nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fly off the handle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the image of an axe head becoming loose and suddenly flying free of its handle, a vivid metaphor for losing control. The phrase is an early 19th-century American idiom, with printed examples first appearing c. the 1810s–1830s. 1. To become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: My dad flew off the handle when he saw the F grade on my report card. Example: But he added: “Look, it happens to everybody. I’ve flown off the handle way worse than Elon Musk did in the last 24 hours.”
Word: from the ground up Part of Speech: adv 1. From the beginning; starting with the basics, foundation, or fundamentals. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: A bright, ambitious kid just out of technical school, learning railroading from the ground up.
Word: circumambulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin circumambulatus, past participle of circumambulare (“to walk around”). Equivalent to circum- + ambulate. Pronunciation: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈæm.bju.leɪt/, /səː.kəmˈam.bjuː.leɪt/ 1. To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. Labels: transitive Example: Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon.
Word: square one Part of Speech: noun 1. The place where one begins; a lack of progress. Labels: idiomatic, no-plural Example: We discovered that our first idea would never work, so we were back to square one.
Word: keep a lid on Part of Speech: verb 1. To keep something secret. Labels: idiomatic, imperative Example: It's supposed to be a surprise, so try to keep a lid on it, will you? Example: If he was listening to the England fans who gathered and sang non-stop late into the Moscow night behind the goal in the Spartak Stadium, it may have dawned on him that keeping a lid on expectations is likely to be a losing battle.
Word: staphylococcus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Staphylococcus. By surface analysis, staphylo- + -coccus. Pronunciation: /ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs/, /ˌstæfɪləˈkɒkəs/ 1. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections. Example: This Scottish bacteriologist accidentally discovered the antibiotic penicillin after bacteria-killing fungus formed on staphylococci cultures he had left unattended.
Word: under wraps Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In secrecy or in hiding. Example: They're trying to keep the new product under wraps and hidden from their competitors. 2. Of a horse: restrained from performing at its best in a race, so as to mislead others regarding its potential.
Word: transcontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English continent English -al English continental English transcontinental From trans- + continental. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, /ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/ 1. Crossing or spanning a continent. Labels: not-comparable Example: In that year [1871] British Columbia decided to become part of the Dominion of Canada, on condition that a transcontinental railway should be completed without delay. Example: It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.
Word: transcontinental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English continent English -al English continental English transcontinental From trans- + continental. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, /ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/ 1. a transcontinental railroad. Labels: in-plural Example: Stretched across the Dominion of Canada are two parallel but dissimilar railways - the continent's only true transcontinentals north of the Rio Grande.
Word: transcribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin trānscrībere (“to write again in another place, transcribe, copy”). Pronunciation: /trænˈskɹaɪb/ 1. To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text. 2. To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text. Example: The doctor made several recordings today which she will transcribe into medical reports tomorrow. 3. To transfer data from one recording medium to another. 4. To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music. 5. To cause DNA to undergo transcription. 6. To represent speech by phonetic symbols.
Word: parakeets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parakeet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inadvertency Part of Speech: noun 1. Inadvertence; heedlessness. Example: Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Example: It ſeems more probable that Ovid vvas either the Confident of ſome other paſſion, or that he had ſtumbled by ſome inadvertency, upon the privacies of Livia, and ſeen her in a Bath: […]
Word: tonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tone + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊnəl/, /ˈtəʊnəl/ 1. Of or relating to tones or tonality. Example: Songs for the family-table on Sabbaths and holidays—songs which give those various holy days tonal expression and which aim to spiritualize the meals. 2. Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. Example: The lurid way the story played out felt like a tonal shift for Empire, but not necessarily a bad one—in the process of shedding its cool costume-drama attitude for grotesque family dysfunction, the episode felt for once less like a story about Prohibition and more one about a specific set of people. 3. Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic. 4. Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
Word: tonal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nahuatl tōnalli (“day, day sign”). Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊnəl/, /ˈtəʊnəl/ 1. An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death. Example: When a tonal suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it.
Word: chiliast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chiliasta, possibly via French chiliaste, from Ancient Greek χιλιαστής (khiliastḗs), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “thousand”) + -αστής (-astḗs, “-ast, -ist: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ast. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪliəst/, /ˈkɪliˌæst/ 1. Synonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will involve his physical rule on Earth for 1000 years. Example: ... Agreed on all sides, except the Chiliasts... Example: All Anabaptists were and are still Chiliasts, expounding literally that Kingdome of a thousand years of Revel. xx. 6 to be a temporall Kingdome.
Word: Messene Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀼𐀙 (me-za-na). Doublet of Messina. 1. An ancient Greek city in the southwest Peloponnesus and new capital of the region of Messenia.
Word: pavonine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ine, ultimately from Latin pāvōnīnus, from pāvō + -īnus. Pronunciation: /ˈpævəˌnaɪn/, /-nɪn/ 1. Of or pertaining to the genus Pavo or its family Pavonidae, including the peafowl. 2. Possessing the coloring or iridescence of a peacock feather. Example: These rocks are a schist, and abound with the copper pyrites, which occasionally exhibits a pavonine tarnish. The schist is sometimes of a very deep gray colour, and is then the most rich in metal; sometimes also it has the green[…] Example: It resembled from a distance porphyry, while much of it had a pavonine lustre, like the argentiferous galena of the Silver States in North America. The great weight suggested one mass of metal, and part of it had evidently been[…] 3. Showy, like a peacock's tail; exhibiting vanity. Example: ... leaving its present body would find or construct another according to its chief intrinsic qualities and forces, whether those were a leonine magnanimity of courage, a vulpine subtlety of cunning, or a pavonine strut of vanity . Example: He had me all to himself; whilst his wife abased herself before my companion, he made up for the abasement by a truly pavonine strut and spread of his feathers. Amongst the few items of fact that floated on the torrent of his [lecture were...]
Word: pavonine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ine, ultimately from Latin pāvōnīnus, from pāvō + -īnus. Pronunciation: /ˈpævəˌnaɪn/, /-nɪn/ 1. Tarnish found on some ores and metals which resembles the tail feathers of a peacock. Labels: uncountable 2. Any bird from the family Pavonidae. Labels: uncountable
Word: surpass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French surpasser (“to pass beyond”). By surface analysis, sur- + pass. Displaced native Old English oferstīgan (literally “to climb over”). Pronunciation: /səˈpɑːs/, /sɚˈpæs/ 1. To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense. Labels: transitive Example: The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination. Example: The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.
Word: hackers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhæk.ə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of hacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hackers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhæk.ə(ɹ)z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hacker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mischief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English myschef, meschef, meschief, mischef, from Old French meschief, from meschever (“to bring to grief”), from mes- (“badly”) + chever (“happen; come to a head”), from Vulgar Latin *capare, from Latin caput (“head”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsˌt͡ʃiːf/, [ˈmɪsˌt͡ʃʰɪi̯f], /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪf/, [ˈmɪs.t͡ʃʰɪf] 1. Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance. Labels: uncountable Example: Drink led to mischief. 2. A playfully annoying action. Labels: countable Example: John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first. 3. A group or a pack of rats. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: Kirac, the leader of the rats under his charge, speaks to the major through his telepathic abilities that manifested after the alien virus infected him and his mischief of rats. Example: A group of rats is not a herd or a gaggle, but a pack or a mischief of rats. Rats in general are omnivorous, meaning they will eat almost anything. 4. Harm or injury: Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: She had mischief in her heart. Example: Sooner or later he'll succeed in doing some serious mischief. 5. Harm or injury: Labels: archaic, countable Example: It may end in her doing a great mischief to herself—and perhaps to others too. Example: [R]eligion / Hides many mischiefs from suspicion. 6. A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief. Labels: archaic, countable Example: To die like a man of honour, Sir Hargrave, you must have lived like one. You should be sure of your cause. But these pistols are too ready a mischief. Were I to meet you in your own way, Sir Hargrave, I should not expect, that a man so enraged would fire his over my head, as I should be willing to do mine over his. Life I would not put upon the perhaps involuntary twitch of a finger. Example: Epimetheus was scatter-brained and a mischief to men for having taken the woman [Pandora] that Zeus had formed. 8. The Devil; used as an expletive. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: What the mischief are you? and how the mischief did you get here, and where in thunder did you come from? 9. Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable
Word: mischief Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English myschefen, myscheven, from Old French meschever. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsˌt͡ʃiːf/, [ˈmɪsˌt͡ʃʰɪi̯f], /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪf/, [ˈmɪs.t͡ʃʰɪf] 1. To do a mischief to; to harm. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: "Not now, Smee," Hook said darkly. "He is only one, and I want to mischief all the seven. Scatter and look for them." 2. To slander. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And so it hath been divers times; Men mischiefing the Jews to excuse their own Wickedness: as to instance one Precedent in the time of a certain King of Portugal.
