nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne), as well as maund. 1. A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. Labels: historical Example: What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2). 2. A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams. Labels: historical Example: Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.
Word: sken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Obscure origin, possibly related to askance. Pronunciation: /skɛn/ 1. to squint Labels: Northern-English Example: He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass. Example: She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor. 2. to glance Labels: Northern-English
Word: Kamerun Part of Speech: name 1. An African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of the modern Republic of Cameroon. Labels: historical
Word: Kanada Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Kannada. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Canada. Labels: archaic, poetic
Word: fearsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪəsəm/, /ˈfɪːsəm/, /ˈfɪjəsəm/, /ˈfɪɹsəm/, /ˈfiəsəm/ 1. frightening, especially in appearance. Example: fearsome reputation Example: fearsome weapon 2. fearful, frightened Labels: archaic, rare
Word: fecal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːkəl/ 1. Of or relating to feces. Labels: not-comparable Example: Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well. Example: Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.
Word: fiesta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete. Pronunciation: /fɪˈestə/, /fiˈɛstə/ 1. A religious festival. 2. A festive occasion. Example: Runners being chased by bulls during the San Fermin bull-running festival in Pamplona: But long working hours mean it's not all fiestas in Spain. Example: The police arrived swiftly, deciding it would be safer to keep watch over the fiesta rather than forcefully evict thousands of revellers.
Word: fiesta Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete. Pronunciation: /fɪˈestə/, /fiˈɛstə/ 1. To take part in a festive celebration; to party. Labels: intransitive Example: We're going to party, karamu, fiesta, forever
Word: filthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlθi/ 1. Covered with filth; very dirty. Example: The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material. 2. Obscene or offensive. Example: Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses. 3. Very unpleasant or disagreeable. Example: Oh, that filthy dream again. Nightmares are bad enough but when it comes to night-toads—! 4. Angry; upset; severely annoyed. Labels: Australia, slang Example: Terrific fun it was. My best mate saved me, and the teacher was filthy.
Word: filthy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlθi/ 1. To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt. Labels: transitive Example: In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America. 2. To cover in filth. Labels: transitive Example: He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.
Word: cermet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ceramic + metal. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.mɛt/, /ˈsɝˌmɛt/ 1. A composite material composed of ceramic and metal materials, used in such applications as industrial saws and turbine blades. Example: 2003, Stephen F. Krar, Arthur Gill, Exploring Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, page 3-2-14, The multi-component alloy cermets, made up of different hard materials and binder elements, have high wear-resistance qualities that result in long tool life. Example: Cutting performance of cermets was improved after development of titanium-molybdenum-carbon-nitrogen and titanium-tungsten-carbon-nitrogen compounds with binders containing nickel, molybdenum, cobalt, or a combination thereof (Ref 3, p.91).
Word: like clockwork Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With perfect regularity and precision; faultless. Example: Thanks to the volunteers, the event ran like clockwork.
Word: weblog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog Compound of Web + log. Coined by American blogger Jorn Barger in 1997. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛb.lɒɡ/, /ˈwɛb.lɔɡ/, /ˈwɛb.lɑɡ/ 1. A website in the form of an ongoing journal. Labels: Internet, dated Example: A Weblog is updated as often as the writer decides and can include photographs and links to other sites around the Web. There are different ways to create a Weblog, and you do not need your own file server. Example: The case of the Loufan landslide indicates how a mainstream journalist-blogger used his weblog to expose the cover-up of an accident in north-west China.
Word: terminologist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/ 1. A person who studies and uses terminology, especially in professional translation project management. Example: [T]ranslation practice during training should, at least in part, be organised in projects where each student has the chance to play various roles: that of client, of revisor, of terminologist, of documentation assistant, of free-lancer, of in-house translator working for a translation company, etc.
Word: terminological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English terminology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English terminological From terminology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌtɜɹmənəlˈɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ 1. Of, or relating to terminology. Labels: not-comparable Example: In earlier works, what is here called S-structure was frequently referred to as ‘Surface Structureʼ; but in more recent work a crucial terminological distinction has been drawn between S-structure ( = the output of the Syntactic Component of our Grammar) and Surface Structure ( = the output of the Phonological Component).
Word: cisterna magna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A region in the brain posterior to the medulla oblongata, below the cerebellum; cerebrospinal fluid enters from the fourth ventricle.
Word: summary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English summary, from Medieval Latin summārius, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/ 1. Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form. Example: Near-synonym: abstractive Example: A summary review is in the appendix. 2. Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality. Example: Near-synonym: extrajudicial Example: They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people. 3. Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework. Example: The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases. Example: The summary executions caused outrage.
Word: summary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa (“total, sum”) + -ārium (suffix forming nouns of purpose). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/ 1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material. Example: I'd forgotten what happened in the first Harry Potter book so I read a summary of the narrative before starting the second one. Example: make a summary of the events
Word: malfunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function. Pronunciation: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ 1. Faulty functioning. Example: This weekend, as videos of robotaxi malfunctions began appearing on social media, opponents say they are seeing their fears realized. Example: A former OceanGate scientific director said the Titan submersible suffered a malfunction six days before imploding in June 2023, killing all five people on board. 2. Failure to function.
Word: malfunction Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function. Pronunciation: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ 1. To function improperly. Example: She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned. Example: Due to a communications error, according to gaming officials, the slot machine malfunctioned and didn’t notify Taylor or casino personnel that he was a winner. 2. To fail to function.
Word: summery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English somery; equivalent to summer + -y. Compare Swedish somrig (“summery”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌməɹi/ 1. Relating to the summer. Example: She wore a light summery dress. 2. Of weather, typical of summer.
Word: summery Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsʌməɹi/ 1. Misspelling of summary. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: We are reasonably certain that every reader will understand the danger and downright immorality of using quotation marks in a careless or flippant manner, that only a person’s actual words may be placed in quotation marks, and that a summery or paraphrase must be so labeled or identified. Example: With Swift, Spice, Lively and Avignone hugging each other, it was a picture-perfect visual summery of Swift’s brand: manufactured empowerment, a celebration of pop feminist girl power.
Word: grassroots Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass English roots English grassroots From grass + roots. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑːs.ɹuːts/, /ˈɡɹæs.ɹuːts/ 1. Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots. Example: If there’s a down side to the film, it’s that “Soros” probably doesn’t devote enough time to the way its subject has become a favorite bogeyman to conservatives that paint him as the guiding hand behind grassroots campaigns by those intent on discrediting them.
Word: -erie Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Influenced by French -erie. 1. Alternative spelling of -ery (“place”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme 2. Obsolete spelling of -ery in other senses. Labels: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
Word: fire exit Part of Speech: noun 1. An emergency exit for usage in case of a fire; a fire escape.
Word: obedience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance. Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/, /oʊˈbidiəns/, /əˈbidiəns/ 1. The quality of being obedient. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Obedience is essential in any army. Example: February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. 2. The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arrogate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin arrogātus, perfect passive participle of adrogō, arrogō (“ask of, adopt, appropriate, assume”), from ad (“to”) + rogō (“ask”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəɡeɪt/ 1. To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate. Example: Unfortunately, certain capitalists have arrogated to themselves monopolies and privileges which are quite sufficient to account for this [commotion of the populace against capitalists].
Word: muck about Part of Speech: verb 1. To do random unplanned work or spend time idly Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Stop mucking about and get on with your work! 2. To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Don't muck about with the video machine, or you might break it. 3. To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously. Labels: Australia, UK, informal, intransitive Example: It was only a joke. We were only mucking about. Example: The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious. 4. To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person). Labels: transitive Example: Then he started stalling. In the end he mucked me about so much that I lost my patience and decided to nick the books from him.
