nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: outdoorsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English outdoors Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English outdoorsman From outdoors + -man. 1. A man who spends time in outdoor pursuits or sports. Example: Whenever the kids ask my wife what to get Ol' Whosis for Christmas, she tells them, "You know how he loves outdoor sports. Why don't you get him something outdoorsy?" […] Let me state here that there should be a law prohibiting any person who uses the term "outdoorsy" from dispensing advice about what kinds of presents to buy an outdoorsman. Example: Dalio is an outdoorsman and naturalist of the Hemingway school: he likes to go places and kill things. He fishes in Canada, shoots grouse in Scotland, and hunts big game in Africa, […]
Word: outshine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English shine English outshine From out- + shine. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈʃaɪn/ 1. To shine brighter than something else 2. To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner Example: Four minutes later Walcott, who until then had been redundant as a lone striker owing to one-star service, was given his first decent pass of the game and duly took his chance to outshine the Senegalese, springing a poorly conceived offside trap to collect Lukas Podolski's ball and stroke a low 15-yard shot past Tim Krul and into the far corner. 3. To shine forth, to give out light. Labels: literary Example: Bright, outshining beams.
Word: outshone Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /aʊtˈʃɒn/, /aʊtˈʃoʊn/ 1. simple past and past participle of outshine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jingoist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jingo 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 jingoist From jingo + -ist. 1. One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims. Example: The term "jingoist;" or its equivalent, was applied to Washington and Henry, to Jefferson and Jackson. It was applied to James G. Blaine, the typical American of his time -- a man from beneath whose very toe-nails enough intellect might be scraped to make an hundred Clevelands or McKinleys. All were jingoes in their day and generation, because all preferred the title of sovereign to that of subject...
Word: jingoist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English jingo 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 jingoist From jingo + -ist. 1. Jingoistic; extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy. Example: When liberals did acknowledge the persistence of the covenant theme, they treated it like some atavistic beast, lumping it together with the largely aberrant doctrines of ultra-right-wingers, "Jewish conspiracy" advocates, Nazi sympathizers, and jingoist fanatics.
Word: jingoists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jingoist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hawkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English hawkish From hawk + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːkɪʃ/, /ˈhɑːkɪʃ/ 1. Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour. Example: Luisa locks her VW and crosses the scrub to the encampment. ... Several inhabitants approach but not in a friendly manner. “Yeah?” challenges a man, with a hawkish Native American complexion. “I presumed this was a public park.” “You presumed wrong. It’s private.” 2. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action. Example: The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion. Example: This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump. 3. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates. Example: The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.
Word: jaybird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jay + bird. 1. A jay or blue jay. Example: "When I say birds of a feather flocks together, it's a metaphorical way of saying -- " "But dey don't, Mars Tom. No, sir, 'deed dey don't. Dey ain't no feathers dat's more alike den a bluebird en a jaybird, but ef you waits till you catches dem birds together, you'll -- " "Oh, give us a rest! You can't get the simplest little thing through your thick skull. Now don't bother me any more." 2. One who talks incessantly. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Belinda was a jaybird and could prattle on for hours about the latest gossip.
Word: jaybirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jaybird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naked as a jaybird Part of Speech: adj 1. Stark naked; nude; especially, naked in a public setting and without embarrassment. Labels: colloquial Example: Never the prude, Eliza walked out into the dorm common room naked as a jaybird and grabbed her forgotten towel.
Word: chinois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chinois. Doublet of Chinese. 1. A fine-meshed conical strainer. Example: Strain through a chinois or fine-meshed sieve to remove any lumps of yolk.
Word: herbes de Provence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French herbes de Provence. 1. A mixture of bay leaves, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Word: desistive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English desist Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English desistive From desist + -ive. 1. conclusive or final Labels: obsolete
Word: disconsolately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disconsolate Middle English -ly English -ly English disconsolately From disconsolate + -ly. 1. In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation. Example: From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back. Example: Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like nostalgic exiles from fairyland.
Word: disconsolateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disconsolate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English disconsolateness From disconsolate + -ness. 1. The state of being disconsolate; gloom. Labels: uncountable Example: Each day's disconsolateness greater than the last.
Word: disconsolation Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being disconsolate; gloom. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brown sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of many brands of bottled sauce based on malt vinegar, fruit and spices. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: HP Sauce is a popular variety of brown sauce. 3. Gravy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He put brown sauce on the mashed potatoes.
Word: malt vinegar Part of Speech: noun 1. a dark, aged vinegar made by brewing malted barley Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overanxious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious English overanxious From over- + anxious. 1. Excessively anxious or nervous. Example: Overanxious and overmeticulous supervision is almost certain to result in discontinued homes or overly dependent Family Care therapists.
Word: overattachment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English attachment English overattachment From over- + attachment. 1. Excessive attachment, affection or fondness. Labels: uncountable
Word: overcapitalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcapitalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcapitalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having excess capital.
Word: overcapitalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + capitalize. 1. to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly Labels: transitive 2. to capitalize a business beyond a sustainable level Labels: transitive
Word: overcapitalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English capitalization English overcapitalization From over- + capitalization. 1. The state of being overcapitalized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overenthusiastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English enthusiastic English overenthusiastic From over- + enthusiastic. Pronunciation: /əʊvɝənθuziˈæstɪk/ 1. excessively enthusiastic
Word: overgrazing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overgraze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overgrazing Part of Speech: noun 1. Excessive grazing to an extent that the land is damaged. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The law was intended to reduce overgrazing by cattle, but its impact would be to further curtail land for Africans.
Word: overgraze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *grasōną Proto-West Germanic *grasōn Old English grasian Middle English grasen English graze English overgraze From over- + graze. 1. to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation Labels: transitive 2. to allow animals to graze excessively Labels: intransitive
Word: protoplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. of or relating to protoplast 2. prototypical Labels: obsolete
Word: protoplast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/, /-ˌplast/, /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/, /ˈpɹəʉ.təˌplæst/, /ˈpɹɐʉ-/ 1. Created first; archetypal. Labels: obsolete
Word: protoplast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/, /-ˌplast/, /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/, /ˈpɹəʉ.təˌplæst/, /ˈpɹɐʉ-/ 1. The first-created human; Adam. 2. A prototype or archetype; a model. Labels: rare 3. The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor. Example: Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram. 4. The contents of a plant cell.
Word: völva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse vǫlva (völva in modern Icelandic). Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːlvə/, /ˈvɒlvə/, /ˈvəʊlvə/, /ˈvɑlvə/, /ˈvoʊlvə/ 1. In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. Labels: Germanic, historical Example: In the Eddas, Odin conjures up a dead volva and questions her about Baldur's fate. Example: In another account a volva was paid by a king to find his nephews who had been hidden by a man skilled in magick. 2. Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch. Labels: broadly
Word: sucralose Part of Speech: noun 1. A selectively chlorinated sucrose, used as an artificial sweetener. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm.
Word: suction curettage Part of Speech: noun 1. A common method of abortion where the products of conception are removed by a vacuum arrangement. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: volva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin volva. 1. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi. Example: The genus Amanita has both a volva and a veil; the spores are white, and the stem is easily separable from the cap. 2. The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.
Word: volva Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of völva. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paralysed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of paralyzed Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paralysed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of paralyse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paralysing Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of paralyzing. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll. Example: Also in 1955 came the paralysing two-week ASLEF pay strike, which did even more to end the love affair between the railways and its regular customers.
Word: paralysing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of paralyse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paralyzing Part of Speech: adj 1. That paralyzes. Example: The snake's paralyzing venom prevented the mouse from escaping.
Word: paralyzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of paralyze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suffragan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman, Old French suffragam, from (the stem of) Latin suffrāgium (“suffrage”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌ.fɹə.ɡən/, /ˈsə.fɹə.ɡən/ 1. A bishop seen in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan province (which may summon him for support, to attend synods etc.). Example: Now take your hors said sir Tristram And as ye say / soo hit shal be / and alle thyn euylle wil god forgyue it yow and I doo / And here within this myle is the suffrecan of Carleil that shalle gyue yow the sacrament of baptym 2. An auxiliary bishop. Example: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” Example: A suffragan could share the tasks which were special to bishops; for example, by conducting confirmations.
Word: coadjutor bishop Part of Speech: noun 1. An auxiliary bishop with the right of succession, i.e., he becomes bishop upon the death, removal or retirement of the incumbent bishop. Example: The bishop [...] encouraged his flock to bully this brilliant stranger into being ordained priest and soon Augustine was coadjutor (assistant) bishop in the town.
