nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ovation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ovō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ovātiōnemlbor. English ovation Learned borrowing from Latin ovātiōnem. Pronunciation: [ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩], /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/, [oʊˈveɪ.ʃn̩], /əʉˈvæɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: Triumph, a Solemn Honour done to Generals after great Victories, receiving them into Town with Publick Acclamations; there were two ſorts among the Romans; the Great, that was ſimply called Tr[i]umph; and the Little called, Ovation; […] [I]t was by Special Priviledge that L. Cornelius Lentulus, Proconſul, was admitted to this Honour of an Ovation, in 553. […] Example: The Dictator [Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus] was allow'd a Triumph, and [Aulus Cornelius] Coſſus an Ovation, wherein he appear'd with the Spoils of K[ing] Volumnius [i.e., Lars Tolumnius], and fix'd them as a ſolemn Offering in the Temple of Jupiter Feretrius, being the firſt Spolia Opima that had been brought thither ſince the Time of Romulus. 2. A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement. Labels: broadly Example: Proceede then in your bleſt Inauguration, / And celebrate this Annuall Ovation; / Whilſt you nor this way, nor to that way leane, / But ſhunne th' extreames, to keepe the golden meane. Example: May 19. [1649] Oliver Cromwell Lieutenant General of the Parliament Army was then alſo created Dr. of Civil Law. […] [H]is atchievment was induſtriouſly cried up at Weſtminſter and all the Grandees of Scriptural Ovation were fitted and accommodated thereunto. 3. Prolonged enthusiastic applause. Labels: broadly Example: First things first – everyone at Southampton enjoyed a thrilling Euro 2020 qualifier that led to a rousing ovation for both sides at the conclusion of England's chaotic 5-3 victory.
Word: ovation Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ovō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ovātiōnemlbor. English ovation Learned borrowing from Latin ovātiōnem. Pronunciation: [ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩], /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/, [oʊˈveɪ.ʃn̩], /əʉˈvæɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause). Labels: ambitransitive, informal, rare
Word: ovation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin ovatio (“egg-laying”) + English -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Ovatio is derived from ovāre (“to lay eggs”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“dress; to be dressed, clothe oneself”)) + -āre. Pronunciation: [ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩], /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/, [oʊˈveɪ.ʃn̩], /əʉˈvæɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. The act of laying eggs. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: [The ichneumon wasp] drops an egg. She next seeks out a small green caterpillar inhabiting the leaves of the cabbage-plant, which she punctures with her sting, yet so slightly and delicately as not to kill it; she then rolls it up into a circle, and places it in the sandy nest, immediately over the egg. She continues the same labour till she has counted twelve, and deposited twelve caterpillars, one over another; and thus repeats the process of ovation and supply, till she has exhausted herself of her entire stock of eggs. Example: Having considered their animal nature, and their primary formation, as involving the question of spontaneous generation, he described generally the methods of reproduction adopted in this class of animals, and adduced the explanations and opinions offered by the best authorities on the subject, but particularly those of Bremner, [René] Lænnec, and Owen, by which acephalocystic reproduction is referred to imperfect ovation or generation.
Word: overt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert. Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/, /ˈə(ʊ)ˌvɜːt/, /oʊˈvɚt/, /ˈoʊvɚt/ 1. Open and not concealed or secret. Labels: not-comparable Example: The buſineſs of Overt-Acts is, where the Compaſſing and Imagining the King's Death is the Crime and Queſtion, and this muſt be diſcover'd by Overt-Acts. But if the Treaſon be falſifying of the King's Money, this is Treaſon, but there can be no Overt-Act of that, for that is an Overt-Act in it ſelf; but there muſt be an Overt-Act to prove the Compaſſing and Imagining the Death of the King, and in no other ſort of Treaſon. Example: [T]he essence of a sale in a market overt is, that the goods should be openly exposed in the ordinary way, and also that the whole transaction should take place there, and at one time. If a man make a contract for certain goods which are not in market overt, and subsequently the goods are delivered, and the property ultimately passes in market overt, that would not be within the privilege of market overt, [...] 2. Disclosed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Arg. an eagle rising wings overt inverted sa. armed or. HILTOFTE, V.
Word: overt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert. Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/, /ˈə(ʊ)ˌvɜːt/, /oʊˈvɚt/, /ˈoʊvɚt/ 1. An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour. Example: Scientologists are sure that the person must have “overts” against Scientology, therefore nothing a former member says can be trusted. Example: Masturbation is an overt—strictly forbidden in Scientology, as Hubbard believed that it can slow one’s process to enlightenment.
