nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: addable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English add 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 addable From add + -able. 1. Something that can be added to a basic model or formulation; an add-on or enhancement. Example: Addables were tiltable, rotatable and removeable viewfinder, paint pot controls and auto iris. Example: One of the themes that emerged regarded nutrition and how parents helped their children to consume the recommended calories. Strategies included using addables (i.e., adding extra things such as toppings, e.g., adding nuts, sugar, or fruit […]
Word: addax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French addax, from Arabic أبو عدس (ʔabū ʕadas, literally “father of the lentil”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.dəks/ 1. A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert. Example: In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit.
Word: addeem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *ademen, from Old English ādēman (“to judge, adjudge, doom, deem, try, adjudicate”); equivalent to a- + deem. Pronunciation: /əˈdiːm/ 1. To adjudge; to try, test. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: So unto him they did addeeme the prise Of all that Tryumph. Example: Legacy is not addeemed by gift before execution of will. 2. To deem; think; judge; esteem; account; determine; be of an opinion. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: adder fly Part of Speech: noun 1. A dragonfly. Labels: archaic
Word: adder's-tongue Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of adder's tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: addict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”) Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ɪkt/ 1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug. Example: a heroin addict Example: He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies. 2. An adherent or fan (of something).
Word: addict Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”) Pronunciation: /əˈdɪkt/ 1. Addicted. Labels: archaic 2. Bound, tied to, obligated. Labels: obsolete
Word: addict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”) Pronunciation: /əˈdɪkt/ 1. To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. Labels: Ancient-Rome, transitive 2. To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. Labels: archaic, reflexive Example: They addict themselves to the civil law. Example: Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […]. 3. To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. Labels: obsolete, reflexive 5. To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. 6. To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. Labels: transitive Example: His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
Word: addictedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English addicted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English addictedness From addicted + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. Labels: uncountable Example: She refused to live in a non-urban environment because of her addictedness to used bookstores and coffee shops. 2. The degree of addiction. Labels: uncountable Example: His addictedness was such that unless physically restrained, he would continuously self-administer the drug until he lapsed into unconsciousness.
Word: Addison's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Dr. Thomas Addison (1793-1860), of London, who first described it. 1. A disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids, causing hypocortisolemia and a resultant brownish discoloration of the skin. Labels: uncountable Example: Nearly thirty years before the date of Addison's discovery, his eminent colleague, Dr. Bright, had observed and recorded, in his celebrated 'Reports of Medical Cases,' a case of Addison's disease.
Word: additionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English additional Middle English -ly English -ly English additionally From additional + -ly. 1. By way of addition; in addition to; also. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is nonobtuse if none its dihedral angles is obtuse, and acute if additionally none of them is right. Example: Additionally, the more subgingival the restorative margin, the more tooth is reduced.
Word: additory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈædɪtəɹi/, /ˈædɪtɹi/, /ˈædɪˌtɔɹi/ 1. Tending to add; making some addition. Labels: rare Example: The additory fiction gives to a great man a larger share of reputation than belongs to him, to enable him to serve some good end or purpose.
Word: addle-brain Part of Speech: noun 1. A foolish or dull-witted person. Labels: derogatory Example: That addle-brain poured salt into the batter instead of sugar!
Word: addlings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From addle + -ing. 1. Earnings. Labels: UK, Yorkshire, archaic, dialectal, plural, plural-only Example: He din’t heve mich i t’way o addlins but it wor just enuff to get by. Example: […] addlings, wages received for work. A gentleman has informed me, that in Nottinghamshire, and throughout the north, with some variation of sound, addle and addlings are now in use.
