nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: blake Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *blaikaz Proto-West Germanic *blaik Old English blāc Middle English blake English blake From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”). Compare Scots bleg (“light, drab”). More at bleak. Pronunciation: /bleɪk/ 1. Yellow, as butter or cheese. Labels: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, poetic, uncommon Example: White shows the rye, the big of big of blaker hue,[…] Example: […] the E. blake (identical with AS. blac, G. bleich, pale) is provincially used in the sense of yellow. As blake as a paigle, as yellow as a cowslip.
Word: groupies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹupiz/ 1. plural of groupie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of groupy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eyewitnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyewitness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eyewitnesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eyewitness Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dorms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dorm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stepdad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Germanic *steupa- Proto-West Germanic *steupa- Old English stēop- Middle English step- English step- English dad English stepdad From step- + dad. 1. A stepfather. Labels: informal
Word: enforcer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English enforce 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 enforcer From enforce + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔːsə/ 1. One who enforces. 2. A hired strongman, especially working for the underworld. Example: At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.] 3. The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient. 4. A battering ram used by the emergency services for gaining access to locked premises. Labels: UK 5. A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.
Word: cap'n Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæpn̩/, [ˈkæʔm̩] 1. Contraction of captain used as a title. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Aye aye, cap'n! Example: “Uh, I think we should do, uh, what you want to do, Cap'n. Cap'n's choice.” “I'm not asking you to kiss my ass. Come on. No wrong answers.” “Uh, okay. We could do evasive maneuver eighty... eight...?” “Is he (bleep)ing serious?” “That was the wrong answer!” “I meant 84.” “In this situation? Are you crazy?” “Mariner!” “Have you not been paying attention? That could get us killed.”
Word: bullies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʊliz/ 1. plural of bully Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʊliz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bully Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: immigrants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immigrant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: journalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of journalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: logline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1613 as logge-line. A compound of log + line. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɡ.laɪn/ 1. A very short summary of a script or screenplay. Example: Screenwriting Tip #12: If you don't know your own logline, you probably don't know what your script is about. Some writers will tell you they don't have a logline. Their screenplay is “too complex” or “too character-driven,” […] Example: The first step in outlining is to make sure that your logline, that one-or-two- sentence summary of your movie you first created in chapter 2 (“Jump-starting the Screenplay”), is the best that it can be in capturing what your movie is about now. 2. The line fastened to the log, and marked for finding the speed of a vessel. Example: Besides the ingenious Pilot knowing the elevation of the Pole in some places of his voyage that he hath passed, by keeping a true, not a dead reckoning of his course in pricking his Card aright, and observing the way with the logge-line, with other currants, will give a very artificiall conjecture of the elevation of the pole in that place where he is, though he sec neither Sunne nor Starres. Example: Bring the ship to rights, that is, againe under saile as she was, some use a Log line, and a minute glasse to know what way shee makes, but that is so uncertaine, it is not worth the la­bour to trie it.
Word: calico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)bor. Portuguese Calicutbor. English Calicut English calico From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.lɪ.kəʊ/, /ˈkæ.lɪ.koʊ/ 1. A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This helix was covered with calico, and then a second wire applied in the same manner. Example: Trussed in corsets, jawbone-high collars and calicos that had seen better days, they have little enough to work with, their attempts at coquetry further constrained by their rigid mores of the day. 2. Ellipsis of calico cat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis Example: One of them, a calico whose half-grown kittens he just fed, slow-blinks at him, an affectionate gesture. 3. The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus. Labels: uncountable
Word: calico Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)bor. Portuguese Calicutbor. English Calicut English calico From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.lɪ.kəʊ/, /ˈkæ.lɪ.koʊ/ 1. Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated. Labels: not-comparable Example: The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings. Example: The calico-patterned tablecloths were supposed to make the restaurant look rustic; instead, they made it look run down. 2. Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: consolatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English consolatory, from Latin cōnsōlātōrius. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɒl.ət.(ə)ɹ.i/, /kənˈsoʊl.ə.tɔɹ.i/, /kənˈsɑl.ə.tɔɹ.i/ 1. Which consoles. Example: […] where in he reporteth of the coragius wordes that were moch consolatory […] Example: 1649, John Donne, Fifty Sermons, London: M.F., J. Marriot and R. Royston, Volume 2, “Sermon XVII. Preached at Lincolns Inne,” p. 140, Where then is the restorative, the consolatory nature of these words? In this, beloved, consists our comfort […]
Word: consolatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English consolatory, from Latin cōnsōlātōrius. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɒl.ət.(ə)ɹ.i/, /kənˈsoʊl.ə.tɔɹ.i/, /kənˈsɑl.ə.tɔɹ.i/ 1. That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. Example: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 658-662, in Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, pp. 43-44, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much perswasion sought Lenient of grief and anxious thought, But with' afflicted in his pangs thir sound Little prevails, Example: How is it possible to imagine, that a woman, who has all these consolatories to reflect upon, will die of a broken heart?
