nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: imaginarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imagine + -arium. Pronunciation: /ɪˌmæ.d͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/, /ɪˌmæ.d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹi.əm/ 1. A place devoted to stimulating and cultivating the imagination. Example: To stay as experiential as possible, keeping lectures about imagination to a minimum. This objective is realized when the primary educational content of an Imaginarium program is the participant's own imaginative experience, the participant's visual field. Auditory, tactual, and olfactory imagery are also "modeled." Example: They include "Imaginariums" in shopping malls, where youngsters try out their newly learned skills before the public. Other parts of the programs include performances by professional actors and arts workshops for teachers.
Word: eighty-sixes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eighty-six Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eighty-sixing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of eighty-six Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: eighty-sixed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of eighty-six Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Londono Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Atalanta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Atalanta, from Ancient Greek Ἀταλάντη (Atalántē, “balanced”), from ἀ- (a-, “used to express unity”) + τάλαντον (tálanton, “balanced”). 1. A huntress and heroine in Greek mythology, renowned for her great speed and strength; depending on the version of the myth, either the daughter of Iasus (a prince of Arcadia) by Clymene or of King Schoeneus of Boeotia. Labels: Greek Example: It is the Arcadian Atalanta, the daughter of Iasus and Clymene, who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts. The Boeotian version of Atalanta is the daughter of King Schoeneus and is primarily noted for her skill in the footrace. In both versions of the myth, Atalanta was a local figure allied to the goddess Artemis.^([Wikipedia]) Example: Abandoned at birth by her parents, Iasus and Clymene, Atalanta was raised by bears and later rescued by a hunter who taught her the ways of mortals. When Atalanta found fame as a runner and marksman, her parents reclaimed her. 2. The main belt asteroid 36 Atalante.
Word: Albanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Alban + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to Alba, or Scotland; Scottish Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to Saint Alban Labels: not-comparable
Word: breadstuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bread + stuff. Pronunciation: /bɹɛdˌstʌf/ 1. Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour and meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Isaac] Friedlander became the Michael Milken of a new market: California's emerging export trade in breadstuffs. 2. Bread or breadlike baked goods of any sort. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: breadstuffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breadstuff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roll one's eyes Part of Speech: verb 1. To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration. Labels: idiomatic Example: […]when these three men looked at the porter, they saw that he was intoxicated; and, observing him narrowly, they thought that he was one of their own class, and said, He is a mendicant like ourselves, and will amuse us by his conversation:—but the porter, hearing what they said, arose, and rolled his eyes, and exclaimed to them, Sit quiet, and abstain from impertinent remarks. Example: Woebot was full of tasks and tricks — little mental health hacks — which at first made me roll my eyes. One day Woebot asked me to press an ice cube to my forehead, to feel the sensation as a way of better connecting with my body. 2. As definition 1, but indicating flirtation or desire. Labels: archaic, idiomatic
Word: bumbledom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mr. Bumble, a character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmbl̩dm̩/ 1. bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With the meekness went a strain of mild obstinacy exquisitely calculated to infuriate the self-important bumbledom of that time, as when the Friends refused to remove their hats before the Court that was to try them.
Word: bumbledoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumbledom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homebred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From home + bred. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌbɹɛd/ 1. Born or raised in one's own home or country; native, indigenous. Labels: not-comparable 2. Homely or rustic; plain, unpolished. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homebred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + bred. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌbɹɛd/ 1. A person or animal raised at home. 2. An inexperienced or unsophisticated person; a rustic. Example: He who could have ruined such an undesigning home-bred, must have been indeed infernally wicked.
Word: zoöcide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoocide. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [A]ny sort of desire for the future to be more responsive to the ecological and the ethical requires a clarification of the system as it now exists, alongside the promotion of wider struggle against structures of zoöcide.
Word: tabulæ rasæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tabula rasa Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: tabulae rasae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tabula rasa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Greekish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grekissh, from Old English Grēcisc, from Grēcas (“the Greeks”) + -isc (“-ish”). By surface analysis, Greek + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Greekesque. 1. Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people. Example: Kitty Garman, daughter of Kathleen Garman—Lorna Wishart's sister—and Jacob Epstein, became his Greekish muse in a series of portraits culminating in Girl With Roses, a masterpiece of wide-eyed apprehension. 2. Greek, Grecian. Labels: obsolete Example: Thou shouldst not bear from me a Greekish member. Example: Look better on this virgin, and consider / This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing / In a Greekish dress.
