nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: carrion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English caroyne (“corpse, carrion, something disgusting”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman careine, caroigne, charogne, and Old French charoigne, Northern Old French caˈronië, caroine, caroigne (modern French charogne), probably from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, from Latin caro (“flesh”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”)) + -ia (suffix forming nouns). Doublet of crone. The regular modern English form would be *carren, *carron /ˈkæɹən/ (this is found dialectally; see similar kyarn); the intervening /i/ is either a hypercorrection based on the analogy of words like merlin/merlion or, more likely, represents metathesis of the last element of the diphthong in caroyne. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.ɪ.ən/, /ˈkɛɹ.i.ən/, /ˈkæɹ.ən/ 1. Pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh. Labels: derogatory Example: Theſe glotõs daily kil thẽſelf their own handes, ⁊ no man findeth fault, but carieth his cariẽ corſe into yͤ quere, and wͭ much ſolẽne ſeruice, burieth yͤ body boldly at the hie alter, whẽ thei haue at their life (as thapoſtle ſaith) made theyr belly their god, ⁊ liked to know none other: […] Example: This coouie [i.e., covey of harpies] rauenouſe, and ſwift with a deſperat onſet, / They gripte in tallants the meat, and foorth ſpourged a ſtincking / Foule carrayne ſauoure: […] 2. Disgusting, horrid, rotten. Labels: figuratively Example: [T]he baseness, the foul, the stinking, the carrion baseness, of the fellows that call themselves "country gentlemen," is, […] that, while they are thus bold with regard to the working and poor people, they never even whisper a word against pensioners, placemen, soldiers, parsons, fundholders, tax-gatherers, or tax-eaters! They say not a word against the prolific dead-weight, to whom they GIVE A PREMIUM FOR BREEDING, while they want to check the population of labourers! Example: 'But as for you, ye carrion rogues,' turning to the three men in the rigging—'for you, I mean to mince ye up for the try-pots;' and, seizing a rope, he applied it with all his might to the backs of the two traitors, till they yelled no more, but lifelessly hung their heads sideways, as the two crucified thieves are drawn. 3. Of the living human body, the soul, etc.: fleshly, mortal, sinful. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: Shees bitter to her country, heare me Paris, / For euery falſe drop in her bavvdy veines, / A Grecians life hath ſunke: for euery ſcruple / Of her contaminated carrion vvaight, / A Troyan hath beene ſlaine. 4. Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike. Labels: obsolete 5. Of or pertaining to death. Labels: obsolete Example: O hell! vvhat haue vve heere, a carrion death? / VVithin vvhoſe empty eye there is a vvritten ſcroule, / Ile reade the vvriting.
Word: unconfirmed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English confirmed English unconfirmed From un- + confirmed. 1. Not finally established, settled or confirmed. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are hearing unconfirmed reports of an explosion. 2. Not having undergone the ritual of confirmation. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the ecumenical world a cry is heard for the admission of unconfirmed children to communion...
Word: thorax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɔɹæks/ 1. The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs. Example: Holonyms: torso, trunk < body Example: Meronym: chest 2. The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached. Example: Holonym: body Example: Meronyms: prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax
Word: unconnected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English connected English unconnected From un- + connected. 1. Not connected or joined. Example: The light wouldn't work because the cable was unconnected. 2. Confused or disconnected. Example: He talked in an unconnected series of short sentences. 3. Without connections of family, etc.
Word: skilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English skill Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English skilled From skill (noun) + -ed. Pronunciation: /skɪld/ 1. Having or showing skill; skillful. Example: In the Ming Dynasty, a man named Zhang Weiyan in Jiangyin, of Jiangsu Province, was a skilled writer. He was quite well-known in his region. 2. Requiring special abilities or training. Example: The minimum hourly wage for construction workers has increased to NOK 250,30 per hour for skilled workers and NOK 226,90 for unskilled workers, with an additional rate of NOK 235,80 for unskilled workers with at least one year’s experience in the industry.
Word: skilled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /skɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of skill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unconscionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + conscionable. Pronunciation: /ənˈkɔn.ʃən.ə.bəl/, /ənˈkɔnʃ.nə.bəl/, /ənˈkɔn.ʃən.bəl/, /ʌnˈkɒn.ʃən.ə.bəl/, /ʌnˈkɒn.ʃən.bəl/ 1. Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience. Example: When Roger assured him that prospects "looked very good" for a retrial, even a reversal of the verdict, since Roger had discovered "unconscionable errors" in the trial, Jackson grunted in bemusement and smiled with half his mouth. Example: In a statement on Friday announcing her withdrawal, [Arundhati] Roy, who had been planning to attend a screening of her recently restored 1989 film In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, called the comments “unconscionable” and feared they had reached “millions of people across the world”. 2. Excessive, imprudent or unreasonable. Example: The effective rate of interest was unconscionable, but not legally usurious. Example: [...] and the agrieved person shall doe more manly, to be extraordinary and singular in claiming the due right whereof he is frustrated, then to piece up his lost contentment by visiting the Stews, or stepping to his neighbours bed, which is the common shift in this mis-fortune, or els by suffering his usefull life to wast away and be lost under a secret affliction of an unconscionable size to humane strength.
Word: protective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōtēctīvus. By surface analysis, protect + -ive. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/, /pɹoʊˈtɛk.tɪv/, /pɹəˈtek.tɪv/ 1. Serving or intended to protect. Example: The fighter dropped into a protective stance. Example: The castle's moat served a protective function. 2. Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something. Example: Mother bears are famously protective of their cubs.
Word: protective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōtēctīvus. By surface analysis, protect + -ive. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/, /pɹoʊˈtɛk.tɪv/, /pɹəˈtek.tɪv/ 1. Something that protects. Labels: UK 2. A condom.
Word: razz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of raspberry. Pronunciation: /ɹæz/ 1. A version of seven-card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called lowball). Labels: uncountable
Word: razz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of raspberry. Pronunciation: /ɹæz/ 1. To tease playfully; to heckle. Labels: informal Example: No need to look like you're sat on a brush, man, we're only razzin' ya. 2. To tease playfully; to heckle. Labels: informal 3. To drive a vehicle around aimlessly. Labels: Australia, Newfoundland, UK, informal Example: Consider, for example, the word razz, used by younger speakers with the meaning 'riding around with friends in a car (or a snowmobile), with no particular goal'. This meaning is not generally familiar to older residents of the province, and is largely unknown in North America. A very similar meaning does, however, occur in Britain and Australia, as in the following British online posting: 81. We find about an exciting new craze that is seeing kids clad in leather from Leamington razzing around on motorbikes. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/motor/mini-moto-crazy.shtml).
Word: ratify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- Proto-Italic *rēōr Latin reor Latin ratus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin ratifico Old French ratifierbor. Middle English ratifien English ratify From Middle English ratifien, from Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹætɪfaɪ/, /ˈɹætəfaɪ/ 1. To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on. Labels: transitive Example: They ratified the treaty. Example: Thus the workmen decide the principle, the Executive carry it out. The agent provides information and negotiates. The Conference finally ratifies or disapproves.
Word: bowdlerise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Bowdler + -ise. 1. Alternative form of bowdlerize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jaffa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō)bor. Arabic يَافَا (yāfā)bor. English Jaffa Borrowed from Arabic يَافَا (yāfā), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑfə/, /ˈd͡ʒæfə/ 1. A port in western Israel.
Word: Jaffa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō)bor. Arabic يَافَا (yāfā)bor. English Jaffa Borrowed from Arabic يَافَا (yāfā), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ (yāfō). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑfə/, /ˈd͡ʒæfə/ 1. A Jaffa orange. Labels: informal Example: They were together, at the flicks on Saturday night, eating Jaffas and smiling at each other occasionally in the dark.