Word: addoom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English doom English addoom From a- + doom. Pronunciation: /əˈduːm/ 1. To adjudge. Labels: obsolete Example: According as thyselfe doest see and heare , And unto me addoom that is my dew
Word: addorsed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ad dorsum (“to the back”). Compare French adossé. 1. Set back to back, facing away from each other. Labels: not-comparable Example: EDGHILL, a falcon, wings addorsed and inverted, supporting with dexter a carved shield, charged with a cinquefoil, […]
Word: addorsed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ad dorsum (“to the back”). Compare French adossé. 1. simple past and past participle of addorse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: git Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget. Pronunciation: /ɡɪt/ 1. A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man). Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git Example: Bit of a flash git, don't you think?
Word: git Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɪt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of get. Labels: Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: She say fust git a dime’s wuth of potatoes; den she say ‘No, git ten cents wuth of beans,’ den she change her min’ agin an’ say git a dime’s wuth of cabbages, an’ suh, when I brung them cabbages home, I’ll be dinged if she didn’t go an’ bang me on the haid with a coolin’ iron fo’ not gittin’ a quatah’s wuth of livah!
Word: git Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ɡɪt/ 1. shoo! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal) Labels: Appalachia, Southern-US, informal
Word: git Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɪt/ 1. Alternative form of geat (channel in metal casting) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: git Part of Speech: name Etymology: Likely chosen for its shortness and pronounceability, but various other explanations and backronyms were offered after its introduction. Pronunciation: /ɡɪt/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Git, a distributed VCS. Labels: alt-of
Word: addression Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of addressing or directing one's course. Labels: obsolete
Word: addulce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Like French adoucir; from Latin ad (“to, toward; denoting increase”) + dulcis (“sweet”). 1. To sweeten; to soothe. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: adeem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin adimō (“take away”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + emō (“buy; acquire, take”). 1. To revoke (a legacy, grant, etc.) or to satisfy it by some other gift. Labels: transitive
Word: adelantadillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish adelantadillo, diminutive of adelantado (“early; not yet ready”). 1. A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adelantado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar (“to advance, to promote”). 1. A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory Labels: historical Example: The grand master[…]communicated it to the principal chiefs on the borders ; among others , to Don Pedro Henriquez , adelantado of Andalusia , Don Juan de Silva , count of Cifuentes , Don Alonso de Aguilar , and the marquis of Cadiz .
Word: adelaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either from Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “not manifest”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) or from Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “not manifest”) + Latin -aster. 1. A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
Word: adeling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.də.lɪŋ/ 1. Alternative form of atheling. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Otar, a pleasant and cultured adeling with a tremendous nose and sparse hair, had his two mistresses with him
Word: atheling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz. Doublet of edling. By surface analysis, athel + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈæðəlɪŋ/ 1. A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir. Example: […]to substitute as the Confessor′s heir, the Atheling Edward (son of Edmund Ironside), who was then an exile in Hungary. After the atheling′s return from exile, and his very suspicious death in England in 1057, the Norman duke must surely have realized that his chief opponent in England was likely to be Harold Godwineson[…].
Word: adenose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn)der. English adeno- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English adenose From adeno- + -ose. 1. Related to glands. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Another pathologic entity which may present a growth toward the inside of the galactophorous duct is the adenose growth associated with chronic cystic mastopathia. It represents a type of epithelial intracanalicular hyperplasia that may occur in a woman from 30 to 40 years of age. Example: As the papilloma ages, there is an increase in stromal fibroses and clods of calcium deposit as well as scleroses with adenose epithelial patterns at the stalk. These formations give the false impression of invasive carcinoma (pseudoinfiltration).
Word: adenotomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adenotomy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English adenotomic From adenotomy + -ic. 1. Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland). Labels: archaic Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adenotomic.
Word: adenotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + -tomy. 1. Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
Word: adenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn)der. English adeno- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English adenous From adeno- + -ous. 1. Like a gland; full of glands.
Word: adepescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin adeps, adipis (“fat”) + -escent. 1. Becoming fatty.
Word: syncretistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English syncret(ism) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English syncretistic From syncret(ism) + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪŋkɹəˈtɪstɪk/ 1. Relating to the merging of two ideals, organizations or languages into one. Example: One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements. 2. Relating to a historical tendency for a language (such as English) to reduce its use of inflection.
