nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Christ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Middle English Crist English Christ From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee. Pronunciation: /kɹaɪst/ 1. A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ.
Word: Christ Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Middle English Crist English Christ From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee. Pronunciation: /kɹaɪst/ 1. An expletive.
Word: messiah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English messiah From Middle English Messyas, Messy, Messie, from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”). Doublet of Masih and Moshiach. Pronunciation: /məˈsaɪ.ə/ 1. The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ. 2. A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi. Labels: broadly Example: The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe- a desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy, that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is Arrakis, also known as Dune. 3. An extremely powerful or revered figure. Labels: figuratively Example: At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud. Example: Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car.
Word: archangel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). By surface analysis, arch- + angel. Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪn.d͡ʒəl/ 1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel). 2. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”).
Word: minion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1490, from Middle French mignon (“lover, royal favourite, darling”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnju (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minjō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Doublet of mignon. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnjən/ 1. A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city. Example: In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. 2. A sycophantic follower. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point. Labels: uncountable 4. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: God's disciple and his dearest minion Example: Is this the Athenian minion whom the world / Voiced so regardfully? 5. An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Gun. My Cannons rung like Bells. Here's to my Mistress, The dainty sweet brass Minion: split their Fore-mast, She never fail'd. 6. Obsolete form of minium. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Of philosophers and scholars priscae sapientiae dictatores, I have already spoken in general terms, those superintendents of wit and learning, men above men, those refined men, minions of the muses.
Word: minion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First use appears c. 1490, from Middle French mignon (“lover, royal favourite, darling”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnju (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minjō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Doublet of mignon. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnjən/ 1. Favoured, beloved; "pet". Labels: obsolete Example: These favours, with the commodities that follow minion Courtiers, corrupt[…]his libertie, and dazle his judgement.
Word: cherub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cherub, cherube, cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin (“angel of the second highest order; depiction of such an angel”), from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cherūbīm, cherūbīn, from Ancient Greek χερουβῑ́μ (kheroubī́m), χερουβείν (kheroubeín), χερουβίμ (kheroubím), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím);. Because it was not always clear from Bible passages whether a single being or group of beings was being referred to, cherubin was used both as a singular word (plural cherubins) and plural word up to the 18th century. However, in Bible translations particularly from the 16th century onward cherub began to be favoured as the singular form, and from the 17th century cherubim as the plural form (influenced by Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím)). The English word is cognate with French chérubin, Italian cherubino, Old Spanish cherubin (modern Spanish querubín), Galician querubín, Portuguese querubim. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəb/ 1. A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. 2. A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. Example: Over the arcke were the cherubyns off glory shadowynge the seate of grace. Example: So he [God] droue out the man [Adam]: and he placed at the East of the garden of Eden, Cherubims, and a flaming ſword, which turned euery way, to keepe the way of the tree of life. 3. In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body. Example: For ſome colour of ſetting vp their idols in Churches to bee worſhiped, they full ſimply alledge the Cherubins that were ſet vp in the temple which Solomon built, which M. [William] Bishop ſaith were the images of Angels, and that they did repreſent the Angels wee will not deny, but of what ſhape they were, no man ſaith Joſephus, can cõiecture or affirme any thing. Example: When my father returned from Milan, he found playing with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured cherub – a creature who seemed to shed radiance from her looks and whose form and motions were lighter than the chamois of the hills. 4. A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent. Labels: figuratively Example: Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd Cherubin. Example: This fell whore of thine, / Hath in her more deſtruction then thy Sword, / For all her Cherubin looke.
Word: seraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation of singular from plural seraphim, from Latin seraphim, from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (sərāp̄īm), plural form of שָׂרָף (sārāp̄). The plural "seraphims" occurs in the King James Bible (Isaiah chapter 6). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the singular "seraph" may have originated with John Milton, who used it in Book I of Paradise Lost (1667). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɹəf/ 1. A burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal. 2. A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. Example: From these uncordial reveries he is roused by a cordial slap on the shoulder, accompanied by a spicy volume of tobacco-smoke, out of which came a voice, sweet as a seraph's Example: I don’t mean that,—I said,—you blessed little saint and seraph!—if there’s an angel missing in the New Jerusalem, inquire for her at this boarding house!