Word: Jaffa cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Jaffa oranges. 1. A small, biscuit-like cake with a base of firm sponge, a layer of orange jelly, and a chocolate covering. Labels: UK
Word: Jaffa orange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Jaffa, where it was first produced for export. 1. A sweet, nearly seedless variety of orange.
Word: keep wicket Part of Speech: verb 1. To act as wicket-keeper. Labels: intransitive
Word: king pair Part of Speech: noun 1. The score of zero runs, having been out on the first ball faced in each innings of a two-innings match; a golden duck in each innings
Word: golden duck Part of Speech: noun 1. the score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced
Word: knee roll Part of Speech: noun 1. the thick part of a batsman's pads that protects the knee
Word: contributor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman contributour (from Latin contribuō); equivalent to contribute + -or. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/, /-ju-/, /kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tə/, /-juː-/, /-jʊ-/ 1. A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause. Example: I am a longstanding financial contributor to Amnesty International. 2. A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution. Example: He was a regular contributor to Greenpeace protests. Example: The nation lost two major contributors to the cause of human rights in the murders of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk on Nov. 27. 3. A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something. Example: Methane is a major contributor to global warming 4. A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc. Example: William Safire has been a notable contributor to the op-ed pages of The New York Times for many years.
Word: unconsciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unconscious + -ness or un- + consciousness. 1. The state of lacking consciousness, of being unconscious Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was roused from unconsciousness by the alarm clock. 2. ignorance or innocence; the state of being uninformed or unaware Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uncontested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + contested. 1. Not contested or disputed; not made the object of competition.
Word: unconvinced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + convinced. 1. not convinced or lacking conviction Example: They tell me the world is round, but I am unconvinced.
Word: unconvinced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unconvince Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unconvincing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English convincing English unconvincing From un- + convincing. 1. not convincing, plausible or believable Example: Near-synonym: uncompelling Example: He gave me an unconvincing explanation of the fault, but I have my doubts.
Word: unconvincing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English convincing English unconvincing From un- + convincing. 1. present participle and gerund of unconvince Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncooked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + cooked. 1. Raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked.
Word: uncooked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of uncook Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncouple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English uncouple; equivalent to un- + couple. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌpəl/ 1. To disconnect or detach one thing from another. Labels: transitive Example: We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind. Example: The railway workers uncoupled the cars near the tail end of the train. 2. To come loose. Labels: transitive 3. To loose, as dogs, from their couples. Labels: transitive
Word: uncoupled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English coupled English uncoupled From un- + coupled. 1. Not coupled to something; disconnected; detached. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncoupled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of uncouple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncovered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌvɚd/, /ʌnˈkʌvəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of uncover Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncovered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + covered. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌvɚd/, /ʌnˈkʌvəd/ 1. Not covered or protected from the weather, etc. 2. Lacking insurance or security. 3. Bareheaded.
Word: hyem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northern Middle English hame, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Swedish hem, Dutch heem, heim- and West Frisian hiem. Note that this pronunciation is not derived from Old Norse, as is sometimes assumed on the basis of Danish and Norwegian hjem - the pronunciation in Geordie is directly derivable from the Old English form by regular rules. Compare traditional styen (“stone”) [stjɛn] from stān, or clem (“stone, cloam”) [klɛm] from clām. It can also be found in some other northern dialects like Yorkshire. Pronunciation: /jɛm/, /hjɛm/, /çɛm/ 1. home Labels: Northumbria, uncountable Example: [19th c.] 1993, Ned Corvan, “Yer Gannin to be a Keelman,” in Visions of the People, Patrick Joyce http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=z_nMtyp7XCEC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&sig=SHwbkD-bXZaWxJharfiXxajyEGU Ye’ll be comin’ hyem at neets, with yor fyece all ower black, And ye’ll lie an snore aside the fire, and never gis yor crack, … Example: “He had just come in,” he said, “to see if his mate was come hyem yet; but as he had not, he thought he could guess right weel where he wad be, and wad just step o’er to Brown’s (the gin-shop) and see.”
