nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anorexia nervosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the scientific term anorexia nervosa (1957), from the symptom anorexia (“loss of appetite”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite, desire”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-ia”), and Latin nervōsa (“nervous”). Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈɹɛk.si.ə nɜː(ɹ)ˌvəʊ̯.sə/ 1. An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight. Labels: uncountable
Word: EDNOS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, an eating disorder that does not contain all of the characteristics of major classifications of eating disorders (such as anorexia or bulimia). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: pro-ana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + ana (“anorexia nervosa”). Compare pro-mia. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹoʊˈæ.nə/, /ˌpɹəʊˈæ.nə/ 1. A movement for the promotion of behaviors related to anorexia nervosa. Example: Pro-ana is not a disease, Mr. Crane, it's a lifestyle choice. Example: Alicia: It's a pro-ana website, isn't it? Diane: Objection. Relevance? Howard: Yeah, I- I don't get it. What is that? Alicia: Pro-ana? It's a site intended to promote anorexia. 2. A member of this movement. Example: Beyond celebrating the aesthetic value of thinness, pro-anas claim that thinness is a reflection of excellence in other areas of one's life. Example: But juxtaposed to a caveat about the life-threatening nature of anorexia is often an avowal of the pro-ana's goal: to help anorexics in their quest for the "ideal" (emaciated) body.
Word: pro-mia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + mia (“bulimia nervosa”). Compare pro-ana. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊˈmiː.ə/, /ˌpɹoʊˈmiː.ə/ 1. A movement for the promotion of behaviors related to bulimia nervosa. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A member of this movement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pro-Mias trading tips on B/Ping.
Word: Twinkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The brand name is said to be a diminutive, twinkle + -ie (or otherwise modified), based on a billboard for "Twinkle Toe Shoes" in St. Louis, although there are also claims for solely one or the other. The meaning in reference to well-assimilated Asians is derived from the slur that they are "yellow on the outside, white on the inside". Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋki/ 1. A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life. 2. Synonym of banana: A person of East Asian descent considered to have overly assimilated and to be subservient to white authority, an East Asian race traitor. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slur 3. Alternative letter-case form of twinkie. Labels: alt-of
Word: Oreo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Brand name of unknown origin, trademarked by National Biscuit Company on 14 March 1912. See the Etymology section of Wikipedia's Oreo article for various theories. In reference to well-assimilated black people, derived from the slur that they are "black on the outside, white on the inside". Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹioʊ/ 1. A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme filling. Example: The Oreo is really an antidepressant drug disguised as a cookie. You lost your job? Eat a bag of Oreos[…] There are two ways to eat Oreos. Kids like to pull the chocolate wafers apart and eat the sweat, creamy middle first. Adults dunk them in milk. Example: While Oreo cream may not appear to possess fluid-like properties, it is considered a "yield stress fluid""—a soft solid when unperturbed that can start to flow under enough stress[…] Curious as to whether other had explored the connection between Oreos and rheology, Owens found mention of a 2016 Princeton University study in which physicists first reported that indeed, when twisting Oreos by hand, the cream almost always came off on one wafer. 2. A black person who has overly assimilated into white culture, a black race traitor. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: She's a pure Oreo. You know, like the cookie, black outside and white inside. Example: Growing up in white suburbs and attending elite schools and institutions of higher learning, black American prince and princesses are immersed in Anglo (often WASP) culture and emerge with modes of speech, behavior and grooming that brand them as "Oreos," black on the outside and white in the middle.
Word: hooptie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhupti/, /ˈhʊpti/ 1. An old car that has been remodeled or reformed in some way, shape, or form; a classic, a banger. Labels: slang Example: “How many of you guys got a hooptee, raise your hand?” Example: If you'd let him buy you a clunker, you'd be driving now instead of... borrowing mom's hooptie.