Word: angelology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angel + -ology. Pronunciation: /eɪnd͡ʒəˈlɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of angels. Angels have been grouped into nine categories or “choirs,” from lowest to highest: angel, archangel, principality, power, virtue, dominion, throne, cherub, and seraph. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: plane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós Proto-Italic *plānos Latin plānus Latin plānumder. English plane From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, and plain. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/ 1. Of a surface: flat or level.
Word: plane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós Proto-Italic *plānos Latin plānus Latin plānumder. English plane From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, and plain. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/ 1. A level or flat surface. 2. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof. Example: Mirrors in the compartments have been canted out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated. 3. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof. 4. A level of existence or development. Example: astral plane Example: Nettie's stories about her experiences in Africa point out many parallels between the African and American ways of life. Her stories about the African lifestyle and family structure, in particular, point out the sexist and oppressive conditions that women are forced to submit to on a global plane. 5. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. 6. Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
Word: plane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plane, plaine, from Anglo-Norman plaine, from Late Latin plāna (“planing tool”). Pronunciation: /pleɪn/ 1. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. Labels: countable
Word: plane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plane, plaine, from Anglo-Norman plaine, from Late Latin plāna (“planing tool”). Pronunciation: /pleɪn/ 1. To smooth (wood) with a plane. Labels: transitive
Word: plane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplaneclip. English plane Clipping of aeroplane. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/ 1. An airplane; an aeroplane. Example: on a plane Example: The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float. 2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. 3. The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
Word: plane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplaneclip. English plane Clipping of aeroplane. Pronunciation: /pleɪn/ 1. To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water. 2. To glide or soar.
Word: plane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plane, borrowed from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, broad”). Pronunciation: /pleɪn/ 1. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. Labels: countable 2. A sycamore. Labels: Northern-UK
Word: bow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Booge (“arch, bow, curve”), West Frisian bôge (“arc, arch, bow”), Dutch boog (“arc, arch, bow”), German Bogen (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Luxembourgish Bou (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Vilamovian böga (“arc, arch, bend, bow, curve”), Yiddish בויגן (boygn, “arc, arch, bow, curve”), Danish bue (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Faroese and Icelandic bogi (“arch, bow, vault”), Jamtish buga (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål bue (“arc, arch, bow”), Norwegian Nynorsk boge (“arc, arch, bow”), Swedish båge (“bow”), Crimean Gothic boga (“bow”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ̯/, /ˈbɵʊ̯/, /ˈboʊ̯/, /ˈbɔʊ̯/, /ˈbəʉ̯/ 1. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows. Example: Holonym: bow and arrow Example: Bows come in a variety of different shapes, sizes and cultures, and what is true of one, is not necessarily true of another, so we're gonna be stereotyping here, but, in general, a bow is a way of launching a pointy stick at somebody that you don't like. 2. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow). 3. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments. 4. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking. 5. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping. 6. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow. Example: I do set my bow in the cloud. 7. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke. 8. Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear. Example: […] she kept toying with a pair of old sunglasses which lay beside her on the kitchen table. One of the bows had been mended with adhesive tape, and one of the lenses was cracked. 9. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters. 10. A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea. 11. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree. 12. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key. 13. Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
Word: bow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Booge (“arch, bow, curve”), West Frisian bôge (“arc, arch, bow”), Dutch boog (“arc, arch, bow”), German Bogen (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Luxembourgish Bou (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Vilamovian böga (“arc, arch, bend, bow, curve”), Yiddish בויגן (boygn, “arc, arch, bow, curve”), Danish bue (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Faroese and Icelandic bogi (“arch, bow, vault”), Jamtish buga (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål bue (“arc, arch, bow”), Norwegian Nynorsk boge (“arc, arch, bow”), Swedish båge (“bow”), Crimean Gothic boga (“bow”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ̯/, /ˈbɵʊ̯/, /ˈboʊ̯/, /ˈbɔʊ̯/, /ˈbəʉ̯/ 1. To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow. Example: The musician bowed his violin expertly. 2. To bend or curve, particularly downward. Labels: ergative Example: The shelf bowed under the weight of the books. Example: How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shall be slaine all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 3. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion. Example: not to bow and bias their opinions
Word: bow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bowen, buwen, buȝen, from Old English būgan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognates Cognate with Scots boo, bou (“to bend, bow”), Dutch buigen (“to bow”), German biegen (“to bow”), Low German bugen (“to bow”), Luxembourgish béien (“to bow”), Danish bue (“to curve, arch”), Swedish buga (“to bow”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan, “to bend, bow”). Pronunciation: /baʊ/ 1. To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference. Labels: intransitive Example: The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said, "Follow me and I will show you your room." Example: I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite. 2. To debut. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The show bowed in the first week of December, 1951. Dinah was ready, and so were the technicians who put on her makeup […] Example: SCP recently announced that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will bow on the newly renovated stage next December. 3. To defer (to something). Labels: intransitive Example: I bow to your better judgement in the matter. 4. To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing. Labels: transitive Example: “This way, monsieur,” he said, and led the way up the broad, marble staircase. In another moment he had opened a door, and, drawing aside a heavy curtain, obsequiously bowed Tarzan into a dimly lighted apartment. Then Jacques vanished. Example: Poirot rose gallantly, bowed her into the seat opposite him. 5. To give up or cease resisting. Labels: intransitive Example: I'll never bow to that tyrant.