Word: myriagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myria- + gram. 1. A unit of mass of ten thousand grams, or ten kilograms. Adopted as an equivalent of the French avoirdupois XX. Labels: obsolete
Word: tiring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tiring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. The action of tiring. Labels: uncountable 2. Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.
Word: tiring Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. That tires or tire. Example: Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.
Word: uncritical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *krinyétider. Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós)bor. Latin criticus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English critical English uncritical From un- + critical. 1. Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating. Example: an uncritical review Example: Let any competent judge read Hacket's Life of Archbishop Williams, and then these Sermons, and so measure the stultifying, nugifying effect of a blind and uncritical study of the Fathers […] 2. Having a disregard for critical standards or procedures. 3. Slow to criticize. Example: uncritical to the point of tolerating incompetence, jeopardizing the business model
Word: uncultured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + cultured. 1. Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine. 2. Not cultured or artificially developed.
Word: uncut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unkut, uncutte, unkyt, unkutt, equivalent to un- + cut. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌt/ 1. Not cut. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a gemstone, not cut or ground to the desired shape. Labels: not-comparable Example: But now a handful of houses are keen to master all stages of a stone’s journey from rough to final jewel. In September, for example, British luxury jewelers Graff Diamonds bought the uncut Lesedi La Rona, the world’s second largest diamond, for $53 million. 3. Of a book, not having the page edges trimmed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Monroe had apparently not finished it, for the pages were uncut beyond the third chapter. 4. Of a play, film, etc., not edited or abridged by a censor. Labels: not-comparable 5. Not diluted. Labels: not-comparable Example: You give them your requirements (or pick a model from the brochure) and await delivery of a massive plastic container filled with uncut gin. 6. Not circumcised. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: All I'm saying is, uncut men are the best. They try harder. I should know. I've slept with five of them.
Word: saved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /seɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of save Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: saved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /seɪvd/ 1. Rescued from the consequences of sin. Labels: not-comparable Example: The second servant, however, was not only not "saved." She could not even be classified as "questing." She was an Anglican who was in the household from charity, having been deserted by her navvy husband and been denied Poor Relief by two parishes, each of whom claimed she was the other's responsibility. 2. Retained for future use rather than spent. Labels: not-comparable Example: A penny saved is a penny earned.
Word: undamaged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English damaged English undamaged From un- + damaged. 1. not damaged, harmed or injured Labels: not-comparable
Word: undaunted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ondauntit, undauntdid; equivalent to un- + daunted. 1. Showing courage and resolution. Example: Undaunted in the court stands Didymus, virtuously proud of rescued innocence. Example: […] for even the undaunted faith and energy of the Chicagoese cannot greatly accelerate the processes of nature in making' trees, or robing their trunks with moss. 2. Not shaken, discouraged or disheartened.
Word: undated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English dated English undated From un- + dated. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdeɪtɪd/ 1. Not marked with a date. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not out of fashion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: undated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin undatus, past participle of undare (“to rise in waves, to wave, to undulate”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdeɪtɪd/ 1. Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf; waved.
Word: swingometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English swing Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English swingometer From swing + -o- + -meter. Pronunciation: /swɪŋˈɒmɪtə/, /swɪŋˈɑmɪtɚ/ 1. A graphic device used to illustrate swing in an election. Labels: UK
Word: undecided Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English undecided, equivalent to un- + decided. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /ˌʌndiˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /ˌʌndəˈsaɪ̯.dəd/ 1. Open and not yet settled or determined. Example: The question of man's destiny is still undecided. 2. Uncommitted, not having reached a decision. Example: The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters. Example: First, you say, you do And then you don't And then you say, you will And then you won't You're undecided now So what are you gonna do? Now you want to play And then it's no And when you say, you'll stay That's when you go You're undecided now So what are you gonna do?
Word: undecided Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English undecided, equivalent to un- + decided. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /ˌʌndiˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /ˌʌndəˈsaɪ̯.dəd/ 1. A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision. Example: The real drama came as these two camps fought for undecideds, who literally found themselves in the middle. Example: […] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds.
