nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rec Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛk/ 1. Clipping of recreation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Example: At 11 o'clock, school's out, and it's time for rec. 2. Clipping of recreation ground. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal 3. Clipping of recommendation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal Example: “Got any recs?” “What are you looking for?” “Something angry,” I said. Example: Your parents are suddenly old. Your kids are likely still very young, if you have them — many my age are exchanging fertility doctor recs the way we used to hype new bands.
Word: rec Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɛk/ 1. To recommend. Labels: informal, transitive 2. To record. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: rec Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɛk/ 1. Clipping of recreational. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable
Word: gramps Part of Speech: noun 1. Grandpa, grandfather. Labels: colloquial, humorous 2. Old man. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: Hey gramps, get off the road!
Word: gramps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gramp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crabs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹæbz/ 1. plural of crab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crabs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹæbz/ 1. Pubic lice. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 2. A dice roll of two aces. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: crabs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹæbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crab Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: magnetic recording Part of Speech: noun 1. The recording of a signal; sound or image, on a magnetizable vessel or medium for storage, and retrieval purposes.
Word: supermodel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + model. First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s. Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson. 1. A highly paid, famous fashion model. Example: Kendall Jenner first earned the title of the "world's highest paid supermodel" in 2018 when Forbes released an article asserting that she had raked in $22.5 million that year. 2. A technological improvement over an invention's previous model. Labels: dated
Word: mmhmm Part of Speech: intj 1. Elongated form of mhm.
Word: mower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mowere, equivalent to mow + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈmoʊ.ɚ/ 1. A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns. 2. A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower). 3. A person who cuts grass. Example: They especially liked to be with the mowers in the hay-making season, seating themselves, greatly to their satisfaction, on the long thick branch of a maple-tree, among the dense foliage. 4. One who mows (makes grimaces). Example: moppers and mowers
Word: caretaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From care + taker. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/, /ˈkɛəˌteɪ.kə/ 1. Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair. Example: Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes. Example: ‘Miss Brindle must be very rich to live in such a big house,’ went on Jessamy. ‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together. She’s only the caretaker.’ 2. Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”). Labels: uncommon
Word: caretaker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From care + taker. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/, /ˈkɛəˌteɪ.kə/ 1. Temporary, on a short term basis. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final. Example: Sources within Sánchez’s caretaker administration claim the amnesty law is perfectly in keeping with the Socialist-led government’s efforts to calm tensions and find a political solution to the so-called Catalan question.
Word: drinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/ 1. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks. Labels: agent, form-of 2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis. Example: a heavy drinker Example: At a single table a couple of Chinese drinkers looked up incuriously. 3. A device from which animals can drink. Example: a bell drinker Example: a nipple drinker 4. A pub. Labels: slang Example: Antisocial behaviour? What the hell was that? In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scotsport instead of going down the drinker. 5. A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
Word: Monty Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnti/ 1. A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.
Word: arena football Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of American football played on a smaller field, and in an indoor arena. Labels: uncountable
Word: hepcat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hep + cat, from hep (“sophisticated, aware”). Compare cat (“jazz enthusiast”). Attested in the sense of “sophisticated person” from the 1920s. 1. A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s. Labels: informal 2. A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s. Labels: dated, humorous, informal, often Example: Everybody is asking, Why is Harry such a solid sender? Well, hear my version. As you are seated or are trying to stay seated you feel that sensation that hits every hep-cat. First your feet get the sensation, then it runs up your leg and you start to keep time to the music with your feet and you feel like getting up and jiving to that fine music that comes out of the magic trumpet of Harry James. Example: Leaders of the eight or nine name dance bands, who can throw a cordon of jitterbugging youths around any big city's theatre on a half hour's notice, are not complaining aloud these days, but privately they admit that “government competition” is having a lot to do with their ability to get it hot or sweet to suit the mood of the hepcats. 3. A sophisticated person, one who is stylish. Labels: dated, informal Example: Finally the door opens and out comes Alex Aums in a sharp blue suit, like a hepcat, cigarette in mouth, squinting at us narrow-eyed, “O there you are,” to me, “how’ve you been? Wont^([sic]) you come in?” indicating the office. Example: Today he’s [Hugh Hefner is] just a sleazy oldster, but in the beginning he was a faux philosopher, preaching a gospel cribbed from bohemia and various Freudian enemies of repression, in which the blessed pursuit of promiscuity was the human birthright. But really a male birthright, for a certain kind of man: The sort of hep cat who loved inviting the ladies back to his pad “for a quiet discussion on Picasso, Nietzsche, jazz, sex.”
Word: Siddhartha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धार्थ (siddhārtha, “one who has accomplished an aim or object, successful, prosperous”), from सिद्ध (siddha, “achievement”) + अर्थ (artha, “meaning, purpose”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈdɑɹtə/, /sɪˈdɑɹθə/, /sɪˈdɑːtə/, /sɪˈdɑːθə/ 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used by followers of various faiths of India; notably, the personal name of Buddha.
Word: Gautama Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit गौतम (gautama). Pronunciation: /ɡaʊˈtɑːmə/, /ɡɔːˈtɑːmə/ 1. Siddhartha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha. 2. A surname from Sanskrit of Indian origin. 3. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India; more often romanised as Gautam.
Word: Atta Part of Speech: name 1. A surname 2. An Austronesian dialect cluster spoken in the Philippines.
Word: Stanislav Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bulgarian and Russian Станислав (Stanislav) or Ukrainian Станіслав (Stanislav). Pronunciation: /ˈstæn.ɪs.ɫæv/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Станисла́в (Stanisláv), equivalent to Stanislaus. 2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Станісла́в (Stanisláv), equivalent to Stanislaus. 3. A transliteration of the Bulgarian male given name Станислав (Stanislav), equivalent to Stanislaus.
Word: Philly Part of Speech: name Etymology: First syllable of Philadelphia or Philippa + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.i/ 1. Philadelphia. Labels: informal Example: Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night / And they blew up his house, too Example: The good life, it feel like Houston / It feel like Philly, it feel like D.C 2. A diminutive of the female given name Philippa.
Word: cusser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cuss Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cusser From cuss + -er. 1. A person who cusses.
Word: Mooney Part of Speech: name Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maonaigh (“descendant of Maonach”), a personal name derived from maoineach (“rich, wealthy; precious, beloved”). 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: fusebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuse + box. 1. A small distribution board containing the fuses or circuit breakers for a domestic electricity power supply.
Word: Tahiti Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /təˈhiːti/, /tɑˈhiːti/ 1. the largest island in French Polynesia. 2. A former kingdom in Polynesia, Pacific Ocean. Labels: historical
Word: Bethany Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Βηθανία (Bēthanía), from Aramaic בית עניא (beth anya, “house of wretchedness”). This etymology is highly disputed; see Bethany. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛθəni/ 1. The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified. 2. The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1) Example: Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 3. Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene. 4. A female given name from Aramaic, transferred use of the biblical place name. 5. Other places named Bethany elsewhere: 6. Other places named Bethany elsewhere:
Word: bismarck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the German statesman Otto von Bismarck. 1. A dessert pastry: Labels: Canada, Northwestern, US 2. A dessert pastry: Labels: Canada, Midwestern-US, Northern-US, US 3. A dessert pastry: Labels: Canada, US
Word: raddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red. Pronunciation: /ˈɹædəl/ 1. A red ochre. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: raddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red. Pronunciation: /ˈɹædəl/ 1. To mark with raddle; to daub something red. 2. To interweave or twist together. Example: raddling or working it up like basket work 3. To do work in a slovenly way.
Word: raddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier radel, redle (noun), and ruddle (verb), perhaps a transposition of hurdle or an alteration of riddle (“curtain”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹædəl/ 1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence. 2. A hedge or fence made with raddles. Example: A raddle - hedge is a hedge of pleached or plash'd or twisted or wreathed twigs or boughs 3. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.
Word: ramada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ramada, from rama (“branch”). Pronunciation: /ɹəˈmɑːdə/ 1. A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches. Labels: US Example: They sat in the shade of the pole and brush ramada in front of the place and sipped their drinks and looked out at the desolate stillness of the little crossroads at noon. Example: As protection against the fierce heat, he caused a ramada to be constructed over and around his tent, which he employed only for sleeping.