Word: bow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bowen, buwen, buȝen, from Old English būgan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognates Cognate with Scots boo, bou (“to bend, bow”), Dutch buigen (“to bow”), German biegen (“to bow”), Low German bugen (“to bow”), Luxembourgish béien (“to bow”), Danish bue (“to curve, arch”), Swedish buga (“to bow”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan, “to bend, bow”). Pronunciation: /baʊ/ 1. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence Example: He made a polite bow as he entered the room.
Word: bow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰeh₂ǵʰús From Middle English bowe, bowgh, a borrowing from Middle Low German bôch and/or Middle Dutch boech, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰus (“arm”). Doublet of bough. Cognates Cognate with Dutch boeg (“bow”), German Bug (“bow, prow (of a ship); shoulder joint (of an animal)”), Luxembourgish Buch, Bou (“shoulder joint (of an animal)”), Danish bov (“bow”), Icelandic bógur (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål baug (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bog (“bow; shoulder (of an animal)”). Pronunciation: /baʊ/ 1. The front of a boat or ship. Example: Holonyms: watercraft < vessel Example: Meronyms: beak, beak, beakhead 2. The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
Word: bow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bough. 1. Obsolete spelling of bough. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I, / In a Cowſlips bell, I lie, / There I cowch when Owles doe crie, / On the Batts backe I doe flie / after Sommer merrily. / Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now / Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow. Example: [Y]ou are to faſten that line to any bow neer to a hole where a Pike is, or is likely to lye, or to have a haunt, […]
Word: bow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1). 1. Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of boutta, itself a contraction of about to. Pronunciation: /baʊ/ 1. about to Labels: auxiliary
Word: bow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of bow-wow 1. Ellipsis of bow-wow Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: bow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bow-wow 1. Ellipsis of bow-wow Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: bow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of bow-wow 1. Ellipsis of bow-wow Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: protestant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest + -ant. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant. Labels: alt-of Example: a protestant effort Example: protestant work ethic 2. Protesting. Example: He cut his Psychology once or twice, nor could he succeed, during office hours, in keeping his mind on office-routine. His superiors became impatient and then protestant. Example: Her sense of desolation, the knowledge that for some reason, God alone knew why, she loved him, made her for a moment protestant. Why not ? Why shouldn’t I write to him?