Word: undecided Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English undecided, equivalent to un- + decided. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /ˌʌndiˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /ˌʌndəˈsaɪ̯.dəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of undecide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncommitted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English committed English uncommitted From un- + committed. 1. Not inclined toward either side in a matter under dispute. 2. Not bound or pledged to a cause, party etc. Example: Something about his bearing was uncommitted, as though he were checking not for some bad quality he knew Feldman had, but for some good quality he was afraid he might have. 3. Not yet written to disk and logged. Example: Any uncommitted changes will be lost if you disconnect from the source control system.
Word: bork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A reference to the unsuccessful 1987 United States Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork (1927–2012); first appeared in print that same year. Pronunciation: /bɔːk/, /boɹk/ 1. To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy. Labels: US, ambitransitive, derogatory, often Example: In light of the current furor over trying to appoint a new Supreme Court justice, I would like to submit a new verb in the English language. Three forms would be "to bork," "borking," and "borked." This would describe the act of partisan political character assassination. Example: George [H. W.] Bush will almost certainly have an opportunity to nominate one or more justices. It would be a pity for all of us if they are subjected to the treatment accorded Robert Bork. Honest disagreement is one thing; "borking" is something else.
Word: bork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly derived from borken, a deliberate misspelling of the word broken used in ironic or humorous contexts; or from the usage described under “Etymology 1” above. Alternatively, sourced from the Muppet's Swedish Chef, see Swedish Chef Pronunciation: /bɔːk/, /boɹk/ 1. To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The first time I tried the test machine that I got, I borked the configuration pretty badly (I.e., I inverted the interfaces among other things). Example: Angie sat back and stared at the screen. Well, that screwed her up good and proper. Go to the brass with information that might put her in the slam … or go it solo and risk borking up the situation even worse than it was already. 2. To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Sometimes Windows system files get messed up (the technical term is "borked"). In those cases, Microsoft has a program called Refresh that scans and fixes all the system files, without changing your settings, removing any installed programs, or blasting your data. Example: The building is currently occupied by Benetton, but we could be about to see the beautiful range of multi-ethnic models in overpriced clothes replaced by models that get borked with every upgrade … oh, and are also overpriced.
Word: bork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the species name of Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Pronunciation: /bɔːk/, /boɹk/ 1. The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean. Labels: informal Example: Near the water surface, Mayflower hunted for larger prey in the form of "borks." Pagothenia borchgrevinki "bork," for short—are buggy-eyed, dark-spotted fish with a Mohawk ridge of fins along the top. They live among the ice crystals formed by the platelet ice, hiding just below the frozen surface of the sea in -3°C (27°F) water. Example: On entering the Aquarium Building, I bumped into John Janssen, a biologist studying the behavior and physiology of Antarctic fish, and now a professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. John stood near a large circular seawater tank containing a school of "borks" (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), silvery, foot-long, trout-shaped Antarctic fish that feed on plankton. The majority of Antarctic fish live on the seafloor, but borks live in the water column, hiding from sea predators in the cracks and crevices of the sea ice.
Word: bork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mutation of bark. Pronunciation: /bɔːk/, /boɹk/ 1. The sound that a dog makes. Labels: Internet, humorous Example: Understanding doggo memes requires a previous knowledge of doggo meme jargon, including words such as bamboozled (a word that basically signifies confusion in any context) and bork (for a dog’s bark).
Word: bork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Mutation of bark. Pronunciation: /bɔːk/, /boɹk/ 1. Of a dog, to bark. Labels: Internet, humorous Example: Dogs become “doggo”, “floofs” and “puppers” and they “bork” rather than bark. Example: And now, a Doge can bork — Tumblr doggo slang for barking or being aggressive.
