nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ægis Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of aegis. Example: Herodotus, as proof of this origin of Minerva, says, that the Greeks had taken from the Libyan women, the dress and the ægis with which her statues were represented: this dress was of leather: the ægis, as its name implies, was simply a goatskin died red and worn over the shoulders like a mantle: the extremity of it was cut into shreds or tassels, which the lively fancy of the Grecian artists converted into serpents. Example: [T]hree ex-Secretaries of State for War had learnt their military theory under the ægis of Regular soldiers. Now it is an admitted fact that, broad-minded and enterprising as soldiers have frequently proved themselves in matters unconnected with the actual corporate body to which they belong, they are, nevertheless, perhaps the most obstinate and optimistic advocates of a laissez-faire policy, which the interests of their own profession are at issue, that it is at all possible to conceive.
Word: egis Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of aegis. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: In her right hand Minerva bore a beaming lance, and in her left a buckler, called the Egis. The Egis of Minerva had embossed upon it the head of Medusa.
Word: smokist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English smokist From smoke + -ist. 1. A person who argues the case for smoking and promotes the rights of smokers.
Word: dune buggy Part of Speech: noun 1. A recreational vehicle with large tires, designed for use on beaches and sand dunes.
Word: gallows humour Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gallows humor. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sand dune Part of Speech: noun 1. A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts. Example: So enfeebled was resolution in him that he could only palter at a fatuous picture of himself carrying Podson bodily over the lagoon and dumping him on the sand dunes. Example: An anemometer constructed by the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Western Region, British Railways, has been installed at Dawlish Warren, near Exeter, to obtain a record of the velocity (speed and direction) of the wind. This information is used for the study of the effects of wind erosion on the sand dunes which protect the railway from the sea at that point.
Word: dentition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dentītiō (“teething, dentition”). Pronunciation: /dɛnˈtɪʃən/ 1. The set of natural teeth of an individual Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Can a medical man say just exactly from the necessarily hurried examination he must give of the mouth, and without a special dental knowledge, what constitutes a good dentition? 3. An arrangement in an organism or object of projections that resemble teeth Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As mentioned dentition of bivalves, i.e. teeth and sockets, occur on the vertical portion of the hinge plates of the two valves, which are in contact with each other when the shell is closed. 4. The process of growing teeth; teething Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dentures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of denture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: false teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. Dentures. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: desiccator Part of Speech: noun 1. A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry. Example: Shirley walks past laboratories filled with petri dishes and desiccators, microscopes and pipettes 2. A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.
Word: vacuum desiccator Part of Speech: noun 1. A desiccator fitted with a stopcock whereby it can be evacuated
Word: deshabille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French déshabillé (“undressed”), the past participle of déshabiller (“to undress”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛzəbɪəl/ 1. The state of being partially clothed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We have witnessed the deshabille of Major Pendennis: will any man wish to be valet-de-chambre to our other hero, Costigan? 2. A garment worn when one is in a state of undress; a négligée. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deterrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛɹənt/, /dɪˈtɝənt/ 1. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
Word: deterrent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛɹənt/, /dɪˈtɝənt/ 1. Something that deters. Example: An extension of the system to serve new housing estates on the outskirts of the city, at an estimated cost of about £4,000,000 a mile, is being considered, but the narrow gauge, small clearances, and short platforms are deterrents. Example: Along with trial by ordeal, hanging was the most effective deterrent that could be devised in an age without police or prisons.
Word: transpierce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trans- + pierce. 1. To pierce through; to pass through. Labels: transitive Example: Now, while the angry trumpet sounds alarms, / And dying groans transpierce the wounded air […] Example: [F]oorthvvith her eyes bred her eye-ſore, the firſt vvhite vvhereon their tranſpiercing arrovves ſtuck, being the breathleſſe corps of Leander: vvith the ſodaine contemplation of this piteous ſpectacle of her loue, ſodden to haddocks meate, her ſorrovve could not chooſe but be indefinite, […]
Word: nuclear deterrent Part of Speech: noun 1. The arsenal of nuclear weapons of a nation viewed as a deterrent to an enemy from attacking.
