nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: errant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English erraunt [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman erraunt, from Old French errant, the present participle of errer (“to walk (to); to wander (to); (figuratively) to travel, voyage”), and then: * from Vulgar Latin iterāre (compare Late Latin itinerāre, itinerāri (“to travel, voyage”)), from Latin iter (“a route (including a journey, trip; a course; a path; a road)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”); and * from Latin errantem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of errāns (“straying, errant; wandering”), the present active participle of errō (“to rove, wander; to get lost, go astray; to err, wander from the truth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of arrant. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈɛɹənt/ 1. Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits. Example: In that there are just seven Planets or errant Stars in the lower Orbs of heaven: but it is now demonstrable unto sense, that there are many more Example: They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay. 2. Roving around; wandering. 3. Prone to erring or making errors; misbehaving. Example: We ran down the street in pursuit of the errant dog. 4. Obsolete form of arrant (“complete; downright, utter”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Thy company, if I slept not very well / A nights, would make me an errant fool […]
Word: errant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erraunt [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman erraunt, from Old French errant, the present participle of errer (“to walk (to); to wander (to); (figuratively) to travel, voyage”), and then: * from Vulgar Latin iterāre (compare Late Latin itinerāre, itinerāri (“to travel, voyage”)), from Latin iter (“a route (including a journey, trip; a course; a path; a road)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”); and * from Latin errantem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of errāns (“straying, errant; wandering”), the present active participle of errō (“to rove, wander; to get lost, go astray; to err, wander from the truth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of arrant. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈɛɹənt/ 1. A knight-errant.
Word: gluconic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic compound, C₆H₁₂O₇, formed by oxidizing the aldehyde functional group of glucose into a carboxylic acid; used as a food additive; any glucosyl derivative of this compound Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glutamic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Glutaminsäure. 1. A nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: E620 (when used as a flavour enhancer)
Word: seasoning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English seasoning From season + -ing. 1. Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To distinctify the seasoning, add grated fresh ginger, finely minced green chili (serrano or jalapeno), or chopped fresh herbs: cilantro, mint, thyme. Example: “We use it in drinks. We use it in desserts. We use it in savory food. It’s in almost everything. Salt, sugar and MSG – I always joke that they’re the Chinese Trinity of seasonings.” 2. Anything added to increase enjoyment. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable 3. A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An alcoholic intoxication. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.” 5. In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The air drying of wood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seasoning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of season Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: make an example of Part of Speech: verb 1. To punish someone so as to give a warning to others; sometimes, to overpunish them for added deterrence. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew. Example: Most people got away with Napster piracy, but a few people were sued for gigantic sums because copyright holders intended to make an example of them.
Word: planetary science Part of Speech: noun 1. That branch of astronomy that deals with the planets of the solar system. Labels: uncountable
Word: glutaric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a dicarboxylic acid, HOOC(CH₂)₃COOH, formed during the catabolism of tryptophan Labels: uncountable
Word: tryptophan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Tryptophan, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to appear”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪptə(ʊ)fæn/ 1. An essential amino acid with an indole side chain; present in many foods, especially chocolate, oats, banana and milk; it is essential for normal growth and development and is the precursor of serotonin and niacin; any specific form of this compound, or any derivative of it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The quickest way to raise serotonin levels again is to send more tryptophan into the brain, because serotonin is made from tryptophan. Example: Tryptophan is an amino acid found in many foods, including dairy and turkey, which is one of the reasons commonly given for why so many of us feel so sleepy after our Thanksgiving feasts.
Word: indole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indigo + Latin oleum (“oil”); see -ole. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndəʊl/, /ˈɪndɒl/, /ˈɪndoʊl/, /ˈɪndɑl/ 1. An organic compound, C₈H₇N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications. Example: The Aspidosperma alkaloids are the largest group of indole alkaloids. Example: Intakes of indoles or their parental glucosinolates, may have beneficial health effects as well as toxicological effects. 2. Any of the derivatives of indole.
