nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scrubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrub + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌbə/, /ˈskɹʌbɚ/, /ˈskɹɐbə/, /ˈskɹʊbə/, /ˈskɹʊbəɹ/ 1. A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing. 2. A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks. 3. A device that removes impurities from gases. 4. A machine for washing leather after the tanpit. Labels: historical 5. An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush. Labels: Commonwealth 6. Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society. Labels: Australia Example: ‘He was a real scrubber that old feller,’ he confided gleefully. ‘No one never got a tag on him before this.’ 7. A prostitute or a slovenly woman. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: What did you think, it was happy ever after with a Woodlands Road scrubber in a seaside resort? 8. A dirty or unhygienic person. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang 9. A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
Word: oxyacetylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- French acétylènebor. English acetylene English oxyacetylene From oxy- + acetylene. 1. A mixture of oxygen and acetylene, which burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals. Labels: uncountable
Word: oxyacetylene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- French acétylènebor. English acetylene English oxyacetylene From oxy- + acetylene. 1. Using this mixture. Labels: not-comparable Example: an oxyacetylene torch Example: The first stage of the demolition work consisted of removing, by oxy-acetylene cutting, the whole of the plate floor, cross-girders, and lattice parapets.
Word: bogroll Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bog roll. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: flannel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool. Pronunciation: /ˈflænəl/ 1. A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. Labels: uncountable Example: With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes. Example: First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat. 2. A washcloth. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, countable Example: "The Witch of Endor was a fool to her, sir: bless you, she would make no more of raising every gentleman in the Bible out of these here beastly tombs than I should of growing cress on an old flannel." 3. A flannel shirt. Labels: US, countable 4. Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Don't talk flannel! 5. Synonym of flip (“hot mixture of beer, spirit, etc.”). Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: flannel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool. Pronunciation: /ˈflænəl/ 1. Made of flannel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flannel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool. Pronunciation: /ˈflænəl/ 1. To rub with a flannel. Labels: transitive 2. To wrap in flannel. Labels: transitive 3. To flatter; to suck up to. Labels: transitive 4. To waffle or prevaricate. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I got a little cross and asked him to stop flannelling and to tell me what was holding me back. Were my annual assessments below par? Was there something I had done – or not done?
Word: dishes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃɪz/ 1. plural of dish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dishes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃɪz/ 1. Dishwashing Labels: plural, plural-only Example: After dinner they had to do the dishes.
Word: dishes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: corse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus and corpse, and distantly of riff. Compare corset. Pronunciation: /kɔːs/, /kɔɹs/ 1. A (living) body. Labels: obsolete Example: that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene […] 2. A dead body, a corpse. Labels: archaic Example: [W]hat may this meane, / That thou, dead corſe, againe in compleate ſteele, / Reuiſſits thus the glimſes of the Moone, / Making night hideous, and vve fooles of nature, / So horridely to ſhake our diſpoſition, / VVith thoughts beyond the reaches of our ſoules? Example: Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.
Word: HOT Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology (“CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique, a technique that applies the technology. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Acronym of high-output turbo (turbocharger). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: If a HOT lane alternative is chosen as the preferred alternative (Build Alternatives 4A, 4B. 5A, 5B, 6A, or 6B), then additional advanced HOT lane signs will need to be placed from I-80/El Camino Avenue to I-80/Truxel Road and between US-50/I-5 and US-50/SR-99 (Sac 80 PM M1.4/3.64 and SAC 50 PM L0.60/R0.20). 5. Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: HOT Part of Speech: adj 1. Acronym of high occupancy or toll. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: flannelled fool Part of Speech: noun 1. A cricketer (from the white flannel trousers they traditionally wear). Labels: UK, idiomatic
Word: cricketer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cricket Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cricketer From cricket + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/, /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtə/ 1. A person who plays cricket. Example: Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment. Example: Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.
Word: dazibao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration from Mandarin 大字報／大字报 (dàzìbào, “big-character poster”) via Hanyu Pinyin. Pronunciation: /dɑːdzəˈbaʊ/ 1. A wall-mounted newspaper or similar, used as a form of protest, propaganda, and popular communication in China. Example: There are also artifacts like a poster called a dazibao, from 1968. The big Chinese characters on the poster form political slogans and names of public enemies. The names crossed off in red represent people who were executed, Ms. Shannon said.