Word: ovulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ovul(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French ovuler. Pronunciation: /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/ 1. To produce eggs or ova. Labels: intransitive Example: Other studies have shown that women living near the equator have a marked tendency to ovulate during the full moon.
Word: ovulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ovul(e) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ovulate From ovul(e) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɒvjʊlət/ 1. Containing, or bearing, an ovule. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ovulate flowers are usually isolated by enclosing them individually or in clusters in pollenproof bags […]
Word: ovule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo. Pronunciation: /ˈɒvjuːl/ 1. The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments. 2. An immature ovum in mammals.
Word: owing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈoʊ.ɪŋ/ 1. Still to be paid; owed as a debt. Labels: not-comparable Example: These seven subscriptions remain owing.
Word: owing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈoʊ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of owe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: owing to Part of Speech: prep 1. Because of, on account of. Example: I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury. Example: It’s all owing to your precious caution that they got hold of it. If you had let me burn it, and taken my word that it was gone, it would have been a heap of ashes behind the fire, instead of being whole and sound, inside of my great-coat.
Word: owlish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English owl Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English owlish From owl + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊlɪʃ/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of an owl. Example: 1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/fr100299.txt "You're very right," he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs. Example: He feebly wanted to get out of this, away from clucking nurses and Dr. Crittenham's owlish peering and the horrible scrambled eggs and cold toast. 2. Wise and solemn. Example: He stands precociously possessed of centuries of owlish wisdom. Example: […] their large black eyes scanned the drawings with the owlish look of wisdom peculiar to connoisseurs. 3. Stupid; dull-looking. Example: But, indeed, the young Venetian is, at that age when all men are owlish, ignorant, and vapid, the most owlish, ignorant, and vapid man in the world. Example: "Any more big words coming?" he asked. "Owlish, stupid, brutal, unloving? That's you all over. Have you murdered anybody?"
Word: own up Part of Speech: verb 1. To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility. Labels: intransitive Example: I'll own up: I glued your mouse to its mat. Example: If you own up to breaking the glass, you'll be forgiven.
Word: oxidize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English oxidize From oxide + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈɒksɪdaɪz/ 1. To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide. Labels: transitive Example: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. 2. To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons. 3. To coat something with an oxide. 4. To become oxidized. Labels: intransitive
Word: oxtail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ox tayll, from Old English oxan tæġl (literally “ox's tail”), equivalent to ox + tail. 1. The tail of an ox or cow. 2. A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.
Word: keel over Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The original nautical meaning (sense 1) refers to a vessel rolling to the extent that its keel (“a large beam along the underside of the vessel’s hull from bow to stern”) is visible. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːl ˈəʊvə(ɹ)/, /ˈkil ˈoʊvɚ/ 1. Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive Example: What a tiny little schooner! But is it not bold to spread both sails? And see, now that we have come round to the wind, how the skiff keels over. Example: [H]is bandaged cry was, to beach him on the whale's topmost back. Nothing loath, his bowsman hauled him up and up, through a blinding foam that blent two whitenesses together; till of a sudden the boat struck as against a sunken ledge, and keeling over, spilled out the standing mate. 2. To collapse in a faint; to black out, to swoon. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: We should all go inside before somebody keels over from the heat. Example: A huge double-fisted fellow hits Marshall a biff on the ear; the General keels over and catches in his fall another gentleman, who hits a fourth, and the party clinging, all fall through a window, and drop through a partly closed cellar-door. 3. To die. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The enemy had planted a piece of ordinance within gun-shot of the fort during the night, and the first thing in the morning they commenced a brisk cannonade, point-blank, against the spot where I was snoring. I turned out pretty smart, and mounted the rampart. The gun was charged again, a fellow stepped forth to touch her off, but before he could apply the match I let him have it, and he keeled over. A second stepped up, snatched the match from the hand of the dying man, but Thimblerig, who had followed me, handed me his rifle, and the next instant the Mexican was stretched on the earth beside the first. Example: A staunch old ship she was too, […] There was no hurry in her building. Mynheer Von Dert hewed the logs for her keel, and slept with his fathers. His son Petrus prepared the keelson, then keeled over, and was laid beside his venerable sire.