Word: level set Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of values x for which a real-valued function f(x) is equal to a given constant.
Word: level set Part of Speech: verb 1. To establish a baseline of mutual understanding Example: Before we start the negotiation, let's level set until we all agree on a starting point.
Word: level set Part of Speech: noun 1. An event consisting of level setting 2. A state of mutual understanding among parties Example: We need to have a level set before we can go on, just so we're all on the same page.
Word: rann Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Irish rann. Pronunciation: /ɹæn/ 1. A stanza of Irish poetry. Example: Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.
Word: rappel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin appellārebor. French appeler French rappelerbor. English rappel Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”). Pronunciation: /ɹæˈpɛl/, /ɹəˈpɛl/ 1. Descent by means of a rope.
Word: rappel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin appellārebor. French appeler French rappelerbor. English rappel Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”). Pronunciation: /ɹæˈpɛl/, /ɹəˈpɛl/ 1. To abseil. 2. To call back a hawk. Labels: obsolete
Word: rappel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal. 1. A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather. Example: […] he has to retramp the same streets, rebeat the same rappel […]
Word: rath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Irish ráth. Pronunciation: /ɹɑːθ/, /ɹæθ/ 1. A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age. Labels: historical Example: The Legend of Knock-Grafton tells how a little hunchback, while sitting to rest at nightfall at the side of a Rath or Moat, heard the fairies within singing over and over again, Da Luan, Da Mart! (i.e., Monday, Tuesday!) and added, weary with the monotony, Agus da Cadin! (i.e., and Wednesday!). Example: There are numerous Danish raths in the parish.
Word: rath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi रथ (rath), from Sanskrit रथ (ratha). 1. A Burmese carriage of state.
Word: rath Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of rathe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: olallieberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinook Jargon olallie ("berry"), probably from Lower Chinook úlali ("camas patch"), from úlal ("camas") + -i, a deictic suffix; + berry. 1. A hybrid berry with a tart taste created by crossing a loganberry and a youngberry.
Word: dutifully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dutiful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dutifully From dutiful + -ly. 1. With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner. Example: Ives, who is better known for sliminess than courage, approached Samson who was dutifully attending his feudal lord Grouty as usual[…] Example: But most Israeli mechanics say "breaks," with the "r" sound dutifully transformed from the American dog-barking noise to an upscale Frenchlike trill.
Word: zebra mussel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Dreissena polymorpha of striped freshwater mussel, originating in Russia. Example: Zebra mussels are causing significant problems as an invasive species in North America.
Word: Guugu Yimidhirr Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɡuɡu ˈjɪmədʒɪə/ 1. An Australian Aboriginal people who live in northern Queensland. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Guugu Yimidhirr Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌɡuɡu ˈjɪmədʒɪə/ 1. The Pama-Maric Australian Aboriginal suffixing language spoken by those people.
Word: botanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English botany Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English botanize From botany + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒtənaɪz/ 1. To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes. Example: 1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 January 22. http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#banks Dr Solander and Myself were botanizing Example: When he was not studying, he was botanizing or mineralogizing with O'Toole's chaplain.
Word: Stratfordian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Stratford + -ian. In the Shakespeare-controversy sense, due to Shakespeare's birth in Stratford-upon-Avon. Pronunciation: /stɹætˈfɔːdi.ən/, /stɹætˈfɔɹdi.ən/ 1. An inhabitant of the town Stratford-upon-Avon, or any other town called Stratford. 2. A person who, in the matter over who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare, holds that it was William Shakespeare himself.
Word: Stratfordian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Stratford + -ian. In the Shakespeare-controversy sense, due to Shakespeare's birth in Stratford-upon-Avon. Pronunciation: /stɹætˈfɔːdi.ən/, /stɹætˈfɔɹdi.ən/ 1. Characteristic of, or relating to, Stratford-upon-Avon, or another place called Stratford. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the mainstream view that William Shakespeare is the author of the works attributed to him. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dekopon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese デコポン (dekopon), from でこ (凸, deko, “uneven”) + ポンカン (ponkan, “a kind of tangerine”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəʊpɒn/ 1. A large, sweet hybrid citrus fruit, made by crossing a kiyomi and a ponkan.
Word: boysenberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Boysen + berry, named after its creator Rudolph Boysen. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/ 1. A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry. Example: Like all caneberries, boysenberries are an etaerio or aggregate fruit containing several drupelets. Example: As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
Word: boysenberry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Boysen + berry, named after its creator Rudolph Boysen. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/ 1. A colour of the purple colour spectrum, based on the same fruit's colour, whose hexadecimal code is #873260, RGB is rgb(135, 50, 96), CMYK is (63%, 29%, 47%) and HSL is hsl(328°, 46%, 36%). Labels: not-comparable
Word: propagating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of propagate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: notated Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: notated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of notate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: notating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of notate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: annotate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin annotātus, past participle of annotāre (an alternative form of adnotāre), from ad- (“to”) + notāre (“to mark, note”). By surface analysis, an- + note + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ə.teɪt/, [ˈɛənəteɪt], /ˈæː.noːˈʈeːʈ/, /əˈnoː.ʈeːʈ/ 1. To add annotation to. Labels: transitive Example: He read the poem carefully, then annotated it with a felt pen.
Word: Polish notation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the nationality of the logician Jan Łukasiewicz 1. A notation for arithmetic (and logical) formulae in which operations (respectively, quantifiers and operands) are written immediately before their operands, used to avoid the need for parentheses; for example, 3 * (4 + 7) is written as * 3 + 4 7 and A AND B is written as AND A B. Labels: uncountable Example: In Polish Notation, the connectives are placed before the wffs. The virtue of this sentence is that its grammar is simpler, for it has no need for parentheses. Sider’s examples: (P ∧ Q) → R and P ∧ (Q → R) become → ∧PQR and ∧P → QR. If you actually look at a text in this tradition, you’ll find something slightly different. “C” stands for “consequence”, i.e., implication (→) and “N” for negation (∼). So,consider the following from Tarski and Łukasiewicz’s Investigations into the Sentential Calculus. The claim there is that there are three axioms: ‘CCpqCCqrCpr’ ‘CCNppp’ ‘CpCNpq’
Word: prefix notation Part of Speech: noun 1. Polish notation Labels: uncountable
Word: leaden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”). Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”). By surface analysis, lead + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛdən/ 1. Of or related to the metal lead, particularly Labels: archaic 2. Of or related to the metal lead, particularly Labels: figuratively Example: The sky was dark and overcast, a leaden pall producing a deep gloom. Example: It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers. 3. Of or related to the metal lead, particularly Labels: figuratively Example: Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs, Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow. Example: Which break a teachless nature to the yoke. 4. Of or related to the metal lead, particularly Labels: figuratively
Word: leaden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”). Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”). By surface analysis, lead + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛdən/ 1. To make or become dull or overcast. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: ranklement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rankle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English ranklement From rankle + -ment. 1. The state of being rankled; resentment Labels: uncountable Example: His little sister, Louisa, six months his junior, was, however, allowed to go to the market, and this was a source of great ranklement to the boy […]
Word: copperplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product: from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/ 1. A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A print made from such a plate. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition). The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.
Word: copperplate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product: from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/ 1. To engrave on and print from a copperplate.
Word: generated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of generate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: guyliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of guy + eyeliner. 1. Eyeliner when used on men; usually associated with the goth and emo subcultures. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I threaded my way through a crowd of Goths slouching against cars in guyliner and black pants[…] Example: Trevor looks kind of emo, rail thin, dark hair, guyliner, wears black all the time.
Word: dol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Latin dolor (“sorrow, pain”). Doublet of dolor. 1. The unit of measurement for pain.
Word: Quetzaltenango Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Quetzaltenango. 1. A city and municipality, the capital of Quetzaltenango department, Guatemala. 2. A department of Guatemala.
Word: NBDL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Basketball Association Development League, former name of an organization within the National Basketball Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: recriminating Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: recriminating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recriminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: notates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of notate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recidivists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recidivist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spot check Part of Speech: noun 1. A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something. Labels: idiomatic Example: They do not measure each one, but they do a spot check on a few parts before shipping. Example: Though the author consulted with two doctors (a spot check with another doctor reveals some medical information to be stale by at least five years), […]
Word: spot check Part of Speech: verb 1. To inspect or examine briefly, or by sampling. Labels: idiomatic Example: They spot check the rooms periodically for problems.
Word: spot-check Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spot check. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spot-check Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of spot check. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Metro-Vick Type 2 diesel No. D5704 undergoing a test of the generator output, using a mobile force-cooled resistance unit developed by B.T.H. for spot-checking locomotive power equipment away from a main works.
Word: parietal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/ 1. Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity. Example: Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach. Example: The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […] 2. Of or relating to the parietal bones. 3. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation. Example: At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. 4. Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
Word: parietal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/ 1. Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull. 2. Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior. 3. A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork. 4. Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex. Labels: informal
Word: hang time Part of Speech: noun 1. The duration that something stays in the air. Usually refers to an athlete or something thrown or kicked.
Word: fustic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fustik, from Middle French fustec, variant of fustet. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌstɪk/ 1. A tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […]nor can I tell to this day what wood to call the tree we cut down, except that it was very like the tree we call fustic, or between that and the Nicaragua wood, for it was much of the same colour and smell. 2. A Eurasian smoketree (Cotinus coggygria), whose wood produces an orange dye. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Wood of these trees. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”). Pronunciation: /ɹæks/ 1. To stretch; stretch out. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards. 2. To reach out; reach or attain to. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive 3. To extend the hand to; hand or pass something. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: Please rax me the pitcher. Example: Wha the mischief set him on reading me? I'm sure he could never read onything in a dacent-like way since he was cleckit—rax me the Queen, and I'll let you hear a bit that will gar your hearts dinnle again—rax me the Queen, I say. 4. To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive 5. To stretch after sleep. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: rax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of barracks. Pronunciation: /ɹæks/ 1. barracks Labels: slang Example: Eventually they just broke our base and took out every single one of our raxes.
Word: recusant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“to refuse, decline; to object to; to protest”). See recuse. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/ 1. Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic. Labels: historical Example: Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) Dissenter, Nonconformist, free churchman; autem cackler (archaic cant) 2. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation. Example: Near-synonyms: refuser, defier, dissenter, objector, protester, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, refusenik, renegade
Word: recusant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“to refuse, decline; to object to; to protest”). See recuse. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/ 1. Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy. Example: […] to set forth the commission to avenge his father’s death laid upon him by Apollo, together with the warning of the god that if he prove recusant to his duty of vengeance, the Furies of his father will blast his mind and waste his body. Example: Still, to disobey a direct order in the field is no small matter in any circumstances, and especially in Sparta. The recusant captains must have known how dangerous their defiance was to them, yet they risked it.
Word: reechy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reech + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃi/ 1. Smoky, dirty, squalid. Example: BORACHIO. Seest thou not, I say, what a deformed thief this fashion is? how giddily he turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five-and-thirty? sometime fashioning them like Pharaoh's soldiers in the reechy painting; sometime like god Bel's priests in the old church-window; sometime like the shaven Hercules in the smirched worm-eaten tapestry, where his codpiece seems as massy as his club? Example: Let the bloat King tempt you again to bed Pinch wanton on your cheek, call you his mouse And let him for a pair of reechy kisses, Or paddling in your neck with his damned fingers, Make you to ravel all this matter out That I essentially am not in madness But mad in craft.
Word: remontoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French remontoir. Pronunciation: /ɹɛmənˈtwɑː/ 1. A device in a clock which provides a regular impulse to the pendulum.