Word: bork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from a blend of boink + pork. Pronunciation: /bɔːk/, /boɹk/ 1. To boink; to have sex with. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: It was Oscar Wilde who remarked on the phenomenon of Life imitating Art . What with the tabloid Press, and Princess Di borking her riding instructor in a high-life, contemporary update of Lady Chatterley's Lover, we may soon not need fiction […]
Word: bork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic, representing the sound of vomiting. Possibly related to boak. Pronunciation: /bɔːk/, /boɹk/ 1. To retch or vomit. Labels: slang Example: He tweeted: “Barf!! @BurgerKingUK thanks for [sic] Hygeine standards. How many hairs did I eat b4 realising?? Borked!!!” Example: She told the ECHO : "I can't open my windows because it makes me want to bork."
Word: shuffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌfəl/ 1. The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them. Example: He made a real mess of the last shuffle. 2. The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player. 3. An instance of walking without lifting one's feet. Example: The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle. 4. A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot. Labels: broadly 5. A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor. 6. A trick; an artifice; an evasion. Example: The Gifts of Nature are beyond all the Shams and Shuffles in the World.
Word: shuffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌfəl/ 1. To put in a random order. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Don't forget to shuffle the cards. Example: You shuffle, and I'll deal. 2. To change; modify the order of something. Example: But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive. 3. To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He shuffled out of the room. Example: I shuffled my feet in embarrassment. 4. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate. Example: I myself, […] hiding mine honour in my necessity, am fain to shuffle. 5. To use arts or expedients; to make shift. Example: Your life, good master, / Must shuffle for itself. 6. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another. Example: to shuffle money from hand to hand 7. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion. Example: Therefore you do vvell to have recourſe to your laſt Evaſion, that it vvas contriv'd by your Enemies, and ſhuffled into the Papers that vvere ſeiz'd: vvhich yet you ſee the Nation is not ſo eaſy to believe as your ovvn Fury; […]
Word: lector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/ 1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service. 2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities. 3. A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union. Labels: US, historical Example: Its lyrical, poetic flights seem much more at home in the romantic musings of two sisters competing for the attention of the new, handsome lector, a man hired to read stories to workers in a Florida cigar factory, who might otherwise be mesmerized by the repetitive boredom of their jobs. 4. A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries. Example: The Hungarian viewer of The Colbert Report wants to experience authentic American comedy, and the lector—like an interpreter performing chuchotage at a high-level meeting of heads of state—serves primarily as a check on the viewer's grasp of the real thing.
Word: lector Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/ 1. To perform service as a lector in a religious context. 2. To do a voice-over translation of a film. Example: How much of Colbert's political satire can be truly grasped by a Hungarian viewer of a lectored episode is slightly beside the point: something gets through.
Word: packed lunch Part of Speech: noun 1. A meal, sandwiches or anything packed and intended to be eaten away from home; especially, one packed at home as opposed to a portable packaged lunch from a vendor. Example: I forgot my packed lunch when I left for work this morning.
Word: picnic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pique-nique. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪknɪk/ 1. An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. Example: We went out for a picnic in the forest. 2. The meal eaten at such a gathering. 3. An easy or pleasant task. Labels: figuratively Example: We remind the guests that dealing with this problem is no picnic, and to be patient. Example: "Don't put your hand on me," said Uncle Henry irritably. "I'm crawling with lice. War would be a picnic if it wasn't for lice and dysentery. […] 4. An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table. Labels: obsolete 5. A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig. Example: Smoked picnics of medium weights - from 6 to 8 pounds - are selling at wholesale at present for about half the price of fancy hams. Standard bacon of medium weights is another smoked product that is selling […] Example: Smoked picnics (calas) are pork shoulders with the butt portion removed just beyond the knuckle bone. Shoulder butts are boneless […]
Word: picnic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French pique-nique. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪknɪk/ 1. To take part in a picnic. Labels: intransitive Example: And I'll never forget the chillingly instinctive racism. "Sure is pretty countryside. Pity it's spoiled by the niggers picknickin."