Word: indole Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From indigo + Latin oleum (“oil”); see -ole. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndəʊl/, /ˈɪndɒl/, /ˈɪndoʊl/, /ˈɪndɑl/ 1. guileless Labels: obsolete
Word: glyceric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless syrupy organic compound, CH₂OH.CHOH.COOH, formed by the oxidation of glycerol or glyceraldehyde. Labels: uncountable
Word: burst someone's bubble Part of Speech: verb 1. To disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I hate to burst his bubble, but he is going to be disappointed if he tries that idea. Example: Second, the romance option brings up a unique issue: having sex with an alien. It’s somewhat difficult to say what the Christian should think on this issue because, well, the Bible doesn’t talk about aliens. Probably because they don’t exist (sorry to burst your bubble). Would this be considered bestiality? Or is it not bestiality since they are also beings capable of rational and ethical thought and self-reflection unlike usual animals?
Word: hydriodic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a solution of hydrogen iodide, HI, in water; it is a strong acid and reducing agent Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrogen iodide Part of Speech: noun 1. a colourless gas with molecular formula HI, having a suffocating smell; it forms hydriodic acid when dissolved in water Labels: uncountable
Word: shoddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * Unknown, but possibly from shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), equivalent to shoad + -y; or possibly from the Arabic word for reuse. Shoad was of inferior quality for building. * The modern adjectival sense was apparently derived from inexpensive shoddy (“fabric from wool-processing byproduct”), which was not really suitable for (but was sometimes still used for) things such as military uniforms at the beginning of the US Civil War. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒd.i/, [ˈʃɔd.i], /ˈʃɑ.di/, [ˈʃɒ.ɾi] 1. Of poor quality or construction. Example: Near-synonym: spotty Example: Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking. 2. Poor; low. Example: Near-synonym: spotty Example: Do not settle for shoddy quality in your kitchen knives. 3. Pretentious, sham, counterfeit. Labels: dated 4. Ambitious by reason of newly-acquired wealth; nouveau riche. Labels: dated
Word: shoddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Unknown, but possibly from shoad (“loose stone and rubble; fragments”), equivalent to shoad + -y; or possibly from the Arabic word for reuse. Shoad was of inferior quality for building. * The modern adjectival sense was apparently derived from inexpensive shoddy (“fabric from wool-processing byproduct”), which was not really suitable for (but was sometimes still used for) things such as military uniforms at the beginning of the US Civil War. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒd.i/, [ˈʃɔd.i], /ˈʃɑ.di/, [ˈʃɒ.ɾi] 1. A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Formerly, shoddy cloth was “used only for padding, and such like purposes, but now blankets, flushings, druggets, carpets, and table covers, cloth for pilot and Petersham great” coats, &c., are either wholly or partly made of shoddy, which, in fact, is “occasionally worn by everybody. The beautiful woollen table covers are made wholly of shoddy, being printed by aqua-fortis from designs drawn in London and Manchester, and cut on holly and other blocks, on the spot.” Example: Shoddy is a cloth made from worn woollen things, old stockings, druggets, etc., which were formerly only used for the production of inferior paper, wallpaper, etc., but which were more often thrown on the waste-heap. These odds and ends are now raw materials for inexpensive clothing fabrics. The woollen things are torn to pieces by a machine having spiked rollers (termed a devil), cleansed, and the fibre spun with a certain proportion of new wool, the yarn being afterwards woven into the full-bodied but flimsy fabric termed shoddy. 2. Worthless goods. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 3. Vulgar pretence or sham. Labels: colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: slipshod Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slip + shod (“wearing shoes”), originally wearing slippers. The meaning slovenly is from the early 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪp.ʃɒd/, /ˈslɪp.ʃɑd/ 1. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash. Example: Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp. Example: Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes. 2. Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement. Example: That glossy, well-brushed individual, who lets himself in with a latch-key at the front door at night, is a very different being from the slipshod wretch who growls of mornings for hot water at the door of the kitchen.
Word: hydrobromic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A solution of hydrogen bromide, HBr, in water; it is a strong acid, used in the production of bromine compounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: eye chart Part of Speech: noun 1. A sign or poster showing letters or symbols in progressively smaller lines of type, used to test the acuity of distance vision. Example: The doctor said I needed glasses after I failed to read past the fourth line on the eye chart.
Word: hydrofluoric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A solution of hydrogen fluoride, HF, in water; it is a weak but very corrosive acid, used in the production of fluorine compounds, and in metallurgy. Labels: uncountable Example: Whereas hydrogen fluoride is denoted as HF, hydrofluoric acid is denoted as HF(aq).
Word: action man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of man of action. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: on the dot Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Exactly; precisely, especially of a time of day. Labels: idiomatic Example: He arrived at 10 o'clock, on the dot. Example: A hundred damage?! On the dot...
Word: warling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + -ling. 1. One often quarreled with. Labels: obsolete Example: [I]t is better to be / An old mans derling than a yong mans werling.
Word: raincheck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rain check. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: raincheck Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a rain check on; to postpone. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Jana planted her hands on her hips, rainchecked the promise of allegiance, and continued the challenging stare. Example: Golden Gate Park—check. Line too long for cable car so rainchecking that.
Word: hydrogen fluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. a colorless fuming liquid or gas, with molecular formula HF. It dissolves in water to form hydrofluoric acid and has many industrial uses including the production of Teflon and the refining of uranium; it corrodes skin, flesh and bone, and any skin contact must be avoided Labels: uncountable
Word: agony aunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the much earlier British term agony column, initially used for personal columns and then for advice columns, and the informal use of aunt for any older female fictive kin. 1. Synonym of advice columnist, a writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical, especially an actually or assumed female writer of such a column. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: You should write in to the agony aunt; she'll sort it out for you. Example: Pandora has just left my bedroom. I am just about devastated with frustration. I can't go on like this. I have written to Aunt Clara, the Agony Aunt. 2. Someone commonly consulted for advice about personal problems. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems—I never wanted to be an agony aunt!
Word: hydrogen bromide Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless gas having an irritating smell; it has the molecular formula HBr, and dissolves in water to form hydrobromic acid; it has many industrial applications including the production of barbiturates and synthetic hormones. Labels: uncountable
Word: ho-hum Part of Speech: adj 1. Boring; not interesting or novel. Labels: Canada, US, dated Example: She wore ho-hum clothes, but practical ones.
Word: ho-hum Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to express boredom, uninterest or lack of novelty. Labels: Canada, US, dated Example: Look at all this paperwork. Ho-hum!
Word: ho hum Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ho-hum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ho hum Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of ho-hum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: air guitar Part of Speech: noun 1. An imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play. Example: I was embarrassed when my girlfriend walked in on my friends and me playing air guitar.
Word: air guitar Part of Speech: verb 1. To mime the action of playing a guitar. Labels: intransitive Example: Randy put his hand in the air and gave Ryan a resounding high-five, yelling, “Oh yeah!” and starts to air guitar, triggering the rest of the family to air guitar with him.
Word: wheat penny Part of Speech: noun 1. A US one-cent coin produced from 1909 to 1959, having a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and a pair of ears of wheat on the reverse.
Word: vouchsafe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From vouch + safe, written as two words in Middle English and early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/, [ˌvʌʊtʃˈseɪf] 1. To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge. Labels: transitive Example: If Brutus will vouchſafe that Antony / May ſafely come to him ... Example: Wilt thou, whoſe will is large and ſpacious, / Not once vouchſafe to hide my will in thine? 2. To receive or accept in condescension. Labels: intransitive Example: Nancy's lips parted abruptly, as if there were angry words all ready to come; but her eyes, resting on Pollyanna's jubilantly trustful face, saw something that prevented the words being spoken. "Humph!" she vouchsafed. Then, showing her old-time interest, she went on: "But, say, it is queer, his speakin' to you, honestly, Miss Pollyanna. He don't speak ter no one; and he lives all alone in a great big lovely house all full of jest grand things, they say. Some says he's crazy, and some jest cross; and some says he's got a skeleton in his closet." 3. To disclose or divulge. Labels: transitive Example: She vouchsafed to me that she regretted ever marrying him. Example: What have the gods told you? What have you foreseen? The gods have vouchsafed me nothing, told me nothing.
Word: satrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English satrape, from Latin satrapēs (“governor”), from Ancient Greek σατράπης (satrápēs), from Old Median *xšaθrapāvan (literally “kingdom-protector”), which is cognate with Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (xšaçapāvā); see there for more. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪtɹæp/, /ˈsæt.ræp/ 1. A governor of a Persian province. Labels: historical Example: Eunuchs were chiefly employed in the harems of the king, and his satraps. 2. A subordinate ruler. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: Hey, sir? Sir, excuse me?” The blonde was calling out to him, in imperious tones that insisted on a reply. Her satraps became watchful, like a Praetorian guard. Example: Backed by an expansive and brutal security system, Mr. Lukashenko shows no sign of losing his grip at home, if at the cost of becoming Mr. Putin’s enfeebled satrap.
