 1. To ridicule or mock. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in. Example: For the last eight years, taking the mickey out of George Bush has been great, victimless fun. Like taking candy from babies or shooting aquatically-challenged fish in size-challenged barrels.
Word: take the Michael Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of take the mickey, (usually considered more polite) Labels: alt-of, alternative, euphemistic, intransitive
Word: take the mick Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of take the mickey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pigpen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of pig + pen. Pronunciation: /pɪɡ.pɛn/, [ˈpʰɪɡˌpʰɛn] 1. Synonym of pigsty. Example: The lower pasture also contains a pigpen. Example: This room is a pigpen. When are you going to clean it? 2. The pigpen cipher.
Word: Kambojas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kamboja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take five Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: Hey, stop fighting! Take five, people!
Word: take silk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In reference to the silk gowns they wear. 1. to be appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) or King's Counsel (KC) Labels: idiomatic
Word: takings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loan translation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loan + translation, calque of German Lehnübersetzung. 1. Synonym of calque. Labels: countable Example: To support his definition, Betz discusses various examples of loan translation from Latin and English as in German Wolkenkratzer after English skyscraper, Gegengift ('antidote') after Latin contravenenum, Mitleid ('compasssion') after Latin compassio, and Gewissen ('conscience') after Latin conscientia (1949: 27,32). 2. Synonym of calquing. Labels: uncountable
Word: energy field Part of Speech: noun 1. The spiritual or etheric energy produced by an individual living being. Example: The state of your energy field indicates that you are emotionally troubled.
Word: fandom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English fandom From fan + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈfændəm/ 1. The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "'Who is this Swain?' is the question that is being bowled about in local fandom." Example: So I was like, ‘When this comes out, fans are going to lose their s–t!’ And I was half-right. I’ve watched fandoms get mad at creators before like Rian Johnson on ‘The Last Jedi.’ 2. The subculture of enthusiasts, especially of TV shows. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The state, quality, or condition of being a fan. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
Word: peanuts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːnʌts/, /ˈpiˌnʌts/ 1. plural of peanut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peanuts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːnʌts/, /ˈpiˌnʌts/ 1. Especially of a salary: a very insufficient or small amount. Labels: figuratively, informal, plural, plural-only Example: It’s a fun job, but it pays peanuts.
Word: peanuts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpiːnʌts/, /ˈpiˌnʌts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of peanut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Kamboh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Urdu-influenced variant of Kamboj; see Kamboj for more information. 1. Alternative form of Kamboj (“a community of north India and Pakistan”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: benevolence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, Old French benivolence from Latin benevolentia (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from bene (“well, good”) + volentia, form of volēns, form of volō (“to wish”), components cognate to English benefit and voluntary, more distantly will (via Proto-Indo-European). Pronunciation: /bəˈnɛvələns/ 1. Disposition to do good. Labels: uncountable Example: gesture of benevolence Example: show benevolence 2. Charitable kindness. Labels: uncountable Example: His acts of benevolence earned him great respect. 3. An altruistic gift or act. Labels: countable 4. A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473. Labels: UK, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: loyalty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loialte, borrowed from Old French loialte, loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té, equivalent to loyal + -ty. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɪəlti/ 1. The state of being loyal; fidelity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: brand loyalty 2. Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He showed loyalty to his local football club after successive relegations. Example: Over the violence and the proud loyalties, over the sold-out-ness and the cruel indifference, there is light reclothing us in a kind of strange innocence.
Word: ethical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ethic + -al, from Late Latin ethicus (“moral, ethical”), from Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛθɪkəl/, [ˈɛθɪkəl] ~ [ˈɛθɪkl̩] 1. Of or relating to the study of ethics. Labels: not-comparable Example: The philosopher Kant is particularly known for his ethical writings. 2. Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession. Labels: not-comparable Example: All employees must familiarize themselves with our ethical guidelines. Example: An angry dispute between an animal welfare charity and its former employee will be the first case in Britain to decide whether ethical veganism is a “philosophical belief” that should be afforded the same protections as religion. 3. Morally approvable; good. Labels: comparable Example: We are trying to decide what the most ethical course of action would be. 4. Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician. Labels: not-comparable Example: In most jurisdictions, morphine is classified as an ethical drug.
Word: ethical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethic + -al, from Late Latin ethicus (“moral, ethical”), from Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛθɪkəl/, [ˈɛθɪkəl] ~ [ˈɛθɪkl̩] 1. An ethical drug, one only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.
Word: meths Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of methylated spirit. 1. methylated spirits. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, informal, uncountable
Word: meths Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps. 1. plural of meth Labels: Geordie, form-of, plural
Word: meth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of methamphetamine. Pronunciation: /mɛθ/ 1. Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable