nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: internationalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international + -ization. Pronunciation: /ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/, /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The conversion of something in order to make it international. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Before the union of the Scottish Crown with that of England, it had for a brief period been united with that of France. On this occasion, a complete legal internationalization was effected. Example: I must say that the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce looks upon this step towards international coinage as part of an internationalization of the weights, measures, and coins. 2. The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and ensuring support of non-Latin character sets, languages, and regions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: -pedia Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from encyclopedia. 1. A specialized encyclopedia about the prefixed subject. Labels: morpheme Example: unicorn + -o- + -pedia → Unicornopedia (“an encyclopedia about unicorns”) 2. A general encyclopedia in the structure described by the prefix. Labels: morpheme Example: kid + -pedia → Kidpedia (“an encyclopedia for young children”)
Word: fragile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæd͡ʒaɪl/, /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/ 1. Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material. Example: She caught the fragile vase before it could shatter on the floor. Example: The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule. 2. Readily disrupted or destroyed. Labels: figuratively Example: The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region. 3. Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness. Labels: UK 4. Thin-skinned or oversensitive. Labels: UK Example: He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.
Word: fragile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæd͡ʒaɪl/, /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/ 1. Something that is fragile.
Word: I18N Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of i18n. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: cerebral localization Part of Speech: noun 1. The localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain.
Word: oak tree Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈəʊk ˌtɹiː/, /ˈoʊk ˌtɹi/ 1. A tree of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns and having lobed leaves.
Word: ennui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enuier? Old French enui French ennuiubor. English ennui Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy. Pronunciation: /ɒnˈwiː/, /ɑnˈwi/ 1. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui.
Word: ennui Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enuier? Old French enui French ennuiubor. English ennui Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy. Pronunciation: /ɒnˈwiː/, /ɑnˈwi/ 1. To make bored or listless; to weary. Labels: transitive
Word: pension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnʃən/, [ˈpɛnʃn̩], /ˈpɪnʃən/, [ˈpɪnʃn̩], /ˈpenʃən/ 1. An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. Example: Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills. 2. A wage or fee. Labels: obsolete 3. A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. Labels: obsolete 4. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes. 5. A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. Labels: historical
Word: pension Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnʃən/, [ˈpɛnʃn̩], /ˈpɪnʃən/, [ˈpɪnʃn̩], /ˈpenʃən/ 1. To grant a pension to. Labels: transitive 2. To force (someone) to retire on a pension. Labels: transitive
Word: pension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione. Pronunciation: /pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/, /pɑnˈsjoʊn/, /ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃/ 1. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. Example: A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not 2. A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: Firenze Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Firenze. Doublet of Florence. 1. Alternative form of Florence Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But it would have been so nice to have a private income, and to be able sometimes to go to Venezia, Firenze, Roma, those places with the beautiful names. Example: When you plan your first visit to Italy, you will likely put Roma, Firenze, and Venezia at the top of your list, perhaps adding Milano and Napoli as well. These destinations make sense because they are all world-class cities with great history, art, architecture, culture, and food. 2. Alternative form of Florence: 3. Alternative form of Florence:
Word: battologism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English battology 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 battologism From battology + -ism. 1. A sentence or phrase in which a syllable or short sequence of syllables is repeated, often with different meanings. Example: Wright did not write "rite" right. Example: 2001 February 1, Battologism alert: Silly cyber surfers can give their mouths a workout at the 1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters USA Today hotsites 2. A tongue-twister. Labels: informal
Word: tongue twister Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tongue-twister. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Part of Speech: name Etymology: A compound of Chargoggagoggmanchauggagogg, alternative spelling of Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg, a fanciful name appearing on early maps that adds meaningless syllables to the name of the nearby Manchaug Pond + Chaubunagungamaug, the lake's original name (see that entry for its history). Invented along with a fanciful translation of "I'll fish on my side [of the lake], you fish on your side, and nobody fishes in the middle" in 1921 by Laurence J. Daly, the editor of The Webster Times. Pronunciation: /leɪk tʃɑɹ.ɡɑɡˌəˌɡɑɡˌmæn.tʃɑˈɡæ.ɡɑɡ.tʃɑ.buˌnæ.ɡuŋ.ɡə.mɑɡ/, /leɪk tʃɑː.ɡɒɡˌəˌɡɒɡˌmanˈtʃaʊ̯.ɡə.ɡɒɡ.tʃaʊ̯.bʊˌnə.ɡʊŋ.ɡə.mɔːɡ/ 1. Synonym of Lake Chaubunagungamaug in Massachusetts, USA. Example: LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG is the name of the largest and one of the most beautiful Summer resorts in Massachusetts and is located in the industrial town of Webster close to the Connecticut and Rhode Island borders. Its name is pronounced with ease only by natives of Webster and the Nipmuck Indians. Example: The French River flows generally south throughout its length from Leicester (beginning with Town Meadow Brook from Leicester to Greenville Pond) through Oxford, Dudley, and Webster to Thompson, Connecticut. Probably the best known feature along the French River is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (also known as Webster Lake) which drains into the river in Webster via Mill Brook.
Word: at random Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Randomly, haphazardly. Example: It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis d’ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.
Word: empirical formula Part of Speech: noun 1. A notation indicating the ratios of the various elements present in a compound, without regard to the actual numbers. Example: The molecular formula for ethane is C₂H₆, while the empirical formula is CH₃.
Word: molecular formula Part of Speech: noun 1. A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule of a substance. Example: The molecular formula for ethane is C₂H₆, while the empirical formula is CH₃.
Word: 10-20 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a citizens' band radio reinterpretation of "10-20" from the 1940 ten-codes devised by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO), which in turn was based on an unnamed standard invented by Charles "Charlie" Hopper for the Illinois District 10 State Police in 1937 that subsequently spread to the rest of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota and was documented by APCO in 1939. The syllable "ten" was originally chosen to help novice operators fill an appropriate amount of time so that the dynamotor used to power 1930s and 1940s radio transmitters could spin up to full power before the semantically meaningful second number was transmitted. These second numbers were assigned with the aim that more useful common messages would be given smaller numbers, and similar messages would be roughly grouped into "brackets". The message "what is your location?" was placed in a 13–20 squad-car management bracket by the 1940 committee as one of its stated goals was to move these meanings to lowest of the situational numbers, but the reason for its placement at the end is not recorded. Its meaning subsequently generalized from the specific question to just "location" with the advent of CB radio. 1. Location. Example: Do you know the 10-20 of that smokey?
Word: 10-4 Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From the 1940 ten-codes devised by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO), based on an unnamed standard invented by Charles "Charlie" Hopper for the Illinois District 10 State Police in 1937 that subsequently spread to the rest of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota and documented by APCO in 1939. "Ten" was originally chosen to help novice operators fill an appropriate amount of time so that the dynamotor used to power 1930s radio transmitters could spin up to full power before the second number was transmitted. The second numbers were assigned with the aim that more useful common messages would be given smaller numbers, and similar messages would be roughly grouped into "brackets". The message "acknowledged" was expected to be extremely common and useful, and so was mapped to "four", the first available number after the three codes used to report and manage connection quality, which the committee gave highest priority. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛnˈfɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Affirmative. Example: “Are you pulling in at the next truckstop?” “That's a big 10-4 on that.” Example: By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig Pen. 2. Message received, understood, acknowledged. Example: Ten-four, good buddy. Example: Dingo: 'Look, that's just what my gut is telling me, OK?! Yon! Cure this one for me tomorrow!' / Yonny: 'Copy that, roger, ten-four, and so on. I'll begin preparing the medicine right away.'
Word: attenuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English attenuacioun, a borrowing from Latin attenuātiō (“a diminishing”). Equivalent to attenuate + -ion. 1. A gradual diminishing of strength. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The proportion of sugar that is converted to ethanol by a yeast. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northern Middle English ramen (“to cry out, scream”), from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną (“to scream”), *hraimaz (“a scream”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerey- (“to scream, screech”). Cognate with Old Norse hreimr (“a scream, cry”), and possibly to Old English hrēam (“a cry, outcry, tumult, noise”). Pronunciation: /reɪm/ 1. A remark or complaint repeated incessantly. Labels: Scotland Example: "Does he ever mention the king in his prayer?" "O yes: always." "What does he say about him?" "Something about the sceptre of righteousness, and the standard of truth. I ken he has some rhame about him."
Word: rame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Northern Middle English ramen (“to cry out, scream”), from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną (“to scream”), *hraimaz (“a scream”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerey- (“to scream, screech”). Cognate with Old Norse hreimr (“a scream, cry”), and possibly to Old English hrēam (“a cry, outcry, tumult, noise”). Pronunciation: /reɪm/ 1. To complain or cry incessantly. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: The münelicht sea—It rugs at the he'rt o' me, An' rames an' rames eternally. 2. To talk nonsensically. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Yiss, ramin, ravin mad at Betty sood be abune her edder wan wye or da idder.
Word: rame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English rame, from or akin to Middle Dutch raem, rame (“framework, frame”), from Old Dutch *hrama, from Proto-West Germanic *hramu (“frame, support”). Possible doublet of frame. Pronunciation: /reɪm/ 1. A stalk or branch, especially when dried. Example: Twice in thy pleasant year the wattles crown With golden down Their somber rames, and with the gums' stiff leaves A dusk-white fragrant bloom May interweaves 2. A framework or skeleton. 3. The bones of the body; skeleton.
Word: that'll be the day Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Originally referring to a significant day in the future regarded as worth waiting for. Pronunciation: /ˌðætl̩ biː ðə ˈdeɪ/, /ˌðætl̩ bi ðə ˈdeɪ/ 1. Said in reply to something that one believes will never happen. Labels: New-Zealand, idiomatic, informal Example: I’m going to get into work on time today. — That’ll be the day! Example: Transmission from Klingon ship: Federation ship Enterprise. Surrender and prepare to be boarded. / Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart): That will be the day.
Word: state-of-the-art Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of state of the art. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A basic hands-on kit that introduces you to good soldering techniques while working on state-of-the-art printed circuit board circuits. You will learn the basics of digital multimeters and circuit troubleshooting. Example: Announcing the deal on December 9, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps said: "Today's announcement places Britain firmly at the forefront of the high-speed rail revolution, with these state-of-the-art trains serving communities right across the country from London to Glasgow."
Word: state-of-the-art Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of state of the art. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: state of the art Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. Labels: uncountable Example: The foregoing may be considered to present perhaps a very gloomy outlook both for the would-be inventor, the actual patentee, or for those having capital invested in a patent, since it is easy to see that it is quite impossible in the ordinary run of cases fully to ascertain beyond peradventure that the state of the art does not somewhere contain an instance of anticipation. Example: which is not only not advancing the state-of-the-art of management but also is believed to be regressing the state-of-the-art.
Word: state of the art Part of Speech: adj 1. At the highest level of development at a particular time; cutting-edge. Example: state-of-the-art technology Example: In other words, what I am saying is that when you plan to put into a future aircraft something that is state of the art you are putting in something as far advanced as present technology will allow and that is very much further advanced than things that are in present aircraft.
Word: sagesse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sagesse. 1. wisdom Labels: uncountable
Word: progressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/, /pɹoʊ-/, /pɹəˈɡɹesɪv/, /pɹəˈɡɹesəv/ 1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced. 2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing. 3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods. Example: a progressive politician Example: progressive business leadership 4. Liberal. Example: Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized. Example: Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party. 5. Of or relating to progressive education. Example: a progressive school 6. Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases. 7. Advancing in severity. Example: progressive paralysis 8. Continuous.
Word: progressive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/, /pɹoʊ-/, /pɹəˈɡɹesɪv/, /pɹəˈɡɹesəv/ 1. One with liberal or progressive political beliefs. Example: The progressives want to legalise gay marriage. Example: Not long ago, few progressives imagined this day would come. They assumed the MAGA movement had been discredited by the shocking images that emerged from the January 6 insurrection, and that Trump was politically weakened by the barrage of criminal charges against him.
Word: progressive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/, /pɹoʊ-/, /pɹəˈɡɹesɪv/, /pɹəˈɡɹesəv/ 1. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government. 2. A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
Word: progressive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/, /pɹoʊ-/, /pɹəˈɡɹesɪv/, /pɹəˈɡɹesəv/ 1. Clipping of progressive dinner Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: moonshine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mone schyne, mone-schyne, moone shone; equivalent to moon + shine. Illegally distilled liquor is so named because its manufacture may be conducted without artificial light at night. The verb sense is a back-formation from moonshiner. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnʃaɪn/ 1. The light of the moon. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable Example: […] her Waggon Spokes made of long Spinners legs: the Couer of the wings of Graſhoppers, her Traces of the ſmalleſt Spiders web, her coullers of the Moonſhines watry Beames […] Example: […] the newes coming every moment of the growth of the fire; so as we were forced to begin to pack up our owne goods; and prepare for their removal; and did by moonshine (it being brave dry, and moonshine, and warm weather) carry much of my goods into the garden […] 2. The light of the moon. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable 3. The light of the moon. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable 4. High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: They watered down the moonshine. Example: “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. […] I know she’d have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.” 5. Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable 6. Nonsense. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: He was talking moonshine. Example: “[…] But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills—Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal?” 7. A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions. Labels: uncountable 8. A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 9. A month. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] wherefore ſhould I / Stand in the plague of cuſtome, and permit / The curioſity of Nations to depriue me? / For that I am ſome twelue, or fourteene Moonſhines / Lag of a brother?
Word: moonshine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mone schyne, mone-schyne, moone shone; equivalent to moon + shine. Illegally distilled liquor is so named because its manufacture may be conducted without artificial light at night. The verb sense is a back-formation from moonshiner. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnʃaɪn/ 1. To make homemade (especially, illicit) alcohol, especially distilled spirits. Labels: intransitive Example: His grandfather started to moonshine when things got really bad in 1933; when he got caught moonshining, he did a bit of time. Example: Tommy is seventy-seven years old. He started moonshining at the age of seven. He was working for an outfit by the age of eight. He worked for the outfit fulltime until he was sixteen. He moonshined off and on until his mid-twenties. He works at a sawmill now as well. 2. To make (an ingredient) into such a drink. Labels: transitive Example: A more practical critic notes that paleolithic man had a very sweet tooth, which he sated with honey. Worse, he moonshined the honey into metheglin, an alcoholic brew. Booze and junk food, in other words, are hardly modern inventions.
Word: manky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mank + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋki/ 1. Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: "He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky." Example: "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you." 2. Being or having bad weather. Labels: slang Example: On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]
Word: acquaint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know. Pronunciation: /əˈkweɪnt/ 1. To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar. Labels: transitive Example: I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation. Example: He is despised and reiected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not. 2. To communicate notice to; to inform; let know. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Acquaint her here, of my Sonne Paris Loue, Example: I muſt acquaint you, that I haue recciu'd New-dated Letters from Northumberland: 3. To familiarize; to accustom. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn What success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over
Word: acquaint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know. Pronunciation: /əˈkweɪnt/ 1. Acquainted. Labels: Scotland, not-comparable Example: [I]f you have skimmed through even a paragraph of my poor neglected little magnum opus you will know I am unusually acquaint with my inner workings.
Word: Holy Communion Part of Speech: name 1. The Christian sacrament of the Eucharist; (in particular) the reception of the body and blood of Christ (the consecrated bread and wine), which is believed to bring about communion between the recipient and Christ.