Word: keenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From keen + -ness. 1. sharpness or cutting ability Labels: countable, uncountable 2. astuteness or sagacity Labels: countable, uncountable 3. eagerness or enthusiasm Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ballydavid Part of Speech: name 1. Village on the Dingle peninsula in northwest County Kerry, Ireland.
Word: Castlegregory Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌkæsəlˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/ 1. A village in Dingle, in northwest County Kerry, Ireland.
Word: Ventry Part of Speech: name 1. A village on the Dingle peninsula in northwest County Kerry, Ireland. 2. A community in Southgate, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. 3. A surname.
Word: -mobile Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobilebf. English -mobile Back-formation from automobile. Pronunciation: /məbiːl/ 1. Used to form nouns meaning a particular type of vehicle, particularly one to transport the person or thing described by the word to which the suffix is attached. Labels: morpheme Example: I thought, if I had these two run their little skateboard hustle on Mrs. Kettleman, I could, you know, rescue her. […] But, it turns out, your lovely abuelita, she drives a car that's a whole lot like the Kettle-mobile.
Word: Bridget Part of Speech: name Etymology: English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/ 1. A female given name from Irish. Example: And when Miſtreſſe Briget loſt the handle of her Fan, I took't vpon mine honour thou hadſt it not. Example: Of all the beautiful Christian names of women which were in use a century or two ago Brighid (Breed), under the ugly form of Bridget, or still worse, Biddy, and Eiblin under the form of Eveleen, and perhaps Norah, seem to be the only survivals, and they are becoming rarer.
Word: Bridget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/ 1. An Irish housemaid. Labels: US, dated Example: So long as any Bridget just landed (even before she has learned to walk comfortably in American shoes) can be sure of four dollars a week and her board and prequisites, it is the Bridgets who are really mistress of the situation. Example: My nurse, my Bridget, has gone back North. She said she wouldn’t stay another day down here among the ‘naygurs’ as she calls them.
Word: spicy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Late Latin speciēs Old French espicebor. Anglo-Norman specebor. Middle English spice English spic(e) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English spicy From spic(e) + -y. First attested in the 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪsi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. Example: He prepared a spicy casserole. 2. Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical. Example: This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it. Example: This place is actually known for serving the Donkatsu of Death, aka the Drop-Dead Donkatsu, by far the spiciest dish I’ve ever endured. 3. Of a food, flavor, or odor, tangy, zesty, or pungent. Example: She breathed in the strong, spicy aroma. Example: The breath of the mountain heifer was fragrant as the gales of Sirendiep, by feeding on ſpicy herbs. 4. Of an expression or behavior, vigorous; colorful; stimulating. Example: He is known for his spicy political commentary. 5. Scandalous. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: When one side or the other had written any particularly spicy dispatch, news of it was sure to slip out. 6. Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous. Labels: Internet Example: Look at the little wildcub! That's one spicy ball of fur. 7. Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic. Labels: Internet Example: I don't want my children to see the spicy images on this web site. Example: To draw followers to the euphemistically termed “spicy” paid subscription material on OnlyFans, she has to upload free content regularly on TikTok and Instagram; […].
Word: quantum spin liquid Part of Speech: noun 1. A solid in which small magnetic moments have a fluctuating random orientation, even at low temperature.
Word: keep an eye on Part of Speech: verb 1. To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap. Labels: idiomatic Example: I must keep an eye on this sauce in case it curdles. Example: "[...] We are making sure that a firm eye is kept on this."
Word: keep in mind Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of bear in mind. Example: Keep in mind that he does not hear too well, so you may have to speak loudly. Example: In replanning the timetable, the operating authorities have tried as far as possible to keep departure and arrival times at Liverpool Street close to those prevailing formerly, to avoid disrupting the travelling habits of regular passengers, but at the same time they have kept in mind the aim of turn-rounds in the terminus.
Word: bear in mind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bear (“to carry; to hold”) + in mind. First attested in the first half of 1500s. Pronunciation: /ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/, /ˌbɛː-/, /ˌbeɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/, /ˌbɛɹ-/, /ˌbɛɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/ 1. To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Bear in mind that I’m not as young as I was, so I can’t walk as fast as you. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bear in mind.
Word: bawcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French baud (“bold, gay”) + cock. 1. A fine fellow. Labels: archaic Example: Abate thy rage, abate thy manly rage; / Abate thy rage, great duke. / Good bawcock, bate thy rage. Use lenity, sweet chuck. Example: The King's a Bawcock, and a Heart of Gold, / a Lad of Life, an Impe of Fame, / of Parents good, of Fist most valiant:
Word: keep quiet Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain silent. Labels: intransitive Example: Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play. 2. To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret. Labels: idiomatic Example: Remember it's a surprise party, so keep quiet about it. — Okay. I'll keep it still Example: I'm quitting my job by the end of the month, but my boss doesn't know. Please keep it quiet.
Word: sewage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Untreated sewage can pollute rivers. Example: The city invested in a modern sewage system. 2. sewerage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: SUT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of system under test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sectility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sectile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sectility From sectile + -ity. 1. The property of being able to be cut; examples of materials with this property include wood, metal, and paper. Labels: uncountable
Word: salt shaker Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/ 1. A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes. Example: Near-synonym: salt cellar Example: So she cut the crusts from a pair of chicken sandwiches and set them on a tray along with a saltshaker, a white peach, and a King James bible, and I climbed the stairs to his room.
Word: prehensile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/, /pɹiːˈhɛn.saɪl/, /pɹiˈhɛnsəl/ 1. Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.
Word: irrefragable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin irrefrāgābilis (“irrefragable”) + English -able (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘able or fit to be done’). Irrefrāgābilis is derived from Latin ir- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + refrāgārī + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); while refrāgārī is the present active infinitive of refrāgor (“to oppose, resist; to gainsay, thwart”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + fragor (“a breaking, shattering; a crash; din, uproar”) (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”))), formed as an antonym of suffrāgōr, the first-person singular present passive indicative of suffrāgō (“to support; to vote for”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛfɹəɡəb(ə)l/, /ˌiɹəˈfɹæɡəb(ə)l/ 1. Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable. Labels: error-lua-exec Example: Beſide, what methodicall artiſt would allow the encomium of the foxe in the prayſe of the aſſe, unleſſe I would proove by irrefragable demonſtration, that the falſe fox was a true aſſe: as I once heard a learned phyſician affirme, if a gooſe were a fox, he was a fox. 2. Which cannot or should not be broken; indestructible. Labels: archaic Example: But this loue of ours is immoderate, inordinate, and not to be comprehended in any bounds. It will not containe it ſelfe within the vnion of marriage, or apply it ſelfe to one obiect, but it is a wandring extravagant, a domineering, a boundleſſe, an irrefragable paſſion: […] Example: […] Intire Affection (from whence Integrity has its name) as it is anſwerable to it-ſelf, proportionable, and rational; ſo it is irrefragable, ſolid, and durable. 3. Of a person: obstinate, stubborn. Labels: obsolete Example: Many young men are as obſtinate, and as curious in their choice, as tyrannically proud, inſulting, deceitfull, falſe hearing, as irrefragable & peeuiſh, Narciſſus like, […]
Word: hanky-panky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a corruption of the Romani expression hakk'ni panki ("great trick", "big con" and hence "shady dealings"). Pronunciation: /ˌhæŋkɪˈpæŋki/ 1. Mischievous behaviour; dishonest or shady activity. Labels: uncountable Example: I think there was some hanky-panky with the last election. Example: Are you sickened by the idea of more and more CIA hankypanky in Central America? 2. Amorous behaviour, making out, necking, sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit. Labels: uncountable Example: I don't wanna cry / I just wanna hanky panky / Nothing like a good spanky Example: You're my doll, rock and roll, feel the glamor in pink / Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky 3. A debaucherous act; a sexual act that is considered inappropriate. Labels: uncountable 4. A cocktail made from gin, sweet vermouth, and Fernet-Branca fernet. Labels: countable
Word: sweeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”). Pronunciation: /ˈswipɚ/ 1. One who sweeps. 2. One who sweeps floors or chimneys. 3. A detector for mines. 4. Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes. 5. A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper. 6. A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play. 7. A batsman who plays sweep shots. 8. A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position. 9. A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water. Example: ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper).. Example: So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper.. 10. A carpet sweeper. 11. A vacuum cleaner. Labels: US, regional 12. A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal. Labels: Cebu, including, regional 13. The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group. 14. A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed. 15. A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm. Labels: slang
Word: chicken out Part of Speech: verb 1. To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty. Labels: idiomatic Example: We almost convinced his dad to ride the roller coaster, but he chickened out when he saw how high it went. Example: I dismiss Reporters Without Borders. Completely nonsensical. We invited them in for a select committee hearing, and in the true heritage of free speech, they chickened out.