Word: fitting rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fitting room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circular arguments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circular argument Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cocksmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cocksman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obliviate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From oblivion + -ate (verb-forming suffix), itself either from Old French oblivion (13th century) or directly from Latin oblīviō, ultimately from oblīvīscor (“to forget”), originally “even out, smooth over, erase”; further perhaps from ob- (“against, towards”) + the root of lēvis (“smooth”) + -scor (“forming inchoative verbs”). 1. To forget; to wipe from existence. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Near-synonym: obliterate Example: Time has not yet obliviated the veneration of our jacobins for France, while she was seething with faction and blood […]
Word: mentonnières Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mentonnière Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mentonnière Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mentonnière. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛn.tənˈjɛɚ/ 1. An item of armor protecting the chin, often identified with or used interchangeably with the bevor. Labels: historical Example: Tilting Helmet, composed of a closed helmet and large mentonière. The skull has a low roped comb, the chin piece opens down the front, the vizor is strongly reinforced by an extra plate on the forehead, […]
Word: armets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: state secret Part of Speech: noun 1. Information which pertains to the affairs of a country, access to which is restricted by the government. Example: I'll tell you one great State secret: the Queen, sensible how much she was governed by the late Ministry, runs a little into t'other extreme, and is jealous in that point. Example: [T]here are another set of rascals prowling about the docks, chiefly at dusk, who make strange motions to you, and beckon you to one side, as if they had some state secret to disclose, intimately connected with the weal of the commonwealth. 2. Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important. Labels: broadly, humorous
Word: State secret Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of state secret. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: setiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1828, from Latin sēta (“bristle”) + -iferous (“bearing”). Pronunciation: /siːˈtɪfəɹəs/ 1. Having bristles; bristly.
Word: seventy-fours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seventy-four Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hear things Part of Speech: verb 1. To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations. Labels: idiomatic Example: You didn't hear that? Am I hearing things? 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, thing.
Word: see things Part of Speech: verb 1. To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was there before. I think I'm seeing things. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, thing.
Word: paper ticket Part of Speech: noun 1. A conventional airline ticket, consisting of a coupon for each flight together with other administration coupons.
Word: MM. Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of M. (“Monsieur”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rice milk Part of Speech: noun 1. A milky liquid made from rice and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Milk boiled and thickened with rice. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: hazelnut milk Part of Speech: noun 1. A milky liquid made from hazelnuts and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: peanut milk Part of Speech: noun 1. A milky liquid made from peanuts and used as a milk substitute. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: monomachia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin monomachia, from Ancient Greek μονομαχία (monomakhía); μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “fight”). 1. A duel; single combat. Labels: obsolete Example: the duello or monomachia
Word: monomachias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monomachia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mysterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mystērium. Doublet of mystery. Pronunciation: /mɪˈstɪəɹɪəm/, /mɪˈstɪɹiəm/ 1. Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else. Labels: historical Example: There are many such mysteria: milk is a mysterium of cheese and butter, and cheese in turn a mysterium of maggots, which were thought to form spontaneously in rotting food. 2. The hypothetical source of a galactic radio emission at 1665 megahertz (later identified as due to hydroxyl radicals in interstellar space). Labels: historical
Word: mysteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mysterium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: common dolphin Part of Speech: noun 1. An abundant species of dolphin, Delphinus delphis.
Word: common dolphins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of common dolphin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beaked whales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beaked whale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spinner dolphin Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of small dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Example: Spinner dolphins of both sexes sometimes engage in orgies of more than a dozen individuals, known as ‘wuzzles’.
Word: spinner dolphins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinner dolphin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DFSG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Debian Free Software Guidelines. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: proletarianize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From proletarian + -ize. 1. To turn (a person or group) into proletariat. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: The industrial revolution proletarianized small farmers.