Word: Shabbat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew שבת (shabát, “rest”). Variants ending in -s were influenced by the Yiddish form שבת (shabes). Doublet of Sabbath. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈbɑːt/, /ʃəˈbɑt/ 1. The Jewish Sabbath, from sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday, commemorating God's rest on the seventh day in the book of Genesis. Example: I leave early on Fridays, as I don't work on Shabbat. Example: This year, due to the fact that the 24th of the Hebrew month of Tishrei falls on Shabbat, the ceremonies will be held on Sunday, the 25th of Tishrei, as they will be every year when the 24th of Tishrei falls on Shabbat. 2. The ceremonial first meal of Shabbat. Example: Please join us for Shabbat tonight. 3. Alternative form of Sabbath (“witches' meeting”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Arvak Part of Speech: name 1. One of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun. Labels: Norse
Word: 100 Part of Speech: noun 1. Yes. Labels: slang
Word: cognize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from cognizance. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɡˌnaɪz/, /ˈkɒɡnʌɪz/, /ˌkɒɡˈnaɪz/ 1. To know, perceive, or become aware of. Example: [T]hey must possess organs of sight—some method of cognizing their environment—akin to that of vision in man. 2. To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate. Example: Cognizing about mind is a ubiquitous human activity; we consistently construe each other as agents undertaking intentional action based on our underlying beliefs and desires (and not as "bags of skin stuffed into pieces of cloth") Example: “Thinking a lot” also involves other types of cognizing as well, such as cognizing about depressive themes such as being left by a wife for another man or being separated from relatives.
Word: license Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English licence, licens, lisence, lissens, licance, from Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.səns/ 1. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Hello. I would like to buy a fish licence please. 2. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Thus, while the license will grant the user the right to use the software, a major concern is the scope of that use. For example, will the user be granted the right to copy, modify, or transfer the software? 3. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: In some instances, the author took license to include events which never happened, or to purposely create events which may run in the face of popular conjecture if the author felt it would help the story along. 4. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: I envy not the beast that takes ⁠His license in the field of time, ⁠Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; […] Example: When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near. 5. Ellipsis of driver's license. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: In order to enter the building, I need to show my license.
Word: license Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent, from Old French licencer, licencier, licenciier, licenser, from Medieval Latin licentiō (cf. English licentiate). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.səns/ 1. To authorize officially. Labels: US Example: I am licensed to practice law in this state. 2. (applied to a piece of intellectual property) Labels: US, transitive Example: It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL. Example: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. 3. (applied to a piece of intellectual property) Labels: US, transitive Example: The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack. Example: As part of the strategic relationship, Microsoft has licensed the image segmentation, compression and viewing technology from ScanSoft. 4. To give permission or freedom to; accept. Labels: US, transitive Example: Intruders there were in Harley Street, of whom it was not aware; but Mr and Mrs Merdle it delighted to honour. Society was aware of Mr and Mrs Merdle. Society had said ‘Let us license them; let us know them.’ 5. To permit (as grammatically correct). Labels: US, transitive Example: No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones. Example: Kayne argues that the crucial fact which licenses preposition stranding in English but not in French is the fact that in English verbs and prepositions assign Case similarly, and hence they govern similarly.
Word: dogge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dogge, from Old English docga, dogga. 1. Obsolete spelling of dog. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [T]hey ſay he has dialogues, and diſcourſes betweene his horſe, himſelfe, and his dogge; […]
Word: pederast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdəɹæst/, /ˈpidəɹæst/ 1. A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
Word: paederast Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of pederast.
