nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pussy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English puss Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pussy From puss (“cat”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Usage of the word to refer to a coward may be influenced by pusillanimous. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊsi/, /ˈpɵsɪj/, /ˈpʉse/, /-sɪ/, /-si/ 1. A cat. Labels: countable, dated, endearing, informal, uncountable Example: And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world. 2. The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar Example: I'ma get up in that body like a surgeon / Pussy wetter than a damn sea urchin 3. Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: When the pussies on the willow Open in the spring, If you listen very closely You will hear them sing:— We are pussies, we are pussies, though we never purr; We are gaily swinging, swinging, in our coats of fur. 4. Sexual intercourse with a female; usually in the phrase get some pussy. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight. Example: The teachers are not there to help you. Most of them are still freelancers and the last thing they want is more competition. They are there because they need a steady paycheck and they hope to score some pussy! 5. A coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, weak-spirited, or pathetic person. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: You're such a pussy! Example: You ought to hear some of the docs that are the sweetest old pussies with their patients—the way they bawl out the nurses. But labs—they seem sort of real. I don't suppose you can bluff a bacteria—what is it?—bacterium? 6. A woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. Labels: archaic, colloquial, countable, endearing, uncountable Example: ‘I hope you two have been mewed in with that old pussy long enough. While you’ve been tittle-tattling I’ve been doing, — listen to what this bobby’s got to say.’ Example: If Lloyd George’s endearments to mistress Frances Stevenson – “My darling Pussy. You might phone… on Friday if you can come. Don’t let Hankey see you” – had been made similarly public, would he have maintained his own reputation as a towering statesman? 7. The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex. Labels: countable, uncountable, vulgar 8. Used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy. Labels: Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable, vulgar Example: thrussy; clussy 9. A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into. Labels: Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable, vulgar 10. A game of tipcat. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: pussy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English puss Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pussy From puss (“cat”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Usage of the word to refer to a coward may be influenced by pusillanimous. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊsi/, /ˈpɵsɪj/, /ˈpʉse/, /-sɪ/, /-si/ 1. Used in a phrasal verb: pussy out. Labels: intransitive
Word: pussy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pus Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pussy From pus + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌ.si/ 1. Containing or exuding pus.
Word: pussy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of pursy with dialectal assimilation of /ɹ/ before a coronal consonant. 1. Alternative form of pursy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, slang
Word: stock up Part of Speech: verb 1. To acquire or increase stock or inventory. Labels: intransitive Example: Q: What about fuel oil? A: We plan to stock up before November. Example: Q: What about food? A: We're planning to stock up on canned goods before November. 2. To swell up (usually refers to edema in a leg). Labels: intransitive 3. To extirpate; to dig up.
Word: electronic mail Part of Speech: noun 1. Email (the system). Labels: uncountable Example: Electronic mail is the single most visible application of distributed computing today. Example: […] the impossibility of representing such noises [‘mumble’, ‘sigh’, and ‘groan’] on a comm link or in electronic mail […] 2. An email. Labels: countable, rare Example: Employees are asked to exercise extreme caution when opening electronic mails and attachments sent by unknown or unfamiliar correspondents, or which require the recipient to execute a program, open an attachment or decompress an archive such as a Winzip™ file.
Word: decimal point Part of Speech: noun 1. A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others. 2. Any decimal mark (decimal separator), inclusive of commas, separatrices, etc. Labels: broadly 3. A decimal place. Labels: broadly, proscribed
Word: stumped Part of Speech: adj 1. Perplexed, confused. Labels: informal Example: I'm stumped by this question. Example: So if women don’t come on flirty or maternal, she thinks, some men get stumped. 2. out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease. Labels: not-comparable 3. Done for; bankrupt or ruined. Labels: archaic, slang Example: "Why, Walsher," said Mr. Stubber, "how many times a day do you rub your face with a brass candlestick? Why, I lent you a pony when you were stumped, and you carried off a cool hundred."
