nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: many Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danish mangen (“many”), Faroese mangur (“many”), Icelandic margur (“many”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mang, mange (“many”), Swedish mången (“many”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags, “many; much”), French maint (“many”); also Cornish menowgh (“frequent, often”), Irish minic (“frequently, often”), Manx mennick (“frequent, often”), Scottish Gaelic minig (“frequent”), Welsh mynych (“frequent, often”), Belarusian мно́га (mnóha, “many; much”), Bulgarian and Russian мно́го (mnógo, “many; much”), Czech mnohý (“many, numerous”), Macedonian мно́гу (mnógu, “very; many; much”), Polish mnogi (“numerous; plural”), Serbo-Croatian мно̏гӣ, mnȍgī (“many; much, long; large, numerous”), Ukrainian мно́гий (mnóhyj, “many, multiple”). The noun is from Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-West Germanic *managu, *managī, from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”), from the same root as the determiner. Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”), Russian много (mnogo), Serbo-Croatian mnogo. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛni/, /ˈmɪni/, /ˈmæni/ 1. A large, indefinite number of people or things. Example: Many are called, but few are chosen. Example: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
Word: many Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danish mangen (“many”), Faroese mangur (“many”), Icelandic margur (“many”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mang, mange (“many”), Swedish mången (“many”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags, “many; much”), French maint (“many”); also Cornish menowgh (“frequent, often”), Irish minic (“frequently, often”), Manx mennick (“frequent, often”), Scottish Gaelic minig (“frequent”), Welsh mynych (“frequent, often”), Belarusian мно́га (mnóha, “many; much”), Bulgarian and Russian мно́го (mnógo, “many; much”), Czech mnohý (“many, numerous”), Macedonian мно́гу (mnógu, “very; many; much”), Polish mnogi (“numerous; plural”), Serbo-Croatian мно̏гӣ, mnȍgī (“many; much, long; large, numerous”), Ukrainian мно́гий (mnóhyj, “many, multiple”). The noun is from Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-West Germanic *managu, *managī, from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”), from the same root as the determiner. Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”), Russian много (mnogo), Serbo-Croatian mnogo. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛni/, /ˈmɪni/, /ˈmæni/ 1. A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd. Example: Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many. 2. A considerable number. Example: I know that my mother cried a many of times from decisions I made.
Word: many Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danish mangen (“many”), Faroese mangur (“many”), Icelandic margur (“many”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mang, mange (“many”), Swedish mången (“many”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags, “many; much”), French maint (“many”); also Cornish menowgh (“frequent, often”), Irish minic (“frequently, often”), Manx mennick (“frequent, often”), Scottish Gaelic minig (“frequent”), Welsh mynych (“frequent, often”), Belarusian мно́га (mnóha, “many; much”), Bulgarian and Russian мно́го (mnógo, “many; much”), Czech mnohý (“many, numerous”), Macedonian мно́гу (mnógu, “very; many; much”), Polish mnogi (“numerous; plural”), Serbo-Croatian мно̏гӣ, mnȍgī (“many; much, long; large, numerous”), Ukrainian мно́гий (mnóhyj, “many, multiple”). The noun is from Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-West Germanic *managu, *managī, from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”), from the same root as the determiner. Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”), Russian много (mnogo), Serbo-Croatian mnogo. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛni/, /ˈmɪni/, /ˈmæni/ 1. Existing in large number; numerous. Example: Let’s take these fears about a rich, strong China to their logical extreme. The U.S. and Chinese governments are always disagreeing—about trade, foreign policy, the environment. Someday the disagreement could be severe. Taiwan, Tibet, North Korea, Iran—the possibilities are many, though Taiwan always heads the list.