Word: protestant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest + -ant. 1. One who protests; a protester. Example: These are too mean parts of the pageant: and you don't hear widows' cries or mothers' sobs in the midst of the shouts and jubilation in the great Chorus of Victory. And yet when was the time that such have not cried out: heart-broken, humble protestants, unheard in the uproar of the triumph! Example: 1915 November 3, decision in the case of the State of New Mexico v. Garrett, published in 1916 among the Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to Public Lands, volume 44 (edited by George J Hesselman), page 490: In the case of Hyacinthe Villeneuve a homestead entry had been allowed upon a tract of land that had been patented to the Santa Fe Railroad Company, whose grantees had expressed a willingness to reconvey in order that effect might be given to the equities of the homesteader, whereas in the present case the State stands in the position of a protestant. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant. Labels: alt-of
Word: Lutheran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the surname of German theologian and ecclesiastical reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546) + -an. Probably immediately from Renaissance Latin Lutheranus, or German Lutheraner. Luther is from an Old High German given name, from liut (“people”) + heri (“army”) (from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war; troops”), from *ker- (“army”)). Pronunciation: /ˈluːθəɹ(ə)n/, /ˈluːθɹ(ə)n/, /ˈluθəɹən/, /ˈluθɹən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church. Example: A Lutheran understanding of the Lord’s Supper is not the same as that of other denominations. Example: [I]f when Luther firſt began to teach new doctrine, the catholiks at that time had not vouchſafed to giue him the hering, but had auoided his prechings & preuy couenticles, ther had not bin now in the worlde, either Lutheran, Swinglian, Calueniſt, Puritan, Anabaptiſt, Trinetarie, Family of loue, Adamite, or the lyke: whereof now there are ſo many thouſands abroad, al ſpringing of that firſt ſecte, and troubling at this day the whole worlde, […]
Word: Lutheran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the surname of German theologian and ecclesiastical reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546) + -an. Probably immediately from Renaissance Latin Lutheranus, or German Lutheraner. Luther is from an Old High German given name, from liut (“people”) + heri (“army”) (from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war; troops”), from *ker- (“army”)). Pronunciation: /ˈluːθəɹ(ə)n/, /ˈluːθɹ(ə)n/, /ˈluθəɹən/, /ˈluθɹən/ 1. A member of any of the Christian churches which identify with the theology of Martin Luther. Example: The split between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics began with the Edict of Worms in 1521. Example: [I]f you had bene but ſo conuerſante in Caluine [John Calvin] as your profeſsion requireth, you could not ſo far haue bene ouerſeene in this eaſie diſtinction knowen to Catholike, Lutheran and Zuinglian, although when Caluine wrote thus, perhaps he was more then halfe a Lutheran, and not ſo far gone in Zuinglianiſme as after.
Word: arrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“arrow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“arrow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“arrow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəʊ/, [ˈæɹəʊ̯], /ˈaɹəw/, [ˈaɹəʊ̯], /ˈæɹoʊ/ 1. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. Example: The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images. Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. 2. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→). Example: Consider now the arrow with initial point A and terminal point B; this arrow we shall designate by #92;overrightarrow#123;AB#125;. If a#95;1,a#95;2,a#95;3, and b#95;1,b#95;2,b#95;3 are the coordinates of A and B, respectively, then #92;overrightarrow#123;AB#125; is equal to the arrow #92;overrightarrow#123;OP#125;, where O is the origin of the coordinate system and P has coordinates b#95;1-a#95;1,b#95;2-a#95;2,b#95;3-a#95;3. Thus each arrow is equal to one having the origin as its initial point. 3. A directed edge. 4. A morphism. 5. A dart. Labels: colloquial Example: The second arrow flew through the air in a drunken parabolic curve and nestled just below the previous dart. Twenty! “Good arrows!” came from all around the room. Total silence came from the opposition corner. 6. The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages. 7. The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant. Example: When the bulb of the “blowing ball” is operated, a gentle spray, much like what happens in Nature when a sugar cane arrow is shaken by the wind or gently tapped, is given out at the free end of the capsule and can be directed to any portion of the arrow as desired.
Word: arrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“arrow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“arrow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“arrow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəʊ/, [ˈæɹəʊ̯], /ˈaɹəw/, [ˈaɹəʊ̯], /ˈæɹoʊ/ 1. To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow). Labels: intransitive Example: Above his head, a startled bird arrows up, into the sun. 2. To let fly swiftly and directly. Labels: transitive Example: Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner. 3. To develop an inflorescence. Labels: intransitive Example: The more vigorous and luxuriant the vegetation of a field of canes, the less will the tendency to flowering be shewn; whereas nearly all the canes will be found to arrow if the soil be poor and the vegetation meagre. Example: In some sugar cane countries efforts are made to harvest the cane crops before the period of arrowing, and in Barbados it is thought that a considerable loss occurs in the yield of sugar if the harvest be delayed and only completed through the arrowing season. 4. To navigate using the arrow keys. Labels: intransitive Example: Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete. 5. To single out or nominate (someone) to be responsible for something, especially an undesirable task. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, transitive Example: Just because I never come for meeting … my boss arrow me to do this job.
Word: arrow Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Representing pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəʊ/, [ˈæɹəʊ̯], /ˈaɹəw/, [ˈaɹəʊ̯], /ˈæɹoʊ/ 1. Contraction of ever + a, sometimes used with a redundant a or an. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete Example: though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.