Word: auxiliary bishop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: auxiliary + bishop 1. A bishop who functions as another bishop's deputy, where the weight of sacramental duties is too much for a single bishop.
Word: paralyzed Part of Speech: adj 1. Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled. 2. Rendered incapable of action. Example: We were paralyzed with fear.
Word: paralyzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of paralyze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sugar daddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sugar (“money”) + daddy (“father”). 1. A man who spends money on an often younger partner in order to maintain the relationship. Labels: slang Example: Near-synonym: aristo Example: "Huh, indeed!" Isobel answered him. "Proposing, or propositioning? If either of you two Romeos ever rattle the doorknob of my room at night again, you're apt to get a bullet through it." Jake winced. "Wasn't me. Look at my gray hair, Isobel. I'm old enough to be your daddy." "Sugar daddy, I suppose," she said mockingly.
Word: sugar maple Part of Speech: noun 1. A North American hardwood tree, Acer saccharum, famed as the source of maple sugar and maple flavoring; the wood from such a tree. Example: Residents love this trail because of its wet coolness in the summer; its bright orange sugar maples in autumn, the contrast of green pines and white snow in the winter.
Word: sugar pine Part of Speech: noun 1. Pinus lambertiana, the largest species of pine, native to California and Oregon; particularly noted for its huge, distinctive cone.
Word: Krumholz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Krumholz. 1. A surname from German.
Word: supersessionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English supersession 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 supersessionism From supersession + -ism. 1. The belief not merely that Judaism has been supplanted by Christianity, but that the covenant between God and Israel as His chosen people has been abrogated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pat Robertson's comment makes sense as an expression of what theologians call "supersessionism." While he may love Jews, Robertson believes that the coming of Jesus made Christians, not Jews, the chosen people. The Christian covenant with God is the one that matters.
Word: keffiyeh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Doublet of kofia. Pronunciation: /kəˈfiː(j)ə/ 1. An Iraqi headdress from the city of Kufa that is traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf. Example: Hos head showed again the dignity of the Arab dress, the inevitable keffiyah of black and white held in place by the black silk agal. Example: This guy's already awake! And chipper! He wraps on a keffiyeh!
Word: kaffiyeh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of keffiyeh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Hamoudi, my guide, sings his way uphill. He leads a pack mule by a chain, bowed against an icy wind. His faded kaffiyeh snaps like a flag.
Word: ambulance chaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origins of this phrase date from 1897, from newspaper articles about attorneys seeking clients through targeted mail solicitation. “Ambulance chasing” was one of the descriptive phrases employed by the media for this activity. It later became a derogatory term for direct advertising. 1. An unethical attorney who solicits business at the scenes of accidents or in hospitals, in exchange for a percentage of the damages that will be recovered in the case. Labels: derogatory Example: You know nothing about the law. You're a used-car salesman, Daniel. You're an ambulance chaser with a rank. You're nothing. Live with that. Example: Republicans have tried to cast him as a millionaire ambulance chaser, the kind of man who forces doctors and businesses to pay ever higher liability-insurance costs. 2. An attorney who engages in unethical behavior. Labels: broadly 3. An unethical funeral director or person who engages in the unlicensed sale of services to those who do not yet require them in an attempt to increase business. Labels: derogatory
Word: elfin wood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elfin + wood, circa 1900-05. 1. A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by snow; krummholz.
Word: Paakantyi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaːkəndʒiː/ 1. An aboriginal people of New South Wales. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Paakantyi Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈpaːkəndʒiː/ 1. A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language of this people; Baagandji.
Word: paedomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paedo- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /piːdə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfɪk/, /ˌpidəˈmɔɹfɪk/, /ˌpɛdəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult. Example: Based on pedomorphic changes in the fossils of Paleolithic humans, Wrangham has suggested that a similar process has been taking place in human evolution during the past thirty to fifty thousand years, and may still be taking place.