Word: rotten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”). See rot. By surface analysis, rot + -en (past participle). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒtn̩/, /ˈɹɑtn̩/, [ˈɹɑʔn̩] 1. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents. Example: If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten. Example: Antonio: Mark you this, Bassanio, / The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. / An evil soul producing holy witness / Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! 2. In a state of decay. Example: The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten. Example: His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten. 3. Cruel, mean or immoral. Example: That man is a rotten father. Example: This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country. 4. Bad or terrible. Example: Why is the weather always rotten in this city? Example: It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today. 5. Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state. Example: The quartz specimens were sometimes blue, hard-looking stone, or rotten quartz largely impregnated with iron, in both cases carrying bright glittering nodules of gold. 6. Very drunk, intoxicated. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, slang
Word: rotten Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”). See rot. By surface analysis, rot + -en (past participle). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒtn̩/, /ˈɹɑtn̩/, [ˈɹɑʔn̩] 1. To an extreme degree. Example: That kid is spoilt rotten. Example: The girls fancy him something rotten.
Word: correct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”). Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkt/, /kəˈɹekt/, /kəˈɾɛkt/ 1. Free from error; true; accurate. Example: Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10 Example: We all agreed they'd made the correct decision. 2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Word: correct Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”). Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkt/, /kəˈɹekt/, /kəˈɾɛkt/ 1. Correctly. Example: Hope I spelt your name correct.
Word: correct Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”). Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkt/, /kəˈɹekt/, /kəˈɾɛkt/ 1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
Word: correct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”). Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkt/, /kəˈɹekt/, /kəˈɾɛkt/ 1. A correct response. Example: Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the […] If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]
Word: correct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkt/, /kəˈɹekt/, /kəˈɾɛkt/ 1. To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from. Labels: transitive Example: You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer. Example: The navigator corrected the course of the ship. 2. To grade (examination papers). Labels: broadly, transitive Example: The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams. 3. To inform (someone) of their error. Labels: transitive Example: It's rude to correct your parents. 4. To discipline; to punish. Labels: transitive
Word: snow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; snowfall; snowstorm; whiteness”), from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw (“snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). The verb is derived from Middle English snouen (“to snow; (figurative) to shower”), from snou, snow (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Displaced Old English snīwan, whence English snew (obsolete). Verb etymology 1, verb sense 2.3.2 (“to convince or hoodwink (someone)”) probably refers to a person being blinded or confused by a snowstorm. The adjective comes from the phrase a snowball's chance in hell, also see snowball clause at Wikipedia. Cognates * Scots snaw (“snow”) * Yola sneew, sneow, snow, snowe (“snow”) * North Frisian Sne, sni, snii, snii'e, snä, snäi (“snow”) * Saterland Frisian Snee (“snow”) * West Frisian snie (“snow”) * Alemannic German schnee, schnei, schnia, schné, schnìj (“snow”) * Bavarian schnea, sghneab (“snow”) * Cimbrian snea, snèa (“snow”) * Dutch snee, sneeuw (“snow”) * German Schnee (“snow”) * Limburgish Schnië, snieë (“snow”) * Luxembourgish Schnéi (“snow”) * Mòcheno schnea (“snow”) * Vilamovian śnej, šnej, śnyi (“snow”) * Yiddish שניי (shney, “snow”) * Danish sne (“snow”) * Elfdalian sniųo (“snow”) * Faroese snjógvur (“snow”) * Icelandic snjár, snjór, snær (“snow”) * Norwegian Bokmål sne, snø (“snow”) * Norwegian Nynorsk snjo, snø (“snow”) * Swedish snö (“snow”) * Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws, “snow”) * Irish sneachta (“snow”) * Manx sniaghtey (“snow”) * Scottish Gaelic sneachd, sneachda (“snow”) * Welsh nyf (“snow”) * Latin nix (“snow”) * Ancient Greek νίψ (níps, “snow”) * Latvian snìegs (“snow”) * Lithuanian sniẽgas (“snow”) * Belarusian, Russian, and Macedonian снег (sneg, “snow”) * Bulgarian сняг (snjag, “snow”) * Czech sníh (“snow”) * Polish śnieg, śmiég (“snow”) * Serbo-Croatian сне̑г, сније̑г, snȇg, snig, snijȇg (“snow”) * Slovak sneh (“snow”) * Slovene sneg (“snow”) * Ukrainian сніг (snih, “snow”) * Shughni жиниҷ (žiniǰ, “snow”) * Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (snaēžaⁱti, “to snow”) * Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha, “grease, oil”) Pronunciation: /snəʊ̯/, /snoʊ̯/, /sno/, /snou̯/ 1. Done because the alternate outcome is very unlikely to pass. Labels: not-comparable