Word: dolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull. Pronunciation: /dɒlt/, /dəʊlt/, /dɔʊlt/, /doʊlt/ 1. A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard. Labels: derogatory Example: O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…] Example: Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]
Word: dolt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull. Pronunciation: /dɒlt/, /dəʊlt/, /dɔʊlt/, /doʊlt/ 1. To behave foolishly. Labels: obsolete 2. To fool; to trick Example: Some by frequent Practice will never be dolted
Word: all fur coat and no knickers Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a superficially positive appearance that is belied by the reality, e.g., superficially elegant and beautiful but actually common. Labels: UK, derogatory, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: A nurse spoke for a number of her colleagues when she said that she felt that these developments were a waste of time and 'all fur coat and no knickers' (personal interview, 1994). Example: From this viewpoint some forms of Post-Modernism mean new façades for old concepts, dressing the skyscraper, or the vast supermarket in the garb of the tart - 'all fur coat and no knickers'.
Word: quacksalver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalver From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkwæksælvə/, /ˈkwæksælvɚ/ 1. One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack. Labels: archaic Example: [F]ree me from thoſe outward encumbrances of cares that over-whelme mee, and let this paraliticke quackſalver fill ten thouſand tunnes with ſcelerata ſinapis, ſhrewiſh ſnappiſh muſtard, as Plautus calls it, […] Example: Wid[ow]. Why, Man's Life is but a Flower, Mr. Jolly, and the Flower withers, and Man withers, as Mr. Knock-down obſerv'd laſt Sabbath-day at Evening Exerciſe: But, Neighbour, you're paſt the Flower, you've grown old as well as I— / Jol[ly]. I'the very Flower; that damn'd Quack-ſalver—
Word: mod con Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of modern convenience. 1. A modern convenience.
Word: præmunire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of praemunire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: præmunire Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of praemunire. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And the ſame year was impriſoned at Warwick, and præmunired for refuſing to take the oath of allegiance: where he was a priſoner in all about nineteen years (as aforeſaid) and four of them kept cloſe priſoners; but being freed by the king's declaration of indulgence, in 1672, while he had a little reſpite he travelled pretty much […] Example: He [George Fox] then told them, there was no sentence passed upon him, neither was he præmunired, that he knew of; and therefore he was not made the king's prisoner, but was the sheriff's […]
Word: amber nectar Part of Speech: noun 1. Beer. Labels: Australia, idiomatic, uncountable, usually Example: Fortunately, once in the beergarden with the good Doctor and a cold and frothy schooner of the amber nectar, everything fell into place. Example: The Czech lands have been famous for centuries for producing some of the finest amber nectar in the world.
Word: general public Part of Speech: noun 1. Those members of the public who have no special role in a particular area, such as an airport, hospital or railway station; there will typically be restrictions on their access. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: After days of intensifying pressure from runners, politicians and the general public to call off the New York City Marathon in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, city officials and the event’s organizers decided Friday afternoon to cancel the race.
Word: lager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːɡə/, /ˈlɑɡɚ/ 1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast. Example: The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.
Word: lager Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːɡə/, /ˈlɑɡɚ/ 1. To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
Word: lager Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːɡə/, /ˈlɑɡɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of laager. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lager Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːɡə/, /ˈlɑɡɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of laager. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agrammatist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Built from agrammatism. 1. One suffering from agrammatism.
Word: agrammatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀγράμματος (agrámmatos) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English agrammatism From Ancient Greek ἀγράμματος (agrámmatos, “illiterate”) + English -ism (English suffix). 1. The inability to form sentences by virtue of a brain disorder. Labels: uncountable 2. An ungrammatical utterance. Labels: countable
Word: agitatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin agitātrīx, feminine of agitātor. By surface analysis, agitate + -trix. Pronunciation: /æd͡ʒɪˈteɪtɹɪks/ 1. A woman who agitates; a female agitator. Labels: rare
Word: agelast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγέλαστος (agélastos, “not laughing”), from γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”). Attributed to a French coinage by François Rabelais (ca.1483–1494—1553). Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒəˌlæst/, /ˈeɪd͡ʒəˌlæst/ 1. One who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person. Labels: rare Example: As a real agelast in a comedy, he is beaten. The beating of an agelast is the most important point of the comedy. Example: Declaring with Doumergue that "Rabelais and Calvin (and Olivétan) were the creators of French literary prose,"²⁵ Bakhtin adds "Even the agelast Calvin wrote a pamphlet about relics with a certain comic overtone."²⁶ The single, and unusual word "agelast" summarizes the popular view of John Calvin: a person who does not laugh or smile; someone who cannot enjoy life or the fact that others might be happy.