Word: daggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dag + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdæɡi/ 1. Uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so. Labels: Australia, slang Example: "But I remember everything about that day. What everyone was wearing, all the daggy things people said in the car on the way into town. The smell of stubble, upholstery. The taste of tomato in my throat from lunch." Example: We wore hippie clothes, looking more daggy than cool.
Word: subfamily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English family English subfamily From sub- + family. 1. A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe. 2. A secondary or subordinate grouping. Example: There is a handy font editor tool in the engine, where you can import your font and create family and subfamily for your font (for example, the same font can have a family for its bold, italic, light, and dark style as its subfamily).
Word: doublethink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without acknowledging the contradiction. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them. Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? Have you forgotten doublethink? Example: Any effort by the United States to halt these creeping advances of Communist imperialism became, by the same mad process of double-think, the only kind of "intervention" there ever could be.
Word: doublethink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. To engage in doublethink. Labels: intransitive Example: "So we both doublethought our way around the inevitable as long as we could because we both really want the same thing and we both have policy problems with our superiors.” “I'm not sure I follow you,” Lindblad said, in a tone of voice[…] Example: ... but, as they believed they had other reasons for supporting the invasion – be they moral, monetary or something else entirely – they doublethunk (or doublethought) it and endorsed the 'evidence' despite its lack of merit.
Word: godless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From god + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian godloos (“godless”), West Frisian goddeleas (“godless; wicked”), Dutch goddeloos (“godless; wicked”), German Low German gottlos (“godless”), German gottlos (“godless”), Danish gudløse (“godless”), Swedish gudlös (“godless; ungodly”), Icelandic guðlaus (“godless”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (gudalaus, “godless”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdləs/ 1. Not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god. 2. Evil, wicked, worldly. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: pell mell Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pell-mell. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pell mell Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of pell-mell. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: They came pell mell, gathering up their bath kimono and towels, and putting them on in the passage.
Word: pell mell Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pell-mell. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: god-child Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of godchild. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When a loved aunt has sweated herself to the bone trying to save her god-child from the clutches of a New York playboy and learns that all her well-meant efforts have gone blue on her, it's only natural for her late brother's son to shudder in sympathy.
Word: landmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *landmark, from Old English landmearc (“boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *landamarku (“boundary, landmark”). Equivalent to land + mark. Cognate with German Landmarke (“landmark”), Danish landemærke (“landmark”), Swedish landmärke (“landmark”), Norwegian landemerke (“landmark”) and Faroese landamark (“land frontier”). Compare also Middle English londes-mark (“boundary”). Pronunciation: /ˈlændmɑːk/, /ˈlændmɑɹk/, [ˈlɛandmɑɹk], /ˈlændmɐːk/, /ˈlɛndmɐːk/ 1. An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree). Labels: historical 2. A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation. Example: Anyone have any weird landmarks they often remember seeing along roads in the olden days? 3. A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance. Example: Founded in 1876 by disheartened gold prospectors, today downtown Rapid City is a mix of historic landmarks such as the 1928 Hotel Alex Johnson and the 1912 Elks Theatre, along with restaurants, coffee shops, specialty stores, boutiques and art galleries that reflect the busy modern city. 4. A major event or discovery. Labels: also, attributive, figuratively Example: an important landmark in human history Example: a landmark paper in neurosurgery
Word: landmark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *landmark, from Old English landmearc (“boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *landamarku (“boundary, landmark”). Equivalent to land + mark. Cognate with German Landmarke (“landmark”), Danish landemærke (“landmark”), Swedish landmärke (“landmark”), Norwegian landemerke (“landmark”) and Faroese landamark (“land frontier”). Compare also Middle English londes-mark (“boundary”). Pronunciation: /ˈlændmɑːk/, /ˈlændmɑɹk/, [ˈlɛandmɑɹk], /ˈlændmɐːk/, /ˈlɛndmɐːk/ 1. To officially designate a site or building as a landmark. Labels: US Example: St Mary's Church stands on the north side of the village, a building of flint and stone with a 140 ft high steeple that landmarks one of the most beautiful churches in Suffolk. Example: “Permitted demolition or stripping rarely occurs on landmarked buildings,” she said. Ms. de Bourbon also noted that the city already requires the Buildings Department to hold permits for 40 days for “calendared” properties — those currently under landmarks consideration — so the commission has a chance to designate them.