Word: coverlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coverlite, from Anglo-Norman cuver-lit, formed on cuvrir (“to cover”) + lit (“bed”). Cognate with Catalan cobrellit. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)lɪt/ 1. A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted. Example: Near-synonyms: bedspread, bedcover, counterpane, quilt Example: Year after year unto her feet, She lying on her couch alone, Across the purpled coverlet, The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]
Word: crimped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹɪmpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of crimp Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The sharp bend had crimped the pipe so almost no water could get through.
Word: crimped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɹɪmpt/ 1. With a crimp in it; crushed shut. Example: The crimped edges had been welded in earlier models.
Word: denominated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of denominate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The bills were denominated in dollars.
Word: descried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of descry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: descries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of descry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diligently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English diligent Middle English -ly English -ly English diligently From diligent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪlɪd͡ʒ(ə)ntli/, /ˈdɪləd͡ʒən(t)li/ 1. In a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully. Example: Instead, empty bags were folded diligently into the corners of underpacked suitcases, waiting to be jammed full with the familiar objects of home.
Word: doleful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English doleful, doolful, deolful, equivalent to dole + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈdoʊlfəl/ 1. Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. Example: The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held. Example: A doleful expression that tugged at my heartstrings.
Word: griefful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grief + -ful. 1. Expressing or full of grief; painful. Labels: archaic Example: each the other gan with passion great, / And griefull pittie priuately bemone.
Word: farmhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + house. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːmhaus/ 1. A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus: Example: No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him. 2. A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus: Example: Since the farm's redevelopment into mixed commercial and residential space, the farmhouse has served as a community center. Example: The couple live in a renovated farmhouse that was once the hub of a 300-acre farm.
Word: farmyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/ 1. The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings. Example: "Where's Kipper?" I asked, and was surprised to note that Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature. "Reggie?" she said, suspending the farmyard imitations for a moment. Example: The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.
Word: flogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”). Pronunciation: /flɒɡə/, /flɑɡɚ/ 1. One who flogs. Example: How could the flogger of urchins be otherwise than animated and joyous? Example: The High Masters were as shrewd floggers as any. 2. A whip. Example: But the "Sac" party imagines that if the boy had not dropped his whip, their horse would have won, for he was so partial to his flogger, that the Treasure in all probability would have stopped to it, and Custance been just enabled to do him. 3. A whip. Example: Savanna walked around the stock, unhooking her flogger from her belt. 4. A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc. Example: Schlepitchka is a texturing trick done by twirling a feather duster or flogger around gently and dabbing it on the surface of the scenery between each twirl of the tool so that the splayed pattern prints on the scenery.
Word: frosty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒsti/, /ˈfɹɔsti/, /ˈfɹɑs-/ 1. Cold, chilly; icy. Example: The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets. Example: I'd like a frosty milkshake. 2. Having frost on it or in it. Example: The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year. Example: The frosty beverage gave him a brain freeze. 3. Having an aloof or inhospitable manner. Labels: figuratively Example: After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex. Example: Chilly from the start, she grows ever frostier as the book proceeds, partly because Mr. Martin has difficulty translating her sexual abandon to anything beyond “sexual due process.”