Word: pedophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παιδ- (paid-)lbor. English pedo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile ▲ Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) ▲ Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek φῐλέω (phĭléō) Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs)der. English pedophile From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/, [ˈpʰɛ.ɾəˌfaɪ̯ɫ], [ˈpʰɛ.ɾoʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯ɫ], /ˈpe.dəˌfɑel/, /ˈpɛ.dəʉˌfɑel/ 1. An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children. Labels: US Example: Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding. Example: The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children. 2. An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child under the age of consent. Labels: US, broadly, derogatory Example: Although the Holy See publicly expressed its rejection of sexual abuse and pedophilia and expressed its commitment to cooperate with civil authorities when cases of pedophile priests were found¹², there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes. […] These ecclesiastic norms were the basis of the behaviors displayed by the religious authorities of Mexico and other countries, in order to cover up for pedophiles and their crimes committed against many children for a long time and in many different places. Example: Multiple users on Truth Social responded to Trump’s post, calling for him to release more information. “You’re losing your most loyal followers and voices Mr President,” said one post. “Why are you protecting pedophiles?” said another post. 3. A consumer of lewd artwork of characters under the age of consent. Labels: US, broadly, derogatory, nonstandard
Word: hierarchically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hierarchical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hierarchically From hierarchical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪə(ɹ)ˌɑː(ɹ)k.ɪk.æli/, /ˈhaɪə(ɹ)ˌɑː(ɹ)k.ɪkli/, /ˈhaɪə(ɹ)ˌæk.ɪkli/ 1. Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy. Example: Unlike, say, botany or zoology, or even in a thesaural structure of a knowledge database, where the syntactical and semantic relationships between concepts is often highly ordered (e.g. hierarchically, cohyponymically), the central concepts and meanings in the field of management are more consensually negotiated. 2. Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a hierarchy.
Word: hierarchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hierarch Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English hierarchal From hierarch + -al. Pronunciation: /haɪəˈɹɑː(ɹ)kəl/ 1. Relating to a hierarch. Labels: not-comparable Example: The bishop discharged his hierarchal duties by arbitrating the dispute. Example: the great hierarchal standard
Word: hierarchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hierarchy + -al. Pronunciation: /haɪəˈɹɑː(ɹ)kəl/ 1. Synonym of hierarchical (“pertaining to a hierarchy (ranking)”). Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: hierarchic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hierarch Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hierarchic From hierarch + -ic. Pronunciation: /haɪ.əˈɹɑː.kɪk/, /haɪˈɹɑɹ.kɪk/ 1. Synonym of hierarchal (“pertaining to a hierarch (high-ranking clergyman)”). Labels: not-comparable
Word: hierarchic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hierarchy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hierarchic From hierarchy + -ic. Pronunciation: /haɪ.əˈɹɑː.kɪk/, /haɪˈɹɑɹ.kɪk/ 1. Synonym of hierarchical (“pertaining to a hierarchy (ranking)”). Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: hierarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs) Derived from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”). ἱερός from Proto-Hellenic *iherós, from Proto-Indo-European *ish₁ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit इषिर (iṣira, “vigorous, fresh, blooming”) and Oscan 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔 (aisusis). 1. One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order. 2. A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses. Example: The law states that the local ordinary can give to any Catholic priest the faculty to bless the marriages of non-Catholic Eastern Christians if the faithful voluntarily ask for it and the priest prudently informs the appropriate hierarch.
Word: hierarchism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hierarchy 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 hierarchism From hierarchy + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪəɹɑː(ɹ)kɪzəm/ 1. The principles or authority of a hierarchy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The more dominant hierarchism of the West.
Word: hand-work Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of handiwork. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: Matthew Part of Speech: name Etymology: From earlier Matheu, from Old French Mathieu, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Aramaic מַתַּי (mattay). Compare Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”). Doublet of Mattathias. Pronunciation: /ˈmæθjuː/, /-(j)ɪu̯/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Example: - - - My name is Matthew Bramble, at your service. The truth is, I have a foolish pique at the name of Matthew, because it savours of those canting hypocrites, who in Cromwell's time, christened all their children by names taken from the Scripture." Example: People with incorruptible names like Matthew are always calling people named Charles, Charlie. I wish my folks had named me Matthew. Matt is the worst that can be made of it. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew. Example: And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 4. The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.
Word: envision Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + vision, from Latin visionem (“a thing or sight seen”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪʒn̩/ 1. To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine. Labels: transitive Example: Miller famously tried to use as little CGI as possible in Fury Road. Instead, he got people to make the freaky, impossible cars he’d envisioned—the spike-covered scavenger-mobiles, the monster-truck hot rod, the enormous War Rig that really serves as a main character in itself—into functional vehicles.
