nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: TMI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of trimethylindium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of too much information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable Example: He began to talk about his last trip to the underwear store. I told him, TMI! Example: TMI, as the youthful txters say? Too Much Information? 3. Initialism of transmarginal inhibition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Temperature, Magenta/Green levels, and Intensity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of trans-Mars injection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: TMI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Three Mile Island. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Oklahoma Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Choctaw okla (“people”) + homa (“red”). Pronunciation: /ˌoʊk.ləˈhoʊ.mə/ 1. A state in the central United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Oklahoma City. Example: The next highest percentages were in Oklahoma, Nevada and New Mexico, with 26.3%, 25.6% and 25.4%, respectively. Example: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation, a decision that could reshape the criminal justice system by preventing state authorities from prosecuting offenses there that involve Native Americans. 2. A former territory (1890–1907) of the United States, encompassing the western half of the modern state. Labels: historical 3. Two communities in the United States, named for the state or territory: 4. Two communities in the United States, named for the state or territory:
Word: decal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of decalcomania. Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.kæl/, /ˈdɛkəl/, /ˈdiːkæl/, /dɪˈkæl/ 1. A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily. 2. A decorative sticker. Labels: US Example: Decorating each alienation, each species of withdrawal, as cufflink, decal, aimless doodling, there was somehow always the post horn. Example: But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war. 3. A texture overlaid on another texture to provide extra details.
Word: decal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of decalcomania. Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.kæl/, /ˈdɛkəl/, /ˈdiːkæl/, /dɪˈkæl/ 1. To apply decals to. Labels: transitive
Word: scuff mark Part of Speech: noun 1. A mark on something caused by something else scuffing against it.
Word: hepatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Pronunciation: /hɪˈpætɪk/, /həˈpætɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the liver. Labels: not-comparable 2. Acting on or occurring in the liver. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a deep brownish-red color like that of the liver. Labels: not-comparable Example: Polyhydrite, a silicate of oxide of iron from Breitenbrun, Saxony, is of a hepatic color, vitreous lustre and opaque Example: In fact bis weakness was for alcoholic stimulants. Hence his liver was carefully examined. It was not of the usual hepatic color ; in this case it presented a deep purple-black
Word: hepatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Pronunciation: /hɪˈpætɪk/, /həˈpætɪk/ 1. Any compound that acts on the liver. 2. A liverwort (kind of plant) Example: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
Word: raisin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪzən/, /ˈɹeɪzɪn/, /ˈɹiːzən/ 1. A dried grape. Example: Some of the fruit had turned black and shrunken — becoming, effectively, absurdly high-cost raisins.
Word: emetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic. Pronunciation: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/ 1. Causing nausea and vomiting. Example: [...] many common therapeutics of her time, such as the emetic calomel, dramatically inflamed the tongue, gums, and salivary glands.
Word: emetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic. Pronunciation: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/ 1. An agent that induces vomiting. Example: As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process.
Word: cathartic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós). Pronunciation: /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/ 1. Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis. Example: Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic. 2. That which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience. Example: "So, there are real opportunities to create real change with enforcement." Prosser describes how some of that change is also cathartic to those who have been directly affected by incidents on the railway, such as the families who have lost loved ones. Example: For some, Saturday’s protests were cathartic, a show of force and solidarity by progressives who had struggled to pick themselves up from last November’s election defeat.
Word: cathartic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós). Pronunciation: /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/ 1. A laxative. Example: The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular. Example: As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process.
Word: todger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of tadger, perhaps related to dialectal todge (“anything of a thick consistency”), todgey (“short and fat”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈtɒd͡ʒə/ 1. A penis. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial Example: 2005, Alexis James, Into the Woods: Erotic Fairytales and Other Stories, Lulu, US, page 150, A virgin you are and a virgin you will remain until your 18th birthday, whereupon you shall crave your first cock, taste your first todger, knuzzle your first knob and this shall be your undoing. Example: 2008, Ashley Hames, Sin Cities: Adventures of a Sex Reporter, Tonto Books, UK, page 66, I′ve even been in bed with a girl who, on clapping her eyes on my todger, looked up at me. ‘Your willy′s not very big is it?’ she said.
