nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Drake equation Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after American astrophysicist Frank Drake (1930–2022). 1. A formula for calculating the probability of civilizations existing elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy and of their ability to communicate with Earth. Example: Arguably the most challenging estimation problem is how many planets there could be in the universe with life forms like those on Earth. A conference in 1961 at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, was the starting point for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, abbreviated SETI. The conference discussed the famous mathematical expression that is sometimes called the Green Bank equation but is more often referred to as the Drake equation because it was formulated by Frank Drake in preparation for the conference. The equation seeks to quantify the number, N, of civilizations in our galaxy (the Milky Way) whose radio emissions are now detectable on the Earth. […] If technologically advanced civilizations can avoid self-annihilation for a period L_(lifetime) at least as long as the existence of Homo sapiens (over 100 000 years), the consequences suggested by the Drake equation are enormous for how we view ourselves. But perhaps our solar system is far from typical. Some people would claim that it is unique, in the strongest sense. […] The original suggestion that civilizations may be able to communicate with radio signals for about 10 000 years was considered by many to be far too long a period. Human self-annihilation through nuclear war was being much debated at the time of the Green Bank conference, and there are of course many other scenarios in which a technologically advanced society perishes, due to actions of the inhabitants or to natural disasters. But even if the typical L_(lifetime) is much shorter than 10 000 years, the Drake equation suggests that the search for extraterrestrial life is worthwhile, and many enthusiasts are engaged in that endeavor.
Word: VE Day Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism of victory (in) Europe + day. Pronunciation: /viː.iː ˈdeɪ/, /vi.i ˈdeɪ/ 1. Initialism of Victory in Europe Day: the date 8 May 1945 when Germany unconditionally surrendered its armed forces to the Allies, bringing World War II to an end; and each anniversary commemorating that date. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: conniption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, probably a fanciful alteration of corruption etc., or maybe related to captious. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɪp.ʃən/ 1. A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit. Labels: informal Example: When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption. Example: I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here for 2. A fit of laughing; convulsion. Example: The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.
Word: typhoid fever Part of Speech: noun 1. An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur [...] lost three of his five children to typhoid fever.
Word: typhus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-, extended form of *dʰew- (“scatter like dust”). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪfəs/ 1. Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Typhoid and typhus have similar names and symptoms, but are different diseases.
Word: redundancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redundant + -cy. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/, /ɹɪˈdʌndən(t)si/, /ɹə-/ 1. The state of being redundant. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the fulneſs of the creature is limited, it ariſeth juſt to ſuch a degree and proportion, but Gods fulneſs is infinite, as it hath its Reſplendency, ſo its Redundancy, it knows neither bounds nor bottom. 3. A duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2006, Lauren Bean, Richard E. Friedman, Chapter 5: School Safety in the Twenty First Century: Adapting to New Security Challenges Post-9/11, James J. F. Forest (editor), Homeland Security: Protecting America′s Targets, Volume 2: Public Spaces and Social Institutions, page 108, Staff redundancy is needed in the event that a supervisor and key unit supervisors are not present or unable to act in an emergency. 4. Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable Example: 1981, New Zealand House of Representatives. Parliamentary Debates, Volume 442, page 4212, Has he received any representation from Air New Zealand management about redundancy proposals for Air New Zealand staff; and, if so, do these proposals include redundancy agreements? Example: 1983, UK House of Commons, Papers by Command, Volume 40, page lvi, The potential savings did not take into account once-and-for-all staff redundancy costs of £16.5 million and unspecified costs involved in increasing stock levels […] . 6. surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nicer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of nice: more nice Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: nicer Part of Speech: adv 1. comparative form of nice: more nice Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: bonhomie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dʰéǵʰōm Borrowed from French bonhomie, bonhommie (“good-heartedness; extreme credulity”), from bonhomme (“chap, fellow; courageous man; peasant; unwise man who allows himself to be deceived and dominated”) (from bon (“good”) + homme (“man”)) + -ie (suffix forming feminine, usually abstract, nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnəmiː/, /ˈbɑnəmi/, /ˌbɑnəˈmi/, /ˌboʊ-/ 1. A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His ungainly person and awkward manners were against him with men accustomed to the graces of society, and he was not sufficiently at home to give play to his humor and to that bonhomie which won the hearts of all who knew him. Example: [T]he unknown Arlo Guthrie takes the stage, ending up in the movie, and – through sheer bonhomie – selling a million copies of Alice's Restaurant. 2. An atmosphere of friendliness and good cheer. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A cheerful remark. Labels: countable, usually
Word: throw in the towel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the traditional signal from a boxer's support staff of throwing such an item into a boxing ring to indicate that the contestant cannot continue the match and is forfeiting to the opponent. 1. To quit; to give up. Labels: idiomatic Example: If their restaurant can't get business even on Mother's Day, it might be time for them to throw in the towel. Example: In short, there was so much space and so many things to shove things behind that most people, called on to find a silver cow-creamer there, would have said “Oh, what's the use?” and thrown in the towel.