Word: ageustia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈɡjuːstiə/ 1. Alternative form of ageusia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: aerocolpos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: aero- + Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, fold, womb”). Pronunciation: /ɛːɹəʊˈkɒlpɒs/ 1. Vaginal gas; air or gas trapped in the vagina. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: take it out on Part of Speech: verb 1. To unleash one's anger on (a person or thing other than the one that caused it). Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't take it out on your husband if you had trouble with your boss at work.
Word: allochezia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + -chezia. 1. defecation from somewhere other than the anus Labels: uncountable 2. expulsion through the anus something other than feces Labels: uncountable
Word: rosy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzi/, /ˈɹoʊzi/, /ˈɹəʉzi/ 1. Rose-coloured. Example: Near-synonyms: rosish, rubicund 2. Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person. Example: If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon. 3. Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume. 4. Optimistic. Labels: figuratively
Word: rosy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzi/, /ˈɹoʊzi/, /ˈɹəʉzi/ 1. To make pinkish in colour. Labels: transitive Example: Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look. 2. To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light. Labels: transitive Example: In suburban Kent, the owners of the Chislehurst Caves recognised their potential as communal shelters. Nottingham people used the caves under the castle. Retrospect has rosied the accounts of shelter life.
Word: rosy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of Rosie, an ellipsis of Rosie Lee. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzi/, /ˈɹoʊzi/, /ˈɹəʉzi/ 1. Alternative spelling of Rosie (“tea”). Labels: Cockney, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable Example: I fancy a cup of rosy.
Word: passion fruit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From passion + fruit. Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃən fɹu(ː)t/ 1. A plant, passiflora, that produces an edible fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora edulis; a round fruit with a purple or yellow skin which is native to Brazil. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He brought four passion fruits from the market. Example: Passion fruits are added for visual interest. 3. The flesh of the edible fruit. Labels: uncountable Example: A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest. 4. A passionate person; a lover. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: “Ah my little passion fruit,” José cooed, “I knew it. You are feeling the love too!”
Word: churchward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A contraction of churchwarden, in turn from Old English cyrce + weard a "churchwarden" or "sacristan". 1. Obsolete form of churchwarden. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: churchward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English cherche ward, chercheward, chircheward, churchewarde, chyrche-ward, chyrcheward, kirkeward, kurk-ward, kurkward, kyrkward; equivalent to church + -ward. 1. Towards a church. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cry wolf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf, where a little boy amuses himself by repeatedly crying "wolf" to see the panic he causes in the community, but is consequently ignored when he tries to alert them to a real wolf. 1. To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears. Labels: idiomatic Example: The politicians would cry wolf at the slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them. Example: The newspaper placards that had cried "wolf!" so often, cried "wolf!" now in vain.
Word: AFB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of air force base. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Almost two and a half years of repairs paid off in January, when the Frankenjet flew for the first time, from Hill AFB to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 facility in Fort Worth, Texas. 2. Initialism of acid-fast bacillus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of American foulbrood. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ANC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of absolute neutrophil count, a blood test measuring the number of neutrophil granulocytes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: On November 28 Jane's bloodwork chart provided the exaltation we looked for. The column for ANCs, resolutely 0 day after day, showed the figure 1. The single ANC was evidence that the new marrow was engrafting, beginning to produce a new immune system, the most significant marker in the journey of the hundred days. 2. Initialism of antenatal care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of active noise control or active noise cancellation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of antenuptial contract. Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ANC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of African National Congress. Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Once all the votes are counted, if the ANC remains below 50% it will be forced to enter a coalition with one or more parties. Depending on how low its support dips, it may need to form a deal with one of the larger opposition parties such as the DA or EFF to remain in power.
Word: B & B Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bed and breakfast. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of blood test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of bench trial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of baal teshuva. Labels: Judaism, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of botulinum toxin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of bluetongue (“disease of ruminants”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Telecom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of BitTorrent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of Bluetooth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of Banten: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: homeward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”). Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmwɚd/, /ˈhəʊmwəd/ 1. Towards home. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am homeward bound. Example: There Enoch spoke no word to anyone, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd.
