nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: eunuch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ) Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *hékʰō Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō) Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos)bor. Latin eunūchusder. Middle English eunuk English eunuch From Middle English eunuk, from Middle French eunuque, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, keep”). Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nək/ 1. A castrated man. Example: Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men. 2. Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials. Labels: historical Example: He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines Example: I, and by heauen, one that will doe the deede, / Though Argus were her Eunuch and her garde. 3. A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate. 4. One that is ineffectual. Labels: figuratively Example: Mr. Peterson really reaches for a low one when he says, "They (gays) should never commit themselves to any broader ideological movement." I am, paradoxically, a Christian, a Maxist, a Gay, and a Human Being. To be gay one should not be a political eunuch.
Word: eunuch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ) Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *hékʰō Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō) Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos)bor. Latin eunūchusder. Middle English eunuk English eunuch From Middle English eunuk, from Middle French eunuque, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, keep”). Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nək/ 1. To castrate. Labels: dated, transitive 2. To render ineffectual. Labels: dated, figuratively, transitive
Word: abandonware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Germanic *bannanąder. Frankish *bannder. Old French ban Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom Proto-Italic *dōnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *dōnāō? Latin donāre Old French doner Old French a ban doner Old French abandonerder. Middle English abandounen English abandon Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English abandonware From abandon + -ware. 1. A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: RR> Never heard of Wildscan. Is it shareware or is there a^([sic]) evaluation RR> version available? It's abandonware ala Joe Martin inc.:) Example: Abandonware is software that is no longer being sold or supported by its author, copyright owner, or licensed distributor. Software that is still being sold, but no longer supported, is sometimes also referred to as abandonware.
Word: esse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin esse. Pronunciation: /ˈɛsi/ 1. Essence, essential nature. Example: Hence it is that the Univerſe, which was created from his Eſſe, and which regarded as to Uſes is his Image, obtained theſe three in all and ſingular the Things appertaining to it. Example: […]that is his proprium, since the esse of the life of man is his will;
Word: sumus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sumu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recursion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recursiō (“the act of running back or again, return”), from recurrō (“run back; return”), from re- (“back, again”) + currō (“run”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/ 1. The act of recurring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The inhabitants predicate the recursion of these storms by numerous other signs, and are prompt to take every precaution to avoid their effects. 2. The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion. Example: However, we have still not achieved our goal of devising a finite set of rules which will generate an infinite set of sentence structures. In order to achieve this goal, we need to allow for the fact that natural languages typically have the property that they allow potentially infinite recursion of particular structures. 3. The invocation of a procedure from within itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This function uses recursion to compute factorials. Example: When an algorithm makes two recursive calls, we say that it uses binary recursion.
Word: secures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of secure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vermes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vermis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pluma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plūma. Doublet of plume. 1. A feather. Labels: archaic
Word: plumae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pluma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zio Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Zio. Labels: alt-of
Word: zio Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Zio. Labels: alt-of
Word: luna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”). Pronunciation: /ˈluːnə/ 1. A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna. Example: “Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!” Example: On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing. 2. A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. Example: The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […] Example: This receptacle is called a “luna” or “lunula” (a moon, or a little moon), and has glass on either side, so that the Host may be seen when enclosed therein. […] ¶ […] ¶ The ciborium, the pyx and luna of the ostensorium are blessed with a simpler formula than that used for the chalice, and […] ¶ […] ¶ The chalice, the paten, the luna and the pyx are sacred things, true sacramentals, and are worthy of deepest reverence; for […]
Word: luna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian luna (“leader; supervisor”). 1. A foreman on a plantation. Labels: Hawaii Example: There are several reasons why the Hawaiian-born Japanese boys and girls do not take kindly to plantation labor, but one of the chief reasons is the objection to the kind of lunas who oversee the work of the laborers. Example: […] haoles could not visualize Chinese or Japanese in positions of authority. And from sad experience, the great plantation owners had discovered that the Americans they could get to serve as lunas were positively no good. Capable Americans expected office jobs and incapable ones were unable to control the Oriental […]
Word: zoo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”). Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ə/, /ˈzəʊ.əʊ/, /ˈzoʊ.ə/, /ˈzoʊ.oʊ/, /ˈzuː/ 1. animal Labels: morpheme
Word: largo Part of Speech: noun 1. A very slow tempo. 2. A musical piece or movement in such a tempo.
Word: largo Part of Speech: adj 1. Strong and stately. Labels: not-comparable
Word: latte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of caffè latte, from Italian caffellatte, ultimately from Latin lac, lactis. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑː.teɪ/, /ˈlɑ.teɪ/, /laˈteɪ/ 1. A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lilian Benedict walked into the office carrying two cups of latte. Example: Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property. 2. A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea). Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: matcha latte 3. Affluent leftism. Labels: attributive, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable Example: latte liberal Example: Newt Gingrich accused New York mayor Bill De Blasio of “small soy latte liberalism” in 2014 – emphasising that the only thing more girlish than drinking a big dairy milky coffee was drinking a small vegan milky coffee.
Word: latte Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlæ.ti/ 1. A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity.
Word: leggero Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian leggero. 1. Lightly, delicately, or gently.
Word: locale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French local (adj), nominal use of the adjective. Pronunciation: /ləʊˈkɑːl/, /loʊˈkæl/ 1. The place where something happens. Example: Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp. Example: Small houses have sprung up as rapidly as the summer grasses used to spring in the Five Fields, so notorious for robbery and murder, that even Madame de Genlis, not usually very accurate in her English locale, is perfectly right in making them the scene of a robber's attack. 2. The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc. 3. A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.) Example: Since every locale is of the form #92;mbox#123;Sub#125;#95;#92;mathcal#123;E#125;(1) [subobjects of the terminal object in #92;mathcal#123;E#125;] for some topos #92;mathcal#123;E#125;, locale theory can be regarded as the fragment of topos theory concerning subobjects of 1. A subobject of 1 is a map 1#92;rightarrow#92;Omega, which can reasonably called a truth value. In that sense, locale theory is the study of truth values.
Word: luce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius. Pronunciation: /luːs/, /ˈlʉs/ 1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown. Example: As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench[…].
Word: recursive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recurse + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/ 1. drawing upon itself, referring back. Example: The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other 2. of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms Labels: not-comparable 3. of a program or function that calls itself Labels: not-comparable 4. which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time Labels: not-comparable 5. whose characteristic function is recursive (4) Labels: not-comparable
Word: recurse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from recursion. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. To execute a procedure recursively. Labels: intransitive Example: The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.
Word: cobs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɒbz/ 1. plural of cob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cobs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɒbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cob Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: balustrade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata (“with balusters”), from balaustro (“baluster”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flower”), via Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion), from Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”)). So named because of resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open pomegranate flower. Also see baluster. Pronunciation: /ˌbæl.əˈstɹeɪd/, /ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd/ 1. A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. Example: So on a pleasant morning, as he leant / Into the sun-rise, o’er the balustrade [...] Example: The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.
Word: baluster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French balustre, from Italian balaustro (“pillar”), from balausta, balaustio (“wild pomegranate flower”), from Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”)). Doublet of banister. Pronunciation: /ˈbaləstə/, /ˈbæləstɚ/ 1. A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony. Example: The two Posternes were answerable to those of others set downe before: and were cut out of the two round Towers which riz vp in proportionable measures, from the ground on the foreside with battlements and Ballisters round enclosing the tops, containing in all their heights — foote: Example: Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
Word: lung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌŋ/, /lʊŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/ 1. A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. Example: I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan. 2. Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath. Labels: in-plural Example: He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to. 3. That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place. Example: Afterwards he found that the vague feeling of alarm had spread to the clients of the underground railway, and that the Sunday excursionists began to return from all the South-Western "lungs" - Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth - at unnaturally early hours[.]