Word: rogering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roger + -ing. 1. An act of sexual intercourse, especially one that is rough. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: When I get you home I'm going to give you a good rogering.
Word: Rodger Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Roger. Example: In 2018, a man drove a rental van onto a busy Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people and badly injuring 16, minutes after he had posted a Facebook tribute to Mr. Rodger and proclaimed, “The Incel Rebellion has already begun!” 2. A male given name from the Germanic languages; a spelling variant of Roger reinforced by the surname.
Word: cirque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cirque (“circular arena; cirque”), from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring; racecourse, circus”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). Doublet of circus. Pronunciation: /sɜːk/, /sɝk/ 1. A Roman circus. Labels: historical Example: Nero exhibited theſe Spectacles in his own Gardens, impiouſly joining to them the Diverſions of the Cirque, and appearing himſelf publicly in the Habit of a Charioteer, ſitting in his Chariot[…]. 2. A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley. Example: Whose savage trample thus could pad the dank / Soil to a plash? toads in a poisoned tank, / Or wild cats in a red-hot iron cage— / The fight must so have seemed in that fell cirque. Example: Of course it's going to be bad whenever the clouds let loose, but up here pussyfooting along the perimeter of toothy cirques and dead drops of anywhere from eighty to three hundred feet, it would be a disaster. 3. Something in the shape of a circle or ring. Labels: dated, literary Example: Saturn has supplied to the Greeks and Romans the source of a beautiful personification; they have represented him as Time, […] thus with his scythe is he considered to cut down in endless succession every ripened race of man; and as the serpent is annually renewed by the cast of its skin, so is every falling race of man held to be renewed by a young and succeeding progeny; from hence arose the fiction, that Saturn devoured his own children, and hence also is the continuous cirque of imposts at Stonehenge an apt representation of this well imagined emblem. Example: [T]here our camp / Lay pitched that day beneath the sun's wide glare, / Amid the omnipresent desert wastes, / And few men stirred abroad. […] [A]nd the tents / Sagged lifeless all around their dusky cirque, / Whose every rope shone burnished in the glare, / And every tent-pin.
Word: heteroscedasticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + scedasticity. Pronunciation: /hɛtəɹoʊˌskɪdæsˈtɪsɪti/ 1. The property of a series of random variables in having differing variances of residuals, instead of a uniform variance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Johan Part of Speech: name Etymology: An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John. 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: William, the youthful heir, grew up, married and died, as we have already seen, of the sweating sickness, leaving only a daughter named Johan or Jennett, who was but two months old at his death […]
Word: Katie Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪti/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings. Example: There is one Emily, one Charlotte, no Catherine, but two Kates, and innumerable Katies, which seems to be the latest form that Catherine has taken—Catherine, Kate, Katie. Example: And "Mable"'s a name that ever sounds sweetly / And charms and enchants a mortal completely / While "Katie" suggests brown eyes and brown tresses / Created for love and lover's caresses. 2. Alternative spelling of Katy (“the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T" Labels: slang
Word: pro bono Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Abbreviated from Latin prō bonō publicō (“for the public good”). Pronunciation: /prəʊ ˈbəʊnəʊ/, /proʊ ˈboʊnoʊ/ 1. Without charging a fee, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means. Example: The firm currently has about half a dozen pro bono cases at any one time. Example: After he retired, he offered representation pro bono from time to time.
Word: jean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːn/, /d͡ʒeɪn/ 1. Denim. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: She wore a tattered jean jacket. Example: Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.
Word: partner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔ.nɚ], /ˈpɐːt.nə/, /ˈpaːt.nə/ 1. Either of a pair of people or things that belong together. 2. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. Example: business partner Example: dance partner 3. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. Example: He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner. 4. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. Example: New guidance on how to prosecute abusive partners for controlling and coercive behaviour has highlighted the phenomenon of love-bombing, a tactic used by suspects to confuse victims and gain more control. 5. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. Example: He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […]. 6. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. 7. One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass. 8. A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period. Labels: Jamaica
Word: partner Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔ.nɚ], /ˈpɐːt.nə/, /ˈpaːt.nə/ 1. To join as a partner. Labels: transitive 2. To work or perform as a partner. Labels: intransitive, often Example: “In the current period, when people are embedded in social and informational bubbles with like-minded friends and relatives,” he says, “the idea of partnering with someone from a different bubble is understandably daunting. At a minimum it’s awkward and complicated.” Example: Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.