Word: gallantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gallant Middle English -ly English -ly English gallantly From gallant + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæl.ənt.li/ 1. In a gallant or gentlemanly manner; with social graces. Example: Poirot rose gallantly, bowed her into the seat opposite him. 2. In a brave or valiant manner. Example: [T]he curve of her nostril suggested the figurehead of a ship plunging gallantly into a rough sea.
Word: gentlemanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gentilmanly; equivalent to gentleman + -ly (adjectival suffix). 1. Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen. Example: Best of all, he ought to imagine his fellow-gamblers and the rest of the mob which stands trembling over a coin to be equally rich and gentlemanly with himself, and playing solely for recreation and pleasure. Example: With an election to cover and the soccer season in full swing, the sudoku newspaper rivalry stayed relatively gentlemanly until this month, when some of the last sudoku holdouts, including The Independent and The Guardian, joined the fray.
Word: gentlemanly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English gentilmanly; equivalent to gentleman + -ly (adverbial suffix). 1. In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely. Example: He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.
Word: BGA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ball grid array. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of blue-green alga. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BGA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Go Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Board Game Arena. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hebdomadal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hebdomadālis. According to The Poly-Olbion Project, coined by John Selden in 1612. Pronunciation: /hɛbˈdɒmədəl/ 1. Lasting seven days. Labels: obsolete Example: At the right ſide of any of the Baſes begin your account, from that to the oppoſitly noted Planet, thence to his oppoſite, and ſo ſhall you find a continued courſe in that Order (grounded perhaps among the Ancients vpon myſteries of number, and interchanged gouernment by thoſe ſuperior bodies ouer this habitable Orb) which ſome haue ſweated at, in inquiry of Proportions, Muſique diſtances, & refer’d it to Planetary howrs: wheras They (the very name of Houre for a XXIIII. part of a day, being vnuſuall till about the Peloponeſiaque warre) had their originall of later time, then this Hebdomadall account, whence the Hourely from the morning of euery day had his breeding, and not the other from this, as Pretending & Vulgar Aſtrologers receiue in ſuppoſition. 2. Weekly, occurring once a week. Example: The wits and humourists, the distinguished worthies of the town or village, the apothecary, the attorney, even the curate himself, did not disdain to partake of this hebdomadal festivity. Example: They quickly weary of this brief hebdomadal Sabbath here, yet they long for that eternal one; they dream of it, they talk about it, they think they think they are going to enjoy it—with all their simple hearts they think they think they are going to be happy in it!
Word: equanimous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aequ(us) (“calm”) + animus (“mind”). By surface analysis, equ- + animus. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwæn.ɪ.məs/ 1. Calm and composed; of stable disposition. Example: Near-synonyms: calm, composed, imperturbable; see also Thesaurus:calm
Word: hypocoristically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hypocoristic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hypocoristically From hypocoristic + -ally. 1. in a hypocoristic manner
Word: guttural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/, [ˈɡʌɾəɹəɫ̩], /ˈɡɐtəɹəl/, [ˈɡɐɾəɹəɫ̩] 1. Of, relating to, or connected to the throat. Example: guttural duct of the ear; guttural pouch infection 2. Having a place of articulation towards the back of the mouth; in modern use, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal; in earlier or non-technical use, also including velar. 3. Sounding harsh and throaty. Example: Arabic is considered a very guttural language, with many harsh consonants. Example: The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
Word: guttural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/, [ˈɡʌɾəɹəɫ̩], /ˈɡɐtəɹəl/, [ˈɡɐɾəɹəɫ̩] 1. A harsh and throaty spoken sound Example: He was hairy, and his speech of rough gutturals was imperfect. Example: He seems quite an exception to some husbands in that respect!" remarked the Berliner in deep gutturals.