Word: spork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spoon + fork; originally a trademark. Doublet of fpoon. Pronunciation: /ˈspɔːk/, /ˈspoɹk/, /spɔɹk/ 1. An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.
Word: spork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of spoon + fork; originally a trademark. Doublet of fpoon. Pronunciation: /ˈspɔːk/, /ˈspoɹk/, /spɔɹk/ 1. To move or impale (food etc.) with a spork. Labels: transitive Example: She was sporking up her food with the kind of relish Jennifer had rarely seen at three star restaurants. Example: Now, obviously, most of this sporking is facetious, done purely for humorous intent (none of the eyeballs being sporked were in news reports), but the phenomenon of the weaponized spork is one that passed lexicographers and language researchers by until we saw the corpus evidence.
Word: adeps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). 1. Soft or liquid animal fat. Labels: uncountable
Word: splade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the brand name Splayd. A blend of spoon (or spork) and blade. 1. A spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: ◆ small, flat soft plastic spoons ◆ use of a ‘splade’ instead of a fork ◆ cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip Example: 2002, Morven F Ball, Developmental Coordination Disorder http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1843100908&id=C1yzHzIrgxMC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&sig=_LRarnsyr-a6oZswikqcT1NFOIE A splade (see Figure 7.2) can be used if there is a problem with coordinating a knife and fork.
Word: 'fraid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apheretic form of afraid. Pronunciation: /fɹeɪd/ 1. Contraction of afraid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable Example: Right 'bove my head someun whispered, Name y'self, boy, is it Zachry the Brave or Zachry the Cowardly?[…] "I ain't 'fraid o' you!" I telled him, tho' tell-it-true my voice was jus' a duck fart in a hurrycane.
Word: uncork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + cork. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkɔː(ɹ)k/ 1. To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from. Labels: transitive Example: uncork a bottle of wine Example: After Compiègne, André uncorked a bottle of his Vin Rosé which went down uncommonly well and we reached Aulnoye without further incident. 2. To release. Labels: transitive Example: The 11 September attacks uncorked a whirlwind of outlandish conspiracy theories. Example: In Chile in 2017, for example, historic rains uncorked a gargantuan landslide near a receding glacier.
Word: procure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkjʊə/, /pɹəˈkjɔː/, /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/, /pɹəˈkjɝ/ 1. To acquire or obtain. Labels: transitive Example: if we procure not to ourselves more woe Example: Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine. 2. To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else. Labels: transitive 3. To induce or persuade someone to do something. Labels: transitive 4. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. Labels: obsolete Example: By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. Example: Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall. 5. To solicit; to entreat. Labels: obsolete Example: The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode. 6. To cause to come; to bring; to attract. Labels: obsolete Example: What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?
Word: conterminous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/, /kənˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/, /kənˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/ 1. Alternative form of coterminous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: silver tongue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silver (adjective, noun) + tongue (noun). Sense 1 (“trait of being articulate and clever at speaking”) is probably from silver-tongued, which is attested earlier than the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪlvəˈtʌŋ/, /ˌsɪlvəɹˈtʌŋ/ 1. The trait of being articulate and clever at speaking, often in a deceitful way. Labels: idiomatic Example: [H]e passed into the saloon, where Nina presided; and here his fair person and silver tongue [… 2. The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia). Labels: US
Word: re-search Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus 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 Late Latin circō Anglo-Norman sercherbor. Middle English serchen English search English re-search From re- + search. 1. To search again; to re-examine. Labels: transitive Example: The river has been searched and re-searched.
Word: measurand Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantity, object, or property intended to be measured.
Word: loose-fitting Part of Speech: adj 1. Baggy, not tight. Example: she has a midnight curfew and has a wardrobe that is mostly unflattering (being that she is pretty, she is seen in sweatpants and loose-fitting blouses.)