Word: step on it Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An automobile accelerator is usually a foot pedal, so stepping down harder increases the acceleration. 1. To drive fast; to step on the accelerator. Example: If I step on it, I can still arrive on time. Example: But a signal check at Tollerton was not expected and the driver had to "step on it" thereafter, to reach Darlington, as we did, dead on time. 2. To act quickly. Labels: idiomatic Example: They'll have to step on it to finish the paper tonight.
Word: canter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.tə/, /ˈkæn.tɚ/, [ˈkɛən.tɚ] 1. A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals. 2. A ride on a horse at such speed.
Word: canter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.tə/, /ˈkæn.tɚ/, [ˈkɛən.tɚ] 1. To move at such pace. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. Labels: transitive
Word: canter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English canter From cant + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.tə/, /ˈkæn.tɚ/, [ˈkɛən.tɚ] 1. One who cants or whines; a beggar. 2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. Example: The days when he was a canter and a rebel. Example: From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses.
Word: in a canter Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of at a canter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: at a canter Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without much effort; effortlessly; easily. Labels: idiomatic Example: “When an artist becomes pop, it’s because the people choose it,” she says, now speaking at a canter. Example: It was down to Foden that any anxious moments on Wednesday evening - and there were some - were forgotten as City ended winners at a canter while showing the fluency, rhythm and threat they did not offer against Arsenal.
Word: wazoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a variant of kazoo. Pronunciation: /wæˈzuː/, /wəˈzuː/, /wɑˈzu/ 1. The anus. Labels: slang Example: "When you get burned once," Markham continued, "as I did in 'Second Hundred Years' ... where I got my wazoo shot off ..." Example: “He's doing it wrong! I am much more suave, debonair, and sophisticated than that!” “Yes, Dan, that's a very debonair stain you have on your shirt.” “I'll have you know I have sophistication coming out the wazoo!” 2. A horrible person; an arsehole. Labels: slang Example: Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'
Word: up the wazoo Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of out the wazoo. Labels: colloquial, mildly, vulgar Example: I'd go, but I'm sure they will charge up the wazoo for tickets. Example: Of course, it was strictly against company rules to allow dogs in the building but Graydon tolerated them because Elizabeth was, as Chris put it, “connected up the wazoo.”
Word: out the wazoo Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Excessive(ly), too much. Labels: colloquial Example: I planted a few seeds and had radishes out the wazoo within a month. Example: The photo-sharing site was riddled with fake accounts that liked, followed and hashtagged out the wazoo. Then came the great “Instagram Rapture,” Instagram’s pledge last December to clean out the fake accounts and do “everything possible to keep Instagram free from the fake and spammy accounts that plague much of the web.” 2. Abundantly, to spare. Example: In those days they had adopted tobacco as a cash crop and had cash out the wazoo within a decade.
Word: technically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English technical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English technically From technical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkli/, /ˈtɛk.nəˌkli/ 1. Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology. Example: Near-synonym: stricto sensu Example: Technically, he was Canadian, but everyone assumed he was American. 2. Based on formal (de jure) arguments, which, however, may be misleading. Example: technically correct Example: Due to an omission in the peace treaty of the Russo-Japanese War, Montenegro was technically at war with Japan for 102 years. 3. In terms of technique. Example: Although she is technically gifted, her piano playing lacks passion. Example: In Choosing Children one literally feels as if one were entering the lives of these parents and feels welcomed as they share their experiences with us openly and generously. Technically, this effect is enhanced by the straightforward camera work. 4. In a technical (involving specialized knowledge) way. Example: The ladies were not much the wiser, though, I confess, they were not far removed from the door. The great men inside talked indistinctly and technically, and once Doctor Dillon was so unfeeling as to crack a joke […] 5. According to the current state of technology. Example: For now, it is technically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.
Word: mom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of momma. Pronunciation: /mɒm/, /mɑm/, [mɑ̃m], /mʌm/ 1. Mother. Labels: Canada, South-Africa, US, West-Midlands, colloquial, informal Example: To find out what moms really want this year, we turned to the best source possible: our own mothers. Example: At a very early age, Knowles says she was taught not to draw any attention to herself. “Pretty is as pretty does,” her mom used to say. 2. Mother. Labels: Canada, South-Africa, US, West-Midlands, broadly, colloquial, informal Example: (spoken by the father) I don't share it with mom! Right, mom? 3. An adult female owner of a pet. Labels: informal
Word: mom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of momma. Pronunciation: /mɒm/, /mɑm/, [mɑ̃m], /mʌm/ 1. To care for in a motherly way. Labels: Canada, US, informal, transitive Example: The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me. Example: He tried to tell me how to live, to mom me, I told him fuck off, […]
Word: impervious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/, /ɪmˈpɝ.vi.əs/ 1. Unaffected or unable to be affected by something. Example: The man was completely impervious to the deception we were trying. Example: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited. 2. Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water. Example: Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather. Example: The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally. And being glazed, it was impervious to London's sooty atmosphere, enabling easier cleaning. 3. Immune to damage or effect. Example: The old car seemed to be impervious to the wear and tear of age.
Word: breathing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English breathing From breathe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/, /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/ 1. verbal noun of breathe: (uncountable) The act of respiration; (countable) a single instance of this. Labels: countable, form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable Example: […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […] 2. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: DON PEDRO. Count Claudio, when mean you to go to church? / CLAUDIO. To-morrow, my lord. Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites. / LEONATO. Not till Monday, my dear son, which is hence a just seven-night; and a time too brief too, to have all things answer my mind. / DON PEDRO. Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing; but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go dully by us. 4. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the breathings of the Holy Spirit 5. Aspiration; secret prayer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let us then begin Heaven here, in the Frame and Temper of our Minds, in our heavenly Affections and Converſation; in a due Prepation for, and in earneſt Deſires and Breathings after that bleſſed State vvhich vve firmly believe and aſſuredly hope to be one day poſſeſſed of: […]
Word: breathing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English breathing From breathe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/, /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/ 1. Having life; living; alive. Labels: not-comparable Example: Elantris is quite an exceptional read, a wonderfully rich world of living breathing characters, great plot, and some very original ideas.