Word: cause célèbre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cause (“cause, case”) + célèbre (“famous”), in the title of an 18th-century compilation of famous legal cases, Causes célèbres. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːz sɛˈlɛbɹ(ə)/, /ˈkɔz səˈlɛb/, /-ˈlɛbɹə/, /ˈkoʊz seɪˈlɛbɹ(ə)/ 1. An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate. Labels: UK Example: Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet. Example: As Musk has waged this pressure campaign, he has incessantly posted in support of the far right in Europe and their current causes célèbres.
Word: gracious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/ 1. kind and warmly courteous 2. tactful 3. compassionate 4. indulgent 5. benignant 6. full of grace; graceful; charming; elegant (in appearance, conduct, movement) Example: The gracious movements of the figure skaters impressed the judges. 7. magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives. Example: The actress's gracious acceptance of being named only in the end credits allowed her character's appearance in the episode to remain a surprise.
Word: gracious Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/ 1. Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.
Word: odious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.di.əs/, /ˈəʊ.d͡ʒəs/, /ˈoʊ.di.əs/ 1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. Example: Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task. Example: You told a lie, an odious damned lie: / Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie!
Word: ghillie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪli/ 1. A low-cut type of shoe with decorative lacing. 2. Alternative spelling of gillie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [H]e said, "I hae the day off tomorrow. I'll take ye out on the Anstey if ye want." This met with Patricia's ideas of what was right or fitting. Fishing on a Scottish river with a policeman as ghillie was socially acceptable to her mind.
Word: ghillie Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪli/ 1. Alternative spelling of gillie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: godparent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god English god- English parent English godparent From god- + parent, modelled after godfather, godmother, godsib, etc. 1. A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development. 2. A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.
Word: anti-abolitionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃olh₁-éye-ti Proto-Italic *oleō ? Latin aboleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin abolitiōnemlbor. Old French abolucion Middle French abolitionbor. English abolition 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 abolitionism English anti-abolitionism From anti- + abolitionism. 1. The campaign against the abolition of the slave trade and/or slavery. Labels: uncountable
Word: fistmele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fist + mele, variant of meal (“measure”), from Old English mæl. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪstˌmiːl/ 1. A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres).
Word: icicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English isykle, isikel, from Old English *īsġicel, from Proto-West Germanic *īsajikil, *īsajekul, equivalent to ice + ickle. It was assimilated to nouns in -icle, from Latin -iculus—the expected spelling would have -ickle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Iesjuukel (“icicle”), German Low German Iesjökel, dialectal Danish jisegel (“icicle”), Norwegian isjukel (“icicle”) and Elfdalian aisikkel. Pronunciation: /ˈʌɪsəkəl/, /ˈaɪs.ɪkl̩/, /ˈaɪ.sɪ.kl̩/ 1. A drooping, tapering shape of ice. Example: Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne, / To whom I am a neighbour,and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne, / Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue whoſe blood is reddeſt,his or mine. Example: Several days of sub-zero temperatures caused icicles up to 1.5 metres long to form in tunnels across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.
Word: corpsicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of corpse + popsicle. The cryogenic sense is a coinage by author Frederik Pohl in The Age of the Pussyfoot (1969). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːp.sɪ.kəl/, [ˈkɔːp.sɪ.kl̩], /ˈkɔɹp.sɪ.kəl/, [ˈkɔɹp.sɪ.kl̩] 1. A person who has been cryonically frozen in the hope of later revival. Example: 'Your newspapers called you people corpsicles,' said the blond man. 'I never understood what the tapes meant by that.' 'It comes from Popsicle. Frozen sherbet.' Corbell had used the word himself before he became one of them. One of the corpsicles, the frozen dead. Example: There are dozens of companies that will turn you into a human corpsicle and store your chilled earthly remains indefinitely. 2. A frozen corpse. Labels: informal Example: It started when a janitor found a corpsicle floating in a rooftop swimming pool next to Central Park one August morning. A stiff, but I mean stiff. Example: Eventually, the much-travelled corpsicle arrived back at the family farm, where she was stripped of her plastic shroud and set on the lawn to thaw out before being laid to rest.