Word: armor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə/, /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ 1. A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. Labels: US, uncountable Example: a suit of armor Example: You teach me how to be a man / Though I am someone's daughter / The path of warrior was set for me / And I had to try on the armour / No it doesn't suit me / And it feels so heavy / I'm frightened and so ashamed / That I have to combat the world alone / That I have to swing my sword alone 2. A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. Labels: US, uncountable 3. A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. Labels: US, uncountable 4. A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle. Labels: US, countable 5. A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively. Labels: US, uncountable Example: Good work, Chief. Link up with our armor on the far side of the wall. 6. The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: armor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə/, /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ 1. To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening. Labels: US, transitive 2. To provide something with an analogous form of protection. Labels: US, transitive
Word: slash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction. Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. A slashing action or motion: Example: A slash of his blade just missed my ear. 2. A slashing action or motion: Example: He took a wild slash at the ball but the captain saved the team's skin by hacking it clear and setting up the team for a strike on the goal. 3. A slashing action or motion: Labels: figuratively Example: After the war ended, the army saw a 50% slash in their operating budget. 4. A mark made by slashing: Example: He was bleeding from a slash across his cheek. 5. A mark made by slashing: 6. Something resembling such a mark: 7. Something resembling such a mark: Labels: Canada, US Example: We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us. 8. Something resembling such a mark: Example: Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique. 9. Something resembling such a mark: Labels: often, proscribed 10. Something resembling such a mark: Labels: broadly, idiomatic 11. Something resembling such a mark: Labels: slang, vulgar 12. The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal. Labels: Canada, US Example: Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard. 13. A wet or swampy place overgrown with bushes Labels: obsolete 14. Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters. Labels: slang Example: Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).
Word: slash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction. Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. To cut or attempt to cut Example: They slashed at him with their swords, but only managed to nick one of his fingers. Example: She hacked and slashed her way across the jungle. 2. To cut or attempt to cut 3. To cut or attempt to cut 4. To cut or attempt to cut Labels: figuratively Example: All prices slashed! Example: Competition forced them to slash prices. 5. To cut or attempt to cut 6. To cut or attempt to cut Labels: figuratively 7. To strike violently and randomly, particularly 8. To strike violently and randomly 9. To move quickly and violently. 10. To crack a whip with a slashing motion. 11. To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing. Labels: Canada, US Example: The province's traditional slash-and-burn agriculture was only sustainable with a much smaller population. 12. To write slash fiction. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Having read slash for other fandoms (mainly X-Files and Sentinel), I can say the whole gay issue gets dealt with more often in that slash than it does in Trek slash. That's not to say that all the slashers who slash in a "modern-era" show deal with AIDS, homophobia and other gay issues, but some of them do.
Word: slash Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction. Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. Used to note the sound or action of a slash. Labels: not-comparable
Word: slash Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction. Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. Used to connect two or more identities in a list. Labels: Canada, US Example: Saul Hudson is a famous musician/songwriter. Example: What this, the Slashie, means is that you consider me the best actor slash model and not the other way around. 2. Used to list alternatives. Labels: Canada, US Example: Alternatives can be marked by the slash/stroke/solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line. Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.
Word: slash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Scots slash (“large splash”), possibly from Old French esclache. Slang use for urination attested from the 1950s. Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. A drink of something; a draft. Labels: obsolete, rare 2. A piss: an act of urination. Labels: UK, slang, vulgar Example: Where's the gents? I need to take a slash. 3. Piss; urine. Labels: UK, rare, slang, vulgar Example: That bus shelter smells of slash.
Word: slash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Scots slash (“large splash”), possibly from Old French esclache. Slang use for urination attested from the 1950s. Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. To piss, to urinate. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang Example: If you can slash in my bed (I thought) don't tell me you can't suck my cock.