Word: megalomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, megalomania + -ac, or, by surface analysis, megalo- + -maniac. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/ 1. One affected with or exhibiting megalomania. Example: 'Well, I don't know him well enough yet to say, but I will admit that if he is not a mere bullying megalomaniac, and if what he says is true, then he certainly is in a class by himself.' Example: Mr. Big paused. Bond saw that his great yellow eyes were wide, as if he saw visions. He's a raving megalomaniac, thought Bond. And all the more dangerous because of it.
Word: megalomaniac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, megalomania + -ac, or, by surface analysis, megalo- + -maniac. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/ 1. Of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania. Example: Often, for good measure, Hitler is given as an example of a megalomaniac person. So, for our convenience, Hitler personifies the illness called megalomania[…]
Word: megalomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/, /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/ 1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As to Ernest... He is quite as nervously broken down as I am but it manifests itself in different ways. His inclination is towards megalomania and mine towards melancholy. 2. Narcissistic personality disorder. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: megalomaniacal Part of Speech: adj 1. Megalomaniac. Example: It is Maruyama in the title role who makes this rather silly, overwrought plot work. He is alternately sinister and coy, megalomaniacal and vulnerable. He inhabits the role of a female master criminal effortlessly.
Word: aconitine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aconite Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English aconitine From aconite + -ine. 1. An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aconitia Part of Speech: noun 1. aconitine. Labels: uncountable
Word: aconitum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aconītum (“wolfsbane, monkshood”). See aconite. 1. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. Example: Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. 2. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
Word: limerance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of limerence. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pantophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panto- + -phagy. 1. A diet that consists of a large variety of foods; ideally, of all possible foods. Labels: uncountable
Word: hedonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-der. Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hedonism From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + English -ism. First attested in 1856. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdənɪzəm/, /ˈhiːdənɪzəm/ 1. The philosophical belief that prioritizes happiness, particularly sensual pleasure as the highest good in life. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It began with his shrugging off of both family and faith and taking the Amtrak Vermonter out of Penn Station to major in minor hedonism and minor in the major modernists at a hippie college in the great Jewless north. 2. A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure. Labels: countable, usually
Word: savvy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of save, sabi (“to know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese sabe (“[she/he] knows”), from saber (“to know”), from Latin sapere (“to taste; to know”). First appears c. 1785 in a dictionary by Francis Grose, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”. The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsæv.i/ 1. Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive. Labels: informal Example: That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
Word: savvy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of save, sabi (“to know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese sabe (“[she/he] knows”), from saber (“to know”), from Latin sapere (“to taste; to know”). First appears c. 1785 in a dictionary by Francis Grose, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”. The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsæv.i/ 1. To understand. Labels: informal Example: He's probably a perfect technician as a surgeon, but he knows you get only what you grab. Think of the years it's taken me to learn what he savvied all the time!