Word: snow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: {{ety|en|id= Borrowed from Dutch snauw, snaauw, or Low German snau; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Low German snau (“beak”), related to Middle Low German snute (“snout”) (whence English snout), from Proto-West Germanic *snūt (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz (“snout”), possibly imitative. 1. A square-rigged sailing vessel similar to a brig formerly used as a warship, with a foremast, a mainmast, and a trysail mast immediately abaft (behind) the mainmast. Labels: historical Example: An ESTIMATE made of the Annual Expence of a Snow of 120 Tons, and 48 Men (Officers included) Mounting 12 Carriage Guns, beſides Swivels.
Word: meter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) + -er. The transference from "person who measures" to "device that measures" was probably assisted by association with -meter, as in barometer, etc. Cognate with Scots mettar, metter (“meter, measurer”), Saterland Frisian Meter, Meeter (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), West Frisian mjitter (“measurer”), Dutch meter (“measurer, gauge”), German Low German Meter (“measuring device, gauge”), German Messer (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), Swedish mätare (“measurer”). Pronunciation: /ˈmitəɹ/, [ˈmiɾɚ], /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːʈəʳ/, /mĕʈ.ɜʳ/ 1. A device that measures things. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A device that measures things. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: gas meter 3. One who metes or measures. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: a labouring coal-meter 4. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: meter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English metere (“one who measures, measurer”), perhaps (with change in suffix) from Old English metend (“one who measures or metes”), equivalent to mete (“to measure”) + -er. The transference from "person who measures" to "device that measures" was probably assisted by association with -meter, as in barometer, etc. Cognate with Scots mettar, metter (“meter, measurer”), Saterland Frisian Meter, Meeter (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), West Frisian mjitter (“measurer”), Dutch meter (“measurer, gauge”), German Low German Meter (“measuring device, gauge”), German Messer (“measurer, measuring device, gauge”), Swedish mätare (“measurer”). Pronunciation: /ˈmitəɹ/, [ˈmiɾɚ], /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːʈəʳ/, /mĕʈ.ɜʳ/ 1. To measure with a metering device. 2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter. 3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
Word: meter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mètre, itself borrowed from Latin metrum, borrowed from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Pronunciation: /ˈmitəɹ/, [ˈmiɾɚ], /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːʈəʳ/, /mĕʈ.ɜʳ/ 1. US standard spelling of metre (“a unit of measure”). Labels: US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable Example: No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.
Word: meter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English meter, metre, from Old English meter and Old French metre; both from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Pronunciation: /ˈmitəɹ/, [ˈmiɾɚ], /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːʈəʳ/, /mĕʈ.ɜʳ/ 1. US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure”). Labels: US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable 2. A poem. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: A meter of […]berses in the Utopian tongue
Word: whooping crane Part of Speech: noun 1. Grus americana, a species of crane native to North America.
Word: sandhill crane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of sandhill + crane. 1. A crane native to North America and parts of Siberia (Antigone canadensis, syn. Grus canadensis).
Word: ice floe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + floe. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪs.fləʊ/, /ˈaɪs.floʊ/ 1. Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice. 2. An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river. 3. An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier 4. A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field.