Word: Britannia silver Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy of more than 95.84% silver, and up to 4.16% copper; in use for coin from 1697 to 1720, it was withdrawn because it was too soft. Labels: uncountable
Word: Swiss-German Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Swiss German. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Swiss-German Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Swiss German. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Swiss-German Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Swiss German. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: let the cat out of the bag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (Mid-1700s) The inverse of the idiom pig in a poke. If a dishonest merchant tries to sell a cat as a pig and the cat comes out or is taken out of the bag, the merchant's secret is disclosed. 1. To disclose a secret; to let a secret be known, often inadvertently. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was going to be a surprise party until someone let the cat out of the bag. Example: [H]e proved himself as decent, decorous, and conscientious, as Peter was rampant, boisterous, and —— (this last epithet I choose to suppress, because it would let the cat out of the bag).
Word: turban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of tulip. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːbən/, /ˈtɝbən/ 1. A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head. Example: Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […] Example: From India and the golden Cherſoneſs, / And utmoſt Indian Iſle Taprobane, / Dusk faces vvith vvhite ſilken Turbants vvreath'd: […] 2. A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim. 3. The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell. 4. A towel wrapped around long wet hair in a manner resembling a turban. Example: Towel hair wraps come in a mixture of materials, from microfibre to polyester, while satin and silk are the go-to materials for sleep turbans. Example: While there are certainly other towel turbans on the market, this one has women scratching their heads in confusion and asking: 'How does it work so well?'
Word: turban Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of tulip. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːbən/, /ˈtɝbən/ 1. To cover (a person's head) with a turban. Labels: transitive Example: While the law did not specifically target Sikhs, turbaned Sikh schoolchildren attending state schools were severely affected Example: When we arrived to the shop the man in charge told the staff to turban our heads.
Word: dog cart Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡkɑːt/ 1. A cart drawn by a dog. Example: hague fisherman and dog-cart. […] The fishermen convey their fish to the Hague in carts drawn by dogs (the animals are large and strong); and when they have completed their sales, return home in the empty carts drawn by their canine steeds. 2. A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two transverse seats back to back. The rear seat originally closed up to form a box for carrying dogs. Example: “I want to speak to Ted,” moaned Mrs. Boulte, but the dog-cart rattled on, and Kurrell was left on the road, shamed, and boiling with wrath against Mrs. Boulte. Example: At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us.
Word: sweater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈswɛtə/, /ˈswɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/, /ˈswetə/ 1. A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise. 2. A similar garment worn for warmth. Labels: US Example: We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater 3. One who sweats (produces sweat). Example: The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater. 4. One who or that which causes to sweat. Example: We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims. 5. A diaphoretic remedy. 6. An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade. Labels: historical Example: If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union. 7. One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them. Labels: archaic 8. A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]
Word: sweater Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈswɛtə/, /ˈswɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/, /ˈswetə/ 1. To dress in a sweater. Labels: transitive
Word: Jesus jammies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiːzəs ˌdʒæmiːz/ 1. Synonym of temple garment. Labels: derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang Example: He had the creepy Tenexed helmet of silver hair and a sort of peachy Palm Beachy resorty sport jacket and slacks. And under that, probably, Jesus jammies.
Word: estrange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French estranger (“to treat as a stranger”), from Latin extraneus (“foreigner, stranger”) (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño. Pronunciation: /ɪˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒ/, /əˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged). Labels: transitive Example: And thou thyself, Jaacob Yitzchak, dost thou mind how thou meantest to follow me and estrangedst thyself from me the more? 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. Labels: transitive
Word: disclose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkləʊz/ 1. To open up; unfasten. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. 2. To uncover; physically expose to view. Labels: transitive Example: The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Example: And it seemed to me that the dream smote the roof above my bed, and the roof opened and disclosed the outer dark, and in the dark travelled a bearded star, and the night was quick with fiery signs. 3. To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something). Labels: transitive Example: Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Example: If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
Word: disclose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkləʊz/ 1. A disclosure. Labels: obsolete
Word: try one's hand Part of Speech: verb 1. To attempt a skill, craft, trade, or action, possibly for the first time. Labels: idiomatic Example: I thought I'd try my hand at woodworking, until I saw how much the tools cost.
Word: goof up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a mistake. Labels: slang Example: If I go near a skateboard, I'm sure I'm just going to goof up and fall off. 2. To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I tried to fix it, but I think I just goofed it up some more.
Word: goof-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goof up. 1. A mistake or problem. Labels: slang Example: The letter they sent was a goof-up; it was intended for someone else.
Word: dark lantern Part of Speech: noun 1. A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light. Labels: historical Example: “Yes,” continued the valet, “and sigh his soul to the last puff unobserved, liked the dying flame in a dark lanthorn.” Example: Your silent matches, / Your dark-lantern seize; / Take your file and your skeleton keys!
Word: overspend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend English overspend From over- + spend. 1. To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns. Example: To get out of debt, first keep a budget and be careful not to overspend.
Word: overspend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend English overspend From over- + spend. 1. The amount by which someone or something is overspent. Example: Whether an underspend or overspend is significant depends upon the size of the budget. A £1,000 overspend on an £8,000 drugs budget is very significant, but a £1,000 overspend may not be significant on a £300,000 ward budget. Example: Electrification was not included in anticipated CP6 spending, after cost uncertainties following the Great Western Main Line overspend led to cutbacks by the Department of Transport to contain costs.
Word: respondent Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒn.dənt/, [ɹɪˈspɒ̝n.dənt] ~ [ɹɪˈspɒ̝n.dn̩t], /ɹɪˈspɔn.dənt/, [ɹɪˈspɔn.dənt] ~ [ɹɪˈspɔn.d̩nt], /ɹɪˈspɑn.dənt/ 1. One who responds; one who replies. 2. A defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings. 3. A person replying to a questionnaire.
Word: respondent Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒn.dənt/, [ɹɪˈspɒ̝n.dənt] ~ [ɹɪˈspɒ̝n.dn̩t], /ɹɪˈspɔn.dənt/, [ɹɪˈspɔn.dənt] ~ [ɹɪˈspɔn.d̩nt], /ɹɪˈspɑn.dənt/ 1. Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Example: wealth […]respondent […]to payment and contributions
Word: sincere Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (whence English sam) + *ḱer- (“grow”) (whence Latin Ceres, the goddess of harvest, etymon of cereal). Not from sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”), a folk etymology; see Wikipedia page. Pronunciation: /sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/, /sɪnˈsɪɹ/ 1. Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt. Example: I believe he is sincere in his offer to help. Example: Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far. 2. Meant truly or earnestly. Example: She gave it a sincere if misguided effort. Example: The message that through sincere teshuvah and resolution, light and gladness can be achieved by all, is most fitting for the opening of the Yom Kippur service. 3. clean; pure Labels: archaic
Word: lenient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns (whence -i- + -ent), present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”). Pronunciation: /ˈliːni.ənt/ 1. Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation. Example: The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion. Example: But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.