Word: eat one's heart out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Disputed. Three schools of thought exist: * From "This will eat your heart out.", suggesting that the recipient of the taunt will have their heart, the core of their being, eaten out with desire, bitterness, or pain. * From the 16th century "to eat one's own heart" (to suffer in silence from anguish or grief), possibly from the Bible "to eat one's own flesh" (to be lazy). The phrase "to eat one's heart out" appears as a formulaic phrase in the Iliad, meaning to experience extreme grief. (For instance, Iliad.24.128, and many other locations.) * When used as the taunt "Eat your heart out, [someone]!" a suggestion that the recipient of the taunt "eat up" as much as they like. Figuratively more akin to "experience me besting you." 1. To feel overwhelming sorrow, jealousy, or longing; to grieve. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Brazilians are eating their hearts out over their defeat by Germany in the World Cup. Example: Eat your heart out, pal! We won the title!
Word: the shits Part of Speech: noun 1. Diarrhoea. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar Example: "I feel bad we're havin' this nice bonding moment while we both got the shits." "Could be worse. We could be trying to use the toilet simultaneously."
Word: desperate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English desperat(e) (“desperate”), borrowed from Latin dēspērātus, perfect passive participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is derived from the adjective or from the Latin source through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/, [ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɛt], /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət/, /ˈdes.p(ə.)ɹɪt/, /ˈdes.p(ə.)ɹət/ 1. In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. Example: I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food. Example: desperate to eat; desperate for attention 2. Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless. Example: I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark. Example: Since his exile she hath despised me most, Forsworn my company and rail'd at me, That I am desperate of obtaining her. 3. Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous. Example: a desperate disease; desperate fortune 4. Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness. Example: In England his flute was not in request; there were no convents; and he was forced to have recourse to a series of desperate expedients. Example: “I knew very well that when the Peruvian Indian does anything wrong it is because he is forced to it by oppression and made desperate by abuse,” replied Lucia. 5. Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable. Example: a desperate offendress against nature Example: The worst that can be laid to the charge of this poor youth, whom it has been the fashion to represent as the most desperate of reprobates, as a village Rochester, is, that he had a great liking for some diversions, quite harmless in themselves, but condemned by the rigid precisians among whom he lived, and for whose opinion he had a great respect. 6. Intense; extremely intense. Example: She enraged some country ladies with three times her money, by a sort of desperate perfection which they found in her. Example: For Liverpool, it capped six days of desperate disappointment after missing out on the Premier League to Manchester City by a single point then losing to this experienced, street-smart Real team.
Word: desperate Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English desperat(e) (“desperate”), borrowed from Latin dēspērātus, perfect passive participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is derived from the adjective or from the Latin source through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/, [ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɛt], /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət/, /ˈdes.p(ə.)ɹɪt/, /ˈdes.p(ə.)ɹət/ 1. Desperately. Labels: US, dialectal
Word: desperate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English desperat(e) (“desperate”), borrowed from Latin dēspērātus, perfect passive participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is derived from the adjective or from the Latin source through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/, [ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɛt], /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət/, /ˈdes.p(ə.)ɹɪt/, /ˈdes.p(ə.)ɹət/ 1. A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
Word: evil eye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ivel eie (“evil eye; envy”), from Old English eage yfel, a calque of Latin oculus malus, from oculus (“eye”) + malus (“bad, evil, wicked; destructive, hurtful, injurious; unfavourable, unlucky”). Pronunciation: /ˌiːvl̩‿ˈaɪ/, /ˌiːvɪl-/, /ˌiv(ə)l̩‿ˈaɪ/ 1. A wicked look conveying dislike or envy that in many cultures is believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; also, the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look, supposed to be possessed by some people. Example: an amulet to protect children from the evil eye. Example: Each of the young men, in saluting the new-comer, made mechanically, and with care to conceal it from him, a slight gesture or sign with their fingers; for Arbaces, the Egyptian, was supposed to possess the fatal gift of the evil eye. 2. The charm used to ward off the evil eye; a nazar. Example: Isma laughed, but Hira drew her shoulders in tighter, reached out to touch the evil eye that hung on her wall and which Isma had always assumed to be merely decorative. 3. A look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc. Labels: humorous, often Example: Near-synonym: side-eye Example: For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed euill thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, / Thefts, couetouſneſſe, wickedneſſe, deceit, laſciuiouſneſſe, an euill eye, blaſphemie, pride, fooliſhneſſe: / All theſe euill things come from within, and defile the man.