Word: castling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English -ling English castling From cast + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/, /ˈkæstlɪŋ/ 1. An abortion, or a premature birth. Labels: obsolete Example: 1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5 2. The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season. Labels: obsolete 3. A miniature cast or mould. Example: From the Celeste's own image was the first castling molded. A soft, delicate creature of flesh and blood she would call Woman. So that Her castlings may never feel the loneliness she Herself did suffer, she bestowed woman with a mate [...] 4. One that is cast. Example: […] ſhift for themselves, and ſeek out new habitations; ſuch caſtlings might in their waudring throughout the South Sea (moſt of the Oriental Iſlands being formerly inhabited by their Off-ſpring) fall with the coaſt of Peru, […]
Word: castling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English castellinge, equivalent to castle (verb) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːsəlɪŋ/, /ˈkæsəlɪŋ/ 1. A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Castling is prevented temporarily: […] If there is any piece between the king and the rook with which castling is to be effected. 2. The act of constructing a defense structure in Japanese chess in which the king (玉) is positioned in a certain way so that it is protected by pawns (歩) and silver general(s) (銀) and/or gold general(s) (金) often with an additional knight (桂) and lance (香車). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: castling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English castellinge, equivalent to castle (verb) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːsəlɪŋ/, /ˈkæsəlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of castle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pos Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɒz/, /pɔz/, /pɑz/ 1. Clipping of positive. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir. 2. Alternative spelling of poz (“HIV positive”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Clipping of possessive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: pos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəʊz/, /poʊz/ 1. plural of po Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lil Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɪl/ 1. Alternative form of li'l. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lil Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɪl/ 1. A book. Labels: obsolete Example: [H]e'll have quite enough to do in writing his own lils, and telling the world how handsome and clever he was; and who can blame him? Not I. If I could write lils, every word should be about myself and my own tacho Rommanis — my own lawful wedded wife, which is the same thing.
Word: lig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English liggen, from Old English liċġan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”) and Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). More at lie. Pronunciation: /lɪɡ/ 1. To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position. Labels: Cumbria, Yorkshire, intransitive Example: His limbes would rest, ne lig in ease embost 2. To lay. Labels: Cumbria, Yorkshire, transitive 3. To be a ligger or hanger-on; to freeload. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: […] but within the confines of the music business it means the pinnacle of a career dedicated to ligging […]
Word: lig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle English *ligge, from Old Norse lygi (“a lie”), from Proto-Germanic *lugį̄ (“lie, falsehood”). Cognate with Old English lyġe and lyġen. Pronunciation: /lɪɡ/ 1. A lie; an untruth. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: And the Muse of Arts that never told a lig, / Whirls in her mid-air flight to sing of Twigg; […]
Word: lift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”). Cognate with Old High German luft (“air”) (German Luft), Dutch lucht (“air”), Old Norse lopt, loft (“upper room, sky, air”). Doublet of loft and luft. Pronunciation: /lɪft/ 1. Air. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually 2. The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually Example: No, no, Leddy! the sun maun be up in the lift whan I venture to her den.
Word: kral Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of kraal. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: sog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin (compare Icelandic söggur (“moist”), dialectal Norwegian søgg (“moist”), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (“something moist”)), from Old Norse söggr (“dank, wet”), from Proto-Germanic *sawwijaz, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sawwą (“moisture, sap, juice”), related to Old English ġesēaw (“full of moisture, soaked”), Old English sēaw (“moisture, juice, humour”). The verb is possibly related to soak. Pronunciation: /sɒɡ/, /sɑɡ/ 1. Soft, marsh-like or bog-like land; a swamp.