Word: bubblehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From bubble + head. * (diver): Inspired by the shape of the old spun-copper diving helmet. 1. A stupid person; someone who is empty-headed or oblivious. Labels: slang Example: I rather enjoyed it, but my niece said Audrey Hepburn was a “bubblehead”. 2. A submariner; bubble-head. Labels: slang 3. A navy hard hat or salvage diver. Labels: slang
Word: aw Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Natural exclamation. Pronunciation: /ɔː/, [ɔ̃ː ~ ɒ̃ː], /ɑ/ 1. Used to express disappointment or dismay. Example: Aw, that's too bad... 2. Used to express mild protest, entreaty, consternation, or disapproval. Example: Aw, dad, why can't we go to Legoland? 3. Used to express affection. Example: Aw, you've got such a cute baby bird! 4. Used to anticipate reporting to a person in authority that the listener has done something wrong. Labels: childish Example: Aww, you said a bad word!
Word: aw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Natural exclamation. Pronunciation: /ɔː/, [ɔ̃ː ~ ɒ̃ː], /ɑ/ 1. An instance of aw. Example: Mr. McGuire, 64, a retired science teacher and two-term incumbent on the Town Council, selected a card, the six of hearts, drawing approving oos and aws from his supporters.
Word: eh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”). The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh. Pronunciation: /eɪ/, /e/, /ɛ/, [ɛː] 1. Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. Labels: Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, Hong-Kong, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, informal Example: These hot dogs are pretty good, eh? Example: Well, what dost thou think then of seeing the world? Do ye wish to go round Cape Horn to see any more of it, eh? Can’t ye see the world where you stand? 2. In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said. Example: —I've been studying Graphiurus murinus. —Eh? Studying what? 3. In isolation, expressing surprise or confusion. Example: —You're going to be a dad! —Eh? You're joking! 4. An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker. Labels: Canada Example: I went to the restaurant, eh, but my friends didn't show up. 5. Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh. Example: —Do you feel like going out tonight? —Eh, I don't know. Example: “Look, Mom; I made the real rocket, based on the macaroni prototype!” “…Eh.” 6. Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; uh. Labels: Philippines Example: —Why is it like this? —Eh, It's like that eh.
Word: eh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”). The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh. Pronunciation: /eɪ/, /e/, /ɛ/, [ɛː] 1. To use the interjection eh.
Word: eh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”). The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh. Pronunciation: /eɪ/, /e/, /ɛ/, [ɛː] 1. Of mediocre quality; unremarkable. Labels: informal, not-comparable, predicative Example: My French fries were eh.
Word: eh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Hokkien 欸 (--eh) and Mandarin 欸 (ê̄ / ế / ê̌, interjection). Pronunciation: [ˈe˦˧], [ˈe˧], [eɪ˧˨], [eɪ˩˦] 1. Hey, oi; said to get someone's attention. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, impolite, usually 2. An interjection expressing disapproval. Labels: Singapore Example: Eh, please don’t say that... 3. Huh?; expresses confusion. Labels: Singapore
Word: eh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons. Pronunciation: /eɪ/ 1. an attention grabber Labels: Multicultural-London-English, Singapore Example: Eh, come here! Example: Eh, what do you have? 2. A greeting between friends (typically male) or display of approval. Labels: Internet, Singapore, informal
Word: eh Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A reduced form of ain't. 1. Used to negate the following verb; (am/are/is/do/does) not. Labels: Caribbean, Singapore, Trinidad-and-Tobago, not-comparable Example: And she: "Ay man, watch you one foot ass. Wen I want a man, I want a good man. Me eh want man like you."
Word: eh Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Hokkien 咧 (--leh), with the l dropped. 1. Alternative form of leh. Labels: Manglish, Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
Word: shh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From hush. Likely imitative of a nonverbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”). Pronunciation: /ʃ̩ː/ 1. Demanding silence. 2. Comforting one who is crying.
Word: shh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hush. Likely imitative of a nonverbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”). Pronunciation: /ʃ̩ː/ 1. An utterance of shh. Example: “Shh,” says Jenny’s mother, “shh. / Give a shh and a giddyap with your borscht.” / A knock is heard on Gloria’s door. / “Remember is someone asleep in the house!” / Jenny gives a shh and laps up her borscht. Example: Twenty-five million dollars each?! There were hmms and shhs around the table.