Word: pedomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -morphic. Pronunciation: /pɛdəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of paedomorphic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paedomorphism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pedomorphism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pedomorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -morphism. 1. The retention, by an adult, of juvenile characteristics. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pangwa Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: Pangwa Part of Speech: noun 1. The people who speak that language. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Pangwa Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Shan State, Myanmar. Example: Along Myanmar’s 1,300-mile border with China, a town called Pangwa sits in a small valley, surrounded by forested peaks that are occasionally dusted with snow. For years, this hardscrabble outpost was controlled by an aging warlord, an ally of Myanmar’s brutal military junta, who ran his fiefdom largely according to his own whims.
Word: panne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French panne. Doublet of pen, penna, and pinna. Pronunciation: /pæn/ 1. A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A wetland consisting of a small depression, with or without standing water, often in a salt marsh or other coastal wetland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paralogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + -logue. 1. A pair of genes that derives from the same ancestral gene and now reside at different locations within the same genome.
Word: malmignatte Part of Speech: noun 1. A small venomous spider of southern Europe, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, having thirteen small red spots on the abdomen.
Word: sawa Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Japanese millet (“Echinochloa esculenta”) Labels: uncountable
Word: lacklustre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lack + lustre. 1. Alternative spelling of lackluster. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Substitute Charlie Austin scored seven minutes into his Southampton debut as a lacklustre Manchester United were booed off at Old Trafford. Example: With railway industry revenues continuing to sit significantly below their pre-pandemic level, and a lacklustre response by the industry to Government's calls for efficiencies and cost control, it's no surprise that the Treasury has lost faith in the railway's ability to curb its need for financial support.
Word: lacklustre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lack + lustre. 1. Alternative spelling of lackluster. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Secondly, the fear of offending the military has reduced the campaigns to mere lacklustres. Promises are reeled off with so much obvious lack of passion that it is quite possible the party bosses themselves hardly believe what they say […]
Word: drill instructor Part of Speech: noun 1. The generic term for the principal instructor of fresh military recruits undergoing basic training in the various branches of the United States military, routinely abbreviated to the initialism DI; always filled by enlisted personnel (a sergeant or petty officer). Labels: US Example: Army: drill sergeant Example: Navy: recruit division commander
Word: dry rot Part of Speech: noun 1. The crumbly, decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection. Labels: uncountable Example: They are, for the most part, low-roofed, mouldy rooms, where innumerable rolls of parchment, which have been perspiring in secret for the last century, send forth an agreeable odour, which is mingled by day with the scent of the dry-rot, and by night with the various exhalations which arise from damp cloaks, festering umbrellas, and the coarsest tallow candles. 2. Any progression of decay, corruption, or obsolescence. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah. 3. A fungal infection which affects plants, in particular potatoes. Labels: uncountable
Word: Millerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Miller Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Millerite From Miller + -ite. 1. One who followed the calculations of William Miller or his followers that the world would end on October 22, 1844; when it did not, the Great Disappointment occurred. The subsequent denominations his movement spawned include the Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and the (Campbellite) Restorationists. Example: The voices of the Millerites were heard singing and shouting and exhorting each other to stand firm, and to see to it that their lamps were trimmed and burning, ready for the awful moment whenever it might come. Still - nothing happened! Example: The first American colony in Palestine was established by a Philadelphia matron, Clorinda S. Minor, who apparently was influenced by an apocalypse-preaching movement called the Millerites, according to Mordechai Naor, an Israeli historian who has written 16 books on Palestine and is writing another on the American colonies here. 2. A resident of any community known as Miller; often specifically a resident of Miller Beach, in Gary, Indiana Example: On the other hand, Millerites succeeded in resisting annexation at this time.
Word: mimeograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A genericization from a trade name coined by A. B. Dick in 1889. From μῖμος (mîmos) + -γράφος (-gráphos); by surface analysis, mimeo + -graph (but diachronically, mimeo came from mimeograph, not the reverse). 1. A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying. Labels: historical Example: So it also is in regard to the mimeograph, whose forerunner, the electric pen, was born of Edison's brain in 1877. He had been long impressed by the desirability of the rapid production of copies of written documents, and, as we have seen by a previous chapter, he invented the electric pen for this purpose, only to improve upon it later with a more desirable device Example: The old “work horse” of the office, the mimeograph, was a starred performer at the National Business Show, which was recently held at the New York Coliseum. Although glamour equipment such as the electronic computers have had most of the headlines in recent years, the mimeograph machine is still grinding out billions of copies of material a year. 2. A copy produced by such a machine.
Word: mimeograph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A genericization from a trade name coined by A. B. Dick in 1889. From μῖμος (mîmos) + -γράφος (-gráphos); by surface analysis, mimeo + -graph (but diachronically, mimeo came from mimeograph, not the reverse). 1. To make mimeograph copies. Example: Even the ultra-respectable "Evening Transcript", organ of the Brahmins of culture, was down for $144 for typing, mimeographing and sending out "dope" to the country press.
Word: Verena Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from German.
Word: dotage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dotage, from doten (“to dote”) + -age; equivalent to dote + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/ 1. Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "More care!" said the old man in a shrill voice, […] there were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility. 2. Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Claudio And ſhe is exceeding wiſe. Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee, […] 3. Foolish utterance(s); drivel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No leſs are they out of the way in Philoſophy, peſtring their heads with the ſapleſs dotages of old Paris and Salamanca.
Word: tenderize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English tender 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 tenderize From tender + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛndərʌɪz/ 1. To make (something, especially meat) tender. Labels: transitive
Word: manifest destiny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularly attributed to newspaper editor John O'Sullivan (1813–1895). The phrase was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States. 1. The political doctrine or belief held by the United States of America, particularly during its expansion, that the nation was obviously destined to expand toward the west. Labels: uncountable 2. The political doctrine or belief held by many citizens of the United States of America that their system is best, and the idea that all humans would like to become Americans. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: American exceptionalism 3. The belief that God supports the expansion of the United States of America throughout the entire North American continent except Mexico. Labels: uncountable
Word: manifest destiny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Popularly attributed to newspaper editor John O'Sullivan (1813–1895). The phrase was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States. 1. To exercise and realize manifest destiny; to enable the cultural and political expansion of the United States of America. Labels: informal Example: The Homestead Acts allowed millions of settlers to populate unclaimed land and manifest destiny out on the frontier.
Word: fitfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fitful Middle English -ly English -ly English fitfully From fitful + -ly. 1. In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily. Example: He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough. Example: The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door […]
Word: unsteadily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unsteady + -ly or un- + steadily. 1. In an unsteady manner, so as to shake or falter. Example: He climbed the stairs unsteadily, grasping the banister and gasping for breath. Example: Terry's fist lashed out, but Simpson, anticipating the blow, stepped quickly to one side. Another followed, however, and caught the older man fairly on the chin, sent him reeling back. He stood swaying unsteadily, a little smile on his lips. 2. In an uncertain manner; with hesitation or timidity. Example: "I reckon. It's powerful fine to hear that," replied Lassiter, unsteadily.
Word: galilee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English galilie, from Old French galilee, from Medieval Latin galilaea, from Latin Galilaea (“Galilee”). Possibly the allusion is to Galilee being an outlying region of Biblical Palestine. 1. A narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastical building. 2. In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry.
Word: tribady Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tribade. 1. Lesbianism; tribadism. Labels: uncountable Example: The law notwithstanding, memoirs show the atmosphere of the French court of the late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries to have been irreligious, with male homosexuality and tribady open and well-represented. 2. A lesbian. Labels: countable
Word: thunder thighs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the idea of a heavy person making thunderous noise while walking. 1. Fat thighs or thighs of great cellulite or stretch marks. Labels: derogatory, often, plural, plural-only Example: How much art and science would it take to sculpt her formless putty into a classically chiseled profile, to raise her pendulous breasts, thin her thunder thighs, flatten her wattled stomach, remake her into the image that men called beautiful? Example: The bulging biceps were exposed and his thunder thighs showed through his fitted black slacks; it made me want to touch him all over to see if he was real.
Word: thunder thighs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the idea of a heavy person making thunderous noise while walking. 1. A person, usually a woman, with fat thighs. Labels: derogatory, often Example: I just got schooled by a fifth grader, I think in amazement as the four-foot-nothing fireball jogs down the court, arms akimbo, stomach heaving up and down. “Ha-ha, there goes thunder thighs!” Example: Whoa Scott, you really shouldn't be eating Janet's donuts! Haha, don't worry, miss "thunder thighs" could do without the extra--
Word: shockumentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of shock + documentary. 1. A form of documentary used to generate a reactionary effect in an audience; especially such a documentary containing scenes of violence, gore, or other disturbing imagery. Example: The ransom was to be propaganda: a broadcast on Norwegian television of the anti-abortion shockumentary, The Silent Scream.
Word: paramorphic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɛɹəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or produced by paramorphism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paramorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + -morphism. 1. A change in the physical structure of a mineral without any chemical change. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parish house Part of Speech: noun 1. A rectory or vicarage. Labels: US
Word: parodying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹədi.ɪŋ/, /ˈpɛɹədi.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of parody Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parodying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹədi.ɪŋ/, /ˈpɛɹədi.ɪŋ/ 1. An instance of parody. Example: According to Stoddard, a little group at one time during this period headed by Taylor delighted to meet on certain ambrosial nights to dissipate in poetic composition, in deliberate burlesquings and parodyings and imitatings of the various poets […]
Word: heighth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English hēahþu, hīehþu, equivalent to high + -th. Cognate with Dutch hoogte (“height”). Pronunciation: /haɪθ/, /haɪtθ/ 1. Alternative form of height. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Example: And from hence also shall be the geodesy of the Icosaedrum. For the finding out of the heighth of the pyramis, there is the semidiagony of the side of the decangle and the halfe ray of the circle: But the side of the decangle is a right line subtending the halfe periphery of the side of the quinquangle, or else the greater segment of the ray proportionally cut. Example: In the Infancy of the World, Governments began with little Families and Colonies of Men; so that, when ever any Government arrived to greater Heighth than the rest, either by the great Wisdom or Courage of the Government, they afterwards grew a pace...
Word: paronomastic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to paronomasia; punning
Word: participial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin participiālis, from participium (“participle”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tɪˈsɪpi.əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or being a participle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: participial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin participiālis, from participium (“participle”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tɪˈsɪpi.əl/ 1. A non-finite verb. Labels: dated Example: § 280. A Participial is a derived form of the verb used not for asserting but for expressing either, — 1. An object of thought; or, 2. A modification of such an object. Participials, accordingly, are either, — 1. Noun-participials; as, "To think is to act;" "Their sending the messacre was the cause of the trouble;" or, 2. Adjective-participials, more commonly called Participles; as, "The advancing army;" "The expected messenger." Example: […] the verb has two forms, which […] are called Participials, namely, (a) The Infinitv […] (b) The Participle […] . 2. A participial word.
Word: passionflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Italian fior della Passione or Latin flōs Passiōnis; after the appearance and number of its various parts, thought to be symbolic of Christ's passion. 1. Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ. Example: The Priests observed frequent fasts, and abstained at all times from certain animals and fruits, especially from the Granadilla, the fruit of the Passion-flower, because, say the lying Jesuits, of the mysteries which are signified in that marvellous blossom: the people also were frequently required to fast. 2. The flower of this plant.
Word: pastoralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pastoral 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 pastoralism From pastoral + -ism. 1. The state of being pastoral. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. animal husbandry; the raising and herding of farm animals Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pedal pushers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedal pusher (“cyclist”) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns), as they were originally worn by cyclists. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdl̩ ˌpʊʃəz/, /ˈpɛdəl ˌpʊʃɚz/ 1. Women's casual trousers, usually fairly form-fitting, that end at the calves. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Medium close shot of a tall slender girl of fifteen with the face of a Nordic madonna. no, proclaims the apron attached to the waistband of her ragged pedal pushers; no, no, the patches over her budding breasts. Example: He drove beneath a canopy of elms, then along a stretch of open shore, then past the municipal docks, where a woman in pedal pushers stood casting for bullheads.
Word: pedal pushers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedal pusher (“cyclist”) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns), as they were originally worn by cyclists. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdl̩ ˌpʊʃəz/, /ˈpɛdəl ˌpʊʃɚz/ 1. plural of pedal pusher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedal pusher Part of Speech: noun 1. A cyclist.
Word: pedantical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pedant Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pedantical From pedant + -ical. 1. Pedantic.
Word: pedes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /piːdz/ 1. pediatrics Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: pedes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdiːz/, /ˈpeɪ.deɪz/ 1. plural of pes Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peer editing Part of Speech: noun 1. a teaching technique in which students read, and comment on each other's written work Labels: uncountable
Word: pennaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin penna (“feather”) + -aceous. 1. having the structure of a normal feather
Word: pentadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pentad Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pentadic From pentad + -ic. 1. of, or relating to a pentad Labels: not-comparable
Word: pentad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεντάς (pentás), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -άς (-ás, “-ad”). By surface analysis, pent- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnˌtæd/, /ˈpɛntad/ 1. Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly 2. Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly 3. Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly 4. Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly Example: Nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.
Word: perimorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English perimorph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English perimorphic From perimorph + -ic. Pronunciation: /pɛɹɪˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Of or relating to perimorphism or a perimorph. Labels: not-comparable
Word: perimorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perimorph 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 perimorphism From perimorph + -ism. 1. The formation of perimorphs. Labels: uncountable
Word: perimorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + -morph. 1. A mineral enclosed within another. 2. The outer mineral that encloses an endomorph.
Word: personalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of personalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: personalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Adapted to the needs of an individual. Example: Every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized. 2. Embodied.
Word: personalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English personal English personal 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 personalize From personal + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, /ˈpɜːs.nə.laɪz/, /ˈpɝ.sə.nəˌlaɪz/, /ˈpɝs.nəˌlaɪz/, /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.lɑez/ 1. To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: These "Eternal Ones of the Dream" are not to be confused with the personally modified symbolic figures that appear in nightmare and madness to the still tormented individual. Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche. Example: “Over the past month, the Department has held three separate meetings with the ACLU to receive feedback and engage the organization in the solutions,” the department said in a statement. “As a result of the meetings, the Department agrees that publishing FIO statistics going forward is necessary, and the Department is working toward personalizing interactions between officers and citizens.” 2. To represent something abstract as a person; to embody. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive 3. To imbue something with one's personality. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: Gloria Hull, best known as a Black Feminist literary critic, expands and personalizes her examination of creative thought in her first collection of poetry, Healing Heart.
Word: petalomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English petal Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -mania English petalomania From petal + -o- + -mania. 1. The state of a flower having a larger multiple of the usual number of petals. Labels: uncountable
Word: petroleum coke Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance, mostly carbon, that is a byproduct of oil refining; used as a fuel or in many industrial applications. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pettishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pettish Middle English -ly English -ly English pettishly From pettish + -ly. 1. In a pettish manner; peevishly. Example: Lady Mary turned pettishly away; no woman likes anybody but herself to depreciate a lover; it is personally an ill compliment. Example: "You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.
Word: pettish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pet Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English pettish From pet + -ish. 1. Bad-tempered; peevish. Labels: informal Example: Indeed I would advise every single lady, if possible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herself, if he is hasty or pettish with any one else in company, she may depend on the same fate when once the knot is tied. Example: She drew a quick pettish breath of objection, writhing uneasily in her seat.
Word: phasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English phase Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phasic From phase + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪzɪk/ 1. Of or relating to phases. 2. Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues.
Word: phelloplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to phelloplasty. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phelloplastic Part of Speech: noun 1. A model made from cork.
Word: à propos Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of apropos. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: windows are favourite seats; and who knows how much may be effected in a tête-à-tête, by the crimson shade of the curtain flitting over a fair cheek à propos? Example: "You are an awfully good sort," he said to her once a propos of nothing at all.
Word: phonographic Part of Speech: adj 1. of or relating to phonography or to a phonograph
Word: phonography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French phonographie. 1. The transcription of speech using symbols. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A form of shorthand using such symbols. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually 4. Pornography; explicit depiction of sexual subject matter. Labels: Internet, euphemistic, uncountable, usually
Word: untenanted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tenanted English untenanted From un- + tenanted. 1. Not leased to or occupied by a tenant; unoccupied. Labels: also, figuratively, not-comparable Example: As we have seen some quadrupedes formed to crop the surface of the fields, and others to live upon the tops of trees, so the Mole is formed to live wholly under the earth, as if Nature meant that no place should be left wholly untenanted. Example: […] a throng of the revellers at once threw themselves into the black apartment, and, seizing the mummer, whose tall figure stood erect and motionless within the shadow of the ebony clock, gasped in unutterable horror at finding the grave cerements and corpse-like mask which they handled with so violent a rudeness, untenanted by any tangible form.