Word: sog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin (compare Icelandic söggur (“moist”), dialectal Norwegian søgg (“moist”), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (“something moist”)), from Old Norse söggr (“dank, wet”), from Proto-Germanic *sawwijaz, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sawwą (“moisture, sap, juice”), related to Old English ġesēaw (“full of moisture, soaked”), Old English sēaw (“moisture, juice, humour”). The verb is possibly related to soak. Pronunciation: /sɒɡ/, /sɑɡ/ 1. To soak, steep or saturate. Labels: transitive Example: Two red-coated sportsmen, while hunting close to our village the other day, got into a small but deep pond. They were said to have fallen into the “stank,” and got “zogged” through: for a small pond is a “stank,” and to be “zogged” is equivalent to being soaked. 2. To be soaked, steeped or saturated. Labels: intransitive
Word: sal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sal, from Latin sal. Doublet of salt. Pronunciation: /sæl/ 1. Salt. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: sal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi साल (sāl), from Sanskrit शाल (śāla). Pronunciation: /sɑːl/ 1. Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree. Example: As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.
Word: sal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Si (silicon) + Al (aluminum). 1. Alternative form of sial. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Wegener bases his theory of the drifting continents on the assumption that there are two distinct levels to be taken into account, the surface of the masses of "sal" which form the continents and the surface of the "sima" in which they float.
Word: scabbard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk. Pronunciation: /ˈskæb.əd/, /ˈskæb.ɚd/ 1. The sheath of a sword. Example: I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.
Word: scabbard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk. Pronunciation: /ˈskæb.əd/, /ˈskæb.ɚd/ 1. To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard. Example: Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.
Word: ether Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From “Ether” (2001), a song by the American hip hop recording artist Nas (born 1973). According to Nas, the song, a diss track aimed at fellow artist Jay-Z (born 1969), was thus named because he was once told that ghosts and spirits do not like the fumes from ether (noun, sense 5), and he viewed the song as affecting Jay-Z in a similar way. The song contains the lines “I fuck with your soul like ether” and “That ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow”. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.θə/, /ˈi.θɚ/ 1. To viciously humiliate or insult. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame. Example: HS Coach Gets Ethered By Girlfriend On FB, Resigns Amid Investigation [article title] […] On Monday, a woman living in Bowling Green, Ky., used her Facebook page to unleash one of the coldest, boyfriend-crushingest Dear John letters you'll ever read.
Word: ether Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛðɚ/, /ˈɛðə/, /ˈiː.θə/, /ˈi.θɚ/ 1. Alternative form of edder. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: Ether and Ethers (rhyme to whether)—the operation of running a line of hazle or other flexible wands intertwiningly along the top of a hedge, to keep it more firmly within the hedge-stakes. "Mind you ether it right strong." To "bond" a hedge has the same meaning. Example: In the edition of 1760 of "The Complete Angler" there is a curious quotation from Bowlker, who was a great authority on fish-ponds, in which he recommends:— "When you intend to stick a pool with carp or tench, make a close ethering hedge across the head of the pool about a yard distance of the dam, and about three foot above the water, which is the best refuge for them I know of, and the only method to preserve pool-fish; […] "
Word: ether Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiː.θə/, /ˈi.θɚ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Ether. Labels: alt-of Example: Gas is not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether.
Word: roebuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/ 1. A male roe deer. Example: From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]
Word: European Union Part of Speech: name Etymology: Formed as European + Union, in the sense of the resistance group, after the German Europäische Union. Pronunciation: /ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/, /ˌjɔːɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/, /ˌjʊɹəˈpiən ˈjunjən/, /ˌjɝɹəˈpi.ən ˈjunjən/ 1. A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection. Example: Holonym: Europe Example: Meronym: available at list of member states 2. An antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era. Labels: historical
Word: Bosnia-Herzegovina Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: orthodoxia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía). 1. Correct praise; correct faith. Labels: uncountable
Word: fil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish fil, a clipping of filmjölk. Also related to Finnish viili. Pronunciation: /fiːl/, [fiːɫ] 1. A Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture. Labels: uncountable
Word: fil Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiːl/, [fiːɫ] 1. Alternative form of alfil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: filed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /faɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of file Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: linchpin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lynspin, compound of lins (“axletree”) and pin, from Old English lynis (“lynchpin”), from Proto-West Germanic *lunis, from Proto-Germanic *lunaz – compare German Lünse and Dutch luns – from Proto-Indo-European. Possible further cognates are Welsh olwyn (“wheel”), Old Armenian ողն (ołn, “back; spine, backbone”) and Sanskrit आणि (āṇí, “lynchpin”). Figurative use attested from the mid-20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnt͡ʃˌpɪn/ 1. A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device. Example: In ij camellis ferri vocatis lynspins emptis pro carectis iiijᵈ. Example: Every design that villany could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended “coopering,” even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with. 2. A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation. Labels: figuratively Example: What is difficult to appreciate, however, is the discrepancy between his statement to the 'Manchester Guardian' correspondent and his known abhorance for party politics, which is the lynchpin of modern democracy. Example: Community nurses have been described as the lynchpins of palliative care in the community.