Word: homeward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English homward, from the adverb (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmwɚd/, /ˈhəʊmwəd/ 1. oriented towards home Labels: not-comparable Example: I caught a homeward bus.
Word: NAS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of naval air station. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of network-attached storage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of neuroangiostrongyliasis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NAS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Academy of Sciences (US). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “Decades of climate research and data have yielded expanded understanding of how greenhouse gases affect the climate,” NAS president Marcia McNutt said in a statement. 2. Initialism of National Association of Scholars (US). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of National Autistic Society (UK). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of New American Standard (Bible). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Misha Part of Speech: name Etymology: A transliteration of the Russian Ми́ша (Míša), a hypocoristic for Михаи́л (Mixaíl), the Russian equivalent of Michael, from Hebrew מיכאל. Also a female name, presumably analogous to Michelle. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃ.ɑː/ 1. A male given name from Russian, Ukrainian. 2. A female given name from Russian.
Word: Mikhail Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Михаи́л (Mixaíl, “Michael”), from Hebrew מיכאל. Doublet of Michael. 1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl). Example: "We look forward to a stronger, more independent, and more prosperous Olympic movement under a new leader, and to Russia returning to the Olympic podium," Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev, who is also head of the Russian Olympic Committee, wrote on his Telegram account.
Word: legitimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“to make legal”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten". The noun was derived from the adjective within English or earlier by substantivization (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), the verb from the adjective by conversion (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)). Pronunciation: /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/, /ləˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/ 1. In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements. Example: Rodwell was sent off by referee Martin Atkinson - who has shown 15 red cards since the start of last season - after 23 minutes for what appeared to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez. Example: According to the tweet, the encounter began with "a traffic stop for unlawful speed." If so, then the initial stop was legitimate, but in and of itself that wouldn't be probable cause to search the car. It does give an officer the right to look inside, and if contraband is in plain view, that would be probable cause. Here we don't know whether the bag full of drugs marked "BAG FULL OF DRUGS" was laying out in plain view, but it seems entirely possible. 2. Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid. Example: legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method Example: Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. 3. Authentic, real, genuine. Example: legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions Example: The truth is, when we fail to protect legitimate rights of others and continue to expand the net of lies and defamation, every one would become victims one day including ourselves. 4. Marital. 5. Marital. Example: Besides his four legitimate wives, the caliph had dozens of concubines. 6. Relating to hereditary rights. 7. Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
Word: legitimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“to make legal”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten". The noun was derived from the adjective within English or earlier by substantivization (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), the verb from the adjective by conversion (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)). Pronunciation: /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/, /ləˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/ 1. A person born to a legally married couple. Example: But should a “holy alliance of legitimates” extinguish it, it will be but for a season. Example: This extraordinarily mixed family of legitimates and illegitimates seems to have maintained a certain kind of harmony.
Word: legitimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“to make legal”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten". The noun was derived from the adjective within English or earlier by substantivization (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), the verb from the adjective by conversion (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)). Pronunciation: /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.meɪt/, /ləˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.meɪt/ 1. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means. Labels: transitive
Word: farinaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin farinaceus (“relating to, or made from, flour”), derived from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). By surface analysis, farin(a) + -aceous. Pronunciation: /ˌfæɹəˈneɪʃəs/ 1. Made from, or rich in, starch or flour. Example: Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be. Example: The very fact that the secretion of saliva in the young child does not become established until the third month after birth, seems to indicate that before that age farinaceous articles of diet are unsuited to the infant, as saliva is one of the most potent agents in the digestion of starchy foods. 2. Having a floury texture or flavor; grainy; bready; breadlike. Example: In the Great Pavilion, the nurserymen and women have been employing their dark arts, too; coaxing agapanthus into bloom two months early, cosseting iris with wads of strategically placed cotton wool or touching up the farinaceous, fan-shaped fronds of a Bismarck palm with face powder.
Word: sluggard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”). 1. A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit. 2. A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person. Example: But while these sluggards slept on, on dry land, snoring peacefully beside their owners, the oldest boat was up at the crack as old folk often are, and was therefore the first craft to move across the unfrozen lake. 3. A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.