Word: breathing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English breathing From breathe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/, /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of breathe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: superego Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super + ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (“super-”) + Ich (“ego”), from the pronoun ich (“I”). Pronunciation: /ˈsupɚˌiɡoʊ/ 1. The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt. Example: Still, it would be an error to believe that psychoanalytic theory makes no contribution to describing and assessing different types of ethical conduct. The crucial notion in this connection is the relative rigidity or flexibility of the superego. The childish, immature, or neurotic superego is rigid; it is characterized by slavish adherence to rules which, moreover, may not be clearly understood. The mature or normal superego, on the other hand, is flexible; it can evaluate the situation at hand and modify the rules accordingly. Thus, in an early, classic paper, Strachey suggested that the basic aim of psychoanalytic treatment is to make such “mutative interpretations” as would help to render the patient’s “rigid superego” more “flexible”.⁸ Like the psychoanalytic theory of the superego, on which it is based, this view suffers from the limitation of being silent on what sort of rigidity is considered bad or undesirable and what sort of flexibility is considered good or desirable. Example: Anthropic has positioned itself as the AI industry’s superego: the firm that speaks with the most authority about the big questions surrounding the technology, while rival companies develop advertisements and affiliate shopping links […].
Word: conscience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”) (a calque of Ancient Greek σῠνείδησῐς (sŭneídēsĭs)), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.ʃəns/, /ˈkɒn.tʃəns/, /ˈkɑn.ʃəns/, /ˈkɑn.tʃəns/ 1. The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your conscience is your highest authority. Example: 1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist, Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it. 2. A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
Word: tergiversate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tergiversātus, perfect active participle of tergiversor (“to evade, to avoid, to turn one's back on”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from tergum (“back, hind”) + versor (“to turn”). Compare French tergiverser. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːd͡ʒɪvəseɪt/, /tɝˈd͡ʒɪvɝseɪt/ 1. To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner. Labels: intransitive Example: The officials soon concluded that the easiest way to remain on good terms with the court was to elude responsibility, to tergiversate, to prevent results. 2. To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize. Labels: intransitive Example: Henry had hesitated before authorising the spoliation; he would soon tergiversate on other matters of doctrine but this act was irreversible. 3. To flee by turning one's back. Labels: intransitive, rare
Word: nicest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of nice: most nice Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: nicest Part of Speech: adv 1. superlative form of nice: most nice Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Shuli Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Acholi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Shuli Part of Speech: name Etymology: A hypocoristic for Shulamith (and possibly Sulamit). 1. A female nickname. Example: It is co-curated by Shulamith (a.k.a. Shuli) Berger
Word: cautious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cauti(on) + -ous. Compare Latin cautus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːʃəs/, /ˈkoːʃəs/, /ˈkɔʃəs/, /ˈkɑʃəs/ 1. Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative Example: He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.
Word: Oedipus complex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Oedipus in Greek mythology, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Pronunciation: /ˈidəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/, /ˈɛdəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/ 1. In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex. Example: He never palliated his villainy, never helped old ladies across the street to show that he was a sweet kid au fond or prated about his Oedipus complex like the Percy boys who portray heavies today.
Word: penurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus. See penury from Latin penuria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie. Pronunciation: /pəˈnjʊə.ɹi.əs/, /pəˈnjɔː.ɹi.əs/, /pəˈnjʊɹ.i.əs/, /pəˈnjɝ.i.əs/, /pəˈnjɔɹ.i.əs/ 1. Miserly; excessively cheap. Example: The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof. 2. Not bountiful; thin; scant. Example: The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth. 3. Impoverished; wanting for money. Example: The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly. Example: As the Swindon, Marlborough & Andover, conceived in 1872 and opened between the first two places in 1881 and to Andover and the L.S.W.R. in 1883, it was one of many small, ambitious and penurious Victorian lines, deeply concerned in the skulduggery characteristic of inter-railway dealings of that age and vexed by the G.W.R.
Word: Oedipal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Oedipus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈi.də.pɛl/, /ˈi.də.pəl/, /ˈɛ.də.pɛl/, /ˈɛ.də.pəl/ 1. Of or relating to the Oedipus complex. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Freudian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Freud Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Freudian From Freud + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔɪ.di.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud's scientific theory and psychotherapy called psychoanalysis. Example: But perhaps the greatest threat of Freudian theory concerned what lurks in the unconscious mind. 2. Relating to or influenced by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). 3. Susceptible to analysis in terms of unconscious thoughts or desires.