Word: repine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- + pine, with the verb giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1529 and 1593 respectively); compare the Middle English verb repinen (“(uncertain) to cause trouble to someone, grieve”) (from pīnen (“to cause pain, grieve, hurt, trouble; to starve, pine; to torment, torture”), from Old English pīnian), which may be related. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpaɪn/, /ɹə-/ 1. To complain; to regret; to fret. Labels: intransitive, literary Example: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs. Example: But many times we complaine, repine, and mutter without cauſe, wee giue way to paſſions, we may reſiſt and will not. 2. To long for (something) discontentedly; to pine. Labels: intransitive, literary Example: Theſe ears, alas! for other notes repine, / A different object do theſe eyes require. Example: But the oath supremacy was not refused, the worship of the church was frequented by multitudes who secretly repined for a change; […]
Word: repine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- + pine, with the verb giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1529 and 1593 respectively); compare the Middle English verb repinen (“(uncertain) to cause trouble to someone, grieve”) (from pīnen (“to cause pain, grieve, hurt, trouble; to starve, pine; to torment, torture”), from Old English pīnian), which may be related. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpaɪn/, /ɹə-/ 1. A repining. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: Whose beams upon his hairless face are fix’d / As if from thence they borrowed all their shine. / Were never four such lamps together mix’d, / Had not his clouded with his brow’s repine; […] Example: And ye, fair heaps, the Muses’ sacred shrines, / (In spite of time and envious repines) / Stand still and flourish till the world’s last day, / Upbraiding it with former love’s decay.
Word: appraised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɹeɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of appraise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unsettling Part of Speech: adj 1. That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing. Example: More unsettling was the origin story of the infamous tell-all book Princess in Love. Diana claimed to be outraged in 1994 when Daily Express journalist Anna Pasternak spilled the beans of her affair with former army officer James Hewitt[…]
Word: unsettling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unsettle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unsettling Part of Speech: noun 1. The weakening of some previously established system or norm. Example: A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the unsettling of his barn. However straightly over-night he laid his sheaves on the threshing-floor for the application of the morning's flail, when morning came, all was topsy-turvy, higgledy-piggledy, though the door remained locked, and there was no sign whatever of irregular entry. Example: But reconstructing theory has proved more problematic than feminists might have hoped, even as their efforts played an important if sometimes overlooked part in post-modern unsettlings of theories in the West.
Word: mesmerized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from mesmerism, a pseudoscientific theory and practiced originating with and named after Franz Anton Mesmer and also known as animal magnetism. 1. Spellbound or enthralled. 2. Hypnotized.
Word: mesmerized Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from mesmerism, a pseudoscientific theory and practiced originating with and named after Franz Anton Mesmer and also known as animal magnetism. 1. simple past and past participle of mesmerize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: café au lait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French café au lait (literally “coffee with milk”). Pronunciation: /ˌkæfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/, /kæˌfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/ 1. A mixture of coffee and hot milk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was like using a language I'd once known but had nearly forgotten, a language having to do with customs that had long before passed out of the world: café au lait at an outdoor table, with a brioche, absinthe in a tall glass, or shrimp in a cornucopia of newspaper; things I'd once read about but had never seen. 2. Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A light coffee colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Seen all of a piece like this, in a picture that fits snugly into the lens of any camera, Kersey is a peaceful, multi-coloured Toytown of a village, whose red-tiled roofs are subdued by just the right amount of weathering and lichen, and whose overhanging gables thrust forward in a quiet brilliance of red-and-yellow ochre, pink, white and café-au-lait.
Word: callused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English callus 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 callused From callus + -ed. 1. Having calluses. Example: Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power.
Word: callused Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English callus 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 callused From callus + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of callus Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: calluses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of callus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calluses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of callus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hatstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * hat + stand * (crazy, insane): From the "Roger Irrelevant" strip in the Viz comic, where this was one of Roger's absurd non sequiturs. 1. A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats. Labels: UK Example: I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.
Word: hatstand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * hat + stand * (crazy, insane): From the "Roger Irrelevant" strip in the Viz comic, where this was one of Roger's absurd non sequiturs. 1. Crazy, insane. Labels: UK, slang Example: Chris Merriman is 43, comes from Rugby and is totally hatstand. Here's proof: Fave planet? "The Milky Way." Example: "I'd have to be totally hatstand to do that! She'll recognize me."
Word: oversized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English size English -ed English sized English oversized From over- + sized. 1. Very large; especially of something larger than normal for its type.
Word: partway Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From part + way. 1. To some extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: The timetable for May-December 2022 reveals a service partway back to its pre-COVID level. 2. In part; part of the way; some of the way. Labels: not-comparable Example: Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy. Example: NR is promising ambitious plans for Oxford Road station partway along the crowded [Castlefield] corridor.