Word: proletarianise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From proletarian + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of proletarianize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: hyperonymy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + -onymy. 1. Alternative spelling of hypernymy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hopl- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ὅπλον (hóplon, “weapon; piece of armour”); related to hoplite. Pronunciation: /hɒpl/ 1. weapon, arms; armed Labels: morpheme
Word: hopl- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ὁπλή (hoplḗ, “hoof”). Pronunciation: /hɒpl/ 1. hoof, hooves; hooved Labels: morpheme, rare
Word: hoplo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of hopl-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: hoplophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1999: hoplophobia + -ic or hoplophobe + -ic. 1. Having an irrational fear of guns. Labels: derogatory, rare Example: Within days Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association — America’s largest gun-control outfit — showed up on Katie Couric’s smugly hoplophobic NBC “Today” show, “debating” all-guns-to-the-state Congressman Charles Schumer on a typically heads-they-win-tales-we-lose question: whether it is federal or only local authorities who should “mandate” gun locks.
Word: malapropistic Part of Speech: adj 1. exhibiting malapropism Labels: not-comparable Example: In the little town of Apogee, he befriends the malapropistic auto mechanic Stiff Major and his holistic hippie wife, Ursula, as well as a revolution-happy country-punk band called the Radniks (say it out loud), and puts his knowledge to work in the real world for the first time.
Word: fair-built Part of Speech: adj 1. Built beautifully; elegantly constructed. Labels: archaic Example: It will laxare animos, refresh the soul of man, to see fair-built cities, streets, theatres, temples, obelisks, etc.
Word: superchery Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of supercherie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sparble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sparplen, from Anglo-Norman esparpeler (compare Old French esparpeillier). 1. to scatter, disperse Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: but after longe fyght, the vyctory fell vnto the erle of Salesbury, and the other lordys vpon his partye, and the kinges hoost was sparbled and chasyd, and many of his noble men slayne
Word: thenceafter Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thence + after. Pronunciation: /ðɛnsˈɑːftə/, /ðɛnsˈæftə/ 1. After that time; thereafter. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: hoplochrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed as hoplo- (“weapon”) + chrism (“consecrated oil mingled with balm”, “unguent”); equivalent to the Ancient Greek ὅπλον (hóplon, “weapon”) + χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “salve”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒpləʊkɹɪzm/ 1. The superstitious practice of applying a salve, ointment, or chrism to a weapon that has caused an injury — rather than to the injury itself — in the belief that doing so will heal the wound that the weapon caused; weapon salve. Labels: historical, rare, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoplochrism.
Word: hoplochrisme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hoplochrism. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoplochrisme.
Word: DFTBA Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An initialism popularized by the Vlogbrothers, Hank and John Green. 1. Initialism of don't forget to be awesome. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: And feel free to subscribe, cause you already know that makes you aware when the newest video is uploaded. Thanks and DFTBA Example: Hear^([sic])'s a link to his YT channel[.] Enjoy! DFTBA - don't forget to be awesome!
Word: velvet scoter Part of Speech: noun 1. An arctic sea duck, Melanitta fusca.
Word: baptizeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: baptize + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of baptize Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Word: necks of the woods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neck of the woods Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Voltaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Volta + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work. Labels: not-comparable Example: She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.
Word: Voltaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Volta + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Gur languages of Africa, in the Niger-Congo family. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Voltaic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Volta + -ic. 1. A person from Upper Volta.
Word: gerundial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gerundium + -al. By surface analysis, gerund + -ial. 1. Pertaining to or behaving like a gerund. Labels: not-comparable Example: the gerundial suffix -ing in the English language
Word: snowy owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snowy owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: short-eared owl Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of owl, Asio flammeus.
Word: short-eared owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of short-eared owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long-eared owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long-eared owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biland Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of byland. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bilands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: provulgate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin provulgo. 1. To publish, to make public; promulgate. Example: Which, when I know that boasting is an honour, I shall provulgate
Word: contributrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contributrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ratiocinatio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ratiōcinātiō. 1. Reasoning (typically with oneself) by asking questions. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable 2. Making statements, then asking the reason for such an affirmation, then answering oneself. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: go halves Part of Speech: verb 1. To divide equally between two parties. Labels: idiomatic Example: Would you like to go halves on the grocery bill? Example: Let's go halves on this big watermelon.