Word: turner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɝ.nɚ/, /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ 1. One who or that which turns. Example: Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye. 2. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe. 3. A kitchen utensil used for turning food. 4. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler. 5. A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
Word: turner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Turner (“gymnast”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɝ.nɚ/, /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ 1. An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
Word: turner Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɝ.nɚ/, /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ 1. An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI. Labels: historical
Word: god-awful Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful. Labels: US, derogatory, slang Example: Your roast beef was the most god-awful piece of meat I ever ate. Example: LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.
Word: foob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fake + boob. 1. An artificial breast implanted after the original has been removed by a mastectomy. Labels: slang Example: I'm now about six weeks post-surgery, the (proud?) owner of two brand spanking new "foobs" (fake boobs), and I've had some time to process the new additions. Example: A mastectomy is far different from a breast augmentation, because the surgeon removes all of your breast tissue, which sometimes makes it more difficult for your new breasts to look natural. Would I have to go through all of this and hate my body? But, I can very happily report that I love my foobs.
Word: foob Part of Speech: noun 1. Deliberate misspelling of food Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, uncountable
Word: coyote ugly Part of Speech: adj 1. Very ugly. Labels: US, derogatory, slang Example: A girl was coyote ugly if, when a man got too drunk, picked her up, took her to bed, and woke up with her asleep on his arm in the morning, he'd chew his arm off to escape without waking her up. Example: Poodles, Pomeranians, those uglier than coyote ugly Pugs, Chihuahuas—you name it, he'd been in a cage with the fuckers, fighting for his right to a stupid rubber hot dog coated in beef broth while he waited for Gustav to milk his renal glands.
Word: ambiguity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ambiguitāsder. Old French ambiguitebor. Middle English ambiguite English ambiguity From Middle English ambiguite, from Old French ambiguite (French ambiguïté), from Latin ambiguitas, equivalent to ambiguous + -ity. Pronunciation: /æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/, /æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ə.ti/, /æm.bɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/, [æm.bɪˈɡju.ɪ.ɾi], /æm.bɪˈɡju.ə.ti/ 1. The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation. Labels: uncountable Example: His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position. Example: Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite. 2. An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context. Labels: countable Example: If two persons bore the same name, and confusion was likely to be caused, ambiguity was avoided by adding the name of the father[…] Example: For people who would rather face a plague of locusts than permit an avoidable ambiguity, this is like having their underwear twisted. You may think we should say to such people, “Get a life.” By all means tell them that. I’m neither making these rules up nor trying to enforce them; my job in this book is to point out to you what seems to be the current state of the language and its speakers."
Word: rudiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude. By surface analysis, rude + -i- + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːdɪmənt/ 1. A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning. Labels: in-plural, often Example: We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week. Example: This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies. 2. A form that lacks full or complex development. Labels: in-plural, often Example: I have the rudiments of an escape plan. Example: But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit / Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth. 3. A body part that no longer has a function 4. In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise. Example: Show me your rudiments.
Word: rudiment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude. By surface analysis, rude + -i- + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːdɪmənt/ 1. To ground; to settle in first principles. Labels: transitive
Word: someone's goose is cooked Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Unclear. Unconvincing claims have been made of the term's origin in Aesop's Fables (The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs) and in Swedish history. Attested as cook someone's goose from 1845. 1. All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over. Labels: idiomatic Example: If he doesn't win the next round, then his goose is cooked. Example: On our wedding day, a friend said to me sadly: 'Poor old Bernard, now your goose is cooked. Women are like cats, they like walls...'