Word: hendecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hendeca- + -gon. Pronunciation: /hɛnˈdɛkəɡən/, /hɛnˈdɛkəˌɡɒn/, /hɛnˈdɛkəˌɡɑn/ 1. A polygon with eleven edges and eleven angles.
Word: trap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræppan (“to trap”)) from Proto-West Germanic *trappjā (“trap, snare”), from Proto-West Germanic *trappjan (“to step”), from Proto-Germanic *trapjaną (“to tread, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- (“to step, trip, trample”). Cognate with Dutch trap (“step, stair”), German Low German Trapp (“step, stair”). Akin also to West Frisian traap (“stepping, treading, stairway”), German Treppe (“step, stair”), Old English træppan (“to step, tread”). Connection to "step" is "that upon which one steps". French trappe and Spanish trampa are ultimately borrowings from Germanic. Pronunciation: /tɹæp/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔æp], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ap], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔äp], [tɾäp] 1. To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap. Labels: transitive Example: to trap foxes Example: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time. 2. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. Labels: transitive Example: Be careful not to trap your finger in the door. Example: I trapp'd the foe. 3. To provide with a trap. Labels: transitive Example: to trap a drain Example: to trap a sewer pipe 4. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping. Labels: intransitive Example: trap for beaver Example: They trapped north along the river. 5. To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz. 6. To leave suddenly, to flee. Labels: intransitive 7. To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it. Labels: intransitive 8. To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door. Labels: dated Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:trap. 9. Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman. Labels: informal, offensive, slang, sometimes Example: Straight cis men persist in believing that my transition is all about them—tricking them, trapping them, ruining them. Example: A "trap" is basically a trans girl or crossdresser who "tricks" or "traps" a straight male into getting aroused by them and then suddenly reveals their trans status. 10. To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: My kicks are wet from trappin' in the rain / Stole these Marshall bikes today / But don't walk in the bikers' lane / Or you're gonna catch a deafaz to the brain
Word: trap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish trapp (“step, stair, stairway”), from Middle Low German trappe (“stair, step”). Pronunciation: /tɹæp/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔æp], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ap], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔äp], [tɾäp] 1. A dark coloured igneous rock; (now usually) any nongranitic igneous rock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Akin to Middle English trappe (“trappings, gear”), and perhaps from Old Northern French trape, a byform of Old French drap, a word of the same origin as English drab (“a kind of cloth”). Pronunciation: /tɹæp/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔æp], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ap], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔äp], [tɾäp] 1. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses). Example: To decke his herce, and trap his tomb-blacke steed Example: [T]here she found her palfrey trapt / In purple blazon'd with armorial gold.
Word: trap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of trapezius. Pronunciation: /tɹæp/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔æp], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ap], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔äp], [tɾäp] 1. The trapezius muscle. Labels: slang
Word: puritanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From puritanic + -al. Pronunciation: /pjʊəɹ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/, /pjɚ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kl̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice. Example: The host proposed divers puritanical fancies—nay, once hinted at a head of Cromwell himself; but the hostess overruled all these proposals, and stood firm by the Sun. 2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt). Example: Mrs. Barrymore is of interest to me. She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical. You could hardly conceive a less emotional subject. Yet I have told you how, on the first night here, I heard her sobbing bitterly, and since then I have more than once observed traces of tears upon her face. Some deep sorrow gnaws ever at her heart. Sometimes I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspect Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant. Example: Exogamy […] has few or none of the quaint superstitions which lend a certain picturesque charm to totemism. It is, so to say, a stern Puritanical institution. Its rigid logic, its complex rules, its elaborate terminology, its labyrinthine systems of relationship, it presents an aspect somewhat hard and repellant.