Word: keep on Part of Speech: verb 1. To persist or continue. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Keep on trucking! Example: Mum, Jimmy keeps on poking me! 2. To persist in talking about a subject, perhaps to the annoyance of the listener. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: For goodness sake, will you stop keeping on about it! Example: Coppard was unequivocal when speaking to RAIL about this: "I'll keep on telling the government that MML electrification is really important to us. I raised it with Heidi Alexander [Transport Secretary] last Thursday when she was here." 3. To cause or allow to remain in an existing position. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The new boss would like to keep the present secretary on. Example: The charge against Zagallo then is not so much that he started Ronaldo, but that when it should surely have been clear that the player was in no fit state to take part he kept him on. 4. To cause or allow to remain in an existing position. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Should I turn off this light or keep it on? Example: Should I shut off this water or keep it on?
Word: Damascus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Dāmascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic form akin to Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק and Samalian 𐤃𐤌𐤔𐤒 (dmšq). Doublet of Dimashq. Pronunciation: /dəˈmæskəs/, /dəˈmɑːskəs/ 1. The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE. 2. A governorate in Syria. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. 11. A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
Word: Beirut Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بیروت (beyrût), from Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt /⁠bērūt⁠/), from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Berytus and Beeroth. Pronunciation: /beɪˈɹuːt/ 1. The capital and largest city of Lebanon. Example: An Israeli airstrike rocked southern Beirut on Sunday soon after the military issued an evacuation warning for the Lebanese capital. 2. The drinking game of beer pong.
Word: gasp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”). Pronunciation: /ɡɑːsp/, /ɡæsp/, /ɡasp/ 1. To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock. Labels: intransitive Example: The audience gasped as the magician disappeared. 2. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant. Labels: intransitive Example: We were all gasping when we reached the summit. Example: c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad She gasps and struggles hard for life. 3. To speak in a breathless manner. Labels: transitive Example: The old man gasped his last few words. 4. To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire. Example: I'm gasping for a cup of tea. Example: Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Word: gasp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”). Pronunciation: /ɡɑːsp/, /ɡæsp/, /ɡasp/ 1. A short, sudden intake of breath. Example: The audience gave a gasp of astonishment 2. A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper). Labels: UK, slang Example: I'm popping out for a gasp.
Word: gasp Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”). Pronunciation: /ɡɑːsp/, /ɡæsp/, /ɡasp/ 1. The sound of a gasp. Labels: humorous Example: Gasp! What will happen next?
Word: overture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvətjʊə/, /ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə/, /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/ 1. An opening; a recess or chamber. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes the cave's inmost overture 2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. Labels: obsolete Example: It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. 3. An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. Labels: often, plural Example: overture of friendship Example: Shortly afterwards the North Eastern Railway made overtures for the purchase of the Blyth & Tyne system, and the directors of the latter were then disposed to sell, but, in view of their excellent dividend record, stood out for a good price. 4. A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Labels: Scotland 5. A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an opera, or a motion picture). Example: The overture was almost at a close; and silence being now more effective than any thing that he could urge in favour of the play, Courtenaye went behind the scenes:... 6. A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at the beginning but sometimes played at any part of the work or performed as a standalone piece. Example: The paradoxical use of an overture at the end of a concert occasionally gave rise to satire in the musical press.
Word: overture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvətjʊə/, /ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə/, /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/ 1. To make overtures; to approach with a proposal. Labels: intransitive Example: For a partner setting a table in a game of “house,” an overturing child might assume the role of the father returning home from work at dinnertime rather than overturing by throwing a ball toward the child and yelling “catch.”
Word: overture Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvətjʊə/, /ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə/, /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/ 1. Overt, that is, disclosed. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable Example: Crest : A falcon, wings overture. Example: It may be with wings close, i.e. closed, or it may be with its wings elevated, or it may be with wings disclosed, i.e. somewhat open, but inverted, and pointing downwards (and this is practically the same as the expression overt, written sometimes overture). [...] Argent, an eagle recursant wings overture sable - BACK. Argent, an eagle rising, wings overt inverted gules, standing on a baston raguly in bend vert - William PORTER.