Word: lenient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns (whence -i- + -ent), present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”). Pronunciation: /ˈliːni.ənt/ 1. A lenitive; an emollient.
Word: patent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English patent (“document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”) [and other forms], which is either: * a clipping of lettre patent, lettres patente, lettres patentes [and other forms]; or * directly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French patente (modern French patent), a clipping of Anglo-Norman lettres patentes, Middle French lettres patentes, lettre patente, and Old French patentes lettres (“document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”) (compare Late Latin patēns, littera patēns, litterae patentēs). For the derivation of Anglo-Norman and Middle French patente (adjective) in lettre patente, see etymology 2 below. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtənt/, /ˈpætənt/, [ˈpʰæ̝ʔn̩t̚], [ˈpʰe̞ɪʔn̩t̚], /ˈpæɪtənt/ 1. To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period. Labels: transitive Example: To his great credit, Manson refused to patent his invention, as he desired to remove any obstacle to its adoption by other companies. Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. 2. To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership. Labels: US, historical, transitive 3. To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: patent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English patent, patente (“wide open; clear, unobstructed; unlimited; of a document: available for public inspection”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman and Middle French patent (modern French patent), and directly from their etymon Latin patēns (“open; accessible, passable; evident, manifest; exposed, vulnerable”), the present active participle of pateō (“to be open; to be accessible, attainable; to be exposed, vulnerable; of frontiers or land: to extent, increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”). Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtənt/, /ˈpætənt/, [ˈpʰæ̝ʔn̩t̚], [ˈpʰe̞ɪʔn̩t̚], /ˈpæɪtənt/ 1. Conspicuous; open; unconcealed. Example: At the departure of Philip he had received instructions, both patent and secret, for his guidance as stadholder of Holland, Friesland, and Utrecht. 2. Conspicuous; open; unconcealed. 3. Conspicuous; open; unconcealed. Example: She has a patent ductus arteriosus that will require surgery to close. 4. Conspicuous; open; unconcealed. 5. Explicit and obvious. Example: Those claims are patent nonsense. Example: Again we read at page 174: “Instead of the Universal Roman Catholic Church there existed after 1650 the National Catholic Churches of Spain, France, Austria, Poland, etc. more subject to the Royal supremacy than to the Papal, not, however, so completely as in England.” This is obviously an exaggeration. There never existed in the countries mentioned, least of all in Spain, any National Catholic Church. There would not have existed any such contradictorially-named organization even in England had it not been for the lechery of Henry VIII. Other similar misstatements might be noticed here and there. The author's intention, however, to be just is patent and his success in this respect is noteworthy. 6. Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use. Labels: archaic Example: letters patent 7. Appointed or conferred by letters patent. Labels: archaic Example: [H]e did at last think of an office which do belong to him in case the King do restore every man to his places that ever had been patent, which is to be one of the clerks of the signet, which will be a fine employment for one of his sons. 8. Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis. 9. Protected by a legal patent. Example: a patent right patent medicines Example: Madder is eſteemed a very rich Commodity, and what will turn to good profit; ſo that in King Charles I's Time it was made a Patent Commodity. 10. To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: ["]Ben, my fine fellow, put your hand into the cupboard, and bring out the patent digester." Mr. Benjamin Allen smiled his readiness, and produced from the closet at his elbow a black bottle half full of brandy.