Word: savvy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of save, sabi (“to know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese sabe (“[she/he] knows”), from saber (“to know”), from Latin sapere (“to taste; to know”). First appears c. 1785 in a dictionary by Francis Grose, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”. The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsæv.i/ 1. Shrewdness. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: generous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French genereux, and its source, Latin generōsus (“of noble birth”), from genus (“race, stock”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/ 1. Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. Example: Thank you for your generous words. Example: Although the extension to Crewe carried the line much nearer to the town, it was decided to retain this station, and a large enclosure there was roofed over to accommodate third class passengers (the M.B.R. was more generous than most railways in its treatment of what were then known as the "lower orders"). 2. Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. Example: She's been extremely generous with her winnings. 3. Large; more than ample; copious. Example: Add a generous helping of mayonnaise. Example: his generous buttocks 4. Invigorating in its nature. Example: a generous wine 5. Of noble birth. Labels: obsolete
Word: generosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English generosite, from Latin generōsitās, equivalent to generous + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɒs.ɪ.ti/, /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ti/, [ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ɾi] 1. The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time. Labels: uncountable Example: We have mentioned generosity as an outstanding virtue required in Sioux life. Example: Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. 2. A desire to give or share without expecting payment; charity; an eager willingness to demonstrate openness and empathy or to provide a charitable outlook on something; a desire to share either emotionally or in resources, time, etc. Labels: uncountable 3. A generous act. Labels: countable Example: May the generosities of the founders of these halls, be rewarded by the fair and holy characters which shall be here formed[…]. 4. The trait of being abundant, more than adequate. Labels: uncountable Example: He ate everything, despite the generosity of the portions. 5. Good breeding; nobility of stock. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Indo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Combining form of India and Indian. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme 2. Combining form of East Indies and East Indian. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: Mancunian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: ] From Latin Mancunium (appearing in a 4th-century manuscript of the Antonine Itinerary), an alternative name for or corruption of Mamucium (“name of the Roman fort at what is now Manchester”) + -an, probably modelled after Late Latin mancuniēnsis (“related or pertaining to Mancunium”). Pronunciation: /manˈkjuː.nɪ.ən/, /maŋ-/, /mænˈkju.ni.ən/ 1. Related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. Example: Current among the Britons, the name of Manchester was equally received and retained by the Saxons. […] [M]oſt of the more remarkable objects about the town, at this period, exchanged their Britiſh denominations for Saxon. And even one of the rivers, even the monarch of the Mancunian currents, now reſigned up its original name of Beliſama, and received another; from the marſhes and marſhy meadows, that ſkirt its channel on both ſides in one continued line to the ſea, obtaining the deſcriptive denomination of Merſc-ey, Merſ-ey, or marſhy water. Example: The Bridgewater Canal in Manchester during the summer months is colonised every Sunday by hundreds of Mancunian men and boys involved in angling competitions, a very traditional and gendered practice.
Word: Mancunian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] From Latin Mancunium (appearing in a 4th-century manuscript of the Antonine Itinerary), an alternative name for or corruption of Mamucium (“name of the Roman fort at what is now Manchester”) + -an, probably modelled after Late Latin mancuniēnsis (“related or pertaining to Mancunium”). Pronunciation: /manˈkjuː.nɪ.ən/, /maŋ-/, /mænˈkju.ni.ən/ 1. A person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. Example: But the Mancunians are of all men the most disposed to peace. Their name has become a bye-word because they are said to require peace at any price. If the Mancunians are satisfied, for Heaven's sake do not let us put it into their heads that they could gain anything by change. Example: In this epitome of local medical history there is much of which any Mancunian can be proud, be he a medical man, a citizen of Greater Manchester or a member of its universities.
Word: Mancunian Part of Speech: name Etymology: ] From Latin Mancunium (appearing in a 4th-century manuscript of the Antonine Itinerary), an alternative name for or corruption of Mamucium (“name of the Roman fort at what is now Manchester”) + -an, probably modelled after Late Latin mancuniēnsis (“related or pertaining to Mancunium”). Pronunciation: /manˈkjuː.nɪ.ən/, /maŋ-/, /mænˈkju.ni.ən/ 1. The accent and dialect of English spoken in Manchester and some of its environs.
Word: A4 Part of Speech: name 1. A4 class, a class of steam locomotive used on the London and North Eastern Railway. Labels: UK Example: In a letter to the author he says that when he went to King's Cross in 1936 the A4s were, and had been for some time, at a low ebb in performance.
Word: suede Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede. Pronunciation: /sweɪd/, /swed/ 1. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.” Example: Richard DeLongpre: Mmm, your belly skin is like suede. Jeremy DeLongpre: Thanks. Richard: Tough but soft, like a man.