Word: wedge politics Part of Speech: noun 1. A strategy or pattern of behavior by a politician, political party, or advocacy group which is intended to have a divisive effect on one's political opponents or on the electorate, especially by emphasizing an issue which polarizes opinion along racial, regional, or other demographic lines. Example: It was an ugly example of wedge politics, the politics of division. Example: John Howard . . . has, quite superbly, controlled the political agenda by wedge politics—by dividing the electorate on some emotional issue and forcing the Opposition to side with the moral but unpopular position.
Word: planned language Part of Speech: noun 1. constructed language Example: The term “planned language” first appeared in its German original Plansprache. It was introduced by Eugen Wüster as a translation of Jespersen’s (1928) constructed language in his 1931 dissertation on terminology standardisation. Following Wüster, Blanke […] defines a planned language as “a language consciously created by an individual or group of people, in accordance with defined criteria, with the goal of facilitating international linguistic communication”.
Word: theoric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English theorike, from Old French theorique, probably from Medieval Latin *theōrica, from Ancient Greek θεωρική (theōrikḗ). Pronunciation: /θiːˈɒɹɪk/, /θiːˈɔːɹɪk/ 1. Theory, as opposed to practice. Labels: obsolete Example: So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric Example: We travel into Italie to learne the art of fencing, and practise it at the cost of our lives, before we know it; it were requisite, according to the order of true discipline, we should preferre the theorike before the practike.
Word: theoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English theoryk, from Latin theōricus and Middle French theorique. By surface analysis, theory + -ic. Pronunciation: /θiːˈɒɹɪk/, /θiːˈɔːɹɪk/ 1. Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretical. Labels: obsolete Example: A man but young, / Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic / In all humanity 2. Relating to the Ancient Greek Theorica.
Word: theorics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theoric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naumachy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French naumachie and its source, Latin naumachia. 1. A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein. Labels: obsolete Example: Lacedæmonians held their public banquets […], plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, theatres, amphitheatres able to contain 70,000 men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to exhilarate the people […].
Word: Xan Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given name Alexander. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Alexandra.
Word: Xan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Xanax. 1. A Xanax tablet. Labels: slang Example: Hmmmm...I don't know about the combo...I've never tried that...but I love Xans and Valiums...well until I OD'd on Valiums and almost died...now I'm afraid of all pills... Example: Upstairs I got Xans in an Advil bottle, I don't take them shits
Word: naumachies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naumachy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: philosopher's game Part of Speech: noun 1. A game similar to chess, played on an oblong board with round, triangular and square pieces. Labels: historical Example: The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]
Word: oversets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overset Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oversetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overset Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skewsymmetric Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of skew-symmetric. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: edaphosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground, soil”) + -saurus. By surface analysis, edapho- + -saurus. 1. Any of several synapsids of the genus Edaphosaurus, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
Word: solitaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solitary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upwarp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up + warp. 1. A broad anticline caused by local uplift. Example: The Monument upwarp basically defines the underlying structure of the entire area, giving it its unique topography.
Word: ecclesiast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ecclesiaste, from Latin ecclēsiastēs, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησιαστής (ekklēsiastḗs). By surface analysis, ecclesia + -ast. 1. A member of the Athenian ecclesia (public legislative assembly). 2. A member of any ecclesia (church or other assembly). Labels: rare Example: ... way of Grace, Charity, and this new way was to treat everyone as if he is your brother And that unlike the chosen race of the Jews you don't have to be born into this set of people the ecclesia which is the Greek word for Church, so to join the right church we automatically become an ecclesiast. You can join if you follow your inner mind, What now passes of as Jewish is a sect of people who follow all sorts of extended Old Testament rules and solidly based for the Israeli's of that era. Example: Menodora, from the otherwise unknown city of Sillyon, distributed cash awards [...] 77 [denarii] for each member of the assembly [...] In this city the members of the assembly (ecclesiasts) were clearly a privileged group, not co-extensive with the citizenry as a whole, The ecclesiasts’ wives were also a privileged category. 3. A cleric; someone (such as a priest) who administers a church (ecclesia) or other religious gathering/group. Example: As we have seen, the Waldensians took the apostolic lives led by their barbes as proof that they spoke the truth, just as, contrariwise, it proved the priests who lived unworthy lives had no power. Again, Monet Rey gives the most precise explanation of the matter in 1494: The ecclesiasts had and possessed too great wealth and more goods than they needed; it was for that reason that they committed many bad actions; [...] Example: Furthermore, the large numbers of conversions in the Vietnamese polities of Tonkin and Cochinchina, widely publicized in Europe in the 1650s by jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes, had caused a dilemma. There were not enough priests to minister to these expanding flocks, yet the ecclesiasts of the Padroado Church were reluctant to sanction the ordination of local Christians.