Word: shh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hush. Likely imitative of a nonverbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”). Pronunciation: /ʃ̩ː/ 1. To utter shh. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: “Hey,” the test-taker who’d shhed sat up, glared, saw the exec, shut up, and hunched down over the test. Example: ‘No!’ Matt shhes.
Word: shh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of SHH (“sonic hedgehog”); Abbreviation of sonic hedgehog. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: karaoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Japanese 空 Ancient Greek ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρᾰ (-tră) Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)bor. Latin orchēstrabor. English orchestrabor. Japanese オーケストラ Japanese カラオケbor. English karaoke Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, /ˈkæ.ɹəˌəʊ.ki/, /ˌkæ.ɹiˈoʊ.ki/, /ˌkɛɹ.iˈoʊ.ki/, /ˈkɑːɹɑːˌoʊkeɪ/ 1. A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music. Labels: uncountable Example: The karaoke has been well received by those who frequent the oriental cabaret scene and adopt its particular social behaviors such as conversation, companionship, being seen, and showing off. Example: American Idol will always have a place in my heart. It's where I met Clay. And what could be more exciting than televised karaoke? 2. A karaoke session. Labels: countable 3. A karaoke parlour. Labels: countable 4. An exercise in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other while walking sideways to stretch various parts of the lower body and core. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: karaoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Japanese 空 Ancient Greek ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρᾰ (-tră) Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)bor. Latin orchēstrabor. English orchestrabor. Japanese オーケストラ Japanese カラオケbor. English karaoke Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, /ˈkæ.ɹəˌəʊ.ki/, /ˌkæ.ɹiˈoʊ.ki/, /ˌkɛɹ.iˈoʊ.ki/, /ˈkɑːɹɑːˌoʊkeɪ/ 1. to perform karaoke Labels: intransitive
Word: Frauen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Frauen. 1. plural of Frau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: technophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + -phile. 1. A person who is enthusiastic about technology, especially the technology of emerging fields such as aeronautics, space engineering, computing, or communication technology, during their respective phases of introduction and development. Example: 1966 Editor. Ingenor, Autumn 1966 p.30, College of engineering, University of Michigan Most of us simply ignore technology in its depth effects; the few who don't ignore it tend either to glow with technophilia. . . or to glower with technophobia. . . But both technophilia and technophobia are superstitious relapses in which, let me repeat, we impute to the dynamic a direction that it does not have. Our one hope of humanizing technology is by humanizing ourselves: gaining the courage and the humility to get a hold on ourselves, we might gain the wit and the will to get a hold on it. In this bootstrap effort, neither the technophile nor the technophobe is likely to be helpful, for what we need is not a simple assessment of how technology affects the world "out there" or the world "in here." We need, rather, an assessment of how it affects both, in interplay. And for that effort, both the technophile and the technophobe have disqualified themselves — the one by his dogmatic fixation on what he claims to be objective certainties, the other by his equally dogmatic fixation on what he claims to be subjective imperatives. Example: It is naive to think it likely that technology can be phased out in a smoothly managed, orderly way, especially since the technophiles will fight stubbornly at every step.
Word: platypus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Platypus (originally a genus name already in use for a type of beetle), from Ancient Greek πλατύπους (platúpous, “flat-footed”), from πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of flatfoot. Pronunciation: /ˈplætɪpəs/, /ˈplætɪpʊs/, /ˈplætɪˌpʊs/ 1. A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Example: Victoria's Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the births of two baby platypuses, in a major milestone. […] "They are in fact the offspring of captive-bred platypus, so this is actually the first time we've ever been able to breed from captive-bred parents," she [Paula Watson] said.
Word: People's Republic of China Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Chinese 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/ 1. Official name of China: a country in East Asia. Example: Meronym: mainland China Example: Near-synonym: China
Word: tawdry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþrȳð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːdɹi/, /ˈtɔ.dɹi/, /ˈtɑ.dɹi/ 1. Tawdry lace. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: That fiddling, parading fellow (you know who I mean) made us wait for him two hours […] only for the sake of having a little more tawdry upon his housings […].