Word: acousmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acousmaticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκουσματικός (akousmatikós), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”). 1. Referring to a sound that has no visually identifiable cause. Labels: not-comparable 2. Referring to Pythagorean disciples who for years listened to his lectures from behind a curtain, unable to see him. Labels: not-comparable 3. Referring to pre-recorded music that is presented in concert using loudspeakers, e.g. some types of computer music. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxy- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “sharp”). 1. Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid Labels: morpheme
Word: oxy- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Reduced from oxygen which in turn is from French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús). 1. Concerning oxygen Labels: morpheme
Word: oxygenate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From oxygen or French oxygéner + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/ 1. To treat or infuse with oxygen. Labels: transitive Example: After we oxygenated the river, the fish returned. Example: The function of the respiratory system is to oxygenate the blood and remove carbon dioxide. 2. To give (a patient) oxygen therapy. Labels: transitive
Word: Popsicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pop (“father”) + Epsicle, from Epperson + icicle. Named after Frank Epperson, its inventor. The inventor's children renamed it Popsicle, from Pop's 'sicle. 1. A Popsicle brand popsicle, a type of ice lolly.
Word: ghillie suit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As worn by ghillies (gillies) (Scottish hunting guides) in the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪli ˈsuːt/, /ˈɡɪli ˈsut/ 1. A type of overall covered in torn cloth shreds (faux foliage), used as camouflage by hunters and military snipers.
Word: canine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, doglike, dogtooth”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnaɪn/, /ˈkænaɪn/, /kəˈnaɪn/, /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Two canine animals in a time of dearth, may be truly said to struggle with each other which shall get food and live. Example: We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. […] I accepted the care of the canine patient. 2. Dog-like. Labels: not-comparable Example: In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine—positively. Example: I look for reflections, in your face Canine devotion, time can't erase Out on the corner, locked in your room I never believe them and I never assume 3. Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited. 4. Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: canine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, doglike, dogtooth”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnaɪn/, /ˈkænaɪn/, /kəˈnaɪn/, /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ 1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae. Example: Whatever the case, the pair’s adventure certainly became famous in 2016, when a large dating program of fossils and artefacts from Chauvet Cave, which included the smear of charcoal discarded by the child, confirmed that the tracks constitute the oldest unequivocal evidence of a relationship between humans and canines. 2. Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like. Labels: formal Example: The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below. 3. Synonym of cuspid, the pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals. Example: He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump. 4. A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity. Labels: slang Example: You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket.
Word: upsert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of update + insert. 1. To insert rows into a database table if they do not already exist, or update them if they do. Labels: transitive Example: Each entity event is upserted into the key/value table, such that the most recently read event for a given key is represented.
Word: upsert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of update + insert. 1. An operation that inserts rows into a database table if they do not already exist, or updates them if they do. Example: The upsert option lets you specify whether the update should be an upsert—that is, it tells MongoDB to update the record if it exists, and create it if it doesn't.
Word: paronym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- + -onym. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹənɪm/, [ˈpʰæɹənɪm], /ˈpɛɹənɪm/, [ˈpʰɛɹənɪm] 1. A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words. 2. A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate). Labels: rare
Word: facetiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English facetious Middle English -ly English -ly English facetiously From facetious + -ly. Pronunciation: /fəˈsiːʃəsli/ 1. In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. Example: Pirates are revered as the original Pastafarians, and Pastafarians facetiously assert that a steady decline in the number of pirates has resulted in a significant rise in global temperature. Example: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked on Thursday about Trump suggesting multiple times that the midterms should be canceled. She claimed Trump was just “speaking facetiously,” and “simply joking.” 2. In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion. Labels: dated
Word: rhythmless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor. Latin rhythmusder. English rhythm Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English rhythmless From rhythm + -less. 1. Without rhythm. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘OK,’ Fatou said, and set off, and she found that each lap was more distracted and rhythmless than the last. She was not used to being watched while she swam.
Word: latchstring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From latch + string. 1. A string attached to a latch allowing it to be disengaged from the opposite side.
Word: claustrophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobe. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒs.tɹəˌfəʊb/, /ˈklɔstɹəˌfoʊb/ 1. One who suffers from claustrophobia. Example: She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people.