Word: aide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid. Pronunciation: /eɪd/ 1. An assistant. Example: The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade. Example: Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […] 2. An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
Word: intersect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈsɛkt/, /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/ 1. To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Parallel lines don't intersect. Example: Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre. 2. Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.
Word: intersect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + sect. 1. Between sects; intersectarian.
Word: authorities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of authority Labels: form-of, plural
Word: authorities Part of Speech: noun 1. The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25, as part of the agency’s effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town and police department have said federal authorities previously told them Evans was legally authorized to work in the U.S.
Word: entitle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman entitler, from Old French entiteler, (French intituler), from Late Latin intitulāre. Pronunciation: /ənˈtaɪtəl/, /ənˈtaɪ.təl/, /ɛnˈtaɪ.təl/ 1. To give a title to. Example: The deed entitled her to an undivided interest in the property. 2. To dignify by an honorary designation. 3. To give power or authority (to do something). Example: A passport entitles the bearer to travel to other countries. 4. To give rightful ownership. 5. To give a title to a book, film, play, etc. Example: His autobiography, entitled Life of a Driver, was a best-seller.
Word: entitled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtaɪtl̩d/ 1. Having a title. Labels: literally Example: Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'. 2. Having a legal or moral right or claim to something. Example: As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president. Example: If you were injured at work you may be entitled to compensation. 3. Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious. Labels: figuratively Example: THE STRAIN OF DEALING WITH ENTITLED PEOPLE. Dealing with people who are generally convinced that life (and, in particular, the clinician) owes them something can be very wearisome work — particularly if on some level (usually unconscious) the clinician believes it is appropriate (and necessary for a feeling of competence and self-worth) to satisfy this special need. […] Entitled people can be even more difficult when they have the resources in the form of prestige, power, and/or wealth to transcend the usual bonds of social reality, or when they have the bitterness and tenacity to use legal action in the face of real or imagined failings on the part of the clinician. Example: People feel entitled to their entitlement, and frequently feel defensive when it is challenged. As a mechanism of defense, entitlement may be protectively maintained, denied, or disowned, and also projected to make the leader feel entitled.
Word: entitled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtaɪtl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of entitle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exterminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“thoroughly”) + terminō (“to finish, close, end”), from terminus (“limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/, /ɪkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/, /ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ɛkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/ 1. To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally. Labels: transitive Example: We'll use poison to exterminate the rats. Example: The natives everywhere eat their [sc. cuscuses] flesh, and as their motions are so slow, easily catch them by climbing; so that it is wonderful they have not been exterminated. It may be, however, that their dense woolly fur protects them from birds of prey, and the islands they live in are too thinly inhabited for man to be able to exterminate them. 2. To bring a definite end to; to finish completely. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The public school failed to exterminate truancy.
Word: tassel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Latin tāxillus (“small cube”), from tālus (“ankle”). Pronunciation: /ˈtæsəl/ 1. A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings). Example: The Giant's boots were of pink leather and had tassels on them and his hat was decorated with an enormous pink ostrich feather, carefully curled. 2. The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. Example: The plant world is very busy and helpful when it seems to be playing. The tall, plumy tassels at the tops of corn stalks, swing much as you do under the maple tree. But those tassels are so loaded with pollen that you can often see a brown dust hovering over a corn field. As the wind blows the tassels, the pollen is shaken down in clouds. 3. The loose hairs at the end of a braid. 4. A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages. 5. A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers. 6. A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel. 7. A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
Word: tassel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Latin tāxillus (“small cube”), from tālus (“ankle”). Pronunciation: /ˈtæsəl/ 1. To adorn with tassels. Labels: transitive Example: […] gauzes of silver mist; Loop’d up with cords of twisted wreathed light, And tassell’d round with weeping meteors! 2. To put forth a tassel or flower. Labels: intransitive Example: Maize is a crop that tassels.
Word: tassel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tassell. Pronunciation: /ˈtæsəl/ 1. Alternative form of tassell. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baddest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bad Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English baddest From bad + -est. 1. superlative form of bad: most bad, worst. Labels: form-of, nonstandard, superlative 2. superlative form of bad: most bad Labels: form-of, standard, superlative Example: I'm going down in history / As the baddest rapper there ever could be Example: The president of Royal Caribbean, Jason Liberty, told reporters it was the “biggest, baddest ship on the planet”, though it quickly became known on social media as “human lasagne”.