Word: cippus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake, post”). Doublet of cep. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.pəs/ 1. A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. Example: […]lodged on the top of an ancient sepulchral cippus Example: [A] cippus, found at Valencia in Spain, has on one of its sides Fatus Q. Fabius ex voto, and on the other, three female figures, with the attributes of the Mœræ or Parcæ. 2. The stocks. Labels: historical
Word: cuneus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cuneus. Doublet of coign and coin. 1. A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing. 2. A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs. 3. One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
Word: pashmina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian پَشْمِینَه (pašmīna). Compare پشمین (pašmīn /pašmin). 1. A Cashmere; a goat native to Kashmir. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fine wool that grows under the hair of this goat; cashmere. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A soft fabric made from this wool; (in particular) a shawl made from this fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, Leh's most important product is the soft underwool of sheep and goats, most of which are tended by nomads, men who roam about the uplands with their herds. It is this fine, soft wool which is used to make the famous pashmina shawls of Kashmir. Example: Pashmina was invented more than four hundred years ago when Nur Jaban, wife of the Emperor Jehangir, asked her weavers to present a woolen fabric that was "as light as a cloud but as warm as a tender embrace."
Word: juk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 粥 (zuk1) or Korean 죽 (juk). Doublet of zhou and jook. 1. Synonym of congee. Labels: uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:juk.
Word: Koch Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /koʊk/, /kɑx/, /kʊk/, /kəʊk/, /kɒx/ 1. A language of Meghalaya (India), Assam, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, and Bangladesh.
Word: Koch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Koch (“cook”), an occupational surname. Doublet of Cook and Kok. Pronunciation: /koʊk/, /kɑx/, /kʊk/, /kəʊk/, /kɒx/ 1. A surname from German. Example: It was a one-stop political and policy shop, a sort of shadow Republican Party but crafted in the libertarian molds of the Kochs and entirely controlled by them. That wasn’t the only thing that the Koch brothers did differently.
Word: wailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: well-nigh Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wel-neigh (“physically close to; near in time to; almost, nearly; closely”) [and other forms], from Old English wel nēah, wel nēh, from wel (“well”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + nēah, nēh (“close, near”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to attain, reach”)). Synchronically a univerbation of well (“completely, fully; to a significant degree”) + nigh (“close by, near”). Pronunciation: /ˌwɛlˈnaɪ/ 1. Almost, nearly. Labels: not-comparable Example: The ſame ſo ſore annoyed has the Knight, / That welnigh choked with the deadly ſtinke, / His forces faile, ne can no lenger fight. Example: The household cock had given his first summons, and the night was well nigh spent.
Word: Northern Irish Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to Northern Ireland or its people, dialect or culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Northern Irish Part of Speech: noun 1. The people of Northern Ireland. Labels: in-plural, uncountable
Word: Phyllis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the masculine Ancient Greek Φύλλις (Phúllis) or from the feminine Φυλλίς (Phullís). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪs/ 1. A girl who killed herself for love and was turned into an almond tree. Labels: Greek 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek derived from the mythological character. Example: Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone / Feeding her flock near to the mountain side Example: But the name to which the Pages were given of yore, / And the name of the Page I am speaking of, bore / As much likeness as Sukey to Eleonore, / or Betty to Phyllis or Lalage;
Word: Margo Part of Speech: name Etymology: A phonetic rendering of Margot. 1. Alternative spelling of Margot. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "I like names that end with an a, don't you? Or other vowels? Most often it seems to be an a. But wait: Margo's name ends with an o, for mercy's sake! Barnaby's mother. Or it used to be o. Then she met Barnaby's father and added a t." Sophia looked at me. I told her, "Mom thought Margot with a t was higher class." 2. A surname from French.
Word: Gwen Part of Speech: name Etymology: A female given name from Welsh, shortened from Gwendolen or Guinevere. Doublet of Wendy. Pronunciation: /ɡwɛn/ 1. A female given name. Example: Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl was a hit in 2004. Example: The Petito case, which is still unfolding (her fiancé, with whom she’d been travelling, is believed to be in hiding) seemed like another instance of what the late journalist Gwen Ifill famously described as “missing white woman syndrome”: a hunger for stories about victims who look like Petito, to the exclusion of all others.
Word: Diego Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Diego, from an Iberian Didacus, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/ 1. A male given name from Spanish Diego. Example: Diego Maradona is helping in the fight against coronavirus in his home city by autographing a replica of the Argentina jersey he wore in the country’s 1986 World Cup final triumph to raise money for an underprivileged community.