Word: lax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahs (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lacks, lachs, lasche (“salmon”), Middle Low German las (“salmon”), German Lachs (“salmon”), Norwegian laks (“salmon”), Danish laks (“salmon”), Swedish lax (“salmon”), Icelandic lax (“salmon”), Lithuanian lašišà (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). Doublet of lox. Pronunciation: /læks/ 1. A salmon. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: lax Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”). Pronunciation: /læks/ 1. Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. Example: The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend. Example: Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. 2. Loose; not tight or taut. Example: The rope fell lax. Example: The Fleſh of this ſort of [cartilaginous] Fiſh being lax and ſpungy, and nothing ſo firm, ſolid and weighty as that of the bony Fiſhes, and there being a good quantity of Air contained in the Cavity of their Abdomen, they cannot ſink in the Water without letting in ſome of it by theſe Holes (the Orifices whereof are opened and ſhut at pleaſure by the help of Muſcles provided for that purpoſe) into the hollow of their Bellies, whereby they preponderate the Water and deſcend; […] 3. Lacking care; neglectful, negligent. Example: The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards. Example: Prior to this match, Albion had only scored three league goals all season, but Wes Brown's lax marking allowed Morrison to head in their fourth from a Chris Brunt free-kick and then, a minute later, the initial squandering of possession and Michael Turner's lack of pace let Long run through to slot in another. 4. Describing an associative monoidal functor. 5. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheic. Labels: archaic 6. (of a vowel) Produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
Word: lax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x. Pronunciation: /læks/ 1. lacrosse. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: “I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.
Word: lax Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /læks/ 1. Clipping of laxative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: receiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈsi.vɚ/, /ɹɪˈsiː.və/ 1. A person who receives. Labels: historical 2. A person who receives. Example: I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters. 3. A person who receives. 4. A person who receives. Example: This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver. Example: It took the name Midland & South Western Junction in 1884 and reached Cheltenham, with its M.R. connection, in 1891; but poverty continued - a receiver had been appointed in 1884. 5. A person who receives. 6. A person who receives. 7. An item or apparatus that receives. 8. An item or apparatus that receives. 9. An item or apparatus that receives. Labels: historical Example: A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver. 10. An item or apparatus that receives. 11. An item or apparatus that receives. Labels: historical 12. An item or apparatus that receives. Example: The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static. 13. An item or apparatus that receives. Example: There they waited until after eleven, then Paulvitch took down the receiver of their telephone. He called a number. 14. An item or apparatus that receives.
Word: tolerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɒləɹənt/, /ˈtɑːləɹənt/ 1. Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something. Example: He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion. 2. Tending to withstand or survive. Example: These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
Word: tolerant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɒləɹənt/, /ˈtɑːləɹənt/ 1. One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.
Word: written in stone Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of set in stone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: androgynous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγῠνος (andrógŭnos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to andro- + gyno- + -ous. Pronunciation: /ænˈdɹɒd͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/, /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒ.ən.əs/ 1. Possessing the sex organs of both sexes. 2. Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex. Example: Nicknames like Pat, Sam, and Chris are androgynous, used by both men and women. Example: And I was taught that to be an actress, one should be fashionable, and to be fashionable is to be androgynous. And I am androgynous not less than David Bowie himself. 3. Possessing qualities of both sexes. Example: The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Example: The androgynous creative deity was best supplicated or propitiated by offerings concerned with the pleasures of the flesh. In such circumstances, to the worshipper as to the god, licentiousness was not a sin: on the contrary, it was a duty. 4. Of a connector or docking port, able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports. Example: APAS is an androgynous docking system, so – in principle, at least – any APAS-equipped vehicle should be able to hook up with any other, without having to worry about matching male with female ports.
Word: terry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain origin, possibly French tiré (“drawn out”), past participle of tirer (“to draw out”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹi/ 1. A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any makeshift cloth nappy folded from a large piece of absorbent fabric and held in place by a nappy pin or nappy fastener; a flat nappy. Labels: Commonwealth, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: terry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of terrorist. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹi/ 1. A terrorist Labels: euphemistic
Word: Terri Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name; a spelling variant of Terry, diminutive of Teresa.
Word: go out on a limb Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a risk. Example: He doesn't want to go out on a limb, but he really should give it a try. Example: Consenting Adult is probably worth watching, if only because it's not every day a TV movie is made about gay people. But don't expect too much. As long as groups like the Moral Majority have power, I doubt TV will be going out on much of a limb for us. 2. To hazard a guess. Example: I’m going to go out on a limb here. You’re together? Example: We all see the way you stare at Kessia. From the way you two talk, it sounds like you knew each other on Kadara. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you came here for her.