Word: stumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: feldspar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of German Feldspat, formed from Feld (“field”) + Spat (“spar”), the second element replaced with the English cognate spar. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛldˌspɑɹ/, /ˈfɛldspɑː/ 1. Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hoodie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊdi/, /ˈhɵdɪj/, /ˈhʉde/, /-dɪ/ 1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front. Example: You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer. 2. A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour. Labels: UK, derogatory, often, slang Example: David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews. Example: En route, we dropped by the home of Lips — one of the very few gang members who still lived with his mother — to pick up some clothes for Tuggy. There, we discussed which pair of trainers to bring him — no small decision, as the soul of the hoodie resides in his trainers. 3. A foreskin. Labels: slang 4. The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
Word: lastborn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From last + born. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/, /ˈlæstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/ 1. The youngest child of a family. Example: It took me back across the dim gulf of ages to some happy home in dead Imperial Kôr, where this winsome lady girt about with beauty had lived and died, and dying taken her last-born with her to the tomb. 2. The youngest member of any company or organization. Labels: figuratively
Word: lastborn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From last + born. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/, /ˈlæstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/ 1. Born last in a family; youngest in a the family. Labels: not-comparable 2. Younger than anyone else in a group. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: perceptual set Part of Speech: noun 1. A mental predisposition to perceive things in a certain way.
Word: half brother-in-law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half brother + -in-law or half + brother-in-law. 1. The half brother of one's spouse. 2. The husband of one's half-sibling. 3. The husband of the half-sibling of one's spouse.
Word: protrusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French protrusion. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/ 1. The act of protruding. Labels: uncountable Example: The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle. 2. The state of being protruded. Labels: uncountable Example: A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx. 3. Anything that protrudes. Labels: countable
Word: protrude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prōtrūdere, the present active infinitive of prōtrūdō (“to push or thrust forwards; to protrude”), from prō- (“prefix denoting a forward direction or movement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”)) + trūdō (“to push, shove, thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”)). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɹuːd/, /pɹəˈtɹud/, /pɹoʊ-/ 1. To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out. Labels: transitive Example: With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves. Example: He, when young Spring protrudes the burſting gems, / Marks the firſt bud, and ſucks the healthful gale / Into his freſhen'd ſoul; […] 2. To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along. Labels: also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: 1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure, London: Richard Tottell and William Jones, Volume 1, The .xlj. Nouell, […] ye people standyng round about […] cried out, incontinently for the deliuerie of the Ladie, & for vengeaunce to be taken of hym, whiche so wickedly had protruded her into that daunger: Example: […] Palſies do oftneſt happen upon the left ſide if underſtood in this ſenſe; the moſt vigorous part protecting it ſelfe, and protruding the matter upon the weaker and leſſe reſiſtive ſide: […] 3. To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive 4. To cause (something) to emerge. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive 5. To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out. Labels: intransitive Example: The old woman's face was wrinkled, her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip, and her eyes were bright and piercing. Example: A sheaf of papers was held in his shirt pocket by a little fence of fountain pens and yellow pencils; and from his hip pocket protruded a notebook with metal covers. 6. To emerge with some speed; to shoot out. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: surfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English surfer From surf + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who rides a surfboard. Example: When the surfer has passed the point where the waves are breaking, and is among the waves which are known as “greenbacks”, he may either dive through them or float over them, […] Example: A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic. 2. A person who surfs the Internet. 3. A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata). Labels: obsolete
Word: desolately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English desolate Middle English -ly English -ly English desolately From desolate + -ly. 1. In a desolate manner.
Word: desolateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desolate 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 desolateness From desolate + -ness. 1. The state of being desolate or barren. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: desolater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desolate Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English desolater From desolate + -er. 1. One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
Word: desolator Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of desolater. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: desolatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English desolate Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English desolatory From desolate + -ory. 1. Causing desolation.
Word: desoxalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From des- + oxalic? 1. Made or derived from oxalic acid. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: despairer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From despair + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛːɹə/, /dɪˈspɛɹɚ/ 1. One who despairs. Example: He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs. Example: O despairer, here is my neck, / By God! you shall not go down! Hang your whole weight upon me.
Word: despairing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/, /dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/ 1. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.