Word: suede Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede. Pronunciation: /sweɪd/, /swed/ 1. Made of suede. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede. Pronunciation: /sweɪd/, /swed/ 1. To make (leather) into suede. Labels: transitive 2. To finish (fabric) by abrasion, giving it a fibrous surface. Labels: transitive
Word: cockamamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania. 1. foolish, silly Example: Barb Petty (Maryann Urbano): For what? You can't buy squat with smiles. Roy Petty (Jason Butler Harner): Oh my god. You gave Uncle Jack money again, didn't you? Barb Petty: Eh, he's got some cockamamy idea. I don't know. 2. trifling
Word: look-down, shoot-down Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the capability of looking down from the intercepting aircraft to the ground, and then shooting down the enemy. 1. Capable of picking out airborne targets that are silhouetted against the ground and guiding weapons onto these targets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crunk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested in the Southern US since the late 1980s, originally in the sense of “rowdy, high energy out-of-control behavior by a crowd at Southern night clubs”. Popularized by its use in the fusion genre of crunk music in the 1990s and especially early 2000s. In this context, first used in music lyrics and notably popularized by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, on their 1997 debut album Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. Various possible origins have been proposed: * Blend of crazy + drunk “crazy drunk”. * Blend of chronic (“marijuana”) + drunk “high on marijuana and drunk (on alcohol) at the same time”. * From a dialectal past tense of crank. See Crunk: etymology at Wikipedia for further information. There is no evidence of any connection with Yiddish or German krank (“sick, ill”), nor that it entered the Southern Black vernacular through the presence of European Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in black neighborhoods in cities such as Atlanta. The phonetic similarity of the words is considered a coincidence. Pronunciation: /kɹʌŋk/ 1. Crazy and intoxicated. Labels: US, slang Example: Get crunk, who u wit’? Example: Let me tell you how I like it / If we’re all in a crowd / I like to be the one they single out / Let me tell you how to please me / Can you get it crunk and make my body jump?
Word: crunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in the Southern US since the late 1980s, originally in the sense of “rowdy, high energy out-of-control behavior by a crowd at Southern night clubs”. Popularized by its use in the fusion genre of crunk music in the 1990s and especially early 2000s. In this context, first used in music lyrics and notably popularized by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, on their 1997 debut album Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. Various possible origins have been proposed: * Blend of crazy + drunk “crazy drunk”. * Blend of chronic (“marijuana”) + drunk “high on marijuana and drunk (on alcohol) at the same time”. * From a dialectal past tense of crank. See Crunk: etymology at Wikipedia for further information. There is no evidence of any connection with Yiddish or German krank (“sick, ill”), nor that it entered the Southern Black vernacular through the presence of European Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in black neighborhoods in cities such as Atlanta. The phonetic similarity of the words is considered a coincidence. Pronunciation: /kɹʌŋk/ 1. A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States. Labels: uncountable Example: 2004, Crunk Classics [audio CD compilation title] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029RT1M/ Example: As Houston rap became a national sensation, spinning off into the “crunk” scene, it was hard to believe that just ten years earlier, the only Texas rap acts of any note were Donald “The D.O.C.” Curry, the Dallasite who hooked up with Dr. Dre and the N.W.A. crew, and the Geto Boys, who set out to make West Coast gangstas come off like Young MC.
Word: crunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Icelandic krunka (“to croak”), English cronk (“the honk of a goose”). Pronunciation: /kɹʌŋk/ 1. To cry like a crane. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The crunking crane heard high amongst the clouds.
Word: crunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Germanic ablaut formation. Pronunciation: /kɹʌŋk/ 1. simple past and past participle of crank Labels: dialectal, form-of, participle, past
Word: power inverter Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that converts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity.
Word: agricultural biodiversity Part of Speech: noun 1. A subset of biodiversity involving commercially grown crops. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Germanic *farnaz (“fern”), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognates Cognate with Scots fairn (“fern”), North Frisian farne (“fern”), West Frisian fear (“fern”), Dutch varen (“fern”), German Farn, Farm (“fern”), Luxembourgish Far (“fern”); also Breton raden (“fern”), Cornish reden (“ferns; brackens”), Welsh rhedyn (“ferns; brackens”), Latvian paparde (“fern; bracken”), spārns (“wing”), Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Bulgarian and Macedonian папрат (paprat, “fern”), Czech kapraď (“fern”), Polish paproć (“fern”), Russian па́пороть (páporotʹ), па́поротник (páporotnik, “fern”), Serbo-Croatian па̏пра̄т, pȁprāt (“fern”), Slovak papraď (“fern”), Slovene praprot (“fern”), Ukrainian па́пороть (páporotʹ, “fern”), Central Kurdish پەڕ (perr, “feather”), Persian پر (par, “feather; wing; leaf”), Ashkun pār (“leaf”), Kamkata-viri por, přor (“leaf”), Prasuni parëg (“leaf”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “wing; leaf”). Pronunciation: /fɜːn/, /fɝn/, [fɘːn], /fɛːrn/, /fɛrn/ 1. Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. Example: Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants.
Word: clast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from clastic. Pronunciation: /klæst/ 1. a fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.
Word: acoustician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English acoustician From acoustic + -ian. 1. One versed in acoustics, especially a physicist who specializes in acoustics.
Word: pyroclastic flow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyroclastic + flow. Pronunciation: /paɪ.ɹə(ʊ)ˌklæ.stɪk ˈfləʊ/, /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ.klæ.stɪk floʊ/, /ˈpaɪ.ɹə.klæ.stɪk floʊ/ 1. A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption. Labels: countable Example: Most of the material was erupted in the most dangerous way as ‘pyroclastic flows’: incredibly hot volcanic fragments all buoyed up with gas that can travel fasted than a speeding car in pulse after pulse. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pyroclastic, flow: flow (uncountable) of pyroclastic particles. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: Viscous debris flow is different not only from inertial debris flow but also from granular flow, pyroclastic flow and snow avalanche, because the effect of inelastic collision of particles does not play an important role in viscous debris flow.
Word: nesh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English nesh, nesch, nesche, from Old English hnesċe, hnysċe, næsċe (“soft, tender, mild; weak, delicate; slack, negligent; effeminate, wanton”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwī, from Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz (“soft, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *knēs-, *kenes- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Scots nesch, nesh (“soft, tender, yielding easily to pressure, sensitive”), Dutch nesch, nes (“wet, moist”), Gothic 𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌵𐌿𐍃 (hnasqus, “soft, tender, delicate”). Compare also nask, nasky, nasty. Pronunciation: /nɛʃ/ 1. Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: haue ye no merueylle sayd the good man therof / for hit semeth wel god loueth yow / for men maye vnderstande a stone is hard of kynde /[…]/ for thou wylt not leue thy synne for no goodnes that god hath sente the / therfor thou arte more than ony stone / and neuer woldest thow be maade neysshe nor by water nor by fyre 2. Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was. Example: No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides. 3. Soft; friable; crumbly. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: nesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English neschen, from Old English hnesċan, hnesċian (“to make soft, soften; become soft, give way, waver”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to make soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *knēs-, *kenes- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Old High German nascōn ("to nibble at, parasitise, squander"; > German naschen (“to nibble, pinch”)). Doublet of nosh. Pronunciation: /nɛʃ/ 1. To make soft, tender, or weak. Labels: transitive 2. To act timidly. Labels: Northern-England, dialectal, intransitive
Word: mardy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from marred + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːdi/ 1. Sulky or whining. Labels: Midlands, Yorkshire Example: He's a mardy child. Example: “I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly. 2. Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy. Labels: East-Midlands, Yorkshire Example: Well, now then mardy bum / Oh, I'm in trouble again, aren't I?
Word: mardy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from marred + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːdi/ 1. A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance. Labels: Midlands, Yorkshire Example: Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really.