Word: out on a limb Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: In reference to the risks of climbing out on the branch or limb of a tree. 1. In a risky, precarious, daring, or uncompromising position, especially one outside of the mainstream; vulnerable. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, often Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:out on a limb. Example: Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.
Word: archives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of archive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: see eye to eye Part of Speech: verb 1. To agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along. Labels: idiomatic Example: But the friend merely spoke of his friend; and since no two people in the world see eye to eye, the picture conveyed to Collinson was inaccurate. Example: In the course of their professional career they did not often hear their superior make many suggestions with which they saw eye to eye, but he had certainly, in their opinion, spoken a mouthful now.
Word: get along Part of Speech: verb 1. To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, often Example: I wish the kids would get along better. Example: She never did get along with her brother. 2. To survive; to do well enough. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: She didn’t have a lot of money, but she had enough to get along. 3. To go; to move; to leave. Labels: intransitive, progressive Example: Driver, get along there.
Word: contemporaneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From contemporaneous + -ly, from Latin contemporāneus, from co- (“together”) + tempus (“time”). Pronunciation: /kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/, /ˌkɒntɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/ 1. In a contemporaneous way: in the same period of time. Labels: not-comparable Example: And with Sellars’ shift to the centerground of philosophical interest, we have, all of a sudden, two such books appearing almost contemporaneously. Example: CNN and more than a dozen media outlets and groups asked US District Judge Tanya Chutkan for permission to “record and telecast” the March 2024 trial or for the court to “contemporaneously publish on YouTube its internally administered audiovisual livestreams and recordings of the proceedings.”
Word: contemporaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin contemporāneus (“contemporary”), from con- (“with”) + tempus (“time”) + -aneus (“of or pertaining to”) (compare Late Latin temporāneus (“opportune, timely”)). Pronunciation: /kənˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.ni.əs/, /ˌkɒn.tɛm-/ 1. Existing or created in the same period of time. Labels: not-comparable Example: Look in other contemporaneous works to see whether that idea was common then. Example: Let AE and ae be two Lines indefinitely extended each way, along which two moving Things or Points may paſs from afar, and at the ſame time may reach the places A and a, B and b, C and c, D and d, &c. and let B be the Point, by its diſtance from which, the Motion of the moving thing or point in AE is eſtimated; so that — BA, BC, BD, BE, ſucceſſively, may be the flowing Quantities, when the moving thing is in the places A, C, D, E. Likewiſe let b be a like point in the other Line. Then will — BA and — ba be contemporaneous Fluents, as alſo BC and bc, BD and bd, BE and be, &c. […] [T]he contemporaneous parts AB and ab, BC and bc, CD and cd, DE and de are of the ſame length in both caſes. And thus in Equations in which theſe Quantities are repreſented, the contemporaneous parts of Quantities are not therefore changed, notwithſtanding their abſolute magnitude may be increaſed or diminiſhed by ſome given Quantity.
Word: put the cart before the horse Part of Speech: verb 1. To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential. Labels: idiomatic Example: The hour had struck; and with it, as always, appeared the man. So it has ever been in the history of the world; though we, with characteristic vanity, uniformly put the cart before the horse, and declare that it is the man that brings the hour. Example: To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse.
Word: cringe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle. The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒ/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪnd͡ʒ] 1. A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking). Labels: countable Example: He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk. 2. An act or disposition of servile obeisance. Labels: countable, figuratively 3. A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”). Labels: UK, countable, dialectal 4. Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: Bro... you just posted cringe Example: There was so much cringe in that episode!
Word: cringe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle. The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒ/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪnd͡ʒ] 1. Synonym of cringeworthy or uncool, inducing awkwardness or secondhand embarrassment. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Brands trying to appeal to young people with memes is the most cringe thing ever. Example: Last week, while giving a commencement speech to New York University graduates, pop star Taylor Swift offered a timely bit of advice: “No matter how hard you try to avoid being cringe, you will look back on your life and cringe retrospectively. Cringe is unavoidable over a lifetime.”
Word: cringe Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle. The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒ/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪnd͡ʒ] 1. Stated in response to something cringeworthy. Labels: derogatory, slang