Word: Esparanto Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of Esperanto. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: glammery Part of Speech: noun 1. A magical illusion; glamour. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: By some wondrous acts—faith! there's people in the country will tell you it was what they call ‘glammery’—he got a complete ascendancy over the proud lady, re-moved all the old people in doors and out of doors; and persuaded the dame that Mr. Danvers was nearly doting, had him pensioned him off, and became manager and director of everything. Example: Walter Scott may take the credit for introducing the word into standard English, but the word is still used in the north of Ireland as The Ballymena Observer recorded it in 1892: ‘After Hallow Eve the divil throws his glammery over the blackberries.’
Word: Ike Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /aɪk/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Isaac.
Word: Ike Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Eisenhower. His siblings also used the nickname, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only one who kept it by the Second World War. Pronunciation: /aɪk/ 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Example: Everybody likes Ike—for president.
Word: Ike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Eisenhower. His siblings also used the nickname, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only one who kept it by the Second World War. Pronunciation: /aɪk/ 1. An Eisenhower dollar.
Word: quellest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: quell + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of quell Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: regloss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + gloss. 1. To add a gloss (explanatory note on text) again or anew. Labels: transitive
Word: reglosses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regloss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reglossing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regloss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reglossed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of regloss Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dorkify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dork + -ify. 1. To make dorky. Labels: slang, transitive Example: If they think about him at all, they're inclined to blame him for commodifying, and therefore dorkifying, their pure underground pursuit. Example: It's amazing—what he lacks in finesse he makes up for in sheer willingness to dorkify himself.
Word: dorkifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dorkify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dorkifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dorkify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dorkified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dorkify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Mikel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Basque Mikel. 1. A male given name from Basque, equivalent to English Michael. Example: Chelsea made two changes to the side that lost at Manchester United, with Frank Lampard making way for John Obi Mikel and Nicolas Anelka starting ahead of Didier Drogba.
Word: catabolizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of catabolize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ferrometals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ferrometal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zamenhofian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Zamenhof + -ian. 1. of or pertaining to L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), creator of Esperanto (often with respect to Esperanto usage) Example: The Zamenhofian verb komentarii ("to comment") is very often replaced by komenti.
Word: ferrometal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ferro- + metal. 1. Any alloy that is rich in iron.
Word: hafnate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hafnium + -ate. 1. Any oxyanion of hafnium; any salt containing such an anion.
Word: nanogranules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanogranule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanogranule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + granule. 1. A nanosized granule
Word: nonlinearization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nonlinear + -ization. 1. The act or process of making something nonlinear. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: octupolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From octupole + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to an octupole. Labels: not-comparable
Word: argus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Special use of Argus, a many-eyed mythological figure. 1. A watchful guardian. 2. An alert, observant person. 3. Either of two species of pheasant of Southeast Asia having large ocellated tails. 4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, such as those of the genus Junonia, also called pansies.
Word: edaphon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From edaph- + -on. 1. The entirety of lifeforms found in soil.
Word: nonelectoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + electoral. 1. Not electoral. Labels: not-comparable Example: One year later, in February 1987, an 80 percent popular vote for a new Constitution was seen as a vote of confidence in her presidency, and coming after her nonelectoral ascent to power, it confirmed her legitimacy and helped keep her challengers at bay.