Word: Diego Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Diego, from an Iberian Didacus, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of diego (“Spanish speaker”). Labels: alt-of Example: I suppose the grog they serve out so liberally to those "Diegos" to keep up their courage in a fight had something to do with it. By Jove! that was a narrow escape. Example: "You tell the law what happened out there at Rancho Del Robles Viejo. Those Mexicans have been getting away with things too long around this country. Think they still own it. It's time those Diegos were taken down a notch."
Word: Blake Part of Speech: name Etymology: A surname derived from either Old English blæc (“black”) or from Old English blāc (“pale, fair, shining, white”), or as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Bláthmaic. Pronunciation: /bleɪk/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Daria Part of Speech: name Etymology: Feminine form of Darius, of Old Persian origin. Name of an early Christian saint. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːɹi.ə/, /ˈdæɹi.ə/ 1. A female given name from Old Persian. Example: As a junior at Lawndale High School, Daria isn't popular (unlike the shallow Quinn, whom others adore), but she actually prefers not to be popular.
Word: Nikki Part of Speech: name Etymology: 20th-century fanciful respelling of Nicky. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪki/ 1. A diminutive of the female given names Nicole, Nichole, Nicola, or Nichola, variant of Nicky. Example: In 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras was killed in a car wreck in Lake Forest. Example: Former United Nations ambassador and current GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley slammed fellow Republicans former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday in a campaign letter highlighting Haley’s first quarter accomplishments.
Word: Jamie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of James + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪmi/ 1. A unisex given name. Example: Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture. Example: "Let's choose something simple. Children with simple names are never embarrassed with them. How about Jamie?" Matthew looked doubtful. "Jamie's fine," he said. "But if he's called Jamie he's going to end up being a particular sort, if you know what I mean. He'll play rugby, he'll go to New Town bars after the international matches. Being called Jamie signs you up to an awful lot of Scottish upper-middle-class stuff." 2. A unisex given name. 3. A unisex given name. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beeswing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bee + -s- + wing. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːzwɪŋ/ 1. A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing. 2. Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: humuhumunukunukuapuaa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Hawaiian humuhumu Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq Proto-Polynesian *ŋutu Hawaiian nuku ▲ Hawaiian nuku Hawaiian -ā- Proto-Polynesian *puaka Hawaiian puaʻa Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻabor. English humuhumunukunukuapuaa Borrowed from Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, from humuhumu (“triggerfish”) + nuku (“snout”) + nuku (“blunt”) + -ā- (simulative infix) + puaʻa (“pig”). Pronunciation: /ˌhu.məˈhu.məˌnu.kəˈnu.kəˌɑ.pəˈwɑˌɑ/ 1. Rhinecanthus rectangulus, a species of triggerfish, found in the coral reefs of many of the oceans. It is characterized by a noticeably large snout and blue lips that resemble that of a pig’s snout. Example: I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii / Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming by
Word: triggerfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trigger Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English triggerfish From trigger + fish. First attested in the 1840s. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪ.ɡəˌfɪʃ/, /ˈtɹɪ.ɡəɹˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.
Word: poleaxe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier pollax, from poll (“head”) + axe, with the spelling influenced by pole. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊlˌæks/ 1. An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle. 2. A long-handled battle axe, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike. Labels: historical
Word: poleaxe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier pollax, from poll (“head”) + axe, with the spelling influenced by pole. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊlˌæks/ 1. To fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe. Labels: transitive 2. To astonish; to shock or surprise utterly. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Lisa Griffin, who runs Brew Rock and an Irish pub in nearby Benidorm, was as poleaxed by the announcement as her customers were. 3. To stymie, thwart, cripple, paralyze. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: After a lacklustre campaign that has failed to grapple with Germany’s looming problems, the world should expect post-election coalition talks to last for months, poleaxing European politics while they drag on.