Word: claustrophile Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces. Example: Since I am a claustrophile, I actually feel more secure in small cluttered spaces, I preferred to guide both ships from the Windsinger. Example: The question is disputable to what extent Xu Ruhua, the claustrophile who finally confines herself in a cagelike room, can be identified with Can Xue the author.
Word: claustrophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on the Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”), from claudere (“to close”) + -philia ("love"). 1. The love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight places. Labels: uncountable
Word: cascabel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cascabel (“bell, rattle”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæskəbɛl/ 1. A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry. Example: The very pungent Mexican Cascabel looks a lot like the Cherry pepper when it is growing.[…]In the dry state the skin becomes translucent and the seeds are loose so that they rattle, hence cascabel, which means sleigh or jingle bells. Another cultivar, the elongate Catarina, is often called Cascabel because its dry seeds also make a noise within its translucent dry skin. Example: Cascabels are available dried in Latin American markets. Hot and nutty in flavor, cascabels are good in sauces, beans, and chilis. 2. A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun breech, to which a heavy rope is attached in order to control recoil. Example: The cascabel, instead of being permanently attached to the breech of the piece, is set into it by means of a screw, and thus in reality the bore extends the entire distance of the gun, so that when the cascabel is taken off one can look directly through the gun. Example: This iron cannon with a single muzzle band, without trunnions and with an oversized cascabel is believed by many to be the original “Come and Take It” cannon and is displayed at the Gonzales Memorial Museum and occasionally elsewhere within Texas. 3. A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.
Word: confessio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnfessiō. Doublet of confession. Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛsi.əʊ/, /kənˈfɛsi.oʊ/ 1. A confession; a defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt.
Word: dollymop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dolly was a slang term for the penis. 1. An amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London. Labels: UK, slang Example: Those women who, for the sake of distinguishing them from the professionals, I must call amateurs, are generally spoken of as “Dollymops.” Now many servant-maids, nurse-maids who go with children into the Parks, shop girls and milliners who may be met with at the various “dancing academies,” so called, are “Dollymops.” We must separate these latter again from the “Demoiselle de Comptoir,” who is just as much in point of fact a “Dollymop,” because she prostitutes herself for her own pleasure, a few trifling presents or a little money now and then, and not altogether to maintain herself.
Word: eugeroic Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of stimulants that produce long-lasting mental arousal.
Word: eugeroic Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing mental arousal Labels: not-comparable
Word: Outside Part of Speech: name 1. The United States excluding Alaska, (especially) the contiguous 48 states south of Canada. Labels: US, slang Example: She's going Outside for Christmas. Example: 'When did you leave the Outside?' asked a blue-eyed, blonde, shaggy man. (The Outside means anywhere but Alaska—a man who has been long in the country falls into the idea of considering himself in a kind of a prison, and refers to the rest of the world as lying beyond the door of this.)
Word: deferred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɜːd/, /dɪˈfɝd/ 1. simple past and past participle of defer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deferred Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɜːd/, /dɪˈfɝd/ 1. Delayed; put off till later. Example: requested a deferred payment Example: In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance. 2. Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment. Example: The decision was deferred to the regional manager 3. Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.
Word: deferred Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɜːd/, /dɪˈfɝd/ 1. Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”). 2. A deferred bond. Example: Now you can take the papers back. And let it be a warning to you, Parkinson, not to invest your savings in speculative railway deferreds. Example: Only some Eurobonds are Euro straights with normal fixed coupons: many have innovative coupon structures, like zeros, deferreds, or step-ups; many are dual-currency (coupon and principal currencies are not the same); […]
Word: CHONPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur: the main elements that occur naturally in carbon-based living systems on Earth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, mnemonic, uncountable
Word: capital surplus Part of Speech: noun 1. A balance sheet item under shareholders' equity. Increases by the value above an original par value per share that newly issued shares are sold for.
Word: cislunar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cisder. English cis- English lunar English cislunar From cis- + lunar. 1. Situated between the Earth and the Moon. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lt. Gen. Zhang Yulin, a former deputy commander of China’s astronaut program, wrote in The People’s Daily last year that cislunar space — the area between the Earth and moon — would “become another broad field for the expansion of human living space.” Example: The economic viability of commercial operations in cislunar space – meaning the region extending from Earth’s atmosphere to the lunar surface and beyond – might be even more remote. 2. Situated below the orbit of the Moon, or equivalent distance from the Earth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clairgustance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably from 17th-century French clair (“clear”) + Latin gustāre + -ance. 1. The paranormal ability to taste a substance without putting anything in one's mouth. It is claimed that those who possess this ability are able to perceive the essence of a substance from the spiritual or ethereal realms through taste. Labels: uncountable
Word: concurring opinion Part of Speech: noun 1. An opinion which follows the outcome of the majority of the court, but might be reached in a differing manner.
Word: dead beat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of deadbeat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dromotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dromo- (“course, speed”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”), from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “course, race”) + τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌdɹɒm.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/, /ˌdɹɒm.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/, /ˌdɹɑm.əˈtɹɑp.ɪk/ 1. Affecting the conductivity of cardiac muscle, used of the influence of cardiac nerves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: frosted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English -ed English frosted From frost + -ed. 1. Covered in frost; frosty. Example: Eiswein is made from frosted grapes. 2. Translucent, appearing to be covered in frost. Example: She installed frosted windows, since there was a clear view of her bathroom from her neighbor's bedroom. Example: At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward. The panels were frosted save for ovals of clear glass at face level. 3. Damaged by frost. Example: Frosted fruit will be unsalable. 4. Extremely intoxicated. Labels: slang Example: I was so frosted after drinking that 12-pack.
Word: frosted Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English -ed English frosted From frost + -ed. 1. A kind of milkshake made with ice cream. Example: Except for those times when I am drugging myself with movies, vanilla frosteds, the latest novel, or cremes de nepenthe, it is difficult for me to avoid the bothersome thought […] Example: They had continued to laugh at the milk bar, tasting in the chocolate frosteds the unlikely flavor of Mr. Mather's turpitude.
Word: frosted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English -ed English frosted From frost + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of frost Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fab lab Part of Speech: noun 1. A small-scale workshop with the ability to fabricate almost everything, including products generally perceived as limited to mass production. Labels: slang
Word: doghead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + head. 1. That part of a matchlock or flintlock gun or rifle that holds the burning fuse or flint and applies it to the gunpowder. Example: Holonym: firearm 2. A mythical creature with a human body and a dog's head.
Word: goon stick Part of Speech: noun 1. An ax handle, used as an improvised weapon by train-riding hobos. 2. The penis. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: screenburn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screen + burn. 1. Damage caused to certain types of computer screens where a frequently-displayed image "burns" a dull copy of itself onto the screen, and remains permanently visible. Labels: uncountable
Word: screensaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English screen Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus 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 salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English saver English screensaver From screen + saver. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːnˌseɪ.və(ɹ)/ 1. A computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent screenburn. Example: I configured my screensaver to appear after only two minutes, because I enjoyed watching it so much. 2. The background picture of a computer, smartphone, or similar mobile device. Labels: proscribed Example: But she changed her screensaver, which was a photo of Julian eating scrambled eggs—he was smiling, holding his fork away from himself, as if he were waving the eggs at her—and replaced it with a photo of Olivia, looking up from her desk […] Example: If he wanted praise, or sympathy, or the chance to talk over a sensitive subject, he turned to me. A friend told me that she sat down at her computer one day to discover that her husband had changed her screensaver to read: “Be nice to Lloyd.
Word: zip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /zɪp/ 1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air. 2. Energy; vigor; vim. Labels: informal 3. A zip fastener. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Catrin: What sort of doctor wears a suit? My doctor wears a fleece. Can see his nasty little chest hairs poking through the zip… 4. Zero; nothing. Labels: slang Example: I know zip about economics. 5. A trip on a zipline. 6. A zip file. Labels: informal 7. Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”). 8. Synonym of zip zap zop 9. An ounce of marijuana. Labels: slang
Word: zip Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /zɪp/ 1. Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: `Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]