Word: linchpin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lynspin, compound of lins (“axletree”) and pin, from Old English lynis (“lynchpin”), from Proto-West Germanic *lunis, from Proto-Germanic *lunaz – compare German Lünse and Dutch luns – from Proto-Indo-European. Possible further cognates are Welsh olwyn (“wheel”), Old Armenian ողն (ołn, “back; spine, backbone”) and Sanskrit आणि (āṇí, “lynchpin”). Figurative use attested from the mid-20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnt͡ʃˌpɪn/ 1. To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The poems turn fear of individual death into an audit of the costs of an aristocratic status quo which is linchpinned by a monarchy indulging in paradigms of social redress that have become cosmetic, opportunities for self-display rather than genuine justice.
Word: augment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”). Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/, /ɔɡˈmɛnt/, /ɑɡˈmɛnt/, /oːɡˈment/ 1. To increase; to make larger or supplement. Labels: transitive Example: The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary. 2. To grow; to increase; to become greater. Labels: intransitive, reflexive 3. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage. 4. To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone). 5. To add an augment to. Labels: transitive
Word: augment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɡmɛnt/, /ˈɔːɡmənt/, /ˈɔɡmɛnt/, /ˈɔɡmənt/, /ˈɑɡmɛnt/ 1. A grammatical prefix Example: The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian. 2. A grammatical prefix Example: Fundamentally the augment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action. 3. A grammatical prefix 4. An increase.
Word: royal we Part of Speech: noun 1. The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used in formal speech by any royal personage to refer to themselves, most especially a sovereign in their role as the monarch. Example: Queen Victoria is the monarch most commonly associated with the use of the royal we, as in "We are not amused." Example: The string of royal we’s in lines 19–27 conflates his personal responsibility with those of the civic institution and the city fathers, and the two analogies he appeals to along the way have self-exculpatory force. 2. Synonym of editorial we. Labels: humorous
Word: key Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English keye, kaye, keiȝe, from Old English cǣġ (“key, solution, experiment”) (whence also Scots key and kay (“key”)), from Anglo-Frisian Proto-West Germanic *kaiju, of uncertain origin. The only sure cognates are Saterland Frisian Koai (“key”), West Frisian kaai (“key”), and North Frisian kai, koie (“key”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kēgaz, *kēguz (“stake, post, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵogʰ-, *ǵegʰ-, *ǵegʰn- (“branch, stake, bush”), which would make it cognate with Middle Low German kāk (“whipping post, pillory”), and perhaps to Middle Dutch keige (“javelin, spear”) and Middle Low German keie, keige (“spear”). For the semantic development, note that medieval keys were simply long poles (ending in a hook) with which a crossbar obstructing a door from the inside could be removed from the outside, by lifting it through a hole in the door. Liberman has noted, however, "The original meaning of *kaig-jo- was presumably '*pin with a twisted end.' Words with the root *kai- followed by a consonant meaning 'crooked, bent; twisted' are common only in the North Germanic languages." Pronunciation: /kiː/, /ki/ 1. Indispensable, supremely important. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: He is the key player on his soccer team. Example: Paradoxically enough, however, in general only the parties of the Left have done most to spread the belief that it was the numerical strength of the opposing material interests which decided political issues, whereas in practice these same parties have regularly and successfully acted as if they understood the key position of the intellectuals. 2. Important, salient. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: She makes several key points. Example: Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
Word: key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of cay, from Spanish cayo, from Taíno cayo (“small island”) Pronunciation: /kiː/, /ki/ 1. One of a string of small islands. Example: the Florida Keys
Word: key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of kilogram or kilo. Pronunciation: /kiː/, /ki/ 1. A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug. Labels: slang Example: So starting with ten keys of cocaine and two keys of heroin, Derrick put his plan in motion. Soon every major drug dealer and gang chief from Chicago Avenue to Evanston was in his pocket.