Word: Freudian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Freud Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Freudian From Freud + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔɪ.di.ən/ 1. A follower of Freud or his methods. Example: To the world at large, relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the 1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian David Cassidy calls "the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene--the fall of monarchies, the upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century."
Word: improvident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin improvidens, equivalent to in- + provident. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɒvɪdənt/ 1. failing to provide for the future; reckless Example: When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin Flopsy. They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful. 2. incautious; prone to rashness
Word: libation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lībātiō, from lībāre (“to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering”). Pronunciation: /laɪˈbeɪʃən/ 1. The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While we to Jove the pure libations pay, Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay? 2. The wine or liquid thus poured out. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A beverage, especially an alcoholic one. Labels: countable, humorous, often, uncountable Example: […] watching you, the waiters, not quite making eye-contact but scanning for any little way to be of service, plus plum-jacketed sommeliers walking around to see if you need a non-buffet libation… Example: What's more, Swedish researchers found that the fat and fiber in nuts slow the absorption of alcohol into your bloodstream. This can help smooth out the effects of moderate alcohol consumption. For best results, try to eat about 15 minutes before taking your first libation.
Word: parlous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English parles, parlous, perlous, [and other forms], a contraction of perilous (“dangerous; dreadful, terrible; morally corrupt, sinful, wicked; inauspicious, unlucky”) (and thus a doublet of perilous), from Old French perilleus, perillos, perillous, perilluse, perilleuse, perilleux (“very dangerous, perilous”) (modern French périlleux), from Latin perīculōsus (“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”), from perīculum (“danger, hazard, peril, risk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, carry forth, try”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːləs/, /ˈpɑɹləs/ 1. Attended with peril; dangerous, risky. Example: The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible. Example: [B]ables and comedies are parlous fellowes to decipher, and diſcourage men (that is the point) with their wittie flowtes and learned jerkes, enough to laſh any man out of countenance. 2. Appalling, dire, terrible. Example: in a parlous state Example: All whiche offences and mysdemenors abovesaid have bene commytted to the grete hurte and undoyng of your orator, and the right evill and parlous example, [etc.]; […] 3. Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual. Labels: England, also, dialectal, obsolete, rare Example: A parlous Boy: go too, you are too ſhrew'd. Example: [O]h their parlous fellows, they will ſearch more with their wits than a Cunſtable with all his officers.
Word: parlous Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English parles, parlous, perlous, [and other forms], a contraction of perilous (“dangerous; dreadful, terrible; morally corrupt, sinful, wicked; inauspicious, unlucky”) (and thus a doublet of perilous), from Old French perilleus, perillos, perillous, perilluse, perilleuse, perilleux (“very dangerous, perilous”) (modern French périlleux), from Latin perīculōsus (“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”), from perīculum (“danger, hazard, peril, risk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, carry forth, try”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːləs/, /ˈpɑɹləs/ 1. Extremely, very. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: [L]ast week I had a distinctly unpleasant experience, and came parlous near qualifying as a beachcomber. [...] I cast round, trying one or two charming little hotels within reasonable radius, only to find the "house full" boards up everywhere.