Word: ubiety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ubi (“where”) + -iety. 1. The state of existing in a specific point in space, thereness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ubiety is a Term used with reſpect to ſpiritual Beings, as Locality is with regard to corporeal ones, and is the very ſame Thing, viz. that Part of Space which circumſcribes the Exiſtence of Things at any given Moment of Time, and is commonly call'd their Place. Example: The place of a ſpirit has been often called ubiety, which may moſt properly refer to ſo much of the material world, of which it has a more evident conſciouſneſs, and on which it can act : In God the infinite Spirit, his ubiety is whereſoever there are objects for his conſiouſneſs and activity : And you may extend this to all poſſible, as well as real and actual worlds, if you pleaſe; for he knows and can do whatever can be known or can be done, and therefore he is ſaid to be every where. 2. Omnipresence; ubiquity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally World War II Royal Air Force slang; probably imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæŋ/, [ˈpʰɹʷæŋ], /ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈpʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈpɹɛ̃ŋ/ 1. An aeroplane crash. Labels: countable, dated, slang, uncountable Example: 2011, Bill Marsh, Great South Australia Stories, HarperCollins Publishers, Australia, unnumbered page, I remember when a call came through that a crop sprayer had had a plane prang down at Naracoorte, in the south-east of South Australia. 2. A bombing raid. Labels: countable, dated, slang, uncountable 3. An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: The typical prang cost a few hundred dollars in panelbeating charges. Example: If people drove like that in Australia there would be constant prangs. 4. Crack cocaine. Labels: US, slang, uncountable
Word: prang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally World War II Royal Air Force slang; probably imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæŋ/, [ˈpʰɹʷæŋ], /ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈpʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈpɹɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To crash an aeroplane. Labels: dated, slang Example: “We have to wear good socks and boots,” said one pilot with a grin, “—as we often prang in the jungle, and have to walk home.” 2. To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, intransitive Example: “Didn′t bump nobody,” I sneer. “That′s because you were careful,” says the wife. “Your forecast doesn′t say you will prang. It merely says ‘exercise care today,’ which you did.” 3. To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, transitive Example: Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies. Example: On Friday, I picked up our camper van, upgraded to a four sleeper so Elysee and I could each find a neutral corner, which I managed to “prang,” navigating the parking lot, within one hour of signing away my house as security.
Word: prang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Khmer ប្រាង្គ (praang). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæŋ/, [ˈpʰɹʷæŋ], /ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈpʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈpɹɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand. Example: The prang is surrounded by walls, which are in turn surrounded by smaller prangs and chedis, some of which are rather precariously supported. Example: The second platform surrounds the base of the prang proper, whose closed entranceways are guarded by four statues of the Hindu god Indra on his three-headed elephant Erawan.
Word: ubiquity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque. Pronunciation: /juːˈbɪkwɪti/, /juˈbɪkwɪti/, /juˈbɪkwəti/, /jʉːˈbɪkwɪti/, /jʉːˈbəkwəti/ 1. The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence. Labels: uncountable Example: Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose. Example: It would be hard to exaggerate the ubiquity of the diminutive (-ito, -ita) in Latin American Spanish, which originates from the extreme reverence and indulgence accorded to the young. 2. Anything that is ubiquitous within a specified area. Labels: countable
Word: unalterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English alter Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English alterable English unalterable From un- + alterable. 1. Incapable of being altered, or of changing. Example: People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form. Example: ... every statute in the Bible and in the law books is an attempt to defeaat a law of God—in other words an unalterable and indestructible law of nature. 2. Irreversible, irrevocable.
Word: severely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English severe Middle English -ly English -ly English severely From severe + -ly. 1. In a severe manner. Example: After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence. Example: Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]
Word: unblock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + block. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈblɒk/ 1. To remove or clear a block or obstruction from. Labels: transitive Example: We need a plumber to unblock the sink. Example: During this period, Network Rail was able to unblock a culvert and stabilise a high-risk landslip at Beattock, and to stabilise a high-risk landslip site at Ravenstruther (near Carstairs). 2. To free or make available. Labels: transitive Example: It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; […] a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked. 3. In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit. Labels: intransitive 4. To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked). Labels: transitive
Word: unblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + block. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈblɒk/ 1. The removal of a block or blockage. Example: Look for every opportunity to create an entry to the weak hand. Spectacular unblocks are often needed. Example: Control messages, such as requests/forwards/unblocks, are often shorter as they need to carry the address and some header information, while data messages, such as responses, are cache-line sized with some extra header information.