Word: impresa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendere Vulgar Latin *imprehendere Italian imprenderedeverb. Italian impresabor. English impresa Borrowed from Italian impresa. 1. A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc. Example: 1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter. Example: […] or to describe Races and Games, Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields, Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;
Word: faultless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fault Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English faultless From fault + -less. 1. Without fault; free from defect or error. Example: faultless effort Example: faultless performance
Word: wet the shamrock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wet (“to celebrate by drinking alcohol”) + the + shamrock (“trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland”), from the custom, also known as drowning the shamrock, of removing a shamrock worn on one’s clothing on Saint Patrick’s Day and placing it at the bottom of a glass which is then filled with an alcoholic beverage and consumed; according to some authorities the shamrock is then retrieved from the empty glass and thrown over the left shoulder. Pronunciation: /ˌwɛt ðə ˈʃæmɹɒk/, /ˌwɛt ðə ˈʃæmˌɹɑk/ 1. To go for an alcoholic drink, especially as part of a victory celebration or on Saint Patrick's Day. Labels: Ireland, idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: The Meadovv Trefoyls are called in Iriſh Shamrocks, […] The VVord Seamar Leaune and Seamar-orge, being in ſignification the ſame, […] This Plant is vvorn by the People in their Hats upon the 17. Day of March yearly, (vvhich is called St. Patrick’s Day.) […] Hovvever that be, vvhen they vvet their Seamar-oge, they often commit Exceſs in Liquor, vvhich is not a right keeping of a Day to the Lord; Error generally leading to Debauchery. Example: In the days of our forefathers it was always customary to wet the shamrock, and indeed this good old custom has by no means become obsolete. And to carry it into effect, the saint's [Saint Patrick's] health is drunk in the morning from a brimming bowl called "Paddy's pot," which has a very inspiring influence, and is considered to be an excellent preliminary for the joys of the day; […]
Word: freedoms of the air Part of Speech: noun 1. The bilateral agreements concerning international air travel defined by the Chicago Convention in 1944, covering such topics as overflight, stopovers, and passenger carriage. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: first freedom rights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: One of the Freedoms of the Air, arranged under the Chicago Convention in 1944. 1. The right of an airline of one country to fly over the territory of another country without stopping. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: cerebromedullary cistern Part of Speech: noun 1. cisterna magna
Word: second freedom rights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: One of the freedoms of the air, arranged under the Chicago Convention in 1944. 1. The right of an airliner of one country to land in another country for technical reasons such as refueling and maintenance. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: grass roots Part of Speech: noun 1. People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity. Labels: uncountable 2. The essential foundation or source of something. Labels: uncountable
Word: grassroots democracy Part of Speech: noun 1. The political processes which are driven by groups of ordinary citizens, as opposed to larger organizations or wealthy individuals with concentrated vested interests in particular policies. Labels: uncountable
Word: third freedom rights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: One of the Freedoms of the Air, arranged under the Chicago Convention in 1944. 1. The right of an airline of one country to land in a different country and deplane passengers coming from the airline’s own country. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: fourth freedom rights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: One of the freedoms of the air, arranged under the Chicago Convention in 1944. 1. The right of an airline of one country to land in a different country and board passengers travelling to the airline’s own country. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: fifth freedom rights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: One of the Freedoms of the Air, defined under the Chicago Convention in 1944. 1. The right of an airline of one country to land in a different country, pick up passengers, and carry them on to a third country — e.g. a British airline flying to France, collecting passengers, and taking them to Italy. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: skew-whiff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skew + weft. The expression 'skew weft' dates at least from the 18th century as a term used by handloom weavers, typically in northern England. It was used originally to describe fabric which was out of alignment, and the term survives today in the manufacture of glass fiber cloth. The word weft does not derive from 'whiff' as in a puff of air (as suggested elsewhere). The modern spelling comes from a corruption of 'skew-wift' whose sound developed colloquially in spoken English from the original. Bow weft also exists. Pronunciation: /ˈskjuː.(w)ɪf/, /ˈskiː.wɪf/ 1. Askew; lopsided, not straight. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial Example: I hung up that picture, but it looks skew-whiff to me. Example: “[…]I′ve just been looking up at them and it seems to me that Cassiopeia′s Chair is a bit more skew-whiff than usual. Either it′s been moved or we′re heading the wrong way.”
Word: askew Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + skew. Pronunciation: /əˈskju/, /əˈskjuː/, /əˈskjʉw/ 1. Turned or twisted to one side. Example: Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way." We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o'er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true. 2. Untoward, unfavourable. Labels: figuratively
Word: askew Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + skew. Pronunciation: /əˈskju/, /əˈskjuː/, /əˈskjʉw/ 1. Tilted to one side. Example: He wore his hat askew
Word: squiffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown; possibly coined in the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪf.i/ 1. slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: In the Palace bar. I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy. Example: His champagne glass was constantly refilled by the man who might or might not have been a butler, so that by the time they actually sat down to play, Ramsay was decidedly squiffy. 2. Crooked, askew; awry Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: To this day I cannot and will not wear a tie properly. On the one or two occasions I have worn them since I left school, I've worn them squiffy, on purpose. Example: The graphics make your eyes go squiffy.
Word: conversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversiō, from convertō. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/, /-ʒ(ə)n/, /kənˈvɝʒən/ 1. The act of converting something or someone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His conversion to Christianity Example: The conversion of the database from ASCII to Unicode 2. A software product converted from one platform to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mike Follin […] also programmed the Spectrum version of The Sentinel (97%, Issue 40), and the excellent coin-op conversions Bubble Bobble (90%, Issue 45) and Bionic Commando (92%, Issue 53). 3. A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the conversion of a horse Example: Or bring my action of conversion / And trover for my goods. 8. Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a loft conversion Example: He might even sleep informally: in his vehicle, in a garage-conversion apartment, or beneath a freeway overpass, any of which would be rendered part of the informal landscape by his very act of sleeping. 9. The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The act of turning round; revolution; rotation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 11. The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions 13. Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: furry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdrą Frankish *fōdrbor. Anglo-Norman fuerrebor. Middle English furre English fur Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English furry From fur + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.ɹi/, /ˈføːɹiː/, /ˈfɜɹ.i/, /ˈfeː.ɹi/, /ˈfɛː.ɹi/ 1. Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur. Example: His treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling. Example: There were certain cages you felt you had to pass on tiptoe, noting some aged Fellow whispering endearments into a snow-leopardess’s furry ear. 2. Resembling or characteristic of fur. Example: a furry texture Example: a furry smell 3. Of or related to the furry fandom, a subculture defined by an interest in anthropomorphic animal characters. Labels: informal
Word: furry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdrą Frankish *fōdrbor. Anglo-Norman fuerrebor. Middle English furre English fur Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English furry From fur + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.ɹi/, /ˈføːɹiː/, /ˈfɜɹ.i/, /ˈfeː.ɹi/, /ˈfɛː.ɹi/ 1. Someone who identifies with or as an animal character with human-like characteristics (an anthropomorphic animal character). 2. An anthropomorphic animal character of this kind. Example: What percentage of furries are wolves? 3. Any member of the furry fandom or subculture (including those without fursonas). Example: The furry had designed an elaborate costume. Example: Especially interesting in this regard are furries with more than one fursona. […] Consider, for instance, how Muse describes his two fursonas: My two current sonas are a bat and a rabbit.
Word: regalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English regalie, from Medieval Latin rēgālia (“royal powers”), substantivisation of the neuter plural of rēgālis (“of a king”), from rēx (“king”). By surface analysis, regal + -ia. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/, /ɹɪˈɡæɪ.li.ə/ 1. Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.). Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: THE INTHRONIZATION. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood about the steps of the Throne. 3. Decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry. Labels: plural, plural-only 4. Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes. Labels: plural, plural-only 5. Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume. Labels: broadly, plural, plural-only Example: to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up) Example: […] the throngs included tribes of American Indians celebrating […] like victorious conventioneers in their burnished regalia at a hotel party Monday night. 6. Sumptuous food. Labels: broadly, obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: c. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne After having a long time treated their Prisoners very well, and given them all the Regalia's they can think of, he to whom the Prisoner belongs, invites a great Assembly of his Kindred and Friends
Word: regalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English regalie, from Medieval Latin rēgālia (“royal powers”), substantivisation of the neuter plural of rēgālis (“of a king”), from rēx (“king”). By surface analysis, regal + -ia. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/, /ɹɪˈɡæɪ.li.ə/ 1. A kind of large cigar of superior quality. Labels: archaic Example: I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars[…] Example: The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small.