Word: Promethean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from Prometheus (“demigod in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns). Prometheus is a learned borrowing from Latin Promētheus, and from its etymon Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from προμηθής (promēthḗs, “having forethought”) (from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before’) + μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō, “to learn; to know, understand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”), in the sense of putting one’s mind to something)) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming a masculine noun of the person concerned with a thing). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈmiː.θɪ.ən/, /pɹəˈmi.θi.ən/, /pɹoʊ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles. Example: And, like Promethian life-begetting flame, / Pure bodies in the element should frame; / As to what part of heauen they hapt to stray, / There should they make another milkie way. Example: And see how the Promethean liver grows / As vulture Grief devours it; see fresh shows / Revive woe's sense and multiply her soul; […] 2. Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles. Example: Therefore Promethean poets with the coals / Of their most genial, more-than-human souls / In living verse, created men like these, / With shapes of Centaurs, Harpies, Lapithes, […] Example: [I]t vvould be helpfull to us if vve might borrovv ſuch autority as the Rhetoricians by patent may give us, vvith a kind of Promethean skill to ſhape and faſhion this outvvard man into the ſimilitude of a body, and ſet him viſible before us; imagining the inner man only as the ſoul. 3. Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles. 4. Of or pertaining to the promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea). Labels: rare
Word: Promethean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from Prometheus (“demigod in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns). Prometheus is a learned borrowing from Latin Promētheus, and from its etymon Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from προμηθής (promēthḗs, “having forethought”) (from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before’) + μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō, “to learn; to know, understand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”), in the sense of putting one’s mind to something)) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming a masculine noun of the person concerned with a thing). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈmiː.θɪ.ən/, /pɹəˈmi.θi.ən/, /pɹoʊ-/ 1. One with the qualities of Prometheus, or who acts in a Promethean manner (audaciously, creatively, etc.). Example: The Fall is a view of life. It is not only the only enlightening, but the only encouraging view of life. It holds, as against the only real alternative philosophies, those of the Buddhist or the Pessimist or the Promethean. 2. A kind of lucifer match consisting of a glass tube containing sulfuric acid coated on the outside with a flammable mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar and wrapped in paper rolls; the match was lit by crushing the tube with pliers, causing the acid to react with and ignite the flammable components. This type of match was superseded by the friction match which was lit by rubbing against a rough surface. Labels: also, attributive, historical Example: I carried with me some promethean matches, which I ignited by biting; it was thought so wonderful that a man should strike fire with his teeth, that it was usual to collect the whole family to see it: I was once offered a dollar for a single one.
Word: up someone's alley Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Matching or corresponding to a person's interests or abilities well. Labels: US, informal Example: This article would be right up his alley. Why don't you show it to him?
Word: night-rail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + rail (“garment, gown”). 1. A loose robe worn as a nightgown. Labels: obsolete 2. A kind of 17th-century headdress. Labels: obsolete
Word: mansaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَنْسَف (mansaf). 1. A dish of lamb, rice and dried yogurt, popular in Jordan, the Levant, and Arab countries of the Persian Gulf. Labels: uncountable
Word: jameed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic جميد, literally "hardened". 1. Dried yogurt used in dishes such as mansaf. Labels: uncountable
Word: extended family Part of Speech: noun 1. A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc. Example: Angaran females typically give birth to several young who require support and supervision, resulting in large extended families that become accustomed to living and working together. Example: The old men nap on couches, waiting for dessert. It’s the extended family in all its tangled, loving, exhausting glory.
Word: barrage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French barrage (“barrage, barrier”) c. 1859. Compare barrier. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹɑːʒ/, /bəˈɹɑʒ/, /ˈbæɹɑːdʒ/, /ˈbæɹɪdʒ/ 1. An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow. 2. A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them. Example: The 75s of V Corps fired a standard rolling barrage, while the larger 155 mm and 8-inch pieces fired standing barrages 500 meters beyond the barrage line. For the rolling barrage, one battery in each battalion fired low, bursting shrapnel instead of the standard high explosive. 3. A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons. Example: Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities. 4. An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism. Labels: broadly Example: Lesser lawyers who were vague in oral argument faced a barrage of sarcasm or, if he agreed with them, constant chiding to do better. 5. A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie. 6. Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
Word: barrage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French barrage (“barrage, barrier”) c. 1859. Compare barrier. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹɑːʒ/, /bəˈɹɑʒ/, /ˈbæɹɑːdʒ/, /ˈbæɹɪdʒ/ 1. To direct a barrage at. Labels: transitive Example: Maybe now her daughter would stop barraging her with questions about her past.