Word: despairing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/, /dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of despair Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: despairing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈspɛː.ɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈspɛɹ.ɪŋ/, /dɪˈspeː.ɹɪŋ/ 1. A mood or display of despair. Example: But what things soever passed in him, when he ceased to see it; what ragings and despairings soever Teufelsdröckh's soul was the scene of, he has the goodness to conceal under a quite opaque cover of Silence.
Word: despondence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From despond + -ence. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɒndəns/ 1. The state of being downcast or despondent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When adverse winds and waves arise, And in my heart despondence sighs, .... Grateful I hear the kind decree That "as my day,—my strength shall be."—
Word: burger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburg Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Germanic *warjaną Proto-Germanic *warjaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *-ārijazinflu. Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære German -er German Hamburgerder. English hamburgerclip. English burger Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːɡə/, /ˈbəːɡə/, /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/, /ˈbøːɡə/, /ˈbʌɾɡəɾ/ 1. A hamburger. Labels: informal 2. A similar sandwich or patty. Example: She was planning to have a burger for dinner. 3. Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty). Labels: Australia, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK 4. A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle. Labels: Pakistan, derogatory, slang, usually 5. An American. Labels: Internet, derogatory
Word: burger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See burgher. By surface analysis, burg + -er (“inhabitant of”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːɡə/, /ˈbəːɡə/, /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/, /ˈbøːɡə/, /ˈbʌɾɡəɾ/ 1. Alternative form of burgher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ca. Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of circa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: magnetogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magneto- + -gram. 1. a graphical representation of the data recorded by a magnetograph
Word: black lung Part of Speech: noun 1. A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust. Labels: uncountable Example: Thousands of miners have given their lives and their health. They've got black lung, they can't work. The Pittston company is trying to cut off their health benefits by various means. That's what the strike is about.
Word: to whom it may concern Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used as a formal salutation in a letter when the writer does not know the recipient or the identity of the recipient.
Word: fo shizzle Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Blend of for sure + -izzle (rhyming ending). Popularized by rap artist Snoop Dogg; see -izzle for details. Fo shizzle is a direct derivative of Fa Sheezy popularized by E-40. They both share the same meaning and are used interchangeably. Both words first appeared on media in 1996 on Bay Area Rapper E-40’s “Rapper’s Ball”. Pronunciation: /fɔ ˈʃɪzl̩/ 1. For sure; of course; right on. Labels: slang Example: 2001, Shawn Corey “Jay-Z” Carter, “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)”, The Blueprint, Roc-A-Fella and Island Def Jam H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A Fo’ shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA Example: 2002, Calvin Cordozar “Snoop Dogg” Broadus, Jr., “Beautiful”, Paid tha Co$t to Be da Bo$$, Doggystyle Records, Priority Records, and Capitol Records Guy on phone: Yo dogg we on the way to do the video Snoop: Fo shizzle!
Word: bling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of bling bling. Pronunciation: /blɪŋ/ 1. An ostentatious display of richness or style. Labels: uncountable Example: His stance as being against the world of finance and his proposal of a 75% tax on incomes over €1m (£817,000) was approved by a majority in polls. He was convinced that his more measured, if ploddingly serious, style would win out with an electorate tired of Sarkozy's bling and frenetic policy initiatives. 2. Alternative form of bling bling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Apparently also the Saudis gave him as presents fabulous bling, […]vast necklaces encrusted with jewels and rubies.
Word: acrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acro- + -gen. 1. any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns
Word: abigeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin abigeatus, from the verb ab agō (“to drive”). Pronunciation: /əˈbɪd͡ʒi.ət/ 1. Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: But the driving away of goods, or taking away, and detaining, another mans boat, without violence, by the number of 10 preſent, is a wrong, unwarrantable, and oppreſſive act, and a ſort of abigeat and thift, but is not properly a ryot […] Example: The contracting Republics [...] do hereby agree, reciprocally, to surrender persons [...] having committed [...] any of the following crimes, to wit: homicide, [...] abigeat (cattle stealing), [...] and, in general, any crime or offense
Word: acrogenous Part of Speech: adj 1. Increasing by growth from the extremity. Labels: not-comparable Example: an acrogenous plant
Word: bruja Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuhə/, /ˈbruhɑ/, /ˈbɹuːhə/ 1. A female practitioner of brujería.