Word: poleax Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of poleaxe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poleax Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of poleaxe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sere Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ser, sere, seare, seer, seere, seir, seyr (“dry, withered; emaciated, shrivelled; brittle; bare; dead, lifeless; barren, useless”), from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, withered; barren; sere”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-, *sh₂ews- (“to be dry”). Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry and coarse”), Greek αὖος (ávos, “dry”), Lithuanian sausas (“dry”), Middle Low German sôr (Low German soor (“arid, dry”)), Old Church Slavonic соухъ (suχŭ, “dry”). Doublet of sear and sare. Pronunciation: /sɪə/, /sɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. Without moisture; dry. Labels: archaic, literary, poetic Example: The autumn winds rushing / Waft the leaves that are searest, / But our flower was in flushing, / When blighting was nearest. Example: [T]he recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past. 2. Of thoughts, etc.: barren, fruitless. Labels: archaic, literary, poetic Example: Our talk had been serious and sober, But our thoughts they were palsied and sere— Our memories were treacherous and sere— 3. Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out. Labels: obsolete Example: The roaring wind! it roar'd far off, / It did not come anear; / But with its sound it shook the sails / That were so thin and sere.
Word: sere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin serere, present active infinitive of serō (“to entwine, interlace, link together; to join in a series, string together”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; to thread”). Pronunciation: /sɪə/, /sɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved. Example: We examined one of several seres found in the middle Rocky Mountains that progress from a subalpine or montane forb-dominated meadow to a climax forest dominated by Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii). Example: [C]ommunity types may represent either climax plant associations or successional communities within a sere.
Word: sere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French serre (modern French serre (“talon”)), from serrer (“to grip tightly; to shut”) (modern French serrer (“to squeeze; to tighten”)), from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“to close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō (“to fasten with a bolt; to bar, bolt”), from sera (“bar for fastening doors”), from serō (“to bind or join together; entwine, interlace, interweave, plait”); see further at etymology 2. Pronunciation: /sɪə/, /sɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. A claw, a talon. Labels: obsolete Example: Her [Minerva's] seres struck through Achilles' tent, and closely she instill'd / Heaven's most-to-be-desired feast to his great breast, and fill'd / His sinews with that sweet supply, for fear unsavoury fast / Should creep into his knees.
Word: sere Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ser, sere, schere, seer, seere, seir, seyr, seyre (“different; diverse, various; distinct, individual; parted, separated; many, several”), from Old Norse sér (“for oneself; separately”, dative reflexive pronoun, literally “to oneself”), from sik (“oneself, myself, yourself, herself, himself; ourselves, yourselves, themselves”), from Proto-Germanic *sek (“oneself”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”). The English word is cognate with Danish sær (“singular”), især (“especially, particularly”), German sich (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Icelandic sig (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Latin sē (“herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Scots seir, Swedish sär (“particularly”). Pronunciation: /sɪə/, /sɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. Individual, separate, set apart. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Therefore I have ſeene good ſhooters [archers] which would have for everye bowe a ſere caſe, made of wullen clothe, and then you maye putte three or four of them ſo caſed, into a lether caſe if you will. 2. Different; diverse. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Thou wert well-nee moidered [footnote: Distracted.] wi' me, I know, but it thou'd telled me, Mary, I mun do better or else we mun goo our sere-ways [footnote: Different ways.], belike I should a done better. I'm nobbut a mon, Mary, a lundy day-tale mon [footnote: Clumsy day-labourer.].
Word: sist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sistō (“to bring to a stand, stop”). Pronunciation: /sɪst/ 1. To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop Labels: Scotland 2. to cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court Labels: Scotland Example: Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.
Word: sist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sistō (“to bring to a stand, stop”). Pronunciation: /sɪst/ 1. a stay or suspension of proceedings Labels: Scotland Example: Fourteen Days are only allowed for Sists of Execution, from the Date the Bill was signed, for the Clerks inquiring in the Condition of the Cautioner […]
Word: zad Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of zed (“letter Z”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I do not know that we have in any Word changed the old […] into the Letter Zad z.