Word: cursive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɝsɪv/, /ˈkɜːsɪv/ 1. Running; flowing. 2. Having successive letters joined together. Example: Then Mambro handed me his manuscript, a sheaf of loose pages really, his cursive handwriting scrawled over them, the exaggerated tails of the f’s and the j’s, the distinct loop of the q. 3. Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time). Example: cursive aspect Example: […] of the action or state of affairs expressed by the verb to the time of utterance; rather they express how the speaker regards the event: many grammarians distinguish between a constative aspect, in which an occurrence is simply registered as such, as something concluded, and a cursive aspect, in which the action is described in its course. (I need not add that this is an oversimplification, but there is no time for a more detailed account.)
Word: cursive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɝsɪv/, /ˈkɜːsɪv/ 1. A cursive character, letter or font. Labels: countable 2. A manuscript written in cursive characters. Labels: countable 3. Joined-up handwriting. Labels: uncountable
Word: sonorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sonōrus, from sonor (“sound”), early 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/, /səˈnɔː.rəs/, /ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/, /ˈsoʊ.nə.ɹəs/, /səˈnɔrəs/ 1. Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound. Example: The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts. Example: The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it. 2. Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse. Example: He was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice. Example: For this reason the Italian opera seldom sinks into a poorness of language, but, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. 3. Wordy or grandiloquent. 4. Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow. Example: Vowels are more sonorous (acoustically powerful) than consonants, and so we perceive them as louder and lasting longer.
Word: inamorata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian innamorata, the feminine form of innamorato (“lover, boyfriend”), from innamorare (“to make somebody fall in love”), from in- (“in”) + amore (“love”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˌæmɒˈɹɑːtə/, [ɪnˌæmɒˈɹɑːtə], [ˌɪnaməˈɹɑːtə], [ɪnˌæməˈɹɑːɾə] 1. A female lover or woman with whom one is in love; a mistress. Example: Presently Monsieur Margot made his appearance. Though very much surprised at seeing me, he did not appear the least jealous of my attentions to his inamorata. Example: in fact, after my first three or four months' work I was easily the first in the class, which included Ned Stevens, the brother of Smith's inamorata. I soon discovered that Smith was heels over head in love with Kate Stevens, shot through the heart as Mercutio would say, with a fair girl's blue eye!
Word: sunder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Old Saxon sundar (“particular, special”), Dutch zonder (“without”), German sonder- (“special”), German sondern (“to separate, set apart”), Old Norse sundr (“separate”), Danish sønder (“apart, asunder”), Latin sine (“without”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌndɚ/ 1. Sundry; separate; different. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: sunder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌndɚ/ 1. To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force. Labels: transitive Example: Notwithstanding its terrifically wide sweep, (some thirty feet or more,) and the hissing vigor of its descent, sufficient to sunder these very walls of iron, still the fraying of my robe would be all that, for several minutes, it would accomplish. Example: In Taran's hand the sundered bone had turned into gray dust, which he cast aside. 2. To part, separate. Labels: intransitive Example: Two souls, the shores wave-mocked of sundering seas: — Such are we now. Example: … Carlo finally saw Everything, before it sunders into things; he saw Knowledge before it sunders into knowing; he saw Integrity before it sunders in integrals; he saw Unity before it sunders into units. 3. To expose to the sun and wind. Labels: UK, dated, dialectal, transitive Example: Where a fair opportunity offers, and the grass is perfectly dry, the hipples are sundered; that is, broken out into beds in the usual manner, turned, and again got up into cocklets, of such size as the state of dryness requires. Example: Except under abnormal conditions, protection can be afforded to a field by cutting a strip half a chain in width all round the field, with a reaper and binder for preference, when the crop is in the best condition for hay, and then ploughing or sunder-cutting the stubble.
Word: sunder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌndɚ/ 1. a separation into parts; a division or severance Example: He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand and tore my heart in sunder And went with half my life about my ways.
Word: sporadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”). Pronunciation: /spəˈɹæd.ɪk/ 1. (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic. Labels: archaic 2. Rare and scattered in occurrence. Example: It was a stodgy, weary display from Mourinho’s team with only sporadic moments when they threatened Salvatore Sirigu’s goal and their manager seemed bewildered afterwards when he tried to explain what had gone wrong. 3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless. 4. Not belonging to any infinite family; an exception to an otherwise orderly classification.