Word: slash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Compare British dialectal slashy (“wet and dirty, miry”) and Scots slash (“act of walking forcefully through water or mud”) and slatch (“wet and muddy place, mire”). Perhaps related to Swedish slask (“slush”). Compare also slash (“clearing in a forest”): in many cases it is difficult to tell whether that sense or this one is meant. (Also compare flash (“a marsh; a pool of water”).) Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. A swampy area; a swamp. Labels: Eastern, US Example: On the North side of one of ye Windings of a great Slash or Swamp called ye Roundabout. Example: three acres one Rood and Six pole of Land … Extending Northward along the Ditch thirty six poles and two fifths of a pole to a slash called Pitch and Tar Slash or Swamp[,] then along that Slash till it come to the Main Cart road westward … 2. A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas. Labels: Eastern, US, uncommon Example: […] second growth long-leaf yellow slash. And also we have a short-leaf pine. Example: Slash pine (Pinus caribaea Morelet) / Slash pine is also known as yellow slash, swamp pine, hill slash, and Cuban pine.] 3. A large quantity of watery food such as broth. Labels: Scotland
Word: slash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Compare British dialectal slashy (“wet and dirty, miry”) and Scots slash (“act of walking forcefully through water or mud”) and slatch (“wet and muddy place, mire”). Perhaps related to Swedish slask (“slush”). Compare also slash (“clearing in a forest”): in many cases it is difficult to tell whether that sense or this one is meant. (Also compare flash (“a marsh; a pool of water”).) Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. To work in wet conditions. Labels: Scotland, intransitive
Word: slash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See slatch Pronunciation: /slaʃ/, /slæʃ/ 1. Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: fireball Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəbɔːl/, /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/, /-ɑl/ 1. Excellent, terrific. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: "Give us a hand," said Mack. "How's she look?" / "Fireball," said Eddie.
Word: fireball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from fire (noun) + ball (noun). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəbɔːl/, /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔl/, /-ɑl/ 1. To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire. Labels: transitive 2. To explode in a ball of fire or flame. Labels: intransitive Example: The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded. Example: On Feb. 24, [Yaroslava] Mahuchikh (pronounced ma-GU–chi-huh or ma-HU-chick) was startled awake by shuddering booms in Dnipro, her hometown, in east-central Ukraine. Russia had begun its invasion. An explosion, caught on video, fireballed into the dark sky. Dnipro's airport and area military facilities had come under attack. 3. To emerge suddenly; to explode. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: But the swoon was only brief. [Klay] Thompson scorched his way to 27 first-half points, the Warriors fireballed back into a 17-point lead and a statement half was sealed from the deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep left corner, early in the clock and without a dribble – vintage Klay, vintage Warriors. 4. To pitch a baseball very fast. Labels: intransitive
Word: iceball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + ball. 1. A ball of ice. 2. A snack consisting of a ball of shaved ice with syrup.
Word: snowball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English snoweball, snoweballe, snaweballe, snayballe, equivalent to snow + ball. Cognate with Scots snawbaw, German Schneeball, Luxembourgish Schnéiball, Dutch sneeuwbal, Afrikaans sneeubal, Limburgish snieëbal, West Frisian sniebal, Saterland Frisian Sneebaal, Sneebal, Swedish snöboll, Elfdalian sniųoboll, Danish snebold, Norwegian Bokmål snøball, Norwegian Nynorsk snøball and Icelandic snjóbolti. Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊbɔːl/, /ˈsnoʊbɔl/, /ˈsnoʊbɑl/ 1. A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter. 2. A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat. 3. Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control). Labels: figuratively Example: Representatives of the small airlines that felt betrayed by Brown's policy started a political snowball rolling, resulting in the Airmail Act of 1934... 4. A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's. 5. A type of ice dessert: a snow cone. Labels: US 6. A small cake, typically cream-filled and covered in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut. Example: It didn't take long to eat a packetful of snowballs — they are simply delicious.
Word: snowball Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English snoweball, snoweballe, snaweballe, snayballe, equivalent to snow + ball. Cognate with Scots snawbaw, German Schneeball, Luxembourgish Schnéiball, Dutch sneeuwbal, Afrikaans sneeubal, Limburgish snieëbal, West Frisian sniebal, Saterland Frisian Sneebaal, Sneebal, Swedish snöboll, Elfdalian sniųoboll, Danish snebold, Norwegian Bokmål snøball, Norwegian Nynorsk snøball and Icelandic snjóbolti. Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊbɔːl/, /ˈsnoʊbɔl/, /ˈsnoʊbɑl/ 1. Of something with rapid growth, often uncontrolled. Compare snowball effect. Labels: not-comparable Example: Scandal, with her, did not lose any of its usual snowball propensities, of gathering as it went.