Word: tawdry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþrȳð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːdɹi/, /ˈtɔ.dɹi/, /ˈtɑ.dɹi/ 1. Of clothing, appearance, etc., cheap and gaudy; showy. Example: The rest of his dress—a dress always sufficiently tawdry—was overcharged with lace, embroidery, and ornament of every kind, and the plume of feathers which he wore was so high, as if intended to sweep the roof of the hall. Example: This wasn't really a room for me; the green curtains before the windows were rather tawdry, and there was anything but an abundance of nails on the walls for hanging one's wardrobe. 2. Of a character, behavior, or situation, etc., unseemly, base, mean-spirited, shameful. Example: [T]he "greaser" was a dirty, idle, shiftless, treacherous, tawdry vagabond, dwelling in a disgracefully primitive house, and backward in every aspect of civilization. Example: The woman's passion by his side seemed suddenly tawdry and unreal, the seeking of her lips for his something horrible.
Word: Orthodox Judaism Part of Speech: name 1. The most traditional Rabbinic branch of Judaism, characterized by the belief in the continued relevance and binding nature of the Rabbinic interpretation of Jewish law. Labels: Judaism
Word: ism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the suffix -ism (“belief”), particularly (in the 19th century) in the sense of "social movement". Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana. Pronunciation: /ˈɪz.əm/ 1. An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism. Example: […] his religion, his worship was like his daily bread to him; — which he did not take the trouble to talk much about; which he merely ate at stated intervals, and lived and did his work upon! This is Abbot Samson’s Catholicism of the Twelfth Century; — something like the Ism of all true men in all true centuries, I fancy! Alas, compared with any of the Isms current in these poor days, what a thing! Example: If it gives way to sentimentalism, or sensibility, or political mysticism, or adopts an affectation of radicalism, or any other ism, or molds its institutions so as to round out to a more complete fulfillment somebody's theory of the universe, it may fall into an era of revolution and political insecurity […] 2. An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism. Example: Parents and educators play a critical role in helping children of all ages navigate current events and talk openly about the historical roots of the various ‘isms in our country.
Word: New Testament Part of Speech: name 1. The second half of the Christian Bible, which includes the four Gospels, the Book of Acts, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Muslims believe that the Final Testament, the Quran, is a continuation of the New Testament.
Word: gospel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspell (“gospel”), corresponding to God + spell (“talk, tale, story”), literally “the message of God”, believed to be an alteration of earlier *gōdspell (literally “good news”), used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”, literally “good news”) (English evangel). Compare Old Saxon gōdspel and godspell (“gospel”), Old High German and Middle High German gotspel (“gospel”), Icelandic guðspjall (“gospel”), and the modern calque Malayalam സുവിശേഷം (suviśēṣaṁ). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒspəl/, /ˈɡɑspəl/ 1. The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Spreading the gospel of dental hygiene in Vermont 5. That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive). Labels: uncountable Example: took her words for gospel Example: If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Edipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel. 6. Gospel music. Labels: uncountable
Word: gospel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gospellen, from Old English godspellian (“to preach the gospel, evangelise”), from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒspəl/, /ˈɡɑspəl/ 1. To instruct in, declare, or communicate the gospel; to evangelise. Labels: transitive Example: Are you so gospelled, to pray for this good man and for his issue, whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave and beggared yours forever? Example: I stood there wondering how often they had “gospeled” each other's hearts like this.
Word: sectarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian. Pronunciation: /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of, relating to, or partial to a sect. Example: We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias. 2. Dogmatic or partisan. Example: The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country. 3. Parochial or narrow-minded. 4. Bigoted.
Word: sectarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian. Pronunciation: /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A member of a sect. Example: An American sectarian, who has always lived within the high walls and in the close atmosphere of our intense sect-life here, and has always been accustomed to the dragonism of sect-authority and sect-jealousy, —is utterly amazed when for the first time he looks over his native sect-walls and comes to see the freedom of thought and utterance within the old churches of Europe. 2. A bigot.
Word: Lucifer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (“light”) + ferō (“bear, carry”)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (“lightbearer”) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star). Pronunciation: /ˈluːsɪfə/ 1. The planet Venus as the daystar (the morning star). Labels: literary Example: Near-synonyms: Vesper, Hesperus, evening star, Venus 2. The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon. 3. Satan, the Devil.