Word: surround Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin unda Latin undō Late Latin superundōder. Middle French souronderbor. Middle English sourrounden English surround From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”). Pronunciation: /səˈɹaʊnd/ 1. To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. Labels: transitive Example: The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common. Example: It took a long time for the place to warm up and to counteract the cold and enable their fingers to cope with the delicate task of moulding, the men would often surround themselves with blocks of iron heated in the furnace. 2. To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape. Labels: transitive Example: The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape. Example: They surrounded each other in the classroom and started trading hits. 3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to surround the world Example: Unfitting it vvas, that the body of that vvorthy Patriarch [Joseph] (to vvhom all the land belonged by promiſe) ſhould ſteale into that Countrey in a clandeſtine vvay, and privately enter in at the poſtern door, rather let it ſolemnly ſurround the Countrey, and be brought in at the broad gates. Thus the corps of men of quality, though the Chancell-door be nearer, are borne through the porch and middle-alley to the place of their interment.
Word: surround Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin unda Latin undō Late Latin superundōder. Middle French souronderbor. Middle English sourrounden English surround From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”). Pronunciation: /səˈɹaʊnd/ 1. Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something. Labels: UK Example: He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight. It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.
Word: freemasonry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freemason + -ry. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 3. Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: freemason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + mason. 1. A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.
Word: roundabout Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From round + about [from early 20th c.]. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/, /ˈɹuːndəˌbuːt/ 1. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary. Example: [S]he fled, running like a deer, doubling and turning through alleys and back streets until by a very roundabout road she reached her own room. Example: "Really, Bill, I think your best plan would be to go straight to father and tell him the whole thing.—You don't want him to hear about it in a roundabout way." 2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. Example: The third sort is of those who readily and sincerely follow reason, but for want of having that which one may call a large, sound, roundabout sense, have not a full view of all that relates to the question.
Word: roundabout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From round + about [from early 20th c.]. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/, /ˈɹuːndəˌbuːt/ 1. A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-England, New-Zealand, UK, US, especially, sometimes 2. A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus. Labels: UK 3. A fairground carousel. 4. A detour. 5. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century. 6. A round dance. Labels: archaic
Word: roundabout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From round + about [from early 20th c.]. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/, /ˈɹuːndəˌbuːt/ 1. To play on a roundabout (carousel) 2. To travel round roundabouts 3. To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner
Word: sarky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sarc (“sarcasm”) + -y. Pronunciation: /sɑɹkiː/, /sɑːkiː/ 1. Synonym of sarcastic. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: Why are you so sarky? Example: Zilch at the bookshop. The little fat one wasn't backstage at all. The thin sarky one briefly, but he was with Colin Smy all the time.
Word: sellotape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From genericized trademark Sellotape, from cello(phane) + tape. The spelling with S- was to avoid an existing trademark on the word Cellophane itself. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləteɪp/ 1. Adhesive tape. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
Word: sellotape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From genericized trademark Sellotape, from cello(phane) + tape. The spelling with S- was to avoid an existing trademark on the word Cellophane itself. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləteɪp/ 1. To seal with adhesive tape. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, transitive Example: The door was slightly ajar, with a newspaper cartoon sellotaped to it:
Word: slaphead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of slap + head. 1. A bald person; somebody with a shaved or hairless head. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
Word: sticking plaster Part of Speech: noun 1. An adhesive bandage used in dressing wounds. Labels: New-Zealand, UK Example: As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered with the same squares as his face; his back, too, was all over the same dark squares; he seemed to have been in a Thirty Years’ War, and just escaped from it with a sticking-plaster shirt. 2. An inadequate solution to a serious problem. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: In a statement, Khan called the deal a sticking plaster and said: "The Government is, in effect, making ordinary Londoners pay the cost for doing the right thing on COVID-19.
Word: sweets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweets Part of Speech: noun 1. Confectionery, candy. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Drugs, amphetamine. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 3. Sweet-scented flowers. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. She scatters flowers Example: ...she dropped the flowers which Evelyn had given her. Before she even perceived her loss, the King had picked them up, and was about to give them to her, when he perceived the note, and also observed that the seal was yet unbroken. "Mademoiselle has not had time to read a letter so surrounded by sweets—pray use no ceremony."
Word: sweets Part of Speech: noun 1. A term of endearment; sweetheart. Example: I miss you, sweets.