Word: qilins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of qilin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: qilin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 麒麟 (qílín). Doublet of kirin. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːlɪn/, /ˈkiːlɪn/ 1. A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage. Example: ...a red and gold textile with phoenixes in one row swooping towards qilins in the next amidst a densely foliated ground... Example: Roundel depicting dragon attacked by qilins; mounted on an album page.
Word: nice guys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nice guy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metamessage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + message. 1. An implicit message that could be inferred or implied from a message. Example: When you read between the lines, you might find a metamessage behind what somebody is outwardly saying. 2. A message about messages.
Word: Hinduphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindu + -phobia. Sense 2 coined by Hindutva activist Rajiv Malhotra, although the London-based organization Hindu Human Rights also claims to have done so. Contrary to misinformation propagated by Hindu activist organizations, sense 2 does not predate Malhotra. 1. Fear or hatred of Indians, regardless of religion Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The above-mentioned letters are enough proof to show even to those afflicted with that peculiar malady known as Hinduphobia that the Sikhs in Canada have made good. 2. Fear or hatred of Hindus or Hinduism. Labels: uncountable
Word: pupiless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pupil + -ess. 1. a female pupil Labels: obsolete
Word: pupilesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pupiless Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fly-fish Part of Speech: verb 1. To fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait.
Word: encephala Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encephalon Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of encephalum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ingo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + go. 1. The frame of a door, window, fireplace, or similar structure. Example: The ingoes of a second window in the wing of the Tower at first floor level were found in the east wall. The masonry of one of these ingoes has been incorporated in the north ingo of the large slapping at this part of the College foyer. Example: The ingo of the doorway was evidently spanned with timber lintels, but none survive. 2. A substance or thing that has gone in. Example: An accurate record was kept of all of the ingo, and all the outgo from the cows. Example: It refers to the ingo and outgo and what takes place with the ingo, what becomes of it, how it is changed into the material that goes out, what is built up, what is assimilated, how the changes take place here and there. That is all metabolism. 3. The act or process of going in. Example: We may pass by a large number of truly mental phenomena as not being necessarily attended with consciousness, and in these the relation of the transformation of Energy, or the doing of work, is probably the same as obtains in ordinary vital or metabolic action, viz., the ingo of force through stimuli and pabulum exactly balances the outgo in the form of heat, mechanical movement, and the potential energy still remaining in the living matter, or its products, while nothing is counted for the peculiar properties given by the state of organism. Example: Now, assuming "ideas of matter" to mean some knowledge of matter, and the " inversion of the outgo" to mean the ingo, which seems rational, and "creative activities" to mean that impulse in matter to evolute as we see it in the cosmos, while the only verbalism we can think of for non-being is nowhere ; then making these substitutions in his formula, and it affords a theorem something like this ; that knowledge of matter is "achieved " by the ingo of the evolutionary change into nowhere.
Word: mereswines Part of Speech: noun 1. alternative plural of mereswine Labels: alternative, form-of, plural
Word: Pacific silver firs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pacific silver fir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: headcheeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headcheese Labels: form-of, plural
Word: head cheeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head cheese Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SAIDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: I'mma Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative spelling of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: imma Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative letter-case form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, contraction Example: "So I'm like, if you guys don't want to pay attention to me, then imma make you pay attention to me."
Word: i'ma Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: Ima' Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: I'm a Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: I'm a' Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: I'm'a Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: i'm'a Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: obtusion Part of Speech: noun 1. The blunting, dulling, or weakening of normal sensation. Labels: uncountable
Word: lusorious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lūsōrius, from lūsor (“player”). 1. Pertaining to a sport, game or pastime. Example: Many too nicely take exceptions at cards, tables, and dice, and such mixed lusorious lots […] Example: Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
Word: therebetween Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From there + between. 1. Between those: between them. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: thereamong, thereamidst
Word: BOTUS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Bank of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of bunny of the United States; a tongue-in-cheek title bestowed on Marlon Bundo, a rabbit belonging to the family of Mike Pence. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism Example: Marlon Bundo is not only the first Botus (Bunny of the United States), but may be the first rabbit to: a) ride in Air Force Two; b) hold an official Instagram account that documents his every bemused lollop across a seemingly endless collection of Persian rugs; and c) have an unofficial Twitter account that reveals a much harder edge. Example: Bundo had gained fame as the BOTUS (Bunny of the United States), and his Instagram account has more than 32,000 followers.