Word: illegible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- English legible English illegible From il- + legible. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛd͡ʒəbəl/ 1. Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable. Example: illegible handwriting Example: illegible scribbles
Word: Teufel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diabolusbor. Proto-West Germanic *diubul Old High German tiufal Middle High German tiuvel German Teufelbor. English Teufel Borrowed from German Teufel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: rebbe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish רבי (rebe). Doublet of rabbi. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛbi/, /ˈɹɛbə/ 1. The spiritual leader of a Hasidic Jewish community. Labels: Judaism Example: Born in Riga in 1909 into a vast cousinage that included the Lubavitcher rebbes, Isaiah Mendelevich Berlin was taken to Petrograd as a small boy, and then to London in 1921 when the Bolsheviks allowed his prosperous (and fortunate) parents to leave. Example: It was to be the first Pesach, after years devoid of light When the Rebbe of Skulene stood with his son And they announced, There will Matzos! for the Seder Night But enough to only give each person one 2. A teacher of Torah, especially in a primary school. Labels: Judaism Example: Since their was no kollel that Shlomo could enter immediately, he would stay in the house and learn all day. When I came home at night, he would be my own private rebbe-chavrusa. Example: The first-grade teacher […] has to be able to project a motherly warmth while at the same time maintain the image of a rebbe.
Word: unreadable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English read Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English readable English unreadable From un- + readable. 1. Not written clearly enough to be deciphered. Example: unreadable handwriting Example: unreadable charts 2. Making an unpleasant reading experience, e.g. because it is dull or upsetting. Example: an unreadable book Example: unreadable rants 3. Not able to be accessed or played by some technical device. Example: The scratched CD is unreadable.
Word: diablo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of diabolo, devil, diable, and diabolus. 1. The or a devil. Labels: Southwestern, US
Word: diablo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of diabolo, devil, diable, and diabolus. 1. Synonym of diable (“flavored with hot spices/sauces”). Labels: not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes Example: a diablo pizza Example: a diablo burger
Word: mentum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mentum (“the chin”). Doublet of menton. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛn.təm/ 1. The chin. 2. A chin-like projection below the mouth of certain mollusks. 3. The central part of the labium in insects. 4. A projection in front of the flower in some orchids.
Word: diabolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ancient Greek διαβολικός (diabolikós, “devilish”), from διάβολος (diábolos, “devil”). First attested in 1350–1400. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk/ 1. Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil. Example: diabolic magic square Example: "The Sovereign Council of Wisdom," or the Order of Palladium, founded in Paris, was a diabolic order claiming masonic origin. 2. Having qualities traditionally attributed to devils. Labels: figuratively 3. Having qualities traditionally attributed to devils. Labels: especially, figuratively Example: a cunning and diabolic plot Example: fires lit up a diabolic scene
Word: addictive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco. Pronunciation: /əˈdɪktɪv/ 1. Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming. Example: These are addictive drugs. 2. Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more. Example: There are loads of mazes, it's all really good fun and utterly addictive […] 3. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction. Example: He has an addictive personality.
Word: addictive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco. Pronunciation: /əˈdɪktɪv/ 1. A drug that causes an addiction. 2. Anything that is very habit-forming.
Word: Éire Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Eire: A country in northwestern Europe Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: British subjects in Éire could not vote, hold public office, or work in the government service of Éire, whereas Éire citizens in Britain could do all of these. Example: In the light of modern scholarship it now seems highly likely that the total recruitment figure for both Northern Irish and Éire citizens in the British Armed Forces stood at around 100–120,000 men and women.
Word: Cymru Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder. Proto-Celtic *kom- Proto-Brythonic *köβ̃- Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs Proto-Celtic *mrogis Proto-Brythonic *broɣ Proto-Brythonic *kombrogis Proto-Brythonic *kömroɣ Middle Welsh Kymry Welsh Cymrubor. English Cymru Borrowed from Welsh Cymru. Doublet of Cambria, Cumberland, and Cumbria. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.ɹi/ 1. Synonym of Wales: a constituent country of the United Kingdom. Labels: Wales Example: Communicating in English was usual till a common language could be established. But neither I nor Rob wished anyone to prioritise English on our behalf and the fact that anyone could be offended at hearing Cymraeg in Cymru was wretched. […] My friends had only been in Cymru a year, but Tim knew more local history than me, and the kids, being young, were already nearly fluent in Cymraeg.