Word: ichneumon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ichneumōn, from Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn, “tracker”), from ἴχνος (íkhnos, “track, footstep”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈnjuːmən/, /ɪkˈnuːmən/ 1. An Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), found in Africa and southern Europe. Example: when the Ichneumon is to grapple with the Crocodile, he walloweth his body in the mire, then lets the same drie and harden upon him[…]. 2. An ichneumon wasp. Example: Ada's unique Lorelei Underwing had died, paralyzed by some ichneumon that had not been deceived by those clever prominences and fungoid smudges. 3. a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles and dragons
Word: PBX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of private branch exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: beastmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beast + master. 1. A character in video games who fights monsters and other creatures. 2. A role-playing video game character of a character class that is able to control beasts or draw upon their aspects or powers. 3. A fierce wrestler.
Word: TDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tax deducted at source. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of technical documentation service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of time-driven switching. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of tabular data stream. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Initialism of transaction data store. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 6. Initialism of topological Dirac semi-metal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 7. Initialism of thermal desorption spectroscopy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of testicular dysgenesis syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: “The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim’s vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of hyperbole.” 10. Initialism of Trump delusional syndrome. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of Trump devotion syndrome. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: TDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of total dissolved solids. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: TDS Part of Speech: phrase 1. to be taken three times daily
Word: AQL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phrase invented by Philips Semiconductors Technical Documentation Services Department. 1. Initialism of acceptable quality level, the lowest level of quality in Technical Documentation which is required to be published. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: permyriad Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perder. English per Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek μῡρῐᾰ́ς (mūrĭắs)bor. Late Latin mȳriasbor. French myriade English myriad English permyriad From per + myriad. 1. One out of every ten thousand (myriad); one percent of one percent. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: There has been a 5 permyriad rise in the price of that commodity.
Word: orthoclase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + -clase. 1. Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi₃O₈, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. Orthoclase is the main feldspar of pegmatite occurrences, where it is most commonly flesh-colored. Orthoclase is used in the ceramic and glass industries and as a decorative gravel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obesogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English obese Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English obesogenic From obese + -genic. Pronunciation: /əʊbiːsəˈdʒɛnɪk/ 1. Causing obesity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some authors have characterized the so-called obesogenic family and have observed the similarity between this kind of family constellation and that of the schizophrenic patient Example: Thus the changes of lifestyle, concerning diet and physical activity, ie obesogenic environment, was assumed responsible. In addition, the effect of thrifty genotype has been also considered - especially in the countries where obesity […]
Word: sanidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σανίς (sanís, “board”) + -ine. 1. A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as tabular crystals embedded in volcanic rocks. Some forms (called moonstone) exhibit adularescence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adularia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the type locality at Adular, Switzerland. Pronunciation: /ˌæd͡ʒʊˈlɛəɹi.ə/, /ˌædjʊˈ-/, /ˌæd͡ʒəˈlɛɹi.ə/, /ˌædjəˈ-/ 1. A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: run-of-the-mill Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From 1922; from the fact that product produced by a mill should be uniform and like that of any other similar run. 1. Ordinary; not special. Labels: figuratively Example: This isn’t your run-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price. Example: The other had the most run-of-the-mill news which make some of my recent run-of-the-mill columns appear like the raciest escapist fare.
Word: burb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of suburb. Pronunciation: /bɝb/, /bɜːb/ 1. A suburb. Labels: colloquial, in-plural
Word: 'burb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of suburb. 1. Alternative spelling of burb, a short form of suburb. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, plural Example: Chirp, chirp / Woke up in the 'burbs, 'burbs, with the birds, birds / Where you used to come and get me with the swerve, swerve
Word: Botox Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of botulinum + toxin. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊtɑks/, /ˈbəʊtɒks/ 1. A toxic compound (generic name botulinum toxin type A) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, that causes the paralysis of muscles, used in cosmetic surgery to conceal wrinkles and for muscle spasm relief and headache prevention. Example: Eric Andre: You look phenomenal. What's your secret? Asa Akira: Botox. Eric Andre: Really? Asa Akira: Yeah. And I'm starving.
Word: Botox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of botulinum + toxin. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊtɑks/, /ˈbəʊtɒks/ 1. To inject Botox. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The heavily Botoxed, stylishly black-clad, elegantly blinged women who organized this evening may not want to imitate Bette's style, but they certainly love her sass. Example: His thirty year younger wife, Monica, has apparently graduated with a magna cum laude honors degree from an Ivy League, but obviously lost it somewhere down the line when she visited her plastic surgeon; double D silicones and Botoxed face!
Word: run of the mill Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of run-of-the-mill. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mantilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mantilla (“large veil; small cape”), from manta (“blanket, cloth, cloth banner”) + -illa (diminutive). Pronunciation: /manˈtɪlə/, /-ˈtiːjə/, /mænˈti(j)ə/, /-ˈtɪlə/ 1. A lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders. Example: [M]y eyes were oft times [on the] charmante maitresse de la maison, who glided among her guests in her flowing Spanish mantilla, and train of the clearest blonde, doing her devoirs with winning kindness, and showing how much benevolence of manner adds to beauty. Example: Still the mantilla preserved its sway; it had taken a fast hold of the affections of all classes of the feminine gender; and there is now as much chance of driving roast-beef from our shores as there is of transporting black mantillas. […] no squire's lady, no duke's duchess, no countess, and no queen, can or need, in these days of mantillas, be without one of these coverlids for the shoulders, these hiders of all deformities, and these friends to all ages and proportions. For there are mantillas from seven shillings to seven pounds,—of all sizes and shapes, with or without fringe, lace, tassels, and other ornaments. 2. A woman's light cloak or cape made of silk, velvet, lace, or other material. Example: The Duchess of Alba wrapped herself in a mantilla coat, asked her guest to take a chair in the middle of the patio and placed herself three steps behind him in the shade of a magnolia.
Word: nerdy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nerd Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nerdy From nerd + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈnɜː(ɹ)di/ 1. Being or like a nerd. Labels: colloquial, derogatory Example: That guy is nerdy and weird. 2. Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds. Labels: colloquial, derogatory Example: That is a nerdy song. Example: I got a pair of nerdy glasses and clothes for Halloween.
Word: hologram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From holo- + -gram, from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă, “that which is written or drawn”), coined by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor in 1948, the Nobel prize winner in physics in 1971 for his work in holography. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləɡɹæm/, /ˈhɑləˌɡɹæm/, [ˈhɑləˌɡɹɛəm], /ˈhɔləɡɹæm/, /ˈhɒləɡɹɛm/ 1. A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography. Example: He turned his head and stared out to sea, longing for the hologram logo of Fuji Electric, for the drone of a helicopter, anything at all.
Word: mediation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mediacion, mediacioun, medyacion, medyacyoun from Middle French mediacion and its etymon Late Latin mediātiō, from mediārī (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌmiːdiˈeɪʃən/, /ˌmidiˈeɪʃən/, /ˌmiːdiˈæɪʃən/ 1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Heritage interpretation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: purdy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Corruption of pretty, representing the pronunciation of this word in the southern United States. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜɹ.di/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of pretty. Labels: US, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: Yes sirree, you're the purdiest li'l thing I ever did see. Example: Why, you got a purdy mouth boy.
Word: glurgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glurge + -y. 1. Of the nature of glurge; sickeningly sweet.
