nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stapler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From staple (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪplə/, /ˈsteɪplɚ/ 1. A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper. 2. Any device for stapling with (small or large) staples, including any office stapler, staple gun, or hammer tacker. Labels: broadly
Word: stapler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From staple (noun) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪplə/, /ˈsteɪplɚ/ 1. A dealer in staple goods. Labels: dated 2. One employed to sort wool according to its staple. Labels: dated
Word: insurgents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insurgent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpjuːt/ 1. Reputation, especially a good reputation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Word: repute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpjuːt/ 1. To attribute or credit something to something; to impute. 2. To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something Example: Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? Example: The king your father was reputed for / A prince most prudent.
Word: renown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈnaʊn/ 1. Fame; celebrity; wide recognition. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […] Example: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: […] 2. Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: […] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;
Word: renown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈnaʊn/ 1. To make famous. Labels: transitive
Word: silver fox Part of Speech: noun 1. A melanistic red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with silver to black fur. 2. A domestic rabbit of a rare breed with silvery-black fur. 3. An attractive person who has graying hair. Labels: colloquial Example: My surprise visitor was Marcus, arriving early for the party. In tow he had a mean silver fox, a curator who was programming an encyclopedic exhibition of the anti-epoch to which Marcus and I belonged at a major museum. Example: It’s more useful as a gender neutral term, saving the hassle of constant translation – Milf to Dilf, cougar to silver fox, mutton dressed up as lamb to beef dressed up as veal. 4. An attractive person who has graying hair. Labels: colloquial, especially 5. An attractive person who has graying hair. Labels: colloquial
Word: silver surfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pun, combining an allusion to the typical silver color of an elderly person's hair, and the notion of surfing the Internet, with the name of a comic-book character, The Silver Surfer. 1. An elderly person who regularly uses the Internet. Labels: informal
Word: rom com Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of romcom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: muchness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English muchelnesse, michelnesse (“greatness, magnitude”), from Old English miċelnes, myċelnes (“greatness, size, mass, quantity, multitude, abundance, magnificence, great deed”), equivalent to much + -ness. Cognate with Old High German michilnessi (“greatness, magnitude”). Compare also mickleness. 1. Large size or bulk; bigness; size; magnitude (large or small). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Greatness in quantity, number, amount, or degree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: much of a muchness Part of Speech: phrase 1. Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them. Labels: idiomatic Example: As to any existing dearth of materials for comedy, I hold it to be merely imaginary; for I believe that on a fair comparison, the manners and morals of the present age and those of the past, would prove much of a muchness. Example: “He was not,” answered a juror. “Old Peter Goodwin could not have been more than five feet five, and Dorothy was all of that, I should think. When they came to meeting together, they looked much of a muchness.”
Word: kudos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”). Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uː.dɒs/, /ˈkuˌdoʊz/, /ˈkuˌdoʊs/, /ˈkuː.ɖoːs/ 1. Praise; accolades. Labels: uncountable Example: The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama. Example: I gave Chelsea much kudos for the birth of her first daughter. 2. Credit for one's achievements. Labels: uncountable Example: Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
Word: kudos Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”). Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uː.dɒs/, /ˈkuˌdoʊz/, /ˈkuˌdoʊs/, /ˈkuː.ɖoːs/ 1. An interjection indicating praise or approval or as an acknowledgement of a laudable achievement.
Word: kudos Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”). Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uː.dɒs/, /ˈkuˌdoʊz/, /ˈkuˌdoʊs/, /ˈkuː.ɖoːs/ 1. To give praise or accolades. Labels: informal Example: You know and I know that Dr. Tinsley likes a bit of kudosing every now and then. I think it would be well if we seriously considered some kind of honorable mention for him at the Conference.
Word: kudos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”). Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uː.dɒs/, /ˈkuˌdoʊz/, /ˈkuˌdoʊs/, /ˈkuː.ɖoːs/ 1. plural of kudo Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural, proscribed, sometimes
Word: kudos Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”). Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uː.dɒs/, /ˈkuˌdoʊz/, /ˈkuˌdoʊs/, /ˈkuː.ɖoːs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kudo Labels: form-of, indicative, informal, nonstandard, present, proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person
Word: interspersed Part of Speech: adj 1. Placed at intervals amongst other things.
Word: interspersed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intersperse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: it'll Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈɪtl̩/, [ˈɪɾl̩] 1. Contraction of it + shall. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of it + will. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: who'd Part of Speech: contraction 1. Who had. Labels: contraction, informal Example: Aria also told me that a dead asari woman was found in one of the wealthy apartments -- that she was the one who'd killed my daughter. 2. Who would. Labels: contraction, informal
Word: who'll Part of Speech: contraction 1. Who shall. Labels: contraction, informal 2. Who will. Labels: contraction, informal
Word: who've Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From who + -'ve. Pronunciation: /huːv/ 1. Contraction of who + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal
Word: funk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate. Pronunciation: /fʌŋk/, /fɐŋk/, /faŋk/, /fəŋk/ 1. Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor. Labels: countable Example: The foulest stench is in the air; the funk of 40,000 years and grisly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom. 2. A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation. Labels: uncountable
Word: funk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate. Pronunciation: /fʌŋk/, /fɐŋk/, /faŋk/, /fəŋk/ 1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink. Labels: intransitive 2. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. Labels: transitive Example: He funks Basketia and her son to death Example: Funking a cobbler – that is, blowing smoke into his stall; smoking cigars at divans and club houses; […] 3. To perform funk music. Labels: intransitive Example: From the earliest part of this decade when he funked in relative obscurity to his days as a superstar with the release of his Batman soundtrack last summer, I could almost always count on Prince. 4. Fuck (the taboo swear word). Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: Funk this! Example: Snow bunny, I pledge to funk you baby / You sexy lady, my only temptation […] Oh, I just want to funk you
Word: funk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). See also spunk. Pronunciation: /fʌŋk/, /fɐŋk/, /faŋk/, /fəŋk/ 1. Touchwood, punk, tinder. Labels: obsolete
Word: funk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning “to panic, fail due to panic”. Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk. Pronunciation: /fʌŋk/, /fɐŋk/, /faŋk/, /fəŋk/ 1. Mental depression. Labels: countable Example: I've been in a funk lately, I fell into a funk, I slipped into a funk, I was stuck in a funk Example: it helped me get out of a funk 2. A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly. Labels: uncountable Example: [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […] Example: —A woful lunatic, Mulligan said. Were you in a funk? 3. One who fears or panics; a coward. Labels: countable Example: It is the long probation in the old way of teaching that fellows funk at or makes funks of them and their slow pace, almost up to the end of that probation, all who teach themselves are in a worse predicament as the hands with them are made the principle propellors instead of the feet.
Word: funk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning “to panic, fail due to panic”. Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk. Pronunciation: /fʌŋk/, /fɐŋk/, /faŋk/, /fəŋk/ 1. To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He'll have funked it, when he comes to the edge, and sees nothing but mist below Example: It is the long probation in the old way of teaching that fellows funk at or makes funks of them and their slow pace, almost up to the end of that probation, all who teach themselves are in a worse predicament as the hands with them are made the principle propellors instead of the feet. 2. To frighten; to cause to flinch. Labels: transitive
Word: odour Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of odor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry.
Word: connexion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English connexioun, from Latin connexiō (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connectō. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛkʃən/ 1. Dated spelling of connection. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: There are undoubtedly facts, which, may come to their knowledge by means of their connexion with the ſecretary of ſtate, reſpecting which they cannot anſwer. Example: It is now time for the opposition to the Annexation of Texas to cease, all further agitation of the waters of bitterness and strife, at least in connexion with this question,–even though it may perhaps be required of us as a necessary condition of the freedom of our institutions, that we must live on for ever in a state of unpausing struggle and excitement upon some subject of party division or other. 2. A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: fibre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/ 1. A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. Labels: countable Example: The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe. 2. Material in the form of fibres. Labels: uncountable Example: The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre. 3. Dietary fibre. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre. 4. Moral strength and resolve. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre. Example: He was gentlemanly, steady, tractable, with a thorough knowledge of his duties; and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret truth of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself. 5. The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π. 6. Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A kind of lightweight thread of execution. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is the deeper parts of such cells which give rise to delicate muscular fibres or networks of fibres, while the superficially placed body of the cell myoblast), the part which produces the above, performs other functions, and usually bears a cilium.