Word: operatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of operative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterinsurgency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English insurgent English -cy English insurgency English counterinsurgency From counter- + insurgency. 1. Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The United States will continue to pursue a military and civilian counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. Example: Mr. Petraeus almost single-handedly forced a profound evolution in the country’s military thinking and doctrine with his philosophy of counterinsurgency, focused more on protecting the civilian population than on killing enemies.
Word: suits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /s(j)uːts/ 1. plural of suit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /s(j)uːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: goading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of goad Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: goading Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which somebody is goaded. Example: This fact refutes the doctrine that the goadings of a guilty conscience in this life, constitute the only punishment for sin[…]
Word: Sundanese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sundanese ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ (sunda). Pronunciation: /sʌndəˈniːz/, /sundəˈniːz/ 1. A member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million. Example: According to these reports, which could not be verified, the Sundanese were preparing to declare their freedom from the new Indonesian Republic and to ask the Dutch for military protection. Example: While he is now revered as a local and national hero of the Betawi, according to older legends he was in fact a Sundanese who came to Batavia from Cirebon.
Word: Sundanese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sundanese ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ (sunda). Pronunciation: /sʌndəˈniːz/, /sundəˈniːz/ 1. The language of the Sundanese people. 2. The abugida used to write the Sundanese language.
Word: Sundanese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sundanese ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ (sunda). Pronunciation: /sʌndəˈniːz/, /sundəˈniːz/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: remembering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɛmb(ə)ɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of remember Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: remembering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɛmb(ə)ɹɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is remembered. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘I do remember,’ he said, ‘only Pooh doesn’t very well, so that’s why he likes having it told to him again. Because then it’s a real story and not just a remembering.’ Example: The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.
Word: glosso- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *glṓťťā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English glosso- From Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) + English -o-. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒs.ə(ʊ)/, /ɡlɑs.oʊ/, /ɡlɔs.oʊ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the tongue. Labels: morpheme Example: glossopharyngeal 2. Of or pertaining to language or speech. Labels: morpheme Example: glossolalia
Word: occurs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɝz/, /əˈkɜːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of occur Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attempting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of attempt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: omo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “the shoulder”). By surface analysis, om- + -o-. Pronunciation: /əʊ.məʊ/, /oʊ.moʊ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the shoulder and scapula. Labels: morpheme
Word: omo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós, “raw, crude, uncooked”). Pronunciation: /əʊ.məʊ/, /oʊ.moʊ/ 1. Raw, crude, primitive Labels: morpheme
Word: projects Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkts/, /ˈpɹəʊ.d͡ʒɛkts/, /ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkts/, /ˈpɹɑ.d͡ʒɪ̈kts/, /ˈpɹɑ.d͡ʒɛkts/ 1. plural of project Labels: form-of, plural
Word: projects Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkts/, /ˈpɹəʊ.d͡ʒɛkts/, /ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkts/, /ˈpɹɑ.d͡ʒɪ̈kts/, /ˈpɹɑ.d͡ʒɛkts/ 1. One or more high-density urban housing developments for residents having low incomes. Labels: US, plural, plural-only Example: My friend Larry Gray never gangbanged with us but was from the projects and to your rival, that meant you were one
Word: projects Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of project Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enters Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛntɚz/, /ˈɛntəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛntɚz/, /ˈɛntəz/ 1. plural of enter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: captains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.tɪnz/, /ˈkæp.tənz/ 1. plural of captain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: captains Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.tɪnz/, /ˈkæp.tənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of captain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hunters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌntɚz/, /ˈhʌntəz/ 1. plural of hunter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: includes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of include Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: includes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːdz/ 1. plural of include Labels: form-of, plural
Word: objections Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃənz/ 1. plural of objection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: officials Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈfɪʃəlz/ 1. plural of official Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shapes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃeɪps/ 1. plural of shape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shapes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃeɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shape Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: downwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From down + -wards. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnwədz/, /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/ 1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gravity pulls everything downwards. 2. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.
Word: downwards Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From down + -wards. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnwədz/, /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/ 1. Downward.
Word: particles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹtɪkl̩z/, /ˈpɑːtɪkl̩z/ 1. plural of particle Labels: form-of, plural