Word: mutual assured destruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pun on "assured destruction" ("a highly reliable ability to inflict unacceptable damage ... even after absorbing a surprise first strike"), a term used in discussions of American nuclear strategy in the 1960s. Perhaps coined by Donald Brennan, conservative defense analyst and a public critic of the policy. 1. The threat of massive retaliation using nuclear weapons should a potential enemy use them first, both sides being annihilated in the event of war. Labels: uncountable
Word: deviled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devil Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: "Did you tell cook to put by the leg of the turkey, to be deviled for my supper?"
Word: deviled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of devilled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: devilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devilled Part of Speech: adj 1. Grilled with a piquant sauce. 2. Possessed by the Devil. Labels: uncommon Example: "Vexed with a devil;" she is devilled, that is, fully possessed. Example: But the vials of his wrath were not only poured out on the Papacy, to which repeatedly, even the night before his death he swore undying hatred, but on all who rejected his dogmatic utterances or opposed his imperious will. "Zwingli has become a pagan, Oecolampadius, Carlstadt and the remaining heretics have in-devilled, through-devilled, over-devilled blasphemous hearts and lying mouths, and no one should pray for them. […]"
Word: place on a pedestal Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of put on a pedestal. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […]Nestlé has long been placed on a pedestal on its home turf.
Word: dextrose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dextro- + -ose (“right-handed sugar”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkstɹəʊz/ 1. The naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.
Word: diagnoses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daɪəɡˈnəʊsiz/ 1. plural of diagnosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diagnoses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /daɪəɡˈnəʊzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diagnose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shake the pagoda tree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The pagoda was a gold coin used in the Madras Presidency until 1818. 1. To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period. Labels: idiomatic
Word: diathermy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dia- + therm + -y. 1. The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation
Word: dicky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dicky, pet form of Richard. * In cover/apron senses: perhaps from English dialect dick (“leather apron”) + -y; perhaps from Dutch dek (“a cover”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪki/ 1. A louse. Labels: colloquial 2. Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar. Labels: Cockney, slang 3. A detachable shirt front, collar or bib. Labels: slang 4. A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat. Labels: dated, slang 5. A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant. Labels: dated Example: ...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey. 6. A seat in a carriage, for the driver. Labels: dated 7. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car. Labels: South-Asia Example: Can you open the dicky for me? Example: Back and forth, back and forth, go our mothers on their secret missions, carrying their sinister freight in the dicky of our Morris Minor. 8. the buttocks. Labels: India, colloquial 9. A leather apron for a gig, etc. Labels: historical 10. A small bird; a dicky-bird. 11. An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: Oh, she landed at Heathrow all right, like you said, but since then your Miss Ranelagh seems to have vanished as effectively as my overdue promotion. Not used her credit card, her Internet account, her mobile phone. Nothing. Not a dicky. 12. A pilot. Labels: UK, slang 13. A hedge sparrow. Labels: UK, dialectal 14. A donkey. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: I've heard grandfather say that when Mr. Priest was at his best there was scores o' young gents as used to come to school as day-boys, 'cause there was no room for 'em to board; and they used to come on dickies […] 15. A haddock.
Word: dicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a use of Dicky, hypocoristic form of Dick, perhaps playing on its resemblance to tricky, sticky, or other similar-sounding words. Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of dickens. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪki/ 1. In bad condition; weak, faulty, unreliable, doubtful, troublesome. Labels: colloquial Example: He had a dicky heart. Example: I've got a dicky tummy.
Word: dicky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dick + -y (diminutive suffix), apparently originally punningly after Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪki/ 1. A penis (dick). Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: dicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dicky From dick + -y (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪki/ 1. Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious. Labels: informal, vulgar
Word: interjoin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English join English interjoin From inter- + join. 1. To interconnect two sets. 2. To join mutually; to unite. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: […] so, fellest foes, Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep, To take the one the other, by some chance, Some trick not worth an egg, shall grow dear friends And interjoin their issues. Example: […] it is most probable to be the Port of Trapezonment, plac’d in a Corner of the Euxine Sea; for from this Port, within a few Months, Anno 1272. they came to Ancona, which could not be perform’d from the Caspian Sea, by reason of the great space of Land and Regions interjoin’d. 3. To say by way of interruption, to interject. Example: “No, no,” cried lady Anna, in trepidation, “leave him—let him go.” Lennard unloosed his hold for a moment; and regarding her ladyship with a look of jealous anger, he stood irresolute. “Leave him,” interjoined Wentworth. “He has abused the privileges of a social meeting, by venting the preconcerted acumen of a malicious nature; he is beneath your contempt.” Example: “Oh! you can have no idea of its gaiety,” returned Frances; “and such a quantity of people.” “A number of persons, and a quantity of goods,” interjoined Miss Colville.
Word: corporatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English corporate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English corporatism From corporate + -ism. 1. The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use chiefly) specifically, a political ideology which advocates for government and social organization by collective interest groups. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The influence or effects of large business corporations. Labels: countable, derogatory, nonstandard, possibly, uncountable Example: The fear of corporatism, consumerism, middle-browism and a mass reading public has driven twentieth-century cultural hierarchists.
Word: chimaera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. 1. Alternative spelling of chimera. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
Word: tickled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tickle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tickled Part of Speech: adj 1. Very pleased; delighted. Labels: slang
Word: noonday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noon + day. Pronunciation: /ˈnundeɪ/ 1. The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday; Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant. 2. The time of greatest prosperity. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: supervene Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin supervenīre (“come over or upon, overtake”), from super (“above”) + veniō (“come”). 1. To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast. Labels: intransitive Example: The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular. Example: The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […] 2. To supersede. 3. To be dependent on an earlier event. 4. To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation. Example: For instance, an idiosyncratic necessitist might claim that even if a river were not spatiotemporally located, it would still be ugly or beautiful in ways that do not supervene on anything else. 5. To occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation. Example: The best work was after Bishops Stortford, as we attained 55 m.p.h. after Stansted, and were going well up the short bank when the Elsenham permanent way check supervened.
Word: living wills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of living will Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Southey Part of Speech: name Etymology: English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ. 1. A habitational surname from Old English. 2. A council ward and former village in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; the ward contains the suburb of Southey Green. 3. A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Silas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Sīlās, from Ancient Greek Σίλας (Sílas), from Aramaic שְׁאִילָא (šəʾīlā), cognate of Hebrew שָׁאוּל (šāʾūl, “Saul”). Doublet of Saul. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.ləs/ 1. The companion of Paul in the New Testament, also called Silvanus. 2. A male given name from Aramaic of Biblical origin.
Word: Quakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Quaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Quakers Part of Speech: name 1. The Religious Society of Friends.
Word: Bertram Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːtɹəm/, /ˈbɜɹtɹəm/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Marjorie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Margery, a medieval vernacular form of Margaret. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: The daughter is called Marjorie--Marjorie Daw. Sounds odd at first, doesn't it? But after you say it over to yourself half a dozen times, you like it. There's a pleasing quaintness to it, something prim and violet-like. Must be a nice sort of girl to be called Marjorie Daw. Example: Sponsored by Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and backed by House GOP leadership, the bill would require federal agencies to update all maps and documents with the name Gulf of America.
Word: Margery Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French; ultimately from Ancient Greek. 1. A medieval vernacular form of Margaret, A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: I know not what I shall think of that; but I am Launcelot, the Jew's man, and I am sure Margery your wife is my mother. Example: Margery is her name, sounds like sweet butter on Kansas corn.
Word: SFor Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Stabilization Force, the NATO forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and other regions of the former Yugoslavia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: devolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dévolution, from Medieval Latin devolutio, devolutionis, from Latin devolvo. Pronunciation: /diːvəˈluːʃən/ 1. A rolling down. 2. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession. 3. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another. 4. Degeneration. Labels: derogatory Example: It is quite disheartening to witness the devolution of our nation's political discourse over the past several years. Example: He is the place where the devolution from Heaven and the evolution from earth meet. 5. The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly). Example: The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years. Example: Governments like devolution because it gives ministers someone else to blame for problems.
Word: dietetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See dietetic + -ics. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈtɛtɪks/ 1. The study of diet and nutrition in relation to health and disease. Labels: uncountable
Word: dietician Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of dietitian. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: dietitian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Irregular spelling of diet + -ician, probably influenced by dietetic. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈtɪʃən/ 1. A person who studies or practices dietetics. Example: The dietitian works with the client to develop meal planning that meets the client's needs based on healthy food choices.
Word: 3DES Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɹɪpəl.dɛz/ 1. Abbreviation of Triple DES, a cipher formed from the Data Encryption Standard (DES) cipher by using it three times. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable
Word: digitize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English digit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English digitize From digit + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtaɪz/, /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪˌtaɪz/, /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtɑez/ 1. To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits. Labels: transitive Example: When you digitize a visual image, you are translating it into digital signals so that it can be broken down into pixels and loaded into the computer. Example: According to press releases and university librarians, Google plans to digitize and make available through its Google Books service approximately 15 million volumes within a decade. 2. To quantize a continuous or analog value; to convert it into a discrete value. 3. To finger. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to digitize a pen
Word: dilettanti Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪlɪˈtæntiː/, /ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnti/, /ˈdɪlɪˌtænti/ 1. plural of dilettante Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ding-a-ling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. The penis sense may be an alteration of dingling, a diminutive of ding (“penis”). 1. The sound of a small bell; the sound of a fire engine bell. Example: The ding-a-ling from the fire truck somehow filled him with more dread than its horn blasts could: for whom does that bell toll? 2. An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person. Labels: slang Example: Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling! 3. The penis. Labels: childish, slang Example: They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone. Example: This is Henry the Eighth? My God, was he girthy. My God, is that really how big his ding-a-ling was?
Word: ding-a-ling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Imitative. The penis sense may be an alteration of dingling, a diminutive of ding (“penis”). 1. Attractive. Labels: slang Example: Joe is so ding-a-ling, I think I'm in love.
Word: 11 Bang-Bang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Slang from the MOS designation "11B" (pronounced "11 Bravo"). 1. An infantryman. Labels: US, derogatory, slang
Word: 2-IC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of second in command. Labels: British, Canada, English, abbreviation, alt-of, slang
Word: 40 mike-mike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mike (“the letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet”). 1. Any weapon firing a 40mm grenade. Often specifically the M203 grenade launcher, mounted underneath an M-16 or its variant. In the Marine Corps, often the Mark-19 Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher. Labels: slang
Word: 90-day wonder Part of Speech: noun 1. Newly-commissioned graduate of three-month Officer Candidate School (Army, Air Force), Midshipman School (Navy), or Direct Commissioning program. Labels: Navy, US, derogatory, slang
Word: housecat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsˌkæt/ 1. Alternative form of house cat Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tomkins Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tom + -kin + -s. From the medieval diminutive Tomkin for Thomas and the patronymic suffix -s. 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic from the pet form of Thomas.
Word: Tomkins Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tom + -kin + -s. From the medieval diminutive Tomkin for Thomas and the patronymic suffix -s. 1. plural of Tomkin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: merch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise English merchandiseclip. English merch Clipping of merchandise. Pronunciation: /mɝt͡ʃ/, /mɜːtʃ/ 1. goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: His playful point of view on youthful American sportswear, expressed in boxy mohair jackets with graphic resin bubble buttons and tomboy T-shirt dresses in superfine chiffon as bright as tangerine sorbet, is backed up with what stores would describe as the merch: easy scoop-neck cashmere sweaters in a mix of colors, lightweight T-shirts and sheared mink Army caps. 2. goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. Labels: especially, informal, uncountable Example: Many musicians make merch you can only get if you join the fanclub. Example: With almost two months until Inauguration Day, fans who were "With Her" (or are still "With Her") can grab Clinton merch — now at deeply marked-down prices.
Word: merch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise English merchandiseclip. English merch Clipping of merchandise. Pronunciation: /mɝt͡ʃ/, /mɜːtʃ/ 1. To merchandise. Labels: rare, slang Example: Maligned by rockers, misunderstood by critics, and merched by Madison Avenue, rave may be the only vital youth culture remaining. 2. To provide proof. Labels: slang Example: And I can merch on my homie, I'm used to ridin' 'round by my lonely
Word: deteriorated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deteriorate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deteriorated Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: wayang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination; puppetry”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ via Malay wayang. Cognate with Dutch wajang. Pronunciation: /ˈwɑjɑŋ/ 1. A theatrical performance of mythological events employing puppets or human dancers in Malaysia and Indonesia (especially Java). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A shadow theatre performance, or such performances in general. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any traditional theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable 4. Any traditional theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable 5. Insincere behaviour; an act meant to deceive or mislead. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, Singlish, countable, uncountable Example: There had been two important reservations made on the practice of consultation and consensus. […] The other reservation is that consultation and consensus is no more than a “wayang”, because views are not accepted and no changes are made to the original policy. Example: Besides being adept at directing actors from behind the camera, [Royston] Tan is a bit of a wayang king himself.
Word: wayang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Transliteration of Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination; puppetry”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ via Malay wayang. Cognate with Dutch wajang. Pronunciation: /ˈwɑjɑŋ/ 1. To put up a front, to pretend (e.g., to be hard at work when one’s superiors are watching) or behave in a false and misleading way, especially if it puts one at an advantage. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, Singlish, invariable Example: […] some [MPs] have to do wayang wayang in the evening like meet the people sessions. Example: It’s taboo to say that you’re free, even if you have nothing to do, because that’s like asking to get fired. I think it’s obvious whether someone’s actually busy or just wayang-ing—they start toggling between the same documents or surreptitiously using their phone—we just don’t talk about it.
Word: wayang Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Transliteration of Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination; puppetry”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ via Malay wayang. Cognate with Dutch wajang. Pronunciation: /ˈwɑjɑŋ/ 1. For show, insincere or fake; ostentatious and showy. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable
Word: Thirteen Colonies Part of Speech: name 1. The thirteen British colonies that successfully revolted in 1775-1781, forming the nucleus of the United States. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: simplism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-der. Latin sem- Proto-Italic *-plosder. Latin -plus Latin simplusbor. Old French simplebor. Middle English symple English simple Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English simplism From simple + -ism. 1. The trait of oversimplifying things by ignoring complexity and complications. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their need for simplicity is met by politicians offering “simplism”: the ideology of simple answers for complex problems. 2. An instance of a brief or reductive depiction that neglects the full nuance and complexity of a concept or issue, and that omits or overlooks important details. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1848 Charles Julius Hempel The True Organization of the New Church The error into which Fourier's disciples are occasionally falling, is one which Fourier condemns in the most explicit and absolute terms; it is the error which Fourier designates by the term "simplism". Because a social reform is needful, therefore they argue, that is the only thing needful, forgetting that the development of humanity is of a compound, and not simple nature. Example: 1969 Noel P. Fox Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court. October term Cases in which an injured employee of an independent contractor sues a landowner for injuries sustained as a result of claimed negligence on the part of the landowner lend themselves to temptations to simplism. It is important in these cases to distinguish between the problem of restricting liability to a negligent party, and the problem of restricting the liability of the defendant even though he was negligent. This distinction is one that is fundamental to an understanding of cases involving personal injuries for open and obvious dangers.
Word: topsoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From top + soil. 1. The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Little grew on the farm, after the floods from the hurricane washed away the topsoil. Example: Without urgent action, the majority of the Earth’s topsoil could be severely degraded or lost before the end of this century. In China, topsoil is being lost fifty-seven times faster than this natural replacement process; in Europe seventeen times faster.
Word: topsoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From top + soil. 1. To remove the topsoil from. Labels: transitive
Word: trisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + sexual. 1. Having, or pertaining to a system which involves, three sexes. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whether three sexes could exist in this contexture, or whether a trisexual organism would be quite different from the organisms we know, it is impossible to say. Example: Trimates and Three Autos The Trimates are a trisexual race from the planet Tiberon. Each union consists of a Polar, who always tells the truth, a Polee, who makes only false statements, and a Nexus, who makes statements that are […]
Word: trisexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + sexual. 1. An organism (that is, a species) which has three sexes. Example: Trimates are trisexuals from the planet Tiberon, visiting earth in their flying saucers. Each union consists of a Polar, who always tells the truth; a Polee who always lies; and a Nexus, who makes statements that are […]
Word: trisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From try + sexual, respelled as if using tri- and as if analogous to bisexual. 1. Of a person, willing to "try anything" sexually. Labels: derogatory, humorous, not-comparable Example: "I was told he's trisexual." "Quit it!" Alice laughed. "There's no such thing as trisexual." "I guess you don't read the new books, dearie. That's someone who'll try anything." Alice held her nose. Example: "Yes, and she's trisexual." "Trisexual? What does that mean?" "She'll try anything!"
Word: trisexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From try + sexual, respelled as if using tri- and as if analogous to bisexual. 1. One who is trisexual.
Word: no Part of Speech: det Etymology: Inherited from Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + a. Piecewise doublet of none. Cognate with Scots nae (“no, not any, none”), Old Frisian nān, nēn ("no, not any, none"), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), North Frisian nian (“no, not any, none”), Old Dutch nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen (“no”)), Old Norse neinn (“no, not any, none”). Compare also Old Saxon nigēn ("not any"; > Low German nen), Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one. Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /niː/, /neː/ 1. Not any. Example: no one Example: There is no water left. 2. Hardly any. Example: We'll be finished in no time at all. Example: Fifty pounds for this is no money, really. 3. Not any possibility or allowance of (something). Example: No smoking. No parking. Example: There's no stopping her once she gets going. 4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. Example: My mother's no fool. Example: Working nine to five every day is no life.
Word: no Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to Old English ne + ā, ō. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay. Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /niː/, /neː/ 1. Not, not at all. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome. Example: I can think of no more deserving cause. 2. Not, not at all. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: This thing is no good. Example: The teacher’s decision was no fair. 3. Not. Labels: Scotland, informal, not-comparable Example: I just want to find out whether she's coming or no. Example: Can ye no help me? 4. Not, does not, do not, etc. Labels: colloquial, humorous, not-comparable, usually Example: Ug no like veggie.
Word: no Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to Old English ne + ā, ō. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay. Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /næ/, /nɜː/ 1. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. Example: Why is it when I say 'no', you both hear 'yes'? Example: No, you are mistaken. 2. Used to express sadness or disappointment. Example: "We lost." "No!" 3. Used to express disbelief. Example: I got the job! / No! Really? That's fantastic! 4. Used to show agreement with a negative question. Example: "Don’t you like milk?" "No." (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.") 5. Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement. Labels: colloquial Example: No, totally. Example: No, yeah, that's exactly right.
Word: no Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to Old English ne + ā, ō. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay. Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /noʊ/, /nəʉ/ 1. Without. Example: Look Ma, no hands! 2. Like.
Word: no Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to Old English ne + ā, ō. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay. Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /næ/, /nɜː/ 1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval. Example: Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no. 2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition. Example: The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.
Word: no Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to Old English ne + ā, ō. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay. Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /noʊ/, /nəʉ/ 1. To say “no”. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: She felt disquiet at these tales of Musa’s illicit activities. ‘Does your father know?’ / ‘My father always noes. He never yeses. Specially when he’s sick, then he noes all the time. I gotta get out. Can’t stick around the house with him yelling.[…]’ Example: “Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.” 2. To answer with “no”; to decline, reject. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: Never accustom yourself to say ‘Yes,’—practise an emphatic and decisive enunciation of the far more dignified and important monosyllable, ‘No.’ […] Believe me, it is of the utmost importance (the advice is not of recent date) that you should No the world. Example: BUDGET DIRECTOR SMITH / The President yessed his report […] SENATOR McCARRAN / He noed the President’s report
Word: no Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin (in) numerō (“in number, to the number of”). Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /niː/, /neː/ 1. Alternative form of No. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable
Word: no Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin (in) numerō (“in number, to the number of”). Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /noː/, /næ/, /nɜː/ 1. Alternative form of No. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: no Part of Speech: intj Labels: no-gloss
Word: tyre kicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the act of kicking the tyres of a car as part of the inspection. 1. A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Some exhibitions charge a ticket price to separate the tyre-kickers from the genuine buyers," Doherty says. Example: If you want get ^([sic]) an agent excited, give him or her a listing in the "best house to sell" category. All agents love that — and why wouldn't they? The product is ready for the market, and the only challenge will be negotiating a good price and sorting serious buyers from the tyre kickers!
Word: eejits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eejit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swidden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from a dialectal form *swiden of Middle English swithen, past participle of Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to singe, burn”). Compare also Old Norse sviðinn (“burnt, singed”, past participle). Alternatively, from Old Norse sviðna (“to be burned”) or Old High German swedan (“to be burned”). Either way, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną. First attested in 1868. If their respective theories align, then a distant cognate of German Schwyz, hence Swiss. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪdn̩/ 1. An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn. Example: Kamiali Village is a community of swidden horticulturists and fishers lying 80 kilometers in a south-southeasterly direction along the coast from the City of Lae, Papua New Guinea. Example: These facts reinforced the view that the Maya drew their basic sustenance from corn, most of it grown on slash-and-burn plots known as swiddens.
Word: swidden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from a dialectal form *swiden of Middle English swithen, past participle of Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to singe, burn”). Compare also Old Norse sviðinn (“burnt, singed”, past participle). Alternatively, from Old Norse sviðna (“to be burned”) or Old High German swedan (“to be burned”). Either way, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną. First attested in 1868. If their respective theories align, then a distant cognate of German Schwyz, hence Swiss. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪdn̩/ 1. To clear an area of land by cutting and burning. Example: The reason, Scott says, is that swiddening provides a freedom that fixed agriculture does not.
Word: chinampa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chinampa, from Classical Nahuatl chināmitl (“cane fence”). 1. A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown. Labels: historical
Word: transparently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English transparent Middle English -ly English -ly English transparently From transparent + -ly. 1. In a transparent manner; with nothing hidden. Example: They conducted their business transparently, solely in public meetings. Example: Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization. 2. So as to admit light without distortion. 3. So as to be readily perceived and understood. Labels: modal Example: Transparently to all, he had nothing of substance to say.
Word: extorting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of extort Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subsidence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere. Equivalent to subside + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbsɪdəns/, /ˈsʌbsədəns/, /sʌbˈsaɪdəns/ 1. The process of becoming less active or severe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. 2. A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the early hours of April 28, 1953, it was completely blocked by a subsidence, which caused the death of five persons, when a pair of semi-detached houses collapsed into the cavity. Example: Everyone knows that a main line running through a coalfield is prone to speed restrictions because of land subsidence. […] The rate of subsidence may vary from less than an inch a month in the case of a deep seam of coal, to as rapid a decline as 16in a month above a shallow seam. The effect of subsidence on permanent way and civil engineering structures needs no emphasis.
Word: eustatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to eustasy.
Word: eustasy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A back-formation from eustatic (borrowed from German eustatische (“eustatic”), from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”)) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːstəsi/, /ˈjustəsi/ 1. A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity. Example: The age of the dunal or other deposits, formed on it after the sea had begun to withdraw, in accordance with the theory of glacial eustasy, and which I have named Berardian, is, however, the crucial thing here. Example: Takai, F., and Tsuchi, R. 1963 The Quaternary: In "Geology of Japan," Univ. Calif. Press: 173–196 / […] From these facts, it is inferred that the main coastal terraces were probably formed due to glacial eustacy.
Word: hypnotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypnotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isostatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + static. 1. A line of constant stress. 2. A state of equilibrium between two forces.
Word: isostatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + static. 1. Of or pertaining to isostasy or isostatics
Word: hypnotists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypnotist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap English -ing English capping From cap + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkapɪŋ/ 1. The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men soever, but I give them as good and as many as they bring, except he be some servant of mine. 2. the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Lying or exaggerating. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 7. The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable 8. The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable
Word: capping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap English -ing English capping From cap + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkapɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: progressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English progressive Middle English -ly English -ly English progressively From progressive + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/ 1. In a progressive manner. Example: increase something progressively Example: progressively grow 2. As part of a progression.