Word: zad Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ankylosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγκύλωσις (ankúlōsis, “a stiffening of the joints”), from ἀγκυλόω (ankulóō, “to crook, bend”), from ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “bent, crooked”). By surface analysis, ankyl- + -osis. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.kɪˈloʊ.sɪs/ 1. The growing together of bones to form a single unit. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An onset of stiffness or inflexibility. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Yet in using the word democracy, one must plead for a distinction, or, better, a reversion, indicated by the curious anchylosis that, at a certain point in their maturity, usually sets in upon words newly put in use to express some august and large spiritual reality.
Word: ankylosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Ankylosaurus, from ankylo- + -saurus, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked”) + New Latin -saurus, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). The word was coined in 1908 without explanation by Barnum Brown and may refer to his mistaken belief that its back was sharply bent in a manner similar to the stegosaurus or to his attention to the fusion of his specimens' rear ribs to their vertebrae, a condition medically known as ankylosis. Pronunciation: /ˌæŋkəloʊˈsɔːɹəs/, /ˌæŋkɪloʊˈsɔːɹəs/, /ˌæŋkɪləʊˈsɔərəs/ 1. Ankylosaurus magniventris, a large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous period notable for its heavy armor and clublike tail.
Word: ankylosaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ankylosaurus, q.v. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkəloʊˌsɔːɹ/, /ˈæŋkɪloʊˌsɔːɹ/, /ˈæŋkɪləʊˌsɔər/ 1. Synonym of ankylosaurus, Ankylosaurus magniventris, a herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous period notable for its heavy armor and clublike tail. 2. Synonym of ankylosaurian, any member of the suborder Ankylosauria, herbivorous dinosaurs notable for their armor in the form of bony osteoderms. Example: In a study published Wednesday in Nature, Chilean researchers announced the discovery of a new species of ankylosaur, a family of dinosaurs known for their heavy armor, from subantarctic Chile.
Word: pecten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pecten (“comb”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛktɪn/, /ˈpɛktən/ 1. The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers. Labels: obsolete 2. The pubic bone. 3. A comb structure. 4. Short for pecten oculi Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. One of the genus Pecten of scallops.
Word: hyperglycemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. English glyc- Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă)der. New Latinder. English -emia English glycemia English hyperglycemia From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia. 1. An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: barons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thought police Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally used in the first half of the twentieth century as an epithet for the Special Higher Police, although it is arguable that its popularity in modern usage stems primarily from the synonymous organization in George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is responsible for monitoring all citizens and making sure they are not guilty of political dissent or thoughtcrime. 1. A group that aims to control the thoughts of others. Labels: figuratively Example: These journalists are on their way to becoming thought police. Example: My mother would make a good thought police.
Word: wellnigh Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of well-nigh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: […] Huck’s confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated. Example: Athens especially never forgave the defection which had wellnigh involved her in hopeless ruin.
Word: wellspring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wellespring, from Old English wiellspring, wiellġespring (“spring, fount, fountain”), corresponding to well + spring. More at well, spring. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/ 1. The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead. 2. A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource. Labels: figuratively Example: We’re so often taught to simply believe in ourselves—to trust our instincts—that to see a narrative in which second-guessing oneself and refusing one’s deepest impulses is a potential wellspring of charity and good is, in itself, noteworthy. Example: Krapp’s Last Tape has been acted by prisoners in San Quentin and made into a chamber opera. It goes to the wellspring of an actor. Well, most of the time: when Albert Finney played the part, Beckett went to sleep in rehearsals.
Word: wrecker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wreck 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 wrecker From wreck + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkɚ/ 1. A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. Labels: Australia Example: Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker 2. One who breaks up situations or events. Example: home wrecker / marriage wrecker / party wrecker 3. A tow truck. 4. A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate). 5. Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways. Labels: historical
Word: Saanich Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsænɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A member of a Native American people from British Columbia. Example: Mount Newton is next on the list of Greater Victoria landmarks that First Nations want to see restored to their traditional names. The Saanich, or Wsanec, tribes know the mountain as Lau,Welnew, which means place of refuge in the Sencoten language. […] “There’s big support for that one in the Saanich Nation because we have always held that mountain sacred,” said Tsawout hereditary chief Eric Pelkey, who spearheaded last week’s march up Mount Douglas to erect a sign bearing the traditional name Pkols.