Word: key Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kiː/, /ki/ 1. Alternative form of quay. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of key position. Pronunciation: /kiː/, /ki/ 1. A key position player (a tall forward or defender). Example: "It just means that one of them here and there will need to play on a small-to-medium forward (instead of Riewoldt) which is fine. Our keys are pretty agile."
Word: engine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈɪnd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈɛnd͡ʒən/, /ˈend͡ʒɪn/, /ˈend͡ʒən/ 1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. Example: Their warlike Engins and munition Exceed the forces of their martial men. 2. A tool; a utensil or implement. Labels: archaic Example: Flattery must be the most powerful Argument that cou'd be used to Human Creatures. Making use of this bewitching Engine, they extoll'd the Excellency of our Nature above other Animals [...]. Example: What if the Foot, ordain'd the duſt to tread, / Or Hand, to toil, aſpir'd to be the Head? / What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear repin'd / To ſerve mere Engines to the ruling Mind? 3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. 4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. Example: In France, the parliament soon became a mere engine in the hands of a few high-born and ambitious men, who had nothing in common with its interests, which were those of the people. 5. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. 6. A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track. 7. A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track. Labels: usually 8. A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). Example: a graphics engine Example: a physics engine 9. Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. Labels: obsolete 10. The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. Labels: obsolete Example: Therefore this craftie engine he did frame, / Againſt his praiſe to ſtirre vp enmitye [...]. 11. Natural talent; genius. Labels: obsolete 12. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. Example: [...] their promiſes, entiſements, oathes, tokens, and all theſe engines of luſt [...]. Example: You ſee the ways the Fiſher-man doth take / To catch the Fiſh; what Engins doth he make?
Word: engine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈɪnd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈɛnd͡ʒən/, /ˈend͡ʒɪn/, /ˈend͡ʒən/ 1. To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another. 2. To assault with an engine. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to engine and batter our walls 3. To contrive; to put into action. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: field Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English feeld, feld (“field”), from Old English feld (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *felþu (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“field, plain”) or *pleth₂- (“flat”) (with schwebeablaut). Cognates Cognate with Scots feld, feild (“field”), North Frisian fial, fälj (“field”), Saterland Frisian Fäild (“field”), West Frisian fjild (“field”), Dutch veld (“field”), German and Luxembourgish Feld (“field”), Vilamovian fald (“field”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk felt (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”), Finnish pelto (“field”), Asturian and Leonese platu (“plate”), Aragonese and Spanish plato (“plate”), Catalan plat (“plate”), French plat (“dish”), Galician, Mirandese, and Portuguese prato (“plate”), Italian piatto (“plate”), Latin *plattus (“flattened”), Greek πλατύς (platýs, “wide, broad”). Doublet of plate. Related also to Middle English flat (“flat”), Old English folde (“earth, land, territory”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”). More at flat, fold. Not related to English felt. Pronunciation: /ˈfi(ː)ld/, [ˈfɪi̯ɫd], /ˈfi(ː)ʊ̯d/, [ˈfɪi̯ʊd] 1. To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. Labels: transitive 2. To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it. Labels: intransitive Example: The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting. 3. To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game. Labels: transitive Example: The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper. Example: On balance, it was harsh on Hearts, who had given as good as they got against their more-fancied opponents, who, despite not being at full strength, fielded a multi-million pound team. 4. To answer; to address. Labels: transitive Example: She will field questions immediately after her presentation. 5. To execute research (in the field). Labels: transitive Example: He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product. 6. To deploy in the field. Labels: transitive Example: to field a new land-mine detector
Word: e Part of Speech: character Etymology: The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ). Pronunciation: /ˈiː/, /ɛ/, /iː/, /ɪ/, /ə/ 1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: e Part of Speech: num Etymology: The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ). Pronunciation: /ˈiː/, /ɛ/, /iː/, /ɪ/, /ə/ 1. The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: e Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ). Pronunciation: /ˈiː/, /ɛ/, /iː/, /ɪ/, /ə/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.