Word: ASAHP Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of as soon as humanly possible. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: senses of humour Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sense of humour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senses of humor Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sense of humor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: similiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin similiter (“similarly”). 1. The form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his/her opponent; a joinder in issue. Labels: obsolete
Word: simis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of simi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: simas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sima Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ferde (“military expedition”), from Old English fierd; see fyrd. Cognate with Dutch vaart (“voyage”), German Fahrt (“journey”). Pronunciation: /fɜː(ɹ)d/, /fɛɹd/, /feːd/, /fɛːd/ 1. A journey; a voyage. Labels: Scotland 2. Provisions for a journey, especially food. Labels: Scotland 3. A fast pace; a rush or hurry. Labels: Scotland 4. Effort, impetus, speed; a violent onset. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, also, obsolete Example: It was our great desire to have at once been at handy-strokes, well understanding that the ferd of our hot spirits could not long abide in edge. Example: A dainty husband, an' the best o' men, Fresh in his eild as the gree simmer glen. An' still he maks a ferd his bread to earn— His aim to hae a canty but-an'-ben, Wi' something aye to spare to ilka bairn, That they the gude auld hospitality might learn.
Word: ferd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ferd (“fear, terror”), the past participle of feren (“to frighten”). More at fear. Pronunciation: /fɜː(ɹ)d/, /fɛɹd/, /feːd/, /fɛːd/ 1. Fear. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: ferd Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ferd (“fear, terror”), the past participle of feren (“to frighten”). More at fear. Pronunciation: /fɜː(ɹ)d/, /fɛɹd/, /feːd/, /fɛːd/ 1. Afraid. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: Out of Deuelin toun, The folk wel fast ran, In a water to droun, So ferd were thai than;
Word: ferd Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ferthe (“fourth”), from Old English fēorþa, with th-stopping of /ð/ (voiced th) into /d/ (voiced t). Pronunciation: /fɜː(ɹ)d/, /fɛɹd/, /feːd/, /fɛːd/ 1. Fourth. Labels: Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete Example: George the ferd Erle of Hunlie and second of that name his sone, three. And Jane Gordoun his dochtir, the ferd. Example: Gevin vunder our signet, at Edinburgh, the xxiij day of Marche, and of our regnne the ferd yer.
Word: ferds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ferd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: political climate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From political + climate. In popular usage by late 20th century. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈklaɪmət/ 1. The aggregate mood or opinions of a population about current political issues that affect said population in some way. Example: The political climate has warmed up to the plan.
Word: coal drop Part of Speech: noun 1. An elevated railway track designed to allow material to fall freely between the rails onto the ground beneath. It is used to rapidly unload hoppers containing coal and other bulk materials. Example: The ladies remained at the house, while the men walked to the staith on the [River] Wear, and were shown the process of unloading the wagons into the keels by means of the coal-drop. Example: Another site of early railway enterprise to be upgraded to 2* before benefiting from restoration (which would remove it from the 2024 at-risk register) is the S&DR [Stockton & Darlington Railway] coal drops, located in Shildon's Locomotive museum. After it was upgraded in 2021 […], 2022 research by Historic England found that the drops, constructed in 1847, were the world's first attempt at mechanising locomotive refuelling. The drops worked by chaldron wagons being taken up the incline, and their loads dropped down chutes into tenders of steam locomotives waiting below.
Word: do not disturb Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.
Word: mother-lode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mother lode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diverb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin diverbium (“the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue”). 1. A proverb or set phrase. Labels: obsolete Example: By this means you many define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […] 2. An antithesis. Labels: obsolete, rhetoric Example: Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Word: diverbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diverb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snakey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of snaky. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brachygraphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French brachygraphie, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing”). 1. A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I would for these causes wish him that is melancholy […] to impose some task upon himself, to divert his melancholy thoughts: to study the art of memory […] , or practise brachygraphy, etc., that will ask a great deal of attention […]
Word: inextinguible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French inextinguible and its source, Latin inextinguibilis. 1. Inextinguishable. Labels: obsolete Example: Cornelius Drible [hath made] a perpetual motion, inextinguible lights, linum non ardens, with many such feats […]
Word: urson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare urchin. 1. A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum. Example: The urson (Hystrix dorsata)^([sic]) inhabits the United States and Canada, and is the only species of porcupine, properly so called, which appears to have the power of climbing trees. Example: The urson might be called the spiny beaver, it being of the same size, the same country, and the same form of body;[…]. In the young ursons, the prickles are proportionably larger, more apparent, and the hair shorter and scarcer than in the adults.