Word: sweets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sweet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tannoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A genericised trademark of Tannoy Ltd, a manufacturer of public address systems. "Tannoy" is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum + alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company. Pronunciation: /ˈtænɔɪ/ 1. A public address system. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial Example: Although the supermarket tannoy was bravely broadcasting Rigoletto, its meat counter was thick with wurst and its wine shelves loaded with Liebfraumilch. Example: Terry Putnam, from Weymouth, adds: "Riding home from Bristol a few days ago, as we approached Weymouth the guard announced over the tannoy 'The next station is Weymouth - please remember to take all your luggage and children with you...'"
Word: tannoy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A genericised trademark of Tannoy Ltd, a manufacturer of public address systems. "Tannoy" is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum + alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company. Pronunciation: /ˈtænɔɪ/ 1. To transmit, or communicate with, by means of a public address system. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, ambitransitive
Word: public address system Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic voice-amplification apparatus, usually containing a set of two loudspeakers and a central control unit, used for singing, giving a speech, play-by-play commentary at events, or broadcasting in public areas like in airports or stations. Example: People had to poo in bags, you see. Jan had to get on the public address system and explain to thousands of disbelieving passengers that “number ones” could be done in the shower but “number twos” must be done in the red biohazard bags being distributed, then placed in corridors for collection by unnamed staff, none of whom chose to appear in this documentary.
Word: obedient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”). Pronunciation: /əˈbiːdɪənt/, /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/, /əˈbidiənt/, /oʊˈbidiənt/ 1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable. Example: Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
Word: obedient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”). Pronunciation: /əˈbiːdɪənt/, /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/, /əˈbidiənt/, /oʊˈbidiənt/ 1. One who obeys. Example: Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.
Word: skip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”). Related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp (“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related. Pronunciation: /skɪp/ 1. To move by hopping on alternate feet. Labels: intransitive Example: She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other. 2. To leap about lightly. Labels: intransitive Example: The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Example: So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. 3. To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. Labels: intransitive Example: The rock will skip across the pond. Example: After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes. 4. To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. Labels: transitive Example: I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond. 5. To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). Labels: transitive Example: My heart will skip a beat. Example: He skipped the second question and moved on. 6. Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting). Labels: informal, transitive Example: Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it. 7. To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner. Labels: informal, transitive Example: to skip the country Example: a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill 8. To leap lightly over. Example: to skip the rope 9. To jump rope. Example: The girls were skipping in the playground. 10. To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record) 11. To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch. 12. To have insufficient ink transfer.
Word: skip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”). Related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp (“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related. Pronunciation: /skɪp/ 1. A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips. 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 3. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 4. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. 5. A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. Example: Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips. 6. skywave propagation 7. A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to. Labels: informal
Word: skip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skep, skeppe, from Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa, skjappa (“basket, bushel, measure”), perhaps from Middle Low German scheppe (“a unit of weight”), perhaps related to Middle Low German schēpel (“buschel, measurement for grain”), German Scheffel (“bushel”). These could all ultimately be related to *skap (“shape”). Pronunciation: /skɪp/ 1. A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 2. A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. Example: Beside it was a great engine which worked a continuous steel rope on which the skips were fastened which drew up the débris by successive stages from the bottom of the shaft. 3. A skip car. 4. A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: In a panic he pushed the prostesting Catweazle inside an empty clothes skip and sat down on the lid just as his father and Sam came in. 5. A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories. 6. A charge of syrup in the pans. 7. A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
Word: skip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English skep, skeppe, from Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa, skjappa (“basket, bushel, measure”), perhaps from Middle Low German scheppe (“a unit of weight”), perhaps related to Middle Low German schēpel (“buschel, measurement for grain”), German Scheffel (“bushel”). These could all ultimately be related to *skap (“shape”). Pronunciation: /skɪp/ 1. To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1). Labels: transitive
Word: skip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English skipper, borrowed from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schipper (“captain”), earlier "seaman", from schip (“ship”). Pronunciation: /skɪp/ 1. Short for skipper, especially as (nautical) the master of a ship; (sports) a team captain; (UK, law enforcement) a detective sergeant; or any other person with similar moderate authority. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal 2. The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. 3. The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary. 4. The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization). Labels: informal
Word: skip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. Ultimately from etymology 1 (above). Pronunciation: /skɪp/ 1. An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. Labels: Australia, slang Example: 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest, Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she? Barber: She is Australian. Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.