Word: e Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From a deliberate apheresis of both he and she. 1. A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Labels: epicene, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person Example: E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves^([sic]), and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible. Example: Empre waded out to help them cross the last stretch. More people, a few hundred, perhaps, had gathered along the shore. One of them came running at Melu with a cry—she threw up her arms in defense. But it was Aeran, only Aeran. E seized Asu and clasped her close, eir eyes closed tightly as e sobbed eir relief.
Word: e Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on. Pronunciation: /ˈiː/ 1. The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat. Labels: informal Example: The sax comes in on the e of one.
Word: heaven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a wide variety of Middle English forms including hevene, heven, hevin, and hewin (“heaven, sky”), from Old English heofon, heofone (“heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hebn (“heaven, sky”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots heiven, hewin (“heaven, sky”), Middle Dutch heven (“sky, heaven”), Low German Heven (“heaven, sky”), and possibly the rare Icelandic and Old Norse hifinn (“heaven, sky”), which are all probably dissimilated forms of the Germanic root which appears in Old Norse himinn (“heaven, sky”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (himins, “heaven, sky”), Old Swedish himin, Old Danish himæn and probably also (in another variant form) Old Saxon himil, Old Dutch himil (modern Dutch hemel), and Old High German himil (German Himmel). Accepting these as cognates, some scholars propose a further derivation from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cover, cloud cover, firmament, sky, heaven”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛvən/, [ˈhɛvn̩] 1. To transport to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed. Labels: obsolete Example: He heauens himselfe on earth, & for a litle pelfe cousens himselfe of blisse. 2. To beatify, enchant, or please greatly. Labels: obsolete Example: They [Byron's Tales]...enraptured the public and heavened Murray. 3. To beautify, to make into a paradise. Labels: obsolete
Word: mana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana. The use of "mana" for "magical energy" in role-playing games originated from Larry Niven, when he wrote the short story, "Not Long Before the End", in 1969. It was later popularised by his The Magic Goes Away setting. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.nə/, /ˈmæ-/, /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmana/ 1. Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They further required that a certain number of the old Chiefs should be liberally pensioned by the Government, and placed upon a footing of equality with European gentlemen of independent means, in consideration of their resigning their "mana" as Chiefs in favor of the new system […] Example: The human tribe partakes of the mana or life-force of the animal, and is strengthened […] 2. Magical energy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Mana is the name we give to the power behind magic. Example: However, all such magik requires the mages [sic] own "MANA" or "internal power" to make it work. Without the mana, a spoken spell is just so much gibberish.
Word: mana Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.nə/, /ˈmæ-/, /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmana/ 1. Alternative form of mina (“ancient unit of weight or currency”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mana Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.nə/, /ˈmæ-/, /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmana/ 1. Alternative spelling of manna. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: apostrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/, /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/ 1. The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts. Example: Since its inception the apostrophe has been a controversial piece of punctuation.