Word: Turkish baths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Turkish bath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: themata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legerity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French legerete, from Old French legierte, from legier + -te; by surface analysis, leger (“light”) + -ity. Compare levity. Pronunciation: /lɪˈd͡ʒɛɹəti/, /ləˈd͡ʒɛɹəti/, /-ɪti/ 1. Nimbleness or quickness of mind or body. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tractator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tractātor (“manager, homilist”). Pronunciation: /tɹækˈteɪ.tə/ 1. In medieval commerce, the person who handles or transports merchandise on behalf of an investor; an entrepreneur. Labels: historical Example: As well as being greatly useful to tractators who wanted to go on to further voyages or to stay overseas for a longer period, it was also indispensable when a tractator fell ill or died. 2. A person who writes tracts. 3. A Tractarian. Example: Do you not see the noble standard of Christian morality , and its infinite superiority to this ? Talking of the Tractators[…]
Word: verificator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vérificateur. By surface analysis, verificate + -or. 1. Synonym of verifier. Example: The inſpectors, comptrollers, verificators [translating vérificateurs], &c. ſink into the enjoyment of a vain title, when the general adminiſtration does not oblige them to be active, and it is always thoſe whoſe functions are active, neceſſary and every day repeated, who imperceptibly become abſolute maſters. Example: Assay laboratory, consisting of a verificator of assay and two assayors.
Word: rustbucket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rust + bucket. 1. An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck. Labels: slang Example: That sagging old rustbucket is designed like a garbage scow!
Word: spinning wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinning wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demonymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From demonym + -ic. 1. Having characteristics of a demonym.
Word: arietine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin arietīnus, from ariet(is) (“ram”) + -īnus, from oblique form of ariēs. 1. Of, like, or pertaining to rams. Labels: rare Example: The great public, who follow the bell-wether with trusting confidence, and with the greater eagerness if the scent of scandal comes from his direction, tumbled pell-mell through the gap in the fence discovered by their arietine leader, and the whole pasture resounded with ovine voices of dismay.
Word: inner tubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inner tube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enuf Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /əˈnʌf/ 1. Deliberate misspelling of enough. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: enuf Part of Speech: det Pronunciation: /əˈnʌf/ 1. Deliberate misspelling of enough. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling
Word: enuf Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /əˈnʌf/ 1. Deliberate misspelling of enough. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling
Word: troak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots troak. Pronunciation: /tɹəʊk/, /tɹoʊk/ 1. To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly. Labels: Scotland Example: What's this for cash your tapster troaks, / That colics and affronts the fowks? Example: She'll not loose the letters that come to her by the King's post, and she must go on troking wi' the old carrier, as if there was no post-house in the neighbourhood. 2. To carry out familiar intercourse. Labels: Scotland Example: In those days, when Prince and Adam were my heroes, I had no "troakings" with lassies. "Troakings" came afterwards, and these deserve a whole essay to themselves. Example: But as soon as we had driven these same kings and queens into exile, we became tremendously loyal, and kept up constant trokings with the exiled at Carisbrook, in Holland, or drinking to "the king over the water."
Word: troak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots troak. Pronunciation: /tɹəʊk/, /tɹoʊk/ 1. Barter; exchange; truck. Labels: Scotland, uncountable 2. Small wares. Labels: Scotland, uncountable 3. Familiar intercourse. Labels: Scotland, uncountable
Word: rokos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roko Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no questions asked Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by a pledge to make no inquiries concerning the motives, circumstances, or identity of the person receiving an agreed benefit or performing a proposed action. Example: The country quickly became famous for its no-questions-asked depositories.