Word: fantastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) 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 φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique. Pronunciation: /fænˈtæs.tɪk/, [fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)], [fɛə̯nˈtʰæs.tɪk(ʰ)], /fɛnˈtɛs.tək/, /fen.ʈæs.ʈɪk/ 1. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier). Example: "I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!" 2. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful. Example: He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins. Example: His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation. 3. Given to fanciful ideas, impulsive; irrational. Labels: archaic Example: She was a frightened fool, and she was fantastic, and I suppose that, at that time, she really cared for that imbecile. 4. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy. Labels: archaic Example: And indeed, when in the writings of Paracelſus I meet with ſuch Phantaſtick and Un-intelligible Diſcourſes as that Writer often puzzels and tyres his Reader with, father'd upon ſuch excellent Experiments, as though he ſeldom clearly teaches, I often find he knew ; me thinks the Chymiſts, in their ſearches after truth, are not unlike the Navigators of Solomons Tarſhiſh Fleet, who brought home from their long and tedious Voyages, not only Gold, and Silver, and Ivory, but Apes and Peacocks too ; For ſo the Writings of ſeveral (for I ſay not, all) of your Hermetick Philoſophers preſent us, together with divers Subſtantial and noble Experiments, Theories, which either like Peacocks feathers make a great ſhew, but are neither ſolid nor uſeful ; or elſe like Apes, if they have ſome appearance of being rational, are blemiſh'd with ſome abſurdity or other, that when they are Attentively conſider'd, makes them appear Ridiculous. Example: Since 1 part in 100,000 would imply that one could put a Shuttle up each day for 300 years expecting to lose only one, we could properly ask "What is the cause of management's fantastic faith in the machinery?" 5. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque. Labels: archaic Example: There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. Example: […]This round of green, this orb of flame, Fantastic beauty; such as lurks ⁠In some wild Poet, when he works Without a conscience or an aim.
Word: fantastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) 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 φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique. Pronunciation: /fænˈtæs.tɪk/, [fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)], [fɛə̯nˈtʰæs.tɪk(ʰ)], /fɛnˈtɛs.tək/, /fen.ʈæs.ʈɪk/ 1. A fanciful or whimsical person. Labels: archaic
Word: wonderful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”). Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəfl̩/, /ˈwʌndɚfl̩/, /ˈwɐndəfl̩/, /ˈwʊndəfl̩/ 1. Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary. Example: His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural. Example: It is not wonderful that Mrs Smith declined to visit the beer garden, in view of her militant temperance. [=It is no wonder that she declined.] 2. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive. Example: They served a wonderful six-course meal. Example: What appears to be wonderful may turn out to be anything but.
Word: wonderful Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”). Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəfl̩/, /ˈwʌndɚfl̩/, /ˈwɐndəfl̩/, /ˈwʊndəfl̩/ 1. Exceedingly, to a great extent. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: […] wherein they were no sooner entered, but they saw that it was wonderful dark, and it seemed unto them that it should be a very large hall, and there they heard very fearful howlings, as though there had been a legion of hell-hounds […] Example: It was wonderful stormy weather that night, and it so befell that there was sailing by the Jutland coast a little north of the east mouth of the Limfirth a man of Iceland bound south […]
Word: extensible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extēnsibilis, from extendō (“to extend”). 1. Capable of being extended.
Word: reticence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Middle French réticence (“act of keeping silent, silence; reserve; aposiopesis”) (modern French réticence (“tight-lippedness, reticence”)), or derived from its etymon Latin reticentia (“act of keeping silent, silence; aposiopesis”), from reticēns (“keeping silent, reticent, silent; keeping secret, concealing”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Reticēns is the present active participle of reticeō (“to keep silent; to keep secret, conceal”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + taceō (“to be silent, keep quiet”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-). The English word is cognate with Italian reticenza (“reticence”), Portuguese reticência, Spanish reticencia (“reticence; reluctance”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/, /ˈɹɛtəs(ə)ns/, /-ɾə-/ 1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore. Labels: rare, transitive Example: [Percy Bysshe] Shelley, a true vates, was called upon by their divine influence to render some choice passages from this very Faust, which, from confessed inability, [Francis Leveson-]Gower had left unattempted in his precious version, and some which from other motives he had purposely reticensed. Example: It was because he didn't think he'd be recognized that he so ostentatiously lay in ambush—lost and shrouded, a burrowed lay-low, a smoke screen, anonymous, covert, sequestered, disguised and reticenced and secluded, an inference, a stowaway.
Word: taciturnity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English taciturnite, or alternatively from taciturn + -ity; both ultimately from Latin taciturnitās. 1. The trait of being taciturn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Humphries broke out more freely into speech than he had done before, for his usual characteristic was that of taciturnity. Example: Gernois’ cordiality was short-lived. No sooner had they ridden out of sight of Captain Gerard and his men than he lapsed once more into his accustomed taciturnity. 2. Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: microcline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- (“small”) + -cline. 1. A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi₃O₈. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amazonstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amazon + stone, after the Amazon river. 1. A bluish-green variety of microcline feldspar used as a gemstone. The best known occurrences are at Crystal Peak and Pike's Peak in Colorado. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jalousie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy. Pronunciation: /ˈʒalʊziː/, /ʒalʊˈziː/, /ˈd͡ʒæləsiː/ 1. A component in a ventilation system. 2. Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun. Example: A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour. Example: There were broad windows facing the sea and to the right of them a door leading on to the beach. White plastic jalousies were drawn half up the windows to cut the glare from the sand. 3. A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.
Word: caisson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French caisson. Doublet of cassone and cajón. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ.sən/, /kəˈsuːn/, /ˈkeɪ.sɑn/ 1. A (permanent) enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc. Example: During the construction of the viaduct, the sinking of the caissons in the river bed caused much difficulty to the engineer and contractors, as a bed of running sand was encountered; in consequence, the expenditure for these foundations proved almost prohibitive. Example: Caissons were enclosed dry chambers built on river beds to facilitate the construction of bridge piers. 2. A structure with similar function that is temporary. 3. A coffer (sunken panel). 4. The gate across the entrance to a drydock. 5. A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy. Example: Near-synonym: pontoon 6. A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals). Example: Near-synonym: limber Example: Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along. 7. A large box to hold ammunition. 8. A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
Word: U-boat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German U-Boot; retail sense separately coined and reinforced by the well-known historical U-boat. 1. Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War. Labels: historical 2. A narrow utility cart with tall handles on both ends that is used to carry loads of retail products to be sold, so named because its shape is roughly that of a capital U. 3. Nickname given to the General Electric Universal Series diesel-electric locomotives. Labels: slang
Word: bingo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/, /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ 1. A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid. Labels: uncountable Example: He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays. 2. A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance Labels: uncountable Example: animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo 3. A win in such a game. Labels: countable Example: There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money. 4. A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus. Labels: US, countable 5. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An explosion of gay male movies has hit the U.S. in the past few months. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Parting Glances and My Beautiful Laundrette, among others, have not only demonstrateed that the coming out story can be surpassed, they've also shown the movie industry that substantive gay portrayals can mean box office bingo.
Word: bingo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/, /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ 1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win. 2. Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task. Labels: informal Example: ‘Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.’ Example: Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo! 3. Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point. Labels: informal
Word: bingo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/, /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ 1. Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO) Labels: US, not-comparable, slang Example: Well, the old pucker factor went up about 75 notches at that point cause that length of time would put my wingman below Bingo fuel, plus the thought of sitting in an orbit several miles West of the Yen Bai […] Example: The first pilot to get down to this bingo fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, bingo fuel,” or whatever.
Word: bingo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/, /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ 1. To play the game of bingo. Labels: intransitive 2. To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game. Labels: intransitive 3. To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus. Labels: intransitive Example: With IN on the board, he bingoed with OPERATING for 74 points, while Ann added the CO in front of it for 30 points. 4. To return to base. Labels: US, intransitive, slang
Word: bingo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps related to stingo. 1. Brandy. Labels: obsolete, slang, uncountable
Word: granite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French granit (“granite”), from Italian granito (“granite”), from granire (“to granulate”), from grano (“grain”), from Latin grānum (“grain”). Compare granita. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæn.ɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.aɪt/ 1. A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many monuments sold in the US are crafted from granite produced in China, India and elsewhere overseas, while a lot of stone-working equipment comes from Europe. 2. Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers? Example: The neighbor is eventually able to sell her home despite Homer’s pants-less affronts to propriety and decency and Bart falls deeply and instantly for one of its new inhabitants, a tough but charming and funny tomboy girl named Laura (voiced by Sara Gilbert) with just the right combination of toughness and sweetness, granite and honey.
Word: stonefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stone + fish. 1. A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Word: ACLU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Civil Liberties Union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Becoming up in arms against the ACLU and others who are PCing Christmas really will amount to nothing in the end. Example: Now liberal cultural power has increased, the ACLU doesn’t seem very interested in the liberties of non-progressives anymore, and Dr. Seuss sells as pricey samizdat.