Word: suburb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbɝb/, /ˈsʌbɜːb/ 1. A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc. Example: And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in: and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them. Example: These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city. 2. The outer part; the environment. Labels: broadly Example: the suburbs […] of sorrow Example: the suburb of their straw-built citadel 3. Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
Word: bathing costume Part of Speech: noun 1. The clothes that one wears when bathing in the sea or a swimming pool, especially the one-piece garment worn by women and girls. Labels: UK, dated
Word: swimming costume Part of Speech: noun 1. the garments that one wears when bathing in the sea or a swimming pool, especially the one-piece garment worn by women and girls. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: bathing suit Part of Speech: noun 1. A tight-fitting garment worn for swimming, especially the one piece garment worn by women and girls; a swimsuit. Labels: Canada, US
Word: swimsuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swim + suit. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪm.s(j)ut/ 1. A garment worn for swimming. Example: Put on your swimsuit and let's go for a swim. 2. A tight-fitting one-piece garment worn by women and girls. Example: Jade refused to go swimming with her brother until he helped her find her favorite swimsuit.
Word: bikini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Marshallese pik Marshallese ni Marshallese Pikinnibor. German Bikinibor. English Bikinibor. French Bikini French bikinibor. English bikini From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from English Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as a nuclear bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni. Pronunciation: /bɪˈkiː.ni/, /bɪˈki.ni/, /bɪˈki.ne/ 1. A brief, often minimalistic two-piece bathing suit worn by women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel. Example: Cole has little but scorn for France's famed Bikini bathing suits. Explains he: " French girls, have short legs. Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer. " Example: The café where they were gathered, Bikini Beans, was part of a chain whose baristas wear bikinis. 2. A brief bathing suit covering only the pelvis (equivalent to the bottom portion of a two-piece bikini), worn by any gender. Example: We high-schoolers didn't understand why death came in the form of a gorgeous young man with muscles in a skimpy bikini. Example: […]a group of bikini-clad young men had started a game, and Alex could see why lifeguards referred to men's bikinis as banana hammocks. She made a mental note: No men in bikinis in my picnic issue. She was also, naturally, noticing what the women were wearing. It was, as Mel had said, mostly shorts and cutoffs, halters, cotton[…] 3. Brief underpants or trousers that reach to the hips rather than the waist and have high cut leg holes. Example: Boxer shorts, knitted briefs, and bikinis are the most popular styles in shorts, formerly called “drawers.” Example: […] slid his pants off, revealing glimpses of red cotton bikinis covered by the tail of his white oxford.
Word: bikini line Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a woman's pubic region not covered by a swimsuit; normally shaved or waxed free of pubic hair.
Word: pubic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pubis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pubic From pubis + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːbɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English mapel (“a European maple, especially the common maple (Acer campestre); wood of such a tree; artistic representation of a maple leaf; a beam, pole, stake (?)”), from Old English *mapul (attested in mapulder (“maple tree”), mapultrēow (“maple tree”), etc.), from Proto-West Germanic *mapul (“maple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz; further etymology uncertain, possibly from *masuraz (“type of wood with spots or veins, such as maple or walnut”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mos- (“skin sore”)) + *aplaz (“apple; fruit”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple; apple tree”)). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. cognates * Dutch meppel (dialectal) * Old English mæsen (“maple”) * Middle Low German mapeldorn * Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra (modern German Masseller, Maßholder; Mase (“scar”), Maser (“knob; offshoot; measle, speck”)) * Old Norse mǫpurr, mǫsurr (“maple”) * Old Saxon mapulder Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪpl̩/, [ˈmeɪp(ə)ɫ̩], /ˈmeɪp(ə)l/, /ˈmæɪpəl/, [ˈmæɪp(ə)ɫ̩] 1. Of the light-brown colour of the wood of a maple tree (etymology 1, noun sense 1.3). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of the flavour of, or made with, maple syrup. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of mapau, influenced by maple (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪpl̩/, /ˈmeɪp(ə)l/, /ˈmæɪpəl/, /ˈmæepl̩/ 1. Synonym of mapau (“any of several trees of New Zealand, especially in the genus Myrsine”). Labels: New-Zealand, archaic Example: The maples – red, white and black – were there, and ribbonwood or lace bark; while rata, or 'Ironwood', so called because of its hardness, made a splash of crimson in summertime.