Word: puritanical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puritanic + -al. Pronunciation: /pjʊəɹ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/, /pjɚ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kl̩/ 1. One who holds puritanical attitudes.
Word: tor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”), of non-Indo-European origin. Cognate with Cornish tor, Scottish Gaelic tòrr, Welsh twr, Irish tor, French tor, and Romansh tor/tur/tuor; the first four are Celtic (from Latin turris), the last two directly from Latin turris (from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) and τύρσις (túrsis)). It is not clear whether the Celtic forms were borrowed from Old English or vice versa. Doublet of tourelle, tower, and turret. Pronunciation: /tɔː/, /toɹ/, /toː/, /tɔːɹ/ 1. A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock. Example: Bursdon and Welsford were then, as now, a rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree, […] Example: The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc. 2. A hill with such rock formation. Example: She had slipped the letters into her pocket next to the packet of antique documents and had taken an umbrella—as the sky was ominous out over the distant tors—and strolled around the manor house and down the road toward the village.
Word: tor Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɔː/, /toɹ/, /toː/, /tɔːɹ/ 1. Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich"). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ecarte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French écarté. Pronunciation: /e.kʌɹˈte/, /e.kɑɹˈte/ 1. A card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game. Labels: uncountable Example: Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played ecarte afterwards. - A. Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles Example: This invitation Lady Rotheles gave; and Lady Anne accepted, with reluctant civility; still, a pleasing and elegant looking woman like herself, fond of ecarté, which she played with great skill, whose daughters were both pretty and musical, rarely found herself at a loss what to do with her autumn.
Word: betimes Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English betymes, from bi (“by”) + time + adverbial -s. By surface analysis, betime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare also betides. Pronunciation: /bɪˈtaɪmz/, /bəˈtaɪmz/ 1. In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children. Example: They slept well that night and betimes next morning the mother of Alaeddin arose and went with her bowl to the King's court which she found closed. 2. In a short time, soon; quickly, forthwith. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: [O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass. Example: Reproving betimes with sharpness...and afterward showing forth an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved[…]
Word: dewlap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dewlappe. The first element may be dew (and if not, seems to have been altered by folk etymology to resemble it); the second element is lap (“loose fabric”), Old English læppa (“a loose hanging piece”); compare jellop and jowlop (from jowl + lap), and dewclaw. Compare old Norwegian and Danish doglæp (the modern Danish word for "dew" is dug, but compare Old Norse dǫgg (“dew”) and Norwegian dogg). Old English instead terms such skin the frǣtlæppa (whence Middle English fresh-lappe). Pronunciation: /ˈdu.læp/, /ˈdju.læp/, /ˈdjuː.læp/ 1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal. Example: 1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. 2. The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human. Example: He ended up looking at himself in the mirror. His image stared back at him. He was developing a dewlap - a definite dewlap. He waggled under his chin scornfully with his fingers.
Word: abandoning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbændənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abandon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Many have been abandoning their homes due to the violence. (progressive) Example: Their abandoning their homes means no tax revenues for the county. (gerund)
Word: abandoning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbændənɪŋ/ 1. An act by which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment; neglect. Example: Their sensuality—[…] —their universal and insatiable lustings, and disgraceful abandonings of their unhappy victims— […] may not be credited by those who have not proof of such crimes. Example: I […] owe the one who depends upon me the gentlest of abandonings, if I leave him.
Word: Aberdonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin Aberdonia (“Aberdeen”) + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.ɚˈdoʊn.jən/, /ˌæb.əˈdoʊn.jən/, /ˌæb.ɚˈdoʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈdoʊ.ni.ən/, /ɑbərˈdonjən/ 1. Of or relating to Aberdeen. Labels: British, English, not-comparable
Word: Aberdonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin Aberdonia (“Aberdeen”) + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.ɚˈdoʊn.jən/, /ˌæb.əˈdoʊn.jən/, /ˌæb.ɚˈdoʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈdoʊ.ni.ən/, /ɑbərˈdonjən/ 1. A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland. Labels: British, English, Scotland 2. A person who is from or who lives in Aberdeen, Washington. Labels: US
Word: abetted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbɛtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abetting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbɛtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abetting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbɛtɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who abets. Example: aidings and abettings of every bad inclination in the popular mind
Word: abused Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abuse Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abused.
Word: abused Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːzd/ 1. Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence. 2. Overused; used profligately or in excess. 3. Deluded, deceived. Labels: obsolete Example: That be so farre abusyd They cannot be excusyd By reason nor by law; […]
Word: abusing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abuse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abusing.
Word: absolved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of absolve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: absolved Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been cleared from a sin or an offence.
Word: ren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rēn. Doublet of rein (“kidney”). Pronunciation: /ɹɛn/, /ɹiːn/ 1. A kidney. Example: Having treated laſt of the expulſion of the inteſtinal fæces, we come next to conſider thoſe organs, which ſeparate and throw off another principal excrementitious matter, to wit, urine. The firſt of which is the renes or kidneys. Example: We find, however, that the detrita, consisting principally of effete hydrogen and carbon, brought into the circulation by the absorbents, are constantly making their escape from the system by way of the renes, skin, and lungs, in the forms of water, and carbonic-acid.
Word: ren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Egyptian rn, r:n-A2 Pronunciation: /ɹɛn/, /ɹiːn/ 1. One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology. Labels: Egyptian Example: For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back.
Word: ken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kennen (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fetus), hatch out (of eggs); to sustain, nourish, nurture”), from Old English cennan (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannjan, from Proto-Germanic *kanjaną. Pronunciation: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ 1. To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life). Labels: obsolete Example: To the soul this ghostly bread is the learning and the teaching and the understanding in the commandments of God, wherethrough the soul is kenned and lives.
Word: ken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Northern English dialects and Scots language from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”) originally “to make known”, causative of cunnan (“to become acquainted with, to know”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, causative of *kunnaną (“be able”), from which comes the verb can. Cognate with West Frisian kenne (“to know; recognise”), Dutch kennen (“to know”), German kennen (“to know, be acquainted with someone/something”), Norwegian Bokmål kjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk kjenna, Old Norse kenna (“to know, perceive”), Swedish känna (“to know, feel”), Danish kende (“to know”). See also: can, con. Pronunciation: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ 1. To know, perceive or understand. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: It was noted by them that kenned best that her cantrips were at their worst when the tides in the Sker Bay ebbed between the hours of twelve and one. Example: Johnny: Is your name Maggie? / Maggie: How'd you ken that? / Johnny: It's just a hunch. Are you looking for the, uh, petulant dwarf? 2. To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: 'Tis he. I ken the manner of his gate, / He riſes on the toe: Example: I proposed to the Mariners, that it would be of great benefit in Navigation to make use of [the telescope] upon the round-top of a ship, to discover and kenne Vessels afar off.
Word: ken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a nautical abbreviation of Middle English kenning, present participle of the verb kennen (“to make known, point out, reveal; to direct, instruct, teach; to know, perceive”). Pronunciation: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ 1. Range of perception. Labels: uncountable Example: I had somehow the impression that he was on the point of letting go the ladder to swim away beyond my ken. 2. Knowledge, perception, or sight. Labels: uncountable Example: So far is it from the kenne of theſe wretched projectors of ours that beſcraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church. Example: Within our ken / The Nightingale—ah! Love, the Nightingale! / Her tender sweetness made our cheeks grow pale, 3. Range of sight. Labels: uncountable Example: At once as far as Angels kenn he views / The dismal Situation waste and wilde […]
Word: ken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps from kennel. Pronunciation: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ 1. A house, especially a den of thieves. Labels: UK, regional, slang Example: Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you. Example: Ah, Bess, my covess, strike me blind if my sees don't tout your bingo muns in spite of the darkmans. Egad, you carry a bene blink aloft. Come to the ken alone—no! my blowen; did not I tell you I should bring a pater cove, to chop up the whiners for Dawson?
Word: ken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew קֵן (qēn, “nest”). Pronunciation: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ 1. Youth or children's group. Labels: Judaism Example: Gilboa and Habonim Dror also run year-round programming, holding regional reunions (called kenim) up and down the state Example: Gavriella: At an annual movement conference. I went for the first time, and we proposed creating new kenim [branches] and it was approved, which is amazing!
Word: ken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 間. Pronunciation: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ 1. A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus.
Word: ken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 剣. Pronunciation: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ 1. The tsurugi (type of sword).
Word: bok Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck. Compare German Bock (“willingness, desire”). Pronunciation: /bɑk/, /bɒk/ 1. Keen or willing. Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."
Word: bok Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative Pronunciation: /bɑk/, /bɒk/ 1. The clucking sound of a chicken. Example: And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting. Example: So the librarian gives the chicken a book. The chicken goes away, but comes back the next day, goes up to the librarian's desk and says: 'Bok, bok!'
Word: bok Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative Pronunciation: /bɑk/, /bɒk/ 1. To make the clucking sound of a chicken.
Word: abutted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abut Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. singular of mores (“moral norms or customs”) Labels: form-of, rare, singular
Word: mos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of mo (“month; molester”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans hout. Doublet of holt. 1. A black African. Labels: Rhodesia, ethnic, slang, slur
Word: den Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”). Cognate with Scots den (“den, lair”), Middle Dutch denne (“burrow, den, cave, attic”), Dutch den (“ship's deck, threshing-floor, mountain floor”), Middle Low German denne, danne (“threshing-floor, small dale”), German Tenne (“threshing-floor, barn for threshing”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛn/, /ˈdɪ̟n/ 1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. Example: a den of robbers Example: Daniel was put into the lions’ den. 2. A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. Example: a den of vice Example: an opium den; a gambling den 3. A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. Example: Near-synonyms: family room, sunroom, Florida room, Arizona room, rec room, playroom 4. Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”). Example: Our little girls love using bedsheets and other stuff around the house to make dens in the living room and pretending they're on adventures. 5. A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. Labels: Scotland, UK, obsolete Example: I have made several visits of late to the Den of Rubislaw 6. A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
Word: den Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”). Cognate with Scots den (“den, lair”), Middle Dutch denne (“burrow, den, cave, attic”), Dutch den (“ship's deck, threshing-floor, mountain floor”), Middle Low German denne, danne (“threshing-floor, small dale”), German Tenne (“threshing-floor, barn for threshing”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛn/, /ˈdɪ̟n/ 1. To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. Labels: reflexive 2. Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in. Labels: intransitive Example: Although present in virtually all habitats, it preferred to den in caves, so its distribution, especially in cold, northern areas, may have been limited to limestone and other rocky regions where caves form. Example: “Denning” – behaviour around making dens – has changed and bears are swimming long distances, but, says Aars, there is still enough sea ice in the spring for the bears to hunt successfully.
Word: den Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French denier, from Latin denarius. 1. Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: den Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dene. Labels: Northumbria, alt-of, alternative
Word: den Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: bos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acceding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accede Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accentuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accentuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accompanied Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkʌmpəniːd/, /əˈkʌmpniːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of accompany Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accompanied.
Word: accompanied Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈkʌmpəniːd/, /əˈkʌmpniːd/ 1. Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fait accompli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French fait accompli. Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪt.əˈkɔm.pli/, /ˌfeɪt.əˌkɔmˈpli/, /fɛt-/ 1. Something which has already happened, before those affected had the chance to raise objections or queries; especially, such a thing that cannot be undone. Example: Thanks to a bureaucratic fait accompli, the demolition was already approved and has already started. Example: Mr. Quiverful's appointment to the hospital was, however, a fait accompli, and Mr. Harding's acquiescence in that appointment was not less so. 2. An action or establishment that cannot be undone. Example: Near-synonyms: done deal, water under the bridge Example: The introduction of white clover to the Americas is a fait accompli.
Word: mout Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of might, corresponding to US regional dialect. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: He was quickly silenced, however, by a burly individual, who "reckoned that it mout be jist as well for the stranger to keep his clam-shell shut."
Word: bout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought. Compare Dutch bocht and German Bucht. For the sense development compare bender. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊt/, /bʌʊt/ 1. A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness. Example: a bout of drought Example: a coughing bout 2. A boxing match. Example: An Italian boxer abandoned her bout at the Paris Olympics after only 46 seconds on Thursday, refusing to continue after taking a heavy punch from an Algerian opponent who had been disqualified from last year’s world championships over questions about her eligibility to compete in women’s sports. 3. An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept. 4. A roller derby match. 5. A fighting competition. Example: Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength. 6. A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar. 7. The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field. Labels: dated Example: The outside bout of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade […] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each bout. Example: It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.
Word: bout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought. Compare Dutch bocht and German Bucht. For the sense development compare bender. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊt/, /bʌʊt/ 1. To contest a bout.
Word: bout Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Written form of a reduction of about. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊt/, /bʌʊt/ 1. Apheretic form of about. Labels: colloquial Example: They're talking bout you! Example: Maddy is bout to get beat up!
Word: tik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 21st century, perhaps imitative of the popping sounds made by meth being lit and smoked. 1. crystal meth or speed. Labels: South-Africa, slang, uncountable Example: This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape. Example: Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.
Word: sik Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sick (“cool, excellent”). Labels: Australia, alt-of, alternative, slang Example: 'Bali was awesome.' 'Yeah, I went there too. It was sik.'
Word: rik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of riq. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bereavement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bereave Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English bereavement From bereave + -ment. Pronunciation: /bɪˈriːvmənt/ 1. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost
Word: pagina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin pāgina. Doublet of page. Pronunciation: /ˈpædʒɪnə/ 1. The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.
Word: primus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prīmus (“[the] first”); related to prior, the comparative form. Partially cognate to foremost, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Doublet of prime and primo. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪməs/ 1. One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. Example: 1884, Gonzalo Canilla, speech at the Centenary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury my own grandfather, some time Bishop of Edinburgh, among its Primuses
Word: cuniculus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cunīculus. 1. A burrow or low underground passage, such as a rabbit warren, mine, or catacomb. 2. A burrow in the skin made by a mite.
Word: direction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin dīrēctiō. Equivalent to direct + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/, /daɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/, /dɪˈɹek.ʃən/, /dɑeˈɹek.ʃən/, /dəˈɹek.ʃən/ 1. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Keep going in the same direction. Example: Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair. 2. A general trend for future action. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Guidance, instruction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The trombonist looked to the bandleader for direction. 4. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak. 5. The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: I shall not rest satisfied with merely employing my capital in insuring ships. I shall buy up some good Life Assurance shares, and cut into the Direction. 6. A person's address. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.
Word: lingua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/ 1. Synonym of tongue. Example: Let your lingua loiter on its salty, hard surface. When you finally crack the nut, don’t swallow it right away. Example: “I believe it’s from the condition he’s acquired,” she answered while moving closer to examine the elongated lingua. “You can put it back in your mouth now.” 2. A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Word: directions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/, /daɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/, /dɪˈɹek.ʃənz/, /dɑeˈɹek.ʃənz/, /dəˈɹek.ʃənz/ 1. plural of direction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: directions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/, /daɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/, /dɪˈɹek.ʃənz/, /dɑeˈɹek.ʃənz/, /dəˈɹek.ʃənz/ 1. Instructions for how to reach a destination or how to do something Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Please follow the attached directions when assembling these shelves. Example: I got so lost on my way downtown I had to ask for directions.