Word: negroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English negro Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English negroid From negro + -oid. 1. Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world. Labels: dated, offensive Example: They were human and yet not human. I should say that they were a little higher in the scale of evolution than Ahm, possibly occupying a place of evolution between that of the Neanderthal man and what is known as the Grimaldi race. Their features were distinctly negroid, though their skins were white. A considerable portion of both torso and limbs were covered with short hair, and their physical proportions were in many aspects apelike, though not so much so as were Ahm's. They carried themselves in a more erect position, although their arms were considerably longer than those of the Neanderthal man. As I watched them, I saw that they possessed a language, that they had knowledge of fire and that they carried besides the wooden club of Ahm, a thing which resembled a crude stone hatchet. Evidently they were very low in the scale of humanity, but they were a step upward from those I had previously seen in Caspak. Example: The nose was wide without being particularly negroid. The nostrils did not gape at you.
Word: negroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English negro Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English negroid From negro + -oid. 1. A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin. Labels: dated, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: "Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?"
Word: Shraddha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā, “faith”). 1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India and Nepal
Word: New Orleans Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of French La Nouvelle-Orléans. Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)uː ɔɹˈliːnz/, /n(j)uː ˈɔɹliːnz/, /ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.li.ənz/, /ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.lɛ.ənz/, /ˈnɔɹlənz/ 1. The largest city in Louisiana, United States and the parish seat of Orleans Parish, which is coterminous with the city. Example: As hundreds of volunteers and police scoured parks and waterways in an area of New Orleans Tuesday, there were many questions but few answers about the disappearance 11 days ago of a 26-year-old teacher.
Word: Australian rules football Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of football devised in Australia, played on an oval field with an oval ball that players try to kick between the goalposts or between a central and outer post. Labels: uncountable
Word: leetman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leet + -man. 1. One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.
Word: acouchy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of acouchi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acoumeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō, “I hear”) + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
Word: acoumetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō, “I hear”) + -metry. 1. The measuring of the power or extent of hearing. Labels: uncountable
Word: sucktacular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suck + -tacular. 1. Extremely bad. Labels: slang Example: It was spring and she loved days like this. Mostly she was glad the cold, sucktacular winter was over.
Word: congenital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin genitus Latin congenitus English -al English congenital From Latin congenitus + -al, equivalent to con- + genital. Pronunciation: /kənˈdʒɛnɪt(ə)l/ 1. Of a trait or a disease, present since birth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status—people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression. No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could free them from congenital defects, various worms, and the diseases indigenous to filthy surroundings.
Word: whipping boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded in 1647. It is debated if this type of proxy punishment actually existed, or how widespread it was. 1. A boy who was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince in early modern Europe. Labels: historical Example: As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat. 2. Someone punished for the errors of others. Example: Once upon a time there was a little Power, the half-bankrupt wreck of a once great empire, that lost its temper with England, the whipping-boy of all the world, and behaved, as every one knows, most scandalously. Example: In others he denounces it as rank Judaism, the Jew having at that time become for him the whipping boy for all modern humanity.
Word: scapegoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scape + goat; coined by English biblical scholar and translator William Tyndale, interpreting Biblical Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (“azazél”) (Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26), from an interpretation as coming from עֵז (ez, “goat”) and אוזל (ozél, “escapes”). First attested 1530. Compare English scapegrace, scapegallows. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/, /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/ 1. In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed. Example: And Aarõ caſt lottes ouer the .ij. gootes: one lotte for the Lorde, ãd another for a ſcapegoote. Example: […]; alluding herein unto the heart of man, and the precious bloud of our Saviour; who was typified indeed by the Goat that was ſlain, and the ſcape Goat in the wilderneſſe; 2. Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure. Example: He is making me a scapegoat for his own poor business decisions and the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricane! Example: The new Secretary of State had been long sick of the perfidy and levity of the First Lord of the Treasury, and began to fear that he might be made a scapegoat to save the old intriguer who, imbecile as he seemed, never wanted dexterity where danger was to be avoided.