Word: pubis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genitive of Latin pubes (“the pubic hair”, collective). The noun was generalized from medical Latin os pubis, the pubic bone. Pronunciation: /ˈpju.bɪs/ 1. The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
Word: ping-pong Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ping pong. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: ping-pong Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ping pong. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: frotteurism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English frotteur 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 frotteurism From frotteur + -ism. Pronunciation: /fɹɒˈtɜːɹ.ɪzm/, /fɹɔˈtɝ.ɪzm/, /fɹɑˈtɝ.ɪzm/ 1. The act of non-consensually rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger, considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is frottage.) Labels: uncountable 2. A paraphilia involving sexual arousal from rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger. Labels: uncountable
Word: pubes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pubes (“the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, the genitals”), from pubes, puber (“grown up, of mature age; of plants, downy, pubescent”); see puberty. Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːbiːz/ 1. plural of pubis (“pubic bones”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pubes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pubes (“the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, the genitals”), from pubes, puber (“grown up, of mature age; of plants, downy, pubescent”); see puberty. Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːbiːz/ 1. The pubic hair. Labels: plural, plural-only, rare 2. The pubic region. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: pubes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /pjuːbz/ 1. plural of pube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mons pubis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mōns (“mountain, mound”) + genitive of pūbes (“pubic area”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnz ˈpju.bɪs/ 1. A fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones that becomes covered with hair during puberty.
Word: mons veneris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mons veneris (literally “mount of Venus”). 1. The female mons pubis.
Word: pubic hair Part of Speech: noun 1. The hair that grows in the pubic region from puberty. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: The method of the root's use was pure sorcery; the powder being burned over a fire, with some of the operator's pubic hair and characteristic secretions. Example: Negroes (teeth, fingers, toe nails and pubic hair gilded), Japanese boys smooth and white as china, Titian-haired Venetian lads, Americans with blond or black curls falling across the forehead (the guests tenderly shove it back), sulky blond Polacks with animal brown eyes, Arab and Spanish street boys, Austrian boys pink and delicate with a faint shadow of blond pubic hair, sneering German youths with bright blue eyes scream "Heil Hitler!" as the trap falls under them. Sollubis shit and whimper. 2. A single hair growing in the pubic region. Labels: countable, singular, uncountable
Word: short and curlies Part of Speech: noun 1. pubic hair Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: meta-analysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English analysis English meta-analysis From meta- + analysis. 1. Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She began asking the question, “Were you friends with your partner before you became romantically involved?” in her other research and conducted a meta-analysis for this paper. 2. An analysis resulting from combining the results of diverse statistical studies. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An analysis performed at a higher level of abstraction than that of basic analysis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frotteur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French frotteur (“one who rubs”). Pronunciation: /fɹɔˈtɝ/ 1. One who commits an act of frotteurism.
Word: electroconvulsive therapy Part of Speech: noun 1. A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient, with the noted side effect of memory loss. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The therapeutic effects of low and high energy electroconvulsive therapies are quite different.
Word: infantilism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English infantile 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 infantilism From infantile + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfæntɪlɪzm/ 1. An emotional dependency on being treated as an infant. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An appearance like (that of) an infant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A craniopharyngioma may produce infantilism. 3. A paraphilia based on acting like a baby or toddler, sometimes involving being diapered. Labels: uncountable, usually