Word: mourning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, mourn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/, [ˈmo̞ɹnɪŋ], /ˈmʊɹnɪŋ/, /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, /ˈmʊənɪŋ/ 1. The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Specifically, the act of expressing or feeling sorrow regarding a death or loss. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway. 3. A social state or period that acknowledges a recent bereavement, which may involve social withdrawal, the observance of customs or rituals related to bereavement, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir. Example: Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years. 4. The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it." Example: ‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’ 5. A drape or covering associated with mourning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
Word: mourning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, mourn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/, [ˈmo̞ɹnɪŋ], /ˈmʊɹnɪŋ/, /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, /ˈmʊənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mourn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conceive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːv/ 1. To have a child; to become pregnant (with). Labels: ambitransitive Example: Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive. Example: She hath also conceived a son in her old age. 2. To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine. Labels: transitive Example: It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life. Example: At the mouth of the cave we found a single litter with six bearers, all of them mutes, waiting, and with them I was relieved to see our old friend Billali, for whom I had conceived a sort of affection. 3. To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of. Labels: ambitransitive, ditransitive, with-of Example: Can you conceive of him as a leader? Example: We shall, / As I conceive the journey, be at the Mount / Before you, Lepidus. 4. To understand (someone). Labels: transitive Example: I conceive you.
Word: saddlebag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saddle + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈsædəlˌbæɡ/ 1. A covered pouch, usually one of a pair, laid across the back of a horse, donkey, or mule behind its saddle, or hanging over the rear wheel of a motorcycle; often made of leather or (on a motorcycle) a rigid material. Example: By 1482 the printing capital of the world was Venice, and the busiest printer there was a man called Aldus Manutius who used to have a sign outside his shop saying 'If you would speak to Aldus, hurry — time presses'. He had good reason. No single printer did more to spread the printed word than he. Aldus knew that his market, and the market of all printers, lay not in the production of expensive, commissioned editions of the Bible or the Psalms, but in an inexpensive format that could easily be carried in a man's saddlebag wherever he went. So Aldus made his books small, and cheap. The Aldine Editions, as his new format was called, were the world's first pocket books, and they sold faster than he could produce them. Nearly half his workers were Greeks, exiles or refugees from the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks. So it was that with the help of his translator-craftsmen, Aldus began the task of translating the Greek classics. When he died, in 1515, no major known Greek authors remained to be translated. Whatever happened in the Greek world, Aldus had ensured that the classical authors would not once again be lost to the West, as they had after the fall of Rome. Example: Frustrated, rushed, you toss the saddlebags filled with textbooks, ungraded papers, and drafts of poems onto the back of your cruiser motorcycle and roar off down Ambler not thinking speed and a strong crosswind will lift the saddlebags into flight like some leather-winged prehistoric bird hanging in the air a second before flopping onto the busiest street in North Abilene. 2. pannier Labels: broadly, nonstandard 3. A seat pack or a seat bag (a pouch or a small bag attached to the seat or seat post of a bicycle) 4. Loose fatty flesh on a person's upper thighs or buttocks, that hangs like saddlebags. Labels: US, in-plural, informal Example: The area treated was always the side of the thighs, where she had visible saddlebags. 5. A style of house with two rooms separated by a small hall and open space.
Word: saddlebag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From saddle + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈsædəlˌbæɡ/ 1. To place in a saddlebag. Labels: transitive 2. To put a saddlebag on (an animal). Labels: transitive
Word: subito Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin subitōbor. Italian subitobor. English subito Borrowed from Italian subito. Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/ 1. Suddenly, abruptly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acquaintable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare Old French acointable 1. Easy to be acquainted with; affable. Labels: obsolete
Word: expense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛns/ 1. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education. Example: Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run. 2. The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him. 3. Loss. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.