Word: SOS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interpretation of the signal (· · · — — — · · ·), chosen merely as a sequence that is easy to recall and transmit, as normal Morse letters. It is not, as is commonly believed, an abbreviation for "save our souls", "save our ship", or any other phrase. Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/, /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/ 1. The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress. Example: The crew sent a frantic SOS as they realised the scale of the disaster. Example: "Look at wireless. Look at the S. O. S. call at sea. Is that not a benefit to mankind?"
Word: SOS Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/, /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/ 1. Initialism of Secretary of State. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of special order sale. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SOS Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/, /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/ 1. Initialism of slip on show: a warning to a woman that the underwear she has on can be seen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, initialism
Word: SOS Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/, /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/ 1. A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence. Labels: uncountable
Word: SOS Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/, /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/ 1. Initialism of shit on a shingle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: SOS Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/, /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/ 1. Initialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength. Labels: Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: ethnical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ethnicalle, from Late Latin ethnicālis. 1. Ethnic. Labels: not-comparable, rare 2. Of or relating to ethnology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ethnology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + -logy. 1. The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This book is the result of fourteen thousand miles in the saddle and four years in the library. It describes the lives of the inhabitants of France – wherever possible, through their own eyes – and the exploration and colonization of their land by foreigners and natives, from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. It follows a roughly chronological route, from the end of the reign of Louis XIV to the outbreak of the First World War, with occasional detours through pre-Roman Gaul and present-day France. Part One describes the populations of France, their languages, beliefs and daily lives, their travels and discoveries, and the other creatures with whom they shared the land. In Part Two, the land is mapped, colonized by rulers and tourists, refashioned politically and physically, and turned into a modern state. The difference between the two parts, broadly speaking, is the difference between ethnology and history: the world that was always the same and the world that was always changing. I have tried to give a sense of the orrery of disparate, concurrent spheres, to show a land in which mule trains coincided with railway trains, and where witches and explorers were still gainfully employed when Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris.
Word: progenitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English progenitour, from Anglo-Norman progenitour, Middle French progeniteur (Modern French progéniteur), and their etymon Latin prōgenitor, from prōgenitus, perfect participle of prōgignere (“to beget”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + gignere (“to beget”). By surface analysis, pro- (“prior, fore-”) + genitor. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tə/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.tə/, /pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tɚ/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.tɚ/ 1. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors. 2. A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended. Example: Abraham, alias Ibrahim, is the presumed progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples. 3. An ancestral form of a species. 4. A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model. Labels: figuratively Example: ARPANET was the progenitor of the Internet. Example: Are neural progenitor cells infected by Zika virus? 5. Someone who originates something. Labels: figuratively 6. A founder.
Word: banger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bang + -er. The sausages were so called because of their excess water content and impervious skin, leading to the risk of explosion if not punctured before cooking. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ.ə/, [ˈbæŋ.ə], /ˈbæŋ.ɚ/, [ˈbæŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbæŋ.ɹ̩], /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɚ/ 1. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. Labels: UK 2. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. Labels: slang Example: He is also a former international chick banger. 3. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. Labels: slang 4. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. Labels: US, slang Example: He drives a little four-banger to work. 5. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems Example: Morris' melding of influences ranging from mid-'80s computer technology to Baltimore club bangers to the U.K. rave scene has cemented his reputation as one of London's most formidable DJs. 6. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. Labels: broadly, slang Example: When the only problem a game gives me is that I wish there was more of it, I can confidently say it's a banger. 7. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. Labels: Internet, also, attributive, broadly, slang Example: can’t stop getting bangers 8. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. 9. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. 10. A woman's breast. Labels: UK, slang Example: […] yet not only was Gok able to tell her that her 'bangers' were amazing: he buried his head in her cleavage. No other man on television would have been able to get away with that. 11. A man's penis. Labels: UK, slang 12. A sausage. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang 13. Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream. 14. A Bangalore torpedo. Labels: slang 15. A spectacular goal.
Word: diagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă) Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)der. Italian diagrammader. French diagrammeder. English diagram From French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/, /ˈdaɪ.ɡɹæm/ 1. A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to show the relationships between the parts of a whole. Example: Electrical diagrams show device interconnections. Example: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. 2. A graph or chart. Example: A common way to represent change in state over time is via a timing diagram. Example: This particular diagram represents a dinosaur in the distant past and a person who is born in AD 2000. These objects stretch out horizontally in the graph because they last over time in reality, and time is the horizontal axis on the graph 3. A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C". 4. A crossword grid. Example: Because you have fewer 10- to 15-letter entries in the diagram, you can make judgment calls more quickly by testing out the long ones at the outset. Example: A crossword puzzle consists of a diagram that usually is rectangular and divided into blank (white) and cancelled (black, shaded, or crosshatched) squares.
Word: diagram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă) Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)der. Italian diagrammader. French diagrammeder. English diagram From French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/, /ˈdaɪ.ɡɹæm/ 1. To represent or indicate something using a diagram. Labels: transitive 2. To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram. Labels: UK Example: The timing and diagramming staff, too, were on duty for up to 21 hours devising 80 engine, 60 guards' and 25 carriage working diagrams.
Word: twink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English twinken, twynken, from Old English *twincian (“to wink; twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *twinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *twinkōną, an augmented form (with formative *-kōną; see English -k) of Proto-Germanic *twint- (“to twinkle”). Cognate with Middle High German zwinken, zwingen, modern German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”), Middle Dutch twinc (“a blink”), Middle High German zwinzen, zwinzern (“to blink, blink hard”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/, [ˈtʰwɪŋk] 1. To twinkle; to sparkle. 2. To wink. Labels: dialectal
Word: twink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English twinken, twynken, from Old English *twincian (“to wink; twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *twinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *twinkōną, an augmented form (with formative *-kōną; see English -k) of Proto-Germanic *twint- (“to twinkle”). Cognate with Middle High German zwinken, zwingen, modern German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”), Middle Dutch twinc (“a blink”), Middle High German zwinzen, zwinzern (“to blink, blink hard”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/, [ˈtʰwɪŋk] 1. One or more very small, short bursts of light. Example: 1921, Almira Bailey, “The Bay on Sunday Morning” in Vignettes of San Francisco, San Francisco: The San Francisco Journal, p. 18, […] chug of the fishermen’s boats, twink of lights in the harbor at night […] Example: But even as he went, the smile began to come on his face, caught by the tail of the sturdy sister’s black eye, with its everlasting twink. 2. A very short moment of time. Example: […] in a twink she won me to her love. Example: I’d have known all about it in half a twink.
Word: twink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of the sound. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/, [ˈtʰwɪŋk] 1. The chaffinch.
Word: twink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative of the sound. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/, [ˈtʰwɪŋk] 1. To chirp or twitter.
Word: twink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twinkie. More at Twink § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/, [ˈtʰwɪŋk] 1. A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Labels: slang Example: “Where are the twinks anyway? They usually have the decency to provide one or two decorative twinks… Jesus, who needs to waste a night staring at these tired old Gucci queens.” Example: […]the narrow gay ideal of a slim or waiflike male body, as displayed by the young "twink". 2. A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: “I thought testosterone would turn me into a man, but it turned me into a twink,” Tom, who is nonbinary, revealed to a cackling West Village audience last week at the Greenwich House Theater in Manhattan. 3. A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player. Labels: Internet, derogatory, mildly Example: Bind-on-account was an innovation that allowed players to transfer goods to their own twinks, but not to those of other players. Example: Characters who were obvious twinks, possessing equipment well beyond their means, were subject to public criticism. 4. A player in a multi-user dungeon (MUD) who engages in abusive min-maxing behaviour and exploits or took advantage of other players for personal gain. Labels: Internet, dated, derogatory Example: I certainly don't consider myself a twink; however it seems that anyone who doesn't agree with another's point of view is automatically labelled as such. Example: You will not find any stock. You will not find any easy mobs. You will not find any +100 dam 'big swords of I win'. You will not find twink mudders. You will not hear about how Jim the Kewl dOOd scored last night at his sister's birthday party. You will not find bots.
Word: twink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From twinkie. More at Twink § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/, [ˈtʰwɪŋk] 1. To engage in obnoxious or abusive behaviour in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game, for example by griefing or by equipping a low-level character with advanced equipment from another player. Labels: derogatory, intransitive Example: Twinking happens in virtual worlds with PD, but not to the same extent. Example: However, the taboo surrounding twinking had all but disappeared by the time I started playing again in 2004.
Word: twink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark of Twink, a brand of correction fluid in New Zealand. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk/, [ˈtʰwɪŋk] 1. Correction fluid or correction tape. Labels: New-Zealand, uncountable
Word: representation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. That which represents something else. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body. Example: The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…] 2. The act of representing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events. Example: That's according to a report published in The Guardian on New Year's Eve in which several regional leaders, including Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram, were highly critical of the apparent lack of northern representation in the decision-making process. 3. The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated. Labels: broadly, uncountable 4. The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance. 5. The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution. 6. An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A theatrical performance. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: representation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English presentation English representation From re- + presentation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.pɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. An act of representing, i.e. presenting again. Example: rates of representation to the emergency department
Word: theatrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical. Pronunciation: /θiːˈætɹɪkəl/, /θiˈætɹɪkəl/ 1. Of or relating to the theatre. Example: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled. 2. Fake and exaggerated. Example: The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.
Word: theatrical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical. Pronunciation: /θiːˈætɹɪkəl/, /θiˈætɹɪkəl/ 1. A stage performance, especially one by amateurs. 2. A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters. Example: Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end. 3. A person who works in theatre. Example: Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence.
Word: exaggerated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ɛɡ-/ 1. That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged. Example: The Wycombe slowing begins at West Wycombe; to the High Wycombe curve itself most exaggerated respect was shown, with a minimum of 30 m.p.h.
Word: exaggerated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ɛɡ-/ 1. simple past and past participle of exaggerate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: patriarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English patriark, patriarche, from Late Latin patriarcha; later reinforced by Old French patriarche, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -ᾰ́ρχης (-ắrkhēs, “-arch”), with some senses likely influenced directly by Latin pāter (“father”) or Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (pătḗr, “father”). Compare matriarch. By surface analysis, patri- + -arch. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtɹɪɑːk/, /ˈpætɹiɑːk/, /ˈpeɪtɹiɑɹk/ 1. The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank. 2. A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Example: Men and brethren / lett me frely ſpeake vnto you of the patriarke David: For he is both deed and buryed / and his ſepulcre remayneth with vs vnto this daye. 3. A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. 4. An old leader of a village or community. Example: The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to […] keep in the shade of a large tree; […] 5. The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family. 6. The male head of a household or nuclear family. Example: The popular Duck Dynasty television show and Duck Commander products took center stage in a controversy over comments made by Phil Robertson. As patriarch of the family and founder of the company, he stars in the A&E reality show based on his Louisiana life and company. Example: Fictional male antiheroes like television’s crime patriarchs Tony Soprano and Walter White have reigned for some time, but the antiheroine has only more recently had the opportunity to rise up – and become the cause of her own downfall. 7. A shade of purple
Word: matriarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin māter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). By surface analysis, matri- + -arch. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/, /ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/ 1. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. Example: This female hyena also gets erections and is larger, more aggressive than the male hyenas and lives in matrilineal clans of up to 80 individuals governed by an alpha female matriarch. 2. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. 3. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. Labels: Northern-England Example: A typical Lancashire matriarch ushers the reassured townsfolk off the premises, confident that her money is safe: 'You don't deserve any business doubting t' Co-op. It's sound enough, and them that doubt it ought to be ashamed of themselves.' Example: Although the drummer has no musical segments in the film, he remains a central visual presence, inevitably accompanied—and visually framed—by his aunt, the stereotypically loud, forceful, and domineering northern matriarch. 4. A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
Word: basionym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From basi- (“base”) + -onym (“name”). 1. An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived. Example: Arundinaria distans is the basionym of Colanthelia distans.
Word: imaginary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ymaginarie, ymagynary, from Latin imāginārius (“relating to images, fancied”), from imāgō, equivalent to imagine + -ary. The mathematical sense derives from René Descartes's use (of the French imaginaire) in 1637, La Geometrie, to ridicule the notion of regarding non-real roots of polynomials as numbers. Although Descartes' usage was derogatory, the designation stuck even after the concept gained acceptance in the 18th century. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/, /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnɹi/, /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/ 1. Existing only in the imagination. Example: imaginary friend Example: Unicorns are imaginary. 2. Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of √ (called imaginary unit).
Word: imaginary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ymaginarie, ymagynary, from Latin imāginārius (“relating to images, fancied”), from imāgō, equivalent to imagine + -ary. The mathematical sense derives from René Descartes's use (of the French imaginaire) in 1637, La Geometrie, to ridicule the notion of regarding non-real roots of polynomials as numbers. Although Descartes' usage was derogatory, the designation stuck even after the concept gained acceptance in the 18th century. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/, /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnɹi/, /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/ 1. Imagination; fancy. Example: By then too Mozart's opera, from Da Ponte's libretto, had made Figaro a stock character in the European imaginary and set the whole Continent whistling Mozartian airs and chuckling at Figaresque humour. 2. An imaginary number. Labels: countable 3. The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole. Example: The sensory media are sensuous materials which prolong our bodily life into the surrounding world, and hence the media are imaginaries. These perceptually penetrated materials are " imaginaries " because they operate here in our living body […]. Example: For example, colonial motifs of many kinds became increasingly central to the British national imaginary from the mid-nineteenth century, while the imaginative significance of 'the soldier' has long been derived from, and helped to sustain, the linkage between national and military imaginaries.
Word: supercilium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin cilium Latin superciliumbor. English supercilium Borrowed from Latin supercilium (“eyebrow; brow, ridge; pride, arrogance”). Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈsɪl.i.əm/, /ˌsu.pɚˈsɪl.i.əm/ 1. The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye). Labels: rare 2. The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye). Labels: rare 3. The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye). Labels: rare 4. The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice. 5. The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice. 6. Superciliousness, haughtiness; an instance of this, a supercilious demeanor. Labels: humorous, rare
Word: Blackadder Part of Speech: name Etymology: PIE word *wasdʰos From black + a second element, possibly derived from one of the following: * From Irish fad (“length”), fada (“long”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wasdʰos (“long; wide”)) + dobhar (“moisture; sea; water”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”)), referring to a long river. * From Old English ǣdre (“channel for liquids; river; (anatomy) artery or vein; sinew”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþrǭ (“rivulet; (anatomy) vein”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-r̥ ~ *h₁h₁t-éns (“lung; internal organ”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“breath; to breathe”) + *-r̥ (suffix forming nouns). However, this etymology has been doubted as it has been suggested that the long initial vowel in Old English would have been preserved in English and Scots. * From Proto-Brythonic *ador or *edir (“(possibly) name of a river”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *hₐet- (“to go”) + *-r̥. The surname is from the river and the adjacent Blackadder House. Pronunciation: /ˈblæ.kə.də/, /ˈblæ.kə.dəɹ/ 1. Preceded by the: A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, a tributary of Whiteadder Water; in full, Blackadder Water. 2. A rural locality in the Scottish Borders council area, south of the river (OS grid reference NT8452). 3. A surname transferred from the place name.
Word: summon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sub + monēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti, causative from *men- (“to think”). Compare typologically from the same PIE root mention, Russian помина́ть (pominátʹ), упомина́ть (upominátʹ) (developed less further, keeping strong relation with по́мнить (pómnitʹ)), also compare помина́й как зва́ли (pomináj kak zváli) (<+ звать (zvatʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmən/ 1. To call people together; to convene; to convoke. Labels: transitive Example: Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin. 2. To ask someone to come; to send for. Labels: transitive Example: The cousins separated, and Nain Singh joined a caravan posing as a merchant. This time he crossed the border successfully. Singh eventually entered Jih-k’a-tse, the second-largest city in Tibet. It was in Jih-k’a-tse that he was summoned to meet the country’s second-highest religious authority, the Panchen Lama, who turned out to be only 11 years old. 3. To order (goods) and have delivered Example: You can summon groceries, alcohol and medicines to your home: chips and vodka on New Year’s Eve, say, and then aspirin on New Year’s Day. 4. To rouse oneself to exert a skill. Labels: transitive Example: For securing the attainment of what he considered to be a most desirable end, he summoned all his abilities with a most praiseworthy energy and perseverance. Example: Joseph needed to summon all his reserve to keep his self-control, for no sooner had Asa voiced his request than Joseph recalled his remark to Aaron about a child being given to this couple in lieu of their giving Mary to him. 5. To call a resource by magic. Labels: transitive Example: “Why won't you teach me to summon water? I can summon fire so easily, it's only logical that I should learn to put out my mistakes.” 6. To summons; convene. Labels: transitive
Word: summon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sub + monēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti, causative from *men- (“to think”). Compare typologically from the same PIE root mention, Russian помина́ть (pominátʹ), упомина́ть (upominátʹ) (developed less further, keeping strong relation with по́мнить (pómnitʹ)), also compare помина́й как зва́ли (pomináj kak zváli) (<+ звать (zvatʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmən/ 1. A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding. Example: Conjuration magic in Baldur's Gate 3 allows players to summon a variety of helpful creatures […] These summons can assist players in combat and exploration, providing strategic advantages with their unique abilities. 2. call, command, order Example: The deceased was 58 years of age, was the picture of health even five or six hours prior to his death, when suddenly the grim messenger came with a summon from a Higher Tribunal, calling him to duties above.
Word: summon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), which is itself borrowed from English summons (“notice summoning someone to appear in court”). This sense re-emerged in English as summon likely due to the erroneous belief that the original singular English word summons is plural. Doublet of summons and saman. 1. A fine; a fee or monetary penalty incurred for breaking the law; usually for a minor offence such as a traffic violation. Labels: Malaysia, colloquial, slang Example: You better pay off the parking summon tomorrow before you kena interest on it. 2. A notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket. Labels: Malaysia, colloquial, slang
Word: summon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), which is itself borrowed from English summons (“notice summoning someone to appear in court”). This sense re-emerged in English as summon likely due to the erroneous belief that the original singular English word summons is plural. Doublet of summons and saman. 1. To impose such a fine or penalty, or to issue a notice thereof. Labels: Malaysia, colloquial, slang, transitive Example: The police summoned the driver for speeding. Example: They kena summoned for littering.
Word: benefactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English benefactor, borrowed from Medieval Latin benefactor (“he who bestows a favor”), from Latin benefaciō (“benefit someone”), from bene (“good”) + faciō (“do, make”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnəˌfæktəː/, [ˈbɛnəˌfæktʰəː], /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/, [ˈbɛnəˌfæktʰɚ] ~ [ˈbɛnəˌfæktʰɹ̩], /ˈbɪ̟nəˌfæktɚ/ 1. Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity. Example: anonymous benefactor Example: generous benefactor 2. Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
Word: malefactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English malefactour, from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“to make or do”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/ 1. A criminal or felon. 2. An evildoer. Example: ‘Pull yourself together, Bradshaw,’ said the lawyer. ‘This suspense, I know, is telling upon all of you; but it is now our intention to make an end of it. Poole, here, and I are going to force our way into the cabinet. If all is well, my shoulders are broad enough to bear the blame. Meanwhile, lest anything should really be amiss, or any malefactor seek to escape by the back, you and the boy must go round the corner with a pair of good sticks, and take your post at the laboratory door. Example: Though your unseen malefactor’s actions may give the impression of confidence… Vaermina suspects he is terrified his plan will go astray.
Word: detachable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French détachable, detach + -able. Pronunciation: /dəˈtætʃəbl̩/, /diːˈtætʃəbl̩/ 1. Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage. Labels: not-comparable Example: Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.
Word: detachable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French détachable, detach + -able. Pronunciation: /dəˈtætʃəbl̩/, /diːˈtætʃəbl̩/ 1. Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else. Example: For the past few months, the red HP Pavilion X2 10-n055na has been my pick of the detachables at £249.99.
Word: amscray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pig Latin version of scram; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides ixnay. Pronunciation: /ˈæmskɹeɪ/ 1. To go away. Example: Get out of here! Amscray! Example: "Brownie. (Backed to D.R.; looking from one to the other.) Sa-ay, am I interrupting anything? Verona. (Smiling; lightly.) Yes, you are! Amscray!"
Word: Tartarus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː(r)tərəs/ 1. A dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades, reserved for the damned and the wicked, such as the Titans; an equivalent of hell in Greek and Roman mythology. Labels: Greek, Roman Example: […] them with Fire and hoſtile Arms / Fearleſs aſſault, and to the brow of Heav'n / Purſuing, drive them out from God and bliſs, / Into thir place of puniſhment, the Gulf / Of Tartarus, which ready opens wide / His fiery Chaos to receave thir fall. 2. Any hellish place; a dark gloomy chasm or pit. Labels: figuratively Example: We lay there hour after hour in terror and misery of mind so deep that I will not attempt to describe it, and listened to the wild storm-voices of that Tartarus, as, set to the deep undertone of the spur opposite against which the wind hummed like some awful harp, they called to each other from precipice to precipice. Example: After arranging a rendezvous, we separate. Mattie and Liz go off in one direction, and Em and I in another. From this our progress seems like a descent into Tartarus. Em pauses before a miserable-looking saloon, pushes open the low, swinging door, and we go in.
Word: Hades Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs). Pronunciation: /ˈheɪdiːz/, /ˈhadiːz/ 1. The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon. Labels: Greek 2. The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god. Labels: Greek Example: I have just returned from a visit to Hades, and I had a devilishly good time. […] To the ancients, Hades was the great underworld on the River Styx described so graphically by Homer in the “Odyssey.” Even today, visitors follow the same directions to get to Hades as those recited for Ulysses by the blind poet 3,000 years ago. 3. In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol. 4. Hell. 5. Hell. Labels: specifically
Word: Sheol Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew שְׁאוֹל, שְׁאֹל (sheól, “abode of the dead, underworld, netherworld, etc.”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃi.oʊl/, /ˈʃeɪ.oʊl/, /ˈʃiː.əʊl/, /ˈʃeɪ.əʊl/ 1. The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).
Word: phallic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English phallus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phallic From phallus (“penis”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈfælɪk/ 1. Relating to, or characteristic of the penis. Labels: not-comparable Example: A little later the phallic explanation of everything came into fashion. The deities were all polite names for the organs and powers of procreation. Example: The natural rhythm of the male is a phallic one of rise and fall, whether it involves towers, stock markets, or whole civilizations. 2. Shaped like an erect human penis. Labels: not-comparable Example: My mother has a very phallic salt shaker. Example: For many first-time visitors, a common initial impression of the Washington Monument is that it is incredibly phallic. 3. Relating to or exhibiting masculine or patriarchal traits, seen metaphorically as seated in the male genitalia. Labels: not-comparable Example: Opposing the war in El Salvador and opposing the phallic aggression everywhere.
Word: Tetragrammaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton, “four-letter word”), neuter gender of τετραγράμματος (tetragrámmatos, “having four letters”), formed from a combining form of τέτταρες (téttares, “four”) and γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). 1. The word in four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration as YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah. Labels: Judaism Example: The starting point of this discussion was Origen’s much-debated comment to Psalm 2:2 concerning the Tetragrammaton in “ancient” Hebrew characters. A very approximate terminus a quo for this practice in LXX texts is the first century b. c. e., the date of the Cairo Papyrus Fouad 266, a revision of the Greek Torah from the second century b. c. e., in which the Tetragrammata are written in square Hebrew characters. Example: The Tetragrammatons are written out in such a way that the names of single letters are inscribed.
Word: ist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the suffix -ist. Pronunciation: /ɪst/ 1. A practitioner or supporter of an ism. Example: Not the obsession with the isms and the ists of Balls, Miliband, Cooper and Alexander and their acolytes.
Word: foobar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːˌbɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A serious mistake. Labels: slang 2. A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.
Word: national Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈnaʃ.ə.nəl/, [ˈnaʃ.ə.nɫ̩], /ˈnaʃ.n̩əl/, [ˈnaʃ.n̩ɫ̩], /ˈnæʃ.ə.nəl/ 1. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation; the state. Example: a national assembly · on the front page of every national newspaper Example: Import tariffs were raised for the national interest. 2. Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. Example: this is their national dish · our national tendency to laugh at the French 3. Nationalistic; patriotic. Labels: archaic Example: ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’
Word: national Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈnaʃ.ə.nəl/, [ˈnaʃ.ə.nɫ̩], /ˈnaʃ.n̩əl/, [ˈnaʃ.n̩ɫ̩], /ˈnæʃ.ə.nəl/ 1. A subject of a nation. Example: The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty. 2. A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete. Labels: plural-normally Example: After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals. 3. A national newspaper. Labels: plural-normally Example: I had a crush on Bardot / Fell in love with Monroe / Read about 'em in the nationals / All the juicy little scandals 4. Somebody born under the authority of a given country.
Word: tumultuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tumultuous Middle English -ly English -ly English tumultuously From tumultuous + -ly. 1. In a tumultuous manner. Example: But in the lovver Houſe ſome there vvere vvhich handled theſe things more tumultuouſly, namely, Bell and Monſon great Lavvyers, Dutton, Paul VVentvvorth, and others, vvhich rent the Authority of the Queenes Majeſty too much, […] Example: But the greater truth may be that this is simply how generational and cultural change really comes to Washington—not in the flash of one man’s election, but gradually and tumultuously, with moments in which we lurch forward interrupted by stretches that drag us back.
Word: concordance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin concors Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin concordō Late Latin concordantiader. Old French concordanceder. English concordance From Old French concordance, from Late Latin concordantia. Pronunciation: /kənˈkɔːdəns/, /kənˈkɔɹdəns/ 1. Agreement; accordance; consonance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: John Sterling at Herstmonceux that afternoon, and his Father here in London, would have offered strange contrasts to an eye that had seen them both. Contrasts, and yet concordances. 2. Agreement of words with one another; concord. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. A listing, often lemmatized and alphabetized, showing the places in a text, especially the Bible, where each word or phrase may be found, and its immediate context in each place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: c. 1857, Thomas Macaulay, "Paul Bunyan", contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance. 4. A listing, often lemmatized and alphabetized, showing the places in a text, especially the Bible, where each word or phrase may be found, and its immediate context in each place. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The probability that a pair of individuals will both have a certain characteristic (phenotypic trait) given that one of the pair has the characteristic. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A patient's compliance with a medicinal prescription. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: concordance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin concors Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin concordō Late Latin concordantiader. Old French concordanceder. English concordance From Old French concordance, from Late Latin concordantia. Pronunciation: /kənˈkɔːdəns/, /kənˈkɔɹdəns/ 1. To create a concordance from (a corpus). Labels: transitive Example: Different from concordances of the Bible or classic works in the western tradition, which were basically complete concordances of a specific single book, the Chinese Lei Shu usually concordanced miscellaneous books.