Word: brass monkey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. According to the U.S. Naval Historical Center, which cites the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, 'the first recorded use of the term "brass monkey" appears to dates^([sic]) to 1857 when it was used in an apparently vulgar context by C.A. Abbey in his book Before the Mast in the Clippers, where on page 108 it says "It would freeze the tail off a brass monkey."' A number of false etymologies have been suggested. For more information, see brass monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 1. Very cold. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: It's brass monkey weather today, isn't it? Example: This is brass monkey weather and it'll get worse.
Word: brass monkey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. According to the U.S. Naval Historical Center, which cites the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, 'the first recorded use of the term "brass monkey" appears to dates^([sic]) to 1857 when it was used in an apparently vulgar context by C.A. Abbey in his book Before the Mast in the Clippers, where on page 108 it says "It would freeze the tail off a brass monkey."' A number of false etymologies have been suggested. For more information, see brass monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 1. Alternative letter-case form of Brass Monkey (“cocktail”). Labels: alt-of
Word: pinch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”), from a merger of *punctiāre (“to puncture, sting”), from Latin punctiō (“a puncture, prick”) and *piccāre (“to strike, sting”), from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick”). More at point, pick and pitch. Pronunciation: /pɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. Example: The children were scolded for pinching each other. Example: This shoe pinches my foot. 2. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger. Example: He took the plate in his hand, holding it between thumb and forefinger at one corner, letting it hang down. With the other hand he pinched it at the opposite corner, pressing thumb and forefinger together tightly. 3. To squeeze between two objects. Example: Since the resistance of the channel is inversely proportional to its width, the most resistive region is the one pinched between the gates where they come closest to each other. 4. Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots. Labels: intransitive Example: With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen. 5. To steal, usually something inconsequential. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Someone has pinched my handkerchief! Example: “Hey, blokes,” yelled Dean or perhaps Serge, “let's pinch a boat.” 6. To arrest or capture. Labels: slang, transitive 7. To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield. 8. To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter. 9. To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. 10. To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: There was with him none other fare, But for to pinche and for to spare Example: 1788, Benjamin Franklin (attributed), Paper the wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare 11. To seize; to grip; to bite. Example: He [the hound] pinch'd and pull'd her down. 12. To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve. Labels: figuratively Example: to be pinched for money Example: Camillo was his helpe in this, his Pandar: There is a Plot against my Life, my Crowne; All's true that is mistrusted: that false Villaine, Whom I employ'd, was pre-employ'd by him: He ha's discouer'd my Designe, and I Remaine a pinch'd Thing; 13. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. 14. To complain or find fault. Labels: obsolete Example: Therefore who so them accuse Of any double entencion, To speake, rowne, other to muse, To pinch at their condicion, All is but false collusion, I dare rightwell the sothe express, They have no better protection,
Word: pinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”), from a merger of *punctiāre (“to puncture, sting”), from Latin punctiō (“a puncture, prick”) and *piccāre (“to strike, sting”), from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick”). More at point, pick and pitch. Pronunciation: /pɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 2. A close compression of anything with the fingers. Example: I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture. 3. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. Example: Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt. 4. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape. Example: And wel his merits ſhew him to be made His Fortunes maiſter, and the king of men. That could perſwade at ſuch a ſodaine pinch, With reaſons of his valour and his life, A thouſand ſworne and ouer-matching foes: Example: It took nerve and muscle both to carry the body out and down the stairs to the lower hall, but he damn well had to get it out of his place and away from his door, and any of those four could have done it in a pinch, and it sure was a pinch. 5. A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc. 6. An organic herbal smoke additive. 7. A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament. 8. The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass. Example: It looked like an hourglass, but all those little glittering shapes tumbling through the pinch were seconds. 9. An arrest. Labels: slang 10. A steep incline; a very steep section of road. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Down several steep pinches the lubra went sprawling[.]
Word: exegetical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to exegesis; exegetic.