Word: unchanging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + changing. 1. remaining constantly unchanged Example: "Tut! tut! The unchanging woman. They gossiped in my time and they gossip still."
Word: unchanging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + changing. 1. present participle and gerund of unchange Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cowed English uncowed From un- + cowed. 1. Not browbeaten or frightened into submission or compliance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + age. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəɹˈeɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Below the legal age (usually age 18 or 21) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse. Labels: not-comparable Example: underage drinking Example: underage marriage 2. Not yet a legal adult; still a minor. Labels: not-comparable Example: underage offender 3. Limited to players below a certain age; junior. Labels: Ireland, not-comparable Example: Even if an underage team is stacked with talent, there is still only one senior team they can graduate to and there are a finite amount of places.
Word: underage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English under Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English underage From under + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndəɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A deficit or shortfall in funds, inventory, or capacity.
Word: underway Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs. Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈweɪ/, /ʌndəɹˈweɪ/ 1. In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey. Example: The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ... Example: The political world might still be recovering from the 2016 presidential election and focusing now on the midterm fights for Congress, but here in the nation's first primary state the battle for 2020 is already well underway.
Word: underway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under + way. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)weɪ/ 1. A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass. Example: As Minneapolis grew, the city demanded that M&StL construct "underways" beneath city roadways. 2. An underground passage, subway, tunnel. Example: There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ... 3. A voyage, especially underwater. Example: I had been the diving officer on three previous submarines, …, and was an experienced officer of the deck with many underways and landings under my belt on all three.
Word: knifing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪfɪŋ/ 1. An instance of stabbing with a knife. Example: There was a knifing outside that club last night.
Word: knifing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of knife Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coerce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”). Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɜːs/, /koʊˈɝs/, /kəʉˈɜːs/, /kɐʉˈøːs/ 1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. Labels: transitive 2. To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. Labels: transitive Example: They coerced their children into going to the country park. Example: A woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a "social man." A woman who agrees that she has been coerced into one of these activities will be honored by anti-porners. The opinions of the rest of us are routinely discounted. 3. To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type. Labels: transitive
Word: Lady Bountiful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From a character in the 18th century play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar 1. A rich and generous woman. 2. Our Lady 3. A woman who patronisingly shows off her wealth by acts of generosity. Labels: derogatory
Word: Ægypt Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Egypt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: We will not revive the mysterious crosses of Ægypt, with circles on their heads, in the breast of Serapis, and the hands of their Geniall spirits, not unlike the characters of Venus, and looked on by ancient Christians, with relation unto Christ. Since however they first began, the Ægyptians thereby expressed the processe and motion of the spirit of the world, and the diffusion thereof upon the Celestiall and Elementall nature; implyed by a circle and right‐lined intersection
Word: Æthiopia Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Ethiopia (“a broad region of eastern Africa”). Labels: alt-of, archaic, historical Example: Finding, however, that this was not likely soon to take place, he determined to pass the intermediate time in exploring Egypt and the country above the Cataracts, and was thus enabled to perform two very arduous and interesting journies into the ancient Æthiopia; one of them along the banks of the Nile, from Assouan to Dar El Mahass on the frontiers of Dongola, in the months of February and March 1813, during which he discovered many remains of ancient Egyptian and Nubian architecture, with Greek inscriptions, such as are found in the temples of Philæ; — the other, between March and July, in the following year, through Nubia to Souakim and Djedda.
Word: polyzoa Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɒliˈzəʊ.ə/ 1. plural of polyzoon Labels: form-of, plural