Word: Saanich Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsænɪt͡ʃ/ 1. The language of this people. 2. A district municipality on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named for the Saanich people.
Word: fabula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fabula (“story”). Doublet of fable. 1. A series of events forming the basis of a story or narrative.
Word: fiar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps from fee + -ar, compare feuar. 1. One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter. Labels: historical Example: I say, since ye hae sae muckle consideration for me, I'se be blithe to accept your kindness; and my mother and me (she's a life-renter, and I am fiar, o' the lands o' Wideopen) would grant you a wadset, or an heritable bond, for the siller, and to pay the annual-rent half-yearly; and Saunders Wyliecoat to draw the bond, and you to be at nae charge wi' the writings. 2. The price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis. Labels: historical Example: It seems to be a practice as improper as it is unnecessary, to strike the fiars in three different qualities of the same species of grain; and it should, in our humble opinion, be discontinued. Example: It was answered by the Sheriff. 1st, That the Act of Sederunt did not impose any positive injunction on Sheriffs to strike Fiars; that if the Fiars were substantially just, the Court could have no power to reduce them; and that the Act of Sederunt had never been observed in East Lothian;[…].
Word: piss-take Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsteɪk/ 1. An instance of taking the piss. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: You don't mind me saying this, but this is not a piss-take, is it? Because I know a few impressionists and you could be one of them. 2. A parody. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: The slogan reminds me of Team America, the puppet piss-take of Bush era military interventionism brought to you by the creators of Whale Whores ('America: fuck, yeah!'). But this is no piss-take. Example: What's so funny about Maggie Smith's dowager of Downton is that it's basically a piss-take; but so good a piss-take that everyone takes it for real, because that's how we'd like to view our decaying aristocracy. 3. An unpleasant situation that is comparable to a parody. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: this job is a piss take.
Word: piss-take Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsteɪk/ 1. Alternative form of take the piss. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar Example: When someone tells a joke, the object or butt may not be present, or even a real person. Piss-taking is like the stand-up comic joke, in that both have a butt and an audience, in some cases these being one and the same. Example: Some of the piss-taking was more serious and bordered on bullying.
Word: taking the piss Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take the piss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wood sorrel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdˌsɒɹəl/ 1. A white-flowered, edible woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: James learned to chew the wood sorrel for its acid flavour, to watch for its flowers closing on approach of rain, and found where the rare bird's-nest orchid grew. 2. Any of several other species of the genus Oxalis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hoisted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪstɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hoist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fire and brimstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh) and Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou), appearing in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. "brimstone" is an old word for sulfur. 1. The traditional punishments of Hell. Labels: uncountable Example: And the third Angel followed them, ſaying with a lowd voice, If any man worship the beaſt and his image, and receiue his marke in his forehead, or in his hand, / The ſame ſhall drinke of the wine of the wrath of God, which is powred out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and hee ſhall be tormented with fire and brimſtone, in the preſence of the holy Angels, and in the preſence of the Lambe: 2. A commotion. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: "I'll tell J., but we can hardly yank the girl out as well. It would raise fire and brimstone."
Word: fire and brimstone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh) and Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou), appearing in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. "brimstone" is an old word for sulfur. 1. Referencing or emphasizing the power and wrath of God. Labels: not-comparable Example: That preacher gave a real fire and brimstone sermon! Example: The fire-and-brimstone preacher gave the city council a severe tongue-lashing after they voted on a zoning ordinance allowing a new strip club to open.
Word: hellfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlˌfaɪə/, /ˈhɛlˌfaɪəɹ/ 1. The fire of Hell. Labels: uncountable Example: The sound of the gang was diminishing into the distance, and the prophet of doom, restored to eloquence, was sending threatful bolts of damnation, hell-fire, and a brimstone gehenna hurtling after them. 2. Fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell. Labels: uncountable 3. A fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity. Labels: countable 4. Ellipsis of AGM-114 Hellfire. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis