nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: socialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English socialist From social + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/, /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/ 1. One who supports or advocates socialism. Example: A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.
Word: detonator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From detonate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛt.ə.neɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛtn̩eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ 1. A device used to detonate an explosive device etc. 2. A small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it. Labels: UK Example: Warning messages were relayed to the signalmen at Slough East and Dolphin Junction boxes with such celerity that the up main signals were replaced to danger in front of the express before it finally stopped. The signalman at Dolphin Junction just had time to replace the down main signals and pull the emergency lever to lay detonators in front of the fast approaching 7 p.m. Paddington-Reading train. 3. Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous. Labels: archaic 4. A gun fired by a percussion cap. Labels: obsolete
Word: deny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate. Pronunciation: /dɪˈnaɪ/, /dəˈnaɪ/, /dɪ-/, /di-/ 1. To disallow or reject. Labels: transitive Example: I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied. Example: 'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it. 2. To assert that something is not true. Labels: transitive Example: to deny a rumour to deny an allegation Example: I deny that I was at the party. 3. To refuse to give or grant something to someone. Labels: ditransitive Example: My father denied me a good education. Example: To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. 4. To take something away from someone; to deprive of. 5. To prevent from scoring. Labels: transitive Example: Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post. 6. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. Example: Jesus prophesied that by the time the cock crowed, Peter would have denied him three times. Example: the falsehood of denying his opinion 7. To refuse (to do or accept something). Labels: obsolete Example: if you deny to dance
Word: anonymous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”). English equivalent anonym + -ous, its full etymology being an- + -onym + -ous. Pronunciation: /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/, /əˈnɑ.nə.məs/, /əˈnɔn.ə.məs/ 1. Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species . Labels: not-comparable 2. Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible. Labels: not-comparable Example: an anonymous pamphlet Example: an anonymous subscription 3. Of unknown name; whose name is withheld Labels: not-comparable Example: an anonymous author Example: an anonymous benefactor 4. Lacking individuality. Labels: comparable, figuratively Example: an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate
Word: tumult Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”). Pronunciation: /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtuː.mʌlt/ 1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd. Example: Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose. 2. A violent commotion or agitation, often with a confusion of sounds. Example: the tumult of the elements Example: the tumult of the spirits or passions 3. A riot or uprising.
Word: tumult Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”). Pronunciation: /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtuː.mʌlt/ 1. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. Labels: obsolete Example: Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.
Word: childhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/ 1. The state of being a child. Labels: uncountable Example: Of a ſuretie, it is a ioyfull thynge to reioyce in the chyldhode of chyldren, but it is a ryght cruel thing to ſuffre the importunities of their mothers. Example: To our own surprise, our 40-year study of 1,000 children revealed that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success, in people of high or low intelligence, in rich or poor, and does so throughout the entire population, with a step change in health, wealth, and social success at every level of self-control. 2. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. 3. The early stages of development of something. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: the childhood of our joy
Word: neighbour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots nebour, neebour, neibour (“neighbour”), Yola nipore, nypore (“neighbour”), North Frisian Naiber, naibüür, näiber (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Alemannic German Naachpuur, Nochbär (“neighbour”), Central Franconian Nohber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), Low German Naber, Nahwer (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Luxembourgish Noper (“neighbour”), Vilamovian nokwer, nökver, nökwer (“neighbour”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish nabo (“neighbour”), Faroese nábúgvi (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”), Manx naboo (“neighbour”), Scottish Gaelic nàbaidh (“neighbour”), Estonian naaber (“neighbour”), Finnish naapuri (“neighbour”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English prome (“neighbour”), borrowed from Old French proeme, proime, proisme (“neighbour”) (<< Latin proximus (“nearest, next”). Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbə/, /ˈneɪbɚ/ 1. A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position. Labels: UK Example: My neighbour has two noisy cats. Example: They′re our neighbours across the street. 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Labels: UK Example: Buckingham / No more shall be the neighbour to my counsel. 3. A fellow human being. Labels: UK Example: 1982, Bible (NKJV), Leviticus 19:18, You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. 4. Anything located directly adjacent to something else. Labels: UK Example: The flood fill algorithm fills an area with colour by starting at one pixel and recursively visiting its neighbours.
Word: neighbour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots nebour, neebour, neibour (“neighbour”), Yola nipore, nypore (“neighbour”), North Frisian Naiber, naibüür, näiber (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Alemannic German Naachpuur, Nochbär (“neighbour”), Central Franconian Nohber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), Low German Naber, Nahwer (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Luxembourgish Noper (“neighbour”), Vilamovian nokwer, nökver, nökwer (“neighbour”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish nabo (“neighbour”), Faroese nábúgvi (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”), Manx naboo (“neighbour”), Scottish Gaelic nàbaidh (“neighbour”), Estonian naaber (“neighbour”), Finnish naapuri (“neighbour”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English prome (“neighbour”), borrowed from Old French proeme, proime, proisme (“neighbour”) (<< Latin proximus (“nearest, next”). Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbə/, /ˈneɪbɚ/ 1. To be adjacent to Labels: UK, transitive Example: Though France neighbours Germany, its culture is significantly different. Example: Theſe grow at the South end of the Iland, and on the leiſurely aſcending hills that neighbour the ſhore. 2. To be similar to, to be almost the same as. Labels: UK, figuratively, intransitive Example: That sort of talk is neighbouring on treason. 3. To associate intimately with; to be close to. Labels: UK Example: […] the barbarous Scythyan, […] / Shall bee as well neighbour’d, pittyed and relieued / As thou my ſometime daughter.
Word: passion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃən/, [ˈpʰæʃən] ~ [ˈpʰæʃn̩] 1. To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated. Labels: obsolete Example: Dumbly she passions, frantically she doteth. Example: There did I ſee that low ſpirited Swaine, [...] hight Coſtard, (Clow[ne]. O mee) ſorted and conſorted contrary to thy eſtabliſhed proclaymed Edict and continent Cannon; Which with, o with, but with this I paſſion to ſay wherewith: / Clo[wne]. With a Wench. 2. To give a passionate character to. Labels: transitive
Word: pash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of passion. Pronunciation: /pæʃ/ 1. To snog, to make out, to kiss. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: ‘You gonna pash her?’ ‘We only just started going together,’ I said. Pash her? Already? I hadn’t even kissed a girl properly yet. ‘Do you know how to pash?’ It sounded like a challenge. Jed Wall was a bit like that. When he wasn’t just hanging he was fighting or pashing or something that no one else was good at. Example: 2005, Gabrielle Morrissey, Urge: Hot Secrets For Great Sex, HarperCollins Publishers (Australia), unnumbered page, There are hundreds of different types of kisses; and there are kissing Kamasutras available in bookshops to help you add variety to your pashing repertoire.
Word: pash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of passion. Pronunciation: /pæʃ/ 1. A passionate kiss. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Anyway, the point is, my first pash — or snog, or whatever you want to call it — was so bloody awful it’s a miracle I ever opened my mouth again. 2. A romantic infatuation; a crush. Example: ‘It isn’t a pash. Nancy Burke’s got a pash on Mr Richards and Mary Parkin has a pash on Miss Taylor, and so have other girls. But I haven’t got a pash on Rupert. It isn’t like that. I know it isn’t. I know it isn’t.’ Example: Not until the outcome of Denise’s pash did I admit that my pash on Joan had been very different. 3. The object of a romantic infatuation; a crush. 4. Any obsession or passion.
Word: pash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Scots word for the pate, or head. Pronunciation: /pæʃ/ 1. The head. Labels: obsolete Example: Leo[ntes]: Thou want′ſt a rough paſh, & the shoots that I haue, / To be full like me:
Word: pash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps of imitative origin, or compare bash. For the senses "rain heavily", "a heavy rain" (perhaps also imitative), compare plash, blash, clash (“heavy rainfall”). Pronunciation: /pæʃ/ 1. To throw (something), as if to break (it). Labels: dialectal 2. To smash; to crush; to bash; to break into pieces. Example: Hercules, that in his infancie Did paſh the iawes of Serpents venemous: Example: I'll pash him o'er the face. 3. To fall heavily or forcefully. Example: ... sent a heavy rain-drop pashing in our faces and now woke the woods with rattling peals of thunder. Example: ... the rain came "pashing" down again and drove her indoors.
Word: pash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps of imitative origin, or compare bash. For the senses "rain heavily", "a heavy rain" (perhaps also imitative), compare plash, blash, clash (“heavy rainfall”). Pronunciation: /pæʃ/ 1. A smash, a crash; a heavy collision, fall, or blow, or the sound made by it. Example: […] the pash of a crushed skull, an oath, or a grunt caused by the impact of a rifle's muzzle against the abdomen transfixed by its bayonet. Example: [Neither] the pash of a hoof on the marge, crack of whip, nor the shout of driver gladdens the quiet: the foul weeds knot, strangling the sluggish flow of the waterway; […] 2. A sudden and heavy fall or gush of rain, snow, hail or other water. Labels: dialectal Example: BACKEN, To retard, "This pash o'rain 'ul backen our potatoes." Example: A pash of rain then raised it about 6 inches, but four dry days reduced it to its previous level.
Word: snog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. 1945. Possibly related to snug. Pronunciation: /snɒɡ/, /snɑɡ/ 1. To kiss passionately. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial Example: 2016 Alya, "Gamer", Miraculous This is about stepping up and representing, not snuggling up and snogging. This is serious business.
Word: snog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1945. Possibly related to snug. Pronunciation: /snɒɡ/, /snɑɡ/ 1. A passionate kiss. Labels: Australia, UK, colloquial Example: And that was that. Where had I gone wrong? First night: park, fag, snog. Second night: ditto.
Word: eau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Compare English aqua. Compare ea, yeo. Related to, and spelling influenced by, but not derived from French eau (“water”). Pronunciation: /juː/ 1. Alternative form of ea. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French eau, from Middle French eau, eaue, from Old French ewe, euwe, egua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua. Pronunciation: /oʊ/ 1. Water. Labels: uncountable
Word: neighbor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.bɚ/ 1. US standard spelling of neighbour. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: neighbor Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.bɚ/ 1. US standard spelling of neighbour. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: vulcanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Vulcan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vulcanize From Vulcan + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈvʌl.kə.naɪz/ 1. To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable. Labels: transitive Example: Local workers hike up the side of the mountain and down into the crater at the top to harvest its sulfur—a byproduct of the gas that escapes from the volcano’s vents and collects near the shores of an acidic lake at the crater’s center. The chemical is used in industry worldwide, from making matchsticks to vulcanizing rubber, but Ijen’s sulfur goes mostly to local factories, which use it to bleach sugar. 2. To undergo such treatment. Labels: intransitive Example: These vulcanized hearts, they only become more resistant when you ask for mercy. Example: Natural rubber […] vulcanizes readily at the double bonds to give a strong cross-linked structure.
Word: biannual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English annual English biannual From bi- + annual. Pronunciation: /bʌɪˈanjuːəl/, /baɪˈænjuəl/ 1. Occurring twice a year; semiannual. Labels: not-comparable Example: The annual values were disaggregated into biannual values. Then the biannual values were disaggregated into quarterly values. Finally the quarterly values were disaggregated into the desired monthly values. Example: Collection of papers presented at the workshops during the 1988 biannual symposia in February (New Orleans) and May (Innsbruck). 2. Occurring once every two years; biennial. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed Example: The relative share of agriculture in GDP of the West Bank (calculated on the basis of fixed 1986 prices, and as a two-year average to deal with the major biannual fluctuations in olive production) declined[…]. Example: Thus he argues that the members of the National Assembly were independent from the constituencies that elected them, because the latter (the assemblies, administrative and elected) are "biennially renewed," as was the National Assembly. […] This [being responsible to electors] is implicitly the case of the representatives in the National Assembly, who must also face biannual elections[…].
Word: biannual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English annual English biannual From bi- + annual. Pronunciation: /bʌɪˈanjuːəl/, /baɪˈænjuəl/ 1. Something occurring twice each year. Example: It was a biannual from April 1970 to October 1977 and has been a quarterly since fall 1978.
Word: children Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English children, alteration of earlier childre ("children"; > English dialectal childer), from Old English ċildru, ċildra (“children”), nominative and accusative plural of ċild (“child”), equivalent to child + -ren. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/, /ˈtʃɪl.ɹən/, /ˈtʃɪl.ə(ɹ)n/, /ˈt͡ʃʊldɹən/, /ˈt͡ʃɪl.dən/ 1. plural of child Labels: form-of, plural Example: Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. 2. plural of childer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiannual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English annual English semiannual From semi- + annual. 1. Biannual: occurring twice a year Labels: not-comparable
Word: semiannual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English annual English semiannual From semi- + annual. 1. Something occurring twice each year.
Word: beauty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːti/, /ˈbjuti/, [-ɾi], [ˈbju̟ti], [ˈbju̟ːɾi] 1. The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness. Labels: uncountable Example: A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Example: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. 2. Someone who is beautiful. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty. Example: The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine". 3. Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties. 4. Something that is particularly good or pleasing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What a goal! That was a real beauty! 5. An excellent or egregious example of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He got into a fight and ended up with two black eyes – two real beauties! 6. The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing! 7. A beauty quark (now called bottom quark). Labels: countable, obsolete, particle, uncountable 8. Beauty treatment; cosmetology. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a hair and beauty salon Example: When the beauty team departs the set, the AD will say, “Let’s go on a bell.” A bell sounds throughout the stage, and […] 9. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Menander in the comedy brings in a man turning his wife from his house, because she stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. 10. Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry. Labels: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: beauty Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːti/, /ˈbjuti/, [-ɾi], [ˈbju̟ti], [ˈbju̟ːɾi] 1. Thanks! Labels: Canada 2. Cool! Labels: Canada Example: It's the long weekend. Beauty!
Word: beauty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːti/, /ˈbjuti/, [-ɾi], [ˈbju̟ti], [ˈbju̟ːɾi] 1. Possessing beauty; beautiful. Labels: archaic, poetic 2. Of high quality, well done. Labels: Canada Example: He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.
Word: beauty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːti/, /ˈbjuti/, [-ɾi], [ˈbju̟ti], [ˈbju̟ːɾi] 1. To make beautiful. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: rehab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of rehabilitation. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːhæb/ 1. Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: go into rehab Example: They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no" 2. An institution for rehabilitation. Labels: countable, informal Example: The assimilationists would have you believe that there is no lesbian or gay underclass, white or of color. That the junkies, crackheads and rummies in the drunk-tanks and welfare rehabs are all straight. Our addicts all have ample checkbooks, the best insurance their professions can buy, and membership in the right upscale cliques. 3. A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rehab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of rehabilitation. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːhæb/ 1. To rehabilitate. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: Gdansk Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Gdańsk: The capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gdańsk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Gdańsk. Doublet of Danzig. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈdænsk/, /ɡəˈdɑːnsk/ 1. The capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Word: Cracow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English crakou, crawcow. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækaʊ/, /ˈkɹɑkaʊ/, /ˈkɹækoʊ/, /ˈkɹɑkoʊ/ 1. Alternative form of Krakow: A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Krakow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English crakou, crawcow. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækaʊ/, /ˈkɹɑkaʊ/, /ˈkɹækoʊ/, /ˈkɹɑkoʊ/ 1. A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.
Word: Kraków Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækɒf/ 1. Alternative (native Polish) spelling of Krakow: A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.
Word: Azores Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Azores, from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”). Pronunciation: /əˈzɔːz/, /ˈeɪzɔːɹz/ 1. An archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean 2. An autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic (officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores)
Word: Oporto Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese o Porto (“the Porto”). More at Porto. Pronunciation: /əˈpɔː(ɹ)təʊ/ 1. Synonym of Porto (“city in Portugal”).
Word: duty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe + Middle English -te. Equivalent to due + -ty. Pronunciation: /ˈdjuː.ti/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.ti/, /ˈdu.ti/, /ˈdu.ɾi/ 1. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Do your duty by me! -No, we don't have a duty to keep you abreast. Example: 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson England expects that every man will do his duty. 2. The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task. Labels: uncountable Example: I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am. 3. An excise tax; especially, one on imports or exports. Labels: countable Example: customs duty 4. One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye. 5. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: my duty to you Example: It [the letter] was written with a plain, unaffected, homely piety that I knew to be genuine, and ended with ‘my duty to my ever darling’—meaning myself. 6. The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The act of urination or defecation, especially for a dog. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: The basic idea in housebreaking is not to wait until the puppy sins and then punish him; it is to call nature to your aid and thus make it easy for him to do his duty.
Word: allopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- English -poiesis English allopoiesis From allo- + -poiesis. 1. Creation of or by something other than the self. Labels: uncountable
Word: autopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1972 by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, from auto- + -poiesis. (see also Ancient Greek αὐτόποιος (autópoios, “self-produced”)). Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/ 1. Self-creation; self-organization. Labels: uncountable Example: If living systems are machines, that they are physical autopoietic machines is trivially obvious: they transform matter into themselves in a manner such that the product of their operation is their own organization. However we deem the converse is also true: a physical system if autopoietic, is living. In other words, we claim that the notion of autopoiesis is necessary and sufficient to characterize the organization of living systems. Example: Having clarified that their concern is with organization, not structure, the authors then proceed to define autopoiesis, the organization common to all living systems. It is a network of production processes, in which the function of each component is to participate in the production or transformation of other components in the network. In this way the entire network continually “makes itself.”
Word: griefing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grief Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glasses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/, /ˈɡlasɪz/, /ˈɡlæsɪz/ 1. plural of glass Labels: form-of, plural Example: Ladies are usually conveyed about Calcutta, or any where for short distances, in a kind of palanquin, called a boҫhah... Its deep shape, and its seat, much resemble the [English sedan chair]; but having two doors, one on each side, with one window in front, as well as a small one behind, all furnished with Venetians and glasses, give it, in those respects, some claim to alliance with the [chariot].
Word: glasses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/, /ˈɡlasɪz/, /ˈɡlæsɪz/ 1. Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Field glasses; binoculars. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He had his Zeiss glasses in his hand. "I focused it before it got over the trees," said he. Example: They went down as close to the shore as they dared and put their glasses on her.
Word: glasses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/, /ˈɡlasɪz/, /ˈɡlæsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Slang first attested 1793, perhaps from the verb in the sense of doing something quickly or with intelligence, or in the sense of "speaking boastingly" and having something to be proud of. Pronunciation: /kɹæk/ 1. Highly trained and competent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case. 2. Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch. Labels: not-comparable Example: She's a crack shot with that rifle. Example: Every scratch in the scheme was a gnarled oak in the forest of difficulty, and I went on cutting them down, one after another, with such vigour, that in three or four months I was in a condition to make an experiment on one of our crack speakers in the Commons.
Word: crack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Slang first attested 1793, perhaps from the verb in the sense of doing something quickly or with intelligence, or in the sense of "speaking boastingly" and having something to be proud of. Pronunciation: /kɹæk/ 1. One who excels; the best, especially a winning racehorse. Labels: obsolete Example: Stanton had at one time a reputation for inaccessibility, but that has long since become a thing of the past, […] So that the gallops of the cracks' can, in most cases, be regularly watched and their daily doings truthfully chronicled. Example: 1st Gent. What dost think, Jockey? / 2nd Gent. The crack o' the field's against you.
Word: eyeglasses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eye + glasses. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/ 1. Spectacles, glasses. Labels: US, plural, plural-only Example: Digging deeper, the invention of eyeglasses is an elaboration of the more fundamental development of optics technology. The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…].
Word: eyeglasses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/ 1. Plural of eyeglass. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: credit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun. Doublet of shraddha, creed. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛdɪt/ 1. To believe; to put credence in. Labels: transitive Example: Someone said there were over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that. Example: How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? 2. To add to an account. Labels: transitive Example: Credit accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice. Example: For the payroll period credit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account. 3. To acknowledge the contribution of. Labels: transitive Example: I credit the town council with restoring the shopping district. Example: Credit the point guard with another assist. 4. To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. Labels: transitive Example: You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit.
Word: cup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewp-der. Latin cūpa ▲ Frankish *koppinflu.? Late Latin cuppabor.? Proto-Indo-European *gew-der. Proto-Germanic *kuppaz? Old English cuppe ▲ Proto-Germanic *kuppaz Old English copp Middle English cuppe, coppe English cup Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”). Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)). The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌp/, /ˈkɐp/, [ˈkɐ̞p], /ˈkʊp/ 1. To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. Labels: transitive Example: Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them. 2. To hold something in cupped hands. Labels: transitive Example: He cupped the ball carefully in his hands. 3. To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup. Labels: transitive Example: We are cupping some new brands of coffee today. 4. To supply with cups of wine. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Cup us, till the world go round. 5. To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. Labels: archaic, transitive 6. To make concave or in the form of a cup. Labels: transitive Example: to cup the end of a screw
Word: Jayhawk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From jayhawker. Re-imagined as a half-bluejay, half-sparrowhawk bird (one is the mascot of the University of Kansas). 1. A native or inhabitant of the American state of Kansas. 2. Someone associated with the University of Kansas, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan. Example: Her career as a Jayhawk was marked by many achievements.
Word: jayhawker Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or resident of Kansas Labels: uncommon 2. An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War. Labels: historical 3. A bandit or marauder Labels: broadly
Word: Tar Heel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: North Carolina was associated with tar (of which it was a major producer) from the 1700s onwards, and residents were (at first derisively) called "Tarboilers" since at least the 1840s; "Tar Heel" is first attested in 1863 in comments by Confederate soldiers which suggest it was already in common use at that time. One popular theory suggests it refers to North Carolinians having tar on their heels to make them "stick", referring either to their reluctance to join the Confederacy, or to their holding ground during battles when other states' troops retreated. 1. Synonym of North Carolinian. Labels: US, slang Example: I'm a Tar Heel born I'm a Tar Heel bred And when I die I'm a Tar Heel dead. 2. A person associated with or supportive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Labels: US, slang Example: Michael Jordan is one of many Tar Heel basketball standouts.
Word: Tar Heel Part of Speech: name Etymology: North Carolina was associated with tar (of which it was a major producer) from the 1700s onwards, and residents were (at first derisively) called "Tarboilers" since at least the 1840s; "Tar Heel" is first attested in 1863 in comments by Confederate soldiers which suggest it was already in common use at that time. One popular theory suggests it refers to North Carolinians having tar on their heels to make them "stick", referring either to their reluctance to join the Confederacy, or to their holding ground during battles when other states' troops retreated. 1. A small town in Bladen County, North Carolina. 2. An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.
Word: comfort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.fət/, /ˈkʊm.fət/, /ˈkʌm.fɚt/, [ˈkʰɐɱ.fɚt], /ˈkɐm.fət/ 1. Contentment, ease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sleep in comfort with our new mattress. Example: But all was in vain: For having ranged up and down the Woods for ſome days, without finding the leaſt comfort to their hungry deſires, they were forced to return again unto the River. […] At laſt they arrived at the Coaſt of the Sea, where they found ſome comfort and relief to their former miſeries, and alſo means to ſeek more. 2. Something that offers comfort. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment) Example: the comforts of home 3. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least. 4. A cause of relief or satisfaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.
Word: comfort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.fət/, /ˈkʊm.fət/, /ˈkʌm.fɚt/, [ˈkʰɐɱ.fɚt], /ˈkɐm.fət/ 1. To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. Labels: transitive Example: Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad. Example: Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comfoꝛted me. 2. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. Labels: obsolete Example: God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. 3. To assist or help; to aid. Labels: obsolete Example: I […] cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!
Word: comfortable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌm.fə.tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌmf.tə(ɹ).bəl/, /ˈkʌm.fə(ɹ).tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌm.fəɹ.tə.bəl/ 1. Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. Example: This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in. Example: We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove. 2. In a state of comfort and content. Example: What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here. Example: A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair. 3. Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something. Example: Time spent waiting offshore / The calm before the storm / My take from you is simple / So heal your fear / To heal your fear / You're such a comfortable liar 4. Amply sufficient, satisfactory. Example: A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich. Example: The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin. 5. Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory. Labels: obsolete Example: he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi[…]. Example: a comfortable provision made for their subsistence 6. Strong; vigorous; valiant. Labels: obsolete Example: Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. 7. Serviceable; helpful. Labels: obsolete Example: Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
Word: comfortable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌm.fə.tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌmf.tə(ɹ).bəl/, /ˈkʌm.fə(ɹ).tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌm.fəɹ.tə.bəl/ 1. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter. Labels: US
Word: copy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpi/, /ˈkɑpi/ 1. The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original. Example: Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right. Example: His new book is out. I have a signed copy. He'll send you a copy if you want one. He's giving free copies to his former colleagues who want one. The press run is 3000 copies, and he hopes to sell more press runs after this one. 2. The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original. Example: Every cell in this organism contains a copy of each gene, but whether that copy will be expressed depends on complex factors of cell differentiation and epigenetics. 3. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality. Example: That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different. 4. The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published. Example: This organization doesn't publish any copy that hasn't been edited by a good copy editor. 5. The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published. Example: ad copy; advertising copy Example: Has your ad copy plenty of punch? 6. The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published. Labels: uncountable Example: Submit all copy to the appropriate editor. 7. A person employed to carry copy and run errands. 8. A schoolwork pad or workbook. Example: Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy. 9. A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it. Example: Our town's public library has several copies of the Bible, in each of several editions. Example: Our town's public library has several copies of the second edition of Smith's textbook, but it doesn't yet have any copies of any newer edition. 10. A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue. Example: Have you seen the latest copy of Newsweek yet? 11. Writing paper of a particular size: Synonym of bastard. Labels: archaic 12. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example. Labels: obsolete Example: His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. Example: Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters. 13. An abundance or plenty of anything. Labels: obsolete Example: [S]he was bleſt with no more Copie of wit, but to ſerue his Humor thus. 14. copyhold; tenure; lease. Labels: obsolete Example: But in them nature's copy's not eterne