Word: demonstrative adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjective that points out which person, object or concept is being referred to; whether it is singular or plural; and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer. Example: In the sentence I like this music, the word this is a demonstrative adjective.
Word: descriptive adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjective that describes a noun.
Word: indefinite adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An indefinite pronoun used as a determiner.
Word: interrogative adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. an interrogative pronoun used as an adjective
Word: limiting adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjective that limits a noun. They include definite articles, indefinite articles, possessive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, indefinite adjectives, interrogative adjectives, cardinal adjectives, ordinal adjectives, proper adjectives and nouns used as adjectives.
Word: numerical adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. A number used as an adjective: either a cardinal adjective (such as "one") or an ordinal adjective (such as "third").
Word: participial adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. A participle used as an adjective; it may be either a present participle or a past participle, and used either attributively or predicatively.
Word: predicative adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.
Word: relative adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. A relative pronoun used in an adjectival clause.
Word: Dana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Dawnay, or else an altered form of Dan or Daniel. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnə/, /ˈdeɪ.nə/, /ˈdænə/ 1. An American surname. 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, originally given in honor of Richard Henry Dana Jr. Labels: US Example: Johnie had become a "problem" for the advisers and "baby deans" in University Hall: men with marvelously Puritan names like Dana Cotton and Christopher Wadsworth called him in and asked what the trouble was. Example: Currently serving his sixth term in Congress, Dana Rohrabacher represents California's scenic 45th Congressional District. 3. A town in Indiana; named for Charles Dana, a railroad official. 4. A village in Illinois; named for Thomas Dana, a railroad official. 5. A city in Iowa; named for Samuel Dana, an early settler.
Word: Dana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliterations from various languages. 1. A female given name, Example: from Persian دانا (dânâ, “wise”). Example: from Gulf Arabic دانة (dāna, “pearl”). 2. A village in central-west Jordan, from South Levantine Arabic ضانا. 3. A village in Amhara, Ethiopia, from Amharic ዳና (dana). 4. A town in central-west Nepal, from Nepali दाना (dānā)
Word: Dana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Dana. 1. A village in the Gmina of Puck, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Word: nana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An apheretic form of banana. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːnə/ 1. A banana. Labels: informal 2. A foolish person. Labels: UK, slang Example: You look a right nana dressed up like that.
Word: nana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant spelling of nanna. Pronunciation: /ˈnænə/ 1. One's grandmother. Labels: informal 2. A nanny. Labels: informal
Word: alcopop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of alcohol + pop (“sweetened carbonated drink”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.kəʊ.pɒp/, /ˈæl.koʊ.pɑp/, /ˈæl.kə.pɑp/ 1. An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually Example: However, the media soon went too far in playing the story up, claiming that underage drinkers drank only alcopop (actually they preferred cheap cider). Example: The breweries began to develop alcopops with names and advertising drawn from drug culture.
Word: parka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹkə/, /ˈpɑːkə/ 1. A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind. Example: Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez.
Word: shalwar kameez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani शलवार क़मीज़ (śalvār qamīz) / شلوار قمیص (śalvār qamīs), from Persian, from Arabic. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlvɒː kəˈmiːs/ 1. an outfit worn by men and women in South Asian countries comprising loose trousers and a long shirt Example: 2002: Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez. — James Meek, in London Review of Books, 3 January 2002 Example: 2004: But the clientele that morning was mainly veiled wives in black burkas and bearded men wearing shalwar kameez — The New Yorker, 13 December 2004, p.52
Word: must-have Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From must + have. 1. Essential to own. Example: The must-have toy is the apotheosis of the marketing of toys as fashion accessories.
Word: must-have Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From must + have. 1. An item that one must own, or a feature that is essential to a service, etc. Example: The selfie-stick is this year's must-have. Example: There's a huge gulf between “must-have” and “nice-to-have” products. If you sell a nice-to-have product, no one, not even your best friends, will use it long term. We all focus on must-haves.
Word: mushing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mush Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mushing Part of Speech: noun 1. Action of the verb to mush (travel with a dog sled). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A race with a dog team. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Spence Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈspɛns/ 1. Short form of the male given name Spencer. 2. A surname. 3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4. A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. 5. A ghost town in Magnetawan township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
Word: storey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp. churches. Doublet of story and history. An alternative etymology derives Middle English story from Old French *estoree (“a thing built, building”), from estoree (“built”), feminine past participle of estorer (“to build”), from Latin instaurare (“to construct, build, erect”), but this seems unlikely since historia already had the meaning "storey of a building" in Anglo-Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/, /ˈstɔː.ɹi/, /ˈstɔɹ.i/ 1. A floor or level of a building or ship. Example: For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely. Example: a multi-storey car park 2. A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g. Example: The IPA symbol for a voiced velar stop is the single-storey , not the double-storey 3. A building; an edifice. Labels: obsolete
Word: smelly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *smel-der. Proto-West Germanic *smalljan Old English *smiellan Middle English smellen English smell English -y English smelly From smell + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛli/ 1. Having a bad smell. Example: She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly. 2. Having a quality that arouses suspicion. Labels: figuratively Example: The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case." 3. Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell. Labels: figuratively, slang Example: That smelly code needs to be refactored.
Word: smelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *smel-der. Proto-West Germanic *smalljan Old English *smiellan Middle English smellen English smell English -y English smelly From smell + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛli/ 1. A smelly person. Labels: rare Example: And I can get home myself, thank you. Little smelly. Example: Or if you know any piglets with water pistols, maybe you could throw them a bottle of gargle and say, ‘Hoy you smellies, I bet you can’t squirt the little dangly thing up the dark end of my gob with this’.
Word: smelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A comical pronunciation of the initials SMLE. 1. a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives. Labels: informal
Word: software engineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from software engineering. 1. One who designs and implements software solutions.
Word: en route Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From French en route, from en (“in”) + route (“route”). Pronunciation: /ɒn ˈɹuːt/, /ɑn ˈɹut/, /ɛn ˈɹu(ː)t/, /ɑ̃ ˈɹu(ː)t/ 1. On the way. Example: The shipment is en route to the buyer. Example: Nearly a century ago, my grandfather passed through Istanbul en route to Europe along with hordes of other White Russians fleeing the Russian civil war. 2. Along the way. Example: The army advanced, capturing several cities en route.
Word: tattletale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tattle + tale. Pronunciation: /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/ 1. telltale; giveaway Labels: not-comparable
Word: tattletale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tattle + tale. Pronunciation: /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/ 1. One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention. Labels: childish, colloquial 2. One who gossips, often for the sake of attention. Labels: childish, colloquial
Word: tattletale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tattle + tale. Pronunciation: /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/ 1. To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose. Labels: ambitransitive, childish, colloquial
Word: glow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English glouen, glowen (“to give off heat and light without flame; of a thing: to be heated until red hot; to be brightly coloured; to shine brightly; (figurative) to be filled with emotion; of the face, etc.: to turn red, flush; etc.”), and then either: * from Old English glōwan (“to glow”) (a strong verb), from Proto-West Germanic *glōan (“to glow”); or * because the Middle English and modern English words are weak verbs, possibly from Old Norse *glówa, thought to be a variant of glóa (“to glow”), also a weak verb; both from Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to glow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, glow; to be shining, glowing”). Possibly a doublet of glass. The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Dutch gloeien * Finnish loistaa * German glühen * Norwegian glo * Old Norse glóa (Danish glo, Icelandic glóa, Swedish glo) * Saterland Frisian gloie, glöie, gluuje * West Frisian gloeie Pronunciation: /ɡləʊ/, /ɡloʊ/ 1. A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The struggling spark of good within, / Just smother'd in the strife of sin, / They quicken to a timely glow, / The pure flame spreading high and low. Example: My garden is the cloven rock, / And my manure the snow; / And drifting sand-heaps feed my stock, / In summer's scorching glow. 2. A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again. Example: ["]You must be frozen." / "Well, Lizzie, I ain't of a glow; that's certain. And my hands seemed nailed through to the sculls. See how dead they are!" 3. A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So if you find yourself regularly up late at night, basking in the TV's glow, you might be doing more than just depriving yourself of sleep. 4. A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: He had a bright red glow on his face. Example: If you vvill ſee a pageant truely plaid / Betvveene the pale complexion of true Loue, / And the red glovve of ſcorne and provvd diſdaine, / Goe hence a little, and I ſhall conduct you / If you vvill marke it. 5. A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away, / When the glow of early thought declines in feeling's dull decay; […] Example: […] Romola felt herself surrounded and possessed by the glow of his passionate faith.
Word: glow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English glouen (“to gaze, stare”); further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from glouen, glowen (“to give off heat and light without flame; of a thing: to be heated until red hot; to be brightly coloured; to shine brightly; (figurative) to be filled with emotion; of the face, etc.: to turn red, flush; etc.”); or * from Old Norse glóa (“to shine”) (whence Norwegian Nynorsk glo (“to stare”) and Swedish glo (“to stare”)). See further at etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ɡləʊ/, /ɡloʊ/ 1. To look intently; to stare. Labels: dialectal, intransitive Example: Borgnoyer. To vvant an eye; to looke, or ſee but vvith one eye; […] alſo, to glovv, glote, or loure. Example: [A] thouſand frantick Spirits / Peep'd from the VVatry brink, and glovv'd upon me.
Word: nary Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Univerbation of ne'er + a. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛə.ɹi/, /ˈnɛɚ.i/, /ˈnɛɹ.i/, /ˈneː.ɹi/, /ˈneəɹi/ 1. Not, never. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: And all about the room, candles gleaming in branched sconces. Nary one glare of electric light. Example: Every day, uncomplaining, this ten-ounce muscle contracts 100 thousand times nary “missing a beat.” Over a lifetime of faithful service, these two self-lubricating, self-regulating, high-capacity pumps beat two and one-half billion times […]
Word: nary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Univerbation of ne'er + a. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛə.ɹi/, /ˈnɛɚ.i/, /ˈnɛɹ.i/, /ˈneː.ɹi/, /ˈneəɹi/ 1. Not any. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: We'uns wuz willin't fout fur ole Tennessee, but for nary other State. When he started out o' Tennessee we'uns jest concluded t' strike out and leave him. Example: I'm cheered you liked [“The Partridge Festival”] but I must have it back as I have nary other copy. If you really want to read somebody, read Proust for pity's sake.
Word: toledo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Toledo. 1. A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, a city famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons. Example: Peregrine's weapon entering a kind of net work in the shell of Godfrey's sword, the blade snapped in two, and left him at the mercy of the soldier, who, far from making an insolent use of the victory he had gained, put up his Toledo with great deliberation […]. Example: A long toledo, vvith a hilt of filigrained ſteel, length of the blade three feet nine inches, finely tapering to a point.
Word: dung beetle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʌŋ biːtəl/ 1. Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers. Example: "They went in together. His was accepted and mine rejected. The title of his paper was 'The Reproductive System of the Dung-Beetle'." There was a general laugh. Example: What do dung beetles do? Adults and larvae of dung beetles feed only on dung and therefore are not a threat to the environment. This is in contrast to some other beetles found in dung pads, (not dung beetles) which feed on vegetable and other matter besides dung, while others are carnivorous. The activity of adult dung beetles can break up the dung pad, and most species bury the dung in the ground for feeding and breeding. 2. Any of the true dung beetles of subfamily Scarabaeinae.
Word: confine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis. Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪn/ 1. To have a common boundary with; to border on. Labels: obsolete Example: Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven Example: Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three. 2. To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. Labels: transitive Example: Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! Example: 1680, John Dryden, Ovid’s Epistles translated by several hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Preface, He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
Word: confine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis. Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪn/, /ˈkɒnfaɪn/, /ˈkɑnfaɪn/ 1. A boundary or limit. Labels: in-plural 2. Confinement, imprisonment. Labels: poetic Example: She says for you to bring her a slice of cake, A bottle of the best wine, And not to forget the fair young lady That did release you from close confine.
Word: bayonet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French Bayonne Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French baïonnettebor. English bayonet Borrowed from French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪənɪt/, /ˈbeɪənɛt/, /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/, /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/, /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/ 1. A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel. Example: Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet. Example: “Well, the proper way to kill a man with a bayonet is this: First you thrust it in under the ribs—here.” 2. A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Word: bayonet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French Bayonne Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French baïonnettebor. English bayonet Borrowed from French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪənɪt/, /ˈbeɪənɛt/, /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/, /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/, /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/ 1. To stab with a bayonet. Labels: transitive 2. To compel or drive by the bayonet. Labels: transitive Example: to bayonet us into a submission
Word: musket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested around 1210 as a surname, and later in the 1400s as a word for the sparrowhawk (Middle English forms: musket, muskett, muskete (“sparrow hawk”)), from Middle French mousquet, from Old Italian moschetto (a diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca) used to refer initially to a sparrowhawk (given its small size or speckled appearance) and then a crossbow arrow. The name was subsequently adopted for a heavier, shoulder-fired version of an arquebus, adhering to a pattern of naming firearms and cannons after birds of prey and similar creatures (compare falcon, falconet), a sense which was also borrowed into French and then (around 1580) into English. Cognate to Spanish mosquete, Portuguese mosquete. Smoothbore firearms continued to be called muskets even as they switched from using matchlocks to flintlocks to percussion locks, but with the advent of rifled muskets, the word was finally displaced by rifle. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌskət/, /ˈmʌskɪt/ 1. A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle. Example: Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum. Example: Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket. 2. A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).
Word: primer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English primer, primere, from Medieval Latin primarius and primarium (“prayer book”) possibly via Anglo-Norman primer (“prayer book”), from prima (“prime the liturgical hour and office”) + -arius and -arium (suffix forming related objects). Its use for schoolbooks derived from the late medieval and early modern use of such prayer books to teach reading. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə/, /ˈpɹɪm.əɹ/, /ˈpɹaɪməɹ/ 1. A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations. Labels: historical 2. Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer. Labels: historical 3. A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell. Example: Four-year-old Elizabeth Finkle-McGraw would receive the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer from her grandfather. Fiona Hackworth would be getting a copy of the Illustrated Primer too, for this had been John Percival Hackworth's crime: He had programmed the matter compiler to place the cockleburs on the outside of Elizabeth's book. 4. An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts. Example: [...] The two assets of the book are clear explanation, and a multitude of extremely helpful diagrams, some in two colours, and cutaway photographs; these clearly unravel a difficult subject for the layman, as well as the student engineman for whom the primer is chiefly designed. 5. An elementary school class; an elementary school student. Labels: New-Zealand, obsolete
Word: primer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prime 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 primer From prime + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/ 1. Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The percussion primer, known as the “ 110-grain percussion primer,” contains an igniting charge of 95 grains of black powder in addition to the essential elements of a percussion primer. Example: Therefore, the shotgun primer is quite self- contained. It consists of a separate metal cup called a battery cup that contains the primer itself. That's why it is considered a two-piece primer. 2. A person who primes explosives. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A layer of such a substance. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The undermakeup (primer) should be allowed to dry-set for 30 seconds. Apply foundation over the primer with a sponge using light, careful strokes to blend. Undermakeups come in cream form, sponge-on wands, or sponge-on cream, and as a lotion. 6. A person who primes wood, metal, etc. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 7. A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A person who prunes trees. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: primer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman primer (“first”), from Latin prīmārius (“first”). 1. First in time, initial, early. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: the primer English kings 2. First in importance, premier. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 3. First in position, foremost. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Word: pulchritude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher (“beautiful”). Pronunciation: /pʌlkrə.t(j)uːd/, [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtjuːd], [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtuːd] 1. Physical beauty. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1978, Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty, Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA Special Publication 4204, 1978, ch. 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20061020074600/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch4-8.html One participant recalls arriving at his Cocoa Beach motel on a Saturday evening with the Miss Universe contest on TV. To his wife's amazement, his interest in feminine pulchritude gave way to fatigue, and he was asleep before the final selection. Example: Do you know why a woman of such pulchritude is married to me? 'Cause I make a comfortable living.
Word: bandoleer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bandolier. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The ammunition bandoleer, containing 100 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, is placed in this bracket. But a problem arose in this operation because the canvas and metal magazine requires zipping and unzipping to effect a change of bandoleers, a manual act which consumes too much time at a critical moment: during the assault, a gunner must avoid lulls in firing and maintain his proper alignment and firepower. Example: Hastily Pak wrapped his poncho around his waist, tied it, then emptied the pouches of the bandoleer, scattering the last of their food on the ground. He emptied his water bottle and shoved it into a pouch in the bandoleer, then plunged the bandoleer into the river.
Word: expulsion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/ 1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.
Word: guru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गुरु (guru) / Punjabi ਗੁਰੂ (gurū), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English grieve and, more distantly, brute. Doublet of grave. A traditional, though flawed etymology based on the Advayataraka Upanishad (line 16) describes the syllables gu as “darkness” and ru as “destroyer”, thus ascribing the meaning of “one who destroys/dispels darkness” to the word. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊɹuː/, /ˈɡuːɹuː/, /ɡʊˈɹuː/, /ˈɡʊɹ(ˌ)u/, /ˈɡu(ˌ)ɹu/ 1. In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya. Example: When the gooroo arrives at the house of a disciple, the whole family prostrate themselves at his feet, and the spiritual guide puts his right foot on the heads of the prostrate family. Example: The Baiga magicians derive from the old guru who succeeded Nanga Baiga. There is very great confusion about the original guru, and how he was actually related to Nanga Baiga, but there is general agreement that there were originally four great Baiga guru—Daugun, Nindhan, Danantar and Madhakawar, all four brothers. 2. Any general teacher (as a term of respect). Labels: India 3. An influential advisor or mentor. Labels: humorous, sometimes Example: Many oenophiles rely on the ratings and recommendations of wine guru Robert Parker when selecting the perfect bottle. 4. A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field. Labels: derogatory Example: OPCA gurus are modern legal alchemists. They promise gold, but their methods are principally intended to impress the gullible, or those who wish to use this drivel to abuse the court system. Any lack of legal success by the OPCA litigant is, of course, portrayed as a consequence of the customer’s failure to properly understand and apply the guru's special knowledge.
Word: guru Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गुरु (guru) / Punjabi ਗੁਰੂ (gurū), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English grieve and, more distantly, brute. Doublet of grave. A traditional, though flawed etymology based on the Advayataraka Upanishad (line 16) describes the syllables gu as “darkness” and ru as “destroyer”, thus ascribing the meaning of “one who destroys/dispels darkness” to the word. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊɹuː/, /ˈɡuːɹuː/, /ɡʊˈɹuː/, /ˈɡʊɹ(ˌ)u/, /ˈɡu(ˌ)ɹu/ 1. To act as a guru; to give wise advice
Word: gynandromorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyno- Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morph English gynandromorph From gyno- + andro- + -morph. 1. An insect, crustacean or bird literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference. 2. A person having certain physical characteristics of both sexes.
Word: lance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea. Pronunciation: /lɑːns/, /læns/ 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. Example: Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach’d with the steely point of Clifford’s lance[…] Example: The head of the lance was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the Bayeux Tapestry. 2. A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. Example: What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair? 3. A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. 4. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. 5. An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. 6. A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. 7. One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. 8. A lancet. 9. A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
Word: lance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea. Pronunciation: /lɑːns/, /læns/ 1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. Example: Seiz'd the due Victim, and with Fury lanch'd Her Back 2. To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce. Example: to lance a vein or an abscess 3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch. 4. To steal or swipe. Labels: informal Example: He lanced my drink and spiked it! 5. To move suddenly and quickly.
Word: gynandrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek γύνανδρος (gúnandros, “of doubtful sex, womanish; warlike woman”); equivalent to gyno- (“woman”) + -androus. 1. Having stamens and pistils together in a column. Labels: not-comparable Example: Orchids have gynandrous flowers. 2. Exhibiting characteristics of both femininity and masculinity. Denotational synonym and connotational antonym of androgynous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cuir-bouilli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cuir bouilli. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Cuir-bouilli was leather softened by boiling (generally in oil), and stamped or moulded into a definite form when in that condition; upon drying it became intensely hard and tough.